I try not to let Trojans anywhere near my backdoor.

Some things never change :p

England called. You're in big trouble now.

Execution is not about revenge.

Oh, and I'm betting that we'd have so few criminals on death row after this went into effect, that we could simply abandon capital punishment altogether, ending this whole stupid ass debate for good.

I dunno, I've deprived myself of oxygen before. Just breath in a bag for awhile. You'll go into full panic long before reaching the point of losing consciousness.

On the other hand, I've also cut the flow of blood to my brain by constricting my jugglers, and actually passed out a couple times doing it. I freaked a bunch of kids out in grade school doing it in class, actually. It's completely painless and doesn't trigger the slightest bit of panic. You can be pleasantly unconscious in 15 seconds that way. I suspect that bleeding to death is similar.

How long would it take to drain an inmate's circulatory system to the point of rapid unconsciousness? Guaranteed to kill, and no less humane than lethal injection.

I LOVE this idea. Except, I would expand it make it a no-strings-attached option for anyone charged with any felony, maybe even any misdemeanor. Change the guilty plea to, "how do you plead, guilty, not guilty, or kill me now?" And, of course, the option should be extended to anyone currently service time. Our prisons would be nearly empty within a year.

Somebody mod this up. This is dead right.

Google can encrypt the data all they want, right down to encrypting it when it arrives, and leaving it encrypted for its lifetime on their servers, but the NSA can just say "gimme the data AND the keys to unlock it". The keys are just data, and obviously Google has access to them, therefore so does the NSA.

Pretty much this. There should be no way to change an ID. It's called an ID for a f***king reason.

And (amount, address, timestamp) as a key? That's funny sh*t right thar!

not futile?

Hint: They taste good.

I hope they start farming lobsters first. My favorite bug! Then crab, then shrimp... Mmm yummy bugs :D

...does that make the Moon Earth's toque?

Data might be the new oil, but the data of any one average person is worth almost exactly nothing. Should I charge Google almost exactly nothing for my data?

Yeah sure we can generate plenty of electricity. Just toss up another coal fired plant. Yay.

I'm thinking solar. If this technology, coupled with tracking solar concentrators, can be done more cost and radiation efficiently than current solar technologies, then it may be a huge win.