Seriously? You kind of had me until then. Flash is running up your power bill? Care to quantify that for us? How much has flash cost you in the last year? Ball park it if you need to. I'm going to go with....... 1 cent. One red cent.

I apologize for that jackass' response above (even though this is /., so it is to be expected). You are being sincere and sharing useful info, and he is just a troll. Anyway, understand that there are good times to come, and if you try to make the best of what time she has left, it will mean loads to your daughter in her future. I suspect you already know this, but remeber that your daughter is still watching how you treat this situation and it molds her as well. Just know that you have positive energy coming your way from me. Alzheimer's sucks.

OK, I haven't paid for satellite or cable in a while. It is still MUCH cheaper for something that does a HELL of a lot more than shows commercials all day. As a quick example: XP was around for 7 years. $300 / 7 / 12 = $3.5/month

Right, but what is your computer without software? A pile of chips.

Cool, use them. That is your choice. Some people choose to use software that costs money. Gimp vs. Photoshop, Word vs. OO.

Sorry, see Econ 101: Valuation

Seriously, what is UNGODLY about what they charge for their product? You spend more in a MONTH on cable TV than what it costs to buy Vista Super Premium. And don't give me the "It's expensive because it doesn't work" BS. If it doesn't work, don't buy it.

Personally, I run one of each (Win,Mac,Ubuntu) at my house, and i have no problem with the cost i need to pay for Windows or mac. Different tools for different uses.

Yeah, I read up a little and another idea is that the bag acts as a fisheye lens, showing any movement in the area. This makes the fly nervous as it looks like something moving near them.

At all the mexican food restaurants here in Texas, they hang a (sealed) ziploc bag filled with water above the door. Somehow they believe that it repels mosquitos and flies. So many places do it, you'd think it would have to work, but I can't see how. Anybody have any ideas?

But she can now, or is she dead? (Just messing with you on the use of past tense.)

Did you possibly mean wpm/10? Or are you that guy from the MicroMachine commercials in the '80s?

Here, let me google that for you: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hard+disk+password

Sounds good, but can you backup these claims?

There are 7613 quotes, to be exact. Each quote has an average length of 453 characters, and the letter "f" is the most used character in each quote.

HTH, HAND.

I would think so, have you ever watched millions of them fly out from under a bridge or cave? They seems to be able to distinguish their own "voice" from others. Come to think of it, maybe that is just timing. They know when they send a chirp, and can expect it back within a certain threshhold. So, basically, I dont know either. Please disregard what you just read...

Possibly because our "passion" is not driving fast? My personal passion is golf and playing with my kids at the park. In order to get there safely, and get home safely, I drive like a sane person. If your passion is driving fast, then find a safe place to do it. There are tracks everywhere, and some small airports will rent out unused runways as well.

Just because you have a passion for something, doesn't mean you can indulge in it 24 hours a day. I also have a passion for shooting AR15s, but I don't expect to be able to blow off rounds in my neighborhood or in a grocery store parking lot.

What you call 'having fun on the roads', most people would call being a complete jackass.

No, the GGP mentions it, as a joke I might add. I'll give this guy some credit when he gives Americans some credit in that we are not all monster truck driving rednecks with shotgun racks and dixie flags in the back window.

All of your points are cromulent, but if you read the GP, he mentions nothing of Hummers, monster trucks or anything of the like. This guy went off on his post for no reason. That's all I'm saying...