So? Even though I hold a PhD from MIT, it's in an unrelated field and I don't consider myself a climate expert in any way. But I can think for myself, and the WSJ piece pointed out that even if we accept the AGW thesis, in the chain of reasoning from "the climate is warming" to "we must reduce carbon emissions" there are many steps that are economic and political in nature, not within the expertise of climatologists. The real tragedy, to my mind, is that, based on this questionable chain of reasoning, so many people are now true believers that reducing carbon emissions is a vital necessity or mankind, and that anyone who questions that conclusion is as bad as those who deny the Holocaust.

I have a Safepass card. It's been some time since I got it, but I think it cost me about $20. Whenever I want to make an online payment to a previously-unknown payee, I need to enter the code from the hardware token. While it's true that the token could be stolen, thieves would have to intercept my username/password, then steal the token without my discovering the theft in time to notify the bank. Not impossible by any means, but probably difficult enough to induce the thieves to look for easier prey. I think my investment of $20 and a few extra keystrokes is well worth it.

Geohot didn't do anything illegal, so why is he a 'criminal'? How is restoring the Linux functionality that Sony originally sold, and then disabled though updates, a 'misdeed'?

It is not true only in theory. I have done it for a TiVo with two different cable companies. It's true that most people, especially the technology-challenged, won't bother, but the option is there.

By comparison to women, yes, men do ignore the fashion industry. There are real gender-based differences in behavior, and these are reflected in buying preferences. I doubt that we will ever see gender equality in the market for haute couture, or for videogames.

Please don't be pedantic. In English usage, Finland can be part of Scandinavia. While the Finns and other peoples of the Nordic countries might disagree with this, their views are not definitive since we are conversing in English.

Trying to secure something by decreasing your signal strength is an excellent way to be more secure. It's just not a way to be absolutely secure, as AliasMarlowe seems to think. Even if he cannot detect a signal outside the property, someone with an ultra-high-gain antenna could. Having said that, minimizing the RF signal leakage, hiding the SSID, and MAC restrictions are all steps that increase security by making interception more difficult, even if none of them produce an absolutely secure system.

Saying that these steps for wireless security are useless because they can be breached with enough effort is like saying that locking your doors is useless because the locks can be broken with enough effort. The point is not to achieve perfect security, but security that is good enough to deter the intruders.

Give me a break. A large proportion of terrorists these days are Muslim, and claim to be motivated by their faith. This is a simple fact. If King wants to investigate the ramifications flowing from this as regards US homeland security, that doesn't add up to an "anti-Islamic hate campaign". If you want everyone to turn a blind eye to what a tiny but dangerous faction of the Muslim community is doing, I think you're crazy.

Do you wonder why no one wants to invest in providing you broadband? If anyone risked the investment, wading through the vast sewer of regulatory red tape and expense and risking all sorts of new ex post facto restrictions after the investment was sunk and irretreivable (all for the greater good, of course), and they wanted to reap a reward for taking the risk, people like you would accuse them of being as bad as those who commit forcible sodomy. Why would anyone want to bother?

If you keep your iPad (or buy a new one), don't count on keeping your Netflix or Kindle apps. Apple is demanding that they sell their movies and books through Apple, and hand over 30% of the revenue. Apple is threatening to pull the apps if they don't get their way. It may end up that you will give up your Netflix streaming if you stay with Apple. Both Netflix and Amazon have annouced that they will release Android versions of their apps this year.