Yes, but sometimes that takes 300-400 years.

The topic brings out the conspiracy nuts.
Crypto.
Crypt
Freemasons
Jews

What if the intention isn't on cracking it but just on spreading FUD?

People are pissed off right now. That Snowden thing just isn't going away and people are looking into encrypted email options. Even people who never thought of using pgp (or regarded it as something for paranoid conspiracy theory nuts) would use it now, if it just came as an easy clickable option.

If you're some government agency, that doesn't look desirable. To make things worse, it's a web of trust, one of these pesky decentralized models. Unlike with a central certification authority, trusting one signature doesn't translate into trusting others. But on the other hand, there is no single CA that can be compromised. If you are a government agency in the business of undermining privacy, you would have to attack it one user at a time. Quite frustrating.

What to do about it?
Create some headlines like:

Hmm- looks that isn't safe either. Not worth the effort trying it out I guess.

This out of 31 posts so far.
This on a guy who makes science fun for kids.

Beta might not be Slashdot's biggest problem,
but going the way of kuro5hin is.

Exactly.
This way very few comments will be "off topic"

Making batteries larger is easy and pointless,
storing more energy without making them larger would be great.

Disclaimer:
I didn't read TFA, of course.
Just judging from the headline, which I assume is an accurate summary.

- cut out some plywood enclosure for your raspi or arduino.
- try to etch some copper off a pcb while looking at the reflection.
- mount it on a quad copter and shoot around in the neighborhood, then post it on youtube.
- try building a projector and accidentally burn down city hall.

Easy: The rise of OOp
Women didn't want to be objectified.

Burning Jet fuel is just the beginning..
Historically, it's not uncommon for some New England colonies not to make it through the winter.

Put a block on your card to issue a warning as soon as someone buys anything with your credit card other than scrap-booking supplies or boxed wine.

There's the problem, right on the launch page.

It's the other way around: There are many germs in Germany. That's why it's called Germany

Skin cancer is prove that God hates Scandinavians.
Current society is prove that God hates women.
Diabetes is prove that God hates chocolate.
Your comment is prove that God hates people.

Thal is the older German spelling of Tal, meaning valley. Both are pronounced the same, with t not th. It simply means Neander valley. The Valley is now called Neandertal, but my uncle kept his original name.

Sorry, that was my fault. I didn't have my ad-block disabled. They must have sent them to you instead.
Just send them to me and I will look at it.