If his profits reside in a single account (or many accounts?) all his... Couldn't this be used to potentially track him?

The changing usage rate between the two OS's is controlled for. FTFA: It's infection rate per 1000 machines.

But what percentage of geeks and those who got picked on *actually* turned out successful? My guess? Not very high.

How do you crack a WPA2 network? All the documentation I've come across relies on a dictionary attack. What do you do when the password is something like "lajfd92kdjicmwkd;cjlajflkdkdd..." and (is 3 charas in length, at most extreme)?

If by "dead" you mean out of juice, then yes. If you think it'd become spacecraft spaghetti then no. The odds of it bumping into another celestial is slim to nil. Space is VAST!

Law is another lousy choice (non-top 15) right now. But that's a whole 'nother can of worms....

... Or you can lock it with WPA1/2 and avoid the issue altogether. Good luck breaking my WPA2 encryption password "aljfdlkj1!!!ijkcijdifjlekjaifekic83784kjdu82lj8d".

Spend 30k now only to have to wait ten years to break even? By then, you'll probably be in another house, in another city. But, I do agree. Solar power should have been installed since day one. Next generations of city planners and engineers will have to (when the oil wells run dry) go "F, maybe this was a good idea after all."

Japan's been doing this for quite some time now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeliCa

Want greatest privacy? Use cash. Want to give up privacy for the convenience? Use mobile payment. And, if we know Google well enough, they'll most likely let you track your spendings in neat little infographics. Obviously if you don't want your wife to know you bought a Fleshlight then don't use a credit card. But for mundane payments like a burger at McD, why the he'll not?