@SquareWheel: Too be technical, yes.

This is definitely going on my lists of things to try over the weekend

@ku1185: Have you tried Chromium?

Most of the time, it seems that th Flash version is still faster and smoother than the HTML5 version, despite claims to the contrary.

@MyTQuinn: To each their own, I suppose. Why would you want to, though?

@TheOtherHalf: I've been using that for a while now. It's so much faster than any other reader I've used that it's my default reader for local pdfs, too.

Gates seems like a cool guy, he came and spoke at the BSA National Jamboree.

All I have is the one desktop. In the past, when I was younger, I just did without for a week.

@hawkeye18 hath verily: Yes, but any UPS that could keep a TV for a couple hours also costs thousand(s) of dollars by itself.

@hawkeye18 hath verily:

It makes me wonder if the teacher did this intentionally to highlight the absurdity of similar restrictions and of how anything, taken to its extreme, is ludicrous.

@Gerardo Zamudio: Same here. My elementary school used floppies for K-5th grade (the older kids got their own Windows account).

This seems really cool, I have to ask, though:

I am 100% for 911 SMS.

I feel so sneaky, being in here and all.

@Intelli: Thanks!

@Intelli: Mind linking the software you used to control the cursor with a hand through the webcam?

@terabitten: Coincidentally, I encrypted my system with Truecrypt yesterday. I haven't noticed any performance loss, though I'm sure there it is a small tax on resources.

@AreWeThereYeti: Thanks! Bookmarked for my next tech buying spree.

@AreWeThereYeti: What's the model of that? It looks much more aesthetically pleasing than other readers I've seen.