AT&T was convinced that circuit switching (rather than packet switching) was the way to go. It took DARPA (you know, the government) years to convince them otherwise, in some cases going behind their backs to do so. They also spent decades telling people that only AT&T equipment can be installed in their homes, and there's no way you can use your own phone since it may damage their circuitry.

Don't think that only government comes up with crappy rules.

We're done here, no need for more comments.

Until you consider how expensive it's going to be for every single company out there to change their cash registers, bill scanners, etc. to handle a dollar coin. Sure, the companies themselves will pay it, but that's now a business expense. That they'll deduct from their taxes. And I'll take a bet that that writeoff will be in the billions of dollars over the next few years if it got implemented.

Look, dollar bills and the penny are here to stay, just like CDMA here in the states and left-hand driving in the UK. Squawk all you want, but it's not changing anytime soon.

Aside from the already listed reasons:

While congress as a whole has a very low approval rating, looking at an individual's approval rating shows that a voter's own representative is regarded fairly highly. It's "the other guy/gal" that is causing the problems.

In the House of Representatives. I think Ebola and North Korea are more popular in the US right now.

Maybe he really really means it this time. Based off his past, I highly doubt it or he's using this to get something else that's worse.

I think I mined part of a bitcoin then lost the files I used to generate them. Does that mean they're permanently out of circulation? How do they handle such a situation?

I can see why you're marked troll but I'll bite anyway.

Take a look at the amount of money that goes to other scientific disciplines from the government (the NIH for example). Do you think that biomedical research is being corrupted in the same way as global warming research? If yes, why not go after those research dollars in the same way? If no, then your reasoning on why the research is being conducted is fundamentally wrong.

Nyyyessss....You make $10k, I force you to put $2k/year into an IRA - no choice in the matter. You can live on $9k/year. What happens after 6 years?

1) Just because you're a monopoly means you're going to get sued for antitrust
b) Just because you provide a bunch of services at once doesn't make you a monopoly
iii) Verizon and AT&T better watch out

If you were in the middle of a minute when the call dropped they'd charge you for the full minute, so yeah, they do.

Are you really saying that gas pumped into an underground tank at 80F is still going to be 80F a day later?

Well there you go. Thanks!

You don't expect a discount on your cell phone service or refunded minutes if you have a dropped call.

If that were the case, then it wouldn't need to be proprietary from AT&T. Just say "This includes TCP headers".

McDonalds says their Quarter Pounder is pre-cook weight.

Unless the gas you're using was just delivered by a truck, the temperature of the gas is going to be at the temperature of the ground, not the air. Tanks are typically buried 5 ft or more below the ground and as it sits there it balances out to the temperature of the ground around it, usually 50-60F.

I don't know why airlines do this, but much of their delivery was external and thus was impacted by temperature variations. And the fact that they're buying a *lot* more than you are. Military uses weight as well, so cost probably isn't the issue.