This is why I don't use NYT for a news source. There's plenty of others out there.

I'd rather pay the extra $10 and have someone else change my oil. I don't have to worry about the mess, the disposal, dealing with the oil filter, etc...

That's a service that I'm willing to pay someone else $10 more for. A tune up (plugs, wires, cap, rotor, etc...) I'll do myself. Can't justify the additional $50 for that.

Like here in the States as well...

When my oven/fridge/microwave light goes out, I'll just stick a CFL in there!!

Make lots of money.
Enjoy your job.
Work within the law.

Pick two.

The most interesting take was from my dad who called me up and asked me if he had a virus or something, I can only imagine how most "normal" people reacted to this change today.

Funny you mention that -- I've had a handful of calls from customers I haven't heard from in well over a year or two asking me that same thing.

"Other OS" WAS my primary reason of purchasing a PS3 about a year ago. Didn't own a single game, and owned just one Blu-Ray movie.

I just sold the damn thing on Craigslist. Didn't make all of my money back (of course), but enough to dump a little extra money in my amateur radio hobby.

Like everybody else here -- I really despise Sony for all they've done over the years. But, they do make some good stuff I suppose. Got an MRI a month ago and noticed "Sony" labels on various pieces of equipment in the 'control room'.

I'm not an audiophile in the slightest (I can't tell the difference in MP3, FLAC, etc... -- everything above 128 bitrate sounds exactly the same to me) but I still like their headphones.

(skip forward a few minutes) Actually, my headphones are Phillips, not Sony...

... I found my brother's cheap Timex watch seven years after he lost it at a campsite. Filthy as hell, but still working and the battery still going strong. My brother had that watch for another five years before accidentally hitting a door frame and ultimately killing the watch.

Cube was also filmed in only 17 days, entirely 'out of order', and has no real soundtrack.

Or on a similar note -- after seeing the IP address of 385.442.13.724 flash across the screen, being asked by a fellow watcher, "Hey! Do you know where that address goes?"

I hate replying to myself, but feel I should add some stuff here...

What I have is what I got. What I purchased at the store is the version I run. What do I miss out on for not paying $10 ($15?) a month? All of the cool downloadable content. Patches. New level caps. New equipment and gear. New recipes. I don't expect it, either. I know I'm bunking the system -- but I get what I pay for. For the $40 I spent for the WoW package I picked up, a little time and effort on my part configuring an SQL system, and having to run a bunch of programs before I start up my WoW client -- I have a very enjoyable game world that I can leave for a month and come back to and everything is where I left it.

I wonder how many people play WoW offline?

Um... I do. In fact, I have NEVER been online with WoW. I run a small private server and play alone. I was heavily involved with Everquest from Phase 2 beta all the way through the release of Kunark. After EQ went public, I found that I REALLY didn't like playing with other people. What I DID like (and LOVE) is playing in a large world where I can explore on my own. Quest on my own. Need a group of 50 people to take something down? Fine. It may be cheating, but I'll adjust my stats accordingly, then go back to where they should be afterwards. I have purchased WoW, EQ, DAoC -- and run them all on my single machine and play them at my leisure. One of my biggest gripes I had was when I would find a decent group of folks to go 'questing' with -- family, work, LIFE would get in the way of my gaming (it shouldn't need to be that way) -- log back in, I'm still a level 15 character, and my online-friends are all around 30. Time to find new friends. I got sick of the camping, loot stealing, having to consistently 'recycle' friends.

So now? I will surely buy the game itself (and damn rightfully so!) -- but will hang onto it until someone releases a 'private' server that I can run without ANY online connections.

Have they tried reversing the polarity of the main deflector array?

You're supposed to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

"Anachronox is an American made JRPG that's hilarious"

Without a doubt -- one of the best games I've ever played. I remember waiting for the release (I pre-ordered the game). Had an absolute blast playing it!! Some fantastic one-liners come from that game.

I remember laughing (especially in the stranded space scene after Sunder is blown to bits), and the horrid heartbreak and feeling of sheer betrayal when Grumpos is revealed to be an agent of the Shatagra (sp?).

Glad to see I'm not the only one that remembers this masterpiece.

Y'know? They cut something like SIX hours of dialog from the game to make it fit on two CDs?

My signature has stayed the same over the years as well (here, and on other message boards). Nobody ever gets the reference.

For the longest time, I've searched for a decent left-handed ergonomic mouse. Well, I settled on the Logitech MX-610. It has a little proprietary 2.4GHz dongle. I found the mouse to be horribly jerky in movement, the pointer jumps, button clicks sometimes just don't respond. I found to solve this I had to use an USB extension cord and keep the receiver TAPED to the side of the mouse (losing the 'ergonomics' of the mouse itself). I called Logitech and they said I had a faulty dongle.

They shipped me an entirely new package -- mouse, dongle, manual, the whole retail package (FANTASTIC customer support!!) however, I had the same problem. I found it was my wireless router in the other room. I've got four computers that are wireless and a Playstation 3 using WiFi. When there is NO network traffic, the mouse works perfectly!

So, keep that in mind. If you're using all 5GHz stuff, you should be fine. In my case, I have a couple of PDAs that I use that are 802.11b only. But be mindful of your router!!

'If you could only see the joy these products bring the villagers. You look at their faces; you have to see it to believe it.'

I bet their eyes light up!