And it worked until they lost the anti-trust suit (which started in 1969, lasted 13 years!)

IBM didn't lose. The government dropped the case in 1982.

http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/library/collections/manuscripts/findingaids/ibmantitrustpart2.ACC1980.htm#bioghist

... the case was withdrawn by William F. Baxter, assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, on January 8, 1982. Baxter signed a Stipulation of Dismissal that stated the government's charges were "without merit."

leaving work in the pitch dark and fucking up my internal clock a couple weeks a couple times a year just cause people cant manage daylight on their own schedule

Why not get up when it's light? Can't you manage daylight on your own schedule? If you can't, then why complain about anyone else who also can't?

For example, his wife likes Amazing Race, and (apparently) none of the streaming premium services carry it, so it would "have to be written off"...well, except for the fact that in about a 5 second search, I found it at least 3 places. Certainly, it wasn't current-broadcast, but it's still there.

CBS.com streams Amazing Race same day, with about a 3-hour delay from air time. No premium service needed.

I'm not saying this is a good policy, but doesn't the United States government reserve the right to decline any lawsuit filed against it in the United States?

Yes, it's called Soverign Immunity. The U.S. government waives immunity in some cases, and possibly the contract with Grumman includes a clause that allows either party to sue for breach of contract. Also, the post office is not entirely part of the government any more, so it may not even have soverign immunity.

This Wikipedia article has more detail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity_in_the_United_States

Burying military surplus is a great way to give future military historians and archeologists solid evidence to study in the future. It is inexpensive and should be done with other unneeded military hardware.

Like, landmines and nerve gas.

Aren't landmines already burried? Are there other ways to use them?

Regarding this statement:
"...creating a thermal inversion with layers of cold air below layers of warmer air..."

Isn't that normal? Cold air falls, warm air rises. What's inverted about that?

It's the Georgia *Institute* of Technology, not a university. /pendantic /alum

http://www.gatech.edu/about/
According to their webpage they are a university. Maybe you should take your complaint to the webmaster.

Eudora had this feature in the past, so you might want to look at it and see if it still does.

http://eudora.com/

It's apparently open source now, so if you could add this feature if it doesn't exist.

Can your Credit Union lend out the money it has on deposit 9 times over because it can access the Federal Reserve Bank's discount window and if it gets over-extended go running to the FDIC for a bail-out?

Credit Unions are insured by the FDIC same as banks. And before that, they were insured by the FSLIC, which did not turn out well for taxpayers.

And that funding is based on who is enrolled, not who shows up for class each day.

Is that how it works in Florida? In other states, funding is based on Average Daily Attendance. If you have 5000 students "enrolled" but only half show up every day, you only get funded for 2500 students.