I voted no because we are offering a free service, the least members could do is log onto the forums every two weeks or upload a blank index.html page with the ads, and not do anything against common sense.
I think I would have about 20,000 credits if I didn't spend so many. But those credits are well worth it.
Getting a lot of credits is easy, just make good posts, and you will soon have many credits!
Staff are allowed name changes with a good reasons.
A few examples were:
ScottD -> Scott
and a few others.
I don't think you can change username, it would be unnecessary confusion on the forums, and hassling the staff.
Microsoft definitely can't be #1 or #2, in reality. All they have is the Windows OS, which is deteriorating to competitors such as Mac and Linux everyday. The search engine is a complete mess, and their e-mail is inferior to yahoo and gmail. Not to mention their instant messaging is bad...
Life's normal.
The people who are in economic trouble are those who spend too much on credit cards, and those who invest carelessly into stocks.
But for many ordinary families, it's all talk. Nothing is really happening except for shifts in prices for various products these days.
If so, can you please share your experiences with me?
All I know so far that it is
Ubuntu-derived (which is Debian-derived itself)
LAMP Capable
WINE Capable
and pretty stable with proprietary codacs installed, which is a plus.