I surely hope NOT, as that would break any web site that uses JSON, Google-hosted scripts, etc.

From what I understand the reason people get offended is that M$ implies there is something evil about making $$$.

I just get offended by people saying 'M$' because it paints the Linux community as a bunch of pimply-faced teenage dorks that think that calling Microsoft 'M$' is like the greatest insult in the world. I use Linux at work. It's a great developer platform. I use it t home for my server. Great at that, too. Just have a windows box for games. So you can call me a Linux geek... but I hate two things about the linux community:
Those that insult proprietary companies like a kid would
Those that insult others trying to learn Linux (if someone was to say "RTFM" to a newbie in real life, I'd kick him in the nards)

If you live in a major U.S. city -- New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc -- then yes, 80k is barely adequate to own a small condo in the city and perhaps a decent used car. I speak from experience on this.

80k/year could afford a nice lifestyle in a small town, but for major markets it's not that impressive.

I am a former NoScript user and have found a decent replacement in YesScript -- although I hardly ever need to use the blacklist functionality.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4922

Ah - but to really make this on-topic:

Commodore 64:

2 second boot time

8KB loaded from ROM

1 process

38911 Bytes free

HD Footprint: N/A

Clearly the C64 is the winner in terms of boot time and resources consumed!

Really? 401k is a retirement, long-term investment. The market goes up and down, so unless you plan on cashing out your 401k TODAY or next year, I say now is the time to put MORE into the 401k. It's the stock market! When it's low, put in more money, when it's high sell off!

Never ever ever react to a sudden change in the stock market on a long term investment, unless it's something like enron...

"Gay" is not a substitute for the word "stupid."

Thank you Bon Scott.

I'm in the iPhone camp and have both of these apps on my iPhone.

The only reason I'd flip to android is that I can write java apps to the android... if you want to write an app to your iPhone, its objective-C, which I know you probably prefer, Barbie, but I'm a java guy ;)
Another advantage of iPhone is maturity. The androids are still level 1.0. I like to wait for the next gen (which is why I have an iPhone 3G, and never had the original iPhone).

LOL! Love the subject, johndiii :D

As with everyone, I'm surprised you lasted this long. A threat to pay is a last resort, company will fall out from under you if you leave, kind of threat, or a threat to someone you want to quit so you don't have to go through any company policy severance...

If you are looking for a job in the states, let me know. My company always appreciates a good developer, and we do placement jobs if you don't want consulting.

Yup... spiders kill the bugs that can carry disease and stuff. As long as they are like up in the ceiling or out of the way areas making webs, I let'm go...

I'm all for reform, but national vote count is a lot easier to corrupt than a bunch of district votes. Checks and balances are in place to prevent corruption. Why are we getting rid of them?

Anybody remember "boot" magazine? They were kind of a computer power user magazine in the late 90's. One month they ran a feature on alternative operating systems, and included Debian 2.0 on their demo disc.

I managed to get it installed and dual-booting with Win 95, although I never got X working. Played a little Nethack and some light programming but didn't really touch Linux for a couple more years. Later I dual booted Red Hat 7.0 and SuSE 8.0, finally went Windows-free with Mandrake 9.1.

After that it was Fedora, then Gentoo, then Ubuntu - which I'm currently running on my desktop and netbook.

My heartfelt thanks to Linus, Stallman, and all the people who make open source possible and successful.

... now that messages are on the front page (or I just found them), I'm late to the party, but allow me to also say "I'm here if you need anything."

I'm a big believer in marriage, and I hope you've tried counseling with both of you before you (will or already have) hung it up.

Best of luck. This is a time thing... it'll take time to get through it all, and you never may get through it entirely, but know there are others out there to help you through it.

Apps worth having:

• TwitterFon: I've tried a variety of twitter apps, fon is free and the best
• Wikipanion: Free wikipedia app that makes it much easier to read wikipedia from the phone
• PNC Mobile: Or any other bank app... if you like to keep track of your banking on the fly
• iFitness: The only app I've purchased. If you work out and want to keep track, its the best out there.
• WebMD: If you do webMD, this has the symptom app already built in
• Dictionary.com: Great app (huuuge 35MB!), but its all offline with pronunciations.
• Shazam & Midomi: Want to know who sings that song with a link to iTunes?
• Stanza: Free online books (download and read on the phone)
• TWC: Local weather + weather channel forecast movies
• Lightsaber: Fun toy ;)
• Trace, CubeRunner, TapDefense are the games I've played and kept
• DirectTV: If you have direct tv, you can log in and set your machine to record shows and stuff

That's my list. I haven't found a decent free chess game (with AI... there are some free online ones, I believe), and there are too many pay ones for me to look at, but if you find a winner, let me know. Sudoku apps are a dime a dozen...