You hit the nail on the head. For a while I would camp out at Taco Bell, as they had free wireless and nobody cared if someone sat there for hours with only a drink because they're all being paid shit. The problems you listed are exactly why I would only buy anything once.

It's only speculation, but I suspect that they got tired of me and just let the wireless router go into disrepair. Oh well.

My smug sense of self-superiority! You've killed it!

Hi Carl.

Did you just... Did you just compare waging wars to charity?

> Slashdot editors' strong cultural preference for finding the irrelevant

Oh, okay.

Maybe it's difficult to understand because you're wrong.

I remember seeing an article about this idea in a popular science magazine years and years ago. Glad to see it's still around for those who hate needles.

Nonsense, he was hoping to head off the bad guys in Waterworld before they got started!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld#Smokers

And there is your silver lining!

Your post reminds me of that time Aunt Petunia joined Hitler's Circus! *far off look followed by a guffaw*

What are you darned kids using these days? Last I knew it was "phat", and that's when I stopped paying attention, and refused to go beyond "cool" thank you very much.

This is already largely the case with the min/max raiding crowd gravitating to a few non-Blizzard sites/forums for their information and discussion.

For example:
http://www.elitistjerks.com/

Interestingly, one reason the referenced site grew to popularity is the iron-handed approach to moderation - the slightest hint of trolling or asshatery is generally quickly stomped upon and/or mocked relentlessly by both the moderators and user population.

I've been using Opera for accessing my chase account for months.

No problems.

They're just trying to save money, because they're blood sucking dicks.

Hey, you're not doing too well in English.