you know what Debian or Ubuntu without the SystemD suck is called? Linux Mint

depends if we get sent back to the dark ages, either by ourselves or by hostile extraterrestrial life

actually, that could well be the type we have on Earth, if command and control of any major nuclear power taken down missiles could be launched sporadically over indefinite time period

what are you talking about, soon to be launched nasa telescopes will do just that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...

By that logic, we could send half of Washington D.C. up there.

So then the police just cut your hand off. One more reason why biometrics isn't such a great idea.

Another proof that privatization isn't the catch-all cure for all ailments. There are some thing that must never ever be privatized.

The justice system is one of them.

The question is "is it here to stay".

Take Ruby on Rails. Was the craze not even half a decade ago. Everyone was on Rails. Too bad they led to the chasm and nobody bothered to build a bridge over it.

So learning a language because some startups are crazy about it isn't worth it. But what is? How can you tell whether a language "gets big" or is a tempest in a teapot?

Easy. It ain't the language, it's the people using it. It's the movers and shakers of an industry that decide what will grow and what will perish. If Bruce Schneier started writing his code snippets in Splfurt (I sincerely hope there is no such language, I just made that word up) and if people from Metasploit pick it up and code their stuff in Splfurt, Splfurt is the new big thing in IT security and every framework, scanner, tool and whatnot will have to have Splfurt plugin support and new exploit PoCs will come written in Splfurt.

It's not the language. It's the people using it.

Its kind of grey area. Full disk encryption could itself be though of in those terms. I mean why are ciphering literally every block of information your store? Certainly it must be because you have something to hide right.

If you immediate start destroying the equipment when the cops show up that is a problems but in the case we have a device that has a normal operating behavior of putting itself into a secured state (by shutting down) whenever your wrist leave its proximity. Its not illegal (yet) to use a secure device. I would expect a good lawyer could spin this one to your favor.

But... you'd be surprised how often it happens that I've learned a new tool, technique, or technology, only to be presented with an opportunity to use that new technology shortly thereafter.

You miss many opportunities simply because you don't see them as such because you lack the context, understanding, or tools to recognize them as such. Broadening your horizons helps you see the solutions and opportunities for what they are.

The problem is the so call conservatives and their regulations. A libertarian would say you can put whatever you want in the ground on your property but if it leaks onto mine, I'll see you court.

A properly run court would arrange fair compensation for the loss of use. Stop passing laws that protect industrial polluters for liability and we would stop having these problems, stop having government recognize fictions legal entities so the real ownership escapes liability. The incentive to conceal problems with technology like injection wells would disappear because we all know it comes to light eventually if the problems are real you will be sued with the possibility of loosing far more than you ever made from the activity.

read your link before posting it in ignorance, you will find it is a heat engine

You have made the most incredibly stupid statement on slashdot in the past decade. Oppressive regimes that *spy on their own citizens* have slaughtered millions. You are an ignorant moron of the highest caliber.

Yes but the spied on military and diplomatic communications, occasionally big industrial firms and very importantly foreign communications in most cases. The NSA is more or less spying on EVERY communication and domestic communications almost as frequently as foreign.

Its not the same.

Ooh, or even better, an IPv6 to IPv4 tunnel broker used by some major brand of Wi-Fi router....