Not a big fan of the 1/3rd height Function keys on most of the recent Microsoft keyboards.

Suspect that the malware did nothing more insidious than phone home so that DHS could collect stats. Anyhow, dismal news that any OS still includes an auto-run feature.

My personal preference is to have my DNS provider do the work of maintaining a site blacklist so that I don't have to manage the hosts file manually. That in tandem with a good Ad blocker and a few manual hosts entries works for me.

Yeah, that advice is intended for home users (and only if they see a major slowdown). It's not going to be appropriate if you're part of a domain, like at the office, but then again I wouldn't expect you to be maintaining a huge hosts file inside a corporate domain. More info on the web and at at [winhelp2002.mvps.or…

On some Windows platforms (XP/Win2k) it is alleged that a large hosts file can cause problems with the DNS Client service, so the recommendation is usually to re-configure that service so as not to run.

Some people get mildly upset over cosmetic (UI) changes, but they get positively rabid when basic function that they've used forever stops working completely and is barely functioning 6 months later.

Surely one has people who are happiest when they are grubby.

Afraid of ... being arrested for DUI is what she means. Anyhow they may not be able to get her for that because she fled the scene so they should get her for ... fleeing the scene, failing to render assistance, reckless driving, personal injury, and property damage. Plus she's a useless waste of space on this…

"I can't fathom how you might only be able to see 1/3 of the rear of the vehicle you're following" ... as originally indicated, I said two cars ahead not the car immediately in front of you. And on the point that "the vehicle in front of you is or will be slowing down and/or turning", turn signals are not just for…

Yes, red *can* be used in the US for rear turn signals but I'm suggesting that it's a bad idea. Turn signals should be a different color to brake lights — that's the law in most, perhaps all, countries other than the US. It's safer when following vehicles can better distinguish brakes from turn signals — imagine…

Right on, I've never understood this bizarre law that makes a front plate optional — wonder what the original justification was. While we're at it, let's fix those red turn signal lamps too — red's for brake lights people.

Classy post, congrats. And not to mention that it was caused by incompetence on the part of Continental Airlines.

One-time credit card numbers *have* been done before, for example by PayPal, BofA, Discover. The idea was simple and worked well as far as I know.

I'm beginning to see the value in some countries imposing traffic fines that are proportional to the wealth of the perpetrator.

That's how mâché is spelled, period. The point is that the preceding word should not be spelled "paper". Anyhow, we now know that it was a (bad) spell-checker.

Nice use of French accents, but then why the English spelling of "paper"?

No promises that this will work for you but have a look at WordService from Devon Technologies. See [www.devon-technologies.com]

I don't think that feature is standard Windows. Sounds like you were using Microsoft Word (pressing shift+F3) or you had some custom software on your Windows PC.

Well, the whole last paragraph for starters. Texting is clearly in another league of distractedness compared to switching radio channels. I'm not picking on you specifically, honest. Texting while at a stop light is not safe. Believing otherwise is naive. You're not in proper control of your vehicle — you're…

Defense's opening statement: "Your honor, my client could not possibly have shot at said airplane, because my client has no arms. The defense rests."