There are certain terms which, when used correctly, denote the origin of the item in question. For instance, Champagne is a protected term - only wine from the Champagne region of France, using a very specific varietal of grape, and very specific methods may legally be called "champagne".

You're reading the press releases, and thinking that Microsoft is retooling their web browser.

That jumped out at me too.

I can too... and your wife is hot! But who's that guy with her?

So how many people went back up and checked?

Reminds me a bit of the old "Gigapxl" project - way back in the day, a guy built a homemade gigapixel camera, and demonstrated the level of zoom in some of the pics. Site has since gone offline, and I don't know the functionality of the wayback machine, but I dug up one of the last captures of the site, for anyone…

Non-fiction: By Way of Deception, Victor Ostrovsky - about a Mossad spy

What kind of data are you looking for? Here's the applicable federal law:

Can you confirm that? It might have changed, but that's not the way that it used to be, at least. At the end of the night, you'd figure out your tips, figure out how many hours you'd worked, and when you clocked out, you'd put around $7.00 per hour worked as your tips. That way, the company didn't have to make up the…

Chipotle: If they're not legally classified as "servers", they are required by law to be paid at least minimum wage.

Then you're not doing it right. /obligatory

We can't even adhere to our Constitution, and you're expecting radical Islamists to adhere to one that isn't going to give them what they want (an end to the American Devils and their "puppets", Israel)?

Wow. 6 years, and it's still Bush's fault? The middle east isn't a "community", and your messiah is in over his head - and has been for 6 years.

Please understand, I don't necessarily agree or disagree with that position, I just hadn't heard (or thought) of it that way before.

In all fairness, travel between the continents has gotten much easier (and cheaper) since the 80's, so please take that into account as well. Now, someone comes out of the African desert coughing, and people exposed to that person are on every continent within 6-12 hours.

I had the same question, and was reminded of people who are allergic to the vaccines (a massive minority, but still an important part of the conversation). They're the ones that "herd immunity" is supposed to cover - not the anti-vaxxers.

"herd immunity" ... protects those unable to be immunized.

That's an interesting perspective that I hadn't thought of (that vaccines allow those who would naturally be predisposed to getting an illness thrive instead to possibly pass on that predisposition).

I lived in Rome for 3 years, and paid in cash or change for everything. Carried one of these for 3 years - everyone does over there. As a culture, the use of credit/debit cards isn't as prevalent there.

I don't know if the images loaded right. You can search Amazon for item B004Y1M0HC - that's the plastic one, and B001DXTD4M is an example of a leather one (that functions a little differently).