Seconded! Thanks for taking the time for the detailed replies!

Someone invited me to use it a few months ago. A quick google search turned up some horror stories about security problems and privacy issues (some people reported that it downloads and spams your phone's entire contact list), so I took a pass on downloading it.

Probably right up Facebook's alley, though.. :)

Even in Chess there is a separate women's league. Although women can play in men's tournaments.

Camping out in line months in advance does?

In certain circles, probably.

I've never bought an Apple product (and never will), but for pretty much anything else I might want that has a future release date I can pre-order it and get it on day of release. Do Apple not do this?

They do, but pre-ordering doesn't get you an article on Slashdot or make you a hero amongst your friends.

Their mission had been going so well until the failure

I think that could describe a lot of missions.

You must really be confused about Scientology..

Hmm, I wonder if the brick manufacturer is changing the specs of their bricks every week. Of course brick v8.12 is not compatible with brick v7, and currently there is no compatible mortar for 8 series bricks.

You don't give them your PIN, you give them the 3 numbers on the back of the card. You only need to have your chip read and PIN entered when using the card at a physical store.

Beta needs more whitespace.

(Yes, that was sarcasm)

And your name is Robert Paulson.

Who is in charge here? Who is the master-beta?

Maybe Slashdot and/or Dice got bought by Yahoo and we missed the memo?

Agree on all points. A cheap Wordpress ripoff is in no way an improvement. In a world of a million look-alike websites, why put yourself in that group?

I don't get it. Same thing here in Canada, people complain they don't see the same ads as shown in the US. I hate commercials, I change the channel or pick up my phone when the commercials come on. It blows my mind that people get excited about them.