"I received my package yesterday and it had everything mentioned in the article plus balloons, streamers, and a few more goodies. Sounds like their package wasn't complete."

Ah, you must be in the U.S. The article is from a guy in the U.K. Microsoft obviously believes in the stereotype of the Brits as stuffy stiff upper lip types who wouldn't have a clue what to do with balloons and streamers or simply wouldn't care. If the MS marketing types had ever watched Monty Python they would, of course, know that's not true at all and would have included some Microsoft SPAM
(SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM...)

The last choice should have been "My mother sets the thermostat".

Amazing that so far no one has made any Dr. Manhattan jokes. I'm seriously disappointed.

Yes, and those who RTFA will note several mentions of *wormholes*. WTF, they knew about wormholes back then??? Or is that how the Vikings arrived on our planet? Ponderous.

It's just the faint whiff of soy sauce and monosodium glutamate combined with the polycarbonate. They train the dogs in Chinese restaurants.

It's not exactly unnamed. It's all white with no markings of any kind except the tail number. And it flies out to a 'special' little place in the Nevada desert every day carrying unnamed people to 'special' unnammed jobs. Ask Art Bell, he'll explain it all.

Wow, finally a site that actually renders -better- with Opera (v9.64) than with Firefox! I'm so excited!.!.!

Use OpenDNS and adjust the content filters to block porn, adult content, or whatever you like. I assume you're married so you obviously don't need porn on any of the computers in your home, right? But, for those times when the wife ane kid are away, you can whitelist your favorite site(s) and... well, whatever.

Thing, that is. You all know the rest...

RTFA carefully. Citizens are reporting sounds and vibrations they -think- are earthquakes etc. but authorities are saying it is just caused by the sonic booms of stuff (whatever it is) entering the atmosphere and exploding.

In the nursing home the effects of Alzheimer's and marijuana will be indistinguishable except that the stoners will be happier and will eat their food rather than throwing it.

Well duh, of course they went out of business. The main component of their huge deficit is the $$$ they owe to the paper company who supplies their register receipts. If they had printed much smaller receipts (they could easily get by with one about 1/8th the size) and spent the savings on quality sales people and price+ matching they'd still be in business. I'm sure of it. I know this guy who heated his house for almost an entire winter with just a wood stove and his CC sales and MIR receipts.