Wasn't there a bug in some car's software (I think it was Toyota), just a couple of years ago, that caused the throttle to go wide open? That sounds like a safety problem that rivals those of the 1970's.

Didn't someone demonstrate that capability last year? I recall a reporter writing about how some security researchers were able to remotely control his air conditioner, radio, and windshield wipers. I think they said they could have done some more malicious stuff.

I think they did get in through the car's OnStar system.

What methods have you had success with? Let's swap technique hints and tips.

In (post) Soviet Russia, the oligarchy talks about YOU!

Even better: the gun with the remote controlled off-switch can also be commanded to fire whether or not someone's finger is on the trigger.

I'd rather have a Swiss bank account in my pocket than Swiss cheese.

About the most complicated thing I think I've run on my iPhone is Hearthstone, although I may have tried Goat Simulator once.

Most non-technophiles are probably reluctant to move off a platform they are familiar with, especially something that they may need to depend on working, like a phone.

The techies that write up the reviews seem to use something for just a week or two before writing about the experience, probably due to deadlines set by their editors. Hence the reason that it's hard to find good side-by-side comparisons.

Even my wife, who has plenty of experience with her iPad, groaned when I first mentioned moving to iPhones. She didn't want to have to learn how to use a new phone. What finally convinced her was discovering that her calendar was no longer synching.

Now I'm reading about how hard it is to reliably wipe a phone, especially an older Android model. I'm considering feeding our old phones into a wood chipper :)

Well, step up and shake my hand.

After years of being stranded on Gingerbread, with no further updates, my wife and I switched to iPhones at the beginning of this year. I've been very happy with the change. Pleasant little surprises have revealed themselves every other week or so, like when I called my wife's phone for a test, and her iPad rang and she was able to answer from there.

I rather doubt that the US would do a thing if China moved on Taiwan. The US doesn't even recognize Taiwan as a country because they're afraid of antagonizing China.

Translation: "Continuing use of this service gives your consent to collect and share this information. If you do not consent, please call [number] for our no-hassle cancellation of your service."

No, it's about the other 14 iPhones the FBI has lined up behind it, and the 175 iPhones New York city has after those, and so on.

I've never heard of a dead person pleading the 5th.

With all the other appeals, it's likely that this wouldn't be heard until next year, by which time the Senate has no excuse to not at least hold hearings for nominees. (It's not like they really have an excuse now, but we'll have a new President then, and they'll have to come up with something new.)

So it's possible that the SCOTUS won't have a chance to deadlock.

I'm certain the police would have liked to have arrested and handcuffed the shooters, but with all that lead the shooters were slinging their way the cops had to improvise.

Aerodynamically unstable in what way? TFA doesn't give any description of that. A hole develops in one side? The bullet bends in the middle?

And what might the effect of that unstable object passing through a rifle barrel be? Could it become lodged in the barrel?