I have been using G+ a little recently and I like it, I call it the new Facebook. I call it that because right now it's kind of in the same position Facebook was interface-wise when MySpace was a big thing. G+ is slicker and works better plus less annoying messages about games and apps that want to mine my personal information. Facebook lets you control some stuff but they always have a little wedge for getting advertising and spam in front of me. What I think would really help G+ adoption would be to integrate Facebook as a sharing destination. G+ has a really nice share UI but only within G+. You need to be able to share to Twitter and Facebook at the same time. Facebook might be blocking a feature like that, I don't know.

I'm pretty sure the middle managers weren't the ones to walk away with the profits. Not 100% blameless but not a calculating bastard either.

Nice try, global warming believer!

Amine el-Khalifi is their latest "catch".

"It seems to be right out of the FBI playbook. It is almost identical to a number of prior arrests, where the FBI finds some vulnerable young man ... They then basically encourage him to get involved in a campaign to be recruited, in this case by some sort of al-Qaeda creation, which really isn’t al-Qaeda. And then arm him weapons and then arrest him. “We've seen things along these lines for years now, of entrapment as a technique supposedly for investigative purposes, but actually for prosecutorial purposes."

It's not an actual missile but it is called a Stinger. It's a ready-to-fly manually controlled Anti-UAV device for ~$150 including battery and charger.

Relevent XKCD: Connoisseur

Revealing the password invokes 5th amendment issues of self incrimination. Just asking for the information in an unencrypted form means they can hold you in contempt.

You wonder? I have far more reason to trust the hackers than Symantec at this point.

Who do you know that honestly thinks the security theater is working? We tolerate it but I almost no one encourages it. The only reason this passed is the same reason we have the TSA in the first place, they're pork contracts designed to siphon money into selected pocketbooks and everyone with any power is in on it.

Why the fuck do I give a shit about your gaddamn captcha. It's not a fucking fortune cookie you stupid bint.

Sidewalk is a specific type of pavement, in that it is on the side of the road for use by pedestrians (and arguably bicycles). Pavement is pretty much any type of concrete or blacktop surface.

I hear you, I was just thinking this the other day. My last two phones have been touchscreen only, the Nexus 1 and now a Captivate (ATT Galaxy S). I switched from sliding qwerty when I got my first Android phone and did it mostly because at the time that was really the only option. Now that there are more choices I have been looking for a sliding Android because I have never been that great with the on-screen keyboard compared to a real keyboard.

But then who would run the country?

What? They totally made a client for Windows. I used it 1999 - 2001 ish.

Sure, there are plenty of ways to make money in this new environment but it's nowhere near the level they were once making. Who wants to compete when you can just shut out all the competition?