The management who 'brushed off' the security staff should be held criminally liable. This goes beyond mere negligence.

I also observe Google progressively closing off more and more of Android's API's, making iOS comparatively less of a walled garden over time. In that respect, Android's comparative advantage is decreasing steadily.

That self-assessment stuff is mostly wankery. I want my boss to be candid about what I'm doing right, and what I'm doing wrong. And tell me then and there, not six months later.

Feedback from our bosses should be like saving a file: early and often. I can't tell you how many times I've heard of a manager showing his/her dissatisfaction too late: during 'the talk' about the direct report being let go.

That may be true if you're a rural customer and/or have DSL. However, if you live in a (sub)urban location and don't have DSL, chance are you're provisioned from a SLC-96. If so, your line is only private between your residence and the SLC-96 cabinet. From that point on to the central office, you're sharing a circuit with 23 other customers (a SLC-96 cabinet has 4 active DS1 circuits, with 1 spare; 4 x 24 = 96, hence the name).

Film at 11.

The federal government needs to impose an 'infinite delay' on the F-35 -- i.e., scrap the fucking thing. Even most quarters within the Pentagon don't want it. It's a big white elephant that needs to be put out of its misery.

Why do the editors allow such salacious but unwarranted headings to be used? If the title were: The SEC Is About to Make Crowdfunding of Securities More Expensive, then this more accurate but less sensationalist wording would suffice. Do the editors never read the referenced article to make sure the title reflects the content?

...as a matter of policy is not a company I would ever care to work for, or even do business with. Employers need to stop being Big Brother, because they're appallingly awful at it.

Another thing that should be banned is one- or two-second yellow lights. At every intersection in my area (Chesterfield County, VA) where they've shortened the duration of a yellow light, accidents have spiked dramatically. The original reason for the implementation of such was so that more tickets could be written, but as usual, the PHB's in the county offices didn't acknowledge that costs for police, ambulances and fire-engines to respond to an accident scene would outweigh any additional revenue.

Sorry to reply to myself, but I have one thing to add: the person who maintains this blog should most certainly have a technical writing background.

Change-logs should be strictly for internal use! 1) Log entries will contain technical shorthand that is meaningless to novices. 2) Opening these logs up exposes the company to all kinds of liability. 3) Do you think most people want to wade through mostly trivial and redundant entries? The proper forum to introduce meaningful new features to the public is in a blog. It goes without saying that this blog should be actively maintained and have at least one person whose sole job is maintaining it and filtering information from the technical teams, packaging it for public consumption.

Why do we not hear more about nand2tetris.org and the wonderful work Mssrs Nisan and Schocken have done? They teach computing concepts from first principles, and in a way that's fun and engaging. I say this is perfect for introducing a gifted youngster to the wonderful world of computing.

I say 8.9" as opposed to the 7" so he can view pages using a larger font and have that extra 2" diagonally for more screen real estate. You can ditch the Mayday button and save $150 ($229 vs $379). If he has you, why would he need Mayday? :)

You dolts! It's the Flying Spaghetti Monster(tm)!