Jesus epic Christ I hope you have some sort of data to back that up? You do realize that simply stating something doesn't make it true, right?

As I noted in my earlier post, it's as effective as making a bank robber pay back an hour's earnings from their day job. Great work, FCC!

With their 2011 revenue (http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=22537), they generate roughly $697,615/hour in revenue.

I take it the FCC isn't familiar with "Old Testament" -style justice...

How the hell did this get modded to +3? Whooooooooosh...

Ok, so you admit you've never used it, don't understand it, and declared it redundant based purely off of your perceptions. You then go on to unintentionally prove how clueless you are about its' function. Well played.

Let me help you out here: For me, Instagram is about sharing and viewing snapshots in my life and my friends' lives. It cuts out all the "sponsored tweet/story/ad" bullshit if FB and Twitter, leaving you with (mostly) all content and no filler. That's why my friends and I use it. This is a situation much like when you see an ad for a product you think is stupid or doesn't make sense - it probably isn't intended for you.

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The thing that pisses me off about ARCO is that they only charge you the advertised price IF you pay by cash. Debit adds another .50-ish cents (YMMV), and they don't take credit at all.

I got suckered by that once and swore I would never do business with them again, cause it's bullshit. They're betting you won't leave once you roll up and notice the terms.

You know, I'm actually all for the "you're doing it wrong" argument, in the case that he was trying to unplug it by kicking the plug out of the wall socket...

In this case, however, I'm wondering if Apple looked at how their innovation may have materially changed the way people use the item. People who have the magsafe adapter may feel more inclined to yank than those who have regular power cords. My gf, for instance, has a Macbook and I've seen her do it more than a few times (not me, I stay away from those icky things - Macbooks, not girlfriends).

Anecdotal evidence aside, and since IANAE(ngineer), serious question: Wouldn't unintended uses and knock-on effects due to design innovations be something you would study and build around?

Here's 5 seconds worth of googling. Several links available in the article. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/scanners-part3/

I give a shit, thank you very much. For me, it's not about "showing my junk", it's about a needless intrusion into my privacy that wouldn't have detected ANY of the previous attacks.

Haven't seen anything showing that they do this, and my understanding is, that isn't the point of their use.

Then I'm for NOT spending hundreds of millions of dollars if these machines are no less effective than pat-downs (as you claim, though the obligatory *citation needed* probably applies).

See above, that's not the point.

Correct, but the if they don't detect what they were designed to detect, then they aren't valid for their intended purpose either. Unless you understand that their intended purpose was to create the illusion of additional safety ("security theater"). Even on that point, they aren't quite working as intended.

Yeah that was my hope. Is the efficacy of this scan comparable to a colonoscopy performed manually? Close enough? Could it be made close enough? My girlfriend keeps hassling me to go get checked since I just turned 30, but I also have a trip I'm flying out on Saturday for...

They could confirm there are no weapons secreted inside my person AND no precancerous polyps!

A "cesspool of crime"? Seriously? How many thousands or tens-of-thousands of successful interactions have their been? TFA doesn't say. Are the crimes linked to Craigslist unusual in that they are committed more frequently per capita (or however they measure crime statistics) than they would be without?

Anecdotal, yes, but I have used Craigslist easily in excess of twenty times over the past few years to sell and buy various items. Of course, you have to be smart about it and use common sense. Even then, there's the outside chance you may get robbed. You may also get robbed walking down the street. I have taken what I thought were reasonable precautions and always met in open, public areas with many people around. Others may choose not to take those precautions, or choose to put themselves in an inherently dangerous environment (going to someone's house, etc) because greed overcomes common sense. YMMV.

TL:DR - Bad things happen all the time, stack the deck in your favor but they may happen regardless. Don't be greedy.

...when I can skip Lasik and go straight to cybereyes. I'm sick of paying for contact lenses and glasses just to give me 20/20 vision. I want IR, UV, and better than human-standard sight with recording capabilities. Oh yeah, and augmented reality without the damn external glasses.

You can use adult words around here, this isn't Battlestar Galactica. Some choices available to you in lieu of "frak": Crap (if you're feeling PG), shit or fuck (if you're feeling a little more R-rated), or you can even substitute f*ck (think of the children!).