Citation required on the aspect of treason which requires it to be legal and constitutional.

Article 3 of the US Constitution defines treason as: "levying War against [the United States], or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

I would say leaking how the US gov't is spying or collecting information does give aid and comfort to our enemies.

Ok so a set of replacement wipers costs me $20 at the local autoparts store. I replace my wipers once a year, and if something happens that I need to replace one, in an hour (including driving to the autoparts store) I'm all set. No special training, tools, diagnostic computers, calibrating equipment etc etc.. required.

Now I'm going to install something that when (not if) it breaks will cost me hundreds if not thousands of dollars to fix.

Let McLaren install these in their $1m cars aimed at the rich and famous. It's not like you see Ferraris and Lamborghini's driving in the rain anyhow.

Surely there's a infosec or security group at your company. Let them know. Otherwise, fire a note to your boss and cc'd your second level manager.

Don't have the email be one where you are blaming your boss, but if the security issues are beyond your manager's command and control span, then it's probably under your next level manager/director. Something as simple as "I've noticed some odd security practices taking place within the application... what group is responsible for setting the methodology...?"

Sounds harmless but gets the point across.

So if someone breaks into your house by opening a window and takes nothing, or in your example $.05 ... thats ok?

It was installed on the outside of the building for the same reason you have electrical outlets on the outside of your house.

Is this a tray requiring 100s of connections or 10? Is this in an office environment, or the datacenter? How much time and money do you want to waste, I mean spend, on this?

Either way, take a standard metal lattice cable tray and get it in black. More importantly, make sure the cables are laid out neatly, as in if they all fit on the bottom of the tray, keep them on the bottom, not piled up on each other.

Use fiber trays instead. These are typically troughs. CNC some designs in them and install LEDs inside.

A POTS home requires a phone that needs no on-premises equipment requiring a source of power. Also, POTS is required by law to provide 911 service even if the homeowner isn't paying for any phone service.

Even though I have VOIP (comcast), I have a corded (no batteries needed) POTS phone in case there is an emergency, I can disconnect my VOIP line from the house, and plug in the 20yr old $10 'walmart special' into the wall and call 911.

Sure, a cell is a backup for VOIP, but they both require power to work.

btw, I've never seen a commercial for POTS where they say "Can you hear me now? Good." POTS just works.

How a black bag operation works.

Actually, there is some truth to why Kenyan's are faster than other countries. It is physiology related to how the African body compares to that of the caucasian body. There was a study back in 2010, that looked into this. Note that since 1968, the world record holders in the 100m dash have all been of African descent.

The conclusion drawn by the study was that humans of African (vs Caucasian or Asian) descent have proportionally longer legs compared to their torso, so this gives them a higher center of mass and allows them to run faster, even faster than someone that is taller, but has shorter legs.

Compare this with a swimmer. The ideal swimmer's body is one with proportionally shorter legs and a longer torso since it is the arms that provide the majority of propulsion. This is why you see humans of Caucasian descent have success in swimming.

In my town they just installed red light cameras, the ones that take your picture if you run a red light. Did this reduce the number of people running red lights?

No.

It increased the number of people slamming on their brakes at a yellow and getting rear ended for fear of getting a ticket.

I don't recall that baking a loaf of will get someone out of immediate danger given that baking a loaf of bread takes quite a few hours. Most of that is you standing around waiting for it to either a. rise of b. bake in the oven. If you are waiting for either, you are most likely NOT in danger and are probably sitting on your couch watching TV or doing something else that is not as important as changing a flat tire on the side of the road.

and yes I can bake a loaf of bread.

Mod parent up!!!!

This is so true. I can't count the number of friends that I have that have no idea how to change a flat, check oil levels, check tire pressure or even add windshield washer fluid, or even change a burned out tail-light bulb."

Their response is always, "I'll call AAA, the tires don't look flat, that's what the oil changes are for..."

Film projectors that "stuttered"
Paper printers that jammed, ran out of ink etc...
Laptops that get dropped, crash etc..

Nothing like putting something even more complex into a teacher's classroom for them to troubleshoot.

Is 3D printing really going to help kids do math and read better? I don't recall PrintShop running on an Apple IIe making me a better reader, though I did crank out some banners...

Where would you put this set of battery cells? I'm guessing it's not going to be something the size of a car battery... probably won't be able to store it in the basement in case it floods or the attic due to weight. So do German's have a extra space in their garage for something that may take up the floor space of a water heater or furnace?

I keep a very clean and organized garage and I'd have trouble storing another lawn mower or installing another water heater/washer/clothesdryer.

I get the model where you go into BestBuy, look at the TV, listen to the stereo and then purchase online.

But what does browsing for the book on the shelves get you over searching Amazon.com? You still get the same 'about the author' and plot taglines on the back...

Maybe there's some nostalgia that people enjoy walking through the stacks and prefer to read via eReader. For those people, the bookstore will die anyhow because no purchase will ever be made via the bookstore.

These bookstores need differentiate themselves from eReader providers just like movie theaters differentiate themselves from watching at home and Netflix. Movie theaters provide a service you don't have at home (a 100ft screen and a huge wattage sound system, and stadium seating).

Bookstores need something as well, book clubs (how do you keep people from joining the club that purchased the book via amazon), social gatherings, something...

All of these businesses died because the physical location couldn't differentiate itself from the delivered direct to home version:

*Arcades
*Video Rental shops
*Computer stores (CompUSA etc..)
*Bookstores