Why is such a great question " what action by Assad could possibly prevent an attack?" be considered a blunder ?

It is a standard and classic question to test if somebody is honest in the reasoning.

"What will it take to change your mind ?"

If somebody answers "nothing" you know they don't believe in their words

Major contracts have been canceled or put on hold as nobody trusts any company based in the US. Google has to make us believe it. Fluf won't go as far

you guys DO know where silicon comes from, right?

The local titties ?

If NSA has a backdoor to anything, it simply allows for a backdoor to everybody. It is not like the backdoor would be wired to an NSA IP address. Ultimately it creates a disservice for the country.

I have always simply right clicked on the toolbar and select"open closed tab". The shortcut has always been there to see, I could not bother to memorise it.

"Do you think that Snowden will prove to be the trigger to the 3rd WW?"

Ammm NO

I didn't realise that Betteridge's law of headlines applies to blogs

Bait and ... hit the switch ... lights out

Pick up a helmet you plick ... it easy to say. If you want them to do everything safely in their business, they may as well wait to the fire goes out by it self. Its a high risk job, with shortcuts and quick decisions with some bravery. Mistakes might be made. You wont be making those mistakes, so you can be judgmental. Don't call them

Amm .. that is fair enough. Its not out of their own pocket but if these guys run on a limited budget and a single court case can blow the whole budget ... they may as well return to picks and shovels if they can avoid being sued.

An eskimo would have the same problem, does that mean he cannot understand people ?

What about if they start tweaking it ?

Very simple, the internet should slowly and effectively hand privacy to the users. The privacy of my message and its metadata should depend on me and my destination somehow. That's all, and any company offering that as much as possible should be prefered.

Are you sure ? I would say "we" wildly out number them even at $1 each we add up to much more.

If you don't read it, the metrics will show it, so paying will do nothing for you. Its game over for papers but the internet has the millions of eyes theory that hopefully will make up for it. The papers in the end got mostly bought out and simply served their masters.

Damned if he tells them, damned if he doesn't but it is pretty clear. The product is loosing it's "I gotta have it appeal" as well as the innovative lead as well as, wow that looks futuristic/different ... and they are doing nothing about it, partly because their spiritual leader has left down some laws that are hurting apple.