The local TV stations have taken to broadcasting a selection of Tweets about the events they cover, as if what Joe Sixpack has to say is somehow "news". Derakhshan is right, of course, but I don't see the Joe Sixpack's of the world giving a rat's ass about something takes more than five seconds to consume.

Wow. Second post in the thread and it's already the hands-down winner of the "Pendantic Dipshit" award.

If routine operations (and updates should absolutely be part of a routine) break production you're doing it wrong. The answer is to test changes before committing them to production. The answer is not to forgo needed security updates.

Film. The phrase came about in the days before mobile trucks with microwave links or even video tape. "On-scene" news was shot on film, which had to processed and edited (yes, manually, as in cut-and-splice), and then readied for broadcast later in the evening.

So, yeah. You busted us. No Xtian has ever accused a witch of making a pact with the devil (or a demon) because it's not in your version of the bible. Just like no Xtian has ever cherry picked scripture to support their own fears and prejudices while blithely ignoring others.
Right....

Unless you have more information than TFA provides, you can't know this. Age discrimination is often subtle and should not be dismissed as glibly as you have tried to do.

That lines up pretty well with my experience that most Xtians are a duplicitous lot, picking and choosing freely with parts of their chosen edition of "...the complete, true and unerring word of god" are to be observed (and cited incessantly) and which to disregard as "nonsense".

But perhaps President Bartlet illustrates it best...

Not that Xtians are often prone to letting reason get in their way, but that theory kinda puts the lie to the whole "free will" argument does it not? If one is hoodwinked by supernatural powers, there can be no free will.

Jeezus, dude. Bigot much?

If you are referring to every religion that ever existed, then I'd the most I could accuse you of is being a bit insensitive. If you're singling out Wicca, then you are applying a blatant double standard and I would call that "absolutely fucking stupid". So, tell me. Are you religious at all?

Not sufficient. The widely employed standard period for the detention of the acutely mentally ill is there for a reason. Wild swings in behavior, mood, mentation are common in these people. Leave it to Texas to get the priorities for helping the mentally ill ass-backwards, yet again.

If you are talking about perl, you are not in the "skilled craftsmen" group. For certain jobs, it is unparalleled. Now pick up your hammer and start whacking those nails.

One of the defining traits of a skilled craftsman is her ability to choose the right tool for the job. In other words, not everything is a nail, rookie.

For those of us whose time is more valuable than most, it's not "too expensive", not even close. And noisy? From inside, I'm sure it's quite nice. Who gives a shit about people on the ground?

Regards,

The Chosen 1%

Given that end-users are now the most frequently exploited point in most networks, the first real question asked by idiots is "Why block at all?" Given a network that services anything at all sensitive, the default state for outbound connections to the Internet should "blocked".