Are there wives out there that don't know they have husbands watching porn? Here's a clue for them. If they have a boyfriend or husband he watches porn at least occasionally. There are no exceptions. If they think their guy isn't like the rest and is somehow special, they are naive and wrong. Men are hard wired for this stuff, just because they watch porn doesn't mean they don't love their mate.

I hate to break it to you, but that horse left the barn years ago. The data from these systems is much too valuable and companies that would follow your advice would be at a large competitive disadvantage. That being said, these systems should still be protected with multiple layers of security. I work on SCADA systems and there are multiple security measures such as no default gateways and no less than three firewalls between the SCADA system and the Internet, but it is required that it be connected. For example we need to exchange data on 5 min intervals with our energy market that was implemented, because deregulation and public markets are supposedly better. For example if you would like to see near real time energy market data in the Midwest you can look here https://www.midwestiso.org/MarketsOperations/RealTimeMarketData/Pages/LMPContourMap.aspx

They are probably not allowed to flight pool per Google policy. Many businesses have policies regarding key employees traveling together. This is in case of a crash or or other unfortunate event causing the death of the travelers on board. If the policy is written well, they probably aren't supposed to be in the same car train or bus either as those forms of transportation aren't as safe.

I hate to say it, but Ballmer was right developers, developers, developers. The fact of the matter is that most line of business appliocations are Windows executables. That is changing somewhat in that we are seeing web interfaces added by many vendors, but the same vendors are also adding AD integrated authentication. If other OSs hit a critical mass, there will also be a need for centralized management of patches and anti-virus etc. Imagine if Linux or another OS had enough of an installed base to be a target. Users would still be clicking on trojans and entering the root password when requested.

I hate to say this, but recycling server hardware every three years isn't the right way to go. I have Dell servers that are 7 years old and working fine. They aren't close to using all of the resources so it makes no sence to replace them with anything newer. Resourse intensive apps get server upgrades every 2 or 3 years, but you don't need to upgrade for the sake of upgrading. I don't even bother carrying support on servers beyond the initial 3 years on 90% of my servers, but I do have a third party support some specialized servers that would be a huge pain to change. The trick is you need to know how to rebuild any app you support from scratch or with backups etc. If one of my 7 year old Dells were to fail today, I'd immediately fire up a new box and install everything that's needed on the new server and move on. Really not a big deal. The problem is you have to know how to support what's installed on the servers... every single one of them. If you can't rebuild something from scratch you'll be spending all night learning at some point anyway. Keeping a spare server around is much cheaper than paying for support on a bunch of old servers that rarely have failures other than the occasional HDD.

To my wife immediately. She complains that her memory could be better.

Do we now prefer Microsoft to Apple now? Last I knew Slashdot likes the underdog.

All aircraft engine manufacturers call for zero ash. I'm guessing that they figured that was the easiest thing to do as opposed to doing actual testing. Since it's never been tested properly, I wouldn't blame the governments for following the written specifications. I also doubt that any engine company is going to be willing to take on the lilability of publishing updated specifications allowing some ash.

I don't understand how they can't have full free speech rights, yet be held accountable for criminal acts. If a 17 year old student came to school with a gun and killed someone, they would want to try them as an adult. If you're going to be held to adult standards in that situation you should also have adult privileges.