The security gate really is useless. If terrorists wanted to do any damage at all they'd simply walk to the security line and detonate their bomb. You could probably kill just as many innocent people on a busy day as bringing down a jet liner. Brute force security will never work. Israel got this right years ago. As an example, (I'm not an American) I travelled to Amsterdam, (Schiphol airport, one of the most secure airports in the world). Even before checking my bag in I was confronted by airport security and asked for my password etc. He never asked to touch my junk, he simply ask me some straightforward questions. Like, why are you here, where are you going etc. Based on my responses he was able to make an intelligent decision that I didn't need further screening (no doubt I had remote eyes on me too). The gist of it is that less intrusive, more elite force security will get you MUCH greater results. TSA != intelligence and intelligence is exactly what we need but we're too damn cheap. Every single country that has dealt with terrorism knows that brute force is exactly how the enemy wants you to waste your resources. Terror has won when we are kept captive by ourselves.

what the hell are you talking about? The only apps that have ads are those that you didn't pay for (try buy an app you like some time). If you're using Safari then it's not different that browsing the web with your desktop browser (although on desktop it's easier to block ads with plugins). There is no such thing as ad injection capabilities on iOS. You better get back under the bridge before you get hit by a car.

"builds security into a program as its written". Doesn't Perl already do this? Security by obscurity.

why would you want to use Wine for make a game based on Microsoft tech and products? Why not just get a damn windows license then and dev on that. If you ever complete the game who plays it will likely be running windows anyway. Would you really want to release a game you haven't tested on the target platform? Just use SDL / OpenGL / C++ or something other than XNA if you're gung-ho on not using Windows.

Some poor sap will buy it for more than it's worth. The mafia might even purchase it as a concrete shoes replacement. The handles make it easier to lug around.

I don't think that what it says at all. "Through the Twitter API" means you can't post promoted tweets using their public API, you could still build an app that displays tweets and server ads within the app.

by your definition of update Vista must then be an update of XP?