Alternatively, you could look at it as they CHARGED me for NOT letting them get a little data about my shopping habits.

Most websites I set up now are implemented with some form of CMS, so typically my process is to upload the zip file for the CMS installer, extract it using my host's upload tool (there is a button to extract zips you upload), and then install the CMS. It's pretty idiot proof, haha. Once that's in place basically anything else I'd need to do (update/change themes, upload files, add content) can be done via the CMS itself, so I rarely have to touch FTP. I typically use Wordpress for my simple 5-10 page sites and Joomla for anything that requires something more dynamic or complicated.

I do a fair amount of web design, and I barely mess with FTP nowadays. I use my hosting provider's HTML upload tool to throw a zip file on the server and then extract it. I haven't installed a standalone FTP program in probably over 2 years. Just haven't required it. Occasionally if I need to mess with something more complicated I'll fire up Dreamweaver (which uses it's built-in FTP) but that rarely is required.

I see this horse thing come up a lot in drunk driving discussions. Is it not possible to direct a horse in an unsafe manner due to being drunk? I'm pretty sure I could still cause a lot of damage if I have my horse dart into busy traffic. I'm no expert on horses, but I think there are plenty of situations where a sober human could be a lot better judge of danger than a sober horse. Would a horse think twice about galloping through a blind intersection with a red signal?

I personally think that large mass transit (commuter trains) plus car sharing (iGo and ZipCar) is a much more elegant solution for this type of problem. Right now car sharing hasn't gotten popular enough to be economical for most people, but in my mind this is really the best solution. You drive your own car to your local train station, take the train to the city, and grab a rental car to get where you need to go. That way you get the efficiency of mass transit for the long haul into the city, while maintaining the freedom to go wherever you want once you are there on your own schedule.

Aren't laws usually passed to protect the small minority? I mean, only a relatively small number of people are mugged at gunpoint every year. Do we really need a law for that?

But does it run Lotus Notes?

Chicago uses a very similar system. I'm really glad I'm not the only person who does a running jump slamming my ass on the RFID reader to unlock the turnstile...

I can understand why you didn't have access to a variety of bras to practice on, but aren't a lot of female pants similarly equipped with zipper flies? You think she could just practice on her own... Still a good scam though, kudos to you!

This is what I always liked about Electronic Gaming Monthly. Games rated a 5.0 were average: nothing special, but not necessarily bad. It gave you a better idea of how good a game actually was compared to what else was out there.

"They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "Meat. Their houses are made out of meat." "Meat?" http://www.setileague.org/articles/meat.htm

Only about 12 people in the United States have my last name. If I tell someone my full name, I might as well just tell them my social security number. Names aren't always as anonymous as you'd think...

I'm almost positive they changed it so that you can only poke someone who's profile you can actually view, regardless of whether you are friends with them. Used to be you could poke anyone in search listings, but now if you get the whole "This user only shares certain information with everyone" upon viewing their profile you can't poke them. You can poke strangers as long as they have their privacy settings set to everyone or a network you are in.

When the speed limit is 55 and I'm traveling on a brand new four lane interstate in the middle of the day in good weather conditions with light traffic... I would probably drive above the speed limit. They fail to account for every possible driving condition, and most are severely understated.

Is the .moo TLD reserved only for celestial bodies whose composition is above 50% dairy?