The ability to tweak the software that the phone is built on is what keeps me with Android. I’m too much of a tinkerer so having a phone that locks me out and treats me like I’m stupid drives me bonkers.

The only person who came to mind when I read the line “I don’t yet know exactly who that high-profile customer is...” was Kanye West.

“...much like the SpaceLab modules that flew on NASA’s shuttles “

The top right diamond (“Is your computer running Vista or XP?”) is completely unnecessary. This question was already answered in the first tile of the graph.

Biggest Russian flag in the world, you say?

This is the kind of reading material that Congressional representatives should have on their required reading list. Then again, it probably wouldn’t matter because without some sort of personal benefit from the military procurement process, they’d all starve to death.

Someone referenced it in a different comment and I’m glad you posted it because I had never seen it before.

Sure, the surveillance aircraft was able to land, but it did so on a Chinese-owned island, the crew impounded and questioned, the Chinese got access to sensitive, classified material about our intelligence-gathering capabilities, they took the entire plane apart to learn its secrets and when we got it back the plane…

+1 for the zinger

I heard this a while ago and got rid of AdBlock because of this issue, but I am curious- how does it compare to AdBlock Plus? Are they from the same developers?

I guess I haven’t updated my Google Chrome to the latest build, because it’s still showing up under my extensions list. I can see how it would be missing if Google Chrome baked it into the browser natively, so the flags window would be the only case to really get in there and disable it.

Respectfully, going into the chrome://flags window is totally unnecessary to disable the new Chrome bookmark manager.

Any time I see anything coming out of Iran (and out of the Middle East, generally), I just think to myself “Gosh, I need to open up a chain of FedEx Kinkos in that country. I would make a killing.”

I know that living in the US means I’m exposed to marketing materials that are at the cutting edge (so my perception is…

Sorry to correct you, but the A-10 is still capable of defeating any known tank. Your argument about the Middle East doesn't make sense- these Middle Eastern countries USE Russian and Chinese tanks. Nobody in the Middle East makes a tank domestically except for Israel.

I'm moving to Austin in a week (unfortunately, not in a Google Fiber neighborhood), so after researching our future apartment, it looks like we have the choice between AT&T and Time Warner Cable (*$%^#%), but at least I know that if I get the Surfboard it will work with either.

I'm moving to Austin in a week (unfortunately, not in a Google Fiber neighborhood), so after researching our future…

This deal is pure torture...we are moving this weekend to Austin and I don't know what our ISP is there (doubt it's Google Fiber, who knows). I'm *almost* tempted to buy this just so I don't miss out on this killer deal since it's almost certain that I'll need a cable modem anyway.

This deal is pure torture...we are moving this weekend to Austin and I don't know what our ISP is there (doubt it's…

This deal is pure torture...we are moving this weekend to Austin and I don’t know what our ISP is there (doubt it’s Google Fiber, who knows). I’m *almost* tempted to buy this just so I don’t miss out on this killer deal since it’s almost certain that I’ll need a cable modem anyway.

Harris, this post was beyond well-timed for me individually- I'm in a very similar relationship (newly married for a few months) and what I have experienced is almost a complete mirror reflection of the situation of the person in this first letter that you responded.

Although the power-projection abilities are unavoidable, my question is whether or not maritime rights like the one China is shooting for apply to manmade islands such as these.

True narcissism means owning one of these: