Greece was conquered by the Roman Republic, about a century before the first Roman Emperor.
Far from being an "offshoot," Constantinople was designated the *official* capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine, the same emperor who made the Empire officially Christian. At that point, Greece had been ruled by Rome for more than four hundred years.
For a period of time after Constantine, Rome itself was deprecated, so to speak. It only returned to imperial capital status when the Empire was formally divided into Eastern and Western halves some 60 years later.

Except you don't need to be female to be highly offended by snuff porn.
In case you aren't familiar with the term, it is porn that "climaxes" in murder. Needless to say, it is almost always faked. But still, it only appeals to really sick minds.
And I say this as a male who quite enjoys porn, if done well.

Modded as Funny? I think Insightful might be more appropriate.
Why? Because it illustrates how a bright individual can outdo a whole cadre of "professionals" whose thinking takes place inside a mental straightjacket.

... is gamers' tendency to not reproduce. At least, not sexually.

I find it hard to believe that none of the folks who turned in "lost" USB sticks took a minute to check if there was any hot pr0n on them first.

Try, "absolutely fucking beyond a hint of a shadow of a doubt WILL actually be counter-productive for the public interest".

Those of us who are long-time Mac users have a grudge against CNET for destroying VersionTracker.com. It used to be the best source for Mac software, before CNET bought it out.
Within a very short time, CNET had castrated VersionTracker.com. Now the decent but not quite as good MacUpdate.com is just about the only trustworthy site for Mac software that doesn't make it into the App Store (IOW, all the good stuff).

Imagining that "open and transparent computing" actually exists at the present time is a dangerous delusion.

Don't have any mod points, so I'll just say that you are right on with your post. I agree with every word.

That's a worm, not a virus. It is extremely easy to get rid of. Apparently your brother is incapable of using Google. Or is he just illiterate?

Bullshit. Pure bullshit.
An exploit is not a virus. There are Trojans that can affect a Mac IF the user deliberately installs them, by being a fool who is suckered by obvious social engineering. But there are ZERO self-installing, self-replicating viruses that can infect Mac OS X.
And your mention of pwntoown is proof that you don't know what you are talking about.

Do you own any Apple products? I'm betting the answer is no.
Why? Because the true reason that the products you so dismissively refer to as "iShiny" are so popular is that they WORK BETTER.
But you don't realize this, do you? And for some reason, you can't even admit that it is possible.

Oh yes, please. Can we?

Not just Miami, you know. Try all of the largest cities in the entire world. New York, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai, Cairo, London, etc., etc. Where will they all go?
Denver and Mexico City are gonna get very crowded.
Here's a thought: What will they all eat? We are headed for a climate different from any that has existed since the evolution of humans. Many former grain producing areas will become deserts. And you can't grow wheat in a muskeg swamp.

Recording of signal quality, etc., is done by Apple on an opt-in basis. It is off by default.
Apple's refusal to allow carriers to add whatever "enhancements" they wanted is the main reason it took so long for carriers other than AT&T to get the iPhone.