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    Firefox 31% market share, why are websites still forcing IE use?

    Actually, that's quite easy to do.
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    Mobile Viewing of CPF or EDC Forums

    Re: Mobile Viewing I'm posting this through Cingular. It ain't pretty, but it works.
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    Root of Evil Bears Bitter Fruit

    Retail sales stopped being a viable career path years ago. Please, Best Buy, Circuit City, Walmart and Target don't train their employees beyond how to swipe a credit card, why would you think Circuit City was going to be any different? The 90 days rule struck me as odd as well, but then I...
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    Should there be payment for CPF?

    I remember the firestorm when he said that three years ago. I also remember that Microsoft's own PR people quickly pointed out that there was a big difference between Gates saying one way to cut back on spam would be to charge for email and Gates saying "Microsoft plans to charge for email"...
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    Root of Evil Bears Bitter Fruit

    Circuit City announced their evil plans nearly two weeks ago giving their long-term, highest paid employees plenty of time to wonder if their necks were on the chopping block. While its a shame this is happening to them, the cold hard reality is that big-box electronics stores will close unless...
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    Should there be payment for CPF?

    Yeah, I've been reading those same chain letters for 12-13 years now. They're no more accurate than the letters saying the US Postal Service is planning on charging for First Class Email, but hey, believe what you want. I've donated to CPF, and I throw business towards its advertisers whenever...
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    Scars

    :) The school was small and didn't have stands for the fans so, this particular homecoming game saw the fans on the sidelines while we were just inside the line. Sweep right play, two of their's, one of our's, all coming towards me at full speed. I turned and was blocked by a whale of a...
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    Scars

    I've got a 1-inch long scar on each hand from carpal tunnel release surgeries, a small scar on my pinky from a losing game of "let's drop this rock on your hand and see if you can pull away fast enough" and three scars on my head from playground mishaps. The most interesting one, however is a...
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    when was the first time ya used the internet?

    1987
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    I'm "selfish" because I don't want to have kids.

    No more so that I should have to shoulder the burden of an aging population that failed to plan ahead.
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    Sigline on or off right now?

    I know I've clicked thru to one or two really good threads, but for the life of me I just don't remember which ones, sorry. Yeah, thread links are one of the better uses of signature lines, but those seemed far and few between before I turned off sigs. The majority struck me as vanity sigs...
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    Sigline on or off right now?

    Sigs off. The signal-to-noise ratio was just too high.
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    I'm "selfish" because I don't want to have kids.

    It's still a factor here in the United States. We have segments of the population that view large extended families as a safety net of sorts. In these groups, it's not unusual to find 34 year-old grandmothers who are carying for their newborn right alongside their new grandbaby.
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    I'm "selfish" because I don't want to have kids.

    ...Great. Don't want kids? That's fine too. Realize, though, that the decision is theirs, not yours, and in the end doesn't affect your life at all*. Now, I'm not saying "don't judge people". That's simply not realistic. Judge all you want, just keep it to yourself. I really feel for...
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    Smoke Detectors...

    Possibly, but have you tried moving them around a bit?
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    Random Pictures thread

    Thanks for the pictures. I'd almost forgotten how much I enjoyed the Peak in the fog and drizzle.
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    Smoke Detectors...

    Not that I know of, but cleaning out the inside periodically with a little compressed air seems to help out here in West Texas. I seem to recall that some models can have their sensitivity adjusted, but I'd have to research that further. You made me think of one point I'd missed in my earlier...
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    Smoke Detectors...

    Kiddie also makes a series of detectors that are wirelessly network together: when one goes off they all go off. Neat! Other considerations: Test the smoke detector the way you would sleep. Lay in bed as if you were sleeping. If you sleep with the door closed, make certain its closed during...
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    New Dates For Daylight Saving Time

    I think that's pretty common with non-"smartphones". I recall having to do something similar in the past when flying across timezones.
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    New Dates For Daylight Saving Time

    We've had a dozen or so people ignore our "we're patched, don't do anything" memo and instead unchecked "Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes". Now they're an hour off. Twits. Oh well, I'm sure they'll complain on Monday that we weren't prepared for the DST change.

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