I will second that. When my current cable/phone/internet provider came and setup their equipment, the installer was beside himself because I wouldn't let him touch my computer. He tried the "required for this to operate" excuse. I told him that I was an IT professional and that I knew he was full of it and that if it was required, he could take his equipment home and I'd cancel my service. He asked if I would at least make the ISPs home page my start page. I guess they needed the inflated traffic stats.

Blood isn't the word that popped into *MY* mind!

I just had a very detailed conversation with my son about this the other day. We watch several of the crime shows and one of the officers said that they'd be better off telling what they knew now and would get into less trouble or something like that.

I explained to my son about the right to remain silent and what you say CAN AND WILL be used against you and had him tell me what that meant. I also explained how even the most innocent comments (i.e. "I never cared for that guy.") could be used to make it look like you have motive.

Bottom line was that I told him that regardless of what any authority figure said or what type of pressure they applied, he was to only ask to call me and I would come (with a lawyer if necessary). I would urge you all to have the same talk with your kids. Better safe than sorry. :)

You got that right. Those same folks will still put it off as long as they can. Once again, exceptions are being made for the few and quite frankly, it pisses me off. They've pretty well made it well known on EVERY station I've watched for the past year that this was going to happen. There's no way anyone without cable TV that watches on a regular basis had no idea this was coming. You snooze, you lose. Now I gotta watch those dumb ass announcements for another four months. Thanks a lot, NOT!

To me it's more like Windows 7 is to Vista what WinXP was to WinME.

Not in my house. I pay for my son's cell phone but he pays for his own texting with his allowance. Funny how one can learn to control those texts when footing the bill. :)