Please elaborate on examples of a real router and the steps (or link to such steps). Assuming the cost is not insane I would go for it.

How does one set this up on say a Linksys router? Then restrict it so anyone who doesn't have their mac address recorded with me would get the routing. For example I would want my friends to connect (they give me their MAC), but someone at the coffee shop can bite it.

I would so name my network "FreeNetwork"

Network Name "PedoLocalChapter15"

Is it possible to setup a router (e.g. linksys, netgear) to do annoying pop-ups on people's computers who are not on a MAC list? So if someone connects to my network they get a pop-up every X time....I would so spam them, every 3 seconds, with pop-ups to various animal porn sites

There is no such thing as bullet proof design. There is always a way to crack a safe - and linux is no different. It may be hard, it may be obscure, or it may just not have been looked for.

GIven that, I agree with your sentinment, spending money on defense will help...though I already thought the DOD spends money on cyber security.

It's a way for them to make money off of ad dollars and you. Plus they get to advertise up and coming movies to draw attention to it.

I've seen stuff like this done before, and it is more subjective then a vindictive english teacher on a red marker spree.

If they don't ask for the end-users credit card (e.g. buy more cash) then this site should be a fine amusement, but if they say "fund your account of virtual money with real money" then that is a problem...again, unlike the real stock market, the stuff here is almost entirely subjective...at least in the real market its objective and subjective with insane regulations to help prevent scams.

1) Make sure yuo don't smoke/drink. And by drinking I mean not even the occasional sip of wine during a random holiday once/year. If you say "yea i have a sip of wine during christmas" you will be flagged as a drinker and your rates go up. It's total BS but it happens...so just say no. If you used to smoke 15 years ago...yea don't mention that. In reality it won't affect your health, but the insurance companies will screw you on the rates.
2) Make sure nobody in your family has anything that is hereditary. And by making sure I mean don't go asking. Ignorance is bliss...and saves you money.
3) If you've had surgery within the past two years your rates will be high. If the surgery is something that leaves your life totally unchanged (e.g. you may have been stabbed, and the surgery was purely cosmetic) then after two years you can re-apply for health insurance at a lower rate.

Realize that healthcare is going to be expensive, but not outrageous. I looked at some healthplans for myself, personally, and the rates were the same as going with a group plan from work....the personal health insurance is much better.

Depending on where you work (more so in small companies) the plan the company offers is actually a rip off. One company I worked for had the mother of the owner as the Agent. She made sure the plan offered was a poor plan with a high premium. The reason she did this is because health insurance agents make a good monthly commission. A 100 person company can easily give a health insurance agent around $2000-$3000 a month payout. So other then getting denied health insurance you should be able to get a better deal going at it on your own. I know this because I used to sell health insurance and saw the commissions paid out.

I had surgery under two years ago. As soon as my two year mark is up I plan on going personal. Same rate ($160/month), better insurance.

You know. I am tired of my stories getting rejected. I submit this story on Friday, it gets rejected, only to have Timothy post the same exact story on saturday. WTF. Not the first time this happened.

Not necessarily true. At low levels (say when your age 4) your mentor (aka parents) might give you your allowance (aka reward) for brushing your teeth.

We reward people for the darndest things :) Also rewards aren't just monetary, they are experience, renown, titles, honors, etc. I would say the high five would be a renown reward.

More importantly, when will I have an exclamation point over my head and be able to give people a reward "You earned a ration" for bringing me a gold statue worth a hell of a lot more then that ration :)

Lifetime Play Counter: 2,620,800 minutes
"You have taken your first shower"

Oh, so you buy the older games - we were on two different wavelengths. I am talking about brand new games...the only way to get brand new games cheaper is to go to places like gamestop (which is only resold at about $5 less then brand new), ebay or craigslist or other various options.

Uhm, already you can't buy tickets on northwest. Two weeks ago I called Delta and their flights sucked (i have frequent flyer miles) and asked about any sister companies. They told me to go to northwests website. I went to northwests domain and it routed me to...yup you guessed it Delta. I was back in the same boat :)

Google just killed their competition instead of trying to develop something that is better then it. Basically they said "we can't or don't feel like being creative so we will buy something out and shut it down"...it fosters anti-competitive behavior...which is something MS gets slammed for all the time.

Now on a personal note if I knew how to program I would continuously make apps in the hope that a big company buys me out with tons of money. It's a great way to get rich. Then get hired by the company and make even more money. Nothing is wrong with this model.

So not evil in the way they treated the developer, but evil that they are preventing innovative competition.

Sounds like the same strategy some other big computer company would do and get flamed for it. As far as I am concerned as long as they are going to make an equal or better product I couldn't care less, but still Google is exerting it's influence, money and power to control the intarweb.

And with that, the troll/flame mods can post their displeasure for my anti-Google statement.

How do you buy games from Sony at a cost of $20? All of the sony games are in the 40-60 range. If you are talking about buying pre-owned games from places like craigslist, gamestop, etc then by not buying these games you are not really hurting Sony. Actually you are, in a marginal way. There are people who can't afford to buy new games all that often and they subsidize those new games by selling their used ones. If they can't sell their used ones they may not get a new game, or at least get it later - so yes that will hurt sony...but it would take a while and be marginal.

So, how are you getting $20 games from Sony?