They haven't yet gotten used to a world where security by obscurity just doesn't work anymore.

I wouldn't be surprised if you aren't joking :) BMW has their own brand of expensive washer fluid, for God's sake.

If someone rips you off that badly, you don't need a Yelp review. You need a lawsuit.

The ones who have sometimes been found to not be nearly as impartial as they'd like you to believe?

That and the entire nation of France. Ever heard of the French Paradox?

Because douchebag designers think everyone wants to see their stupid fucking video so it must play as soon as the page loads. This is fine for CNN or similar sites that are primarily visited by drooling morons that struggle to read in the first place, but wholly inappropriate for a "news for nerds" site that Slashdot once was.

Embedded fucking videos??? With autoplay??? FUCK YOU Slashdot! My how far you have fallen. News for nerds my ass.

Yep. Dish is surely "too big to fail". Large corporations simply cannot be effectively punished. They fund enough political campaigns that legislators will have a definite interest in making sure no truly harmful penalty is ever inflicted on a big company.

With insurance panda?

I see somebody feels professionally threatened...

I wonder how many people who initially bought into the tablet hype realized it really sucks to type a paper on an iPad and switched back to a PC?

"I foresee a new directive in a lot of IT policies regarding laptops and travel and never using wifi on the plane"

I don't.

"not that the C-levels will pay attention"

For this exact reason.

Here in America, the government must have the consent of the governed, and the governed have spoken against this type of intrusive overbearing law enforcement for profit. Take your authoritarian bullshit to China where it belongs.

These are the type of companies that buy BMC products. Bloated and expensive must mean it's better, right?

Why on earth are you traveling with HIPAA regulated data on your laptop? Is that truly necessary?