The issue with Panera is that they have limited the amount of time you can sit at their store during peak hours (lunch hours). So a person can't sit down and work all day until they start to charge and again, this is in select stores for testing purposes.

Personally, I think Microsoft should seriously consider buying a company like SPB Software or another Third Party company to continue the development of Windows Mobile. It's clear that Microsoft dropped the ball years ago and didn't realize the potential of Mobile devices and I am not sure Windows Mobile 7 will leap frog or even compete with the iPhone and/or Blackberry.

While new technology and general discovery has slowed, the depth of progress has continued to grow. If you use the old analogy of the iceberg where discovery of the last 50 years was the tip above the water line, we are now getting into a age where investigation is starting to happen below the line. This means that progress might be slower in terms of rate but the findings are greater and have more meaning.

The Desk is the foundation of many of the options found in the poll. A proper desk goes along way in terms of correct ergonomics with regard to the keyboard, mouse and monitor. A poorly planned desk and office space can warp the layout of the previously mentioned components.

Until Pluto can save the Economy, talking about whether it's a planet or not during these times is the last thing Illinois or the federal government needs discuss.

For one thing, I have seen more productivity coming from a mainframe based application than web or Client/Server based software. If you have two applications requiring the same input, 99% of the time, a system coded in say CICS will dominate user input much faster than the latter. Also when you factor in reliability, security, raw I/O speed and general processing power, mainframes can't be beat.

FTA: "The reason that ratings agencies and investors felt so safe with the triple-A tranches was that they believed there was no way hundreds of homeowners would all default on their loans at the same time."

The problem wasn't that the Triple A accounts were defaulting rather Moody's and other companies were stamping these ratings while they were combined with Triple B and other more riskier loans. All it took is several loans to fail while rotting the entire bushel and therefore the Investor is stuck with securities that have no value.