So just hide your (encrypted) data.

Customs has never asked to look at the files on my laptop. That would take too long.

Kudos to the designer. I've had a hard time mastering latte art. I can't imagine programming a machine to do it!

Is this supposed to be amusing?

Would love to read the full transcript! This guy sounds like a real character.

I might quit my job.

No flight is worth potential heart failure.

yuck

Spinobobot: ever seen THX 1138?

I'm in favor of free choice.

My understanding of inflation is as follows:
Creating money for the purpose of paying off existing debt causes our dollar to devalue against other dollars because suddenly the same amount of goods coming overseas are being exchanged for less value from us.

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If we want to stabilize our situation, we need to:
a) Pull out from the war (and stop spending elsewhere to stop increasing the debt)
b) Produce all basic needs locally
c) Export more to other countries than we import

After stabilization, if we want to increase the dollar in value we need to:
a) Change the world's perception of our nation for the better.
b) Leave a lasting impression of the quality that 'Made in America' items have
c) Do A and B honestly, so that that have a real impact.

Little wonder why the royals have no real friends.

@#31, Bingo! If you can't find any more enemies outside your doors or the enemies aren't worth fighting anymore, then bring the battle home.

How soon until they get arrested at the age of 5 for having 'potentially problematic' DNA?

For shame! It never stops.

I have been (somewhat laxly) boycotting China's goods for some time now, but I think I will strengthen my vigilance now.

What about looking at the directions on the screen of your blackberry?

Can you blame her? The mass murder of the Tibetans is just atrocious.

"How can we make the TSA more profitable so that Democrats don't shut down our operations when they get in office?"

"Uh... sell people stuff that they have to buy so that they can get in the airport!"

I really want to be able to download and read books on my iPhone.

I will never understand why men don't just use stalls.

This just makes me want cat-eye LED rimmed glasses.

That was so deeply disturbing.

Well that makes more sense.

What, are they going to make everyone with the name 'Lennon' change it?

Global warming?

So like, only 20 of them? Or only 20 thought about it enough to realize they had been had.

Can't you just refuse to get on the flight? I would call my boss and ask for advice. Maybe they could mail the laptop and then attempt to re-enter the security line?

I appreciate that they are improving, but I think the post is sort of amateur and unprofessional. Maybe they need a copy editor?

Are black ops kind of like monsters?

Traveling consultants have little choice but to eat out.

Also, are you going to have everyone compute their BMI upon entering the restaurant?

Also, for some it is a genetic disorder.

No, this is not a requirement. They want you to take all large portable electronics out, not random little things. I flew from ATL to LGA yesterday night... nothing different from the ordinary.

The temptation to use private information against a person is too great. I see information as a threat to my personal security, regardless of whose hands it resides in.

But given the 'ordered' nature of governments, I think that most would choose to have access to vast amounts of data as opposed to ignoring it. The difference TODAY is that access to this information is simply too easy to obtain. Privacy is a luxury. Who is going to go back to using paper systems when they have access to paperless ones?

Any number of those books could also be on the list of 'favorite books of intelligent people.' This strikes me as the kind of chart intended to make an intelligent person angry.

Coming from a family with a history of heart disease on both sides, even though I have been deemed "healthy" by my doc, this scares the f~ck out of me! Say I did get tasered, would my heart still be healthy afterwards even if I didn't die.

And why is being tasered multiple times even necessary?

God is dead! Long live God!

I think that canned beans go bad faster than the dried ones. Last I checked, dried goya beans are less than $2 so it doesn't hurt to stock them. And they take up less space than the canned variety. Also stock a basic water filter so you can make water to soak them in.

That's just silly. There's no way it's illegal to listen to music you already own in any format you want. Just look at the slingbox.

... while I couldn't care less about Battlestar Galactica, I'm sure there are plenty of other shows I will miss.

OMG, my head. Did she really just say that? Hi, ever heard of GOOGLE? Honestly, people competing on appearances should at least be capable of speaking in public without saying "uhh".

Hey Uncle Sam, why you so paranoid? Been smokin' too much weed???