It's annoying because either some sites won't work ("never ask me again") or it'll pop up 300 times asking for more storage.

However, if you use Firefox, you can download the "BetterPrivacy" addon and just wipe them every time you start (or close?) the browser. No more tracking. (Whitelist, etc available)

This. I have a partial personal history of my father that was done by some 3rd party who specializes in that kind of thing. Very valued. (It's audio, and of course stored digitally, but it's the content that is the great part.)

They only used certain trackers. I doubt they included (fex) Blizzard's updaters which probably provide a pretty hefty amount of traffic in-and-of themselves. But those wouldn't show up on most trackers I'm guessing since they probably use a Blizzard tracker, not a [website] tracker.

> If a manager doesn't save the company at least as much as his/her own salary, then he/she isn't doing his/her job, or his/her job needs to be eliminated.

No, if the manager doesn't MAKE the company at least as much as his/her own salary....

Trying to calculate savings is not only stupid, it leads to short-term "savings" that cost more in the long run.

> The amateur software development niches for Unix-type systems generally does not include breaking copy protection on games.

Well yes, that's true--because the games market for *nix is insanely small. And I'm talking about games that publishers worry about enough to weigh down with copy protection, not the 3000th clone of tetris. Yes I'm aware of the very few AAA games that have been made available on linux.

It will be, but meanwhile there are at least 3 full games that play similar to DOTA. (Including 2 that were created by parts of the original team.)

You can do it that way, but it's better to go into Acrobat settings under "internet" and tell it not to open PDFs in the browser. Then disable the plugin. ;)

But EVERY document I've seen HAS javascript. I don't know what that javascript is, but I assume it's stuck in there automatically by Adobe Acrobat (not reader) or something because it's ALWAYS there. (Some 3rd party PDF creators might not put it in. I haven't tested.)

>> Microsoft is only relevant because it's everywhere. It's only everywhere because it historically has been trivial to pirate.

[citation needed]

Toy Story?

I think you've just described "Garfield" or "Dilbert" rather than "Calvin & Hobbes".

I had the same question. IIRC, someone did provide a source where Gabe had posted on a forum. However, what soothed MY worries was that they actually had the right attitude about giving the customers value (friends, redownloadable titles, etc) for the tradeoff of having to log in. If they go under, I won't feel at all bad about finding a torrent since I bought the game. Meanwhile, I'll support them since they seem to actually value their customers.

- GPS navigator
- compact camera.
- camcorder.
- watch
- document scanner
- portable game console
- mp3 player, video player
- a bunch of other things from last century like voice recorder, calculator, radio etc.

Your GPS doesn't get traffic data.
Your camera has a horribly small lens and is good only for taking 4x6 photos.
Your watch can't be kept with you while doing anything active.
Your document scanner is horrible quality.
Your portable game console is limited by having touchscreen only and no physical controls.
Using your mp3 player/video player (and any of the above) will deplete your phone battery so you can't receive calls.
etc.

I get that it may work for you, but there's a good market for standalone devices for a reason.

Do you have file indexing turned off?

Should I pipe up here about DeBeers and those diamond mines?