You're not aware that Apple was party to Carrier IQ and Prism, then? Recent events have taught us that no factory phone firmware is to be trusted.

Yes. This policy might bite me in certain more high density areas, but after offering this service for two or three years in a couple of different communities, I've only ever once seen a user become more than casual, and that user quickly became a customer of their own initiative (I run a micro ISP).

Touche. So much like the other poll options, WPA2 with public password might thwart the opportunistic hacker, but will do little to deter the determined.

Encryption

Only one of the possible responses provides any real security against malicious intent. The others might keep nosy neighbours and casual wardrivers out, with varying degrees of effectiveness.

Then there's the first option. This used to be my philosophy. I still believe in sharing wireless, but these days I do it with a dedicated vlan and a WPA2 key that is disclosed right in the SSID. Sharing doesn't have to mean throwing security out the window.

We should probably just rename the province to "Tarsand". Instant brand recognition!

Talk about coming out of left field! As an Albertan, I totally didn't see that comment coming after your opening assertion.

If we follow the VGA standard, and if I'm reading this graphic correctly, it will either be the SVLT or the WVLT, depending on which aspect ratio they choose.

Bananas and monkeys have long been the mainstay of those would entertain the Prime Minister.

The more serious objections to Facebook are not that it's useless or pointless, but that it is a handy tool for various governments and corporations to exploit and/or violate your privacy. Facebook is the Free Candy of this generation.

Because he can't possibly have good reasons for the beliefs that he holds.

The bigot is you.

I don't know that Card speaks out against being gay so much as he's publicly against sanctioning gay marriage.

That's the first I've heard of this. I thought he was in favour of governments and laws that preserve the traditional definition of marriage. Advocating for the incarceration or curtailing of rights of a whole demographic is a totally different animal, and one that I've not before seen attributed to Card.

Dune was a great movie. Maybe I wouldn't feel that way had I read the book first, but the movie is a timeless masterpiece in its own right.

I am advocating censorship. There's is and has been a lot of bad censorship in the world, but to ban it wholesale would be foolish. Freedom of speech is a guaranteed right in the USA, but not everywhere. I assume that's what you mean by fundamental. But even fundamental rights have limits, and these limits usually occur at the boundary of safety and public health.

You're fixated on rape. I'm talking about sexual dysfunction and deviant behaviour, which have always been associated with the decline of civilisations. To open the door to child pornography (even the animated sort) is to consent to the poisoning of one's own society. There are worse things than metered and responsible censorship.