I would draw comparisons between this and the Simpson's Monorail episode, but at least the Monorail got built before they realized it was a gigantic waste of money. The bullet-train would simply be a financial quagmire for this fiscally irresponsible state.

Worth noting:

"Report details why high-speed rail won't meet ridership predictions, deliver on promised travel times, or meet emission reduction targets."

I'm going to comment instead of mod, since this topic is so dear to my heart. Let me wholeheartedly agree and go one step further than bashing targeted ads.

I'm against ads, period. Advertising has gone beyond informing me of a product to the point where advertisements, especially in TV and Radio, are manufactured specifically for the purpose of manipulating me into desiring the product being advertised. It is no longer, "Hey, buy this product if you're in the market". It is now, "Hey, watch as we manipulate you with images and sounds that play on your politics or emotions so that we can manufacture a desire for you to buy our product that you do not need."

Not only is this manipulation occurring, but many times it is occurring so blatantly and unabashedly that I become offended that the ad is being shown. Think: Chevy's ads juxtaposing classic Americana and John Mellencamp to sell their trucks (link). That I, as a watcher/listener of that show/channel/medium, am considered to be so stupid that I will bite on their emotional/subliminal advertising garbage, is so enraging to me that I will completely disassociate myself from the show/channel/medium in order to get away from advertising.

So I have abandoned commercial radio and television, and, frankly, I don't miss it. Advertising has gone from annoyance to something that I consider to be unethical and a serious contributor to our problems as a consumer society.

If you want constant internet access, you must not go where there is no signal.

If you want to go enjoy remote places with no signal, you cannot have constant internet coverage.

Pick one.

Why would I buy an e-reader right now when the cost for books is often equal to the cost of their paper-printed brethren? I rarely take more than 1 book out-and-about with me. Without a cost benefit, all I see are negatives: expensive gadgets that can break, DRM, compatibility problems, content management, and on and on...

I have shocking news for you, you may want to have a seat: women have fathers, just like men. Disturbing, I know.

You'll note that all the specimens are Asian...

Everyone is busy Googling 75% of the terms used in the summary trying to figure out what it even says. Someone in the know care to interpret?

Yes, how silly of his "tech people" to think that, especially since every office has tech people, and has that same expensive investment in their complex IT infrastructure, right!?

Don't be obtuse. If your average under-served office with 1-5 (most likely infected) Windows PCs would shut down more often, it'd be better for both the environment and IT security as a whole.

but by the looks of one of the linked articles, any standardized internal controls audit should have seriously mitigated the risks of these types of attacks being possible. These guys are dealing with credit cards, right? Where was PCI compliance?

How about missing option: same as last year when we had this same poll?

How bad-ass? This badass. The link is to a YouTube video where the guy who had the initial design ideas talks about getting the plane together, and the video features some awesome footage of the F-35's capabilities.

RIP F-22, you were cool and did a great job. The F-35 is a worthy replacement.

The "due diligence" you speak of for the multi-billion dollar company has more to do with an investigation into the finances of a potential partner, and has very little to do with any kind of analysis of a partner's ethical fortitude.

One might say the consumer's "due diligence" is exactly the opposite and subsequently far, far more important.

New Balance shoes are made in the US and UK, where labor laws are, at the very least, in existence. That's a good start. Your local farmer's market would be happy to sell you all the fixins' of a Big Mac, and you can get a good idea about how sustainable their operation is by actually talking to the people who farm it.

Many people think the way you seem to, which is that "opting out" is impossible. This is an uninformed opinion, it would seem, since options abound. You just have to decide to A) look for them and then B) choose them. Moral backflipping also seems to allow people to continue to sleep at night while their conveniences are paid for in blood by their fellow man in other countries.

And just to take this to its logical, and far more important end, the consumers who support this kind of business by voting in droves with their wallets are the singularly most important party turning "a blind eye". This is applicable across all retail. The conditions under which the goods we buy are prepared, be it Nike shoes or a Big Mac or an iPhone, is ultimately the responsibility of the individuals who are purchasing those goods. They hold all the power and therefore virtually all of the responsibility.

Indeed, it has already been noted that "some familiar -- very important -- passages are missing, including verses dealing with the resurrection of Jesus". With the Christian faith being so dependent on the Bible being "God's perfect word", one wonders what the religion will look like in another few hundred years given its rampant re-translation and re-interpretation. The Bible that we read today is vastly, vastly different than the one on display in TFA.