Yup, and come the revolution they will be first in front of the wall.

What I don't get is the almost PETA rabidness of some who have posted above blaming this person. Do society a favor and see if you can win a Darwin Award with your inherent stupidity.

As an artist in my own right, I have no clue how long it took him to find all these reed's, dry, carve and seal them into musical instruments that could then be used to convey the proper sound for a piece of music composed in the time of Herod or before. What I do know is that they will not do that to me for free. There would be a payback that would make the front page.

This is the same stupidity that has been harassing the Gibson Guitar people for the last decade, but they did know about the import restrictions on Rosewood, and had the permits, but some ass hole didn't get the fucking memo. Repeatedly.

I face much the same thing when I have to fly because I am a television broadcast engineer, who often has to pack up his tools and go someplace to resuscitate a tv station or their transmitter. I can't take my tools, several thousand dollars worth, with me to the job via anyplace that takes me past a TSA checkpoint, so now the stations who need my talents have to send their corporate airplanes to come and get me and bring me home. Or I have to drive, which could be a 5 or 6 day each way trip to some of the places I have been since I retired 11 years ago. That is bull shit, the finest stuff, which if applied to an Iowa cornfield and matched by 30+ inches of rain, will grow 220 bushels to the acre.

So when do we take our country back folks? Seriously, I'd like to see it on my watch, but since I'm on my 80th circuit around this star, there might not be much time left for me to watch.

So sign me "Seething mad at the magnitude of the idiocy, Gene"

Most of the above post is true, Apple designs and build some nice servers in a pizza box format, and they are used extensively in the digital broadcast environment to serve up your favorite tv programs. But if you want to keep on using them, you either replace all the fans in them at 6 month intervals with even noisier, higher speed ball bearing versions or keep 50% spare stocks on hand. So we are now, and have been for 3 or 4 years, building our own in-house. And generally speaking, they Just Work(TM) for however long it takes a hard drive to die once spun up & virtually never again stopped.

It doesn't promote the progress of science and the useful arts. It just stops other companies from promoting the progress of science and the useful arts. So everyone has to buy your "art" instead of the other guys. In other words:

4. Profit.

It amazes me the utility and run I've gotten out of learning C and C++.. decades go.

Yes, it was small. But in terms of secure comm, I'd bet that his (PZ's) last release before they busted him, PGP-2.6.2, is probably more secure than any release he has made since.

But really, I think as far as the American Public is concerned, the horse is out of the burning barn now and the NSA as we know it, is likely not to exist 2 years from now.

Just how long do you think RSA will last when its known they sold out? They are supposedly in the business of selling security, and they just sold the family jewels for a measly 10 Mil? If the lawsuits don't finish them, the lack of future business will because no one will renew a contract or license with a company that betrayed the public trust.

And just how long will it be till Boeing files for both civil and punitive damages over the statement Brazil made yesterday when the suddenly gave a 4.5 Billion dollar contract for more modern fighter jets that Boeing was, and so was SAAB, convinced they had locked up 4 days ago.

There are legal teams working for Boeing, eager to prove their worth, plotting the lawsuit for truly staggering amounts of money as I sit here typing this. Amounts of money that will only be printable by the fed because this government could not pay it in 20 years.

The overall effect on our ability to do business internationally will amount to Trillions of dollars of losses in the next few years. The business people will settle for nothing less than being "made whole", and their definition of "whole" is being able to do business without a whole damned battalion of these 3 letter agencies snooping into how much tp they use in the company cafeteria. Or turning on the cameras and mics in laptops & cell phones so they can watch and listen to stuff that is absolutely none of their damned business.

I love my country, but I do not love, nor do I trust my government, they have NOT been by the people, for the people in 65 of my damned near 80 years. Ben Franklin had a clue but probably went to his grave without knowing just how correct he was. Ike tried to warn us too.

On behalf of myself, and I am guessing, many others here, a heartfelt thank you. I am an Electrical Engineer and am enjoying a great career that has opened many opportunities and let me see the world - largely because of a green, hand-printed, "Getting Started in Electronics" book I noticed in a Radio Shack a very long time ago.

I still reference your books from time to time, and I look forward to sharing them with my kids someday.

Thank you.

73 de VE1SFM.

Capitalism is great. It has made me very confortable.

Governments should own the infrastructure. Fiber has enough bandwidth currently there is no technical reason you can't switch internet providers, cable, phone service - at will. The barriers being put in place are there to protect existing monopolies. Monopolys are what all capitalists aspire and dream to create and own. Didn't you take economics?

The problem is monopolies are not efficient means of distribution, and we're seeing those effects now. Extended further, there's no reason why customers can't directly fund the creation of content - and they are, now, through crowd sourcing.

Governments hold a monopoly on violence. They set the rules, and often times, they are the best of a bunch of bad choices - infrastructure deployment and management being one of them.

Interesting times.

There's billions at stake, created out of virtually nothing (replicating a digital signal). This supports thousands and thousands of rent-seeking monopolists. The holy grail of capitalism.

The RIAA/MPAA fights are just kindergarden name calling compared to the fight that's getting ready to be fought.

From society's perspective, we should be well into the fiber optic cabling of the entire planet. These people will fight that, because it obsoletes their model. Once you have fiber to your door - and I do, in small down Canada - it's over. It's just a matter of time and everyone knows it.

Google's fiber projects are just a small piece of what's to come. The dirty little secret is rolling these networks out isn't hard. It's all legislation and poltics stopping. The tech is ready.

Get some popcorn. It'll be fun. I haven't had a TV subscription in 7 or 8 years now.. saving me $100/mo or so. That's a lot of money, especially when it starts paying dividends.. but I sure don't own any broadcasters. :)

Cables are dangerous.

http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Takes+a+Page+From+Monsters+Book+Offers+50+Thunderbolt+Cable/article22041.htm

That nice looking molded CAT6 cable could have any number of surprises inside...

Xbox requires Xbox games, BFD. If you don't like it, don't get an account, don't use it.

I've been on Steam since, well, before Steam existed. Back when TFC was distributed by Sierra. They have the least amount of DRM, often none, and the least restrictive policies of anyone. They have successfully bridged the needs of the user and the wants of the publisher. It isn't perfect, but it is less offensive than any other DRM method, and they have a lot of free stuff. And frankly, I don't mind a company making money for selling software anyway, it's a free fucking country, and part of freedom is being able to sell your wares. Don't like it? Don't buy it.

Unlike any other publisher, I don't feel like Steam is trying to constantly screw me out of more money all the time, and is instead trying to keep me as a customer by giving good service and fair prices. I hope they continue to be successful.

..without a single ounce of extra CO2 added.

People are not rational about nuclear power, and politicians are spineless, so invest in natural gas and oil companies. Burn, baby, burn..