"Sensual" and "Full Release" massage is illegal in most states, and is therefore not approved by the accrediting boards.

As an LMT, I can tell you that deep tissue massage is going to be painful to some extent, because it's also intended to work the muscle groups that are deeper in the body (i.e. below the surface muscles; for instance, there are three muscles in your calves, two that are what you consider your calf muscles, and then…

"Google can be blocked with many of the same ways you can kick the NSA and Facebook from your life."

What did it for me was something I read a few years back, either on Gizmodo, or Engadget, that said Google was looking at moving their data servers offshore into international waters, so that no government could regulate what they did with the data.

"Imagine this world without Google! No YouTube, no Google Search, no Gmail."

Pretty much. :)

Yes, functionally that is true. Figuratively, they are sell us to companies based on highly-specific demographics collected at the expense of infringing on our privacies.

Costco will do that too if you tell the cashier you left your coupons at home.

They are HUGELY evil!

Because, as every "education" program has shown, if you get products and brands into students hands, they will likely continue to use them for the rest of their lives, and attempt to bring them into their places of business.

FINALLY, someone who truly understands it!

The problem is, Google does not "sell ads to their users." They sell their users to companies.

To which I will just respond with a famous quote: "With great power, comes great responsibility."

Yeah, I know. I've known that all my life. :)

Then you know just how difficult "mak[ing] shit up" really is. Those of us who write (or attempt to, like me) call it "writer's block." :)

Rex, I used to attend a Science Fiction Writers convention about 15 years ago in my hometown that was sponsored by a nationally-known University. They brought in well-known authors of speculative fiction to be on the many panels that were run throughout the 3-day event. I can remember sitting in on more than one…

Best of all, Apple will never let Google anywhere near the AppleTV.

No, the biggest drawback is that it's made by, and ties you deeper to Google, who has no respect for user privacy and sees it's users as a commodity it can sell to advertisers.

So long as they are not say "LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID NOW! SEE WHAT YOUR STUPIDITY HAS CAUSED THIS TIME?" Or, in my case, since my father wanted my mom to have an abortion when she got pregnant with me, I was always the source of contention.

The funny thing is, hardware-wise, the systems are nearly identical! One has a slightly better processor and slightly less-better graphics chip, and the other has a slightly less-better processor and a better graphics chip. But that's about the only differences really.