I used to say the first thing that came to mind during a heated discussion. Most of the time the results were negative - hurt feelings, alienating coworkers, and other bad stuff.

so damn true...

These new laws about texting and driving... are redundant. Enforce the existing laws that punish you from doing ANYTHING that reduces you from effectively driving in a safe and responsible manner. No need for specific laws.

Madison, WI was getting mapped on August 30th.

Lenovo and before that IBM has always been mindful of the linux user. In every major model they have made a version with hardware and drivers that are linux friendly.

Project managers and account managers love them. However, meetings are normally a waste of time for engineers - people who actually do the work.

Well if you look like your avatar... that might not be far off.

#1 is not as hard as it seems. Introduce a new application or method that you are familiar with, once it becomes accepted as useful - you are now the #1 engineer for that.

Again, the rural communities lose out on this deal... dialup will *still* be the only option they'll get.

Most are true though. I would digg it up if this were digg, but its not - so I'll post my positive review here. :)

Genius!

I'd say I should have some say in how my time is wasted. Many other people waste my time at work - why should they have all the fun?

I feel I should get a fair share of wasting my time... a lot of other people waste my time, why should they get all the fun?

I didn't go there... might be a scam.

it depends on how often your gadgets poll for their info. A CPU, Memory, and Disk gauge will poll much more often (by default) than most weather and stock ticker gadgets.

stuff like this makes encryption laws seem a little silly. DHS makes binary merging against the DMCA... film at eleven.

My ride of choice is a Pontiac Vibe.

I know it's just a chat account, but I don't feel comfortable sending my username and password to a number that's just 'out there' so I can IM some people.

If you really want to be a screen capture ninja... fork over some cash and get SnagIt. It is by far, bar none, the best ever.

Outlook 2007, use the "Unread Mail" folder under the "Search Folders". The tag mail you need to follow up with using the categorize feature.