I've got some friends in law enforcement, here, who have told me they've been given mandatory classes where the instructor presented Islam as an inherently dangerous and terroristic cult, rather than a religion, and to treat all Muslims as potential terrorists.

Why didn't you just buy a Macbook and stick Windows on it?

[www.theregister.co.uk]

Gold sucks. Nobody likes gold.

[xkcd.com]

Unless, of course, people with existing plans who do not change devices are still grandfathered at the old ETF rate, in which case it's not a material change and you're stuck with the contract...

I know that Jason Chen's not involved, really, but I think it's a shame he hasn't chimed in on this conversation. Potential comedy gold, and all.

"I don't always control people's minds, but when I do, I make them schedule colonoscopies."

#corrections

You know, I had a friend recently suggest I make profiles on PlentyOfFish and OkCupid, but now... I'm geekier than Jon, but nowhere near as successful, so why should I think I've got a chance when someone like this comes along and shoots him down?

I sort of assumed that Alyssa was a "minor geek" already, being a Gizmodo editor and all. Kinda like "Melinda Gates SE Lite".

Hey Giz? I've got this idea for your next sweepstakes...

You meet up with a guy that's a celebrity of sorts and abandon him because you figure he's too geeky for you? You should have a nice long chat with Melinda Gates, I think.

And everyone blames the last driver, of course.

[www.cnn.com] "Officials: At least 36 killed as a result of Hurricane Irene"

Best reason to use in disproving that a duct-tape-and-cardboard drone doesn't belong to the U.S.: It doesn't waste enough taxpayer money if you use such components.

Make your online friends and then use Skype or a similar service to chat with them. If you are a gamer, you can use Southwest US servers and find a casual game where people are voice-chatting in Spanish. Really, I run into plenty of native Spanish-speaking people in my everyday life, so I've not been hindered by a…

Remember the Independence Day movie aliens? They moved from planet to planet, stripping them of resources as they went, like locusts?

Symantec and McAfee, at least, pay the hardware mfrs to pre-install the programs and make it hard to remove for two reasons: 1) They're getting revenue if people get frustrated and renew the AV subscription, and 2) Well, viruses know how to run uninstall routines easily enough.

Oh, how I wish it were that simple...