How many academic articles does one need, anyway?

I mean, I've wanted a way to grab two or three in my lifetime without going through the University, but really? Stealing academic articles?

Fascinating.

THAT'S what they'd do with the technology? Eliminate the wall switch?

Some solutions go looking for a problem, I suppose.

...you have hit upon the core issue. Police work would be a lot easier if not for free public wi-fi...

Dude sold a deputy a sawed-off shotgun. As far as I remember, there was no automatic weaponry involved on the part of the Weavers.

....much better to lie there on your face with a dozen guns in your back and a dozen high school dropouts screaming "pedophile" at you. THAT'S the key to effective law enforcement.

...that's what I'm doing with my home entertainment setup, now that my PS3 doesn't work anymore.

Seriously, Sony...just give it up. Open up your system and get to work on the PS4.

It's not a crime to be an ass.

Typically, my discovery tends to run along the lines of this:

"My computer pops up this error message when I log in," says mother-in-law.
"That's letting you know that the anti-virus and anti-malware software I installed needed to be updated two months ago."
"Well now it won't let me access my Facebook."
"Your machine is cursed with viruses that have corrupted your system software."
"Can you fix it?"
"Probably...I'm busy these days, but maybe I can get by there this week."
(two days later, from the library on Facebook)
"Sorry you haven't gotten my critical Charles Stanley updates in your e-mails. My son-in-law said he was coming by two days ago but I haven't seen him. Guess I'll just continue to go to the library to spam you."

It's more like showing them that computers don't have to be virus-laden pieces of shit to access their Facebook and e-mail. I, on the other hand, don't find the Mac limiting in the least, and in fact, I find it liberating in that I find myself free of bruises from beating my head against a wall.

Since I (finally) convinced my parents to buy a MacBook to replace their aging piece of lard Dell laptop and Compaq desktops, they have had zero difficulties. I've been to fix my mother-in-law's craptacular PC a dozen times.

I've decided to let people know I'll recommend, purchase, configure and maintain their Macs, but I won't touch a Windows PC.

All that is true. However, some people simply do not need to own computers. Hate to say it, but if you've made it the first 65 years of your life without one, you're probably going to be okay for the next 20.

Going through this transition right now. Mother-in-law backs me into a corner about her stupid antique computer and her bottom-of-the-line Time Warner cable modem. I agree to come get rid of all her virii, save her data and make sure the "Facebook on her computer" is okay. Don't get there in the next two days, and suddenly my slackness becomes a matter of public discussion in mass emails and Facebook postings emanating from the County Library.

I'm done. I'll advise you on the purchase of the Mac, set it up and check it when you have problems. I will no longer fight Windows 98, XP or Vista, and I will no longer recommend the installation of Microsoft Office on Macs, given the alternatives.

Done. There are businesses for this, and I'm not one of them. I've got hackintoshes to build, not Windows idiot boxes to fix.

I'd say that it pretty quickly becomes evident what kind of maturity level you're dealing with...

Indeed, I have found that it's quite possible to obtain some pretty nice equipment through the cultivation of certain relationships in an MMORPG setting.

Artisan Prostitute?

I suppose if the developers made a few slight mods and additions, you could have Artisan Motherhood, and you could raise children that had the full run of Shattrath City or whatever. The sky's the limit.

It's interesting the kinds of interactions that take place in a virtual game environment like the World of Warcraft, where things can progress without the constraints of consequences. When the death, money and biology are fake, people tend, I think, to be more violent, more generous and, yes, more sexual.

If Blizzard actually took pains to represent human sexual interaction with any degree of visual realism, people would probably never leave their homes.