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It's the error received after one installs the Mozilla plug-in and then uses the Hi-Q VIDEO link (and IE doesn't auto open for you) that send you to this ugly url.

http://kontikiapp.stream.aol.com/zodiac/servlet/zo diac/template/pub%2Cinstall%2CGetIt.vm/moid/8cba9b d2-9d32-efcc-f56d-ebd94262dafa/m/d7a28aad-1f36-e5c f-8b0e-76a7412d3034/s/kdx/kget/urn:kid:aol_hqv:aol _hiq:moid:8cba9bd2-9d32-efcc-f56d-ebd94262dafa here

The actual message he sees (in case you don't) is http://cdn.digitalcity.com/_media/hiqvideo/error.g if that does indeed mention that 64-bit is not included in support.

The Van Dyke Park wasn't across from the golf dome. It was across from the White Castle.
It was actually closer to the GM Tech Center than the golf domes.

Personally, I thought it was a good hotel for cons. The furniture could be quickly disassembled, and reassembled with simple tools, by getting a suite; you had a private room plus place for friends to crash, and when you got hungry at 3:00 am, Telly's was right down the street.

The new location is pretty good.
I know that area well, because the local HP training center used to be right behind the hotel.
There are decent places to get food; Although last year I remember we drove all the way to Noble Fish to get some sushi rather than eat much locally.

Yeah, a Taj Mahal goes great with INDIAN PIZZA! Nature's most perfect food.

Its a cultural thing, as an American I really never noticed the way customers are treated in the states until I travelled abroad.
People in the states all feel they are equal and won't let themselves feel subservant. Its that sense that, "yes I'm a waitress, I'll get your food, but you're not better than me." Except, like you said, fancy places, where people will cater to you since you will pay the extra it takes. That gets combined with the sense that the job is what counts mentality, your plane ticket just entitles you to get from point A to point B, whether the stewardesses like you or not doesn't matter.
I don't think your experiences are uncommon, Americans are used to and expect that kind of treatment. The perception from American customers is basically "I don't care how nice you are to me, as long as the food doesn't suck." There is a level of service expected, but its below what I've experienced in foreign countries.
I can understand how foreigners are shocked by customer service in the US. On the flip side, many Americans feel uneasy and even guilty at the extra level of service they get in foreign countries. When I travel I feel bad that I'm not supposed to tip the bellhop, or the waiter in some countries no matter how good the service.
Just write off your experience to cultural differences
As for taxi drivers, they will rip you off in any country, I think its part of the test to get their license.
The Atkins craze is because everybody has a friend who dated this person who knew somebody who lost 50lbs on the diet.

Here in Westchester County, NY a regular ticket is 10.25$

I don't really care about pop-corn and such, if the seats are comfortable and the place well kept I could definitely like something like this.

Does anyone know why the famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre (aka Mann's Chinese), in Hollywood, CA, is not showing LOTR movie? Same thing happened with the last movie. Yet, it is currently showing Star Trek: Nemesis. The theatre did show last two Star Wars movies. This theater is a perfect place for LOTR movies and big revenues. This calendar of events does not show this movie listed. :(

In the US DMV's will issue cards even if you can't or won't drive. See this or that