Wuju

Mooo!

crzegrl- If you're using a MAC and having trouble with your CAC, you can try using an Athena card reader, as I've heard other Apple users using them with some success. They're not issued by the mil since it's made by a Japanese company (I guess they're still working on setting up a gov't account)
http://www.athena-scs.com/

Going back to the late 80s & early 90s- PCs were cheaper than macs, and you could build your own, so even if you couldn't afford a MAC or PC, at least you could start piece-mealing them together. So you had more hackers on PCS than MACs. Then came the fall of the wall.

Most former east-block (communist) programmers, couldn't find jobs that paid them well, and they worked on older OSs and such. Many of them turned to work where they were paid at least somewhat decent and immigrated, while others began working for small Russian mafiya outfits. Trying to buy a MAC was impossible over there, especially for the prices. Many used discarded pieces and built their own- PCs. Result- more PC hackers.

Don't go thinking you're safe though. Today there are viruses for the MAC- I've had to help repair many MACs that had been damaged by exploits and viruses- and each of them claimed there were no viruses for the MAC. To each I've said "whatever" and continued working on their machine.

The whole MAC vs PC thing used to really be:
MAC vs Intel (because they would argue over performance and speed, even though since the mid 90s if you spent the same amount on a PC as you did on a MAC, the PC often won)
However, as we all know- Apple lost that war, and now they use Intel Inside. :) But the Apple fan bois don't like to lose, so now it's:
MAC OS vs Microsoft Windows- which is a matter of taste, so there is no winner. However price/performance wise- PCs still come out on top, and all the latest benchmark figures show that.

As for security- the basic built in MAC security blows- pure and simple. Regardless of if there are less people who know how to/bother to pick the lock- it's still a crappy lock.

Ummm... Is it still a market if there's no money involved?

Wow.. The Cannonball Run... I used to love that movie! Some of the crash scenes in that movie are the best!

I too liked to add 'imperfections' to my characters whenever I played table top RPGs- whether it was something as small as a scar, or something more major like a bad leg. I found that it would help me to create a more interesting background for the character.
While MMOs are fantasy-escapisms, I'd still like to see more options for character creation in MMOs- if nothing else to get away from all the cookie-cutter look alikes. I mean, LOTRO allows you to create overweight characters, but only if you're a hobbit.

@Bob- Doh!

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