Transoceanic cables have repeaters positioned along their length. They can't be upgraded to newer tech without help from the US Navy.

You can't qualify as a work from home examiner until you've put in 3 years in DC.

It's only a good idea for the under 30 crowd and the farsighted. Otherwise you don't get much bang for the buck once presbyopia sets in down the line (which it will).

The continued embargo against Cuba is more about pandering for Cuban-American votes than enforcing any foreign policy.

It's based on the Google end-to-end browser extension which handles client side key management on its own and isn't subject to simple MITM attacks.

No comments since 2010 + low enough UID = zombie account subverted to look like a legit user.

That's a serious first world problem he's got there.

Shouldn't you "mask" sensitive data by putting it into a separate table with stricter access privileges.

It won't fall on any programmer's shoulders. All it requires is a prosecutor, judge, and jury who don't understand technology. None are in short supply.

One of these days a hash collision will happen on an innocuous file and the jackboots will ruin someone's life over it.

Software "engineering" can't be considered real engineering until it can produce work output that has the same level of reliability as a properly engineered bridge using repeatable, proven processes. Until then it has as much relation to engineering as a certification mill.

You can't copyright non-creative information like data. The SKU is used as a key to enable the option already stored in the firmware. That is why they are invoking the DMCA.

That's Yelp's entire business model: pay to remove bad reviews. They win the more bad reviews they collect.

FTFY

If they had applied a unique digital watermark to each of the DVDs they could track down the person who uploaded their copy and prosecute him. Applied consistently, this policy would be far more effective in stamping out unauthorized release of screeners.