The OP was joking about the rookits, you moron. Here, read about it

Is your server at your house? No? Then stfu about 10 cents per GB. Your hosting provider doesn't deliver bandwidth to your house for 10 cents per GB. They can't. Nobody can...unless you live in a damned datacenter or a PoP.

Umm...come back when you know something about ISP operations, you douchebag. The "direct line" you foolishly describe is actually a shared line for cable. Yes, you moron, I hate to burst your bubble but cable is a shared medium.

You couldn't find a 100Mbps peering connect on most real ISP networks anymore. Nice try.

Dropping a few terms you read on "teh intrawebs" doesn't make you smart. It only increases the laughter when the real ISP operators read your hilarious and ill-informed posts.

*WOOSH* Use A9 (*) to find a sense of humor. * A9 is Amazon's search engine. I'm telling you this now so you don't miss another point.

We all went through that time when insurance was insanely high due to age and income. We all managed to get through it. Why can't you? Also, what will you say when another uninsured motorist hits your car, totals it, and puts you in the hospital for 2 weeks? "Oh, it's ok, he has to work until 12AM so I'll just pay my own bills" ?? Put a little effort into it. You will find a way.

Nobody cares about your life history, clown.

Horseshit. Lenovo still gets service/support through IBM. Try calling them instead of bitching on slashdot. I called them at 4:30pm on a Wednesday about a bad DIMM. They had a replacement sitting on my desk at 8:30am the following morning.

Is it so hard to type "The Supreme Court" or "The USSC"? You sound like that TV troll, Nancy Grace, when you call them "The Supremes."

Seriously? She didn't obey a teacher. WTF did she expect to happen these days? Since you want to draw unrelated comparisons, what happens during a fire and she decides she's not gonna obey her teacher then? She's a kid. She's supposed to obey her teachers. If she doesn't like the rules, ask mommy or daddy to withdraw her. Actions have consequences.

If only I had a mod point... Well said. A careful analysis of the facts about a pretty hefty cap -- at least for Comcast. Well done.

BS. ISPs don't pay different rates for upload v/s download. The upload limitation is due to DOCSIS. Look up QAM16 for more info.

Doesn't the design decision by Microsoft of wrapping this internal engine in such a buggy and security-challenged app concern you? Why should a web browser be required to run an FTP client? Or browse network shares? If Unix/Linux can make their apps modular and reduce the dependencies, why can't Microsoft?

Funniest thing I've read on Slashdot in ages. Thank you, sir!

Have these people lost their minds? I spend $60,000 for an automobile and now it will spam me while driving it? Are you serious, Lexus? What could possibly motivate these people to want to spam their customers AFTER a purchase? We are getting closer and closer to Idiocracy.

While I cannot dispute the fact that Lotus might have used OpenOffice code in Symphony, the author of that article seems to be a paid-shrill for the OpenOffice camp. Check his article history at Linux Journal. He has quite a few articles extolling the benefits of OpenOffice. I'll wait for someone a little more independent to talk about Symphony before passing judgment.