Is that really a common WiMax experience?

I've had ClearWire for about two years now, and have gotten a reliable 1.5Mbps/256kbps connection with no hiccups. Now they have converted me over to a 5Mbps/500kbps connection for the same price (although I seem to be getting around 2.5Mbps instead of 5). I've never had the problems you are complaining about.

And can you refer us to rigorous double-blind studies showing that chiropractors don't do any good beyond the placebo effect? Unless someone decides to spend the large amount of money required to perform such rigorous testing, anecdotal evidence is the best we will get.

IP and copyright are about business and making a profit. DNA sample collection is about life and liberty. It's also possible to reject current IP and copyright laws (implementations) without rejecting the whole concept (i.e., why not copyright only for 20 years?).

To flip your argument back onto you: you cannot reject the police searching your house whenever they want, without a warrant and without charge, if you don't reject people taking your DNA without being convicted of a crime. In either case, you are being presumed guilty.

One thing you need to understand is that children don't have the experience and coping mechanisms in place to handle all of the content you or I could. There are things that I could watch or read that I would find mildly upsetting that would give my children nightmares for weeks. This is because they don't have the same risk-assessment capabilities that I do, because they don't have the experience.

So yes, I do shield my children from things I think they can't handle yet. When I feel they have reached an age that they are mature enough to, I will gladly let them chose. Treating children as miniature adults, though, is just stupid.