...oh, and while I haven't tried it, a while back I polled friends for good two-player games and a surprising number recommended cribbage, which I bet there are ways to play online.

First, I'm really sorry you've had to deal with all the dickish responses to your post. You know that doing the long-distance thing will be hard, so you're making plans for ways to stay bonded during that time. Kudos to you and all the best.

As far as games are concerned, one thing I haven't seen suggested much are (virtual) board and card games. Especially if you both have iPads (though there's also varying levels of support for Android, PC, etc versions, depending on the game), there are a ton of good co-op and vs 2-player games that can be played remotely. My girlfriend is actually way more into these than I am, but here are a few off the top of my head:

- Hive (I love this one. It's chess-like but novel, and free on iOS and Android (the physical set is also a great travel game))
- Forbidden Island (here's a video of Wil Wheaton playing it with John Scalzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxG_ahmF1uM)
- Ticket to Ride (pretty sure this one's also available for PC/Mac)
- Ascension (iOS only, afaik)
- Dominion (also iOS only, I think)
- Magic (available on everything except Android, including consoles)

The nice thing about these games is, if you find one you like, you can hit up a site like boardgamegeek.com to find more like it.

Have fun!

It sounds like you might actually be female, but "You know what girls like to play? [the Sims and Facebook, basically]" was some varsity level mansplaining, regardless. How do you even get from there to the actually reasonable "frankly speaking, it all depends on the girl as to what will and won't work"? It's like you responded to your own comment.

(btw, my gf was /obsessed/ with Draw Something for months, as were a bunch of her friends across the nerdiness spectrum; but I'll be sure and let them know they were all doing it wrong)

>> "They HAVE an ID, Pass and IP"
> Which of those are "UUIDs, software versions"?

Regarding part of your question, the answer to "which of those is a UUID?" is.... "ID". That was a fun game! But surely if you're informed enough to be willing to just dismiss the previous commenter as an idiot, you would know that a UUID is just a randomly-generated ID number, which is much more practical than distinguishing users by username.

You would also, of course, be able to infer that storing software version information might make more sense in the context of a software provider managing updates and support than in the context of a secret plot to reveal to the government who hasn't upgraded to the latest version yet.

Someone please explain how a VOIP service is supposed to work /without/ a table associating numbers with UUIDs, software versions, etc? *eyeroll*

"Blame the people who are actually responsible for the insecurity. Not the ones who are taking advantage of it."

Skip the false dichotomy and embrace the power of 'and'. Just because somebody sold me a crappy lock doesn't absolve a person who breaks into my house of responsibility for his or her choice to do so. We don't have to pick just one to hold accountable.

I would recommend that anyone, before reaching conclusions about what occurred, read Haught's open letter to Coyne (which really should have been linked from TFA) and, of course, watch the video.

I love that I'm not the only one who knew exactly which office was being referred to. :)