What do you mean "like Google"?

These wildcard addresses have existed long before Google and are supported by many MTAs. You can also place dots anywhere in the local address (part before the @) since dots are ignored (i.e., hello@abc.com = h.e.l.l.o@abc.com = h....e....l...l...o@abc.com).

In fact, the mail address standard allows (almost) any character in the local part of an address (see the address specification in RFC 5322, which finally resolves to atext).

I don't think this was about HIV resistance anyway. Removing CCR5 is known to make mice smarter and is believed to have the same effect on humans. In the context of the experiment - scientist from China - the benefit from creating smarter kids is probably much bigger than protecting them from HIV.

See https://www.technologyreview.c...

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but the grandparent certainly contributed more to the conversation than your rant with zero information or facts.

You assume that packets are enctrypted individually. If encryption/decription happens at both ends of the cable one can encrypt the data stream to reduce the encryption overhead.

So, you hate mass-murderers and are suggesting to mass-murder them? Absolutely hilarious.

I wholeheartedly agree. I have also been here since the beginning, you insensitive clods. Loved the tech stories and the quality of the comments. Now both the stories and the comments have gone down the drain to a point where I ask myself regularly what I am doing here.

In my view most of the blame is with the site management. Allowing to post without signing in is what led to the demise of this site. Many have complained about this over the years, but the management won't listen. Probably the site is worth more with more "interaction" even if the quality of said interaction is close to absolute zero.

And what makes you think that you, as an individual, are that relevant to call bullshit on the article?

Swiss citizen here as well. I pay as much as I can with cash.

Reasons:
(1) I value my privacy
(2) I prefer not to "donate" a few percent of the transaction value to MasterCard, VISA & co (and spare me the "handling cash also costs money". Yes it does. But that cost/value is generated locally, not remotely and by a huge financial player)

Heh, how did you end up at a top-tier university?

Rest assured that this will be changed with a forced update of the ELUA ("Accept or your Roomba will stop working").

It's because of checked luggage.

No plane is allowed to take off with luggage that belongs to a passenger who is not on the plane.

In most cases, waiting for the passenger takes less time that searching for and unloading the bags of the missing passenger.

Why does a perpendicular penetration create a bigger hole than a (much longer) almost parallel traversal?

Taxi fares in Asia in general, maybe with the exception of Japan, are already rather cheap and there is plenty of them on the roads.

I doubt that Uber will be able to generate anything else than additional losses.

Correct. Consider, however,

- many people have insurance is because an accident could happen to them.
- many people choose to live a healthy lifestyle because not doing so could increase their risk for heart diseases/diabetes/cancer/...

So as long as it affects you personally, you consider potential undesirable outcomes and take counter measures.
When it comes to the planet, however, who cares...

Kids these days...

Andrew S. Tanenbaum is the original creator of MINIX, not just "a professor" at Vrije Universiteit.