P_Smith commented on Walgreens Jerks You Around When You Try To Buy Plan B

"They were only writing down the license number? I wouldn't put it past such pricks to write down your friend's address and harass her at her home."

P_Smith commented on Bulk Rename Utility Blasts Through Your File Naming Tasks

"I still use and prefer rjhExtensions 1.3."

P_Smith commented on Pronounce Names Correctly

"This could be done a lot faster and easier through Omniglot. [www.omniglot.com] Learning to pronounce names one at a time is hopeless."

P_Smith commented on 2 Dead In Toys 'R Us Black Friday Shooting

"Becker and Fagen had it right all those years ago. "When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door And catch the grey men when they Dive from the fourteenth floor" - Steely Dan, "Black Friday""

P_Smith commented on Wal-Mart Employee Trampled To Death As Mob Tears Doors Off Hinges

"@ShivaniAgdistis: And people like you will be called "anti-capitalist" for being disgusted instead of seeing it as "survival of the fittest"."

P_Smith commented on Black Friday Open Thread

"It's the biggest sales day of the year for business, which also means the highest prices of the year. Do yourself a favour and celebrate Buy Nothing Day. [www.adbusters.org]"

P_Smith commented on TV Dinner's Genesis: Industrial-Sized Leftovers

"My parents absolutely refused to eat junk like TV dinners."

P_Smith commented on Minime Minimizes Windows to a Single System Tray Icon

"One that I use and have mentioned before is Deskmenu, although it does something different than what Minime does. Deskmenu puts an icon in your tray, and when clicked, presents a menu of the icons on your desktop."

P_Smith commented on It's A Trap!

"Charming."

P_Smith commented on Citibank Teaches Us How To Destroy A $244 Billion Banking Institution

"Anybody else notice that this sort of crap didn't happen before corporate mergers became commonplace? It's not just the McCain/Gramm laws that made the mess possible, it's the modern corporation, with multiple businesses under one management that is too big and unwieldy for even the competent to manage, never mind the corrupt."