> Wait,... isn't this the purpose of the NSA?

According to US government, hacking communication infrastructure of a country by another government is an "act of war", not regular espionage. They said this very loudly just before Snowden revelations began. So NO. They are not supposed to be doing that.

It is an amazing place and easy to get to without a car.

That is your first complaint about PHP? That? I can't stand PHP but, seriously, that is first on your list of PHP badness?

Do you people ever actually read what you type?

They won't need ice. They're going at night.

The quote is out of context, and was part of a larger list of users. On its own it does seem negative - here's my full quote:

Metro is a content consumption space. It is designed for casual users who only want to check facebook, view some photos, and maybe post a selfie to instagram. It's designed for your computer illiterate little sister, for grandpas who don't know how to use that computer dofangle thingy, and for mom who just wants to look up apple pie recipes. It's simple, clear, and does one thing (and only one thing) relatively easily.

I think I just started development on the 3rd worst D20 product

*rolls a 1*

Your fingers fumble over the keyboard, striking keys almost under their own accord.

UPDATE customer SET lastname='Jones'

*rolls save vs. WHERE clause... 3*

;

With horror you look on as you strike a glancing blow to the enter key.

Mostly dead is a little bit alive. A little bit alive they can work with.

Exactly! Why would Slashdot ever carry a story about Leonard Nimoy? Wasn't he in some westerns, like Gunsmoke and The Virginian? Anything else that we should know about? Did he ever travel? Any famous treks to relate that nerds would care about?

So wait, you're saying that narrow corporate interests were trying to push their own inferior solution in place of a technically superior system strongly preferred by the userbase? There seems to be something vaguely familiar about this scenario, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

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Who says he let his hair and beard grow long? What evidence from the skeleton would have led to this conclusion?

In discussions about government spying and surveillance, there is often a vocal group who says "if you don't have anything to hide, then this spying should not bother you."

You forgot some pertinent facts: The U.S. has a long history of funding terrorists, supporting coups, and undermining democracies.