The BSOD message can't be more infuriating than what Macs say when they reboot after a kernel panic: "You shut down your computer because of a problem." It always makes me want to shout "YOU shut YOURSELF down due to a problem YOU caused!"
Surely Mainway Toys will find a way to keep marketing tiny, super-powerful magnets.
Citibank offers a "Virtual Account Number" service for their credit cards (Mastercard). It works fairly well. You can do one-shot purchases, or recurring purchases with the same merchant only, or even cap the total you're willing to spend via a virtual number over a number of months.
They have a web interface, but you can also download a Java applet that can generate numbers and fill in purchase forms for you.
But DIVX was just about to take off!
DIVX may be dead, but its earth-destroying relative is being sold at stationery stores, airport newsstands and truck stops across the US.
This has many applications, such as generating easy-to-remember passwords for porn sites.
Once it hits the fan, the only rational choice is to sweep it up, package it, and sell it as fertilizer.
