Isn't selinux's whole purpose is to solve this exact problem?

Any yet I get a lot of flak whenever I try to even enable it in "permissive" mode (as opposed to outright disabled) so I can at least audit when applications are trying to do things to files they shouldn't...

The problem is, when you trigger a strong emotional reaction, laws don't matter. If you piss someone off enough, they just want to hurt you and aren't thinking of the consequences. Or worse, if it is premeditated (like this obviously was) the thoughts on consequences become "no matter what happens to me, you'll still be dead". So unless you're prepared to deal with a worst case reaction, it's better to avoid conflict. Common sense with anything really, just because you're in the right doesn't mean you'll come out the victor.

Why are these misquotes getting upvoted. I thought /. was smarter than that. All he was implying was:

1. Violence is wrong
2. Insulting people can lead to violence
3. If you are afraid of violence happening to you, it is not a good idea to insult people

Too bad you're A/C and I have no mod points, but this is well said. Just because something is wrong doesn't mean it won't happen, so be careful. Simple common sense.

ncsd not sssd, blah, too late in the day.

That's what sssd is for (I believe in authconfig it's the checkbox that has the word "caching" in it). And most machines with wireless are laptops which generally will need to have the wifi configured every time you go somewhere new... which of course needs to be done after logging in anyway, so you'll want the caching.

Don't get me wrong I love WPA supplicant but sometimes I just want to get on the damn wifi and not have to play around on the command line for 5 minutes every time I am at a new hotel, train station, airport or coffee shop.

Some state governments will provide free tax preparation if you are making below a certain amount. New York's program.

My phone's 1 year past contract expiration and still gets updates. I predicted this would happen when I was shopping for a phone, paying the extra $100 for something in the Samsung Galaxy line versus the cheaper options (including one with a hardware keyboard which I desparately wanted).

If you want 3 years of OS updates it seems you have to stick with the "herd" and pick the manufacturer's flagship device, not their experiments.
And once out of support there's always the option of rooting and installing your own updated Android or something else like Cyanogen.

I know 3 people who dropped out of college (4 year state school) due to finances, looked for a job, and by the time their graduating class year occurred had a higher salary than the average fresh out of college graduates were getting.

Turns out, the "some college" checkbox really is all you need.

I really don't understand why an ereader app needs to check phone call status, read text messages or activate the camera, but whatever, it's free!

In all seriousness before we worry about future smart gadgets, let's focus on the ones we already have. Android needs the functionality of "permissions denied" or similar apps built into the OS. Smart TVs should not be allowed to "anonymously" send information like the filenames of network files viewed on the tv...

If you think about it, "renting" is a pretty good deal if you count your deposit as lost. You don't have to clean when you leave, you can make as many holes as you damn well please, and if you stay there for a good number of years the additional "per month" cost of that deposit versus the "improvements" you've made, you come out ahead compared to home ownership.

If/when civilization collapses life is going to suck. Being one of the first to catch a stray bullet is probably preferable.

Whether or not "they" can be used with a singular antecedent is up for debate. Unfortunately, the imaginary PC police keep trying to promote he/she and other awkwardisms for a problem that's been solved for over 200 years. Sourced blog entry on the subject.

Either way, I'll continue using "they" as a singular gender neutral pronoun, and if anyone has a problem with that they can go to heck.

There is a middle ground; the best class on a domestic airline is far from luxury, but better than cattle car.

Source: economy premium on ANA has the same legroom and amenities as domestic first class... *sigh*.

After some Googling it appears the term "gate check" is used to refer to both practices, checking through to final destination from the gate as well as "leaving the bag in the jetway". Locally we've called the latter a "gate check" because that option is available on pretty much all planes leaving our smallish airport, and uses less words than "leaving the bag in the jetway", but it appears that is a technically incorrect usage.