Hey, AC, even if your're not ready to go the full 'counseling' step, consider calling one of the hotlines for 'just a chat'. A five minute committment is worthwhile to just be able to talk to someone who doesn't know you and won't judge you.

Software frees you!

Video / music copyright enforcement efforts will probably pale in comparison to those attempted for the duplication and sharing of physical objects / designs.

Actually, I believe that 'Mono' comes from the word for 'Monkey'

3/10

You may wish to try Minefield, (4.0 beta) if you can stomach using a beta. I've actually been using the nightlies for months and they're generally stable. You may want to try a release beta, however. (4.0b6 is good). There are 64-bit linux, Mac, and Windows versions.

Keep in mind that it's a beta, though and not intended for general consumption quite yet.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Because I hate Flash, I have a separate Firefox profile specifically for using the plugin. (Yes, there are other ways to block flash, but that isn't helpful if you're trying to find which of 200 tabs started autoplaying on startup)

Another analogy would be airlines. "Some corporations are proposing to build a network of things called 'airplanes' that'll let people travel without the existing roads. And they'll get to decide what prices to charge and what routes to offer. No fair!"

Perhaps a better analogy would be:

An airline owns the airport in your city. They wish to charge a "Prioritization Fee" for airlines to get preferential treatment at the airport. Their aircraft will of course not have to pay this fee.

Coincidentally, all of their competitors' aircraft fares just increased, and the flight times became longer.

Of course, you are still free to choose any airline you wish (provided you don't mind paying more and having slower transit).

when oxygen mixes with hydrogen, the hydrogen oxidizes (burns) instantly.

That is incorrect. Hydrogen and oxygen can coexist without the hydrogen oxidizing instantly.

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do I get me a pet Mastadon?
Typing fail

It's Mastodon

Add spelling fail to your list

> by Red Flayer (890720) Alter Relationship on Thu October 01, 09:01 AM (#29606869) Journal
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> > I'm a middle-aged, overweight fat computer bloke

>You're posting on slashdot with a UID less than 890721 No need to restate an obvious truth.

Nice! It took me a second to figure out what your benchmark was...