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I doubt that this will be read now that it's dropped off the end of the front page, but it does seem that the last couple of commenters are missing the point somewhat.
Mitch - a tip is exactly a 'bonus or gift'. I just looked at the wiki page for 'tip' and it defines it as a voluntary extra payment.
When it comes to the US, I will happily concede that it's the custom to pay it, and when I finally get the chance to go back there I fully expect & intend to have to familiarise myself with how tipping works over on that side of the pond. However, that doesn't change the more general principle that tipping should not be considered an automatic - that negates the whole purpose of a tip. It's the employers job to pay their staff - if that means that prices go up, so be it - the staff are better looked after and I can happily expect service to be better, since the staff won't be able to just assume they'll get their tip.
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kangarooz - bear in mind that a few of the commenters - Nick Gisburne for example (myself too) - come from a completely different culture, where tipping purely as a reflex seems wrong - it doesn't remward good service at all - in fact it seems to encourage only the bare minimum, as a tip does not need to be earned. The argument from my point of view is that the salary should be the bare minimum - tipping is for going beyond that, be it being particularly efficient, helpful or whatever.

Seperate note, it might be interesting to see which situations people would consider 'tippable'. I'm from the UK and I would consider tipping:
waiting staff (restaurant)
taxis (though only in a 'keep the change' way)
bar / coffee staff (only if they've really gone beyond the call of duty)
can't think of any else at the moment, though I may have not considered something.
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Bit of an irrelevant nitpick, but whenever I read a US article on LEGO, I always feel a bit wierded out by the way you say that it's made of legoS - with the plural needing an s. In the UK, I don't think anybody uses that - we all have the plural of lego as lego. You might say lego bricks, but we'd just say that the admittedly cool model is made of lego.
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This does pander to my prejudices. My perception of apple over the last decade, from the onset of itunes not supporting mp3 onwards, has been of a company that does was well on the way to being 'evil' as google puts it.
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The thing that seems to be getting people most annoyed (including me) is the presence of the options sidebar on the left of the results. In particular, if you go on the google forums, that's what people want to know how to turn off. It takes up far too much space on the screen, especially if I'm browsing on my netbook.
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This was shown in the UK last year as 'The Great Sperm Race', and was quite good. It's a bit hyped-up, but it's still pretty informative. I've used it in science classes for my year 7s (11-12) this year, when we've done our science sex-ed classes and they've enjoyed it. Especially as there's a flash game to go with it.
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