No, this is more like a cop walking by your door and happens to see you taking a bong hit when someone opens it. At that point, no warrant is necessary because he's directly witnessed the act. This isn't a slippery slope (a term which is given to a type of fallacious argument, by the way, not valid ones) it has always been the interpretation of the law.

Nevermind. I completely misread the story. My question isn't at all relevant. Next time I'll RTFA closely.

Are there any lawyers who can comment on whether offering money might constitute inducement to criminal behavior? It seems like that might implicate in WikiLeaks in criminal behavior when simply taking receipt of sensitive information does not.

If speed were the only benefit of SSD, that would be a valid question to use when evaluating a purchase. SSDs additionally offer substantially reduced power usage and - the deciding factor in my case - the substantially increased durability that comes with no moving parts.

Andersen Consulting (which later became Accenture) and Arthur Andersen (a now-defunct major accounting firm) were effectively separate companies for a very long time prior to the renaming and the dissolution of Arthur Andersen.

The lack of a relevant degree may be a problem getting into very large corporate IT, but not elsewhere. Most people I know in the business didn't study anything related in school (I was a Japanese studies major) and it's more useful to have people who have learned on the job and worked their way up. The fact that my #2 has a CS degree has nothing to do with him getting his job - I never even asked about his education background, I just wanted to know about what he could do as a sysadmin. An IT guy with CS training can be very useful, but only in an organization that gives you enough freedom to wear multiple hats and propose solutions you can create.

When I began high school, cigarettes were about $1 a pack. By the time I graduated, they were almost $5 a pack. This most definitely had a deterrent effect on kids who were completely unconcerned with the health risks. It never stopped being cool, but it did become prohibitively expensive. Additionally, it was a more effective enforcement mechanism than a minimum age to purchase. Smokers never had trouble getting cigarettes because the weren't legally old enough - enforcement was never as strict on tobacco as on alcohol - but they couldn't escape the tax effect.

Monitoring connections is pretty easy. Assuming there's even a modest budget behind this project, I'd recommend upgrading to a decent firewall with robust monitoring/logging built in. I use Sonicwall NSA appliances with log servers running their analytical tools, but that space is crowded with many good alternatives.
Your client will never be able to prevent his family from being scammed, though. Sure, you can block phishing sites, etc. by subscribing to various blacklists, but scams rely on the victim's credulity and that exists outside of your control as a network admin.

Actually pulling out data from within those connections simply isn't going to happen. It's not even remotely practical in too many ways. You will only disappoint your client if you ever imply that you might be able to give them access to that sort of data. Be completely honest about the limitations of what you're capable of. You can always block certain traffic types, but if you're dealing with mobile clients, they can sidestep those blocks by disabling the wifi connection and just riding on the cellular.

An artist named Andy Runton has a series of simple comics called "Owly". They use the visual language of comics, but don't require literacy. When the characters rarely speak, they do so in pictograms. The stories and jokes are simple enough for young kids to follow without seeming condescending to adults (i.e. it's not Dick & Jane type stuff). My daughter started on them around that age before she could read and liked them. She's almost 7 and is a great reader, but she still enjoys them. I'm sure there are other good comics out there for pre-literate kids if you ask around. I know the comic stores I frequent usually have a lot of kids books available on Free Comics Day. Stop by and take everything you think might be interesting to your boy and see what sticks.

Once your son begins reading, there are a lot more options: Jeff Smith's "Bone" series, Kazu Kibuishi's "Amulet" Series, Disney Comics (esp. the Carl Barks Duck Adventures). Superhero comics are a bit tougher to get into. Kids are drawn to the costumes and the setup, but the plots and language can be a lot more opaque than you'd expect, especially as they've become oriented towards more sophisticated adult readers over the past 30 years.

Good luck, he's gonna have fun!

I have had the opposite experience with Sync. It is buggy, has mediocre voice control (when it works at all), and the physical controls were clearly designed by someone who has never given a moment's thought to UI. It was actually a big selling point to me when I got my car, but 1 1/2 years in, I'm looking to replace it with something reliable and pleasant to use.

Apple still makes most of their profit through hardware sales. The ecosystem channels just add value to the hardware.

Not entirely true. Japanese and German car companies have American design studios. BMW design was headed by an American for years. American car companies often have overseas design studios. Ford's best work now is coming out of their Paris studio.

My company donates quite a bit of good used computer equipment every year, but I am very careful to remove all drives and reformat them. With a drill bit.

Are any of the signatories to the letter actually climate scientists? I recognize that shuttle engineers and astronauts from 40 years ago are probably interesting people to hang out with, but do they have any personal expertise on which to base their argument? 'cause otherwise it sounds like a bunch of grumpy old dudes whingeing.

I think it has something to do with a little Norwegian boy named Bobby Tables.