... my future wife (married in 1976) and I did this. We watched our first opera together -- Don Giovanni on NBC -- she in Wisconsin, I (7 ayears old at the time) in Oklahoma. Of course, it would be a while before we would actually first meet each other. ;~}

MEK

> The only things I buy with an installed OS are notebooks, and I make recovery media
> for my collection then wipe 'em to install Linux.

I bought a laptop for my wife this week (from Best Buy) -- and this is _exactly_ what I did (except I did leave a minimal Windows installation -- just in case).

...report being creeped out by these new procedures.

And lots more buxom younger women are apparently being subjected to thorough full body searches than guys.

MEK

... if you happen to use Tmobile as your service provider. It even seems to work fine on Tmobile's new 3.5 system.

Dell (of all people) had a sale -- and I got one of these at a nice discount. I've been quite pleased with it -- and have barely begun to scrape the surface in terms of what it can do (and the software that is available).

I doubt that there is a better phone that is easier to play with. ;~}

And it works pretty good as a phone.

MEK