Fezmid

I have a '99 Camry, and I never heard about the engine issue until I received a letter in the mail from Toyota saying that they were extending the engine warranty to 200,000 miles. Works for me. I'm at ~140,000 and haven't had an issue with the car yet *knock on wood*

A few hours? Try 69 hours, and that's for the entry level stuff. I would hope you can learn a lot about a topic if you spend 69 hours learning about it. That's probably more training than most CPAs have in tax preparation. http://www.hrblock.com/taxes/planning/tax_...e_schedule.html And yes, the software handles 95% of the easy stuff and for most people you're better off using some sort of software (TurboTax, TacAct, H&R Block, etc). Did you even read the end of my post where I said, "That said, H&R Block charges WAY too much?" For the 5% of people with more complex returns, it's worth it -- and complex is much more than, "I bought a house." Did an H&R Block employee kick your dog or something? Why hire a carpenter? Because they've learned how to build things. Why hire an attorney? Because they know what to look for in a contract. What does the "C" stand for? "Certified." The PA stands for "Public Accountant." Nothing about taxes in there. Read this: http://taxes.about.com/od/findataxpreparer..._accountant.htm Again, if you read my first post you'll see I never endorsed H&R Block; for most people it's a ripoff ($80 to file a 1040EZ and a state return? Seriously?!). But in most cases, you're better off going to H&R Block to have complex taxes done than you are going to a CPA -- unless you can confirm that the CPA specializes in taxes, that person probably knows less than an above average person at H&R Block (I know my wife had to fix CPA errors many times when she worked there).

I was going to say the same thing. My wife worked for H&R Block for a few years, just because she was interested in learning about taxes. They have great classes apparently - teach you all the ins and outs. You can learn as much or as little as you want though, since once you start working there, the computer software they use handles most of it. I also think it's funny when people say, "Use a CPA." They don't have any special tax training at all -- they're just reading the forms, same as you would. Like anything, some are better than others (just like H&R Block), but CPA does not equal tax pro. That said, H&R Block charges WAY too much. My wife would frequently try to convince people to do their own taxes -- since they charge an outragious amount even for a 1040EZ. Most people just said, "I don't want to be bothered," and paid the $100 (or whatever) for the basic form. Back to the topic at hand - I file mine online at TaxAct: http://www.taxactonline.com/ I started using them because of the crap TurboTax was installing on the PC. Used them for a few years without issue.

Yeah, they do... In addition, if your Windows password is less than 15 characters long, it's easy to break using a Rainbow Table due to the crappy way that Windows stores the passwords. It splits the password into two 7-character chunks, which are easily broken. If you're interested, read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table

Actually, dictionary attacks have been using character replacement for years. 1=!, e=3, etc, etc. That's not secure anymore, sorry. Your examples are probably strong enough though since they do more than simple character substitution.

Very well said!!!

Did you actually WATCH the video I posted....? It clearly shows that he hits Favre before the defender's knee hits the ground. Worst case scenario, they happened at the exact same time. Watch it again before complaining, k? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv2v6NlNhs8

Except the defender wasn't knocked down to the ground.... He was stumbling and lunged towards the QB -- but never hit the ground until the QB was wrapped up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv2v6NlNhs8

It may not be 100% accurate, but it's closer than you might initially think. The NFL is a business, right?

How was he being a tough guy with his post....? Nobody else is allowed to have an opinion different than yours? Oh, sorry, forgot who I was talking to.

There were some questionable calls on BOTH sides yesterday -- they were hardly favoring one side. If anything, I thought they were favoring the Vikings more than the Saints. For example, the ref had a clear view of Bush's TD - but called him down at the 1. Reversed on replay, but still. I can't believe you're using the Patriots as the barometer of whether a play is legal or not.

The Bills, easily. If your son works for FedEx, do you stop using the post office or UPS? If your son works at Tops, do you stop shopping at Wegmans?

What do you mean by "a default windows ip address?" Windows doesn't have a default IP address.... Or are you talking about the generic IP that comes up when you can't get a DHCP address? Have you tried hard coding the IP, gateway, and DNS servers by hand?

John Petrucci of Dream Theater.

Yeah, that's actually pretty easy to defeat -- anybody can change the MAC address of their NIC to whatever they want. It's a good extra step to take, and makes you harder to get into than your neighbor, but it's not really that secure. It's easier to remember one 64 character password than 50 10 character passwords...

If you can't remember a lot of passwords, use TrueCrypt: http://www.truecrypt.org/ Great open source encryption tool.

I don't know about that. Minnesota's track record isn't good -- they've looked terrible on the road. They've looked terrible in night games. They've looked terrible in conference championships. Plus Ray Edwards is banged up, and Percey Harvin missed practice today with another migraine. Not a good combo.

That's what I thought when watching it... Although most of the fans in that area seemed to agree that it was wrong...

I think it's rather humorous that you're telling me to move near you - when your name is "Exiled" in Illinois.

In the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, $70k will buy you a house in north Minneapolis... But no kevlar vest to stay alive.

Happy Bday!

300M for under $20k! And here I thought I paid too much for my new 160G Intel SSD....

And Amazon.com Seriously though, I don't understand how Ultimate Electronics stays in business to be honest with you. I've only been in the store a handful of times, but each time I went there, I was one of maybe five people in the entire store - including sales staff! Their prices were more expensive than other places, and they weren't willing to negotiate very much either. Very odd.

I remember having to do that with our TV too! The picture would get funny (usually weird colors), and smacking it would "fix" the problem.

http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/193 They even talk about AJ in the article! "The remote-controlled model which we received will sell for $1000 when it starts appearing in stores in March '83. This is a staggering cost for your John Q Public type record buyer, but a modest outlay for any audiophile accustomed to the idea of shelling out $1000 for a cartridge to put in a $1000 arm on a $1000 turntable and feed to a $1000 preamp."