Some negative number. I've been thinking it was 2010 for weeks now. This has happened to me the last few years. I blame it on always looking at things scheduled to be released next year (tech, games, movies, etc.).

Same here, only t'other way 'round.

I completely believe this to be true of those printers whose cartdiges have the print head as part of the cartridge (looks at Hewlett-Packard).

They can also be very economical to run. You just have to refill them yourself. I buy my ink from inksupply.com (there are probably a dozen places on the internet to buy ink) and it costs me about $1.50 to refill a cartridge. I have had cartridges last for years. The trick is to refill them before they go completely dry.

Hmm, yeah, I’d forgotten the labels. That was innovative.

The integrated instant messaging was innovative, too, as far as I know.

The storage space was well ahead of its time. Other free e-mail providers have followed suit, but Gmail broke ground.

The main two things I admire about Gmail, though (and I’d forgotten one, until you mentioned it) are its spam handling and its mail search feature. Both are second-to-none.

I will attest to the cost of running the Canon Pixma series of printers. It is simply the cheapest of all, and also happens to produce the best-looking, plain-paper printouts I've ever seen.

The participant asked why digital file formats (jpg, mpeg-3, mpeg-4, jpeg2000, and so on) can't allow the same degradation and remain viewable.

Because all of those are compressed, and take up a tiny fraction of the space that a faithful digital recording of the information on a film reel would take up. If you want lossless-level data integrity, use lossless formats for your masters.

'Tis true, but there are things about public school I wish them to avoid. Lurking grues, for one.

I know exactly what you mean; my two sons are definitely not going to public school. I'm keeping them at home where they can actually learn things. Public school has a purpose, but I believe they should be avoided when they can.

Enter the Matrix. It's a terrible game, but the bonus hacking mini-game is a fun diversion. It is unlocked from the start though, so it's not exactly what you're talking about.

You're not alone. I work for a web design company, and if I used a table for layout, I bet I'd be fired. Tables are not for layout.

I agree. I was spanked as a child and I know I am better for it.

The difference is parents who use spanking as a form of discipline, and spanking as a way to release their anger, which should never be done. I remember being about ten years old, maybe younger, and knowing whether I was being punished because I had done something wrong or punished because I had made someone angry.

I understand the gist of it, but seeing as it's modded +5 funny, I must be missing something. I didn't find it funny at all.

If you're referring to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, they deviated from the books in a few major ways to make it more exciting and film-able.