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I'm guessing you mean you want a Bluetooth dongle you can plug into your USB (printer | scanner | keyboard | mouse | HDD | joystick | pressure cooker) and make it work -- since this is the kind that seems hard to find.

Bad news -- it doesn't exist, and probably won't ever exist. If it does, it will be a hack that will cause a whole generation of telephone support personnelle to commit suicide (similar to the invention of parallel port scanners and other hack-job peripherals).

All is not lost, though. You can at least get rid of some wires. They make Bluetooth Parallel adapters and Bluetooth Serial adapters, some of which even have Linux drivers available! While not a complete solution, it is a (good?) start.

This is quite a salient point. In my very humble opinion, it seems to me that Government, Religion etc are in the business of controlling information and forming the way you think.

If you need any proof of this, remember that the government is now saying that they will not provide proof of Osama Bin Laden's involvement to other countries because the proof is "classified" (aka, a "Secret"). I would bet that they are using some form of encryption to keep prying eyes out. I don't believe there is any backdoor to their system so that we can check out this "proof" for ourselves. Does anyone know of one? I'm also quite sure that they don't have anybody checking the information to make sure that it doesn't contain plans to assasinate the president and overthrow the government. The FBI databases could be used to coordinate a coup.

Don't they report to us? Aren't we entitled to see this proof for ourselves before the government uses our money to finance a Crusade? Before you get your undies in a twist, face it. This is a Crusade. It happens to be that this Crusade is directed at a very select subset of the Muslim population, but it is a Crusade none-the-less.

Back to my point: Some religions tell you that there are things you can't read or listen to because they are sinful. What they really mean is that what you might actually hear or read something that will make you think for yourself and quite possibly deviate from what they've taught you.

I find it amusing that some people are horrified at some of the Taliban's (Yahoo Links and News) doctrines and don't even blink when they tell their kids that they can't listen to Ozzy Osbourne because it's a sin. In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, the Taliban's particular interpretation of Islam and the Holy Qur'an prohibits women to teach, read, attend school or hold down a job.

This is quite a salient point. In my very humble opinion, it seems to me that Government, Religion etc are in the business of controlling information and forming the way you think.

If you need any proof of this, remember that the government is now saying that they will not provide proof of Osama Bin Laden's involvement to other countries because the proof is "classified" (aka, a "Secret"). I would bet that they are using some form of encryption to keep prying eyes out. I don't believe there is any backdoor to their system so that we can check out this "proof" for ourselves. Does anyone know of one? I'm also quite sure that they don't have anybody checking the information to make sure that it doesn't contain plans to assasinate the president and overthrow the government. The FBI databases could be used to coordinate a coup.

Don't they report to us? Aren't we entitled to see this proof for ourselves before the government uses our money to finance a Crusade? Before you get your undies in a twist, face it. This is a Crusade. It happens to be that this Crusade is directed at a very select subset of the Muslim population, but it is a Crusade none-the-less.

Back to my point: Some religions tell you that there are things you can't read or listen to because they are sinful. What they really mean is that what you might actually hear or read something that will make you think for yourself and quite possibly deviate from what they've taught you.

I find it amusing that some people are horrified at some of the Taliban's (Yahoo Links and News) doctrines and don't even blink when they tell their kids that they can't listen to Ozzy Osbourne because it's a sin. In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, the Taliban's particular interpretation of Islam and the Holy Qur'an prohibits women to teach, read, attend school or hold down a job.

This is quite a salient point. In my very humble opinion, it seems to me that Government, Religion etc are in the business of controlling information and forming the way you think.

If you need any proof of this, remember that the government is now saying that they will not provide proof of Osama Bin Laden's involvement to other countries because the proof is "classified" (aka, a "Secret"). I would bet that they are using some form of encryption to keep prying eyes out. I don't believe there is any backdoor to their system so that we can check out this "proof" for ourselves. Does anyone know of one? I'm also quite sure that they don't have anybody checking the information to make sure that it doesn't contain plans to assasinate the president and overthrow the government. The FBI databases could be used to coordinate a coup.

Don't they report to us? Aren't we entitled to see this proof for ourselves before the government uses our money to finance a Crusade? Before you get your undies in a twist, face it. This is a Crusade. It happens to be that this Crusade is directed at a very select subset of the Muslim population, but it is a Crusade none-the-less.

Back to my point: Some religions tell you that there are things you can't read or listen to because they are sinful. What they really mean is that what you might actually hear or read something that will make you think for yourself and quite possibly deviate from what they've taught you.

I find it amusing that some people are horrified at some of the Taliban's (Yahoo Links and News) doctrines and don't even blink when they tell their kids that they can't listen to Ozzy Osbourne because it's a sin. In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, the Taliban's particular interpretation of Islam and the Holy Qur'an prohibits women to teach, read, attend school or hold down a job.

This is quite a salient point. In my very humble opinion, it seems to me that Government, Religion etc are in the business of controlling information and forming the way you think.

