Well of course it wasn't as colourful in WWII, they only had black and white back then, you insensitive clod!

Iceland is an island in the North Atlantic. I suspect you to be from somewhere landlocked, where the use of fish as a unit of measurement is as rare as a good tasting perch.

What can be really useful is a short, flexible, pole, about 2 feet long, with a red flag tied to the end, and a glass cutter. Given how in many places, there is a minimum of 3 feet, 1 meter or in some places even 1.5 meters, anyone hit by it would be breaking the law. Ireland, unfortunately, has no such law yet (the law says "Give sufficient distance" and not a specific value for sufficient distance).

Both analogies are false.

Volkswagen is the hardware (the computer), the ISP is the road (the internet).

The TOR operator is basically a Person parked outside the bank who will drive anyone, anywhere, no questions asked as they come out of the bank. So if someone come out wielding guns and carrying duffel bags of cash, the driver just smiles and nods and asks, "where to?".

There are 2 questions.
1) Is it irresponsible for someone to run a TOR node which can be used for criminal pursuit?
2) Is it possible to know what someone uses your exit node for?

I suspect the answer to number 2 is "No", which makes question 1 important. You have the Car, Someone provides the Road, they are just things (you might argue one war or another on the ISP, is it a thing or a service they provide) but you chose to run a TOR node that you are aware aides someone to perform illegal acts. It would be like selling guns to people and not asking them for any ID, or submitting the required paperwork for background checks. Is it reasonable to say "I'm just selling guns, I'm not responsible for how they are used. I didn't kill anyone"

I think we chose to quietly ignore the fact that in our quest to protect privacy online and maintain the anonymity of the TOR network, we are conveniently overlooking our responsibility for the outcome of such actions.

You are forgetting the most simple reason, sample group and history.

Why are there fewer black olympic swimmers?

Someone might prattle off "bone density" or "melanin affecting skin density", but the real reason has been know for quite some time. Due to racial discrimination in the late 1800s and early 1900 (and not to mention slavery before that), black people were not allowed into public swimming pools, and eventually, when legally allowed, it was shunned heavily. As a result there isn't a history of swimming in black culture, so fewer of them do it. Also olympic swimming does require a certain wealthier class of person to get regular access to the pool for training, and there is still a economic divide at the highest levels between white and black athletes.

The same is with shooting, it has been male dominated for so long that there is very little impetuous for girls to get into it growing up. It's a very stereotypical father son bonding thing in the US and other countries, and speaking from my own experience, as a member of the rifle (and archery) clubs in university, it appeals more to men than to women.

So in the end you just have a smaller pool of women in shooting, and thus less chance you'll have olympic level athletes.

But really all this would mean is that if competing together, fewer women will win, but (guessing now) it is quite likely that the proportion of medals won would be somewhat close to the proportion of women active in the sport.

TIL I'm smart.

Yes, sad-sacks are plus un-good.

Yeah? What about this?

So you're saying that light is female, and had to stop to ask directions?

I'd love if they provided a service for individuals for personal use. Simple things like online gaming servers where you have a Dynamic IP address. It's annoying to try hosting a Terraria server or System Shock 2 when your have to share your IP address at the beginning of every session. DYNDNS.org used to offer free addresses for personal use.

Aww man, I started to read that in "Epic Movie Trailer Guy" voice.

"At a time when news organizations are shuttering their comment sections, one news agency took a chance to engage with it's readers. This summer watch how The Washington Post turns the tables on big media. Clint Eastwood reprises his role as the pilot of the Firefox (*cut to scene of him clicking on a hyperlink*). From the Director of Mozilla vs Mothrasoft. Commenting will never be the same."

I suspect it's a case of Divine Indigestion.

True, but the supervillian only loses in the movies. In the real world, you are better off being on his side than against him.

This article is about EU and South Korea, where we already have unlimited 4G available on multiple networks.

My 4G internet on my phone is already faster than my home broadband connection, due to the fact that they haven't connected my street to the rest of the Fiber network in Dublin. Thanks to unlimited download, I regularly use it to downloads my Steam games and TV episodes. I'm tempted to get rid of the landline altogether.