Bitch bitch bitch. I went to High School in Ithaca NY. The sources I can find that have data for both cities put them pretty close. BestPlaces says Seattle has 152 sunny days, and Ithaca has 154 sunny days. HomeFacts says Seattle has 56 clear days, and Ithaca has 53 clear days. They're pretty comparable, but Ithaca has a lot more snow. I think I'd handle Seattle's climate fine.

I remember a math teacher once stopping class to bring our attention to a patch of blue sky that had temporarily appeared. I don't think people were particularly depressed.

Neither has called me on my cell phone, no have I seen an increase in solicitation or scam calls.

How much snow do you get from Septermber - June?

They could have been intending to use it to make dirty bomb what could have exposed hundreds, if not thousands to such an ugly death.

The dirty bomb, as a weapon of mass destruction, is a myth. Disperse the radioactive material far enough to affect a large number of people, and you disperse the radiation as well. The concentration of radioactive material decreases as the square of the radius of the area of dispersal.

It's a security feature.

-cybercriminal

I know it is not in our DNA, but seriously - this time - read TFA. They guy was taking tennis lessons at a school his child does not attend. He had been warned previously not to park his car on the tennis court and charge. He did it again, and so they got fed up and called 911.

All that said, his intent was to steal a lot more electricity - he just got caught after only 20 minutes of charge time. Intent is important. The whole "5 cents" part of the headline is stupid and deliberately misleading.

Well, based on the torrents of spam that I get from friends and relatives hijacked accounts, I'd say pretty darned likely.

The largest in the US with 20% of the market, Comcast/NBC/Universal, is. Time Warner/Road Runner, #2 with 15% of the market, is. #5 is Cox, and they also are known for producing content.

The keygen would still work, plus Google will let you print out one-time use codes that you can keep in your wallet. I have had to use those before. Google will also let you set up a phone number that it will ring with the code - and naturally your desk phone at work sounds like a pretty good candidate.

Google and Facebook offer simple two-factor that works with any cellphone capable of SMS. Facebook also has a keygen built into their smartphone app. I wish everyone did this.

I don't know if it is "magic", but we did a pretty good job of routing around the lack of content with p2p. We'll fill up the pipes one way or another - they might want to reflect on what a wonderful thing Netflix has done: getting people to actually pay for content again.

Well, you were stealing.

I know it isn't fair to read TFA, but there you go. The man was warned previously by the school that he could not park his car on the tennis court, and he did it anyway. I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure I could find some statutes that he violated.

What if the arrested individual raises a stink and files suit?

Then the tax payer suffers, never the officer.

Now multiply $5 by the number of people willing to steal power and you see why we need to crack down. Same reason you give $100 fine to someone for littering. It's way disproportionate, but if everyone does it we have a big fat mess.