Clones differ from IBM PC's in similar ways different encoders/decoders differ. Some encoders/decoders will be better or worse quality or speed, written in different languages with different compartmentalization, they often have different options or work in different environments.

Of course, arguing about patents is like arguing about the number of angels that can stand on the head of a pin. It's all ridiculous in the end.

For privoxy, I added the following to my user.action file:

{ +block{Facebook privacy invasions} }
http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php
http://www.facebook.com/connect.php/js/FB.SharePro/
http://www.facebook.com/ajax/connect/
http://www.facebook.com/plugins/
http://www.facebook.com/connect/
http://connect.facebook.net/

and saved.

Got a citation for that? I hope you don't use stairs or showers, or walk on sidewalks, or in parking lots either.

Oh, the country boy superiority complex. I almost miss that living in the city now. Yes, I know you masturbate while thinking about starving cities and living off your land with just a shotgun and a plow. It's not like your lifestyle is heavily dependent on industry, like your equipment, your (heavily used) vehicles, or your other supplies, let alone, any other technology you rely on. Unless you are a high-producing farmer (as few "country boys" are), you are actually living a high impact, relatively parasitic lifestyle on the rest of society. Your high mileage pickup truck, large, useless lot of land, and the extensive roadway/electric system to support it all depend on people who consume less and produce more than you.

If you think a new "dark age" will be good entertainment for you from behind the sights of your rifle, you need a little more study of history. Unless you are good at coaxing large numbers of the starving poor to pick up weapons in your name, you will lose anyway.

Thanks for the link. I just dropped my 5 bucks in the jar.

Goduckgo has a similar feature that works well with Google search results. It uses SSL and keeps Google/adsense from data-mining your workday procrastination.

You are correct, there is no evidence that the "miss-alignment of bones" that chiropractors "diagnose" exists. They have been shown to, at most, have similar efficacy to physiotherapists when doing the same procedures, and that's about it.

I love how readers just provided *more* testimonials in response to my comment. Seriously people, this isn't how medicine works. There are people who use the *exact same* arguments to support prayer based healing, leeching chemicals for autistic kids, WD-40 for arthritis and all sorts of Woo. Testimonials are *not* valid support for medical treatments. Put up clinical trials or go home.

Sad when a testimonial qualifies as an "insightful" evaluation of a medical treatment.

Look up the history of chiropractors. The term (and accompanying philosophy) has always been quackery.

Tabs on top makes sense. The URL bar and navigation buttons belong to a webpage. It makes no sense when changing a tab for things above *and* below it to change. Of course, if tabs were done properly in the window manager (like Fluxbox), tabs in web-browsers wouldn't be an issue.

That is a quote from WrongSizeGlass, the post that started the thread you were replying to when you suggested the power-line ethernet. So, yes, if you had read the thread before posting, we were discussing broadband here.

You can get several miles line-of sight without boosting power just by using dishes and a good home made collector. Additionally, some of the 802.11 channels are in the amateur bands, so if you get your HAM license, you can use all the power you need legally (again, ensuring you don't cause interference to other users -ie., directional only).

The power-line Ethernet you link to is a short-distance in-home consumer product (competes with ethernet or wifi, not DSL or cable internet). The municipal (long distance) power-line stuff is no better than utilizing existing phone line or cable wires to the residence. Further, it has a lot of problems not present in DSL or cable internet, such as major RF interference.

It's worth reiterating that the Canadian Armed Forces have been continuously stationed in the worst areas of Afghanistan since the beginning. Areas where larger, better equipped countries have refused to go.