Not sure if you're joking, you are the one that said the US could be considered a 3rd world country. As another poster already replied to you, the US is 3rd in the world for number of mobile phones in use and that number is greater than the US population. I'm not sure if you're North American but if you think it would be profitable for any company to put towers out in the vast open expanses of the western United States, you're crazy. We have had universal landline access for most of the last century that provides the communication for people that choose to live in such remote locations. I'm not sure where you're getting your numbers since you fail to cite any of your facts, but I think your metrics are wrong.

And how many 3rd world countries have near universal telephone service? You do realize the US has 141 Million landlines and 286 Million mobile phones in use as of 2009?

read the last part of the sentence, having their military observers sent away with warning shots was part of the reason they didn't send in referendum observers, in addition to believing the referendum itself was illegal.

from the Wikipedia article you linked to, Uninvited OSCE military observers attempted to enter the region four times but were turned away, sometimes after warning shots were fired,[93][94] which was another reason given for not dispatching referendum observers.

iOS 7 was pushed out early to support the 5S release, the 7.1 update vastly improved the performance on iPhone 4

It's not that VR is best suited for games, but the amount of money gaming enthusiasts plunk down in order to squeeze out a bit more performance probably makes gaming the best incubator for the technology to reach the price point that others can then also use it. If not gaming, then something related to sex they way it helped make VCR's mainstream, but FaceBook is likely to prevent that avenue.

perhaps I'm missing something, but Apple didn't make or sell this keyboard add-on

try right-clicking the "Upgrade to Mavericks!" and it will give a drop down option to hide the upgrade ;)

Oh and there is a version of Security Update 2014-001 for Mountain Lion. If your App store still doesn't show it you can go to http://support.apple.com/downl... and download/install manually.

And farmers want to farm where it only (on a good year) rains for half or less of the year, so what's the difference? It's crazy that "free market" "get the government out of my life" conservative farmers in the US West want highly subsidized water so they can grow extremely water intensive crops, like alfalfa, in dry, often desert, locations. Its very possible to farm with much less water, for instance Isreal has reclaimed desert into farm land by using advanced techniques to stretch the water they use as far as they can, but US farmers have mostly up to now refused to invest in the technology as long as they get to pay much less for water than the other consumers.

Bush and the Republicans in Congress kept the 2 wars out of the Budget, refused to raise taxes for the first time during prolonged war, and passed Medicare Part D unfunded.

The deficit during Barack's 5 years has shrunk faster than any time since the end of WWII - all while coming into office during the biggest recession since the Great Depression, saved the American auto industry and dependent suppliers keeping people in jobs which prevented the tax base from decreasing further and help maintain the rest of the economy.

Bush passed Medicare Part D unfunded and then started 2 wars that were kept out of the budget (until Barack was elected) and then didn't raise taxes to pay for the wars which had never previously happened in American history, but yes keep believing Obama is spending more than Bush. Never mind that over the last 5 years we've had the fastest shrinking deficit since the end of WWII.

FTFY

I never had a problem buying a firearm with my license having a different address. Maybe I had to show a power bill, but I can't recall.

kind of hard to punch out a perforated form from a website ;) and i don't recall it having an option to print anything

California rarely re-issues new licenses until yours is about 12 or so years old and then makes you come in for a new photo, so I've spent most of my adult life with a license having a different address than my current residence. As long as you notify the DMV within 10 days with a Change of Address you're fine and will not run foul of the law.