There's even disagreement on the 2.4GHz band. The US and certain other countries limit it more than others do. There are a number of additional channels available outside the US.

Egypt is a great example of democracy and authoritarianism not being mutually exclusive.

That's perfect.

You forgot the sarcasm tags. Many people will take your post seriously as a result.

There's no inherent reason to believe that the poll wasn't statistically valid because of where they took the samples from.

Actually, it's entirely possible that a poll is inherently biased based on the location used. Whether or not that's the case here is another matter.

Making a zip gun requires almost no technical expertise, and they are quite effective.

Firearms in the 5-figure cost range aren't used in shootings in the US. Why? Because they're expensive.

This won't ever be used to commit a crime, unless it's used by someone with official access to one. This is much like the reason why automatic weapons aren't used in crimes in the US but for a handful of times. Of that handful, most were committed by police officers with access as a result of their job.

King George III.

Given the Justice Department's latest actions, subpoenas aren't necessary anymore to troll for information that's not even connected to an active investigation.

They just wiretap and obtain phone records whenever the hell they feel like it now.

The key is that any native from Belize knows that all hills in the flatlands are ruins.

I'm pretty sure you replied to the wrong message. I don't see your username in any of the messages in this particular thread, and there is no mention of VOIP in this thread.

You also have relatively homogeneous populations and a record of lower crime rates even before gun bans.

If the crime rates were similar before the gun bans, you might have a point. The cultures are similar in some respect, but vastly different in others.

Unless you use a BES server hosted by someone else, a Blackberry fits the bill. Their communications can only be decrypted if you use the Blackberry servers. That's very easy to avoid.

Quite pleased. Very little good has come out of non-gridlocked government. The best we can hope for now is to continue with gridlocked government.

Only ethical teachers of religion promote ethics.

There are many unethical teachers of religion.