@HIcycles: You may be right. That is the Apple logic as I understand it. Apple really doesn't trust their users to not screw up their devices.

@wjglenn: Exactly. And if you've find no one is mooching, you've eliminated that as a cause for why your network is bogged down. Moreover, if you've proven no mooching, you won't be giving all your neighbors the stink eye wondering if they're the one.

@Eugene Smiley: Let's see if I track the argument. The default system lets Moto update my phone with 'upgrades' that will eventually overwhelm my specs, downgrading my phone's performance enough that I'll say 'my phone is too weak - I need to upgrade'. Whereas a custom ROM can be as efficient as I need and keep me…

I don't see the logic behind this from Motorola's POV. They make their money from selling their products. Android has a vibrant rooting community. Why alienate a non-trivial sector of the Android market?

@MrYdobon: Link killed by absorbing the period at the end of the sentence. Working link

@w1llk - Undoubtedly Cookies: That statement is partly incorrect. China has funded BOTH the bailouts and the wars. They have been a major buyer of US Treasury bonds for years, not just since the bailouts.

So is turnaround fair play here? Can her lawyers now subpoena all email from anyone in the company regarding complaint?

@MrYdobon:

@exploremn: Great app suggestion! I just tested it on my wife's and my Droids. It works well.

I was trained in double-space, but I'm trying to break the habit — save my thumbs some repetitive stress. That said, I don't really care which approach other people use as long as they are consistent. It drives me crazy when working on a manuscript with a coauthor who bounces back and forth. It's certainly easier to…

@rae.arnold: ... and to make it automatic - [lifehacker.com]

@curtis07: That's a good point and makes me rethink my answer. I really need to think about the type of email it is.

What sign off? My email address tells them the email is from me before they even opened it. What - should I be worried they forgot who was writing by the time they reach the end? When I've finished the content of the email, I click send & archive. No fuss, no waste.

In other news, LifeHacker has perfected techniques for getting readers to vote however they want them to on an online poll. Using loaded wording, leading examples, and manipulative imagery they've achieved a 90% success rate.

@jay13x: Oops, that wasn't chocolate. Sorry about that.

@Michelle Howard: I'm encouraged to hear we're not the only ones who unwillingly took this route.

@diannevan: We're using the bumGenius cloth diapers and are very happy with them. I know others who really like the g-diapers.

"After I hit him with the pepper spray, all he said when he came after me was you're going to need more than that."

This illustrates the needle in a haystack problem the TSA is facing — and just how bad their solution is.

I have a spotty internet connection where I live, and FF going into offline mode drives me nuts.