Yeah, you can't unilaterally change the terms of service for a site you're using. If you use the site, you're bound by their existing TOS. If you want to have those terms amended, you'll need to discontinue use of the site until / unless they accept your changes. And good luck with that from your bookmarklet.

None of the above. It's a scheme to pass your IP address to CDNs such as akamai so that they can select an edge server that's closer to you. Absent this, CDNs select an edge server closest to your DNS provider — that's fine if you're using your ISP's DNS, but in the case of an OpenDNS or Google Public DNS, that's likely a poor choice.

... in Austin right now, a software engineer can get a new job very, very easily, since the market is so hot now. Compared to the last time I was looking for a job (early 2001), the market is at least 100x better. My phone is ringing off the hook with calls from recruiters, and I haven't done much more than put my resume out on dice and monster.

From the article:

The biggest IT job category--computer software engineers--grew to 816,000, up from 757,000 in 2000, a nearly 8% increase. Other IT jobs seeing an increase in workforce numbers between the first halves of 2000 and 2004: database administrators, nearly doubling from 47,000 to 92,000, network-computer systems administrators, up 36% from 135,000 to 184,000, and network systems-data communications analysts, up 6% from 305,000 to 323,000.