It is the best selling computer of all time so statistically there are bound to be significant market interest in a retro comeback.

I, for one, am VERY interested! And i am just some random dude on the shell of the formerly great /.

.. does the Lightyear One vehicle have a look which is reminiscent to a 1980's incorrect representation of what they thought futuristic cars would look like in the year 2000?

Historically, there is a direct correlation between air fare going up while seat space reduces. Air fare has never lowered. So don't get your hopes up that it will, because it won't.

The attacker could have found the Firefox RCE on his own, he could have bribed a Mozilla/Google insider, hacked a Mozilla/Google employee and viewed details about the RCE, or hacked Mozilla's bug tracker, like another attacker did in 2015.

Gee, thanks for narrowing it down!

Tin foil hat time: What if one or more of the city council members are actually the ransomware gang? They would be aware of the vulnerabilities of the city and would be in a position to justify and vote to pay out to themselves.

Ok they were dumb not having backups, but what i can't understand is, they have been locked out for over a month. During such time, why didn't they simply clear the drives and reinstall the software, and call it a day? There systems were down anyway, so better to now clean house. Maybe the total cost would be less than $600,000. Maybe it would be more than $600,000. Who cares. This is a blessing in disguise. They'd become more serious about their system management. The worst thing one can do is give in to the ransom demands.

So the take away from this payout:

1. They didn't learn from their mistakes and potentially still vulnerable to the same and even a myriad of other simple (and more complex) attacks.
2. They pay out when the going gets moderately tough after only weeks.
3. It encourages not only the original thieves to attack again but now the whole world knows you're an easy target.

I might be misunderstanding this technique, after reading the article, but it sounds to me browsers need to implement an added (tiny) random time delay in the JIT; enough that it would lower the probability for a correct profile determination.

Statistically, most people in the world only rely on apps (on their mobile device), not a web browser. So not having their own app will drastically reduce their reach. But it is safe to say they will still push forward with their app and just tell their users to download and install the app manually.

"Won't be used for military applications" is code speak for: It WILL be used for military applications. When there is profit to be made, lives will always be expendable. The military complex is one of the most profitable (and wasteful) industries out there. And Google has a legal fiduciary responsibility to make a profit above all else. So the standard course of action will be to simply deny the allegation. Shocker!

"The Hydra had many heads. If you cut off one hydra head, two more would grow back in its place." - Greek Mythology

I wonder if anyone here will understand your reference.

For those who don't know, Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, was a convicted murderer of a Judge. He was also tried, but never convicted, for multiple murders prior to that. And briefly he was connected to the JFK assassination.

HIV is a virus. Evolution is real. Mutations are real. The drugs may work today, but it doesn't mean it will be a cure forever. HIV will eventually adapt (via an evolutionary mutation) and be back again.

PornHub has put out crazy eye-catching ideas many times over the years simply to boost their profile. So despite what they're saying, they actually have no interest in buying it. This is what they do. When Yahoo, under the disastrous management of Marissa Mayer, embarrassingly bought Tumblr, my first thought just hours after the announcement was, "I wonder how long before PornHub puts out a fake presser announcing they want to buy back Tumblr from Yahoo to restore its filth glory?". And sure enough, here we are several years later.

This is what PornHub does. This is how they stay relevant in the mainstream. And how they remain the #1 porn site.

Car Scene (Minority Report)

TurboTax, here in Canada, is nowhere nearly as misbehaving as it seems they are in USA. Sheesh. You know Congress is in the pocket when TurboTax is brazen enough to charge $119 to allow you to file "for free".