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In the far northwestern part of Maryland there is a hill that is known as "Negro Mountain," and about forty miles to the east is another hill known as "Polish Mountain." The Maryland state legislature is currently considering a bill that would require both mountains to be renamed. The bill has...

I was looking at the website of my alma mater and found this blog post by the college president explaining his decision to filter the internet connection for all computers on campus - basically the filter bans anything the college decides is unwanted, such as pornography, gambling sites, and...

I was recently looking at random old xkcd comics, and found this one: http://xkcd.com/263/ It got me thinking about how it would be possible to politicize mathematics, and I figured the people here who argue about politics could find a way. So, how would you make a political issue out of...

...just be glad your day isn't as bad as this guy's day. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7007787.stm

So I'm currently using an old Pentium 200 machine to access the Internet (running Damn Small Linux,) while I have my main machine connected to an isolated LAN playing a Civ3 game. Earlier today, I happened to notice this on CFCs site: ... and then I remembered that the machine I'm on has...

If you have an Epson printer, you may be eligible for a $45 settlement from a lawsuit that was filed against Epson over a defect in their printers that cause them to refuse to print if they think the ink cartridge is empty when it isn't. You can collect the settlement either as a $45 credit in...

I'm currently attempting to install Civ3 in Windows 2000, which is running in emulation in Linux. When I run the Setup program, I receive the error "Setup failed to run installation: Class not registered." Has anyone seen this error before, and does anyone know what would cause this error?

Article It's probably not a good sign when the American flag can't be flown on American territory because it might offend someone...

Article Good. This'll prevent any liberal Democrats from taking office. :D

Post your weird desktop screenshots. The original thread can be found here. To start the new thread off, here's my current desktop:

http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/04/01/ Seems like a very important new technology. I ought to try it some time. I wonder if it's going to be in Opera 8 when it's released?

A couple articles on the subject (the quote is from the first one). I'm not sure what the "good fight" that Ms. Kelly refers to is, but if it has anything to do with Gator... I'm reminded of the old saying about the fox guarding the henhouse. I don't see anything good that can come from the...

http://www.planetary.org/news/2004/lunar_eclipse_1015.html The moon is already partially obscured here. This'll be fun to watch. I don't have a camera here, so I can't take any pictures, but if anyone else has pictures, post them. edit - Another link...

Has anyone attempted to create a scenario in which war is impossible, and is it possible to create such a scenario? I attempted to make a no-war scenario using locked alliances, but (and I should have forseen this), a turn after starting the game, the game was over because there were no civs...

A few days ago I installed Opera, and I was poking around in the menus and accidentally removed the menu bar at the top of the screen. Would any of the Opera users here know how to bring back the menu bar?

I've noticed in someone's signature (I don't remember who), it had the line "I'm obsessed with Civ3, but I draw the line at 'Shell = Civ.exe'". That got me to wondering: what would happen if someone actually changed the "Shell = explorer.exe" line in win.ini to "Shell = Civ.exe"? I figure that...