@thenewmrssalazar: You mention writing about mathematics but sound like you've never heard of TeX . . . I'm surprised.

@Terry: Same here. Even at its best, back when I still frequently wrote things by hand, it was barely legible. Now that I type far more than I write it's a complete mess.

@nolabar10der: No problem, it's always nice to know people find some of my comments and ideas useful. :D

@nolabar10der: You should be able to "disable" it for that login by disabling automatic connection on that user. If it's encrypted, you could also set it to not save the paskey, forcing you to type it in each time.

If you're serious about eliminating distractions when you want to use a computer, take advantage of your operating system's ability to have multiple user accounts.

@Firebert: Yeah, that's part of the point of the scene, probably. I think it's supposed to show how the renderer handles light, since the red and green walls very clearly change the colour of the white objects nearby.

@Firebert: I'm pretty sure it's a generic scene used to show certain capabilities (lighting/shadow related for this scene) of 3d renderers.

@freedomweasel: Solidworks is CAD, right? I didn't think of CAD when I asked (check my response to mustafaluigi)

@HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: I'll have to keep NZXT in mind later. I got a decent price on my nine hundred, so I don't feel ripped off or anything, but some of the newer cases are definitely not cheap.

@mustafaluigi: Good catch, I didn't realise CAD is GPU-heavy. I was thinking of programs like Maya and Blender, which rely heavily on the CPU with relatively limited GPGPU support.

@popennell: I agree about all that stuff, and hate how things like the reward cards work and the unnecessary demands for social security numbers for anything and everything. I could rant quite a bit about it myself, but it would be getting way off topic. ;)

@DJEsch: Well said! That made me chuckle.

For cases, I love Antec. My desktop right now uses a nine-hundred.

@kellanpan: Sorry about the double post, but I forgot to mentioned that I've never seen that video before, so that was great, too. :D

@popennell: I really just meant it as a general warning to be safe when using it, because you can't trust companies with your data any more than you can the shady guy in the back row. The motives are different but the results may be the same for the person whose information ends up leaked. It doesn't matter if it's…

@kellanpan: Hadn't seen Scholar before, good one. I like Wolfram Alpha for quick facts, too.

@popennell: Maybe Google is safe, maybe it isn't, that doesn't matter. It and other businesses track data because they can and because it's useful to them. Then there's the issue of data over unsecured wireless being open to everyone both on and off the network. Thus, my reminder and suggestion to be cautious when…

@kellanpan: You want evil? Wait until the grammar articles, where all the grammar nazis will show up. That will be evil.

Pretty awesome, but remember that they don't do things like this just to be nice. They get useful statistics and data from it, and based on their wireless sniffing through StreetView, may be keeping more data than they should.

@ppiddy: Not just for cookies! Salty + sweet = delicious.