In California voters get to vote on individual propositions and they don't seem to be off much better than the rest...

WTF? CA has propositions and referendums, sure, like virtually every other state. Either the legis or petitioners can put whatever they want on the ballot for vote. This is not unique, nor interesting. And is a small percentage of 'legislation' that gets passed any given session in the state.

Apple has never forced me to buy their iPods.

They wish they could, though. Give it time.

Nobody HAS TO be on call 24/7/365; the surgeon and the fireman should be able to have a replacement ready when he's at the theater or sleeping.

Also keep in mind that this was back in the day where you could most likely run around town to find the person in question. You could also be talking about minutes where nowadays it costs millions or someone their life. Things have changed, old man. Nice lawn.

this is your price if you book today, next week, next month etc so that everyone would know what the real price is

This isn't exactly possible unless they start speculating. Prices are usually adjusted and raised the closer the date gets because seats become more and more scarce. Basic supply and demand. In theory, if 0(or very little) seats have been sold the day before the flight, the seats will be sold uber-cheap or the flight will be cancelled all together.

I wonder if there are forums on the Web where plumbers shit all over eachother.

After all the hub-bub about how FOX viewers are dumber than shit...

Actually, it was misinformed, not 'dumber than shit'.

USPS is so stuck in the 80s when it comes to computing. I've been working with some of their data and it is incredibly frustrating. Like it was made for those old spool printers. I don't know how anyone can have a database full of ALL CAPS and fixed width datasets this late in the game.

Not the same problem at all. Nobody should have a copy of your bank card number, so that can be seen as part of the 'secret' number in addition to the PIN code.

FYI, you give away your bank card number every time you use it. At most, I'd call it semi-private.

If you're scared of people with beards, how can you exist with all the neckbeards on /.? You must constantly fear for you life.

Thanks for the links. So far it has all been speculation that this would happen. Though I also heard that names of people like cooperators were actually redacted. Also considering that newsweek article cites only a 'intelligence officer', I'll take it with a grain of salt.

I'd like someone to actually point out to me a record in the leak that has an informant. So far I've only seen conjecture.

The Bandwidth of an analog signal describes how many frequencies are used in transmission. This correlates to the amount of information the signal can transmit. For digital transmission this means a higher bitrate. [...] But I've almost never heard the term used in such a technically correct way, and the term has come to be a synonym of "high bit-rate data connection".

I really don't want to spend the time to look up a better reference than my quoted definition above, so correct me if I'm wrong. However, it is my understanding(and yours, it seems) that 'many frequencies', or multiplexing, like with DSL lines is what 'broadband' defines. So yes, while faster than a single freq modem from back in the day, speed is not the basic definition.

I won't argue that the term has been misused a lot, likely thanks to some marketing departments, but I'd rather not contribute to its watering down.

People who read these sort of publications tend to be practitioners or would be practitioners of these erotic subjects

So, I guess you never fantasize about anything you wouldn't do in real-life? If so, you have some really boring fantasies.