The "Hidden Permissions" feature in 4.3 might do what I"m looking for. But my Galaxy SIII with 4.1.2 won't let programs toggle GPS, even NFC.

I've not had luck with NFC tags and toggling GPS. The apps I've attempted to use tell me that it requires root (and sometimes a plug-in). Plus, nothing you've listed there involves GPS specifically.

On my Galaxy S3 and my dad's Nexus 7 HD (this year's model), any programmatic attempt to toggle GPS has been unsuccessful.

All of the apps I've looked at that are intended to toggle GPS require root on newer versions of the OS. Most of them note this specificaly in the descriptions.

I can't speak to whether or not the hidden permissions'd do it, since I don't have 4.3 yet.

Which version of Android are you using? After Gingerbread, Google closed the gps API to third-party apps.

"To finish, the biggest fallacy statement that gets bounded around is “time heals." You learn to live with it. One of the worst pressures was thinking that by a certain date, I should be healed."

I've used tasker to enter car mode when both USB and headphones are connected. I like the NFC idea.

I wish that Google had found a way to individually approve apps to turn GPS on or off, rather than requiring users to root their devices. It's easy enough to do. I just think root shouldn't be required.

Actually, what I thought I was talking about and what you thought I was talking about are two different things. But what you thought I was talking about was actually what I'd written. Mea culpa.

I was referring to situations where all tips were pooled in a jar that was split at the end of the night. I've seen it - but,…

I wasn't talking about just splitting tips with people who help the primary wait staff. I was talking about being in restaurants where all tips were pooled and split evenly among the staff at the end of the night. In one case, a large jar was sitting on the counter near the register with an explanation.

The July report from DHS reports that the bulk of the malware threats in the mobile environment are for Android. Since malware doesn't install itself, it's as much a device issue as what used to be called a PEBKAC issue.

Unfortunately, what makes Android so appealing for so many also makes it really easy to compromise…

You might not have worked at places that pool tips, but I've eaten at plenty of them.
I've seen signs specifically noting that the tips are split with the busboys and the chefs.

It's not most of the places I've eaten, mind you. But it's enough of them to illustrate the idea has legs.

I save cash with a different version of this. I guess I could call it the "I don't have any dollar bills so I don't spend them" plan.

Our Honda mower isn't exactly "cheaper," although it's not luxury. And it's got a metal handlebar. The way its' designed, wrapping something around the grip would interfere with fully engaging the blade clutch or self-propelled system.

We could do it without my parents help, but they have often offered. And I appreciate that generosity.

My solution was to marry her. With one pot of money, there's no real need to argue who pays when we go out. Plus, with 3 kids and a mortgage, there's usually no money to go out anyway.

All true, but the lien from a mortgage means that someone else has a vested interest in your "assets." They're not just yours.

A home is an investment, but only to the extent that one is able to build equity.

Most of us don't actually "own" our home. We hold a mortgage that lets us live in our house until we pay it off or sell it. But that mortgate remains a liability.

The whole housing bubble revolved around people whose liability for their…

Actually, owning a house is an asset.

Most of us don't own houses. We hold mortgages. Mortgages are liabilities.

Interesting idea, but only useful for situations where you don't close the drain.