All power lines are ACSR (Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced) in the USA and Canada and I would imagine other parts of the world. Copper wires are used generally for insulated cables. If you want power cables that aren't copper though, you can also buy aluminum and they are approved by the NEC and CSA. I don't think this copper coated steel cable is approved by existing electrical codes.
Maybe I am an anomaly but I find on both my work and home computer Chrome uses substantially more memory than Firefox. My work computer is a few years old and and has many extensions while the chrome installation has no extensions. My home computer I bought in November and has 5 Firefox and 1 chrome extension installed. I am at home and have both Firefox and chrome open and they have been open for several days. In Firefox I have 17 tabs open and chrome 21. Chome is using 904MB and and 1.3GB of virtual memory. Firefox is using 355MB and 369MB of virtual memory. My work computer sees the same thing. Chrome using about 3x the memory as Firefox under the same usage.
They actually don't anymore. They haven't since version 5. They scan all the extensions and if they are compatible automatically bump the compatibility number. If they aren't compatible, they email the author beforehand so if the extension is still being maintained it can be fixed. The vast majority of extensions and all that I use have worked with 5, 6, and 7.
For video upload everything to youtube in 1080p. Set to private so people can't find it. For pictures you can get extra storage from picasa or other sites relatively cheaply. Backup everything additionally on three hard drives. Keep one at home. Keep the second in a safety deposit box. Keep the third at your grandparent's house. Update the copy in the safety deposit box every few months by swapping it with the HD you keep at home. Update the grandparent's copy by mailed DVD or when you visit. Keep copies of new material on home computers/flash media until all backups are updated. For additional safety you can also buy new flash cards for photos and save the old ones in the safety deposit box.
I have a friend who had her photos on two laptops and an external hard drive. When her home was broken into everything was stolen. Offsite backup is mandatory.
You should try Vindictus. They used to have a token system limiting how much you can play for free but it was recently removed. I think it is only available in Canada, USA, and South Korea the moment but a European version is supposed to come out before the end of the year.
About 6% were marked as incompatible 1 month before firefox 5 came out. All affected addon developers were contacted so many were fixed before firefox 5 came out. I can't speak for anyone else but this was the most seamless firefox version update ever with 100% of my addons working with the new version.
Gmail ignores the dot. You can't sign up for another email address that is only different by number or locations of the dots. The dots only matter for logging in (or at least did in 2005).
Quest For Glory 5 will probably never be freeware and the copywrite won't expire within our lifetimes. It was released for windows and works on windows XP with a patch or in windows 98 compatibly mode. You can buy a used copy from Amazon. I don't know if you can buy anywhere else.