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  1. Re:Thanks for peptuating on Peter Molyneux: Working For Microsoft Is Like Taking Antidepressants · · Score: 1

    The side effects never really went away. I started at the doctor recommended dose but later cut it in half. That helped greatly. The hardest one for me was reduced libido. Cutting the dose in half helped that. I would describe the overall feelings as low dose LSD (I'm an old deadhead). Also BS about needing to build up levels is just that, BS. Once I weened off, I would occasionally take half when I felt the storm clouds building. Eventually I was able to just stop completely. Hope this helps. If you or your husband need anything just reach out to me at jtebrak with G's mail service.

  2. Re:Thanks for peptuating on Peter Molyneux: Working For Microsoft Is Like Taking Antidepressants · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Paxil saved my life. I took it for about 18 months. It allowed me time to learn to deal with my issues. That was 10 years ago. I gradually grew to not need it. Don't let anyone tell you different, for some peoples, antidepressants are a huge factor in the quality of their lives.

  3. Re:Windows 8.x is un-usable without Start8 on Mozilla Scraps Firefox For Windows 8, Citing Low Adoption of Metro · · Score: 1

    This all reminds me of the transition to win 95, or win 1. Hell, I can still remember playing with the Gem environment. I'll never forget the old DOS years when a new game meant an hour of fucking with config files so you could play. I just fixed a win 98 computer (not connected to the internet) that runs abandonware software for my job. I'm typing this now on my wife's win 8.1 tablet. Do I like it? Not much, but hear I am.

  4. Re:I'm somewhat disturbed... on Federal Agency Data-Mining Hundreds of Millions of Credit Card Accounts · · Score: 1

    My bank just recently cancelled my first credit card for inactivity. I got the card 25 years ago while I was in college. Being a long standing revolving credit account, its closure lowered my FICO score by 15 points.

  5. Re:Hacker Extortion Target on EU Secretly Plans To Put a Back Door In Every Car By 2020 · · Score: 1

    The value of my '78 corvette just skyrocketed!

  6. Re:Man, my head is reeling on Samsung Amps Up Its Multi-Window Android Upgrade · · Score: 1

    I believe you should have typed "upper-decker".

  7. Re:New meaning for "defile" on Nokia Claims a Memory Card Slot Would Have "Defiled" New Phone · · Score: 1

    I've had various cell phones since 1993 and always go through at least one battery replacement cycle.
    I just recently replaced my battery on my original Motorola Droid. It still works great. I got the new battery from Amazon for 14.00 and that included 2-day shipping.

  8. Re:Hard to insure on NC Planners May Be Barred From Using Speculative Sea Level Rise Predictions · · Score: 1

    Your statement is completely false! +5 insightful my ass!

  9. Re:Predicting the future that you can affect on How Killing the Internet Helped Revolutionaries · · Score: 1

    Or the rise of the Foundation!

  10. Re:Worse is on Court Says California Stores Can't Ask Customers For ZIP Codes · · Score: 1

    We must be neighbors. I'm in the same zip and my number is 867-5309! The card processor that I use in my business has zip code verification as a part of the transaction authorization for manually entered numbers. If the zip is entered incorrectly the processor will warn of the disparity but it will still authorize the transaction. If the cvv code is incorrect then the transaction will be declined. By the way, the cvv code should never be given when the card is physically present. When I'm asked for it I just say "no". If the merchant doesn't like that then I'll just leave.

  11. Re:Space camp and amusement park on NASA's Commercial Plans for Kennedy Space Center · · Score: 1

    You got me. Well played.

  12. Re:Space camp and amusement park on NASA's Commercial Plans for Kennedy Space Center · · Score: 1

    It's full of stars!

  13. Re:50 Billion, really? on Facebook's Revenues Leaked · · Score: 1

    I don't know, momentum could propel the stock for a while. I wouldn't consider it a long term play, but it could be a Yahoo type of play. I made a lot of money on that in the 90's.

  14. Re:I used to use GEM / Ventura on The Software That Failed To Compete With Windows · · Score: 1

    Wow, I had the very same computer. I upgraded it with a 20MB hard drive and used it as a retail store POS system until 1997. The computer's power supply was in the monitor! Didn't it also require 2AA batteries to maintain bios settings?

  15. Re:Is this really a trojan? on SMS Trojan Steals From Android Owners · · Score: 2, Informative

    I Agree. When I first got my Droid, I was going to install a free game until I saw it wanted access to by contacts list. The notification screen during app install is quite clear and easy to understand. There is no excuse for not reading it.

  16. Re:Damn on Facebook Leads To Increase In STDs in Britain · · Score: 1

    I liked the way this was addressed in The Next Generation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)

  17. Re:What's the problem? on Sony Patents Game Demos With Feature Erosion · · Score: 1

    This is Sony we're talking about. They'll probably leave a nugget in the registry that will prevent re-installation. I'm Just saying.

  18. Re:Sounds like a good thing on Rootkit May Be Behind Windows Blue Screen · · Score: 3, Funny

    I sure am glad I have Vista!!!

  19. Re:Future doesn't want to be discovered? on LHC Knocked Out By Another Power Failure · · Score: 1

    It hasn't been written yet.

  20. Re:What's the Difference Between a Computer Salesm on Bad PC Sales Staff Exposed · · Score: 1

    My wife's Aunt Betty calls me on the phone the other day. Frantically, she asks me where the "print queen" is on her computer. It seems that when she asked the "Staples Man" why her photo kept printing over and over he told her to empty the "print queen" (his spelling). I walked her through the steps and got off the phone as soon as possible.

  21. You're on to something! on IronKey Unveils Self-Destructing USB Flash Drive · · Score: 2, Funny

    I vote for the floppies. How about 5.25" 360k. 3 to 9 thousand of them!
    How many people can read those nowadays?

  22. Mod this up! on If You Live By Free, You Will Die By Free · · Score: 1

    Those were excellent episodes which are worth a listen.

  23. Re:How.... on Microsoft Discloses Windows 7 Pricing · · Score: 1

    Why single out the costumers only. How about screwing other trades as well? Sorry, I couldn't resist.

  24. Re:If it were only in the leading edge on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    Having just attended the Beaufort Marine Air Station air show, I was surprised by how quiet a F/A 18 was as it approached at high speed and low altitude. Once it passed, well that's another story.

  25. Re:Disaster? on Weather Balloons To Provide Broadband In Africa · · Score: 1

    I have a friend in Colorado who wrote software to track his balloons. I remember him telling me that he forwards the info to the FAA so ATC can route air traffic around them. http://eoss.org/