I know you liberals can't be bothered to actually read an article, but come on, the summary is just a few sentences.
After the six free months, it US $10 / month.

I've heard that Comcast sucks. If you think they do, you have two choices:
a) tell people why Comcast sucks
b) totally make shit up out of thin air, so readers think that people complaining about Comcast are liars and idiots

Well, after three hours the suit battery is dead.

Yes, only "children" as long as it is convenient. As soon as it is not, they go medieval on children, without the slightest bit of remorse.

I wonder what will happen when the public finally wises up (if it ever does) about "terrorirsts" and "CP". Maybe Demonic possession or witches again?

I don't. The problem here is that most people do not have a viable alternative and also do not understand the TOS or their implications. What you say is like "if you do not like this planet, then go somewhere else" for most people and hence makes no sense.

You cannot filter SPAM based on hashes. But if it were possible, as long as people need to opt-in, no problem.

The one used in this case is a database of in images where they know who the kids are. So not just "obviously underage", but "that's Megan Smith, who is 9 years old". More in info can be found here:
http://www.missingkids.com/CVI...

Other systems exist for "looks like probably". They are mostly useful when you don't want any porn, so Facebook and YouTube could use them. YouTube uses such a system as a pre-check, then has him humans manually confirm. At least, they DID. They could have stopped using it an hour ago and I wouldn't know.

I said:

> A DES-based hash would still be fine, just by allowing more bits.

I should clarify that DES itself specifies a key length of 56 bits. To get more bits, you do DES three times*, which is called Triple DES or 3DES. If you use three different 56-bit keys, that's effectively a 112 bit key due to meet-in-the-middle, and that's strong for an another fifteen years.

* encrypt(key1,decrypt(key2,encrypt(key3,plaintext)))

This outlet. Has the Sony reader for $50. And it's had them for months, perhaps even over a year now. They're so crap they're pullbacks.

Linus is already taken seriously by a more than sufficient number of people, so he couldn't care less how seriously you take him. Meanwhile, the kernel's code name isn't going to be printed on any boxes, nor used as a bullet point. The numeric version will be provided, if anything, as always.

Yes, so does Wolfsberg, and so does... where do they design cars in Japan, anyway?

Not really. Watch Top Gear on Saab for a hilarious automotive counterexample, leading to the demise of one of the world's best-loved automakers. Well, by the tiny handful of people who bought their cars, anyhow :)

The Sony Reader has been available at my grocery outlet for $50 for ages now. Nobody buys them.