Flash doesn't run on my IOS device... Go Apple...

Hand me your Iphone, I'll get in... There ARE ways.

I don't know what world you live in, but in mine I have a responsibility for a lot of what happens to me. You don't go out on an ice covered lake until the ice is thick enough or you don't get to complain about falling in. You don't speed though school zones and complain when a kid walks in front of your car.

There are times you cannot avoid being a victim because the situation is out of your control, but there ARE times when you CAN avoid it. One should be wary of situations where risks are being taken and protect yourself, slow down in school zones, don't walk on ice covered lakes and in this case don't send nudie pictures to your professor when he tries to pressure you into it.

But instead of empowering women and encouraging them to be assertive we get folks like you who want to claim they couldn't help it and thus are not responsible in anyway for being a victim. Next you will tell me that the shoplifter couldn't help it, or the mass murder isn't responsible for his behavior because of how they where raised. I'm sorry, but this doesn't wash with me. Adults are adults and should be held responsible for their actions and these women victims where in part responsible for allowing themselves to be victims in a situation where they clearly could have avoided it. Be a bit more assertive and don't be a victim all the time.

Don't get me wrong, this professor is largely to blame for his actions in seeking out and manipulating these women, but they wouldn't have been easy targets had they been a bit more assertive and wouldn't have been victims today had they just said no to the pervert.

Like the science in Star Trek wasn't pretty lame.... Warp speed and transporters? Give me a break...

That's because the average /. reader was raised during a time when that family of shows was popular here in the USA. Now that Star Trek and all it's offshoots are relegated to the rerun dust bin, you can bet that some other series of shows will take its place with the younger crowd. Things like "Dr. Who" with it's huge number of seasons will be historically more significant in the long run.

The poster admits as much, but his point is still valid.

Yea, sure. Actually I'm saying that in this case, being a victim was avoidable by simply refusing to allow oneself to be victimized, not that the perpetrator who preyed on week vulnerable women wasn't to blame... But don't let common sense invade your sense of Political Correctness....

There are a number of services that will store your data for you and it's well encrypted. Unless you are a confirmed cheapskate like me, and don't mind the headache of actually performing backups, encrypted online is the way to go.

If online doesn't float your boat or if you really think somebody will be interested enough to break into your stuff, then do what I do. I first back everything up to my NAS, then I backup the NAS to three hard drives. One drive is stored at the in-laws house and gets swapped every time we visit, One is stored in my file cabinet and gets swapped every weekend with the last one that stays in the server and gets a snapshot backup every few days. The NAS is built on OpenMediaVault and has a Raid 5 array with a hot spare. The NAS has a SATA drive bay that I can just push in a bare drive (2.5 or 3.5).

I use "rsync" to push all my data from the various windows and Linux boxes I'm backing up automatically to the NAS, so I end up with a minimum of three copies of all backed up data (the original on the original host, and two in the RAID array) I'll have four copies once the NAS is backed up, and FIVE copies once we visit the In-laws. Overkill, I know. However, it's worth it given that I happened to loose a few years of pictures once and my wife about came unglued. I'm NOT doing that again.

Yea, always a good policy to disrespect the people who are charged with protecting you and your stuff... There are a few officers who abuse their authority, but most really are out to protect and serve. May I suggest you think about being grateful? We really don't pay them all that much considering the risks they take everyday.

I wouldn't call it a law but more of a foundational legal principle. But I'm sure the distinction is lost on the majority of /. readers....

In the short run anyway... Eventually the bad guys will just take over if you let them.

Oh I don't know....

I had every cop on duty in the small town I live in show up at my home once. What where they looking for? Some kids playing with guns during school...

It turned out to be some neighbor who called to complain about my kid playing with the kids across the street (both home schooled) and their arsenal of bright blue and orange nurff guns that shot orange foam darts about 15 feet, the day before.

They showed up with all three squad cars and 5 officers, right after lunch to let us know we where violating a non-existent curfew law.. What a waste of time and resources.

LOL.. I can assure you, most places have reasonable traffic laws, Germany is not unique in that regard... What may be different is the understanding of and obedience to the existing laws. If my experiences in Texas are any indicator, there is LOTS of room for improvement in that area around here, but I'm guessing the Germans have their share of less than ideal drivers.

Perhaps, but given the possible sources of the acid used, I'm going to avoid eating an egg treated with it.

LOL

I think I can speak for her when I say, "bugger off scumbag!"

If that doesn't work for you, the 12 Ga shotgun in the gun safe should suffice to hold you at bay until the police arrive.