User: Dennis Hopper

Re:In a time far, far (but not too far) past:

On: Instant Messaging On Linux

Yes, but there is no record of your conversation (unless you remember to save it).

I use email to do exact what you describe and I have a history of the conversation and can tell if they actually read the mail or not.

Re:In a time far, far (but not too far) past:

On: Instant Messaging On Linux

That is not what I am getting at, IM is a toy for teenage kids to chat with each other. Why not pick up the phone? Are you a user of IM? How do you use it? Personal or business? If for business, how do you use it as a tool?

Usefulness?

On: Instant Messaging On Linux

I still don't understand how IM is even useful. Why is so much energy, headlines and discussion devoted to IM? It seems that is mostly a toy without any "real world" usefulness.

Why not stick with email, it does almost the same thing and all the standards are in place.

Re:I was an Egghead customer

On: Caveat Emptor: Egghead.com Credit Records Nabbed

You would have been better off if you had torched a joint instead..

That's what I keep telling my girlfriend!

On: Student Suspended For Taking Teacher's Challenge

from the never-trust-anyone-over-30-inches

That is why she like me, I am just under 24" long.

werd.

Re:And you wondered...

On: HR 46: Wiretapping, Forfeiture, Crypto Penalties

"People are dumb"

That is too general. I think that *you* get too much information from TV. The people that I interact with and have otherwise met in public are intelligent people. If this is not true for you, were in the heck do you live?

People shown on Cops, The worlds Scariest Police Chases, etc. are morons... I'll give you that one!