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  1. Re:Coming from a gambling addict.... on Betting Against Online Gambling · · Score: 1

    As far as sites that are trying to rip you off, isn't that the obvious reason to legalize and regulate online gambling? And doesn't it seem that if this were an altruistic move by congress to save us from the ills of gambling, that playing the ponies wouldn't still be kosher?

  2. Speaking the language on What Should One Know to be Truly Computer Literate? · · Score: 1

    I'd think of it in terms of when they're lost, what do they do? Can they tell you what they'd like to do and where they're stuck? Can you comfortably tell them what to do without listing every step? Say someone emails them a video file, they open it, WMP fires up by default and can't find the codec. They're not sure what's going on, so they call you. Does the conversation go:

    "I opened the attachment and it said something about not being able to find a codec."
    "Google VLC, download and install that. Open the file with VLC and it should play."

    Or does it go:

    "The video won't play!"
    "What video?"

    "Now go to File, open, find the file and click ok. Is it playing?"