Or, they could just cut costs and realize that not all of us need shiny blinking lights for every bit of activity flowing through hardware.

Use the option the vendor doesn't provide you.

I too, have an insanely bright array of LEDs on my router. Didn't realize when I bought it how annoying it really is. Put electrical tape over all the LEDs on the router and cable modem. Instant blacked-out hardware. Works like a champ.

How ironic, as my gym is more often a Yoga studio than not.

Yes, I learned to work smarter while beating my body up with rigorous exercise years ago. Then I found certain exercises (like Yoga) are just as efficient while not beating my body up as bad. Running became cycling and so on.

You tend to become wise to this as your body starts reminding you that engines only last so long, and parts wear out. If you don't accomodate for this, unending pain can be the result, which can be as bad mentally as it is physically.

Why, because it's so difficult to believe these days that any system would have vulnerabilities that need to be addressed?

Perhaps I would question the source a bit, but being alerted via email isn't exactly the standard Way of the Black Hat. They prefer you find out the hard way, and given that fact alone, I'd probably put some value on the face of the notification.

The legal reaction described is quite pathetic. Hiding behind your lawyers instead of trying to look into an identified problem isn't going to bode well long-term. And hiring a dozen more of them isn't going to get customers to buy your shitty, broken product you refuse to fix.

I did clarify in my original post that a proper diet is key. I think we both agree that eating shit all day will result in you feeling like shit, and your body acting like shit. I found I could fuel myself with quite a few more calories when you use the right fuel, but that was also combined with good exercise that helps burn it off too. Again, it's both working in unison that creates maximum efficiency.

Yes, and I stand by my argument that 95% of the population thinks that exercise is optional, along with eating right, so the variables don't really matter when you haven't even made it past the first step in fixing ANY machine, regardless of shape or size. Blood pressure, cholesterol, sugar levels, all of these are factors, and for 95% of the population, they can be controlled with good diet.

The body reacts massively to change, which translates to efficiency. Watch what happens to overall efficiency when you feed the machine RIGHT. Then watch what happens when you burn that GOOD fuel to help maintain the machine.

Start packing on some muscle, and you'll watch your metabolism go through the roof. It's like adding a turbocharger to an engine.

On top of that, after you've printed your (non-serialized) lower, you can order the rest of the parts over the internet with ease, and no further requirements for registration are necessary.

This is about the only valid issue that I think gun-fearing goofs will want to address today, even though milling machines have been around for decades, and Cavalry Arms was making plastic lowers long ago.

The UK tests were rather pointless. Even a moron should understand plastic isn't going to support the pressures in the chamber or the barrel.

It's simple math. Consume less than you burn. That applies for 95% of the population to manage weight properly, so let's drop the excuses already pointing to metabolism and fuel.

On top of that, proper diet is only HALF of the issue, which most ignorant people feel it is the only thing to focus on.

The other half of the problem is an utter refusal to exercise. Our bodies are machines. They need to be worked properly to maintain proper function. Food is merely the fuel for that activity.

And that has been proven time and time again, and does follow "common sense", so again, knock it off with the excuses already.

Yes, because a lack of sleep is the #1 reason why people don't exercise and eat right.

Give me a break.

I wouldn't be surprised if the "extra ambient light" in the bedroom is coming from the microwave they hauled in there.

Next up, the new diet craze for lazy people. Blackout blinds.

Uh, no. I'd rather know about it so then we can at least attempt to do something about it. Not knowing would do nothing to resolve the issue.

And it's quite the serious issue. Where we used to have only the government legally allowed to sit behind the bullshit excuse of "cannot confirm or deny", they have now expanded that standard legal waiver (via NSLs) to every American corporation they touch.

And the secret monitoring will be legally allowed to continue without your knowledge. Sorry, but until they dismantle secret courts, Snowdens revelations haven't done a damn thing to change policy or weaken the NSAs capability at all.

I'd be careful with wild cards. You could fill hard drives in seconds with that.

And whatever you do, do NOT teleport at work. It would be a bitch to explain to the boss why the corporate file server became instantly full of porn.

No, they would likely do it a much easier way, with tax records.

Kids may be home-schooled, so the school records may not find them, but chances are you're not going to find too many parents hiding them when the taxman comes around.

Yeah, NetZero was "free", if you enjoyed dial-up speeds and didn't mind your browser being reduced to the size of a game boy screen due to ads.

In other words, it was about as free as you are from being tracked today with any other "free" shit.

(Comcast support, 3 hours later...)

"Ah, yes, I see you're on our fuck-you-very-much plan. Oh, you say your speeds are horrendous? It feels like dial-up? Wow, I can't imagine why, but if you're unhappy with your plan, you can always upgrade..."

Yes, it's one hell of a bribe (let's call it what it is), and I hope the FCC can see the statistics through the trees to call them on their bullshit.

Not sure I'd put that much faith in the government to be that intelligent or anti-corrupt. Comcast already has several monopoly areas. I fail to see how this would ever pass on those grounds alone, but we no longer give a shit about monopolies. Corruption rules.

And when Comcast gets their way that will be validated once again.

Happy voting.