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• No more '123456' passwords for Hotmail users

  Fri Jul 15, 2011
  • This actually sucks.

• Should firefighters have put out the blaze at Gene Cranick's home even though he hadn't paid the fire fee?

  Tue Oct 5, 2010
  • Fire departments are not private enterprises. They're public services, paid for by our taxes - no different than police and public schools.

• Tethers tortured in $2 million contest

  Fri Aug 13, 2010
  • Cleaning crews - the bane of scientists and engineers the world over.

• Oracle sues Google for patent infringement

  Thu Aug 12, 2010
  • surferdude - read the comments before replying. First, Java was (and possibly legally still is) under GPL. It is/was open source. Anybody could use and distribute it for free. Furthermore, Google began developing Android long before Oracle bought the rights to Java.

• 4 in 10 college kids are depressed, hopeless

  Thu May 21, 2009
  • Seriously? 60k? Where did you go, New York University or something? There are other good schools that are significantly cheaper. Between grants, scholarships, and low living expenses (living w/ parents) - my Arizona State University computer-science degree totaled maybe 5k.

• 4 in 10 college kids are depressed, hopeless

  Thu May 21, 2009
  • It's not about a sense of entitlement. I know I deserve nothing. College students aren't depressed just because they're suddenly realizing that they need to work for the things they want. They're depressed because they're just now finding out that life sucks.

• Money can buy happiness — or at least one kind

  Thu Jul 1, 2010
  • When you have no friends and always feel worthless, no amount of money can make you happy. Nonetheless, it's good to not have to worry about money.

• Microsoft to offer free Web version of Word

  Tue May 11, 2010
  • The only thing keeping me on Windows is games. It took a couple of years for someone to get Oblivion and Fallout 3 working in WINE, and last I heard Unreal Tournament 3 still doesn't work at all.

• McAfee program goes berserk, reboots PCs

  Wed Apr 21, 2010
  • Or you can just reboot in safe-mode and disable the anti-virus software.

• Do you have "Hourglass Syndrome?"

  Fri Apr 9, 2010
  • The average severity of a person's computer problems is proportional to their technical incompetence. If your computer was fast when you first got it and now it's slow, it's all your fault! Your computer doesn't deteriorate. It doesn't wear out and slow down over time.