I'm not sure that's what he was saying. Because he says he'd prefer it to be destroyed than others have it.

I'm in the same boat. My data is not really all the useful to others. But I'd still prefer for it to be destroyed than others have it. Just because I keep bank accounts, passwords, etc on my machine. How much can you sell one poor college kids stuff for? Probably not much. But having that level of security, that I KNOW no one else can get into my stuff, is incredibly satisfying.

If I get my computer stolen, I don't worry about pictures of my kids getting to others, I don't worry about my bank accounts or passwords being compromised, I don't worry about my work documents getting put online (I do research, and don't want my discoveries prematurely exposed). I love not worrying about that stuff.

BUT, you are correct. Backup is also EXTREMELY important. I use duplicity/duplicati type implementations. Where I can do incremental backups that ARE encrypted. So even those get encrypted and stored in three separate locations. Now days, encrypting your backups or your system is so easy, I recommend everyone I know do it.

I love my system. And I wish more people encrypted and backed up their stuff regularly. The peace of mind is worth it. My data is always safe from failures and intruders, whether it be one my system at home, or my backups in other locations throughout the country.

I think the implication is to say the phone itself is best based on specs. I agree "best" in terms of which OS you like is subjective. But the physical specs of the phone currently are the best available. That will obviously change soon. But a 4 core 1.4ghz processor vs a 2 core 0.8ghz processor is "better" in terms of core specifications.

No, that's not right. There STILL isn't anything wrong with believing in a higher power, even when you try to "impose" upon others. The problem there is you trying to impose. That's a huge problem. You shouldn't be forcing others to believe in your view. This is exactly what Bill Nye is talking about. That's poor logic reasoning. The problem is with the morons trying to force/impose others to believe what they believe. That's a seperate problem from the fact that they do believe in a higher power. You're the typical person that takes two different concepts, and lumps them into one, and then cries afoul of both, when realistically there is one problem. That's the type of talk that makes the religious people hate the non-religious people. Because instead of attacking their stupidity in forcing others to believe the same, we just attack their belief. Of course they get defensive over that. And frankly, even if we DID change their belief, they would still be assholes. Because then they'd just be people of a different believe system trying to force that down everyone's neck. The problem is NOT the "belief system" the problem is the "forcing" of the belief system.

Target is most definitely considered on the "low-end" of these spectrums. High end would be places like Williams-Sonoma, or Sur Le Table, or such. I'm actually quite surprised anyone ever thought target was anything but mid to low end products. Its a step above walmart, sure. But its not high end.

I don't totally buy that. I do to a small degree. But its kind of like saying we should give people cars without making them learn how to drive.

We live in a day and age where everyone wants the quick fix, and the easy solution. But to use a tool properly, you need to understand some things about that tool. And when you try to make it overly simple, bad things (as we are seeing here) can happen.

I'm not by any means saying people need a perfect understanding of wifi or networks or security. But I don't think its unfair to require people to do a little bit of reading of a manual to set something up. Having "better things to do in life" is not an excuse for getting out of everything we find complicated. Its narcissistic to think that the ONLY things that are worthwile are the things ONLY oneself is interested in.

Sometimes we have better things to do, absolutely. But sometimes life requires we dig into projects we find boring to get things done correctly.

Simply setup for networks? Absolutely. But at the cost of security for the benefit of ease? Not what I would call ideal.

Yes, because I'm paranoid. Hahahaha, just kidding. I'm really not. I use it in a few situations. Most important to me, is communication with my wife. We encrypt all emails, because sometimes we need to send something like bank account numbers or passwords or similar things. I love the added security that comes from having those encrypted. I also use encryption sometimes at work, not often, but I work in research and its nice to be able to send documents to my boss and back encrypted. Even though I have no thoughts that anyone is trying to take it, still when the document represents four years of difficult research, I like not worrying about anyone getting except my boss. But probably the biggest, most frequent, reason I use it is for the signatures. I sign all my emails now. And I really wish that was standard practice in the world. Spam would become almost non-existant if you could get everyone to implement signatures. Frankly its incredibly easy to use and set up, so I can't really see the arguments against using. The only one you tend to hear is "why? no one wants to see my stuff". That's a week argument for me. It may be fine for others, but for me I guess its more of a "why not?" If you have people that are interested in it around you, use it. If they don't care, then you don't have much of a choice.