Full disclosure and due diligence. I can't fault sony at the moment. Maybe if I had a PSN+ account, but really names, addresses, and passwords are not much worse than what goes in the phone book unless you use the same password for PSN as you do your bank account. If credit card information was stolen then Sony's got some trouble on their hands, but keeping mum, while investigating the situation is often necessary in order to complete the investigation. Furthermore they have publicly accepted the possibility of liability without having verified the data breach. That's fair enough for me. I'm checking my bank statements, but typically CC information is difficult to grab from a standards compliant organization. So, it's quite possible the standards need revised.

that's completely unverified at the moment.

"While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained."

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/

Manipulating three dimensional objects successfully, has nothing to do with the minds ability to manipulate three dimensional objects, because you say so. Well played good sir, well played.

If I remember correctly the Titan test does not rule out the use of reference materials, such as the library or encyclopedias. It does however restrict the use of the Internet. I haven't taken it, but I don't think any higher level tests like that specifically test trivia. Oddly though, you can't totally eliminate the affect of trivial knowledge on an IQ test. A rubiks cube, for example, is a good measure of spatial intelligence until someone has put in the required hours of practice to make the puzzle trivial.

Any computer can be controlled remotely with the proper leverage, so you underestimate IT. Now, just so you don't over estimate IT, just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. Either way, that's not your decision to make - period end of story.

"IT: we will respect your mad skillz only after you have demonstrated that that your hoops are justifiable and not unduly burdensome."

I hope you take this attitude to every professional you deal with. Your doctor, your lawyer, your accountant, etc. Seriously, it's not a matter of disagreement, it's a matter of the arrogance you display. Look maybe it looks like I'm on youtube, slashdot, facebook or whatever all day long just farting around, but this job is frankly a lot more complicated than it looks and the consequences for messing up are typically organization wide, so unless you're willing to put in the required five years to get a start in this thankless field of BS, then kindly keep your hands in the car, buckle your seat belt and enjoy the ride.

science does not require faith, faith is the belief in something which cannot be proven. Science works with a hunch, a belief in something which is not yet proven, a hunch does not become more than a hunch without proof. Furthermore, a hunch requires some sort of indication, you don't just say carrot fuel is the next big thing in renewable energy on faith alone. Most people treat science as equivalent to faith, but they are wrong.

I'm not current in drupaleze, but modules that are outside of core might cause critical bugs for things that are outside of Drupal's field of support - therefore not actually being critical, but still saved for the next release.

Your state is filled with morons. The best example I can think of pure democracy is piracy, yep, pirates used to use elections and votes for everything. A pure republic is an equally absurd notion, the Brethren of the Coast is probably best thought of as a republic made of various pirate captains who were democratically elected by their crew. So, there it is, we use a pirate government.

Yes, that is quite the sense of humor you have there, nice to conversate with one of the more exciting members of slashdot - the type that recognizes the mechanical assembly of a joke.

In the future when giving legal advice you might want to clarify whether or not that is indeed your intention.

Every time a joke succeeds on slashdot, a rubber chicken gets his wings.

Ever notice that you don't have to wear pants in the store, just a shirt and shoes.

The TSA, is legally mandated to grope people's junk and stare at nudie pics all day, if a "customer" ever thinks the're always right you can plant a bag of weed on them and send them to guantanamo for the rest of their natural lives.

Parent is Goatse!

You show a remarkable ignorance of the american political process, you need neither a lawsuit nor shoddy evidence to interfere with NASA's operations. Hell, you don't even have to pay taxes, over 18? Not a felon? Lots of hot air? Go for it.

And I'd like to point out that this is in regards to a rather standard and simplified system. If the server provides a generalized service, like central servers for smaller operations, then firing the admin means getting rid of the one person with the experience to trouble shoot the system in place. So, in the example above you can quickly remove the admin who provides a basic specialized service with higher tolerances than that in a generalized service with lower tolerances.

I think the original argument is a little goofy, I reboot when I don't need to at times, but only because I can - the system is not providing a live service. In fact failover provides support for this sort of thing and is hardly a step away from proper administration.

My openbsd laptop, basically works under the assumption that the system will be reinstalled, from disk, on release. This is a good thing as it insures proper installation of the new system and makes a proper backup strategy a necessity.