Your bank account? It's just money. You've blown it before and earned some more.

Your e-mail password? Well, you definitely don't want just anyone posing as the relative of your long-lost cousin of royal Nigerian descent.

But Slashdot? Imagine the destruction wrought with your account in the hands of APK for 24 hours.

They do. I flew with mine, completely uneventfully, multiple times, prior to admitting an 18th birthday had been reached. Note to self: dishonesty is the second best policy. Despite a school-issued photo-ID, they held my son out of line nearly long enough to cost us all the scheduled flight.

"The rest of you can go on ahead," they said, as if we mighty fly on despite the loss of a teenager. I have been talked to like a five-year-old more times than I care to remember during quality time with the TSA.... an exception to the rule, I am certain.

Does this all mean we'll see a rise in baby-faced terrorism?

If you're graduating college, their prime recruiting age, and you say you've never illegally downloaded anything they assume you're a bloody fscking liar.

Please remember, that is all it is. An instrument that measures pulse, breathing , and stomach contractions as a crucible against lying fails miserably against sociopaths and even your more common practiced liars.

Telling a suspect the technology says you're lying is a heavy club to beat the ill-informed with. There's a reason it's not admissible in court in a Country that allowed a multi-million dollar lawsuit for hot coffee.

What time is it?

I didn't even have time to read the 12,000 words.

If you can flocking believe this, the summary actually misrepresented the original story's intent. It was to be a representation of all the nations a particular survey respondent would consider relocating to.

And yes, I know in my heart that RTFA is the Kobayashi Maru of the green line site.

can you guess which Republican Governor was indicted this year in his own Capitol city?

The young are more adventurous, less settled, and likely to seek international opportunities. I can see that.

FWIW, the US doesn't fail at everything. We still have the Dream.

It is a sad progression to go from being blindly proud of your country to being ashamed of the way it behaves.

Many otherwise keen individuals would rather not upset their own settled world view. Life is hard enough. Seeing behind the curtain is not for everyone.

If nothing else, at least it's out in the open where they have to defend it.

Me, too, neither.

Although if I did have a potentially deadly aversion to some foods, I would have to be without food for some time before eating a meal prepared by strangers.