I made a simple change to your script to support each of the ranks in the comment system. I posted the changes in the Discussions section on Userscripts.

@CaramelZappa: That's exactly how it should be. Good idea!

While these aren't nearly as small as the one pictured above, they work on a similar principle. The engine and cars are attached to a band and are pulled along the "track."

http://www.creativearts.com/tiny-trains/

As a model railroader myself (O scale, N scale and Z scale), I find both models equally impressive!

Well, there's something to be proud of... Pfft!

So you have to

pay to buy this thing....

TRUE

pay a monthly fee....

FALSE - You only pay a monthly fee if you want unlimited calls, otherwise you just use the minutes you already have for no additional fees.

So someone in the area can connect to it and suck up your bandwidth?

FALSE - The device only allows authorized phones to connect to it.

Perhaps they're using the built-in GPS to determine your location, and locking out users that aren't in the test areas. They can already lock you out if you take it to a different country, so I don't see why it would be any different.

For some of us, it is! Don't like it, don't read it...

Who's to say it's not their fault, or at least not the carriers fault yet still out of control of the user? I get five bars outside my front door and anywhere else on my property except INSIDE my house. Is it AT&T's fault that their signal can't penetrate the walls of my house for some reason? Absolutely not. My only alternatives are to get a repeater, femtocell or move to a new home.

And this holds true for EVERY carrier I've tried, not just AT&T. I've had phones from all four major carriers in the U.S. and the result has been the same; five bars outside, one bar (if I'm lucky) inside...

I'm a (new) iPhone user that has crappy service in my own home but I stay with AT&T. Why? Because I have crappy service with EVERY carrier. I've had phones in my home from the four major U.S. carriers; AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, and the service with each and every one of them sucked! Outside my home I get five bars, while inside I only get one if I'm lucky.

So, while I do put up with bad service so I can have an iPhone, leaving AT&T (and the iPhone) for another carrier wouldn't do me any good. The problem is my home, and not the service provided by the carriers. If I want good cell service inside my home I will need to use a femtocell regardless of the carrier.

Only when done by individuals. When done by money hungry corporations it's actually encouraged.