"The Germans almost pulled this off in the 1940's" <-- You mean US and Germans, right?

I might as well. But NOT TODAY - why put such a strain on their services...

I think OHO would be even better... Or, OOO. But, of course, if you really want true symmetrical mufti-dimensional redundancy, then you have to go with just O

Skype was like this long before Microsoft. Fring supported video calls to Skype clients for several months, then Skype blocked it: http://blog.fring.com/en/?p=2322

This is white noise. Or generated sound. I wouldn't call it "music" if it's composed using science instead of talent and inspiration...

Where?!!!

Not sure towing would work... Germany is more compact/urban, they have real public transportation and use it (unlike us here in the US).

...could try becoming an alternative ISP. The one where public interests count...

for the incoming flood of "in soviet Russia" jokes...

Three questions:

1. Did the premiums not go up last year (or the year before last)?
2. If "Yes" on the previous - did the premiums go up faster this year then before?
3. Do you really expect a reform of such proportion to have an immediate effect?

let's just hope T-Mobile has coverage in the middle of nowhere...

improbability donut - here, corrected that for ya :)

I biked to work couple times, but then decided not to. The problem is - you share the road with *cars*. So, unless there is a dedicated bike trail or a separate bike lane, it is simply too dangerous. First: the drivers do not want to share the road with a slow moving object - not only bikes, but even seniors for example. Fortunately for seniors, they are usually inside very big and somewhat safe cars. Bicyclists are not. Second: chances of staying intact in an accident for a bicyclist are much lower compared to those of a car driver/passenger. Now, let's combine the first and the second... And I haven't even started with bad weather, visibility issues or intentional desire to hurt a bicyclist (ugly, but possible).

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