Wait... she paid someone $1000 to replace the knobs on her range?!? Willingly? Surely that's not right. No one would be that dumb. You can easily buy an entirely new one for much less, and no matter how expensive the range she has might be, that's just insane. Mix up a little epoxy and stick the knob right back…

@Canary94GT: The problem is that an economy based entirely on constant growth (even if a company's growth slows, but it is still growing, investors pull out and the company fails) is ultimately not sustainable. Growth cannot continue forever. A re-alignment of the economy toward something that values stability and…

Isn't the point of having smaller windows the fact that you can keep an eye on other stuff going on? If you don't want to be distracted by other windows, just maximize the one you are working in and hide the taskbar.

For what he was doing (stitching together satellite tiles) I recommend Google Satellite Maps Downloader at [allallsoft.com] I currently have a giant satellite image of Chicago hanging in my living room that I put together using this tool. There are similar tools for google maps (as opposed to satellite images) and…