Actually, I've found that anymore, reading Slashdot tends to just piss me off.

It's not that I have a gripe with Slashdot or the users - it's just that every time I turn around, there's a story about some idiot politicians trying to run/ruin the web or some douchy patent trolls making millions by making folks pay out for using some "invention that the average high school level programmer could figure out in an hour... or .. well, just so much of the tech news nowadays - because it seems that it's all just everyone out to grab as much of the pie as they can and screw anyone who gets in their way.

Wow, maybe I am depressed... nawww.. I know me - when I'm good and angry, I'm not depressed.

Wait? what was the question?

Dogs are pretty easy to read:

If you have food:
DROP THE FOOD! Oh PHULLEEZZZ drop the foooooddd!

If you have beer:
SPILL THE BEER! Oh PHULLLEEZZZ drop the beeeer!

If you're leaving:
STAY WITH MEEEEE.. Oh PHULEEZZZZ stay with meeee!

When you're returning:
OH BOY! You're HEEERRRREE!

Cats are even easier:
Are you food yet?

Yup, that's what I was thinking - I used to work in television years ago, and I seem to recall that we had to use adapters when fitting stuff that was meant for "standard" (19") racks.

In other words, haptic controls make for less driver distraction.

That's exactly why I ditched my Philips Pronto remote for something with discrete buttons... and at least in front of my TV, I'm not driving (unless it's a game on the Xbox)

Imagine that: if your brain starts working, you stop worrying about the the fictional man in the sky.

Color me amazed.

Everyone knows it's turtles all the way down.

Translation: "Aside from that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

OOps: "Capitalism " and "corporate " - spell check for the win? oh, right - if I use them... derp.

Ok, I'll bite - I don't get one thing... I pay Comcast an obscene amount of money every month for Cable TV and Internet... why should they give a flying crap if I stream a show or not then? After all, I'm already paying for their Xfinity streamy stuff even if I don't take advantage of it.

I never even come close to my cap every month, but I'm still bothered by how a cap == "unlimited" and I don't understand why Comcast would care since they got the money anyway.

Oh, right - Capitolism now requires that every cporprate entity take the greediest possible short term position on any issue.

Grumble...

So... THAT explains why folks are always depicted wearing shiny jumpsuits in those old sci-fi shows!!! Downright prophetic.