Seriously? I read the article too. "much easier" is a matter of opinion. We're talking about the difference between "!economist libya" and "site:economist.com libya" That's a difference of 10 keystrokes. For those of us who type 80+ words per minute you're going to have to go a lot farther than that to convince us…

So, to convince me to use something other than google for any of the above, you'd need to explain to me how or why these tools give better results than similar (or exact same) features on Google. But this article doesn't even try to compare the features, it just extolls them without comparisons. For example…

@mxxcon: In other words it does an end-run around the DNS RFCs. If everyone did this the root servers would be overwhelmed.

My ISP (frontier) hijacks NXdomain on typos and bad urls, thereby destroying Firefox and Chrome's smarter handling of such scenarios. Thanks to Namebench I'm routing through two nearby state universities with public DNS servers and using google's 8.8.8.8 as my tertiary.

Online anonymity exists for a reason. Those of us who've understood this since the late '90s have never encountered this problem. Those who have encountered this problem are likely logic-challenged and will continue such errors for the rest of their lives. In other words, if you've screwed up your online reputation…

cool. i wonder if people would mind if i clipped my toenails in their waiting rooms and coffee shops and stuff.

Pffft. The first thing my 7 year old does when he drops something and loses sight of it is to ask for a flashlight. Perhaps a "Lifehacker for gradeschoolers" site would be a good place for this tip.

Non-issue. Deep customizability makes the question utterly moot. Next time let an Android user think up the Android questions and let the apple fanboys think up the icrap questions.

There's a not-very-fine-line between a 'hack' and a brain-dead-obvious solution. This falls under the latter column.

Alternative headline: Publishing Work-arounds to the NYTimes Paywall on High Traffic Blogs Leaves The NYTimes Little Choice but to Send Cease-and-desist Letters to People Who Are Making the Work-arounds Possible. (if you'd leave well enough alone and let this stuff spread by word-of-mouth instead the work-arounds…

It's a statement from someone who gets tired of taking on other people's work because i work while i'm at work. When you're aware of co-workers spending 20 to 30% of their time surfing the web instead of working and you end up doing more work because of it that makes the whole teamwork thing pretty difficult to build…

Or, since you're at work, and getting paid, why not, you know, work?

My Nexus One seems just about perfect. Though it sure is lonely since i got my Xoom.

and if you think you might be depressed, get some help, especially if you've thought of suicide. there's not-happy then there's depressed. be sure you're not conflating the two.

why is it a zero sum game?

The article didn't specify a straight-up USB-A female port. That isn't required for use of a USB drive thumb drive. One little adapter.

Helpful tip: Sometimes a favorite site will help you in your quest by launching a heinous redesign that makes the site difficult and unpleasant to use. This can cut down dramatically on wasted time for all of the site's regulars.

Oh and a correction: "Most tablets don't have USB ports for thumb drives."

There's some great stuff in this article, but this is just plain wrong (often the result when sweeping generalizations are made):

There's a difference between angry people, people with poor people skills and the overused word 'trolls.' Trolls are there for the sole purpose of disrupting conversation and pissing people off. The ONLY way to deal with true trolls is to ignore them until they get bored and go away. Any response of any kind only…