I live about 90+ miles from my work, public transportation doesn't travel that far, or anywhere near that far. To save on fuel, I drive down to work on Tuesday, and drive back home on Friday. Work supplies me a place to stay while I'm there. But the reason I don't utilize it outside of for work is due to the fact that the closest bus stop to my house is still at least a 3 mile walk, and with the friggid temperatures that Alaska can see in the winter, Walking to the bus stop can be a bit more than just downright uncomfortable. I do, however utilize the ideas of Car pooling whenever possible, and in the summer months, use a bicycle to get places as I can.

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You should come by around my neighborhood. My phone is constantly telling me of open wifi spots. I could just about make my entire trip to work online just jumping from one open wifi to another. The people where you live might be more educated, but not everyone is.

I wonder if those statistics also include the fact that you can also pay via "Electronic Check" as some places call it. I have a few sites that I pay bills online with, but they do not accept the particular credit card that I pay bills from. however I can input my check account number and routing code and it runs the transaction as an electronic. Still instant pay, just over the check system. Alot of the banks that have billpay features all the billpay feature does is allow you to input the payment information, and they send a check either electronically, or via mail. Yes Checks as a system are still widely used in the US, the average person hasn't touched a check in years. As you saw, the guy you replied to said he hasn't written a check in 7 years, I'd venture to guess I haven't written a check in longer than that. I'm in a small town environment, and I can't remember the last time I walked into a place that accepted checks. Both large and small businesses in this town, and the town I vacation in I haven't seen a store accept checks.

Not all states have this requirement. Alaska State law permits driving in the left lane so long as your not doing under the speed limit. Arkansas law just states you cannot obstruct traffic by driving continuously in the left lane. North Carolina as well allows Driving in the left lane unless your doing 10 MPH under the speed limit.

This is a strait copy and paste from AcidPenguin9873. I think he said it best: "Your first post is clearly a troll by stating that /.'s mod system is broken, as a reply to a comment which is unrelated to /.'s mod system. That's the precise definition of troll; furthermore, it is not a fact (no matter how much anecdotal evidence you offer), but rather, your opinion. Your other N-1 posts (all but the first) are meta-troll and/or meta-flamebait posts; in each post, you argue that the first post shouldn't have been downmodded for being troll/flamebait, thus sparking a useless discussion about trolls and flamebaits and /.'s mod system."