This was my post - I don't know why it came up as AC.

"Care to explain why the Communist party of China has offices inside of Huawei's headquarters?"

Sure. They do that with most large institutions from what I've seen when in China. There's a Party office in all of the universities, too. It allows the Party to keep an eye on things as well as serve as a liaison between the institution and the government when needed. Also, since companies are responsible for handing certain things for their employees that we would not necessarily consider companies doing here in the USA, the Party office helps administer those things as well. It's no huge conspiracy or anything like that. It is just a government that has more direct interaction with people's lives than people in the US would think is normal.

I've been to China many times (mostly to universities) and these Party offices are nothing unusual there.

The idea of "keeping an eye on things" may fit into various conspiracy theories. All I know from my many trips to China about those Party offices is what I've been told by my fellow professors, by the graduate students I taught, and by my friends and colleagues over there.

Mr. Wozniak, thank you for taking the time to read and respond to questions.

What do you, personally, believe to be the reason why there is not more malware on OS X? While I personally believe it to be a combination of improved security in the OS and the lower market share (thus making it a smaller target than Windows), I would like to know your opinion and beliefs on the matter.

Thank you.

Mr. Wozniak, thank you for taking the time to read and respond to questions.

Given the rather open beginnings of the Apple computers, some have seen the turn toward the "Walled Garden" security model in iOS as a step in the wrong direction. Leaving the debate about cell phone security alone, there are theories that OS X itself is moving toward more of a "Walled Garden" approach. While this may be a good thing for the general, non-technical populace, it leaves hobbyists and developers at a loss.

What would you propose as an acceptable solution in order to maintain the hobbyist aspect of computer programming (and even electronic tinkering) alive while taking steps to reduce risk to the proverbial "grandmother who only uses the computer for Facebook and email"?

It looks like both WSJ and Gartner have both long since jumped the shark. I was in university in the 80s. Anyone who was at large university in the 1980s would have been there to "watch the Internet happen", so to speak. BITNET, ARPANET, MILNET - how can these "reporters" (and yes, I used 'scare quotes' intentionally) hope to be taken seriously when there are plenty of people still alive who were there when the whole thing started? At least wait until most of us have died off before trying to rewrite history like that. Amateurs.

I'm a college professor and I've never heard of these kickbacks except from people claiming that they exist. I select textbooks because they are what is available. I hate it when publishers change a few minor things and put out a new edition. I have three versions of the same book published within a four-year period and the fourth edition is coming out later this year. And they keep changing the order of the chapters so I have to change assignments, test questions, etc. Granted, I don't mind keeping my courses up to date, but I think a new edition of a text book every 16-18 months is a bit much, especially when the editions are not compatible for things such as exercises and chapter ordering. I LIKE used textbooks. I would encourage my students to use them if I could, but it seems that the publishers are trying to kill the used-book market for textbooks. I realize that things change rapidly in computer science, but I think they could slow down the update rate a little on these books without sacrificing much. The only thing worse is when a good textbook is NOT updated at all. One of my favorite texts is now horridly out of date, but there is no new edition on the horizon and I really can't find a better book for the subject. I've been forced to use two lesser books (which I also hate doing - I think you should have one textbook per class). Sorry for the rant, but I want people to understand that the professors are just as frustrated by all of this as you are, except perhaps the ones who author the textbooks. The fact that I receive free "desk copies" of books does not eliminate my frustration. I know my students are still paying huge amounts of money for textbooks and there's only so much I can do about it. I'm trying to find open textbook alternatives, and I may have to take time to write one if I can't find one.

No limit on atheism. We have had several atheist kids (whose parents are lawyers) involved with no problems. It was not due to any threats of legal action or anything. The kid needed to deal with the fact that scouting was founded, in part, on religious principles and had to deal with it, but we did not force any religion on the kid. Granted, there is no "religious" award for atheists, but there is one for just about anything else out there. It's the only one that both adult leaders (called "scouters") and the scouts can earn other than being put up for membership in the Order of the Arrow.

Citation needed on religion part. Where do you get this bit about non-christians not being OK in Boy Scouts? Seriously. I was very involved in Boy Scouting for quite some time - I went from being an assistant den leader to being a unit commissioner (oversees several packs/troops and the adult leaders) and never encountered any religious bias, and this is in the "deep south" in the USA. Yes, there is the bit about "a scout is reverent", but that is easily interpreted in ways that work even for atheists. The outdoor badges still require being outdoors. (Now, the Girl Scouts have a "cooking" badge that does not involve any actual cooking, but that's a different story entirely.) And there are Venture crews for co-ed scouting experiences.

You have got to be kidding me. They protested Fred Rogers?!? That is going way too far! They protest people who gave their lives for their country, and they protest Fred Rogers? I agree - being deemed picket-worthy by these gits would be an honour as I would be counted among such great people as Fred Rogers and the heroes who gave their lives for this country. I'm sorry. I grew up watching Mr. Rogers back in the late 60s and early 70s. That was one man whose heart was clearly and undeniably in the right place and who gave it all in his own special way. My kids watched him, too. RIP, Mr. Rogers.

Even the Ferengi know better... Rule of Acquisition Number 60: Keep your lies consistent.

Citation needed for the bit about the book of Genesis. It's part of the Torah, the five books of Moses that are foundational to Judaism. I have no idea where you studied religion, but my recently-passed uncle, who was Jewish, would certainly have disagreed with your statement that it was the Catholic church that gave the book of Genesis its authority. He taught me enough about his beliefs for me to know that.