Well, I can only speak from my own experience as someone who only started going in the last 3 years. I've enjoyed my time there.

There are always going to be people complaining about the politics or old-timers who complain about the "Good Old Days", but in the end, I've met some really interesting people and had some good times.

This complaint about the terms really is only whining about a small handful of people out of the 50,000 attendees the last few years.

Also, regarding tickets, I'd much rather pay a little cash to have proper porto-potties and ice trucked in than the alternative. Even if a few people are taking advantage of the cash (which is debatable), they spend quite a bit of it to maintain the ecosystem and fund some of the coolest art I've seen in a long time.

I just realized that making a game out of this would be fun. Steve Jobs could be the level boss and if you defeat him, your app gets accepted into the app store.

I wonder if it would be accepted.

I know how to create apps, but I don't have time for it this weekend so I'm putting it out there. Get on it Slashdot. Someone write this now.

I don't know, having hookers and hacks read teleprompters in front of a camera can be pretty expensive.

I care. Every time one of these types of stories come up, people either respond by saying "get over it" or "boycott." I think that's the wrong way to think about things.

In my opinion, sometimes it's better to make so much noise that the controlling party has to change. It HAS worked in the past, despite what the naysayers like to believe.

...to point out that he is actually the one with ownership over his own head and all 3 of these people are wrong?

To be fair, I've had my plan for a lot longer since I've been with T-mobile for a while, so my current bill is closer to $90 after taxes. It's a little harder for me to justify a switch right now, though I certainly have been tempted at times for the 3g upgrade.

I also went to compare the prices though a little bit ago, and while they've gone up, they're still a bit cheaper than the other plans and I wasn't that far off. My example is close to what I would be getting now.

For example, go add familytime 1000 ($69.99) , then add unlimited email and messaging to each phone ($19.99 each). Total: $110 roughly.

Now, go grab the closest plan from ATT: Nation 700 FamilyTalk w/Rollover® Minutes ($69.99) + iPhone data plan ($30 each). Total: $130 roughly, and that doesn't even include messaging and has less minutes.

So, if you also wanted unlimited messaging, you're talking another $30 (Messaging Unlimited for Families), which is basically what I said the difference was. YMMV, of course depending on what plans you're comparing.

Yes, ATT is 3g, but I don't know if the additional $50/month justifies it. I'm fine for now.

I save at least $50 on T-mobile using an iPhone and unlocking it (my wife has one also, so it's a shared plan). ATT has taken advantage of the iPhone to tack on the $30 data plan per phone, which is quite a bit more expensive than most other plans with similar service.

I haven't fully decided if the iPhone penetration has reached a point where the government should be regulating them, but for ATT to argue that their deal really helps make things cheaper is bullshit.

Where in Google's presentation did they say that implementations had to all be open source? They simply said they'd supply some of their own code and the documentation for the protocols to allow other people to implement their solutions. They never said all the other people had to open source their versions.

I think this is appropriate.

http://daringfireball.net/2009/05/diary_of_an_app_store_reviewer

..but those things better do a lot more than play sounds if I'm going to pay $1500 for them, like wash my dishes or give me a happy ending.

I'm trying to decide what CMS to use for a site, and this was useful to know. Thanks.

I need to setup a blog and forum, and I've been debating over Drupal or a Wordpress + forum hybrid. I like the fact that Drupal has a forum integrated, so you can just create one user login and have access to both sections of the site.

I think Wordpress is a bit easier to work with if all you want is a blog, but I'm probably leaning towards Drupal right now since I need a bit more.

I also tried looking at bbPress, which is the forum software written by the Wordpress people. It is supposed to integrate with the wordpress user database, but as of last night, is still a bit flaky. They're still not officially released yet though (I played with version 1.0 alpha 6 last night). Having said that, I like some of the ideas and think they could be a serious contender once they get further along.

If the change we're expecting is compared to a Bush presidency or even a predicted McCain presidency, then I would argue that it's still like night and day.

I don't agree with this choice, but it's not like I'm expecting Obama to fart rainbows all the time.

You give Joe Sixpack too much credit.

At best, we could hope that the FCC gets annoyed and starts pushing them to find a resolution, but even that is doubtful depending on how much lobbying they're doing.

I only use time warner for my internet service (have Dish network for tv). So, if they really are going to filter out on the internet, then I'll be affected.

To be honest though, the only thing I'll be annoyed about is the Daily Show and Colbert Report. But, I know how to get those elsewhere if this really becomes an standoff.

Perhaps you need to elaborate and be more specific, as right now, I don't know that you actually understood what I said.

My point was that they DON'T balance each other out (and could likely be unrelated, in my opinion), which is not the impression one would get listening to certain news outlets.