If you need any proof of this, remember that the government is now saying that they will not provide proof of Osama Bin Laden's involvement to other countries because the proof is "classified" (aka, a "Secret"). I would bet that they are using some form of encryption to keep prying eyes out. I don't believe there is any backdoor to their system so that we can check out this "proof" for ourselves. Does anyone know of one? I'm also quite sure that they don't have anybody checking the information to make sure that it doesn't contain plans to assasinate the president and overthrow the government. The FBI databases could be used to coordinate a coup.

Don't they report to us? Aren't we entitled to see this proof for ourselves before the government uses our money to finance a Crusade? Before you get your undies in a twist, face it. This is a Crusade. It happens to be that this Crusade is directed at a very select subset of the Muslim population, but it is a Crusade none-the-less.

Back to my point: Some religions tell you that there are things you can't read or listen to because they are sinful. What they really mean is that what you might actually hear or read something that will make you think for yourself and quite possibly deviate from what they've taught you.

I find it amusing that some people are horrified at some of the Taliban's (Yahoo Links and News) doctrines and don't even blink when they tell their kids that they can't listen to Ozzy Osbourne because it's a sin. In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, the Taliban's particular interpretation of Islam and the Holy Qur'an prohibits women to teach, read, attend school or hold down a job.

This is quite a salient point. In my very humble opinion, it seems to me that Government, Religion etc are in the business of controlling information and forming the way you think.

If you need any proof of this, remember that the government is now saying that they will not provide proof of Osama Bin Laden's involvement to other countries because the proof is "classified" (aka, a "Secret"). I would bet that they are using some form of encryption to keep prying eyes out. I don't believe there is any backdoor to their system so that we can check out this "proof" for ourselves. Does anyone know of one? I'm also quite sure that they don't have anybody checking the information to make sure that it doesn't contain plans to assasinate the president and overthrow the government. The FBI databases could be used to coordinate a coup.

Don't they report to us? Aren't we entitled to see this proof for ourselves before the government uses our money to finance a Crusade? Before you get your undies in a twist, face it. This is a Crusade. It happens to be that this Crusade is directed at a very select subset of the Muslim population, but it is a Crusade none-the-less.

Back to my point: Some religions tell you that there are things you can't read or listen to because they are sinful. What they really mean is that what you might actually hear or read something that will make you think for yourself and quite possibly deviate from what they've taught you.

I find it amusing that some people are horrified at some of the Taliban's (Yahoo Links and News) doctrines and don't even blink when they tell their kids that they can't listen to Ozzy Osbourne because it's a sin. In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, the Taliban's particular interpretation of Islam and the Holy Qur'an prohibits women to teach, read, attend school or hold down a job.

This is quite a salient point. In my very humble opinion, it seems to me that Government, Religion etc are in the business of controlling information and forming the way you think.

If you need any proof of this, remember that the government is now saying that they will not provide proof of Osama Bin Laden's involvement to other countries because the proof is "classified" (aka, a "Secret"). I would bet that they are using some form of encryption to keep prying eyes out. I don't believe there is any backdoor to their system so that we can check out this "proof" for ourselves. Does anyone know of one? I'm also quite sure that they don't have anybody checking the information to make sure that it doesn't contain plans to assasinate the president and overthrow the government. The FBI databases could be used to coordinate a coup.

Don't they report to us? Aren't we entitled to see this proof for ourselves before the government uses our money to finance a Crusade? Before you get your undies in a twist, face it. This is a Crusade. It happens to be that this Crusade is directed at a very select subset of the Muslim population, but it is a Crusade none-the-less.

Back to my point: Some religions tell you that there are things you can't read or listen to because they are sinful. What they really mean is that what you might actually hear or read something that will make you think for yourself and quite possibly deviate from what they've taught you.

I find it amusing that some people are horrified at some of the Taliban's (Yahoo Links and News) doctrines and don't even blink when they tell their kids that they can't listen to Ozzy Osbourne because it's a sin. In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, the Taliban's particular interpretation of Islam and the Holy Qur'an prohibits women to teach, read, attend school or hold down a job.

The Disclaimer

For various grossly inaccurate definitions of "legitimate", perhaps. AOL has millions upon millions of subscribers. Most of those subscribers fall into the "Complete Moron" bin -- you know, those people who would be better served not having a computer at all (also defined as those who are confused by the "0" and "1" on the power switch.)

ISPs certainly can (and have on several occasions) block e-mail from AOL. I can atest to the amount of calls those ISPs would get from customers.

ORBS is certainly a knock on the door, but an open relay is a small blip on the SPAM horizen -- .01% of AOL SPAM due to relays vs. the number of their own SPAM generating subscribers (generally too uneducated to know any better. [I don't want to say stupid as they honestly don't know any better])

Besides, with 95% of all internet SPAM destined for <insert lame "screen name" here>@aol.com, who cares if all their mail servers are open relays. *grin*

Disclaimer: all statistics quoted here are based on nothing but assumed correct.