I'm guessing in a real world situation the creator of the password would know exactly what it image refers too. As for not being able to recognize any features in the linked examples, while I could never guess them (and that's the point pretty much) I can definitely see how the caption and image relate to each other after reading it.

We all know what happens to whistle-blowers that blow within....they are quieted, discredited, fired and smeared before they have a chance to tell any that would actually do anything about it. Had he done that business would be continuing as normal and of course that's what they prefer.

How do so many "smart" people continually come up with the dumbest testing criteria and questions. It boggles the mind...there are real consequences caused by inadequately designed tests especially at the developmental level this type of testing is aimed toward.

Being university educated doesn't necessarily mean you aren't gullible and stupid.

Simple case of replying to the wrong message ;-) I agree with most all your post states.

Following the " *noun* enables people to kill people" argument it just makes sense that we should start banning nouns. Obviously it's the nouns fault.

I have a feeling that if one, or both, nations had received the documents we would know about it by now. Not directly of course but there would have been some kind of communication or statement made somewhere that made it obvious that they know more than has been revealed. It's almost a certainty that they have managed to get their hands on even more sensitive information than the whistle-blowing that Snowden has done, it's an inevitability in a connected world and they don't need him for that.

...my unintended moderation.

That is ripe with incest and preteen sex, child brides and sex slaves as well as rape. Also, any medieval based works, most post-apocalyptic or fantasy settings that involve royalty since they always seem to bang their sisters or aunts or mothers, oh and Shakespeare too in that case. Seriously, they just eliminated pretty much every major work in the last 2000 years...oh and the Bible and other religious works. It was nice reading (most) of you.

This has been how it's done in China for all of recent history. It's not going to change and there are a lot worse "internships" than assembling consoles in a factory. They assign kids to jobs ranging from the worst job imaginable to the best, it's just how things are done there.

Culture differences make things appear more "right" or "wrong" depending on where you live. There are a LOT of worse things to worry about China (or any nation) than their internship practices

A cockroach is a cockroach....I'm all for sensitivity and the plight of living beings the planet over but I refuse to reach the point where I care about an insects feelings. It seems a silly concept to me...can't cut that worm in half to bait my hook, might make you a sociopath. Don't shoot that deer, rabbit, or elk...might make you a sociopath! Don't drop that living lobster in water...sociopath!

Since they have been saying American kids don't compete well against others worldwide since I was in high school 20 years ago doesn't it go without saying that adults don't either? The kids of 20 years ago are the adults of today. The university graduate that really committed themselves and excelled are in the minority. College campuses are filled with people that just care about getting it over, not being brilliant.

We use to dissect frogs, various animal organs and even a cat when we were in high school. Granted none of it was living material but I fail to see the issue of messing with a cockroach from any perspective as a learning tool.

I'd upvote you to +10 if it were possible. It seems the whole conversation that happens here in response to the "Don't talk to Cops" discussion is only happening because the entire point of that discussion is missed.

The last time I thought a smart watch would be the coolest thing ever was in a 70's or early 80's Star Trek or James Bond movie.