Surprising number of comments from the general public that Rupert Murdoch the billionaire does not understand business, real world, online world, etc. Slashdotters think we know more about running businesses than billionaires! I find that funnier than Murdoch's comments.

Color codes for the three machines should be Red, Green and Blue. This will improve security against the bluepill attack. See bluepills cannot attack "blue" machines!

AV-Test uses a really large sample size for testing against real viruses. Unlike VB100 or Checkmark that focus on a sample size of around 1000 to check "in-the-wild" viruses.

To be fair, in-the-wild viruses cause about 98% of the attacks and AV organizations catching them have demonstrated their capability of catching the others.

AV companies catch viruses a few hours to few days after a virus has been released. So, even the best AV company cannot save you from getting infected by that brand new virus which has been released just a few minutes ago.

When a lay user is also the administrator on a system, they can inadvertently install/click on exe files and answer yes to threatening questions about security. For a really secure OS, the user needs to be upgraded to an administrator, preferably a NetBSD admin. But then who would do the rest of the work in the world!

Software services companies like HCL look for specific technical skills to fill needs in specific projects, especially when hiring in the US.
Grads come with generic programming skills that needs to be honed. Comp Sci grads in India are trained to program for 4 months on an average after they graduate by companies like HCL. But the training costs about $3000 dollars for 4 months including the salary of the graduate during the period.
Grads in the US can be trained in about 30-60 days but that is still expensive when compared to what it costs back in India. It would be great if HCL could give the univ a list of technology skills they are hiring next quarter and the university does the training for free. That way HCL can lower their training costs.
Of course, as a person who believes in free as in beer software, I think HCL is trying to be cheap but then, hey I am cheap too!

We are a small organization using Zoho. 3 users free and $12 per user per month. Seemed like the cheapest full fledged commercial CRM out there. Unless you want to implement SugarCRM yourself.

If each person can save between 8,000 to 12,000 USD per year with an average income of around 24,000 USD, more than 50% of income in the US is currently being spent on transportation!

The financial markets run on sentiment. But no PHB will ever be caught admitting as much. Because it basically means they will lose their million dollar bonuses. They hire mathematicians to come up with a mathematical model to explain their decisionz. Taleb talked about it in his book "fooled by randomness". You can be assured that your job in the financial district is secure because the PHB don't understand math. But they want to be seen taking logical decisions. And what better field than math to "prove" that the decision is logical. Q.E.D

Finally scientific proof that God does prolong life!

I feel having a fairly restrictive option is not all that bad. It will meet the needs the learning needs of the kids while ensuring you are acting responsibly.

I really don't see the big deal if a kid cannot access one website but can access similar information from another website.

I can understand that this might be an issue with adults, I think it is better to err on the side of caution when it comes to kids.