Don't lose that edge, though. Always assume the others are going are really going to make an effort, even if they don't. That way, you'll always be pleasantly surprised, when you see that most people don't even have the talent or skills to be in school.

Get some boat-neck, striped t-shirts, like the ones Picasso wore, and maybe you'll get as much nookie as the man himself...

Hmmm... what about buffer adjustments in your ripping software? Are you using a sound card, or integrated audio? I've had this happen. I believe there's a program that let's you make authentic bit-for-bit digital copies of sound files. That could help. I don't recall the name, but it should be easy ...

You were smart to ask around if it belonged to anyone there, it could have been a set-up.

It's the oldest trick in the book, too root out dishonest employees.

Well, it must be a shoe fetish... But seriously, you can tell a lot about a man by looking at his shoes. And his belt. A worn-out belt looks really bad, and makes you look bad. I suspect the guy who drew up the dress code there is an ex-military dude. I suggest you invest in a few pairs of good, lea...

Good points, but imagine if the Mac clones were still being produced: Apple would lose its real edge: product design. Because that's really all they have right now. I remember the days when Macs were machines used for "serious" work. Someone saw you using one, and they'd think you were a musician, a...

Well, it does look nice, and all the glass effects can be really cool. Having a decent GPU helps a lot regarding speed and stability. But the new features aren't really all that hot for the common user. Some might even go unnoticed. And the constant checking (Do you really want to do this?) could be...

Agreed, but I read about Firefox fanboys saying how "M$ just ripped off Firefox!!! teh evil!!!" when referring to IE7, and that's just wrong. I remember when I tried Firefox, and people were creaming their pants over features that Opera had had for years, and I thought: "What's the big deal?" And I ...

It sure is annoying. Every once in a while, firefox will wipe out ALL my bookmarks. I have to save them constantly. And it always crashes when opening PDF files. Always. And some sites don't work at all. Yeah, I know I could download some whatchamacallit-thingamabob extension to make it work. But ot...

My sister, my brother-in-law and my mom have gone through it. They swear by it, and haven't had any problems. However, you must remember: you'll never regain 20/20 sight. But it'll improve a lot, to the point that you won't need glasses, maybe except for reading or stuff like that. It's specially go...

Well, I must say those CeleronM's are pretty nice. I was looking for a used hig-end laptop, and found a monstruous 17" Toshiba, with a 2.8 Ghz. P4. It was a good deal, but then I found out the DVD burner wouldn't work. Oh, and the battery lasted 1:15 hours. I said "no, thanks", and instead got a new...

Now you just need a copy of DOA:XBV, and you're good to go...

I never could get into Rome. I was pumped up about it, since it looked a bit like Gladiator (the movie)... But when I watched it, it felt a bit too much like a soap opera to me. And some of the production values didn't really look that amazing. Also, being an HBO series, it lacked enough T&A and som...

Now THAT is nice...

Be sure to grab it, despite its quirky interface, Bryce is incredibly powerful, and it can even be used for serious work.

I've used it since version 1.0, way back in 1994, when it was a Mac exclusive.

It's texture technology is really cool.

Just be careful, read up on all info available, and only try it once you're absolutely sure of what you're doing.

Otherwise, you might screw up your phone real bad. Nothing fatal, but nothing easy to fix, either.

That's a good choice. Very reliable phones.

Come to think of it, I'm sorta like a crack dealer.... I just opened a cellphone business, but I don't use one.

"Never get hooked on your own product"...

Looks pretty real to me...

Whether they're consequence of bombings is still open to debate.

But... If you thought that was gross, you should check out the Chernobyl babies...

Or the Three Mile Island babies.

Remember, America had its own Chernobyl. But it was just called "an incident".

Great, but what I'd really like to see is:

"Commie Monopoly"!

"Communopoly"!

That would be cool. Hammers and sickles as tokens, "Go directly to the KGB's Lubianka" instead of Jail, amass huge riches purchasing barb-wire factories, etc.

Now THAT would be cool.

Yeah, most likely it's a bad hard drive, or, at best, a severely fragmented drive. Try some defragmenting first, and see if it works. I once had a drive freezing up on me, and it was diagnosed as "defective". Actually it was just badly fragmented. I defragged, filled it with "zeroes", and it's been ...

Agreed, System 9 through 7 were notorious for memory crashes. It could get infuriating. As long as you don't ask too much from it, it should work fine. But repairing an older Mac is a tough job, due to weird, non-standard hardware that even changes between same-model Macs. I pretty much had to trash...