AltaVista still exists, right?

I worked for US Bank as a consultant at one of their *gigantic* warehouse cube-farms. They had stopped providing free coffee at the many "coffee centers" in the building, which I found incredibly short-sighted. Coffee is fuel. Programmer + Coffee = Productivity. To acquire said fuel, it was necessary to take a 15 minute round trip hike to the cafeteria on the other side of the building - for which I, of course, charged the time. $100/hr x .25 = $25. I made money going to buy coffee.

Canceling the Griswald X-mas bonus level stupidity - you're just going to end up kidnapped, tied up with a dog chain and presented to your employee wrapped in a ribbon. Everyone knows that.

Comcast is a monopoly in my area (Twin Cities). How exactly do I vote with my dollar?

The problem with this argument is that while it is a very practical solution, it does not speak to the pioneering soul. Space is a frontier, full of danger and mystery. For humans to experience its possibilities we need to see it firsthand.

I think this depends on the context and tone in which you make this reply. Your assumption here is a snarky tone in an unsolicited context. Since text has no tone and this was a solicited situation (the poll is asking us our opinion), you might want to give the benefit of the doubt here. It's factually true - I've put childish things, or toys, away. A toy, in my mind, only has inherent value. It doesn't "do anything." I have nothing against such things and the world is probably better off containing them. It's just that I, personally, have no time to play with or interest in them.

I can't believe I'm a Stephen King nerd too, but it's the Walking Dude... c'mon!

It's this kindergarten shit that keeps the world from moving forward. Freakin pissing contests with no winner. Plus - the Russian bathroom doesn't have a webcam.