GameGuard disabled my computer's USB connection to my UPS (battery backup). I'll at least consider trying Aion, now that they've dumped that piece of shit.

You can't return hardware to the store after you've opened it? I returned a video card to Newegg and a power supply to Best Buy that had no problems whatsoever; I had bought them to try to diagnose the problems I've been having with my machine, and didn't intend on keeping them. Both companies were perfectly happy to take opened and used hardware back for a full refund.

I think that you're answering a different question than what the submitter asked. Subversion is great for people working on files, but has no collaborative/teamwork aspect to it (with respect to encouraging pair programming, anyway). A program that would allow multiple people to use voice or text chat while editing a document, etc, would be more along the lines of what David is looking for.

No-Script has never been spyware. Adware, on the other hand...

It's a lose-lose situation. Sure, the double-standard argument is true, but that's only half of it. If the US or another world power were to actually disarm completely, how long do you think it would take for some dictator or terrorist group to take advantage of that opportunity? When mutually assured destruction is no longer an issue, we'll have the most to worry about. The only exception, of course, would be if we had some way to determine, with 100% certainty, that no nuclear weapons were possessed by anyone, and I don't think that's going to happen.

I wouldn't exactly call it rigorous. His sample size was so low that it really wasn't statistically significant. While he did make a point with it, mostly by planting the idea of small-world networks in the minds of other scientists, the experiment was not as big a deal as it was made out to be.

You can also use Spam Gourmet at http://www.spamgourmet.com/. It has several features that go above and beyond what GMail has (to my knowledge).

First, it will forward the e-mails to any address, so you don't have to use GMail. Second, it lets you include an identifying string, like GMail. Finally, however, is the best feature: in the address you give you can specify the number of e-mails that you want forwarded to you before they start getting sent to /dev/null. You can also whitelist addresses if you choose. I've been using it for years, and it works very well.

identifyingstring.numtoforward.username@spamgourmet.com

I'm pretty sure that the VMWare Player is free to use (for education?), and can run (but not create) any VM. Only one license for ACE or some other, more expensive edition of VMWare would be required to create the VM, and then students could just be instructed to grab the Player for the assignment.

If it helps, I know that the CS department at UVA has a subscription to MSDN that gives them a large number of activation keys. You may want to ask around. I don't know how easy it is to get one if you don't know someone that has access to the MSDN account, however...

You're partially right. Religion = incest, rape, murder, and genocide (and don't forget about rampant sexism in general). Fuck getting rid of literature. Get rid of religion! Illiterate tribes in several countries still manage to have crazy beliefs that cause physical harm to those in and around their community.

It's who doesn't have access: everyone else. It makes perfect sense to allow "trusted" individuals with relevant knowledge easy access these documents in order to encourage review. What's weird to me is how this is something so "confidential" that no one else should be able to see it. This list of people...not so interesting. That is, aside from demonstrating yet again that all those people who thought Obama would bring CHANGE are naive.

Did you expect something named Kamikaze NOT to kill itself?

While there may not be such a "rule" per se, RMS does promote running only free software, and I believe that this is what the grandparent was referring to. I've seen him speak before, and he does make a point of encouraging people to use only free software and those distros that contain only free software.

Check the right-hand side of the MS link in the OP, under "Zune Service Status":