If you already have known PINs, then it is easier to decrypt the lame 3des that was used.

I like your rhetorical questions and strong opinion on the matter. "Do you have a warning sign on your external electrical sockets at home (e.g. in the garden?)" "Do you have a warning sign on your garden sprinklers?" "Do you have a warning sign on the bulb in your porch?""

What a great read. !!!

Beware of water faucets too. Why were the electrical outlets not secured. It is tempting to use. In most places where homeowners have swimming pools, they are required to have gate around pool and warning signs. Lack of warning signs at electrical outlet (warning about prosecution - like shoplifter signs) and no physical security is asking for trouble. Good thing no one was hurt.

The higher level of brain activity could be an upload in progress.

My employer has reacted to posts I made on Slashdot from home computer during non-work hours. The corporate police state is here and they hire other companies to track you 24x7. No joke.

The military uses off the shelf as it is cost effective. In the field, you need access to compressed air, or you run overpressure in your room to keep dust out. Pantyhose and a good fan are helpful.

I've been using a Dlink 601 for over a year. I have it in an UPS. Biggest issue is surge when you turn on microwave, A/C cycles on, etc. If you can run ethernet, it really is not that hard. Wireless should be only for guests. Wireless is great for neighbors.

Executives and managers like to use double-speak in order to obfusticate messages. A good example is a company being more global-oriented. That mean "no local" and ultimately your job will be outsourced.

If there is company property on your device, they have every right to it. Not as good as it seems.

Outsource upper management and CEOs. Cost savings would be awesome.

Actually, we need H1-B visa for management, upper management, etc. Once done we can then outsource that position to a country. If we paid a CEO 80K in US dollars for someone living in non-developed nation, we could save millions (maybe more) and make companies profitable.

ROFL

In a world based on inequality, people in other parts of the world are worth less than other places. We have global proce for oil, etc. but not on labor. If the world needs inequality and we have laws to justify it (ethics and morals aside), we will have inequal pay. All humans should have an interest in this. In the future, we will ultimately have 2 types of people: people who have robots, and people who don't.