The looming government shutdown in the US is not exactly novel - we've been through this a number of times before. Most people aren't going to even notice, unless it drags out.

Yes, because getting "pummeled on Twitter" is really going to have an impact on this guy.

There's no detail in the linked story, but I suspect the "hack" is they're just restoring the iPad in iTunes. The kids probably couldn't care less about the school's wifi network. And if they have a smartphone (which many of them do - the girl in the story owns an iPhone), they could even tether the iPad to it while they're in the school building.

My phone is generally in my pocket. Maybe people who are constantly on the phone do this? I don't like those people anyway - let them get their data stolen; I don't care.

I suspect that, for the last several months, many tin-foil-hatters have been feeling happier than they had in years.

I know a couple of them, and those guys have certainly been insufferably smug recently...

Like Android's Active Desktop... Er, Live Wallpaper?

I discovered, back when Doom came out in the 90s, that it didn't take much for games with a lot of motion - especially FPS - to induce motion sickness. I've sometimes had the same issue when I watch a movie in a theater.

But iOS 7 hasn't bugged me at all.

I am not intending to discount the experiences of the people reporting this, because I know how uncomfortable motion-induced nausea can be. But this has to be a very tiny percentage of iOS users.

Martha Stewart ended a thousand year galactic war with her apple dandies. These guys won't even see it coming.

I hope she did a better job with her other pursuits...

The GNU kernel - for people who think Linux is just too damn user friendly!

"anymore"?

That Windows key was a relatively recent addition to PC keyboards. It seems to have been inspired by the Apple/Command key on Macs.

So I guess The early PCs could've used that space for the Start button Gates wanted - but then, what would they have called the button that's adorned the lower left corner of the Windows desktop since 95? What old song would've been used at the launch of Windows, since "Start Me Up" wouldn't have worked - the Beatles' "I am the Walrus"?

Yeah - look at Nokia for instance!

Thing about DuckDuckGo is... they promise I'm anonymous to them. There's value in that, at least to me.

Google's move is certainly welcome, but all it means is - going forward - only Google will be collecting my information as opposed to Google + NSA.

If you're texting while stopped, you're not paying attention to what's going on around you. Around my university, I see plenty of instances where kids are still in the crosswalk when the light has switched - or even will dash across as the light goes red because they think they can make it (and apparently assume they are invulnerable). If you're paying attention, you'll notice them. If you're texting, odds are you're at most keeping a partial eye on whether the light has changed.

Sure the kids are stupid when they behave like that... but if you hit them, you're also at fault for not paying attention. You're operating a large, dangerous piece of equipment. The social contract requires you to not just be thinking about yourself, but to be taking reasonable care not to hurt or endanger others.