Sounds like Elon was watching too many old movies recently.....

Easy solution: have Congress mandate that all computers must have an on/off switch.

Would you say that about any other consumer device? Heck, the *warranty* on a new car is usually longer than that; and US laws mandate that the manufacturer support the car with parts and service for at least 10 years. If a major flaw is found, the company has to issue a recall and fix it for free. Your phone/taplet/computer? After a year you're on your own, and any updates - even for massive security flaws - is totally at the whim of the manufacturer. And this is considered good?

Jediism, Judaism.... how many people just checked the wrong box?

Except that he isn't a computer scientist....

>> a computer scientist and senior VP

You can't be both. You hand in your geek card when you become upper management.

Are you sure this is an original Apple computer? It doesn't have any rounded corners.

Were you listening to your iPod? Because you missed the loud whooshing sound.

But the foundries will still be in the USA; only the ownership is changing. They aren't making Essex Junction a part of Abu Dhabi.

The main complaint seems to be this: "GlobalFoundries, a U.S.-based firm owned by investors in Abu Dhabi". But: IBM itself is a US-based firm owned by investors in many different countries, including Abu Dhabi, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and many others. Does that make IBM less trustworthy?

SSH be plenty greater for connecting to TCP ports and not security problem.

They bought the phone division...... you mean there were other divisions of Nokia?

It's not exactly the name recognition, it's the name's reputation.

Nokia: well recognized, well liked brand with positive reception everywhere.

Microsoft: well recognized, universally hated brand, regular finalist in "most hated company" competitions.

Marketing 101 says: they chose the wrong name.

Why should the government be the main source for recall information? Shouldn't that come from the manufacturer/importer?

Pass a law saying car companies must have recall information easily accessible on the web. The extra cost for the companies (which have large splashy advertising sites already, backed by a decent server infrastructure) will be next to nothing. However, this will save the government money; they can just put up a static page with pointers to the individual manufacturer's sites.

Wait, you're saying that creating an account on Facebook with a fake identity is a crime???

Excuse me a sec, I'll be right back, need to, uh, delete a few things......

Agile and waterfall are *management* methods. Code quality is a function of *developers*.

If you want quality code, stop pissing off your developers, and choose the least intrusive management method, so people can do their work.

Do you mean to imply that chip manufacturers have started to lie on their spec sheets? Really? That's a new one; in the past they've been 100% accurate.

please please please kill Notes.

Lotus 1-2-3: universally loved, ground breaking program: killed off.

Lotus Notes: universally hated me-too program: still survives.