I'm assuming that this DoS can't continue indefinitely, so whatever is being covered up will be revealed as soon as the attack ends, right?

Awesome. Imagine if real-life justice worked like this. The cops discover that you're selling drugs from your home. They decide that arresting you would be too much hassle, so instead they just pull the numbers off of your mailbox. No one can find you anymore, problem solved!

If I were paranoid, and I am, I wouldn't believe that the USPS would let an envelope leave the United States with that address on it.

So other Internet stuff like FTP is still safe?

Well, as a GWT developer, I don't write much of any HTML or CSS. I do my best to keep most of those details abstracted away from me. But I know most of it isn't HTML at all, but is done by editing DOM objects. So I don't really know if I'm using anything "as it was intended to be used".

Every browser that you add support for adds cost, and the less mainstream, the worse it is. Hell, just supporting all of the IE versions is a huge pain in the ass. You really think it's cheap to cater to screen readers?

I'm pretty sure that's a matter of preference. I've tried some of what France considers good cheese, and it is absolutely repulsive.

Is that a crime?

Yeah, when you have absolutely no qualms about being trillions of dollars in public debt, there really is no such thing as a dichotomy when it comes to spending.

I'm all in favor of adding unnecessary car analogies, but man, that one is so analogous that it adds absolutely no explanatory value.

The first two posts are false dichotomies. Way to go, Slashdot. Nerds are supposed to be smart.

It is possible to reduce carbon emissions, plant more trees, AND plant trees that capture more carbon.

For static content, you're right. But when you're designing dynamic applications in something like GWT, you're way beyond being able to think about the semantic web.

Yeah, this is nothing new. My school system implemented a system like this years ago. My school system assigned 6-digit student IDs when I was in 4th grade or so, probably around 1997. I don't remember when we implemented debit accounts for lunches - maybe 5 years later. It's convenient.

That's right - "gay" has been used for "lame" for decades now. The problem is that it is *also* used to indicate homosexuality.

While we're at it, let's note that "lame" has been used for "undesirable" for some time. The problem is it is *also* used to indicate physical disability.

It is difficult to keep up with what offends people, indeed.

Literally meaning 'word processor-stupid', it refers to someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to over-reliance on the kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text in a word processor or computer.

English speakers could find a similar use for this term, describing people who have forgotten (or never learned) how to spell due to relying on spell-checkers.

There are very few crimes that should follow someone around for their whole life - sexual offenses and first degree murder spring to mind

Why is it that if a crime is of a sexual nature, you are willing to import a harsher sentence, or are less willing to eventually forgive it?