Negative! Some very effective ad-blockers work by modifying your computer's DNS entry to a given ad-serving domain so that it will appear as though the server does not exist. This works regardless of what sort of content is being served.

On the general topic at hand: I have found that, while ads are getting creepier as to how much they clearly know about you, they are getting to be more useful to me personally. "Got an iPhone? Like chocolate? Work in IT? Buy our combination iPhone case, chocolate bar, VPN token generator!"

Sorry if I came across the wrong way. Your comment sounded like: "I want it all, I want it now, and I want to not do any work whatsoever." I can see now that this is not your attitude. In light of that, my comment re: geekiness clearly missed the mark. Had that been your attitude though, all I meant by it was: if you want something to do what it does not yet do, find a way to make it do that, don't merely complain and expect that someone else will give you a magic bullet every time.

Actually, users installing Windows (or leaving Windows installed) on a computer of their choosing is effecting Microsoft's bottom line.

Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/326/

FTFY :)

A) Jailbreak (http://blackra1n.com/)
B) I have a 3GS, and it most certainly does have Voice Dialing.

Aren't geeks supposed to be knowledgeable and have a penchant for solving perceived problems through creative methods?

Agreed! Free will, with which we have been endowed (against which some will argue) is a wonderful thing that demonstrates whether or not we are willing to live according to standards other than those that we ourselves have set. It also moves us to recognize that the same applies to others - their free will is their own with which to do as they please.

When will this egregious practice of planned cell abortion finally be ended?! Cells are living things too!

Disclaimer: while the above is definitely a joke, I firmly oppose abortion; doing so on the ground of ethics and morality based on Bible principles.

Dear "outsourcing" naysayers..

READ THE SUMMARY. Like, the part where it talks about prices across "the country." As in, the country that the named companies operate in, i.e. the USA.

Imitation +1 Funny Mod. Now with half the calories!

In before the correlation-is-not-causation trolls.

I sincerely hope that it is not commonly held opinion that the Bible is "written about him [Adam]." He is the first human that the Bible describes, and mention is made of him also in the Christian Greek scriptures, but the Bible is about much more than simply Adam.

IIRC the Guitar controllers use AA batteries, not 9V.

Nonetheless, your post was funny. :)

I'm not educated in the ways of electricity, so I don't know which one of these contradicts you, but I'll let someone smarter than me pick:

• Impedance
• Resistance

Either way, it most certainly is NOT 100% efficient.