"Throw the bums out"

I'm not sure who was the original person who said the above quote, but I seem to think it or something similar when ever I catch the news lately. Seems there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think to myself that Detroit needs …

Psychics are ready to predict the future on new radio station

I predict utter, dismal failure for CBS. It's nice to know there's no place for musical diversity on the radio, but plenty of room for a 24 hour psychic station. Maybe it can garner the same dismal ratings as …

Slashdot | Satellite Abandoned Due To Orbital Patent

This is just so head-slappingly stupid on so many levels, I can't even begin to describe the myriad ways.

According to the snippet, there is currently a satellite that experienced a launch failure. It's currently up in the air, and needs a boost …

Dear Creative Labs,

Recently it seems there was a big kerfluffle (forum thread) about a set of drivers that one of your users put on the net. Apparently these drivers had a feature that yours lacked, namely the ability to run under Windows Vista with all of the features previously …

Read this first, then come back here for my rant. It isn't going to make much sense otherwise.

From what I've gathered in the comments and other links in this post, it appears the LiveJournal (LJ) crew is removing the option for new users to create Basic Accounts. Basic Accounts …