Yes, we have much freedom, like the freedom to allow our decay.

I used to fly in Boings, but the rides were too bumpy for me.

Search "Eternal September".

I'll repeat what a clever Slashdotter posted years ago: Alter the phone system and laws so that the called person can press a number on his phone that charges the caller 25 cents (or whatever amount). The called gets half and the phone company gets the other half.

The amount is trivial if a mistake is made here and there, and since the phone company gets half they may be enthused to participate.

In addition, I guess, not having a verbatim button means perpetually typing extra quotes--10 per 5 keywords, for example.

I didn't figure out that my clothes dryer had developed sharp internal edges until it had damaged half of my wardrobe over several months. Since I had had these clothes for a long time, I knew their quality and that they weren't suddenly and simultaneously developing holes all over. You may want to look into that.

Ha!

On the plus side, you know it wasn't a bot post!

Current messes and schadenfreude aside, I don't think it would be good for the US to be knocked off the "good team" in the ongoing "world tournament".

Or it bumbles about randomly, sometimes picking up red turtle shells, but mostly getting in others' way if not pushing them off the track outright. 'Always picking up coins, though. And I bet an invincibility star can be worked in there somehow...

If I weren't so busy, I'd be computer-generating a demo video right now.

Your post slowed me at first. Especially in this information age, where text will exist for millennia, I wish people would say "1980s" instead of "'80s". In the future, people will wonder "Did the poster mean 1880s? 1780s?" I presume you didn't mean 1940s above for example, but rather an age. Context might not save future readers. I read an English medical book from the 1600s once...English or not, it already doesn't get easier as time passes.

I never thought about this before, but I wonder how much feelings come into play when just wanting to get out of there after 7 weeks. I don't know whether I could focus on something I *liked* for 7 weeks straight.

Are you suggesting they play "Mario Court"? I'm in!!

It seems dubious:

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Duh. To schools: Stop trying to save money--it is harming your students and greater society.