Recent content by markshelby

Facebook, Google and other major internet companies receive subpoenas weekly (if not daily) from city, state and federal law enforcement and the courts. Additionally, stupid stuff you do can come up in searches later by private investigators hired by future employers, ex-wives, etc.. Teh...

I think it's funny that the article *could* have been "A bunch of people join a class-action suit against Netflix for handing out data Netflix promised to keep private", but instead they decided to spin it as "One of the people suing Netflix for handing out their private data is a lesbian who...

I believe it's most likely the site doesn't offer the service of matching women with women because of prejudice. The owners maybe just don't like gays and lesbians, or maybe they think offering same-sex matching would detract from their "wholesome Christian image" or whatever. But it's not...

The other stuff is nice; not enough for competitive gamers but nice. But Marketplace was already a really great interface for buying almost nothing. Seriously, I check their HD film catalog once a month or so, but they still only have a handful. Oh well, at least it will be more...

Not questioning the validity of the reviewer's experience, but just to offer my own: I've used 64-bit Vista Ultimate for a couple of months on a machine that I use for office 'productivity', photo manipulation and gaming. In general my experience has been positive. Installation was much...

Steve, Just a lawyer's note: In principle, under U.S. rules of evidence, the fact that Nintendo beefed up the strap after the complaints shouldn't matter. The plaintiffs will probably not be able to tell a jury that Nintendo beefed up the strap after the complaints. (The thinking...

I have a Thecus . . . . hmmmm, no model number on the outside. Anyway, it's a two-drive external exclosure with a single SATA or USB connector and hardware RAID 0/1; you can set it up as either striped or redundant RAID on the unit by flipping a switch (transparent to the computer). I have...