Sorry this is so late - I posted on my way out the door from work and I can't seem to get Slashdot Mobile right.

Anyway, I think some comments above this one addressed it, but just to clarify my personal position: Yes, driving across the street is likely more dangerous than these threats. The actuarial risk for driving x miles in y conditions are fairly well calculated, and pretty much everybody accepts the risk to go about our lives.

But why would I drive across the street to a location with an unmeasuable risk? And given the news this morning that they're now officially linking the Sony hack to NoKo, I'm feelimg more justified in caution.

I never actually said I wouldn't go to see the movie in theatre - I was reacting a bit histrionically to Anonymous's assertion that caution = cowardice or that prudence = terrorist victory.

Earlier replies from people used to living with full-on terrorism have been enlightening, if not a bit inspiring. Still stinks all the way round.

Tomorrow morning, you pick up the paper. A bold headline declares a threat against your local mall. The group behind it isn't well-known but has delivered on recent smaller threats.

As it happens, you have an appointment at that very mall that afternoon. Do you go?

Of course you do, Internet Tough Guy! Because why would a red-blooded American listen to rational cautions and plausible evidence? Can't show fear or "they" win, right?

/sigh

I hate the thought of censorship and paying blackmail as much as the next Slashdotter. But in this case I can't blame anyone for erring on the side of caution. Do *I* think GOP has the ability to pull off such attacks? Probably not. Not at scale. But could they hit one theatre? I'm not willing to take that bet. They've shown they're deep in Sony's business and even if it *isn't* GOP, there's enough crazy in this country to get copycats and sympathizers going if given a push.

And only one of these is a ginger comedian.

Just because I have a miqo'te-like curiosity: What's so awful about it? We're talking about the relaunch right? Not 1.0?

Also, it keeps getting updates because people keep paying the sub fee.

Tell me about it... Patch 2.4.5 is supposed to drop late tonight for Final Fantasy 14, and I'm going to be very disappointed if I can't connect and download it. *Zorg* disappointed...

They should throw their shoes at the robots to trip them up.

But, I thought the age of sabot tossing was behind us?

Well, in my case, aren't I already entitled to the unencrypted OTA signals in my home broadcast market? Why should the broadcasters get to say how I process the *over the air* signals they've so graciously provided?

(reposting here cos I can't edit or delete a badly-aimed reply)

Not when it's a thousand antennas for a thousand customers. There wasn't any signal aggregation with Aereo (such that I understood). Each customer had a singular and direct link with an antenna. No different than if the customer put it up there themselves.

Yes, they were trying to beat the system on a technicality, but frankly, they (Aereo) were technically correct. The best kind of correct.

I live in a city of 1 million+, but far enough away from the digital OTA signals that I can't get many channels even with a powered antenna, and I tried two different models. I was looking forward to a service like Aereo to give me access to the signals I'm already entitled to. But for now, I'm stuck with ComCast to get my locals...

Not when it's a thousand antennas for a thousand customers. There wasn't any signal aggregation with Aereo (such that I understood). Each customer had a singular and direct link with an antenna. No different than if the customer put it up there themselves.

Yes, they were trying to beat the system on a technicality, but frankly, they (Aereo) were technically correct. The best kind of correct.

I live in a city of 1 million+, but far enough away from the digital OTA signals that I can't get many channels even with a powered antenna, and I tried two different models. I was looking forward to a service like Aereo to give me access to the signals I'm already entitled to. But for now, I'm stuck with ComCast to get my locals...

Convenient that, as orbit's the best place to nuke from. Or so I've heard...

He was "essay-izing" the plot of his novella, Sucker Bait, written 5 years earlier. Its entire premise is based on a corps of "Mnemonics" who are trained from birth to seek correlations in data. They do this with the full knowledge that these unexpected connections are what drives progress.

I read the essay yesterday and the first thought I had was, "sounds like that one book of his." God I miss his storytelling...

SnapSaved's server != SnapChat's server.

The problem isn't SnapCHAT's servers, or the client-server model. It's that this app was allowing users to bypass SnapChat's supposed anti-copy protections WHILE ALSO making its own copies.

...And the carriers get all fussy when we root our phones so we can do exactly that. CM11 (KK 4.4.4) running very nicely on my S4.

Please see my reply to Karmashock above, as I don't feel like duplicating the post. But essentially my kids leave the house, we know the outside will influence them, it's all about showing them there are alternative behaviours.

Also, if being able to express one's feelings and having compassion for others and a desire for fairness makes them feminine in your eyes, well, I guess that can't be helped.

I didn't mean to imply control - just that we set a more open example so they know they have a choice. And of course the outside world has its own ideas and will try to influence them. But as it turns out, the two schools my boys go to are pretty neutral. My older son's school is filled with kids (male and female) that are more like us than not. And I'm glad for it.

Something else we give our kids: My wife and I are loving and affectionate to each other in public and private, have been these 20 years. They may know people whose parents are less emotional, or are hostile towards each other. Again, it's all about showing them alternatives so they know there are options.

And I'm not really sure where you were going with the homosexual comment - are you suggesting if I had a gay kid that would be a problem?