...along with older garbage collectors, older mechanics, older rickshaw drivers, older accountants, and older NFL quarterbacks.

>Windows 8 still sucks and is pointless, but with the addition of the new Update 1 it's a lot closer to what Windows 8 should have been in the first place. Closer to Windows 7, in other words.

I read on the internet that you can use an arc welder for this.

An exchange is a place to buy and sell bitcoins. Using an one as a bank is not so safe, but people do that too.

Mod up! (I have mod points but slashdot is broken again.)

"There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage or web search results pages. There will not be crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up all over the Google site. Ever."
Marissa Mayer, December 2005

If the NSA can bring down botnets, why don't they? Are spammers making political contributions?

Why is Fox News politics on Slashdot?

It's not the inaccuracy that matters, it's the completeness. I may write an article about my company and omit the fact that the FTC has fined me seventeen times for cheating customers. When a company PR hack writes a Wikipedia article, you can bet it will present the company in a move favorable light.

This is not limited to companies. Political parties hire people to write Wikipedia articles on even their most minor elected and appointed officials. While naturally unbiased and accurate, they consistently portray the person as a great and brilliant humanitarian and sage.

... Senator Feinstein has significantly less technological prowess than my cat, and has exhibited this on numerous occasions.

Didn't I see this poll the first week of November? "Slashdot requires you to wait longer between hitting 'reply' and submitting a comment. It's been 18 seconds since you hit 'reply'." There are two things wrong with this. First, it's a computer. Computers are supposed to INCREASE productivity. Slashdot wants me to sit and wait on a stupid clock before I press enter. Second, Slashdot refuses to tell me how many seconds I must wait before hitting 'reply'. I can only assume they want me to pontificate on the stupidity of this forced reduction in functionality and productivity. This is a highly productive comment, after all.

They should monitor politicians for corruption.

Is that some number between 0 and 1000, or could it also be negative?

I tried to mod up, but it won't work (even though I have 15 mod points). Slashdot seems as competent as MtGox.