MPlayerX will still be available just not in AppStore. I would assume existing users will still get updates through internal update service.

RTFA? "Only around 500-700, or 1%-2% total, of municipal computers are Macs, Walton estimated. "

probably not because apple products amount to less than 2% of SF government computers.

linux iptables or windows firewall can be used to filter traffic between VMs. Network firewalls can be used for the traffic that actually leaves the physical host. It is safer to make assumption that all VMs on the host share the local network and therefore if they need to protected from each other that is responsibility of the guest system.

Riding bicycle in sidewalk can be illegal in some cities. It is usually an infraction and police will follow "cite-and-release" procedure but you have to have to have a proper ID otherwise they will have to take you to the station for booking and then you can post bail. Now, in Arizona, if you cannot prove your legal status they will hold you until ICE clears your status which may take a while. It is worth to keep a copy of your I-94 with you just in case.

Just to be fair CS is big O notation and calculating algorithmic efficiency, Knuth's books, so its possible to be a decent computer scientist without a computer. You need calculus and a blackboard a lot more than you need a computer.

"Scientist" - may be. "Engineer" - hell no. You wouldn't want a surgeon who knows the theory but never practiced it to operate on you, would you?

AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment)

Powershell runs circles around bash.

No, attempting to emulate x86 on RISC was a disaster. Native apps worked reasonably well. Qualifying apps for A platform is not a bad idea. Nobody expects to be able to run Crysis on ARM. I hope Microsoft puts "windows experience index" to a good use and categorize apps based on it.

The President can order Attorney General to investigate the allegations. He is just not willing to respond for political reasons. I think it is an important lesson in how democracy really works in this country.

Sounds like you are describing AlarmManager

... or Core Wars Reloaded?

Look, "tech-savvy" user usually has no clue about corporate IT. The fact of the matter is that the work done on the company time is subject to licensing, permits, regulations, insurance, bonds, etc. That also covers tools that are used to perform the work. You must use approved tools and technologies. That includes software and computers. Tech-savvy user can use his personal software for the company business while his personal software license explicitly prohibits commercial use. Tech-savvy user can put confidential data on his personal box then it ends up in his personal backup, his personal backup system gets upgraded and the old one is sold on eBay and happy eBay buyer recovers confidential files because media destruction procedures have not been followed. I can give you dozen more scenarios that "tech-savvy" user simply does not think or care about because its is the job of corporate IT.

a) banks are not processors b) quite a few retailers and processors have been fined or suspended for security breaches. google it