I've been a very adamant user of Dropbox for many years now. I think since they first started. I've run it on Android, Linux and Windows. If they want to drop a platform that is very important to me then I believe I may be dropping them. And I'm a paying customer which makes me wonder how many paying customers they are going to lose.

Never in my 30+ year in IT would I have ever considered being a "no-show" at an interview. I've even gone on interviews that in my heart of hearts I knew was not going to be a fit for me. Why would I do that? Simple, one of my favorite jobs started out that way. I was convinced before the interview "I ain't gonna take that job" and by the end of the interview I was psyched and wondering when I was going start. On the hiring manager end I did have a candidate not show for the interview and I never found out why. The recruiter told us he stopped taking calls from him and so we never knew what happened. Had an interview cancelled mysteriously on me but that's yet another story. I am convinced the younger crowd was never taught manners. Not showing up for an interview especially if you had a phone interview and were asked "any interest?" is just bad form. Not showing up is going to bite you someday because the IT world is a truly small place and what goes around definitely comes around. Imagine me interviewing someone who was the worst boss I every had (HR sent him to me blind side). He *could* have ended up working for me and while I tried to not hold a grudge he was most definitely not a fit for the job.

First thing I think of when people say we need to colonize other worlds in other star systems is how Europeans came over to the Americas and pushed the native peoples aside or worse yet subjugated them. Have we sufficiently learned our lessons in that regard? I'm not sure we have learned our lessons. Human nature hasn't progressed much further than the state it was in the fifteenth century...

I have continuously run my own email server since around 1990 in one form or another. Established a vanity domain in the mid 1990's and started hosting email on my own domain. I must say that has been a more difficult task as time has gone on and has required I be more savvy about IP reputation and how to maintain it. Sometime last year I moved my email server from a VPS to a dedicated host and my wife began complaining over this past summer that she could no longer send email to Outlook.com and friends as well as Optonline. Given that she's a dog trainer trying to expand her client base this is pretty much a disaster for her. I attempted to work with the ISP hosting my dedicated server and they were not interested in fixing *their* IP reputation. Seems the above mentioned providers were blocking *all* of the IPS's IP addresses out of hand. They insisted they'd have to work with the ISP and while they were sympathetic they wanted to work the issues through the ISP. There's more to that I'm sure but after my ISP frustrating me by not being responsive I talked to some new folks. First question I asked before signing on was "how is your IP reputation?" After a lengthy explanation on how they have "high profile reputable clients" they assured me I'd have no problems. So I signed on the dotted line, installed a Puppet client on the box and set things up so the box would get configured as my mail exchanger. During shakedown I didn't notice problems right away so I edited DNS and pointed my MX records to the new box, added my SPF and DKIM records for the new host and powered off the old box. The very next day I composed an email to someone that I communicate via email on a fairly frequent basis and after hitting "send" got a bounce notification within minutes. Verizon was blocking the new server. New problem. It took many attempts and iterations I finally worked out between my new ISP (who graciously gave me a second IP address for outbound email) and Verizon I finally got whitelisted. So, yep, the Internet has become increasingly hostile to private email servers, but the problems can be worked out with some effort and tenacity.

I respectfully disagree with Stephen Hawkings on this one and I am an ardent admirer of the man. Aggression was a useful tool in our evolution and produced the humanity we have today. Misapplication of aggression is the failing.

Say what? Is this yet another solution looking for a problem? When I was taking computer classes in high school the hands down top performer was a young woman named "Marjorie" who went on to an Ivy League school. WA has lost its collective mind again...

Warm beer isn't always a flaw... depends on local customs.

If they were on the up and up they'd be glad for the help finding their flaws I'd think...

You do realize where the money is coming from, right? Our tax dollars. Nevertheless my position is an honest police officer should welcome the cameras because they cut both ways. If they screw up it'll go on record and if a suspect is making allegations that are false it will be recorded.

.... wish I had the funding to set up a datacenter and possibly get the government contract to warehouse all that video. With data storage density being what it is it is well within the reach of technology to store all that data.

I happen to be very pro law enforcement and I agree with the Senator. If body cams had been in place in Ferguson I would imagine the extremes in the story of what happened would have been cleared up over night. Video from the policeman's vest would either exonerate him or convict him. No grey areas there. If I were a policeman I'd want a vest camera.

For the safety of the country there are certain things that need to remain secret. Some complain our government doesn't do enough to protect us. Others see the boogeyman behind everything the government does. Criteria for no-fly list? I imagine there is an element of secrecy there and it would largely depend on intelligence generated through a number of sources. Are there mistakes made? Of course. Unfortunately the process is administered by human beings who are flawed vessels at best.

Seems like those that send the DMCA takedown requests are trying to strangle Google (and others) to the point of making the Internet useless. If the search engines get hammered makes it harder to find content you are looking for. And to what end?

As much as it pains me I see two sides of this issue: 1) Anyone who is a public employee is subject to oversight in my humble opinion. Especially folks that wear badges, carry weapons and have arrest powers. It effects several of the rights of US citizens. 2) I understand the need for operational security, especially where organized crime (drug cartels, for example) are involved. If SWAT is used, for instance, in taking down a major drug dealers "safe house" and the probable cause they had was the result of undercover police then I'd say that is an example of records that need to be sealed for the safety of the undercover police involved. Undercover cops hang their skins over the line enough just doing what they do. There needs to be a fair balance between allowing law enforcement to do their jobs and the public "right to know." Some secrets I don't believe should be public knowledge if the safety of the lives acting on good faith are involved. Remember: law enforcement is done by human beings. I shudder to think of a "Robocop" scenario playing out in this country.

Yet another example of an overbearing bureaucracy killing innovation.