That's because people use it to signal irritation and then when it would actually be useful they forget about it. I was hit a couple years back as I was making a left turn. The roads were a little slick and the vehicle two behind me couldn't stop (the one directly behind me had no problem). The driver of this second vehicle swerved into the oncoming traffic lane just hoping that I wasn't turning left (despite the fact that I had my turn signal on). Had she used the horn in addition I would have known she was there soon enough to most likely prevent the accident. As it was, the first clue I had was when she slammed into my door.

No... it will still be up for 365 days this year... trouble is... it should have been up for 366.

Yep... it was called Visual Basic.Net ... I haven't tried in the newer versions, but the first VB.Net (2005 was it?) did a pretty horrid job with my relatively small VB 6 apps. I actually ended up just re-writing them all.

Petty concerns? Wow, if you consider $400,000 - $1 million "petty", then could you please send me some petty amount of money?

Blocking .exe files sent by email is not unreasonable nor is it uncommon. You can complain to the CTO all you want, but if he's any good at his job he's been hearing ridiculous complaints like your so long that he has a "bitch-slap" email already composed and ready to go only needing to fill in a few blanks.

Let me see if I have your argument right... sending people into space for long periods of time in order to study the effects of having people in space for even longer periods of time is not the best path to long term space exploration... instead, we should just sit on the ground and look at space while trying to imagine what it might be like up there.

And were subsequently purchased by Dish Networks.

I'm also considering a move the BlockBuster for the same reason... not only do they include games, but also BluRay. My biggest hang-up is, even though it's limited, I do like the Netflix streaming to the Wii... it has kept my daughter entertained when she wakes up in the morning quite well w/out needing cable.

Kind of rules out Windows XP.... which comes with Remote Desktop Connection built right in. As does Vista and 7. Guess he can use an iPad as long as he doesn't buy one of those VNC or RDP apps....

Y2K was definitely overblown by the mainstream media. I knew many people who were scared their car wouldn't start on Jan. 1, 2000.

I just recently read that statute from a few posts higher, and nowhere in it does it say that it's illegal to leave your keys in your car. It only says that you must remove them from the ignition before leaving the car.

Makes me wonder, though, do cops needing the fill their ticket quota just hang out at the local tow shop waiting for a call to come in from somebody who locked their keys in their car?

OK.... but it's not illegal to leave them on the dashboard. Yet, even if the keys are on the dashboard, the thief is still the criminal. Of course, the person who left the keys on the dashboard is an idiot, but not a criminal.