Touche! It was a mere dry humor jest. And indeed, W3C does NOT address bad coding design practices. Perhaps it would be a good example to HTML students of how NOT to code a page. Ha Ha!

Totally agree, as a user of not only AO-Hell and then later Compuserve (better until AOL bought it) but the short-lived Prodigy as well (TOTALLY sucked). Internet started to get a little more interesting about 2000.

I have celiac and am all for research, but this site is like an example of ALL the bad practices for coding a site. Is the whole this written in deprecated HTML 3 or something? Flashing text even!!!

Awesome sig

Thanks for the humor. My bad on the typo. But ... kind fits, right?

I would agree that 3/4 of AV success is avoiding "dodgy" sites. However, I have never had any problems with malware on any porn site. The sites I have had problems with malware on were like pics of celebrities on Google Images, and you get a redirect to a malware driveby site, or, you lick on an ad that promises things free that should not be ... that kind of thing. I Used to AVG 2012, but when it went to 2013 it refused to activate, so I switched to Avast, and have not looked back. Higher rated and better protection.

I agree. I rarely use FF anymore. Even with all the rapid upgrades (which they practically FORCE you to accept), it is still much slower than Chrome, and if one tab fails it locks the application. Why Chrome "sandboxes" them. The annoying thing is I used FF because of the cool add-ons and extensions. Now, whenever a new version come, it KILLS all my favorite add-ons.

Read HERE to find out why M$ had to legally CHANGE the name to "Windows 8 UI" because they wouldn't/couldn't settle with some German company.

I would have to say I agree with you here. I use both Firefox (currently 14) and am on Chrome (Beta channel - currently 20 I think). Firefox does not FORCE you to upgrade, but annoys one to DEATH with nag screens if you do not in a timely manner. Chrome DOES upgrade in the background with no notice (I thought that was because I was on beta). But NONE of my extension in Chrome has ever died because of an upgrade. And EVERYTHING in the Chrome Store, regardless how new or old, just works in Chrome. Not so in Firefox. Every upgrade nearly ALL of my extensions and themes (especially) just die ("not compatible with this version"). Annoying. I still use both. But I would say I use Chrome 70/30 now to Firefox. Annoyed at them.

Okay, I thought the prices seemed high. I am new to Linux. Am just testing Ubuntu 12.04 on a USB drive to make sure I like it. I think I will. I was a DOS wizard in my day. So far I am not connecting on internet, but I have the 147 page manual. I will check it out further. From looking at the sites, I gathered the main "advantage" they pushed is that the machine's hardware was optimized for Linux. If I got a Windows machine and installed it, you are saying that would be cheaper and just as good?

Perhaps your forgot to indicate that was sarcasm? As the poster directly above your post mentioned, The good folks at System76, Penguin Computing and Los Alamos Computing ALL sell Thinkpads with Linux installed. They seem a bit pricey considering the operating system is FREE; but supposedly the hardware is already compatible with the Linux kernel.

I will probably do just that. Thanks for the tip. You seem very knowledgeable. Not always found on here. Too many "would-be" comedians at times.

The article is very informative - thanks. Always interested in history - the more so computing hsitory.

And they do ... at the Space Station.

Love this paraphrase of Arthur C Clark re technology and magic. I concur.