I got the HPV vaccine last year as a male at the age of 26. There is the overall thought that if you are sexually active (ie, not a non-infected virgin with another non-infected virgin), you will have obtained some strain of HPV (there are more than 150, most are relatively benign). Your body can "clear" most of these, and they will never be an issue. I thought it was still appropriate for me to get the vaccine, as there are some benefits:

• if you aren't infected with certain strains, you are vaccinated from 2 high-risk (HPV 16&18, cancer causing) and 2 high-trauma (HPV 6&11, wart causing) strains of HPV. These strains account for ~70% of HPV-related cancers and ~90% of warts, if I recall the numbers correctly.
• if you are infected with HPV 6/11/16/18, the vaccine may help your body to clear and infection if it lingers, and may reduce (or eliminate) outbreaks of warts

Vaccination was uncovered by my insurance (gee, thanks!) but I figured it was worth the $510, to protect myself and any partners (should I be a carrier).

It's not just penile cancer. Also, depending on how transferred, HPV can cause rectal and oral (throat) cancers.

I also ready today (here) that HPV may lead to future heart trouble.

you can definitely simulate wireless testing in VMs. Set up instances of linux in a UML, connect them with tuntaps, and modify/drop packets between the tuntaps accordingly according to the probabilistic model for the wireless network you're hoping to test.

I've developed a (proprietary) system for my employer that does just this -- pathloss is calculated using the Friis equation according to geographic distances between nodes. Nodes `move' on a controlling interface, which relays packets to a google-maps (or earth) server for visualization. The interface adds and drops packets between hosts according to characteristics based upon the transmission loss.

personal machines: genius, genius-laptop, genius-phone

"overhead" machines -- space based: nova, galaxy, supernova, blackhole, quasar

project machines:
project 1 -- dr. seuss: onefish, twofish, redfish, bluefish, blackfish, starfish, lionfish

project 2 -- tunnels: tedwilliams, eisenhower, tiponeill, lincoln, carpal, gotthard [biggest tunnel in the world = biggest RAID for the project]

project 3 -- dwarves: 7 dwarves

emphasis mine. ACLU put in a FOIA, police wanted $544,680 to respond.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? No one, when the pay-to-play is that high...

MOD UP!

I'm one of these lifters [though I do competitive powerlifting versus body buliding, no cutting for me]. I'm 65" and weigh 200 pounds. As part of my job I'm required to have an FAA Medical Pilot Certificate. I've had a doctor almost fail me OVER THE PHONE after asking me my height and weight before I went to the appointment.

In person, things look much different: 34" waist, 16.5" arms, barrel chest, 12% body fat, 45bpm resting heart rate that I can elevate and sustain at 180bpm, good blood pressure, et cetera. I work out 6 or 7 days a week [5 days of lifting, 2 days running 5 miles/day]. Healthy diet of grains, fruits, veggies, lean proteins. But using some shitty metric like BMI makes me out to be 'dangerously overweight'. Upon seeing me in person, the doctor revoked his prior "fail" statement and told me I should be on a recruiting poster somewhere.

And as far as body building types putting a burden on the system, any person who takes athletics seriously may have similar problems: runners with stress fractures / impact issues, hockey players with contact injuries, et cetera -- yet these athletes are probably strengthening their hearts/lungs while abstaining from stupid, risky behavior [tobacco].

Completely agree on "The Art of Electronics". I'm curious what other people mention. My go-to books as an ECE are TAOCP, TAOE, and "Introduction to Algorithms" by Rivest et. al.

On the second tier are "The Practice of Programming" by Kernighan & Pike, "Hacker's Delight" by Warren, "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Hunt & Thomas, and a bunch of even more specific books on DSP, Stoch, and C. But these are a bit more subject specific and 'opinion' then reference a la the first tier.

16% of what? the article doesn't mention.

16% of the population? 16% of what it used to be?

Note that a large portion of the money for DARPA is going to cybersecurity research with Mudge of the L0pht as the DARPA Program Manager.

[1] http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/219725/government_employs_hackers_in_brave_new_scheme.html
[2] http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/darpas-star-hacker-looks-to-wikileak-proof-the-pentagon/
[3] http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/07/internet-creators-ask-hackers-help/

"Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow"

Your employer is legally required to pay the difference between the jury stipend and your salary. Even if you are a temporary or seasonal.

Of course, this varies by state. My state [Massachusetts] does. YMMV.

I travel very often, and I usually carry-on if at all possible, so I've never been split apart from any checked bag. I'm unsure of the regulation.

While I've never missed a flight for being stuck in security, I'm fairly certain that the "fine print" has some clause about leaving adequate amount of time to get through security and arriving at the gate, and any tardiness to miss a flight is the fault of the flier. I was flying out of Orlando airport earlier this year, and when I arrived to Orlando [MCO], there were announcements and signs that mentioned showing up at least two hours early for our flights out.

I usually do that with the "shuttle" flights departing from 'business' terminals -- for example, at Logan, there is a section that is only for access to the shuttle flights to New York and DC which leave every hour, and if you miss one, you can hop on the next. But even now, if I have a set time I have to be somewhere and can't afford to be late, I'll have to show up early on the case that I have to decline the Rapiscan and get manually frisked.

Rumblings are former Homeland "Security" exec Michael Chertoff has a financial stake...I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to verify/follow up on that :]

Invasive questioning does not involve anyone violating my body by touching me without permission.