@Slagathorian: Stand tall and shake the heavens...: Perhaps, but you aren't limited to pesticide poisoning or no pesticides. There are different types that are less toxic and practices that can be used to prevent people from being sick. This is simple negligence.

@battra92: I had no idea about the nursery rhyme, but it doesn't appear that the origins of the rhyme are racist, only that a racist variation exists. I think that is a bit different than a term that has racist origins such as jipped (which I was also unaware of until recently).

@Slagathorian: It's not like they caught a cold. They were hospitalized due to chemical poisons, and I would bet that you have to be in pretty bad shape to be hospitalized in India. I agree that we shouldn't jump to conclusions about the suicides, but this pesticide thing is completely avoidable and unacceptable.…

@Neri: Food poisoning in schools isn't the same thing. Usually people just get sick and have to miss a few days with no lasting consequences. Being hospitalized by chemical poisons is entirely different and way more severe.

@Kellen Dunkelberger: Seriously? Are you being this obtuse to be obnoxious?

@Kellen Dunkelberger: It's not the size of my head, it's the size of my ear and the angle that I hold it. I usually talk on the right side of my head, and it's not uncommon for the corner to go past my ear. So, when I use the phone, I have to hold it in a way that feels awkward to me to talk.

@Boibi: I didn't read the article as a bash against men so much as an introspective look at how the game make the author more aware of how she perceives the role of gender in our personal interactions. There's a huge difference between saying saying that it felt more natural to be assertive when her character was a…

@PS1: I love my GB Micro! It's perfect for when I get the longing for a GBA game. I'm not sure it's good for emulating though.

@JoetheArachnid: Well I don't know about you, but I certainly can't write the code to fix the problems. As far as finding the answers, for me, the extra freedom has been detrimental because an issue with the phone could be caused by anything, meaning it could be the operating system or any one of the programs. I'm…

@waclark57: The issue has to do with the design of the phone. They use a sensor to detect when you are holding the phone to your face so that you don't hit buttons with your face, but they put the sensor in the far, upper corner, so you have to hold it a certain way for it to work (especially if you don't have big…

@Kellen Dunkelberger: The issue is where they put the sensor to detect when the phone is being held to your face (the far left corner). So, if you don't hold it just right so that the corner is touching your ear or your face, then you can hit buttons with your face while talking.

@Gameslaya: 1. Western Union

@Sean Morrow: It's not very interesting. He offered me $100 extra dollars to mail it to Germany, paid with Western Union with some story about sending it to some relative.

Months while at field camp in Italy, with some travel before and after. I didn't have games, TV or the internet and I didn't miss any of them.

This is the first time I've ever been interested in a collector's edition. Bookends - what a great idea. It's something I can actually use to manage my limited bookshelf space rather than just occupy it.

@Solidusian Fury: I agree that embedded stories often fall flat on their face, but it's not always because they have bad gameplay. Sometimes it's because they rip you out of great gameplay to insert a story, and personally I feel like it almost always detracts. Even with critically acclaimed games with highly praised…

I've had great experiences with craigslist, much better overall than with online transactions. I just got a great deal on a kindle yesterday (met at the entrance of a Target in daylight). Saved $30 on a brand new, sealed kindle. Opened it in front of the guy to make sure it was as advertised. Nice guy.

@JeffPom: Exactly, every iPhone owner I know loves using their phone despite the antenna issue, and yet my droid glitches out on me all the time and makes me want to chuck it across the room. On top of the small glitches, the entire operating system literally crashes about 5 times a week.

@Celestial Panda: Me too, except my version was called SNAFU. I imagine they changed the name after learning what the acronym stands for.

My partner will be eligible for the student discount in the fall (she got a macbook last fall), so I'm considering a new macbook. My current macbook is the low-end from 2006 with upgraded memory. I haven't decided yet whether to go baseline again or step up to the pro. I'm interested in a bigger screen, especially for…