Bonus fun fact - Do YOU know what they do? Because protecting the president and his/her family is not their primary mandate.

That's the strangest "thanks Obama" I've ever seen... Today...

... and irony-blind people will refer to a 227-year-old Constitution in complaining about this.

That doesn't make any sense. They don't own the phone anymore so the company shouldn't be obligated or forced to do shit.

Glad to know they got their priorities straight! Banking, voter id laws, gerrymandering, civilian deaths from law enforcement, bowing to political pressure, who cares about those?

No, it doesn't tend to stick in people's memories.

No love for Velcro? Freeze dried food? The space pen?...?

It's made by all kinds of people. I would venture most of it is made by people who just like to make stuff that other people can use for free. Some probably use it to improve their resume. I do it because I like giving away useful free software. Admittedly, having it on my resume helps, but I would do it even without…

Hopefully you mean IAD instead of DCA.

Terminal C doesn't even have a bar beyond security. WHAT THE FUCK?!?

To be totally honest, I also had a similar reaction. However, I trust EFF and Amnesty. So I wrote a blog post.

They use Gorilla Glass for phones, sapphire for the camera lenses and touch (fingerprint) sensors, and will use sapphire for the watches. Reason is that GG is very hard and difficult to scratch; sapphire is much harder and very, very difficult to scratch accidentally. High end watches commonly use sapphire.

The gorillas got unruly and started throwing poop

Because Gorillas are endangered.

The use Sapphire for two models. The "sport" model uses gorilla glass. I would guess because of Sapphire's tendency to break when smacked. (or to make it cheaper. We don't know yet.)

Couple of things to keep in mind about the battery: This technology is 10 years old, and by law, the ESA cannot use nuclear-powered batteries.

Fourth and inches....

At the risk of TMI, my experience is that the strength of your tongue is a much better indicator of success re: bedtime shenanigans, than any phallic dimensionality concerns.