Steve: I've done far worse than bankrupt you, Gates. I've humiliated you. And I wish to go on humiliating you. I shall leave you as you [kinda wish you could have] left me... marooned for all eternity in the mire of public opinion. Buried alive... buried alive

Bill: JOOOOOOOOOOBS!

Who are we kidding? The cake is a lie.

:%s/balls/funding

FTFY

Anyone who has so much as glanced at a Terminal chart knows this information. Hell, anyone who's played MS Flight Simulator knows this information. A "scanner" in this context most likely means a handheld transceiver, which is perfectly legal to own for monitoring any public transmission (and yes, ATC transmissions are public and unencrypted). Transmitting on an ATC frequency may land you in jail real quick, but then again that's not what we're talking about. There's nothing here that should be considered "too much information" and the fact that you seem to think this behavior is dangerous is troubling in my opinion.

I also consider myself an "aviation geek" -- I've taken a few lessons myself. I'm also a ham radio operator. There is nothing suspicious or illegal about these hobbies or interests. Stop adding to the mass paranoia.

I remember a similar bridge-building contest in 6th or 7th grade, except the winner wasn't necessarily the one who built the strongest bridge, but rather the one who built the bridge with the best strength-to-weight ratio, thereby eliminating most of the kids who adopted the "more material is always better" design mentality. Now, as an engineer, I look back with a whole new level of appreciation for challenges like those.

This was already discussed in the comments of the blog post in TFA, and the author replied with this:

And here I was, all excited for a story that sounds like it came straight out of Snow Crash. Nice try, dude.

You really think the release of this information is the first time the ISPs have heard of web-based speed test tools? Unfortunately I have no citation to provide, but I would not be surprised in the slightest if I were offered evidence that they've been optimizing for these tests for years.

Am I the only one who has run one of those tests and been a little bit confused that the result is very nearly what's advertised by my ISP, but my actual network performance never seems to agree with the test?

TFA cites the exclusive use of keyboards as a flaw... but anyone who has to constantly switch between the keyboard and the mouse knows that it's an annoyingly constant interruption and a pain in the ass. It brings to mind something a former employer of mine once said: "I never really understood the invention of the mouse. Why on Earth would anyone want to take a programmer's hands away from the keyboard?"

The piece in the video is called Lux Aurumque, not Sleep. I've actually performed a wind ensemble version of this piece -- it's extremely difficult due to the very delicate and exposed parts, but Whitacre's music is just gorgeous.

What a completely useless metric. It makes sense to examine the context and meaning of speech in order to accurately transcribe words, but the number of possible sentences doesn't seem to accurately describe the problem here...

FTFA:

Actually, the world really ought to be doing both. I'm not implying the existence of a "silver bullet" but any renewable energy source (especially one as fundamental as solar fusion) is probably a worthwhile endeavor. Just because it isn't immediately commercially viable doesn't mean we can't still benefit from it.

Why should you need the government to pass a law before you can tell your own daughter she's not allowed to have something?