MadMonkey, Fencer: 'next gam with no vacation' works fine, I used that a lot the last weels.

No, probably the timeout demon has crahed. It happens for everybody now.

Thad: But if you need a large display anway, the small processing component doesn't make any difference so you can keep it inside the screen. Can't loose it that way either.

Thad: Thad, I used to think and speak like that. But - look out in the real world - what percentage of your computer time do you spend in your browser, be it Firefox/Chrome/Whashammacallit?
And it happens to look much the same in both machines.... So where's the real difference?
Two years from now, people will not even remember that there are operating systems under their browsers.

('which BIOS do you run? I have that cool new update from Phoenix, it is sooo much better than xxx')

Deb4858: You can't delete IE really. Although Microsoft lost that law suit (where they were accused of having it irremovable bound to windows), it is still not worth the trouble.
What I did (and I recommend) is to remove the IE icons from the desktop and quick start line, etc., and change teh setting for WINDOWS+I to start Chrome instead. That way, if you ever really need it, you can still start it from the hard disk, but otherwise it does not take any space away on your screen (hurting your eyes and such).

Unfortunately, there are still some pages out there which do only work with IE, and although I try to hold them in contempt, some of them are a necessity (let's just say I get paid well to use them)

DeaD man WalkiN: I'm using Chrome since nearly two years. And I like it. Yes it's significantly faster than other browser, especially than IE.

Can someone explain to me a bit more how to get Brains?
On the site http://brainking.com/en/Brains, it says:
"20 Brains for free - it can be a good start for everyone. By completing a simple process of easy tasks, you will be awarded with 20 Brains and you can start to explore all other possibilities with no actual investment. Please visit this page for details."

But the page it links to only says I can buy a membership for someone else to get brains. Although that might be 'a simple process of easy tasks', I wouldn't call it 'no actual investment'. So it doesn't fit together.

The wording sounds to me like there is another way to get your first brains, and the link got lost or changed. I could not find anything.
I also did not get any brains for buying my own membership. So it looks like instead of buying a membership, I should have better donated one and got brains for it? Am I missing something???