The deeper question is why are religious people so scared by the theory that we might have just been randomly created? Perhaps the all-powerful-one(s) just wanted to see what would happen if they tossed a bunch of physics rules together and applied them to a bunch of particles... "Oooo, look! Life!" Does the random creation of life make it less meaningful? Ask that question to parents that had an unplanned pregnancy (you know who you are). They still value their children despite being unplanned and their children understand their parents love. (sorry, getting all sentimental now...need a moment) So the point is: Grow up and stop being so self-defensive about being unplanned. You're still special and unique...just like everyone else. ;)

Now look at two more realistic cases: Encrypted data stored on a privately owned company network/cloud that is behind firewalls, malware detection, intrusion detection, etc. Your big worries are determined hacker or clueless/malicious employees. While the encrypted data might be moved around within the local network or over the WAN between offices, someone would still need good *timing* to intercept the encrypted data while it was in transit. Then they still have to deal with the encryption. The other option is encrypted data stored on a public cloud. The cloud hopefully has a similar amount of security measures as a private network, but who really knows? That's part of the problem. Essentially this option is very similar to the extreme of posting the encrypted data on the Internet. It's out there for anyone to download at any time. Which means there is a lot more opportunity for someone to download it and brute force it. Security is a matter of layers and statistics... The more layers you have the lower the chances are that you won't be hacked. No reason to reduce your odds simply because some cloud vendor wants your money.

It's a false assumption that if you don't go to college or university that you cannot be intellectual. It's also a false assumption that college or university will make you an intellectual. I have met plenty of people in my time that have bachelors or masters degrees and yet they are unmotivated morons that are disconnected from any sort of reality we would call useful. As another poster mention, while being a geek is considered intellectual there is also another component: motivation. People who go to university are essentially saying, "I'm too lazy to educate myself and need someone to spoon feed me". Geeks on the other hand are always curious about the world around them and have a burning desire to learn more, doing this in any number of ways. Having attended university and find it to be a complete waste of time, the one thing I realized is that if you just read the same books and gain experience in what you've read, then you have the same knowledge as someone from university. The only difference is you don't have a certificate, you didn't waste tens of thousands of dollars, and you didn't have multiple hookups along the way. . . Okay, that last part may be a downside to not going to university.

If it's true, Windows would become an elitist OS. The majority of the consumer market doesn't want to hack around with the OS, they just want stuff that works and is easy to use. iOS does all that. You'd have the majority of the Windows PC market shift over to iOS computers, leaving Windows to be used in the corporation and by those users that still want an operating system they can hack around with. (Of course Linux and FreeBSD already allow you to tinker and have that elitist factor, but I doubt you'll see a mass migration of those types of users to an unbroken iOS PC. I'm sure they'll be jailbreaking the iOS PCs like crazy)

Every time the wife turns on our Panasonic Genius microwave the Wifi signal tanks, not to mention the cordless phone is useless. Needless to say, we stand back from the microwave when it's on.

Just curious, if this is an infrared laser then why is there a visible white light when it fires? Is that an effect of the laser heating the air?

What?! A covert method for children to communication without adults overhearing them is popular? Inconceivable! This is also the 21st version of passing notes in class... I'm waiting for the next gen of phones will simply allow you to "think" text messages, thereby eliminating the clicking of keypads.

I think it's safe to say we all got the gist of the plot from the original scenes in the movie. This really doesn't do anything for the overall plot. While it's a nice thought to have a scene about building a lightsaber, having Luke put a screwdriver inside his lightsaber and then turning it on doesn't really seem to count as building a lightsaber...more like beta testing it. Now a montage with him gathering bits and pieces for the lightsaber and assembling, that would be more interesting...although I don't think I'd put out another $30-$50 bucks just for that.

Citrix Java Flash Video recording (although the camera sucks)

It doesn' offer any explanations that relate to the findings. Perhaps this isn't a biological factor, but a social factor. Late 20 somethings start settling down as they get comfy in their jobs and start families. Perhaps this comfort level decreases the need to keep that mental edge. A good portion of people aren't going to exercise just for the sake of it, whether it is physical or not.

and that is People-that-tell-us-what-to-do. Privacy advocates are so worried about being told what they can and can't do, but they want to tell us that we shouldn't use Latitude. I hate to break it to them, but this is isn't the first GPS tracker available that tells your friends where you are. I use one to let people know where I am on my solo motorcycle rides, so they don't worry. When I get home I turn it off. Simple and my privacy isn't violated. These guys spend so much time troubling over the slightest little things because they think people are idiots. Well if an idiot uses this incorrectly and his/her privacy is violated then just tell them RTFM.

That's enough to power the province of Ontario at peak times in the summer...can we please have your energy?

And they're not exactly bright telemarketers either. After several of their calls where I just hung up, I decided to answer their survey with bogus information and then talk to someone in person. I asked who they represented, and then mentioned some company (can't even remember the name now). After explaining to them I didn't wish to be contacted and I was on the Canadian DNC list, they still call back from time to time. When we see the 000-000-0000 number (or any other similarly obvious number like 012-345-6789) on the call display we just don't bother picking up. Hope someone finally makes a phone capable of white-listing calls. Anyone know if such a thing exists?

This is why I only use randomly generated passwords for these type of sites, and store them in my password safe. They may have gotten my monster password, but they won't be getting into anything else.