Read my post above, many places letting your cat roam and be a nuisance can result in fines and eventually having the cat impounded.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/h238manure-dog-cat.html "Can pet manure be sterilized chemically to make it safe? There are chemical sterilants such as methyl bromide and others that could be used, but the cost and bother is probably not worth the value of the manure. Also, the average homeowner probably is not equipped to handle chemical sterilants. CONCLUSIONS The health hazards associated with cat and dog manure are greater than the potential benefit from its fertilizer value. Cat and dog manure should be disposed of by flushing down the toilet, burying deep in the soil (six inches or more) or by placement in tight plastic bags for garbage collection. "

http://downtrend.com/james/washington-town-vigorously-protecting-citizens-from-outdoor-cats/

I live about 25 miles from there, we have the same laws in my town. I'm glad, I'm got tired of cleaning the cat shit out of my garden that was left by my neighbors cat. A call to the city got a letter sent to the neighbor. Kitty stays indoors now and my garden is cat shit free.

Here's some cat laws from MA:

http://www.concordanimals.com/Cat_ByLaws_MA.htm

Leash and free roaming laws around the country:

http://www.petwellbeing.com/blog/leash-laws-for-cats

FWIW, I have a cat. She's perfectly happy to live indoors where she belongs.

https://jitsi.org/

Honestly I assume that by now it's exceedingly annoying to try to rip those things, and the one I can download from iTunes is pretty much there and good to go in much less time. And spending too much time on it isn't exactly how I want to spend my time these days.

MakeMKV makes it trivial to do a 1:1 rip of your Bluray into an MKV container that has the primary video and audio stream. If you need any conversion after that for tablets etc... Handbrake does the job very well.

http://makemkv.com/ http://handbrake.fr/

Both are really as point can click as it gets.

Protip: I have at least a dozen $4.00 HDMI cables in my house connecting various things. I have a few inexpensive 25ft cables as well.

I haven't returned a single one due to snow overlaid on top of my digital signal. They all work just fine.

Just by charging them. She has two cables in the house, one connected to her laptop, and one connected to a wall charger in the bedroom. Both pretty much stay in the charging device full time, the only change is when the iphone is plugged in and unplugged. Nothing any more stressful happens to the cables other than your standard plug and unplug like you'd do with a USB cable.

The 30 pin cables were great, the new cables are crap.

Apples cables are shit and break as well. My wife went through 3 of them in 6 months. She finally got fed up and bought 5 knock offs from some Hong Kong vendor for the price of 1 official cable. She's not the only one.

http://store.apple.com/us/reviews/MD818ZM/A/lightning-to-usb-cable

I wish I had a mod point to give you on this. Single funniest interpretation of that moment I've had the pleasure of reading!

http://store.sony.com/p/Sony-Headphones/en/p/MDR1RBT

Bluetooth, not dorky, they handle music, our corporate voice chat, and phone calls. Sound FANTASTIC. Best headphones I've ever taken into the datacenter. :-)

I know people that live 15 miles from the Microsoft Campus. They have zero access to land based internet, it's Satellite only for them. Not exactly Janesville, WI or Blacksburg, VA.

The NFL Broadcasts it's NFC division games on FOX. I don't think they'd be happy to lose half their Sunday audience.

That would also mean buying an LCD TV instead of a plasma. The difference in price for an LCD that has the image quality of a plasma is far greater than the savings from the free glasses.

I like the monoprice and panasonic glasses more myself for the exact same reason, but when the kid has a sleepover, I'd much rather hand out the Samsungs. :-)

Samsung make glasses that work with the 2012/2013 Panasonic TV's that are $20.00 each. 3rd party glasses can be had for less than $50.00.