Why reinvent the wheel, again?

How many miles away you are and how much ash you get will be the least of your concerns.

Once the ash cloud encompasses the globe, we all freeze/starve to death within 10 years anyway. Unless someone comes up with a way to clean the air out before its too late, then how far away you are will matter..

Then dont use it. Pretty simple. There is no law that says you have to use any cloud service, so if you dont trust/like them, dont use them. And dont bitch about it when you choose to do so.

Check this cops bank account.. Did RIAA happen to make a 'healthy' deposit to his "defense fund"?

Not saying all cops are bad of course, but reading non-emergency content while driving down the road is irresponsible and he should be held responsible.. Taking out ex-Napster management due to an accident, smells fishy.

Ya, i figured that out, a bit too late.

While *driving* ? WTF?

If they dont want to be with the rest of us, fine by me. "High speed Internet" is not a basic human right, its a choice. No more than having koolaid is a human right.

No mystery at all. hes an expert at selling music.

Yes LaTeX source would work instead.... Just not wget+html->pdf ....

With gates made of ice.

The us/mexican border. ( the unguarded part )

For those of us that dont stay connected just to read..

So how much did you pay for MSN Messenger? ( which is the actual topic here. )

Your choice. I offered a valid solution.

You are more than welcome to get a court order and demand IP addresses, then compare them. I'm sure both places log IP+posts.