Don't worry, give it another couple of years.

I use it (on OSX). I don't like the default Mail.app as it does some weird things with IMAP server read flags (at least the last version I used did this, it was some time ago so it may have been fixed). Plus, the cross platform Thunderbird lets me use it on Linux / Windows boxes (OK, no Windows for a couple years now, but when I used it at work, I had Thunderbird on it). Add Enigmail for GPG, and you have a nice little mail client. I have it download my GMail via IMAP, so if I need to check mail on someone else's computer, I can do that too via the web interface.

Sure, let's use one to power your wrist watch!

I would hope that there is a difference between employees working at a nuclear reactor (with strong procedures and training) vs. tellers at a bank (which is where at least one of these 'proof of concept penetration tests' that I have seen was done). As important as money is, nuclear power plants should have orders of magnitude better policies / training.

Cheers

For the first issue, why not call it 2011.06.01, 2011.09.16, etc?

The second issue is valid, if you expect revolutionary changes; however that does not seem to be in the cards for any time soon.

As for the last issue, what's wrong with counting to 2011?

For me, this is the huge appeal of embedded computing (for me, the AVR platform, although PIC etc are also good). Comparable complexity to early computers, direct access to registers and memory, no OS (you write programs on the bare hardware). I started one project on Arduino to get my feet wet, and then have done a number of things with plain AVRs. If you want to get close to the iron, embedded is the way to go these days! Cheers

128 bit addresses make for amazingly large address space -- it has been said that "This address space is probably sufficient to uniquely address every molecule in the solar system! " (http://www.garykessler.net/library/ipv6_exp.html, among others). It will last for at least a couple more years...

Not in America...

Canada. Didn't know that it originated in UK, but that makes sense I suppose, given our linguistic roots...

I am a man with a full head of thick hair; however for the past couple years I have been shaving my head every summer. It helps me keep cool, prevents me from needing to worry about helmet-hair after riding a bike or something, and looks pretty good too. If / when I start losing hair naturally, I plan on shaving and staying bald for the rest of my life.

Ballot option ordering (at least the ones I have seen) are randomized for that very reason :-)

My laptop is set up so that it stores passwords to an encrypted keychain, which must be decrypted at login (with the login password) or after the computer sleeps / is closed. If someone steals my computer, assuming they close it first, they no longer have access to my passwords. (I can also set it up so that password is required at screensaver, but I am not that worried).

So in short, no, my browser does not store passwords that gives everyone access to my accounts. If yours does, you should maybe re-think how you have set things up.

Cheers

Get refunded!?!? Where do you live? Airlines don't refund tickets, period.

Unless there are others which I am not aware of, the cookie experiment was flawed, as they didn't verify the passwords, nor get the account / website which it was for. If someone asked me something similar, I would respond 'password123' or something, which happens to not be the password for any of my accounts. I gave them something and would have got a cookie for my efforts, but they would have nothing. That being said, I do agree with the overall point you are trying to make :-) Cheers

I didn't intentionally exclude it, but I have not read it yet, and will reserve judgement until such a time.