Good point, poor choice of wording on my part. I meant more that there are parents who do not feel STEM subjects worth encouraging their daughters with even if they show interest. I have noticed the toys given to young girls does not sway them one way or the other.

Amusing and ill-informed. I am a father of all daughters. They play with dolls and are doing just fine with Math and assembling computers. They can also dress up like princesses while learning astronomy (I spent an hour with a 5 year old dressed up like Princess Elsa while studying constellations through a telescope just last week). It's not the toys...it's the example. Far too many parents of girls don't push them to learn STEM subjects thinking there is no need for it.

I would be ok with removing all tax exempt statuses from churches as long as charity work was deductible for them. We could then see which churches really do put their money where their mouth is in charitable work and donations. It would also encourage any religions which don't put much effort in helping the poor to change that behavior rather quickly.

The front yard sort are annoying, as those chickens get on the road occasionally....

So you are also prepared to answer why they cross the road?

The days of people buying new computers every two years are over, except for a few. The whole operating system paradigm has shifted so much that trying to rely on people constantly upgrading it just doesn't work any more.

That's not true. They just make you upgrade your hardware every 2 years instead of software (phones, tablets, etc.).

Canada is a "five eyes" country. I expect the same from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. They and the US work quite closely in the world of intelligence.

Why the hell would I want to give your wife the ability to erase my phone?

To remove the evidence?

I can only say anyone but GoDaddy.

Somebody shoot the zombie in the head!

Could we stop having Dice articles submitted by Nerval's Lobster? Why not fully disclose that the story was submitted by the corporate parent of Slashdot?

The Euro is imploding...not Europe. I am sure they will pull themselves out of their economic slump and be fine. I figure European countries are a better model...the US is only 350 years old...most of the European countries have survived over a millenia.

didn't they think it odd to address their emails to the Secretary of State at pantsuit@hillary2016.org?

No...because they were sending them to pantsuit2016@gmail.com . Everyone uses Gmail these days...

Anyone else find it a little disturbing there's a chemical weapons magazine?

No, not really. It's the nuclear weapons magazine that I'm really concerned about...

So you could say the fish was caught?

Same here...I'm also the father of all girls. They dress up as princesses, just as easily as they do science experiments, assemble a PC, or do math. Being a princess and "girly" is not mutually exclusive to being smart and independent.