If Sony were at all concerned about the safety of their employees' private data then they would have taken steps to protect it BEFORE they were hacked. Sony have an abysmal history of computer security and this latest travesty is them trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted in an attempt to stop their chickens coming home to roost.

Rihanna's "We found Dove in a soapless place".

I think you're confused about isolator/insulator. Wires are commonly wrapped in insulation (e.g. rubber) to prevent them conducting. You can also put insulation into your walls to reduce heat loss.

An isolator is typically a mechanical switch that would completely disconnect an electrical circuit.

Do you mean like the Call of Duty series?

When you write $100.000 do you mean $100 or $100,000? I can't figure out why you've got three zeroes after the decimal point unless you're using it instead of a comma.

If the disks were members of a RAID set, then you'd have to steal them all at the same time otherwise you'd have inconsistent filesystems. With a bit of skill, you could probably read some data, but you'd be better off transferring data over a network as that wouldn't involve physical access to a server room (which typically have some kind of monitoring cameras installed).

However, if you had two AIs and one of them was focussed on replication, I'd imagine we'd end up AIs competing for resources.

Don't forget leap years - 365 was quite accurate the last time Microsoft forgot about February 29th.

I'm disappointed that they edited out my original comment: "Office 365 (maybe an optimistic name)".

Yes, they used faith rather than science, even though they were supposed to be conducting scientific experiments. Just because they were doing it wrong doesn't mean that you can extrapolate that to people who do it right.

In addition to your other reply, the feature film RED (with Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich etc) was based on one of his graphic novels.

I think it depends on your specific situation. Some people learn to use/take care of their body more when they are older, so they can "improve" with age (although they would have improved more if they had learnt that earlier). I personally started doing a lot of road cycling a few years ago and I'd say my heart/lungs are in way better shape now (45) than when I was in my 20s and just drinking and partying.

Anyway, middle-age is the best time to be delusional about aging. It's when some things start to go south, but you've got more disposable income to compensate for them. I don't think it's necessarily true that geeks are anti-aging at all - I'd be perfectly happy to take some age-reversing drugs if they worked. I think Warren Ellis just has a very good handle on what is bullshit and what isn't (that's why he's one of my favourite authors).

I was a bit disappointed that Warren didn't plump for any cybernetic laser implants, but I think he took the question too seriously.

I think you've got a couple of things wrong there. Kickstarter is in no way an investment as you don't get any ownership of the company/project and you don't receive any profits. You "pledge" money rather than "investing".

In the Kickstarter basics, they state explicitly: "Project creators kepp 100% ownership of their work, and Kickstarter cannot be used to offer equity, financial returns, or to solicit loans."

In section 4 of their terms-of-use, they state: "the creator must complete the project and fulfill each reward." There then follows a description of the appropriate actions for the creators to follow when it's impossible for them to fulfill the project.

I imagine that would be a bit more challenging for a 5 year old than learning MS-specific exam answers. A lot of generic computer skills require a level of abstract reasoning that wouldn't be easy for a youngster to master. I guess it also depends on what his parents know - if they are MS specialists then I guess the kid's only going to be learning MS stuff.