It is because when it comes to computers, we have a more comfortable and more efficient way to interact with them. If other people had more comfortable way to do physical tasks, they would also complain when the less comfortable way was suggested.

You know that time travel has been a main plot element of Star Trek since the original series, right?

Didn't he hand them over to Wikileaks and they acted as an intermediate party? Also, is handing them over not counting as releasing now? Just because the news organizations did their due diligence doesn't clear Manning of his actions.

I wouldn't be so sure. Ask people how that worked out with the WiiU. I'm sure a few made money but I don't think people will have any issues finding PS4s or XBox Ones this holiday season.

It is a statement. Statements do not have to be truthful or accurate. Just like all of the ones made by the congressmen and senators that voted for the NSA's incredible reach who have recently seemed surprised at what has been done with that power.

The thin client can be a little bit fatter, though. Since Google provides a web browser, why not add support to it to use your key to decrypt the data on your end? That way, the data on the server is always encrypted. They could provide similar functionality for other browsers via a plugin.

One country's patriotism is every other country's nationalism.

Yes. With ease. I'm assuming that their local ISP will gladly hand over information. We have seen in the past how willing ISPs are to work with the RIAA/MPAA, so why wouldn't they work with law enforcement or the FBI?

Google does not default to https. It only does that if you are signed in with an account. If these people weren't, then anybody could have seen their searches with relative ease.

Since when does flashing a new image actually require root? We have several devices at work that are used for testing. None of them are rooted and yet we can upgrade / downgrade because the bootloaders are unlocked.

As an Android developer I can tell you that switching versions on a device is not provided by root access. Root gives you access to all of the system while the phone is running. Getting a different version running requires an unlocked bootloader. For example, on my Nexus devices I first do a "fastboot oem unlock" to unlock the bootloader, then I can use fastboot to send any version of the OS I want to the device. It gets tricky on more locked down devices, but the same basic idea still applies. You need to get past the bootloader to get a different OS running.

I think it makes it easier to back, since indiegogo uses paypal over amazon payments.

It could still be very useful for compositing 3D effects or actors into another scene. I think that is the use case that they are targeting here.

Obviously Randi is psychic, too. He probably uses his psychic abilities to prevent others from being able to use theirs.

How many boxes do you want to go through before you get to the solution? Sure, he could write it as a shader, but that hardly requires pulling in something like Unity or XNA to build the project.