You forgot the executives golden parachute I think, that's a lot of money right there in order to have the "proper" person running the company.

FTFY

A nerd would be interested in the drive train, targeting system, etc, i.e. what can I do with this. Geeks are interested in how cool it looks. It was a shock when I realized I was a nerd and didn't qualify to be a geek.

Well, I'd say that's the difference between people that are serious about a project and those that do things as a hobby. I'm not opposed to helping fund something that interests me, whether it be big business or Joe working out of mom's basement. What's really important is funding people that are doing stuff that I am interested in and are serious about the project, not just pulling in cash so they can play with their toys without producing anything or worse yet just trying to get money for nothing. With John and Gabe and others giving testimony about these guys, they are putting their reputations on the table to back these guys. Now, I have a lot of nerd-envy when it comes to Carmack, basically, he's the programmer I look up to, along with Abrash and both of them are on record supporting this device. The video is okay, but their testimony is priceless. Specs are a little low, but I'm going to throw in a few bucks in the hope that every little bit helps.

Demonstrations don't work when you have to hold them in free speech areas located far away from anyone that actually might pay attention. Got rid of those pesky protesters long ago, except of course in the case where the powerless are attacking other powerless people, e.g. funerals of peons and stuff like that. Strikes don't work because your job was sent overseas long ago, gotta be employed to strike. Voting doesn't seem to work since the government rigs elections by setting voting districts, only allowing two parties, etc.

Best means left available is a gun, or so it seems, and most people aren't ready to take that step.

FTFY

Well, Infinity has made it to my neighborhood, but I wouldn't call it a good thing. First, AT&T no longer sells DSL lines in the area, claiming they are all used. Second, minimum price for Infinity is well over 100/month since Comcast is around the same, it basically means that and internet connection is more expensive than they used to be.

Maybe the extra speed would be nice, but at a cost of doubling my costs, it's out of my price range.

Hmmm, no the amount per month is too low, it's 1180 a month. Of course food stamps are a graduated system so at 1000 your would only get about 40 dollars of food stamps, but at 1180 you make too much to get even a dollar in food stamps.

Well, lets see.

Can't buy fruits/veggy/"real meat"/etc. Fed a diet of sugar, fats and starches that quickly convert to body fat rather than to long term energy. Eating fewer larger meals rather than smaller and more meals.

For myself, I'm about 20 pounds overweight, maybe a bit more. Not much, but I know that I don't get a well rounded diet. The cheapest foods are mainly all processed foods that are high in sodium and sugars in order to make up for the bland tastes of the base food. I'd much rather have a steak with a dash of salt and pepper, some steamed veggy, couple of slabs of bread and some cheese. Now my food budget is below normal, but I can see why a majority of people with little money purchase the processed foods.

If anything, food quality has probably gone down drastically for those earning little money since substitutions were allowed in the CPI. With a stable shopping list the CPI would have raised a lot more than it currently has, but allowing substitutions such as hamburger instead of steak etc means that the quality of goods that can be purchased are going down in order to keep cost of living increases down since many wages are based on the CPI.

Pardon me, but like I said, I would give a shit.

Furthermore, most snakes have their poison glands near their mouths. The actual meat/body of the snake isn't saturated in poison, although I assume they might have some resistance to it.

That article was published 8 years ago. According to the original submission the employees attempted to remove the device from his head which cannot be done without special equipment which in turn damaged the equipment and caused him pain.

Point is that is just one device. Once the technology is established who knows what new products would be available and what they would look like.

+1 got a chuckle out of me.

Or perhaps he just wrote that comment because he was trolling since his original message wasn't moded down as far as I can tell. He appears to be just trying to stir up controversy.

Like I said, I don't know the specifics, but as far as glasses go, you take my glasses you are coming in contact with me. Even if I don't start spouting blood out of numerous wounds, it's assault, perhaps even theft. Since the glasses he was/is wearing are probably worth over a grand, I believe that is also a felony.

Seriously, I've worn glasses since I was 9 years old and I can't remember one incident where it's ever been acceptable for someone to take the glasses off my face without my authorization. Perhaps they just didn't do it when I was overseas because I was in the military and they didn't want me shooting a cruise missile at them? Or perhaps, it's not acceptable anywhere to grab someone's glasses from off there face, except of course in McDonald's at a certain location in Paris.

As posted in another message here, this isn't the first incident at this particular McDonald's either.