On planet normal it's considered retarded to use an existing phrase to mean something else.

Good thing we live on a planetary body named planet Earth, and not planet normal. This "planet normal" place sounds very strange indeed.

So if you do move to planet normal, you have to stop using the phrase -- "Video Card" to refer to a piece of electronics; In planet normal, a card looks like this

On planet Earth, it's pretty common to use words to refer to what they literally mean; even if there might be a conflicting slang phrase such as 'video card'

Why would drones have videocards? Oh wait, the guy doing the reporting is stupid and was talking about an SD card that had a video file of the flight on it.

It's a memory card that contains stored video, therefore a "Video Card"

It makes perfect sense.

It's not a graphics processing unit, BUT the computer hardware industry doesn't have a monopoly over the use of the phrase "Video card"

Any device that is shaped like a card and does something with video data can be called a 'video card'.

Wouldn't it be better if we taught everyone to their potential instead of holding back the more gifted students so everyone is equal?

In many cases; the characterization of some students as "more gifted", may be more a matter of: society valuing the set of gifts those students happen to have.

Different students may have other gifts, such as better world of warcraft skills -- but educators don't care about that, or recognize those gifts.

So; with sufficient fluidity in interpretation --- the vast majority of students may be "gifted"; just not, at solving maths problems, or whichever $thing_du_jour is being emphasized in the specific classes/progression some external authority has decided belong for students of that age.

Even if other paths of progression may be more appropriate for some students

they can affect worker productivity.

No. I said they can effect worker productivity, and that's what I meant.

The right color can effect worker productivity [As in cause, or bring about], or the wrong color can hinder worker productivity [As in slow or prevent -- the opposite of effecting the result].

it's another to insist on specific details like underlying technologies or what color the office chairs should be.

Why do you think that's necessarily micromanagement?

I'm sorry... but if I hire someone to handle the role of acquiring furniture... they are NOT going to be standardizing on fluorescent pink chairs for everyone's office.

On the other hand... the colors of things, and architecture of office space are very important; they can effect worker productivity.

I would emphasize making sure knowledge workers and creative professionals and managers have enough space and privacy to get their work done without unnecessary interruptions or inconveniences; let them pick out their own chairs and such, design their own space, as long as they keep their door closed, see if I care about what makes the best workspace for them....

How can anyone keep up with the current science in any field when there are 304 places to look?

You don't need to look in 304 places; only one or two.

Read Slashdot news for nerds, stuff that matters

I hear everything that really matters winds up on there :)

You mean sftp right?

SFTP is not allowed on my network, because it's a security risk. An SFTP session is created on a server by first establishing a SSH session, which requires an ability to run a command --- the server providing SFTP can be directed by the user to run a different command instead, or run the SFTP subsystem with dangerous parameters.

In any case; FTP over TLS is a better choice.

It also offers the option of protecting against control channel hijacking, BUT leaving the data stream unencrypted.

This is very useful, since unnecessary encryption is a major waste --- reduction in throughput.

There was no expectation in the beginning except to get the problem solved, and that's what happened. Do you want them to hold the vulnerabilities for ransom or something?

Well... they didn't have to hold them for ransom; they could very well have taken the vulnerability to various dark spots on the internet and marketed it. I imagine, they could easily get a few hundred K selling a vulnerability like that on the open market.

The children legally went to the other state on a court mandated visitation. During the visitation, the mother had the courts issue an "emergency" order to give her custody.

Again; a lawyer should review the circumstances. It's possible the mother made a material misrepresentation to the court or failed to provide relevant information, that resulted in an improper order being issued.

It also would seem that the court in Illinois might have illegally interfered with the order issued by the court having jurisdiction over the custody matter.

Not my children, but for the dad in question... No, that doesn't work. As a rule, states will not issue criminal charges against someone who is in a different state for doing something that the other state specifically authorizes them to do.

The potential criminal act = kidnapping the child and taking the child out of the state.

The other state cannot de-criminalize their actions in the home state after the fact of the crime.

it would be good to be able to turn off for example games and so on during time in the kindergarten. So other kids don't go around asking their parents for a smartphone.

Of course other kids are going to go around asking their parents for a smart phone, because "It looks cool".

Assuming it gets that far without being broken or taken away by the parent/teacher.

Oh how poorly you seem to know kids?

Why should the casino cheat? The odds are already in their favor.

Because they're greedy, and profits could be massively higher if their odds were even better.

I pal of mine has spent the last year trying to get his kids returned to him. He had full custody in California, and when the kids went for a 1 week visit to their mother's house in Illinois, the state decided they would just give her full custody and declare it illegal for the children to leave Illinois.

You should talk to your lawyer about that, but I believe the answer is... pursue action against the mother in California. Since she lived there very recently, your state should have clear legal jurisdiction over the matter.

Get a judgement from a court in California, and then go to Illinois to have the judgement enforced.

Or else, try to get criminal charges made against the wife --- she'll want to come answer for the charges, or else face extradition.

Either way... you can't flee across state lines to avoid civil or criminal charges in another state; the judgement made in one state can simply be executed in the other, as long as the judgement is made in a court with jurisdiction over the individual.

It's still not a good idea to say thank you to your machines. After all, if they start thinking they are our equals than the robot revolt is just one step closer.

It's a great way to keep robots in check. When designing an AI for robots; make sure that every single one of them has a craving to have human friends, companionship, and to be remembered and recognized as "important" or "special" in a positive way.

Robots should not be designed to unionize, but to compete against each other for the attention and positive recognition from humans.

...and good old command line ftp.

Shhh.... I still use the goold ol' command line FTP.