Just thought I would point out the following:

"He was nothing but a nerdy college kid messing with computers in his garage when he struck it rich, and now he is at the apex."

He was indeed a nerdy college kid, that is without dispute. But he was also at Harvard at the time, and he did not exactly come from a humble background. His father was a prominent lawyer, and his mother was on the board for a bank and the US United Way.

By no means is Bill Gates a moron, and certainly his upbringing was not a total pre-requisite to his success. But much of his later success was probably stoked by having access to a computer from his high-end prep school, and his family connections were certainly not a hindrance to his admission to Harvard. (High SAT scores themselves certainly don't get you into Harvard, and Bill Gates certainly didn't win admission through his social skills.)

Just nit-picking here though... overall your post is excellent!

SirWired

Holy crap - why isn't that man in jail?!?

Except OJ demands a fee for his appearances - and the person who built your house is doing everything they can to stop OJ from offering you the chance to pay his appearance fee and have him come over... Because OJ doesn't know you personally and knows you only want him over because he's famous...

And then the person who built your house has a deal going with Dennis Rodman and tries to encourage you to have him come over instead.

You mean the 'wow signal'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow_signal

Flash supports other codecs than H.264. Apple seems to think H.264 is the one true codec to rule them all.

Are you able to use the touchscreen features from HTML+JS applications?

So you are claiming that Terry Childs got two weeks of severance pay (not more, not less)? Or are you saying that, in general, these things may happen, but that has no bearing on this particular case?

Hey FUD Boy

> First they were banning child avatars.

False

> banning avatars that were adults but could possibly be perceived as underage (i.e. anyone under 6' tall)

False. (but they will suspend you if they have reason to think you are under 18)

> Then linden labs started required age verification (credit card, etc) to enter into "adult" areas of the world

1. age verification was never required. 2. It was never used. 3. it was to be up to the "owners" of the property to allow verified or non-verified users.

> Pedo-hysteria was running wild throughout SL

Pedo-hysteria was running wild in the Media more so in SL

> and then they banned gambling.

That was the governments doing.. You could cash out RL money, so the credit card companies would be put at risk if they dealt with SL