Well, I have at least two games in my Steam collection that do not work. One, I was told by the company it wouldn't work ever with my config, and the other...Well, I am tired of pawing through forums trying all kinds of things. And, we are not even going to mention getting ripped off for my Minerva's Den DLC, which I place firmly in the split camp of Steam/2K Games/Microsoft.

A little more detail please? That's the first I have heard of such a thing.

It was Apple, BTW. They loved how it was integrated into the OS.

And, IMO, Kari has winsome in spades. And hearts. Clubs too. Oh, and diamonds.

Who apparently is both friendly and warmer than MY ex-wife.

Well, I live in an apartment building. We could get basic cable in our apartments for $30 a month. I paid for that and extra for a connection, and I was pretty happy. Until Comcast re-negotiation time came around and they really jacked up the group price. So the landlord told them to get stuffed. So, what's my current broadband options? AT&T DSL or Xandoo wireless. AT&T is slow and the mandatory gateway sucks. Xanadoo? Slow, dodgy, and capped WAY low with no reliable way to monitor usage. So many options I have for ISPs....

Educator that do online courses, and have to have Java for class chats to work?

With a secure browser? (Or just keep my general generic install package installer on a stick.)

On a secure machine?

Of course, in my case, the browser interface lets me log on without crashing, so there's that.

That is why I skip that and use Ninite.

The family wasn't ready to deal with that sort of thing. It was all "Hook it up like Comcast says, then make our network work." Joy.

Yo, cat. I heard you like cat pic blogging while you cat pic blog, so we...

I tend to roll with x@x.com. Less typing FTW!

No. Other than porn searches it is just about useless.