I always ask:

- What is the best part about working here?

- How is this job different from other jobs you've had in the past?

- What's your background / how did you get here?

You get a good sense of the type of people you'd be working with and what they really like about the job.

Tech Support: "I'm sorry, are you from the past?"

There was this sort of thing in an episode of Max Headroom, where you could leave a few videos of yourself for your loved ones to interact. Of course, the implementation was backed by a corrupt industrialist, who had coin slots on the interaction kiosks, soaking people for their cash.

Hopefully in our world Edison Carter will be there to right the wrongs this new technology will cause.

Want to know what business travel is like, especially overseas? Watch Lost in Translation. It is lonely, confusing and boring for most of the trip.

In these cases, I usually write an email to a Senator. Does some one have one of those pages going (like the ACLU has) that will auto email a protest to my Senator and/or Rep?

Stop posting partisan crap and do something!