Then you get what happened to me today. I was wondering what was going on. I thought the problem was on my end. Multiple Capchas for simple Google web search? What a pain in the ass.

I won't be using Google anymore, that's for damn sure.

I'll field this one. I'm independent but have only voted for Democratic candidates simply because no one happened to be better.

The first priority is to institute a check against the lunacy coming out of the White House. This is absolutely essential because Donald Trump doesn't think, he just spouts whatever happens to pop into his deranged brain at the moment, and because he's president, it suddenly becomes policy. Cruel, real life things, like separating children from their families and restricting rights for women and minorities. Perhaps we can curb his use of stochastic terrorism that leads to incidents like the one we are discussing.

Once that is accomplished, maybe we can focus more on policies that help people instead of actively hurting them. Healthcare for all would be a good start. Certainly that would benefit more people than some inane wall.

Have they really destroyed photosharing of children on FaceBook? Cause I'm still seeing more pictures of the satan spawn of family and "friends" than I care to. And so what if FaceBook gets it wrong once in a while. How compelled do you really feel about sharing your innocent photos of little Johnny discovering himself in the bathtub? Is that the only photo you have of him or would another one suffice?

Not this thing. It just opens whatever porn site I was looking at last. Really useful during presentations.

I just installed Firefox on an Amazon Fire Tablet and lo and behold the app has no "Home" button. I looked around on how to show it and apparently you now need an extension. For the Home button. Don't ask me why. I do not know.

That's true. I don't *need* any oil, but I like to keep some in my car at all times.

Most every building I've ever been in has water piped in. So, it's somewhat feasible.

The Turing test is for two-sided conversation: "Are there imaginable digital computers which would do well in the imitation game?"

What is described in TFS is one-sided which is a different matter.

That's what mother-in-laws are for.

They could have said nothing and everyone would assume if caught hacking voting machines they would be prosecuted. Here they are publicly stating there's no law against it and you can't be prosecuted. Go ahead and hack away. There's no downside to it. Sounds more like tacit permission if not downright encouragement to me.

That's the point. If you have secrets, don't put them on a computer.

I live in the United States and also walk safely anywhere without fear of getting shot. Been walking around for fifty-something years and never seen anyone pull out a gun in public.

I can see how it might appear that we are all armed to the teeth and taking potshots at each other if all you have to go by are the news stories. Personally I don't own a gun simply because I don't want or need one and I'm certainly not fearful. Fearsome, one might argue, but that's another story.