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If you watched the clip he linked to you might have picked that up from context clues, even if you weren't aware of the word.

I'm not sure I agree with you, but to pick the 2 that are apropos here: Peaceful and leftist.

This bunch of loosely assembled hippies, anarchists, socialists and new agers doesn't have a coherent voice what-so-ever.

I haven't been down to Wall St. to see the current incarnation, but several dozen camped outside of the my office at the Woolworth building for a couple of weeks while protesting the mayor's budget a month or two ago. They were a nuisance, but certainly not threatening.

That's a stupefyingly facile take on the situation.

The wealth does not belong to the country, nor could the wealth exist without the structure of the civilization upon which it hangs. Should 90% of the cost to run the country be paid by those who take in 90% of the wealth benefit of the society? Sure seems like a fair way to approach the situation to me.

And to the AC below who claims that the 90%ers pay 90% of the taxes already, you are sorely mistaken. Do a little research into income tax vs. capital gains tax and what proportion of income is derived from each stream at various income levels. This is how Warren Buffett gets away with paying a lower tax rate than his secretary.

I presume you have a link to the unequivocal evidence that water fluoridation offers substantial benefits to a population's dental health and no possible deleterious effects on any members of said population?

I'm not saying fluoride has no benefits for dental health, but neither do I agree that it is so clearly beneficial that it is necessary to medicate the entire population whether they would like to be medicated or not.

I'm happy to consider evidence to the contrary.

Windows XP + Stylus != iPad

Not even close.

This is yet another example of assuming that Windows is good enough for any purpose and the hardware is all that matters. Clearly it doesn't, or one of those products 'like the iPad' would have been a runaway success 10 years ago.

The single most important part of a computer from a usability standpoint is the human-computer interface. In the consumer market, usability is king. Good enough is fine for functionality (i.e. can it play music, movies, look at pictures and browse the web without looking at a manual or even thinking about the interface? Great, then it doesn't need 2 cameras, 3 USB ports and a terminal shell app built in). Apple is the only company that gets this, though Microsoft seems to slowly be learning. I haven't touched a WP7 yet, but it at least looks promising in the videos.

You should stop by the ESB on a week day evening sometime, especially on a clear though not particularly warm autumn night, and the lines will be almost non-existent. I avoided it for years until finally having a friend talk me into going up and we were up there in minutes. It's a bit chilly, but I wouldn't want to hang up there very long anyways. The views are stunning.

is determined by the portion of the map within active view. If you are looking at China and search for a restaurant, it isn't going to be anywhere near you (unless you are actually in China, of course).

Technically, pidgeons are rock doves, I believe, so you should be in the clear.