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Even though, according to Scott, I'm a know-nothing when it comes to technology and I don't realize that Apple is the best company in the universe, I'd still like to say thanks for hosting/managing this site - and since today is Sysadmin day, it seems to be the perfect time to do so. http://www.neowin.net/news/to-our-readers-happy-sysadmin-day To everyone else out there who is a sysadmin by trade, I feel your pain - and want to say "thanks" for all you do on behalf of the users who only yell when there's a problem.

I've never once asked for a raise. If your boss doesn't see your value and give you a bonus/raise based on that, then why not just look for a new job? That said, I almost always get decent raises and have had many promotions throughout the year. I subscribe to the "actions speak louder than words" camp.

Happy birthday, Grant!

There was a restaurant in Minnesota that was forced to remove the Hot Dago sandwich from the menu. Here's a link: http://voices.yahoo.com/restaurant-owner-told-remove-name-sandwich-from-414487.html?cat=22 I never had it at that restaurant, but have seen them on the menu of other places. Some people just like to complain.

Agreed. Now you can argue that attempted murder shouldn't be 20 years... Especially if she really did just fire a warning shot telling him to get out... But that's the way the law's written - crime with a gun=bad!

Everything I've read said that she left the house, grabbed the gun from the glove box of her car (who keeps a gun there???), went back into the house, and told him to leave the house by firing a warning shot. One report even said that she pushed her way by the guy to get to the garage -- that doesn't sound like someone who is afraid of the guy (neither does going back into the house...). But I haven't dug into this case all that much, so there could be things I'm missing.

I'm still confused how people are comparing the woman who fired shots into the ceiling to the Martin/Zimmerman case at all. In the latter, Zimmerman was pinned to the ground and was getting his face beat in by a "ground and pound." In the former, the woman fired into the ceiling when the husband was allegedly not doing anything wrong - wasn't threatening her (at the time), etc. If you're not being threatened, then stand your ground and self defense don't enter into it... Am I missing something?

Not really. DVR fee is $10, HD fee is $10, and whole home DVR is $3. So that equals $23 (for existing customers - somehow new customers get an extra $2 tacked on). For one box, that's ridiculous. But keep in mind that if you have a regular HD DVR, you're already paying the DVR and HD fee. And that's not per box -- if you have 5 DVRs in your house, you still pay only the base $10+$10 (although you do pay I think $7/month for each addition receiver). Of course if you only have one TV, why do you want 5 tuners and whole home DVR? Of course the constantly escalating prices are why people are cutting the cord. According to this, 20% of Netflix users have cancelled cable/satellite service: http://www.neowin.net/news/twenty-percent-of-netflix-users-cancel-their-tv-service

Still sounds fun - might be cool to try all sorts of different wings I guess. EiL - yeah, the website SUCKS. It's even worse on a mobile device.

One of the potential issues is back taxes. If the homeowner hasn't paid property taxes in a long time, you could be on the hook for all of the back taxes. My grandmother lives in a bad neighborhood in NF, and the house next to hers was a dump and going for a song -- because you'd have to pay something ridiculous like $20k in back taxes.

So it looks like I'll be visiting family in WNY when Wing Fest is going on. Has anyone here been to it before? Is it a "spend a few hours and eat dinner" type of event, or is it really something you can spend all day at? Any highlights? Or is it not worth the time? http://www.buffalowing.com/

We watched that episode during my AP English class in '93. I have no idea why... But it was pretty funny. Teacher would probably be fired for doing that today.

Exactly my thought. The fact of the matter is, there is NO LAW AGAINST FOLLOWING SOMEONE IN PUBLIC. There's no law against photographing them, recording them, etc, etc. Telling people that they need to get a license of some sort to patrol their own neighborhood is ridiculous, and is akin to the government forcing journalists to get accreditation before being recognized. Good thing THAT will never happen. Oh, wait...

I didn't take offense. It just seems like people are quick to throw the baby out with the bathwater. And that's age discrimination and probably racist somehow. Why are you a racist?

I use Twitter... Great for getting answers to questions, finding out about current trends and stories (I focus on technology), and interacting with companies (you can get a much faster response tweeting an issue than emailing a company's customer support line; sad but true).

Twitter is up in arms about that comment. I didn't read the article it came from, but my assumption is that she's pointing out the fact that the black community isn't thinking for themselves, but rather are being told what to do and how to feel by people like Sharpton, facts be damned. But that point seems lost on everyone on Twitter...

Umm, the mailbox is owned by the USPS. My computer is not. Comparing apples to asteroids.

About 8 years ago, there was a rash of theft from mailboxes in my neighborhood (the mailboxes are facing the street, not on the house). One day I happened to be home and I saw a car driving slowly by the mailboxes, opening each one up, then moving onto the next one. I ran outside, camera in hand, and asked them to stop touching the mailboxes and I started taking pictures of their car, their license plate number, and their faces. The driver started yelling at me, telling me I'm breaking the law, and I calmly told him that he's actually the one violating a law by putting things inside the mailboxes and that he better stop. He got pissed off and drove away from the neighborhood. If he decided to punch me in the face, would everyone here be saying it was my fault and that I should've just stayed in my house? My wife and I had our honeymoon a month after 9/11 -- and we flew to London. We had relatives telling us to cancel the trip because it's not safe to fly. I told them, "Screw that - I'm not letting some terrorists take away my first overseas trip!"

Never heard of MyPillow, but I *LOVE* these pillows: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Down-Fiber-Pillow-Queen/dp/B000JCIG96/ref=wl_it_dp_o_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2VP3LPK6RMCN&coliid=I2O7DQP8MM66AG

I second the comments on the center divide not really being an issue.

I have a sleep number, and the divider in between the two sides can be annoying from time to time. If they improved it, that'd be great. Otherwise, the bed is good. I don't have a lot to compare it to, but I'm happy with it.

I think when you have a 6' guy on top of you doing the "ground and pound" (and a witness testified that he saw this, just like Zimmerman claimed - I think it was even a state's witness, although I can't remember since all of the witnesses favored the defense ), you've proven that you're cornered with no other options. Or would you disagree with that statement? So, according to what you wrote, even in Rhode Island, Zimmerman would've been let off.

So do you think the iced tea actually hurt Martin's chances at "justice?" I mean, if it was a Slurpee or a can of pop, that seems more innocent than a can of iced tea, doesn't it?

For the umpteenth time, SYG was never part of this case. It was only part of the media story.