Actually, the fundamental reason these scientists conducted this study was to figure out why women wouldn't sleep with them.

You didn't touch the Crushinator, did you?

I work in Seattle. Here (at UW) our internet is pretty good, as you might expect - but the city as a whole is nothing to write home about. Of course there's a Starbucks on every corner, so perhaps the city scored well based on the availability of that AT&T free wi-fi...

Reading the article, it appears Seattle scored highly based, at least in part, on things they say they plan to do. And I must admit our local guys are very adept at talking a good game. But come on... they just killed the almost stillborn city-wide wifi network! Talking is basically all they're good at!

I read the article, but didn't note the date - so I was rather confused by a story about some mega-delivery company I'd never heard of that mentioned facts that weren't remotely true!

But, even in 2023... How is this supposed to work? They're a delivery company - are the customers supposed to be on the honor system, coming out to the curb and taking only the packages addressed to them? The basic idea doesn't really work, unless the car also has fold-out legs and can walk up to the door...

You meant to comment about grain?

That's fine; but if the comparison is going to be made to Roku or Apple TV... this is one additional item they've got checked off and Chromecast doesn't.

Whether or not that matters to a potential buyer is the question - it certainly matters to me.

That'll work out well with the acid rain around here...

If the power to their own servers gets cut off - do they have a peering agreement with the NSA?

Take a look... Three fingers and a thumb. It's even been used in jokes in the show.

http://projectquinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/homer-simpson.jpg

Another thing that's bogus about this - the statement that it didn't involve spying on Americans.

So all of these NSA officers have foreign girlfriends and wives? Isn't that maybe a trifle problematic?

So perhaps Homer Simpson might actually be well suited for working at, say, Fukashima?

I know I'm in the minority, but DS9 was my favorite Trek after the original - in part because they did a much better job developing the interpersonal relationships than other post-TOS Treks (which is part of the reason TOS stands up so well, even now).

And I actually enjoy long story arcs.

I'm curious about how this will work with regards to textbooks. Nowadays - at least at my university - many of the faculty use their self-authored textbook when they teach a course. Given that this seems to be done to generate income, I doubt they're going to discount their part of the cost just because the books weren't printed on paper. And what if the facility's publisher doesn't offer electronic versions of their books?

So, basically, guys who are apparently stupid enough to think this actually accomplished anything are the ones we're supposed to give the benefit of the doubt to when they say they're adequately protecting our data when they vacuum everything up?

No wonder they say they need to gather up every available piece of data they can - they're not bright enough to walk and chew gum at the same time.

These files were almost certainly from the NSA in the first place - they already have the unencrypted versions.

I imagine they also have a pretty good idea which specific files Snowden had access to.