Increased EM radiation from rising cellphone use is one speculated cause of Colony Collapse Disorder

It's reasonable to assume the website is logically connected. CAs generally execute their transactions through the website. Especially for domain validated certs, usually the process of issuing a certificate is entirely automatic -- the customer logs in through the website, requests a certificate either by filling out a form or sending in a CSR. If they fill in a form and the CA generates their private key, the person who compromised the website might be able to steal the customer's private key, when the customer downloads it using the website.

It's been awhile, but I do not believe there is any point in the CSR process where the CA ever gets a copy of your private key.

For instance, suppose I register a box with round corners. Now you show that the real reason for round corners is so that the box, designed to go in a pocket, will not put too much stress on the pocket material.

I know a lot of people who store their tablets/ereaders/etc in a backpack, which is basically a giant pocket on your back... and it does seem a very reasonable assumption.

It also makes it easier to get into any sort of carrying case -- hard corners means you need to line it up perfectly, whereas round ones mean you can just get it mostly-right and it will slide in easier.

So, even if the original intent of the design is for aesthetics, it does have practical use.

A sword fighting game using a mouse to control the sword would be pretty interesting.

Daggerfall used mouse movement to determine how a weapon was being used. Thrusting the mouse forward while holding the attack button would do a forward thrust, and you could also slash side to side or diagonally.

I wonder, why wouldn't you include the right to life with the rights animals "should" have?

Mr. Lion, you are hereby sentenced to life in prison for murder of the first degree of one Ms. Gazelle.

Also, non-vegetarians would never go for that.

If your issue is being distracted and having all your productivity sucked away by various websites (Wait. What am I doing on Slashdot?), Randall Munroe wrote an excellent blog post on how he solved the very same problem. It might be worth trying.

First, the /tell command is available. This means that it is trivial to just whiz through player list (gleaned either by logging who is talking in chat channels, various /who commands executed, or just seeing what player characters are nearby.) An account ban would mean nothing for the spammers -- they just fire up a new free account, give the char another random name and are back in the fray.

As a trial account, you can only whisper someone who has you on their friendlist.

Most of the trial restrictions (with the notable exception of level) are to hinder goldsellers and other sources of spam. e.g. not being able to trade (and the 10g limit) means you can't filter your stash of illicit gold/stolen equipment from hacked characters through 20 trial accounts. Similarly with the auction limitations -- goldsellers could buy/sell their own auctions to move money around otherwise.

Though her name is wildly mispelled

The irony of me misspelling misspelled is not lost on me. Of course, I see it 3 seconds after I submit and not during the preview.

Thank god she's not voiced by Ellen McLane.

Though her name is wildly mispelled (even in Valve's own credits!), the correct spelling is Ellen McLain

Except for the fact that the delivery of all of that junk mail is money paid to the USPS. Stop that and the situation becomes even worse than it is now.

I don't mind physical spam nearly as much as the real thing. It has a far higher cost to the sender and every now and then some of the coupons are actually useful.

What I do mind is envelopes marked "Important billing information enclosed" and them containing nothing more but advertising. Comcast and your "Triple Play" advertising, I'm looking at you. It's worse because I can't just throw it out on the off chance it IS important billing information, since I'm a Comcast customer.

Note that the user being a monkey might be a sort of exception that should never happen. A definite WTF moment, for sure.

I am in a rural area, gas is 10 cents more per gallon than any place around because the fuel distributors all drink coffee together each morning and decide what the price of gas will be.

I don't think the increased price of fuel has much (if anything) to do than any sort of local price-fixing. It probably has more to do with the fact that it costs them more (delivery companies have to go out of their way for a single stop instead of for several stops) and the fact that less volume means they need higher prices to break even on operating costs.

The effects on the cost of groceries are probably similar, though if there truly is only one supermarket the lack of competition is likely a factor as well.

I read that as Windows Health Advantage and went "WHA?"