You would be absolutely correct. I used to work for one of the largest ATM manufacturers, and I'm still very close with the people that designed most of the ATM's you see in banks and convenience stores. It's really just a branding thing, and even then there isn't much they do besides slapping a plastic faceplate on the ATM. You have to be one of the larger banks and have a very large exclusivity contract before they'll even start considering a design specific for your bank - I only saw one in five years of working there.

How did this bullshit troll article make the front page? C'mon editors, this is ridiculous.

Not true at all. The last company I worked for (Fortune 200) all the engineers had iPhones. My current company we all use iPhones. I consult on the side, and I see about a 60/40 split (Blackberry to iPhone) at this point. Sorry to burst your bubble; that statement may have been true in the past, but it's not true anymore.

I'm a senior engineer and wouldn't go back to a Pearl or other Blackberry from my iPhone if you paid me; the only way I would is if a company I worked for forced using a Blackberry, and that's happening a lot less from what I've seen. And with the Cisco Anyconnect client about to be released, my iPhone will be even more useful. Hell, I may even get an iPad to keep with me on the road and use that for terminal services and ssh access.

Confirming receipt of the report sounds like "yes, we got your email of the report". I believe what we are looking for is if Microsoft provided any information (timeframe, severity, anything), so the point is still open. The fact that this article and every article I've read on it has not said anything about Microsoft giving some info is smoking-gunnish that it didn't happen. Still, until there's a credible source the question is still out there.

Actually, no it wasn't. In the first season DVD extras the idea was originally this, but they realized they needed more and came up with the mythos and mysteries of the island before they pitched it.

You're wrong about the filler too; there has been little to no filler so far, mostly because they did the smart thing at the beginning: they decided to end it at a specific place and knew when the ending was coming, so they made the story fit how many hours over the seasons they had.

The implications on security in regards to hacking are interesting - you could in theory try to brute-force someone's phone from a slight distance, say next to them on a city bus. Not having to leave fingerprints on someone's device as well is another positive, as it is based on gestures. Especially handy for devices where wireless is protected or not enabled! Even if it took a picture to see who was gesturing, I'm sure you could get out of the way and just have your hand in the frame.

Am I going to take a karma hit for responding to an off-topic post with another off-topic post?

This is Slashdot though, and I believe that most people that read this site would be more in the "above-average" group. It's like asking a room full of janitors versus a room full of rocket scientists; you'd expect the rocket scientists to be the smarter lot. Of course there will be exceptions, as there always are, but on average I would guess the people who come here are more educated, more talented, and have higher IQ's.

I actually lost 52 pounds over the past six months by using the LoseIt app on the iPhone. It's a free app that helps you count calories, set goals to lose 2 pounds per week, and track your food. I started at 206 and now weigh 154. It's all about eating less calories; I didn't exercise at all (back problems). It's a simple equation, and I often wonder why people don't know that if you burn more than you take in you'll lose weight.

Users are ignorant to computers. Users have always been ignorant. We can do whatever we can to protect them, either through education, security, antivirus, and anti-malware, but the problem is they aren't geeky tech-people that keep us and like this stuff enough to learn it.

How about we just have a TV show or a movie they want to watch, but teaches them? We could make it a romantic comedy for the ladies or a war movie for the guys, but insert in proper computer use and warnings about spam, viruses, phishing, fraud, etc. We need some kind of mass media to actually teach the masses, and it needs to be a regular interval to keep up with the problems.

Wow, really? I had no idea that Springfield was just the marketer.

For me the Springfield feels a ton more natural in my hands. Glocks feel too small (and I don't have really big hands) and the weight doesn't feel right on them. I've shot my friends' Glocks a few times and I've had jams, problems with siting, and generally they feel like a less-quality gun to me. I didn't know that Springfield was cheaper, I didn't price out Glocks at all. That's really interesting.

I don't think I've ever even seen a thirty-round mag that would fit an XD! Been to a lot of gun shows around here too. Thanks for all the info!

Wow, totally didn't get a response notification for this in my email.

I don't know any cops that carry without a round in the chamber. And you are totally right, it's my personal preference, and I think it stemmed from my gun choice for carrying as I was used to shooting my Springfield 1911 and a few others but then got an XD .40 model for carrying. I spend a lot of time with before I started carrying it, and even though I love it (Springfield makes incredible weaponry from my experience with it) I didn't have the years of comfort with it so for me it was better safe than sorry. I also found I could draw and cock so quickly it didn't matter, so I ended up liking carrying "cold" a little better. I have great respect for guns, and I'd rather be cautious even though I am comfortable in my abilities.

Not a big Ruger fan myself, and definitely not a Glock fan for that matter. I don't see why cops like the Glocks so much :) And my Springfield XD40? I've put about 5000 rounds through it so far, not a jam or an issue with it yet. :)