Just take a minute and think about how we feel, being forced to wear this shit, ya know?

"Microsoft is to close its "license server" for good, making it so DRM tracks are useless on any computer other than the one they were originally downloaded to."

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for DRM-free music and all that jazz. But this is just wrong. Its alarmist and overly broad-sounding to try and make a point.

The fact is that the DRM servers for MSN Music are the ones going down, and they haven't sold anything since 11/06: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Music

I know several pilots who are trained and carry in the cockpit, and feel much safer every time I fly knowing that there is a good chance that if the shit hits the fan, there's a pilot who can defend himself with more than a fire axe.

Also, I won't ever sit in the front 2 rows of first class :-p

As far as Fitchburg's comment of "Hopefully someone will be able to explain why pilots are equipped with ammunition that can puncture the fuselage. I assumed they were all issued frangible bullets." goes: the Air Marshals are armed with frangible rounds to protect the other passengers. A bullet through the fuselage or even a window isn't enough to cause explosive decompression, even several holes in the fuselage isn't enough.

FYI: This has been available from Verizon for at least several weeks, if not a month or two. I just set someone up with one on their Mac last week, it worked great.