@econobiker: I'm not sure many people could get their landlords to sign off on that much improvement. I know my lease has a clause specifically forbidding improvements.

@isaias.ri: Well that would suck.

@Java-Princess: "It's no good trying to memorize a strong password and not a good idea to write it down."

@Rusty Van Horn: I'm sorry, the rear axle, or the horn? I'm confused.

@Whitson Gordon: Been watching old Stargate reruns today, and I could not help but imagine your eyes glowing when you said that.

@SavageRehab: I'm sorry, what were you saying?

The actual article gets to the real point - learning someone's name is just the right thing to do. Learning someone's name with the intention of using the relationship for your own betterment is cheap, manipulative, and sleazy.

@Ashwin Mudigonda: Don't forget that final negotiation tactic - the walk-away. And be prepared to stick with it.

@AverageMan: I see what you did there...

For me, it's not about trust. It's about why. Why SHOULD the government be involved in this? Why should my tax dollars be spent on yet another bureaucratic layer? What are the problems with what people are doing now that are SO bad that it warrants a government response?

I think maybe the question is leading. To get a good metric, I would think a completely neutral question would be needed.

@Dickeydoo: I went to a barber once whose clippers were connected to a vacuum. One-stop shopping!

@Sir-Unimaginative: I was about to suggest that, too! I don't particularly enjoy flying. And I don't particularly like the security stuff. So put me on a train! (Except, where I live, I have to drive 8hrs out of the way to even find an am-trak!)

@Hamsteaks: several inappropriate jokes come to mind...

@ihityouinthenose: I think it also requires a high degree of detachment.

@earle117: Maybe it was a standing desk for your mom? I don't know how tall the desk actually is, but it seems like even this explanation might come up short...

@André Racicot: Hey, everyone, we're going to ring in 2012 at 6pm on 1/1/12, rather than the traditional midnight. Until 6pm, you still have time to get done anything that has to be done in 2011. Make sure you write your tax-deductible donation checks before 6pm, and you'll be fine.

@jupiterthunder: I agree. Once you're able to collect text, it doesn't seem like it would be that much more difficult to collect some basic formatting.

@3tybagig: yes, probably honestly. App begins with a vowel. If Kevin typed the sentence without adjectives, then went back later and added them, it would be very easy to miss that.

Whitson, do you have a new assistant? You mention someone in the last line...Tim Eto?