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Comment Re:Remove the buzzwords (Score 1) 241

When I was still at home sharing a computer I was the admin and my parents were the user non admin account. Considering the lack of tech savvy in some of these victims I would assume that it was the child who installed limewire and was the admin of the computer, if accounts were being used at all of course. In the families I knew it was always the child's computer which the parent used on occasion.

Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 374

It's good that the major websites are beginning to drop support as that will attempt to force people off IE6 which is good. Unfortunately this puts lots of IT people in a tight spot.

At my old company (Fortune 50) There were hundreds of web apps that had been written for managing things like heathcare, training, retirement, etc. Of course all of these programs only worked in IE6. My local IT guy and many users were upset that we were stuck with IE6, but of course any upgrade would require years of redevelopment for the web management apps.

I'm betting that there are many companies in this situation where IE6 is needed for internal systems. It's going to suck for those companies (and their YouTube browsing employees) who can't afford to upgrade their internal apps and therefore can't upgrade their internal browser and therefore will not be able to see big important sites like YouTube.

Comment Re:Checks (Score 1) 293

That is ridiculous. All you need are the routing and account numbers to set up any of those features. The only reason they ask for a check is because most people don't know how to read the numbers off a check and they want to do the reading for you lest you screw it up. Most banks on their websites will provide you with the routing numbers and account numbers because people don't have checks anymore to give to payroll or paypal or any other transfer or wire service. My bank (schwab.com) provides nice little printouts to give to your payroll/hr people so you don't need to bother with checks. Of course they give free checks too but who wants to risk having them lying around.

Comment Re:... All the avatars look like ... (Score 1) 151

Not to insult Mrln but his answers were rather inaccurate. There are 7 different types of boats. The smallest size can be handled fairly easily by yourself where as the largest boat can hold 150 people (but needs about 70-80 to run well.
Every action except chat involves a puzzle of some sort. Otherwise Mrln is basically correct. There are many many different puzzles and you can usually find yourself to be very good and like a few of them. I have been playing now for about 9 months. I log on every day, it is great fun and certainly worth the $25 I pay every quarter.

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