<quote>I've noticed that since being online my spelling has improved tremendously. As a kid growing up I always had much difficulty with spelling/grammar, but in a world of red squiggly lines misspelled words become hard to ignore. I know most people say that spell check ruins people's ability to spell, however I'd argue the opposite.</quote>

I think that's only partially true. I can't tell you how many times per day I see someone type "loose" instead of "lose", or misuse "to" and "too". Basic things like that slip through spell checks all the time, and I'm always seeing otherwise literature people misusing words like that.

<quote>Hmmm let's see, underfunded government entities are unable to keep up with new technology trends. I would not call that revelation, "Stunning."</quote>

The problem is not that the government is underfunded. No matter how much money it has, the government will never be able to keep up with technology. Microsoft has been throwing money at security improvement for years, and still MS apps and OS's are susceptible to the latest attacks. Money is not the problem or the solution. The problem is that the government acts as if people are robots and will only behave in certain ways.

That's wonderful that you agree, Mr. Barnes. Why don't you do something about it? What's that, you say? "given the political environment within the company and no one division really owns the entire site(s), I honestly don't see a realistic reform"? Of course! How could I possibly be so naive to think that customer service and ease of website use should come before company politics? Silly me.

Self-regulation is even more effective when combined with wide-spread user apathy/stupidity/unawareness.

Oh, but they do have a definition.

Beta (bay'-tuh) n. 1. A tag that doesn't fit for large enterprises: "We've come to appreciate that the beta tag just doesn't fit for large enterprises that aren't keen to run their business on software that sounds like it's still in the trial phase." 2. Something that looks cool: "for those who still like the look of "beta", we've made it easy to re-enable the beta label for Gmail from the Labs tab under Settings."

A few other suggestions...

If you work in a multi-story building, take the stairs instead of the elavator. I've heard testimonies of people who have lost a few pounds in the space of weeks just by walking up two flights of stairs every day instead of using the elevator. Also, park farther away and make yourself take a walk. Little things like that, together with a healthful diet, can go a long way.

That may very well be, but I could still see people using this just like yousendit. If you want your to send your friend an 80MB video, post it and let him download it before it gets deleted.

Here's basically what happens when most computers boot up: the BIOS is loaded first, and makes sure that all of the important hardware is working. Then the BIOS looks for a bootable device (usually your hard drive). After that, the instructions of in the boot sector of your hard drive (or other bootable device) takes over and loads the OS.

That said, I think it's reasonable to ask for a 1 second boot time. Here's hoping.

Are they assuming here that a 6-year-old who had never played GTA would not have crashed his parents' car? Seriously, a driving 6-year-old is bound to get into an accident no matter what games he has played.

I'm clapping and there's no extra money in my wallet. What am I doing wrong?

My father works at a hospital (where privacy is a big issue), and he says that the IT department has a specific way of disposing of old hard drives. He calls it "the Sledgehammer Method".

It surprises me that this happened before the Beatles released their songs to iTunes. That's pretty revolutionary. Does the future of popular music rest with video games?