fucking orbitz. I'm trying to book a multiple city flight Seattle to Ny, then Richmond or BWI back to Seattle for my Mom. My Mom really really prefers non-stop flight. Seattle to NY there are non stop. VA to Seattle none. OK - well we can live with that. But if there are no non-stop return flights then Orbitz can't see the freakin non stop flights there. If I put in returning from washington D.C. then there is a perfect flight to NY. As soon as I have her return from Richmond or BWI - Orbitz can't see the freakin flight I want anymore. Can't even alter the choice list. Cause as soon as you change an airport the search changes and the choice I'm trying to get disappears.

Hmm. Maybe try a different search engine? Dunno what dates or anything you want, but if I pick random dates in June, Expedia let me pick a nonstop SEA-NYC, and then whatever flight from BWI-SEA...

It was too many thing at once. I finally got Orbitz to do it by narrowing the flight times. I'd already booked through Orbitz but out of couriousity I tried Expedia. Got the flight I wanted right away - seems like a smoother inteface if you are doing something more complicated than a simple one-way or round trip. Same price though.

Does anyone know how to get rid of Web Nexus adware? It's on my computer at work. The IT guys have tried to remove it a couple times but it keeps coming back. I've found a few programs that say they'll get rid of it, but they all require admin rights. I'm friendly with one of the tech guys, so if I could say "Try X, it will work," he'd give it a shot, but he's too busy to test four or five different solutions hoping one will work. Purveyors of pop up ads should be smacked. Thanks in advance for the advice.

Btw, I got it looking up song lyrics. I've done it many other times w/o problems, but that's definitely how I got it. So I'm not sure how you should follow my advice to be careful when going to lyrics sites... but be careful when looking up lyrics. Yeah, I know, that's a big help.

I'm assuming that they tried installing Webroot Spysweeper, maybe AdAware?

Knowing what they have tried might help us.

Have they tried booting into safe mode and then running the spyware programs? A lot of times those things self-perpetuate on reboot.

Apple accidentally posts a new iBook ad on their web site? [link]

Does anyone know offhand how the resolution of a movie on DVD compares to HDTV?

Most DVDs these days are released in 480p (SD television is 480i).

[edit: That's NTSC -- PAL standard def is 576 horizontal lines.]

The two most common ATSC formats in the US are 1080i and 720p. (I have a list at work of which networks use which one, but I don't have it memorized.)

There's no standard resolution for HDTV sets, so if you're in the market for one it's important to look at the native resolution of the specific one you're going to buy. There are a few out there that can display as high as 1080p, but most are native 720p with built-in upconversion of 1080 sources. Anything calling itself "EDTV" is bullshit.

That's great - thanks Jessica!

eta: I asked the question because my parents, who live at 7200 ft, are thinking about buying an HDTV but they aren't sure what to look for or which system is best for them. Anyone have any experience with this?