That is a grossly disingenuous misdescription of the events which took place. What he did was cause his person to be transported from one place to another within the airport. What the security staff did in response was to overreact. They had to do that because they were supposed to stop him from doing what he did. Instead, they noticed it after it happened, and then they went into full batshit panic overreaction mode. That's a typical reaction for law enforcement across the globe. When caught with your pants down, act like it's someone else's fault.

This was the first failure. sh should be sh, or at least a decent restrictable shell like ash or zsh, and bash should be bash.

The internet != TCP/IP.

TCP/IP was designed to be peer-to-peer, and assumed that you could trust your directly connected peers to behave themselves. There's your anarchy. But the internet depends upon things like IP allocation and name resolution, which are the opposite of anarchic.

alternately, were those states only considered to begin with to rub their noses in the potential loss of business?

You went to a mechanic who took the car apart and figured out how to fix it, perhaps going to a machinist to replicate some parts, and most likely doing any other metalworking themselves. Cars were simple things in the early days. Some of the transmissions were a bit of a mess, but you could buy spares ahead of time for the parts which wore or which were likely to break — with a little foresight.

There are mechanics everywhere who will work on an air-cooled VW. Probably everywhere in the world that they have cars, more or less. However, shops are another story. You don't need a shop to work on an air-cooled VW. You do, however, have to get connected with whoever actually works on them. Mostly you will want to start at the crustiest auto parts store you can find; in my town that's a Napa, they finally closed the ancient Auto Value — first it became a Napa, then it merged with the Napa and brought their bitchin' parts bins with them with the really old keys, studs, worm screws etc.

So yeah, you're going to have a hard time finding a shop that will work on your VW. Hell, some euro shops don't want to dick with the old Mercedes diesels any more because the guys who knew how to work on them have retired, and they have none of the specialized tools. There are not so many of them, but they are mandatory.

The story is pretty much the same for those cheap Chinese scooters and ATVs. You can't take them to the dealer, since there is no dealer. But anywhere those things are prevalent, there's a bunch of guys who know all about them. They are almost without exception clones of something Japanese, and parts are readily available if you know what to buy. You find someone who knows what they're doing through the local Motorcycle and ATV shop, but probably not at it. They won't want to mess with your POS, in all likelihood, but they'll know who will.

When someone next to you talks on the phone, it's a hilarious opportunity to fill in the parts of the conversation you can't hear with whatever you want — at the same volume they are using. Bonus points if their mic picks you up and actually mutes whoever they are actually listening to. Double extra bonus points if they become violent, especially since you're on a plane and they'll be headed to federal PMITA prison.

Then 95% of the world is wrong. This is an American site. It's hosted in the USA, it's staffed in the USA... it's American. Sites can have an international audience, but this is still an American site. Japan has its own Slashdot for a reason. They need one. The rest of your English speakers can tag along with us.

The ice bucket challenge was a ploy to secure funding. This is also a ploy to secure funding.

These threads on Slashdot predate Reddit. If you want the old slashdot back, then this is what you want.

It is after all if not the alpha then at least the omega

I killed several palm PDAs and one wince PDA in my front pants pocket while driving due to canyon carving with inadequate lateral support. I've had a whopping two smartphones so far, Xperia Play and Nexus 4, and they hold up fine but yes, I occasionally feel the same thing. Then I take the damned phone out of my pocket and put it somewhere else. Nobody should be putting their phone in their back pocket. That's daft. Not only does it risk destruction by ass, but it's a good way to get it stolen unless you have pants so tight it's going to give you robobuttock.

Yes, I think those sorts of event are generally crocks as well, and hypocritical to boot.

Yes, if you keep it local. Instead of centralizing, have more and smaller gatherings. They can still be fairly large, as much as someone can reasonably actually take in at a time.

But it is. A lot of energy is consumed just getting people there, resulting in a lot of emissions. A lot of stuff is burned that shouldn't be, in spite of attempts to prevent it. What about a festival that's inherently creative? I guess that's not as fun as setting shit on fire.

While that's a Bad Idea(tm), no means no even when it's a drunken, half-assed no. If you don't care enough to listen well enough to hear and observe that no, then you're the problem.

I'm not one of the people who believes that alcohol eliminates the possibility of consent. If you get intoxicated and consent to sex, well, you consented. The obvious exception is giving people intoxicating substances without their knowledge. There is however a gray area; what if someone else slips someone GHB without their consent and without your knowledge, say, and then that person wants to have sex with you? Well, it's still your responsibility. You should know who you're fucking, and why.