Don't forget Nesticle_Love's fast running, arcade stomping big brother, Callus_Love. He loved those Capcom games, back in the day. We should also have some consideration for Callus' cousin, Retrocade_Love. She was easy on the eyes - too bad she stopped running when Windows became an eXPerience instead of a year. She's really let herself go.

Ah - a copy of Lost, I take it. I hope your ending was better than the writer's.

Actually, I think Unreal Tournament (UT99) had an online ranking system (based on a DB) somewhere in the 2000s. Any UT players out there that can confirm this? It was called something like ngWorldStats, but my memory could be wrong.

Not for $250,000, no. Might be worth a Netflix stream, though.

The day I need my phone number in a phone book to look is the day I hang it up.

As for the CC/waitress example - the law (and the CC industry) takes a dim view of waitresses that charge themselves a little something extra with your card.

Here, now. They actually intended those drives to be used in desktop computers. As such, they used a bearing oil that would degrade if it was used longer than 8 hrs a day, likely as a cost saving measure. That was their defense, at least. Shortly after that, they sold their drive division to Hitatchi.

Well, at least when you sued, they weren't trying to chop you up with a big Golden Axe.

So, you get close to the gun turret and you hear this: "Please leave the DMZ. You have 20 seconds to comply." You begin leaving the DMZ, but 15 seconds later the is still chasing you. "You have 5 seconds to comply. Four... three... two... one... I am now authorized to use physical force!" So, these are named ED-209, right? Wonder what happens to wildlife? How about kids? If the thing is programmed to avoid kids, does that mean little people get a free pass, too?

When did the Godfather get involved in politics?

I've been to a church in this area that doesn't even let the laity handle the collection plates. They are affixed with long poles that the ushers keep a tight grip on. A church that doesn't touch it's congregation? Odd.

I've installed a 16G Compact Flash drive into a Powerbook G3 Bronze Keyboard (Pismo) with a CF to IDE adapter. Works great, and I did it for $30 a year ago. I'm sure they make CF to SATA bridges by now.

Great! Where can I get my BigFoot (5.25 form factor, 1/3 height) SSD for 1/2 to 1/3 of the regular SSD cost?

NTFS support symlinks. In Linux, anyway.

Actually, I think the Cult of Ubuntu came about with their Free CD project. I know one day, after being frustrated with Gentoo, I gave Ubuntu a whirl and liked it. At work, I was allowed to install a major Linux distro. I choose Gentoo at first, couldn't make it work (reliably) with the hardware, and converted back to Ubuntu. Except for a brief stint with Fedora (and OSS) when PulseAudio shipped and I was required to have working audio for voicemails, I've been fairly faithful.

So there's where the CoU comes from - free swag.