Does anything else work on the USB ports? If not, I'd open up the box and see if the cable header is pushed tight on the USB port pins on the mobo.

Then why start the story by proclaiming the validity of it?

"This is the actual radio conversation (released by the chief of naval operations) of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995"

Even more fun... nowhere in the bible does the bible make any claims that everything in it is true. Even Jesus spoke in parables and parables are not true, but meant to teach a lesson. They are pieces of fiction meant to educate. So were Aesop's Fables. Aesop predated Jesus by 500 years - assuming Aesop actually existed. Of course, the same question of existence can also apply to Jesus.

I think you'd better ask LSU why it was done. I mean... why should some people get so upset over the building of a mosque or two and flying a swastika? It's their choice.

And they should just live and let live.

All this kvetching by the religionists sounds like they are realizing that the United States was the first purely secular government in the history of the world and it's becoming more so with each passing decade.

Religion was a mighty force back in the early days of the nation; it has been reduced to whining about photoshopping out a few symbols on the painted on the bodies of some possibly drunk students. Or the inability to put the little baby and sheep show on in a public park.

The dechristianization of the nation continues apace.

Thank god.

Why, from everyone who does not think the same way as the poster, obviously. Next thing you know, someone will claim the nation was stabbed in the back and we know where that went!

And the answer to the question about the Mayan calendar is one long count will end and another begin. The calendar no more ends than ours did at the turn of the millennium.

In other words, the unspecified "they" are using the bible to prove the bible. That's called a tautology. You can "prove" anything you like using self-referential arguments.

How do you know Scarlett O'Hara didn't live in Tara during the Civil War? It says so right here in "Gone with the Wind."

Congrats! I bailed out 6 years ago and have never looked back.

You are correct and that is why we have the Supreme Court to settle issues over what is and is not Constitutional. This matter has already been decided.

What freedoms have you lost? What makes you think holiday traditions (which is what we are talking about) are constitutionally protected freedoms?

And you know this how? You have the originals written by god or just another unsupported assertion?

Non-believers do not have to place their hands on the bible or swear to god. An oath to be truthful is sufficient.

Where in the bible (or whatever book you base your religious beliefs upon) do you find a requirement to put little nativity scenes on public (read that as taxpayer supported) property. Has any such scene been banned from a church?

If you don't like the fact that making taxpaying unbelievers pay for religious displays is something supported by the courts... get over it.

Cover your house (assuming you don't have an HOA that forbids it) with lights and little baby Jesus's to your hearts content. The public lands belong to the public and not solely a bunch of christians.

And if there is a god, you'd better hope he's the one you've been praying to. What will you do when you find out Allah is god and Mohammad was his prophet?

While it is obvious not all of mankind's thousands of religions can be right, it is quite possible they are all wrong.

You may be backing the wrong horse...

What religious freedoms that you believe essential to the practice of your religious beliefs and necessary to your salvation have been lost?

With the almost limitless shopping choices available on the web, why go ANYWHERE? We do our food shopping at a local Publix, but for 99% of what we need that's not available at Publix... we hit the web.

We live inside the Atlanta Perimeter I-285 and have several major shopping centers within a few miles: Phipps, Lenox, Gwinnett, Perimeter, Northlake...

But why face the hassles of a mall?