If you pee on my parade I'm gonna have to defecate on your bubble.

The article says the man was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography, stemming from more than 1000 images of child pornography found on his computer. I have to wonder, how did they decide to charge this man with 10 counts? Why not 1000+? Why not one? Does Florida law have some guideline for prosecution where 100 images of child pornography equates to one count?

As it turns out my Skype account was compromised last night. (I didn't make those 428 international calls in a 13 minute period, honest!) The Auto-Recharge billing problem referenced in Skype's forum was unrelated. I've learned two lessons here. One, it is a bad idea to store payment information with any online vendor. I knew this already but somehow the extra step of going through PayPal obscured the fact that Skype had access to my credit card. Two, research your claims thoroughly before submitting a story to Slashdot! I didn't see any unusual calls in the Skype call history on my PC, but those calls did show up when I viewed my account on the web. D'oh!

Looking into this further, it does appear that my Skype account was compromised last night. There were 428 international calls made with SkypeOut in a 13 minute period. And yes, Skype has my PayPal information, which in turn is linked to my credit card.

In retrospect I was responsible for leaving a trail of financial data that allowed this to happen. Skype deserves credit for stopping the illegal activity so quickly. However, I'd prefer that Skype send me an e-mail for confirmation whenever account changes such as signing up for Auto-Recharge are requested. And obviously if an e-mail account change is requested I should get notified at my old address as well.

This certainly showed me that I need to be more vigilant about protecting any account that is linked in any way to my bank and credit accounts. I had considered Skype to be a very low risk account, but that changed when I signed up for SkypeOut.

Baby Limbo isn't so bad, either. It's easy because their spines are quite flexible.

Absolutely. How are large record companies even useful nowadays? It used to be that it was expensive to record and reproduce music, and distribution involved getting physical product out on shelves. Since shelves = floor space = rent, stores had to move as much product as possible, so there was value in having the music they were selling promoted by big companies with a lot of advertising money and a stranglehold on commercial radio.

The landscape has changed dramatically over the last decade. Recording is so cheap that it can be done reasonably well with equipment costing a few thousand dollars or less. That means it's pretty much accessible to everyone. For $10/month you can sign up with a digital music distributor who will put your mp3s on Amazon.com, itunes, etc. Set up a myspace page for your band or register a domain and get an inexpensive web host and you've got a web presence. It's up to you to get your music heard and purchased, but when you do you'll get most or all of the proceeds.

Seriously, what has the music industry given us lately except bland, pretty pop stars with little musical talent?

You don't have to reboot. Just restart the surface server service.

Service.

Because the guy with the lopsided nuts got his submission in 34 minutes ahead of you.

They may appear less graceful, but bats have greater control over their flight then birds. From Wikipedia:

Because their wings are much thinner than those of birds, bats can maneuver more quickly and more precisely than birds.

Gliding is certainly graceful and efficient, but it's somewhat at odds with being able to stop, hover, and change course quickly. For maneuvering indoors or in caves or tunnels, gliding would be a lower priority than not crashing into things.