So:
Some Federal agency serves up some rules on whatever
Congress, who is actually in charge of passing laws, says, "Hey, wait a minute. Shouldn't we have looked at this first?"

This seems to be one of those "We have to pass it to see what's in it." type of deals.

I am NOT saying the Republicrats are all above board in what they're doing and why ($$$), but it does kind of seem to be in their bailiwick to investigate before things like this are approved or passed.

That fireproof, waterproof ubersafe does not help when the hurricane or tornado throws it a few miles away, and it ends up at the bottom of the river.

I personally use a Crestron system behind a Cisco router and remotely connect through SSL VPN.

To 99% of the population, that is complete gibberish.

A couple we know was telling us about these awesome new locks they got they can unlock their house with an app on their phone. I just bit my tongue until they asked a very specific question which made me respond "if you can open it from your phone who else can?"

Exactly
I recently bought a keypad deadbolt for my new front door. Specifically one without any wifi or smartphone connection crap. You actually have to touch it to open. Coworker of mine was extolling the virtues of the one he was going to buy, with smartphone, zWave, all that crap.
I don't want the door to unlock simply because I am standing near it with the phone in my pocket.

Your Murphy sig conflicts with your statement.

I was mostly joking...

"ride-hailing", not 'ride-sharing'
Paid (taxi) drivers, vs some guy who can give you a ride to the airport.

But yes...no reason Uber would not be looking into this. Other than maybe a dubious cashflow situation...

And comparing Switzerland to West Virginia.... I don't even have words to describe how stupid this is.

Well...similar size, lots of mountains, landlocked, and lots of guns.

Yes, they are currently combating, aggressively, the group of dudes that call themselves 'Isis'.
That same group of dudes, will, in a year or two, rename themselves, and automagically align with Iran to fight 'some other dudes'.

They do not care what we call them. They just desire the 'power'. And will go after whatever money is out there to get there.

Iran - Iraq war. 8 years of combat. Now 'they' (for various definitions of what Iraq is now) are supposedly aligned in fighting "ISIS". The enemy of my enemy and all that...

No, but it is one pathway out of several.

Seriously.
Cube farm space. This dude is the most pissed off person I've ever worked with. Pounding the mouse, pounding the keyboard, 'not quiet' grumblings. Once he gets fed up enough (daily), he comes to one of the other of us, and starts bitching in person.

Nothing is good enough. There is always some problem, caused by 'them'. 'They' did this, 'they' are out to get us...
The days (or hours) when he is not in the office are bliss.

You, as a manger.....get rid of Leonard.

"If they're really that determined, they're going to get nukes anyway. At least this way they can use some of that money to fund Isis." (for various values of militant Islamic nutjobs)

FTFY.

For a /. April 1 post, this one is not bad.

As opposed to the rest of the stupidness.

"Stark and rising inequality plagues many countries, including the United States"

Change that to: "Stark and rising inequality plagues every country."
But of course a dig at the US has to be in there somewhere, so...

You fail to understand law talking guy speak

-So the user clicked on our ad. That means he wanted that content delivered.
-And then he clicked in the window again. That means he wanted the next level. So we delivered it to him.
-Your honor, it clearly states, "Click here if you want to exit" (said 'exit' looks completely different to a normal OS 'exit' thingie)