I spent some time trying to find them myself in the Wollomi. Bloody awesome national park - apart from the dog packs.

..but it's always been at least 90% stupid

The world got stupider my friend, hadn't you noticed?

A bloke round here found a tree MILLIONS of years old and it was still ALIVE. http://www.wollemipine.com/aboutwp.php

Climbers who visit the Himalaya annually are constantly adding to their series of slides showing the decline in ice conditions on Himalayan peaks over the last 20 years. This is particularly noticeable on 6000m peaks. Google for Mera or Island peak for example. By my own experience the same is true of New Zealand. Once upon a time you could climb there in January February - no longer. The ice is slushy, downright muddy over most of the glaciers and the crevassing is constant.

Reasons I can surmise:
1 no decryption operation required on server
2 the data can stay encrypted in transit
1+2 = more security than on-disk encryption

Have thought this so many times. If only Wolfram would turn his mind to economics rather than Grand Unified Theory which he is apparently now working on, I think it would bear a lot more fruit a lot more quickly.

A nut? That's hilarious, Wolfram is probably the smartest man alive. Like Da Vinci and others his legacy won't be truly appreciated for centuries. Read NKS and if that doesn't give you some concept of his abilities, well, I don't think anything will convince you.

Internet Rage is so last decade. In my view internet use in general has matured a great deal, where unlike a kid who's suddenly learnt a new swear word and must say it to everyone everywhere, people show remarkable restraint considering the relative (kinda) anonymity of the internet. Yes, the internet has become an extension of society itself, rather than a novelty activity for scruffy foul-mouthed juveniles. Even teenagers seem to consider it bad form to flame, rage or troll (slashdottersyou are a special case.. because you are SO damn witty when you do it). As such this article is over 10 years too late.

Absolutely right. Couldn't believe the laughable security system when it came out. Has anyone else converted all their dropbox folders to truecrypt volumes?

Interesting. Now I can actually understand all those lawyer shows that come out of the US a lot better. I used to think the grand jury was just grand because of the outfits.

Every ISP does too.

Well that's ridiculous. You're second guessing evolution and almost everyone's natural instinct to talk 'baby talk'. Do you really think you know better?

I pretty much agree. But also what is the point? Another scientist conducting years of research only to state the obvious. And as though the research itself gives validity to our behaviour. I'd rather rely on 4 billion years of evolution and a few decades personal experience.