'Tis true, but there are things about public school I wish them to avoid. Lurking grues, for one.

I know exactly what you mean; my two sons are definitely not going to public school. I'm keeping them at home where they can actually learn things. Public school has a purpose, but I believe they should be avoided when they can.

Enter the Matrix. It's a terrible game, but the bonus hacking mini-game is a fun diversion. It is unlocked from the start though, so it's not exactly what you're talking about.

You're not alone. I work for a web design company, and if I used a table for layout, I bet I'd be fired. Tables are not for layout.

I agree. I was spanked as a child and I know I am better for it.

The difference is parents who use spanking as a form of discipline, and spanking as a way to release their anger, which should never be done. I remember being about ten years old, maybe younger, and knowing whether I was being punished because I had done something wrong or punished because I had made someone angry.

I understand the gist of it, but seeing as it's modded +5 funny, I must be missing something. I didn't find it funny at all.

If you're referring to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, they deviated from the books in a few major ways to make it more exciting and film-able.

Maybe I'm naive, but I don't get it.

That's true, the size of the pipe leading from water main to house does affect the price, at least where I live. Basically there is a monthly fee just to be connected, then a charge based on the amount you use. The bigger your pipe, the higher the base charge. Someone else will have to make the analogy. . . .

The more often you do it, the less exciting it is.

I was homeschooled through high school (the good kind, where I was ahead of everyone my age, not the kind used to keep from going to school) and I was shocked when I got to college and how much trouble some of the other students had reading out loud in English class. I'm pretty sure I could read better than that when I was in elementary school. Of course the students in questions did happen to be baseball players, don't know if that has anything to do with it. . . .

Also reminds me, when my second child was born, a medical student whose native language was obviously not English wrote up the report about the birth (there were complications) and the pediatrician couldn't understand it. We ended up just having to explain to her what happened.

I think this is the first time I've ever seen a quote from that movie on the web. You win the internets!

Of course we won't be using it to browse the web, but for those of developing for the web it's handy to keep up with this stuff.

I agree. My sleep schedule is my most heavily guarded. Sure, I don't have time to do everything I'd like to, but I don't cut back on my sleep time to enable it. I feel and function so much better when I'm sleeping enough and on a good schedule.

I agree with you in theory, but you are taking it much farther than I dare to go. A lot of these items are manufactured primarily to sell more products: "Everyone in the world has a TV? We'd better make a new standard so we can sell them all a new one!" But c'mon, a CRT takes up so much more space than an LCD! (Plus the good LCDs look pretty darn sexy too. Ow!)

I really want to know, how long does it take you to torrent a tv show over dialup?