My axiom for scary situations is: "When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!"

Any chace this behavior fits their target exclusion profile?

Dark coloring makes perfect sense. Think about it. If you created a prehistoric sea beast that was half shark/half alligator I bet you would paint them black too. It just looks more awesomer! Now, if they could only find a test to see if any of them had frickin lazer beams strapped to their heads...

"Many eyes" is bogus, "the right eyes" is more appropriate.

Use one (or up to 5) YubiKeys with LastPass. If you aren't worried about the security of the key (losing one, having one stolen), you can use one slot in the key as a static password, the second slot can be used for YubiCo's one time passwords.

I wouldn't do it that way but do use a YubiKey for the OTP functionality.

They're called smartphones. Even my dad has a smartphone. I carry mine everywhere I go. It's got high speed communication, high resolution graphics, runs tons of applications, takes picture, takes video, sends said pictures and videos to social media sites, keeps my calendar with reminders and alarms, etc.

How much is that in Rhode Islands?

Now I can drop my entire computer down the heater vent.

Not if it Just Fucking Works. JFW is a very valuable feature.

Additionally, it looks like performance will be a priority. With gigabit connections to the home finally becoming reality, the next generation of home routers needs to kick it up a notch. This one seems like it might have a shot at handling serious bandwidth. Gigabit wired ports, gigabit-capable wireless, dual-core processor, etc. I'm looking forward to seeing the benchmarks on this thing when it's ready.

Good idea. Some ABS pipe from the lumberyard should do the trick.

Your sig is relevant to this story...

I meant running in the browser, not playing Minecraft. That ActiveX or PDF are also insecure doesn't change the fact that Java (in the browser) is shit and always in need of security updates.

a reminder that Java has become an Internet security menace

Java has always been a security menace.

Dude, you really should take your meds.

Except reality doesn't work that way. Those wacky rights-holders still expect to be paid for content. Whoda thunk it?

Electronic libraries have been around for years. Other than the paper, they work pretty much the same. The library licenses the content and is allowed to lend out X copies of the titles they license. If X+8 people want to borrow the same title, the 8 go on a wait list just like they would for a paper book. And the libraries often only have partial collections. They may have 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 of a series but not books 4 and 6. Why? Heck if I know but they do. Or sometimes they'll have the entire series but only 1 copy for each book so it can take forever to get them all in the correct order because book 3 has a wait list of 40 people.

Maybe that's how the fire started. All 25,000 soldering irons plugged in.