@penguiniator: some folks just aren't cut out to be linux users. When all is said and done - it is linux. Command lines in the terminal are sometimes the only way to get something done.

@Jurandr: Yeah, I have one of those too - I used to think it was great and all non-tech... but I can't find it on my desk. :( I can, however, see my three 19" LCDs and keyboard. And the mouse... well...

@bobbo33: Did you ask about their 30 day money back deal? Probably not. I went through four smart phones with verizon - and I made it a point to let them know I would be much more satisfied if they had live demos I could actually try before I buy.

@clintosterholz: so... what's your purpose?

I replaced the thin wood slats on our wood frame with oak 2x4s. Also added a fifth foot in the center of the middle slat.

@QADude: Ding. We have a winner.

VOTE: Sophos Web Proxy

@Fierock: My two year old has been having a hard time going to sleep and staying asleep ever since we removed our storm windows and put screens on. After a few nights of fitful sleep, we closed the house up and fired up the central air... sleeping like a baby again.

@UWAZell: Or maybe just ask the nice developer not to clear cut your land when you build your fancy new house.

@utkhexon: all those iPhone users hogging up your network.

@saintseminole:

If they kick all the spammers, hackers, and domain squatters off the internet I use - then I'll pay attention. Otherwise, get off my screen.

@wilcoclahas: There are still humans willing to treat each other like humans in this world. They are few and far between - and often the quietest - but they are out there.

Or... you could buy a laptop with a recovery utility built into the bios and register it.

I disagree. The students at the college I work for are very excited to be able to haul their documents to any lab computer or home and have the application they created it. No more worrying about if they used Office 07 or 03, do they need to upgrade their home Office version to match the schools, or if the lab…

@Super_Moose: So, why don't you buy one for your desktop?

The best keyboards ever created were attached to a ThinkPad laptops.

IT people having various levels of disdain for this kind of behavior.. some are raving lunatics of control and lock down... some could care less and will just nuke your workstation from orbit with a fresh image (taking all your local files with it... casualties of war).

@mrknowitall: Slow PCs will take a while... but I've wiped P3s with 80GB drives in under two hours, even old laptops in less than 5.

@osugodfan: If the user has access to an available cd-rom drive or usb port AND can make the PC boot from one of these devices - you can't prevent it.