Every Windows or GNU/Linux laptop that I've owned has had a more or less standard barrel connector. Apple, on the other hand, has declined to license the MagSafe connector and instead gone to court against companies that bought genuine connectors, cut them off, and soldered them onto another PSU.

My point is that if the major labels insist on DRM, one valid option is to ditch the major labels.

Too many ambiguous pronouns. No web access on what host? If what is turned off? Where is this VM running?

Then I guess Chromecast isn't for people who happen to live in areas where the best available Internet access is billed by the GB.

If one shows the physically blocked flash to the museum guide, I think that's a bit stronger than a "pinky swear".

It's not like IRC where real-time replies are essential. It takes me about 45 minutes to get from one hotspot to the next, after which point I pump out one queued comment every two minutes. If an hour's wait is too long, perhaps someone will have already said it better than I. Besides, I have to read the whole discussion anyway so as not to be marked Redundant. And sometimes I keep getting replies a day later if I'm replying to someone who checks his Slashdot messages.

Is there some sincerity mark to show that I honestly don't know why something isn't possible?

I still don't know why the IT department, which has the power to decide what the standardized machine load consists of, can't include Classic Shell in the standardized machine load.

So what computer do you recommend that runs cool and quiet (not a "space heater" as mentioned here), has an attractive case (not a Big Honkin' Tower that the spouse objects to), comes pre-built (not as a kit that takes an hour or two to assemble, that requires ESD precautions, and whose OS is sold separately), and costs less than 400 USD (compare to the forthcoming PS4)?

Let me rephrase: Someone who has a server agent that supports SMB protocol wants a set-top box that supports SMB protocol.

iPod (30 pin), MagSafe, and Lightning are all proprietary connectors.

There was the original MP3.com, a place for indie artists to post MP3s and sell burn-on-demand CDs.

ADB was physically the same connector as S-Video. It's just that the signaling was highly proprietary, though its PWM protocol was vaguely similar to the N64, GameCube, and 1-Wire protocols that followed it.

People survived before cellular service was avoidable, but that's becoming more difficult with pay phones disappearing. I limit my exposure to cellular evil by buying a $100 per year voice-only plan and using it only for occasional calls to arrange rides and the like.

To get more eyeballs on my journal, I tend to advertise journal entries in my signature while they're active.

The stringent rules are all that those forums have to keep them from becoming "too mainstream and joke-ish".

But then the user has to somehow be aware that 1. History is itself a menu, not just an item; 2. one can hover over the strange submenu/item hybrid that exists only in Firefox to open the submenu; and 3. Recently Closed Tabs is within the History submenu. With the growing sales of touch laptops, I imagine that a lot of users aren't going to be used to hovering.

I just tried that in Firefox 23 in Xubuntu. The Alt key by itself doesn't make a menu appear.

I want to tab cast on my Nexus 7. Does tab casting work in Google Chrome for Android yet?