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It is becoming painfully obvious that YAHOO is censoring the comments posted on its news stories.

The most egregious example was a recent story about the NAVY SEALS who were acquitted for allegedly beating an Iraqi detainee. Most commentators agreed with the verdict, but there were a few dissenters. Since YAHOO lists the comments on a first-come-first-post basis, the page 1 comments can be easily followed. Page 1 comments on this story were about 8:1 in favor of the verdict vs. questioning it. Then something strange happened. After a few days, all comments on page 1 questioning the decision were removed. Now only comments applauding the verdict and calling the SEALS heroes remain.

Regardless of how I feel about this particular case, I find it disheartening to discover that YAHOO is stifling debate. Is this a business decision (if so, it is a bad one as people are not stupid and will defect to sites where both sides of issues can be argued) or is it individual employees doing it out of some false sense of patriotism?

This is happening with virtually every YAHOO news story. Go check out page 1 of the comments and see how many people are replying to comments that are no longer posted. Someone suggested that if enough people vote "thumbs down" for a comment, it will be removed. However, this does not seem to be the case, as these comments become "hidden" rather than completely erased.

So what gives?

I bought 2 laptops to use wirelessly with my home PC. One laptop has no problem finding my wireless network. However, the other can only connect if I plug it into the router (it cannot see the wireless network, so I cannot connect wirelessly).

The 2nd computer can see all my neighbors' networks (around 20 in total) but for some reason, cannot see my own, even when I have the computer just a few feet away from the router.

Anyone know what the problem could be?

I recently bought an LG RHT 497H DVD Player with hard drive.

I live in Spain where many American TV shows are shown dubbed into Spanish, however, a second digital audio channel usually plays the original language audio. I wanted to record TV shows (The Sopranos, Desperate Housewives, etc.) from the USA in the English language.

I found that the LG RHT 497H is capable of recording the English feed when I manually record, but only records the Spanish feed when programmed.

This DVD player is of no use to me, since I do not need to record when I am at home (I can watch the show live). I need to record when I am NOT at home, and this LG model cannot record in a second language using the programmed record settings.

What's worse, I have contacted LG Customer Service Spain about the problem, and they refuse to help me. They say that the manual never specifically claims that the 2 features work together, so I am stuck with my flawed DVD player.

Now, I need to buy another DVD player with a hard drive, but I need to know which models can be programmed to record dual audio broadcasts. Anyone know the answer?

Acaba de comprarme nuevo portatil. Ya tenia ADSL de Telefonica en casa, conectado por cable ethernet, pero queria aprovechar del WiFi del nuevo. Pero se habia roto la antena de mi router de Telefonica.

Acude a una tienda y me compre un router nuevo. Pero cuando llegue en casa, vi que solo hay intstrucciones para conectarlo a un modem (el router de Telefonica por otro lado se conecta directamente al enchufe de la pared).

Llame a la tienda, y me explico que lo que necesito es un router/modem, no un router. Es asi????

Busce la caja del router de Telefonica y solo pone "router" en la caja, no hay nada de un router/modem.

Necesito comprarme un modem? Devolver el router y comprar un router/modem? O esta loca esta gente porque nunca he necesitado un modem antes!!????

Soy extranjero (de EEUU) y me gustaría asistir al partido, pero no sé si debería irme a la taquilla (estoy en Madrid ya), o llamar al un vendedor de entradas, o irme a Getafe el día del partido, o si hay más opiciones. ¿Hay alguien que sabe? Lo más barrato, mejor!

I was just playing a tournament on full tilt poker and I was actually winning. Then I lost my connection and could not log on. Which led me to ask myself, "What happens to the poor player that is playing with real money?" I, fortunately, was playing with play money.

Can anyone think of one valid reason why Showtime would make its web page readable only from the United States?

I hope the reason is worth the ire that this has raised in their subscribers who travel abroad.

When building a computer here in Europe, what pieces purchased in the USA will not be compatible with a system in Europe? Power supplies normally can run on both electrical systems? And DVD players will play European and American formats? Any other components or issues that I should worry about?

The reason I am asking this is because parts are much cheaper in the USA. I want to buy a case here in Europe, and then bring the other stuff back in my carry on luggage on my next trip to the states.