I read through ALL the messages that were on the page that day. I even posted an answer to someone else way down the line. I stand by what I said, too. Yours was the very first comment from anyone at LH that appeared, and it was only to tell me tough luck, get lost.

So true about memorizing phone numbers. I used to know everyone's number. Now I couldn't call my daughter if my life depended on it. And she's had that phone number for four years.

I do use all those services. I do not, however, tie any of those accounts together with any other. I routinely refuse requests to allow any other service to access my data, precisely because the security, especially on Facebook, is so full of holes.

Gee, thanks, Adam. Your is the very first comment of any kind I've seen from anyone at LH answering any of people's concerns here, and guess who was hostile? Not me. You.

I sometimes mash in a little chunky salsa out of a jar.

I have thought it over. I'm not going to convert my account. Reading LH has been fun, being an intern was awesome, but honestly, enough is enough. You're saying Facebook has better security, you're making us either put our current accounts at risk or break other sites' rules by creating fake new accounts, and you're…

Dern kids. Nobody wore hair gel (unless you count Dippity Do). Real men wore Brylcreem!

Drunks make me angry.

So what this basically boils down to is that Gawker's admitting their security is way way worse than Facebook's?

The C54 cost about $1300 in today's dollars when it was first introduced. And that was just for the computer, not the monitor, storage device, printer or any other peripheral.

I've been thinking of putting them on my business cards, but meh, why bother. I don't even have a device that can read them.

Oh my gosh. My mom left instructions that her ashes are to be scattered in the Bay of Fundy. If any of us can ever scrape up enough money to go there again, I wonder how we'll manage to get the box across the border.

Check how much Commodore computers cost when they were first released. Today's prices are actually comparable. And don't forget, the storage was extra—either a Commodore branded tape deck or an external low density 5.25" floppy drive.

Years ago when we lived in a very drafty rental house, we put new weatherstripping on all the doors to the outside, and also on the door that led to the attic stairs. Just doing that cut our gas bill by 25%. Well, it would have if the gas company hadn't chosen that winter to raise the rates.

If you plan to do that, you'd better talk with a tax pro first. You can't just "write them off." Especially if you use that stuff for anything other than your business.

The short answer is that you have to report it as "Profit or loss from business" on a regular 1040.

I have excruciatingly sensitive ears and can't function in many places without my Etymotics earplugs. I just went and ordered some new ones. I'm probably pushing my luck with the ones I've been using for more than a year!

Where I live (LA area) any street repair requires one or two guys to do the work and another six guys to stand around leaning on shovels or talking on phones. The city's "union" is a joke, so they'd have nothing to say even if the machine did put the talkers and the leaners out of business.

I just kept trying with Pidgin and eventually AIM caved and let me in.

Bzzt! When JFK got shot, Benjamin Franklin's face was on the half dollar coin.