I moved to Namecheap a few months ago after becoming sick and tired of GoDaddy's shitty business practices. I decided to move to Namecheap shortly before my registrations with GoDaddy expired.

Before allowing me to transfer my domains, I was informed that I had to update my Whois info to make sure that it was accurate. There was no way to *not* do this. I could not begin the transfer process until this was done. I had done it a few months prior when ICANN requires yearly updates. This was something new.

Upon being forced to update my information (none of which was actually changed), my domains were forced into "locked" status, and thus prevented from being transferred for *two* months. Despite the fact that ICANN has released numerous statements saying that this behavior is not allowed, GoDaddy enforced this policy, despite me calling and talking to ten or fifteen different individuals.

I eventually had to renew each domain with GoDaddy, wait the two months, and then attempt the transfer to Namecheap again.

GoDaddy is a shit company, and I sincerely hope that an elephant tramples Bob Parsons.

Twitter is also providing all public posts to anyone with the internet. That's how the fuck Twitter works.

Your loss.

Short answer: your elementary education was wrong.

If the artists that you listen to produce albums that are mostly filler, it's probably time to find some new artists.

Also, FTFA:

"The humble mosquito, and the deadly diseases it carries, is estimated to have been responsible for as many as 46 billion deaths over the history of our species."

So yes, apparently they can and have caused us a lot of problems.

Although I don't immediately know the specifics for mosquitos, not everything in nature serves a useful purpose.

Too bad I never communicate with friends via email. Hell, I hardly communicate with anyone via email, except for work. This seems both obvious and completely pointless. Obvious that you're going to reply to people you like faster than others, and completely pointless in that I don't know anyone who does all of their conversing through email.

Let's blame the real culprit...population.

Sure, things here and there contribute to the amount of jobs available in each sector. But does anyone ever stop to think about the fact that there are just too many people on this planet?

We need a good global disaster to spur job growth.

Not sure if troll.

Considering their primary revenue generator is *selling books*, no, they are not stable (anymore).

Morrowind enemies definitely didn't scale. Hell, by the time I got around to the main quest, I ended up killing Dagoth Ur in a few hits *without disabling his shield*.

Did you seriously just make a remark about private and sensitive data and then fucking mention Origin?

No, surely you didn't.

Oh wait. You did.

I'm not sure I understand the point of all of this. Why do we need a national alert system?

I'm sorry, but planes flying into buildings isn't a valid reason to send out a national alert. Sure, it will have a lasting effect on the country as a whole, but we don't all need to run and hide. Furthermore, I doubt it will have any effect on the people actually involved, as the alert probably won't make it out until something has already happened. Natural disasters I can understand, but it seems like the news stations already have that handled fairly well.

If anything, this is only going to cause more paranoia, especially if every little thing that happens is broadcast as an alert.