I think you'd have to be fairly desperate to install cygwin. Console is also hugely bugged, and has always been. Just get to grips with PowerShell, or switch wholesale to Linux/OSX if you can't live without Unix shell scripting capability. Or learn Perl and do things that way — not that I particularly recommend…

All I'm saying is that if the cop had been a reasonable distance behind the pickup, like 2 miles, he wouldn't have collided with the drunk driver ;-) Which reminds me, in an odd way, of this video.

Exactly. But it looks like the cop was following the pickup too closely. When the pickup moved towards the right lane, the cop actually moved left to get around the pickup (a clear indication that the cop was too close to the pickup) and he then didn't have time to move right. I'm hoping that the drunk driver…

Guys, some good reasons there. Thanks for the info.

Guys, some good reasons there. Thanks for the info.

OK so that's the how. Now what about the why? What are the compelling reasons to do this? I don't care to turn my TV into a strobe-light or install an FTP server, for example.

Well explained, good use of example, layperson-friendly, lack of pretension. A++

Prepare to take a bath.

I'm always surprised by how many Ferraris, Lamborghinis and other exotica are parked on London streets or in people's front yards (well, on concrete slabs that make up a parking space where the front yard used to be). Tells you how expensive having a proper garage is in London (as much as, or more than, the exotic…

Why? Because they collect stats on the number of unique visitors per month, and it is exactly 7. And all 7 of them were there to find the address and/or phone number.

It's not a car, it's a piece of jewelry. Let it in.

I think you've given the IRS all they need (gift donor, donee, and fair-market value).

Don't think they've confirmed it, but they're no longer selling the custom Zune Originals, all regular Zune HDs have seen large price drops in the past year, and all orders are being fulfilled by 3rd-party retailers (primarily Best Buy and Walmart).

You are correct sir.

It's pretty common for States to have anti-sodomy laws. A lot of them are from a bygone era. No-one really enforces these laws, at least not in the case of oral sex, but they are useful tools for prosecutors in some situations. I'm not saying that they're good laws, by the way.

Having access to a complete image, made soon after install, is a great idea.

Personally my preference is to try to organize things on my PC so that I can reinstall Windows when needed without it being a major trauma. Like having good backups, using web-based storage for some documents, using free software that I can go and get again from FileHippo or equivalent. I've never experienced a…

Mental illness is why. It's quite common in very rich people.

Clueless post. I've done this plenty of times with expensive cars (though not a Bugatti). You're out of town, your car's dirty and the only car wash that you can trust to not damage the car is a basic spray down that you do yourself. You don't use wheel washers, foam brushes, dryers etc, and that's not because you…

You'd think that would be obvious, wouldn't you? The #1 crime of the US Constitution, imo, was to not disallow the creation of laws that serve a select group of people. Had they done that, the law would be 1% of its current size and the lobbying industry would be 1% of its current size. It's simply disgraceful that…