You said that as a joke, but this would actually be the only practical use I can think of for the Optimus Maximus.

Obviously, it wouldn't be practical for normal use, but when you need to type passwords?

There are PIN pads and electric door locks that randomize the layout of the keypad to prevent people from watching the movement of your fingers or just looking at which buttons have fingerprints or don't have any dust on them.

Getting through the glass isn't a requirement. The light just has to bounce off.

Um. You mean shutters, not blinds. Blinds wouldn't help. Sound still hits the window, and the window still vibrates.

I'd rather you get blinds for your bathroom windows. Nobody needs to see that. Back at The Company, we call you "Naked Shower Dance Guy"

Besides, there's nobody watching you.

While historically, you're right, a pretty good case could be made for spelling it whatever way you damn well please.

That's kind of the nature, and the beauty of 13375P33k

I type with a one time pad- a monitor displays random numbers and I XOR them with the keycode I want in realtime.

Actually, it's not even that complicated.

The whole system uses statistical information to determine which key is being pressed, the same way cryptographers break basic ciphers by counting the number of occurrences of each letter. They likely will never realize the typist is using dvorak, and it won't matter.

The attacker effectively solves the dvorak/qwerty substitution cipher by listening to which keys are being pressed, not their physical location.

I don't know if they are using timing (some key combinations are faster to type in qwerty, or vice versa) in their matching of sound signatures to keys, but that's the only thing dvorak will help with, and given a big enough typing sample, it won't help that much.

You aren't trying to shoot the laser through the window, you're bouncing it off and reading the reflection.

Admittedly, I haven't read the actual legislation, just news reports' summary of it, so I am likely misinformed, but frankly, I don't get it either.

Several justifications were presented, but none sound plausible to me. Supposedly, Concerned Citizens think that underage people are going to nick drinks from the bar (has that ever happened in the history of bars?) When I was underage, I just had a friend buy the drink for me and bring it to the table, or better yet, get a bottle from the liquor store and mix it at home.

I heard that one supporter of the bill said something to the effect of "when I go out to eat, I don't want to see people drinking". I think these people should stick to fast food.

There is also the classic "if kids see people drinking, they'll want to drink," which I'd respond to with "so fucking what?"

I don't think the legislation applies to bars, as it is theoretically all people of legal drinking age there anyways. I also think that existing restaraunts all get grandfathered in, so they don't have to renovate to add a mixing back room.

At any rate, it's Utah, and yes, there is definitely a weird culture here. I still like it here, but I wouldn't mind a few changes either.

Yeah, while I love living in Utah, the lawmakers seem to fall too easily to the "think of the children" argument.

On a side note, the recently discussed bill involving bars keeping records of patrons' drivers licenses passed, along with one stating that restaurants can no longer mix drinks in sight of the patrons.

Sure there is- in the past, there have been plenty of exploits that tap into Firefox caches, saved passwords, history, and system settings (where all your personal information is really kept these days)

Then there's all the XSS, CSRF, and clickjacking exploits that can compromise websites and services

Let's not forget the fact that Javascript can just be annoying- preventing loops of popup windows and alert boxes is reason enough to disable javascript

"No company can say "no" to a *reasonable* request of police"

Bullshit. Search and seizure laws apply on company property as well as personal. Nobody, cop or not, is going to search my office without a warrant and our lawyers on site.

"Drug use is among top culprits, because users need money for drugs and may steal big"

We're talking about pot here, not crack cocaine. I know a lot of professional people who use it, and none of them steal money for drugs. It's like alcohol- if you can't afford it, you find a friend who can, or go without.

Here's another security tip- Don't ever listen to a person who obviously doesn't know what he's talking about.

The amount of bad advice on this thread is astounding.

1. Write bad advice
2. People follow advice
3. ...
4. Profit!

...And I haven't seen a human that could read that sentence.