canceled the local paper as a cost cutting measure in '08 after a layoff; I miss reading the comics at lunch. still can't afford to subscribe.

Library; it takes forever to get on one the computers at my local branch but they have a bunch of books. It comes free with your property taxes.

Board games: chess, checkers, monopoly, an old Avalon Hill wargame. I'll sell you a copy of "1776". Cards.

Buy copies of the books you refer to most often at the library.

yeah for 30 days until i had another. First pc was in '97 my second address is still "active" as a spam catcher.

slashdot is _just_ now picking up this story!

These wars are being fought to keep people working which makes money for who? It's not about terrorism, it IS about MONEY.

Who makes those air conditioners? Who makes those generators? Who makes the bullets, mortar rounds, etc.? The US has what a million or so in uniform (who makes the uniforms?), it IS about the MONEY.

War is generally good for the economy but not so good for those being shot at on both sides.

How to have a good economic environment without killing each other has been and will continue to be an essential problem to solve.

improve your backend before you start such endeavors.

In the US it varies by state; each state makes its own laws regarding voting machines based on HAVA 2002. NC has a pretty strong law. Getting software changes approved is a long and complicated process. NC could not get an open source requirement passed in '05. But the compromise that resulted required vendors to supply their source code to a limited set. This was enough to run off the evil Diebold machines; they sued, lost and backed out of the bidding process; as did Sequoia, which was still in business at the time. We ended up with one vendor; ES&S. Their M-100 ballot scanner is a decent machine. With reasonable access control measures in place it is a secure voting device. The big problem I see with ES&S is their tabulation software; frankly it is terrible. I could change vote totals at will. The required audit would catch those changes but on election night I could send them up to the next level. Current Federal and state law make updating the software illegal. I worry about the two counties I worked in as PrintElect tech support connecting their vote tabulator machines to the internet for OS updates. They run winxp. By law they are not supposed to ever be connected to the internet but small counties with small IT budgets who knows. I agree problems should be addressed prior to election year but I doubt it will happen. Every state will vote with what they have in place now would be my bet. The M-100 runs qnx. -d

bash escape characters. who wouldn't name their file server \/\.\?

ahh Athena still does telnet?! So That's what happened to Atlantis.

the names of fish and on some other small networks I maintain plant names, names of mythological gods, etc. On a small network, for me less than 10, names are useful. This is one of the worst polls ever in 12 years or so of /. that I've seen. I did not vote.

I've got three Louis LaMour paperbacks can I get a cup of coffee?

email with alpine how do i post the crack deal going down next door? with cli only tools? -i remain defective

Counting that way I have three: English, bad English and bad Spanish.

I'll pay the shipping.

Who cares? I have a BA in psychology. I graduated in 1981. I need a job. Recent graduates should go to the end of the line while their parents go to the front of the line.