I admit that the emails he sent were pretty funny, but, the people asking for help weren't the ones not fixing the email address screwup. He could have easily had a stock response set up to respond to each of these describing Zynga's mistake and unwillingness to fix it.

I could see people not familiar with technology, e.g. my mom, who would think that clicking slowly 5 times was a real thing. Then, regardless of how many times I explained to her that it doesn't work like that, there would have been the one anecdotal instance that it did 'work' that would forever reinforce her belief. *p.s. - the canada day one was the best.

I heard there is a new app coming out called Fakeblock. It should help with this.

George Maharris is going to be the next Zuckerberg.

Ok, so how do you retrieve your photos that you stored on that 8inch floppy disk... 10 years from now?

That is a gross exageration but is an anaolgy to the point of the article. Without proper protections, all the information, notes, white papers, studies, etc will be useless if there doesn't exist technology that can read it.

In a worst case scenario how would humankind rebuild and not forget what was previously learned (e.g. dark ages we already experienced).

Sure they do. It doesn't seem to be a problem for credit card companies. Even Gmail seems to want an active phone line before setting up a simple email account. The reality is Facebook turns a blind eye to underage users. Those children are Facebook's bread-n-butter. I am still shocked they haven't been hit with fines or sanctions for continually violating the U.S. federal law that states people under 13 (or is it 14?)can't be monitored online.

Easier said, than done. Without paid body guards it is impossible to monitor someone 24/7.

Fuck you and your ivory tower. Having been bullied to the point of considering suicide several times when I was a kid, I can tell you without a doubt, the bullies are accessories to the death. A human can only take so much abuse before they crack; juvenille minds even more so.

I have zero tolerence for bullies. They should be treated like criminals.

I have seen it before. They will put in all their hopes and angst, only to find that the text reads: "Don't forget to drink your Ovaltine".

Is there anything that bacon doesn't make better?.....mmm bacon...

Maybe that company that sells ringtones is really a front for the CIA/NSA? That's what I would do if I were them. Pretend to be an advertiser whilst collecting/building profiles.

Yeah, because watching some ubernerd executing commandline scripts in a terminal makes for great television. :)

There is a saying the goes something like "don't attribute to malice which can be explained by stupidity".

I wonder if their decision is based on my twist on that saying "don't attribute to kindness that which can be explained by avoiding liability and bad press". Perhaps they dont want to be caught showing ads to the first person who gets hit by a bus because his/her focus was on the display watching a sexy ad and not the world around them?

I am a long time gamer and hardware/software nerd. I like the idea of a new console, but this not live long. I just dont see a market. The big three have their new consoles coming out which means the previous gen will be around $100.

They need to come out of the gate with must have games that all the kids talk about.If they dont get some pro developers on board the oyu will die a quick death. Games sell consoles, not the other way around.

I could just be ill informed, but why do pundits, media, and government officials keep trying to push the idea that you need giant military organizations to lauch an attack (ala nuclear weapon building).

Is it not completely possible that one intelligent man, $300 laptop, and an internet connection be just as "deadly" as any country's electronic warfare unit?

And why this old relic of an idea of a cold war. I am sure that there are many individual actors that are in active attack mode.

I would mod you up if I had points. Agreed, finally something sensible from a Missouri politician that doesn't make us the laughing stock of the country.

They already do this. See my comment below about the "trading cards" system. In the EA hockey game there is another mode called "be a pro". Yes, if you want to get better equipment or stats you have to purchase with real money or use the hard to earn in-game points.

The digial age started in the 1950's. What we have here is greed. The blood suckers smell fresh meat. And people like you just roll over and take it. It's not the digital age coming, its the apathy and ignorance of the populous.

I know you are tyring to be fair, but your comment enrages me.