Then use a VOIP solution.

Why would browser-based chat need audio streaming?

Between being happy that someone is causing harm to advertisers, and being not happy that 2-million zombies are, well, existing.

My favorite are sites that load a form or image in a "window" that tries to anchor to the center of the screen. Can't read it 'cause it's 1-inch wide? Zoom in... oh wait, NOPE! It moves itself to the right side expanding the page, and you get to play "chase the AJAX" - the only way to win is not to play.

My eyes! They may need to perform this trick on them to find all the capillaries that just burst...

It's working pretty damn good, actually.

It won't, if everyone using it is blocking the advertisements.

Sure, if you are playing label music. There's plenty of good music out there that's not attached to the RIAA.

Huh? No, technology has advanced such that good musicians/songwriters/performers can become good acts without a middleman. That's all. The Labels are not becoming decentralized, they are becoming deprecated.

Six feet? Nah, just dust them over. They deserve to have their bones picked at.

Darwin will quickly show you the error of your ways.

What do you mean "was all about?" I think you mean "is all about."

They have not given up, they have just been using different acronyms.

When components like the motherboard start flaking out is when it starts getting expensive to do. Someone has to pay for the work - it may not be you, but the organization certainly pays those people and purchases the parts.

Failed hard drives happen to new machines. Failed motherboards should not.

Big wins? Everyone I know who's touched either hates them. The PHBs might love them, but the people who have to touch them certainly don't.

The original Sidewinder Precision Pro was awesome. The others, not so much - and MS dropped gameport support after XP (and the USB adapter did not use standard/HID protocols)

Thanks, MS. Thanks.