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We've had DirecTV for years - never had a problem. I lose the signal for about 10 minutes in the peak of thunderstorms, but that is the only problem. Being much closer to the equator in HI, you may not have that problem. We still haven't jumped on the TIVO bandwagon - although I did research...

Teachers have one of the most powerful and influential labor unions in the country. They aren't underpaid, in fact they have to create artificial scarcity with licensing schemes to keep salaries where they are. If anybody could walk into a public school, apply, and get hired on their merits...

However, connection sharing is almost certaintly against your terms of service and the cable / DSL company can cut you off if they catch on. Of course, if you have a wireless router sharing the connection,and you turn on encryption, they'll never know.

Competition, competition, competition. Abolish the practical monopoly that government has on primary education and let the free market flourish. There are countless ways to teach just about everything, the government school textbook committee will rarely pick the best one. Actually, there isn't...

One problem with your theory Jane, none of this stuff is free. Public schools spend on average about $7000 per kid, and we aren't exactly getting a great return on that investment. Half those kids will graduate with 8th grade reading skills. Free health care, unless volunteered by the medical...

I disagree here. Both my 8 and 10 year old are pretty good about saving up their allowances for whatever it is they want to buy. Young kids won't understand saving for retirement, they do understand saving for a few months. In fact, my 8 year old is working on a business plan., She has an idea...

ISDN can work well too. It's not blazingly fast like DSL or cable, but it does give you 3X the speed of dial up, and it's instant on so you don't have the annoying delay when dialing in. I used it for a year before we moved and could get DSL at the new place. ISDN is generally available...

It has always seemed to me that if a family includes children, they are better off if the mother is home, at least when they are small. Still there is very little social support for that path today, except among conservative (Fundamentalist) religious groups. I think you are over generalizing...

It's the kids that do all the printing here. The digital photo frame set up sounds cool TH. Every year at Xmas I make a retrospective of the year from the digital photo archive, set to music, that I burn to CD as a VCD file that will play in a DVD player. A copy goes in my wife's stocking, as...

I tried to refill my ink cartridges...once. Got more ink on myself than in the cartridge. I've accepted that ink jet carts are just one of those thinks you are going to get screwed on.

A lot of research 18 months ago when we upgraded digital cameras, and with two kids and two dogs in the house , a lot of pictures taken :)

I think the C-720 can be found for $199.00. You want something with a decent optical zoom to get those close up shots of the baby. A 3 MP camera will produce photographic quality 5 x 7 pics, and 8 x 10 that most of us will think look great. (the photo snobs will see the difference, but who cares...

For registration required sites - check bugmenot.com - they keep a database of logins, I've yet to find a site they didn't already have covered. If you use the Mozilla browser there is an extension that lets you look up logins right from the site. very nice.

I've got an Olympus C-720. It's over a year old - I think C-740 might be the current model number. Anyway - 3 MP, 8X optical zoom (24X digital), we love it. Picture quality is great. Even 24X digital zoom will produce good quality.

This question is taboo in our society. The only answer that seems acceptable is, whatever it takes. Of course, the beneficiary is rarely spending their own money. Not that I have a better answer, and I expect that would be my attitude exactly were I fighting for my own life. Another great...