My neighbor has spent the last two days trying to convince me to become part of some bullshit trading network in cryptocurrency and he is just sold on the fact that investing in the stock market is bullshit for dumb people but that investing in cryptocurrency and foreign currency exchange markets are what is gonna get him in shape to leave a legacy for his family and anyone else who knows him.So when he loses his shirt and pants and windows up homeless, who is gonna be left paying for his food stamps and housing: me and every other taxpayer. So part of knocking this shit down is just protecting people from themselves.

My Kindle Touch is still in mint condition and I can;t imagine how much extra interface you need for a bookshelf. As long as mine keeps loading epubs and playing the occasional MP3 while I read, I'm happy. Though the web browser is now a little behind the times!

Hey AC? Who are you that you post off-topic political stuff on literally every forum I read no matter what is being discussed? Why do you do it? Is it entertaining? We get it. You love Conservatism. Do you think you maybe need a hobby? Like hacky sack, or model airplanes?

They're not as safe as people driving cars, which currently achieve 1.25 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles. They won't be that safe for a long time, and they need to be a lot safer, since we won't find them nearly as forgivable.

Microwave them.

Good idea. I'll try it.

Hey everybody. I make stuff (educational games mostly) and put it on the Internet and I don't charge anything for that stuff. I don't run ads on my websites. I use HTML5 to make my games, because I believe in open web standards, and I want my games to keep working forever.
Two of my games broke.
I can't add the click callback fix, because both games don't even use the mouse (keyboard only), and load with the game in a centered div. Neither game is fixable, unless I tell my users to click, for no reason, other than Google is stupid.
I don't like ads either, but I think everybody should follow the rules.

Might I suggest you check out my CC-Licensed book of 4th grade mathematical programming lessons in Scratch:
http://goo.gl/pHF6Hd [goo.gl]
I teach 4th grade, and the book follows the math curriculum as it progresses during the school year. In my experience, a mathematically precocious 8-year-old will be able to grasp much of it.

I'm the Google site admin for my elementary school where I teach 4th grade. That makes me responsible for maintaining my class's passwords, as well as the passwords of five other classes - that's nearly 200 4th and 5th grade kids with a fairly transient population. The Google username scheme is non-negotiable because of security issues and committee decision making and consists of the first three letters (if there are three) of the first name, the first three (if there are three) letters of the last name, and the first three digits of their numerical student ID (which they do not know). The password scheme I came up with has the kids choosing two words from a table of common four-letter words. They put those words together with the last digit of their year of birth. They must use this username and password to even get into the Chromebook for most purposes (anything that involves document editing). The classroom app that Google unveiled this Fall is awesome. It's simple and perfect for what it does. I have the kids write their username and passwords down on a post-it. Secure enough. 90% of them have no problem remembering it, but some of them come with their shoes on the wrong feet, so I've been satisfied. I just set the other kids passwords manually after making them write it neatly on a post-it note and usually finding their error. The only third-party thing I use is Scratch, and I make my kids manage their own credentials (I offer a post-it). Scratch is amazing and my kids are motivated to manage it themselves. Scratch, by the way, could be the best thing to happen to math in 200 years of education if people would stop teaching math and start doing math. [Brag warning] Check these out, and tell me you wouldn't have died to build them in 4th grade: http://goo.gl/pHF6Hd We do one every week now.

The website listed in the post has a fine example of a simple top level domain presence: http://www.monkey.org/

I reread your post. I would probably put in a small picture of yourself or something you like, even a nice picture of trees or something or ...whatever... and then maybe a short horizontal rule line under it with some subtle links to find you on other places on the web. I would not put a bunch of crap on it. Any future employer finding a personal domain filled with crappy apps will likely be turned off. Ferry Halim has a nice page at http://www.ferryhalim.com/main.htm that shows a subtle way you could have a web presence without leaving it completely blank. You don't have to do what HE does, though. Just some simple graphics and text and contact info is probably best. Good luck!

I bought my own domain years ago when my wife and I had our first child. At first I spent a lot of time making webpages on it, but after a while I realized it was more trouble that it was worth. So now my domain serves two main purposes:
1. It is my permanent email address.
2. It is a gateway to my blog and that of my wife.

I keep a few standard pages on it, but I don't do much with them. I find that a well maintained blog is an easier way to host information on the Internet.

Also, you may want to keep a copy of your resume on it. Even if you are not applying for a computer job in the future, I would imagine that someone who hosts their resume on their own website would be looked at as more computer savvy than someone who hosts it another way.

On an unrelated topic, ignore any trollish comments you might receive with your Ask Slashdot submission. There will always be jerks in this world.

Good luck with your domain!

I will put you on my Christmas list, Ed.

Algoa456,

I am so glad to read that you realize how many major problems exist on our planet. Children ARE starving in Africa, unemployment is high, and Iceland (which I can personally attest is a beautiful and vibrant country) is experiencing an economic crisis. The AIDS plaque is taking mothers away from their babies and yes, thousands of scientists, not just Mr. Gore whom you have denigrated elsewhere on the web, have agreed that global warming threatens us all. I know those things but unfortunately, I cannot solve ANY of those issues with $1000 worth of computer hardware. What I can and did do, however, is make an arrangement to send the drives to a school in California that needed them. And I would have not known about that need without Slashdot.

I forgive you for your insulting comments above. Obviously SOMEONE didn't watch enough Mr. Rogers when they were younger. Too much Barney maybe?