Yes, I care where they are, and they'd damn well better be stored locally in addition to online. Or not on the "cloud" at all if they're something which I care about the privacy of at all. That's the difference between my PC (Macbook that also runs Windows) and my iPhone.

You're lucky -- I've have the displeasure of seeing several VERY infected Vista and Win 7 boxes. (Basically, the choice was to remove the HDD and use a clean computer running malware removal software to clean it, or to re-install entirely.)

I.T. is a means of solving problems, it's not a religion. If it works well for the purpose, no need to upgrade. If it doesn't, then move on.

Betcha that a lot of reactors are still running Windows 2K or NT servers. OS upgrades tend to move very slowly in isolated automation/SCADA systems.

(1) Split an account with your friends or office (2) 20 free articles -- there's got to be a way to spoof that. Deleting cookies + changing IP #'s would probably do that. (3) Fake referrers from search engines or Facebook, though they may have ways of verifying Also, why doesn't NYT also have a daily option like their dead-tree version? You should be able to buy a copy, download the whole thing to your laptop or tablet, and be able to read it on the plane without being forced to pay for a 4-week period!

Hopefully whatever is causing this dose will dissipate. That's 0.8 rem/hr or 20 rem/day (not quickly lethal, but pretty damned significant). Not to mention the effects of inhaled isotopes.

How long before someone nails the server hosting the banner, leaving Homeland Security with a fat bill for bandwidth?