I'm not whining. But until and unless "classic compact" catches up with the nasty new interface, I'm not upgrading either.

And D's "broad adoption" should tell you what value folks place on removing C from C++.

All versions of Netscape had a menu bar. Firefox long since passed Netscape's degree of awfulness.

If it didn't meet the requirement to be fully compatible with C, it wouldn't be C++.

Like the man says, you're welcome to fork a new language that's C++ without C compatibility. Frankly I don't see the point. If you don't need C compatibility there are far better OO languages than C++.

How much obligation do you believe a free Internet site has to maintain the security of the data you store with them? Even banks don't promise that hackers won't breach your account... only that if they do breach your account despite reasonable and prudent security measures, the bank will replace your money.

Why did you run the red light? Were you drunk? Rushing to beat a yellow? Distracted by a conversation with your passenger? Burnt out traffic light? Brakes failed? Criminal law determines culpability with two measures: actus rea (you ran the red light) and mens rea (why you ran the red light). Both have to be proven for there to be a crime. So depending on why you ran the red light, there could be anything from murder to manslaughter to just a tragic accident.

Was I outside the crosswalk? Jaywalking? Maybe I dashed into the street as the light changed offering drivers no chance to react. That may well mitigate your culpability, dropping the matter from murder to manslaughter or even from manslaughter to civil wrongful death. No matter how badly behaved you were, if my behavior foreclosed reasonable opportunities for you to avoid the tragedy then I share culpability.

Great questions!

My answer is: belligerent invasions of privacy hurt me and people I care about just as shoplifting hurts me and people I care about. And both are common enough forms of petty disorder to merit attention by the police.

Sex crime? That's over the top. But bad guys here should be pursued at least as diligently as shoplifters are.

Just so. And this is, in fact, one of the circumstances in which your bank *will not* restore the funds to your account.

If your account is hacked despite reasonable and prudent measures to maintain its security, the bank is on the hook. If your account is hacked because you were an irresponsible idiot, you are.

It escapes me how in the digital age anyone could believe that storing nude pictures of themselves online was anything other than the height of irresponsibility. If you don't want it known, it can never leave your control. Yes the thief is wrong, but like the guy in UHF said: "You so stupid!"

Pretty sure, yeah. Producers of G-Rated shows prefer that the kids not find porn when they search google for their favorite actress. There's often a morality clause in the contract, and your nude photos' presence on the Internet tends to run afoul of it.

If you fire someone who was trustworthy, they're still trustworthy. If you fire someone who wasn't, they probably started walking stuff out the door when they were hired. Either way, creating a culture of mistrust severely hampers your business.

First - Bennett should have said the "probability of them being leaked," not the "risk." Risk has a specific meaning: it's the probability of something happening TIMES the damage that occurs if it does happen.

Celebrities taking nude photos is a HIGH risk. They have a moderate (not low) probability of leaking and a HIGH damage should they leak.

If you write your pin number on your ATM card are you not at least partially to blame when a thief finds the card and cleans out your account? Of course the thief is wrong, but wow you were stupid!

This is a pretty stupid. When an employee decides to leave, anything he chooses to take with him walks out the door *before* he tells you about his plans. Hopefully you hired someone who doesn't choose to walk out with the crown jewels, 'cause you can't prevent it without creating an environment of extreme mistrust... an environment utterly destructive to your business.

The answer is: no, this can not be done with current protocols.

In theory with new protocols that your game doesn't support, sure. But only the end-to-end machines understand latency and jitter (your problem is jitter) so a middlebox won't help you.

Loved my omnikeys. Till they broke. Both of them. After 3 or 4 years. My model M's are nearly indestructable.

The key caps pop off. The little plastic overlays, not the depressable keys themselves. Send them through the dishwasher in the small-items tray. With detergent. Viola! Fresh clean keyboard.

Buy someone else's equipment?

After two years I would hope you understand that this vendor won't meet your needs. Not now. Not ever.