Ever been to a hospital emergency room in an area full of illegals when you have an actual emergency and there's 50 people ahead of you with a mild tummy ache that don't want to pay a regular doctor?

These are the sorts of things that need to be addressed before we throw the gates open.

A company named Apple who sues the shit out of everyone who dares to use an image or name of a common fruit in anything is getting told they can't have a common name in their app store.

bhah hah hah hah.

Take care of the problems with illegal immigration - mostly the free ride which is exploited heavily in the western part of the state and a large part of why New Mexico is on the bottom of the list - and Texas would easily become dark green on that map.

I'm not saying slam the border shut. There's reasons the anti-immigration people have their stance. Those problems can be fixed why liberalizing the immigration policy fixing many issues.

I say we accept this proposal. We can move the capitol back to Houston, dig up Austin from around the edges, then when we have it up in the air turn it upside down and replant it.

Using a netbook, which this does talk about, doesn't count?

I got hit by a car last night - her fault completely and admittedly. I was on my 09 Globe Carmel 2 (26" version of that one). I landed on my butt just slightly and rolled across my backpack. I'm no light weight even though I bike including BMX, I'm 260 lbs. I don't know what happened, but my entire body was on my backpack as some point, even my legs were a bit up in the air. My Kindle and the netbook I mentioned were in my backpack along with a ceramic coffee mug I didn't want at my apartment anymore so I brought it to work. NOTHING was broke in the backpack, it was all just fine. Both of the wheels on my bike got bent, but get this, I already had a replacement rim at home, the spokes that came with the bike from the factory sucked balls and due to so many of them being snapped on the rear I bought the rim with the intent of tearing down the back wheel, having the gear hub serviced, then building it back up without the crappy spokes. I tore down both wheels, I'm having the gear hub serviced, I already build the front one back with the new rim and I have another rim ordered for the back now, both 36 spoke.

The netbook has now survived three bike wrecks, on three of my four bikes. I'm wondering if the universe is telling me not to ride the race bike I built, especially with my netbook in my back pack since it's the only one I haven't bit it on.

I love the idea of a Chromebook. Those first generation models just didn't offer anything. For less money I could get a normal off the shelf netbook and put Chromium on it or not, didn't matter, I would have a more capable machine for less money. Now the newer generation Chromebooks with the lower price tag and ARM processors are starting to look quite tempting, closer to what the first model should have cost. Of course instead of being more expensive than a regular netbook they tie in cost, but at least they're trying.

I have the AO255. It came with 1GB of RAM but I walked out of the store with a 2GB stick to replace it with. I've since replaced the Wifi card with one that does N and Bluetooth and put an SSD in. I've got quite an investment in the little thing, but it's never given me a problem. In fact I would say it's the most compatible least problematic machine I've ever owned - except maybe the built in SD reader which just doesn't seem to work with Linux. It seems like it worked before but not now, I don't use it enough to even warrant trouble shooting. I shot a video the other day to show off the 26 seconds button to login prompt with Chromium OS.

I'm using an Aspire One, and yes it's a bit cramped, but I hit F11 to go full screen and I tend to do alright. I do like the looks of your ASUS though and would seriously consider one as my next one, when I need one.

I am NOT a hipster. No fixies here and I regularly make fun of those people.

BMX is a bit different you just about lean over the handlebars to pick up speed. I've had bad experiences with derailers as a kid and I tend to avoid them, of course now I've had bad experiences with single speed style chain lines.

I've got four bikes, two 24" BMX's, a 26" MTBMX/DJBMX and a three speed gear hub town bike/comfort bike.

I own up to both failures having to do with my own engineering. I learned a lot about lacing wheels, gearing, spacing and may other things that year. I'm now a go to guy for those things, but I learned in the school of hard knocks.

On the second one.

My Eastern Traildigger has very short drop outs, the replacement wheel I got had a different number of teeth and I tried to dial in the size with a half link, the half link split while I was trying to pedal fast and I went over the handle bars. That was the second one.

The first one the chain jumped on the Diamondback Lucky 24 that had been through Hurricane Ike, over the handle bars. That was the first one, the second wreck was nearly identical in execution to the first only I landed on the other elbow.

Thing about BMX, when you try to go fast you're nearly leaning over the handlebars anyways, when the chain goes you go over.

Come on. On a scale of 1-10 when it comes to trolling that had to be a solid 2, I might give you a 3 if I'm feeling generous. I've seen better trolls from a five year old trying to play April Fools day jokes.

This is the real winning statement of course. What I like so much about mine is what the companies dislike.

It had HDD in it then. Both bikes were BMX, one was a 26" DJ BMX (I've since spoked up a new back wheel) the other was a 24" Cruiser/Dirt Jumper that is in need a of a new wheel set. The salt water from hurricane Ike was too hard on the rims and spokes even after cleaning and oiling, it's in the garage waiting for me to lace in a new set of wheels, fortunately I was able to save the frame and the rest.

The HDD is still good but I've got an HDD now. Yes, my body acted as a shock, but I still transferred a bit back there. BTW, I was 33 years old during both wrecks - why do you ask.....

I would love to have an Ultrabook also, so I could do serious work on the road. Probably wouldn't use it much since I use surf on the netbook and do my serious work on my desktop, but an Ultrabook has it's place for certain work.

Still - removing Windows would be my first task.