fullmetalgenesis commented on Ten-Hour Greyhound Bus Trip Turns Into 26-Hour Odyssey For Teenager

"I live in Auburn, next door to Opelika (literally - there's nothing but "Welcome to..." signs that distinguish when you're in one city or the other) and I can't understand the trip to Athens takings a full day."

fullmetalgenesis commented on Charter To Begin Tracking Users' Searches And Inserting Targeted Ads

"Just called and confirmed this all with Charter, after explaining to two reps what "opt-out" meant and sending them scrambling to get in touch with their "security departmet" since niether had ever heard of the service."

fullmetalgenesis commented on Same Store, Same Product, Different Prices

"Tape deck-to-3.5 stereo adapter "for CD Player" : $5.99 at Wal-Mart. *moves three aisles over* Tape deck-to-3.5 stereo adapter "for iPod" : $27.99 at Wal-mart. A fool and his money are soon...."

fullmetalgenesis commented on Royal Caribbean Tells Family To Abandon Ship

"A couple of people have mentioned the general idea - a company truly concerned with the child's health rather than just not wanting anything to happen on their watch would have consulted with the parents, and if the parents wanted to seek medical attention would have made sure medical personnel were standing by at the port."

fullmetalgenesis commented on Craiglist Sex Ads Were ID Theft Trap

"There's a joke in here somewhere about a girl who has an addiction to the drug which the band Dexy's Midnight Runners was named after (who wrote "Come On Eileen") being involved in a sex scam....but I'm not going to make it."

fullmetalgenesis commented on Passengers Watch With Disbelief As Their Allegiant Air Flight Leaves Without Them

"I work at a small FBO here in Alabama, and it is almost universally understood in the aviation community here: Don't fly commercial from Hunstville."

fullmetalgenesis commented on Comcast Will Charge You $2 To Stop Sending You Junk Mail

"This reminds me of "Better Off Dead" (old John Cusack movie.) Little side story running throughout the movie is the paper boy chasing him shouting for his TWO DOLLARS!!"

fullmetalgenesis commented on When "FireDogs" And "Geeks" Don't Know What's Wrong, You Pay

"@jackelmatador: "Sure go ahead and reset that bios, unless of course they have a raid setup" I take it as an article of faith that anyone smart enough to be running RAID drives is smart enough to not have to use Geek Squad."