"If you never use any computer you're even safer. I suggest you throw out the one you typed this on."

I'd think his public library would be upset by that.

The first article isn't even gone from the front page yet. /. "editors" strike again.

Better get to work on a larger hosts file, since you'll also need to cover the other 16 million+ addresses in the 127.0.0.1 - 127.255.255.254 range.

So, the ethics somehow change just because "international conventions," created by those who are advantaged by them, exist? You're confusing law and ethics.

No, it's not just "big pharma." This has been happening for a very long time, including with supposedly reputable research institutions, like Johns Hopkins. Ref: Henrietta Lacks.

" Person was saying he was using NetBIOS, not over TCP/IP. This almost certainly means over NetBEUI, requiring actual stupid hubs, not switches."

Hubs? Where does one get a hub which supports IBM PC Network (Sytek)?

Nope. If a computer can turn an LED on/off, that's an output device. How it's normally used doesn't matter, it's how it _can_ be used.

So, by your definition a monitor is not an output device, because "in the general sense of the word, you won't be storing or sending data to another standard device" with it. OK, whatever.

Assuming the discussion is regarding the usual keyboards used with IBM type PCs, the indicator lights are under control of the computer, and not just simple local indicators.

EVERY cert test I've ever taken tests not knowledge of the subject/product, but the ability to do rote memorization of the training materials, even if it's wrong. It's all a moneymaking scam.

I was saying the the OP was an unworkable solution. You seem to be arguing something completely different.

"I think it would be considerably easier if SMTP was updated to require not only a reverse DNS arpa pointer record of the sending server, but the reverse DNS record must also have a matching MX record. "

So, break virtually all MUAs (which send using SMTP), and force everyone to use webmail? Good luck with that.

" Who keeps their phone in a front pants pocket?"

People who've broken a phone by sitting on it while it's in their back pocket.

Same reason some people actually pay for shirts with "Abercrombie," "Old Navy," "Aeropostale," etc. on them. I could never figure it out - if you're advertising for them, the shirts should be free.

You're a hypocrite. You argue that "idiot" can change meaning depending on the speaker. Then, so can "offensive" and 'hate." Who are you to tell someone what either means or that they're wrong in how they're using the term?