Somehow I wonder if you would have put "ex-Catholic," "ex-atheist," or "ex-Jew" in your description if you had been any of those. It's startling that you somehow consider a former religious affiliation as some sort of credential. Maybe in the future you just tell us your education and experience and leave political…

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I should add that I WOULD say that FF VIII was the beginning of the end, but FF IX redeemed the series, briefly.

I played Final Fantasies 4-10 (and beat most of them!). I have to target the downfall of the series as FF 10. It was fun in and of itself, but unlike other entries in the series, it did not leave me wanting more. After beating it, I turned off my Playstation 2 and never really looked back.

Definitely true. The tradeoff, in my opinion, is that regular tables like the Kindle Fire or the iPad have bright glossy screens. They are hard to read in the sun and hard on the eyes after extended reading. Those two factors alone make the Paperwhite preferable to me. However, the Kindle Fire is also an excellent…

I think some others have recommend this, but I'd say pick up a Kindle Paperwhite. I've owned an iPad 2 for a while now and I've done a fair amount of reading on it. However, I received the Kindle for Christmas and I don't think I'll be going back to the iPad. The screen on the Kindle is much easier on the eyes, the…

It's a nice looking workspace, but I find the name completely offensive. As someone who's dealt with clinically-diagnosed (and treated) obsessive compulsive disorder for years, I find the flippant way people dismiss the disease by implying that it somehow deals with excessive neatness to be demeaning. OCD is a real…

It's a nice looking workspace, but I find the name completely offensive. As someone who's dealt with clinically-diagnosed (and treated) obsessive compulsive disorder for years, I find the flippant way people dismiss the disease by implying that it somehow deals with excessive neatness to be demeaning. OCD is a real…

It's a nice looking workspace, but I find the name completely offensive. As someone who's dealt with clinically-diagnosed (and treated) obsessive compulsive disorder for years, I find the flippant way people dismiss the disease by implying that it somehow deals with excessive neatness to be demeaning. OCD is a real…

I was in something of the same boat as you. I have high hopes people will take a second look at Flickr though. Also, some Flickr communities have suffered, but there are still many vibrant ones out there. It's not entire a ghost town yet. :-)

As an introductory lesson in Economics 101, I present to you PRICE DISCRIMINATION: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination

This is actually a surprisingly good deal. I was one of those crazy people who never really abandoned Flickr (partially because its popular with the online Lego community). Flickr has better privacy protection than other photo services and it has more options when it comes to licensing the content you put up. …

I always find color photographs from that era chilling. Most pictures back then were black and white and this fact has a tendency to make the era seem "unreal" to me. Color pictures like this, however, are a powerful reminder of just how recent WWII was and of how frighteningly close we are to those horrendous…

I was one of those goofy folks who never left Flickr for another service (partially because the online Lego community still uses it so much). Anyway, I think it's one of the better deals out there. You retain ownership of your pictures, there are a variety of social and sharing options, and a "pro" account is…

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*sigh* It's so sad to see that ruined piece of art again. Ms. Gimenez is not one of MY favorite people of 2012.

I think part of it has to be an economies of scale issue. Compared to USB 2 (and even USB 3), Thunderbolt is not widely available. That means manufacturers can't reduce the average cost of production over a large quantity of items. Hence, Thunderbolt products have high prices.

You're probably right about the corporal punishment thing. I only mentioned the physical element because my dad says that he remembers adults in Germany spanking children who weren't their own. I was trying to ask about more community parenting, not suggest that this world needs more hitting. I'm sorry if my comment…

My Dad lived in Germany in the 1970s. He told me that adult strangers could punish children with verbal (and sometimes physical) reprimands if they were misbehaving in public. Many American parents on the other hand, would take any interference in the way they handled their children as an affront, and maybe grounds…