Exactly. If there's an anti-trust issue with Google then it certainly should be dealt with. It sounds to me what Microsoft would like is to just be handed a huge chunk of Google's market, because they think it's unfair that new services should have to start at the bottom. Except in any business that Microsoft is leading-it's totally fair that new entrants can't get any market share.

have you seen the Russian olympic curling team?

Equal opportunity is not flawed... everybody should have the equal *opportunity* to work for Google. Should everybody actually get hired equally? No, absolutely not... that should depend entirely on aptitude, effort, suitability, etc.

But no matter how much education or whatever you give them, some people will try, indefinitely, no matter what you do or say. So it'd be a good idea if the system were set up to make it as hard as possible for them to defraud credit card holders in the first place.

Basically from a security perspective, you've got to layer on as many different kinds of protection as possible. Criminals should be prevented from becoming criminals, the system itself should be more secure, consumers should be more educated and aware... etc.

Just wait while I go infiltrate the Chinese government to determine if they are doing bad things through CNNIC, so I can come back with evidence. While I'm at it, I'll be travelling through West Africa and I have the sum of $1,000,000,000 USD of money stashed there and I need your help to get it out of the country. I will give you 10% guaranteed.....

on laptops.

I have never used this key, along with the scroll lock. Reading all the other comments, I suppose if I were to use it, it'd be on a desktop computer, so I personally don't see any problem with eliminating the key (or at least hiding it under an fn+something mapping)

Refill your Guinness?

Yeah, really. In real life, said Cxx will just get some government stimulus money to make up for the productivity loss, anyways.

I plugged his number into my circle-generator and it created a cube.

It's that old problem of letting three wolves and a sheep vote on what to eat for dinner. Majority rules, minority rights.

I couldn't agree more. If everything an attacker needs is in a user account, who cares about getting root access?

What? My dog was installing packages on my computer? No wonder... I didn't think I forgot *that* much about last night to forget where this install of "Poodles Gone Wild" came from.

Apparently, yes. To paraphrase Wikipedia, it means that the attack occurs on the 0th day that the vendor is aware of the problem... which is a significant because it means the vendor has not even had a chance to respond to the vulnerability before it is exploited. Notwithstanding the fact that they could have prevented it, but that's another matter.

You've just walked into an area of the building where you can't get a good wireless connection. I'm sorry, during this temporary drop in Internet access your computer is a brick.