Ugh.. I'm sure there's lots of people that love their "highly customizable" UI's, and they would need to be pried from their cold, dead, stinking, rotting hands... but I move from machine to machine a lot, and have new versions of OS's all the time, taking the time to customize the UI would mean i would never get anything done.. so I need a good, solid, usable default UI so that I don't have to worry about customizing it, other than very slight tweaks.

Yes, SF continues to win contracts from Dynamics or whatever MS is calling their latest CRM this week.

SF are just WAY too nimble in their catering to companies needs while MS expects companies to buy upgraded hardware, software, consultants, etc to conform data to THEIR system.

SF: Here you go, we figured out how to provide x for no extra charge.
MS: Sorry we can't do that without $100,000 and even then there's no guarantee.

So yeah, SF is kickin MS's a$$ets and putting their attempts at a CRM to shame.

Next up, MS buys SF.com. *sigh*

- Yo Grark

Lack of exposure. Even a popular mod for a popular game has so little exposure -- especially among non-technical users -- that it's not worth exploiting as a vector. It's easier to go with the familiar vectors discussed here all the time.

Malware still shows up in packages claiming to be pirate copies. My bro tried to grab a copy of Worms Armageddon. What he got was Worms Armageddon with the installer replaced by a trojan neatly disguised as the installer. I had a good laugh while I removed that. I've never seen, or even heard of a malicious mod, though.

You poor poohs! It sounds horrible. Thanks for sharing your stories of doctor trauma. i cannot stand to have my eyeballs touched -- squick!

I searched the thread and found no mention of the time suck negative, whereas if a game is awesome rocks, you get more than your money's worth hour-wise, but lose like 2000 hours of your life playing it. And flunk out of your PhD program. Statistics (on game's value hours/dollar) was never your strong suit.

Hey we're good now, come on over.

It's a fun challenge to keep up with a slashdotting.
This is the first year I've been able to tweak the settings
to hold my own.

ServerLimit 512
MaxClients 512
MaxRequestsPerChild 50000

I've been told the website design is so dinosaur it's practically 2002. Kids today.

I dunno what's with the blame game, it's alone on Mars, something was going to go wrong eventually. If the designers had made an improvement that would alleviate THIS problem, something else would be missing making THAT a problem.

Oh if only someone had thought to turn the radioactive heating units into emergency backup power! (sarcasm) If only someone had thought to install fans to blow the dust off! (previous poster, more sarcasm.)

It is an incredibly well-designed machine; just like with the human body, everything has a cost. Improving one item means less for the rest.

When I toured JPL it was obvious that the people there have an emotional bond with this little animal robot, its gritty determination, it's spirit of exploration.

I wish the poster had done a better job summarizing the situation. Spirit is stuck in the sand and can't rock itself free; because it's not moving, sand and dust is collecting on the solar panels; winter is coming on Mars, making the solar energy that much weaker anyway.

But even as cute little rover sits there spinning, its wheels are doing Science, they dug down to a layer with sulfur. Sulfur indicates hydrothermal vents, and hydro is the greek word for water. Woot!

A miracle could happen; a sandstorm could clean off the solar panels, allowing enough energy for a mighty push that could free the machine.