Someone should have stood behind him with a sign that said "[Citation Needed]".

Might not even work very well.

I can see this technology doing one thing:
People afraid rightfully so for their anonymity will spend more money on it. Only now, doing so will be one massive black hole of spending.

Having recently seen the anime Baccano!, This statement is much funnier.

However I shouldn't embarass myself by comparing Claire to such horrible people.

(spoilers intentionally averted)

This just in: people who make knee-jerk reactions out of fear make horrible mistakes.

Everyone, let's take note of that so we don't make that mistake a ridiculous number of times every day for like ten years. Because that would totally suck.
Now, let's all mod me up +1 Funny, for a little while, then really really sad.

You know, it won't be long before the algorithms used for trading become pseudo-genetic, and start to do this kind of stuff themselves.

The trading that goes on is influenced as much by meta-information as it is solid information.
For all we know that could be part of the system by now already.

I wouldn't be surprised - in fact I'd EXPECT that words like "google" "fox" and "recession" are either hard-coded into algorithms or the hardest-hitting highest profile terms used to weigh the value of stocks.

There's no way you can design a secure system. Attacks like this should be considered a constant, and you need to find a smarter way to discourage them.

I say that the best way is to design a system with low-hanging fruit to serve as detection of an attack, which will shut down access to the higher level stuff when it detects intrusion - or far better, replace real information with fake information. Make the attackers think they've succeeded, feed them false positives and misinformation, and then relax knowing your information is secure. In this way you're not so much building a wall that can't be broken down, you're attacking a soft target. No idea how effective it'd be in practice though.

Don't pay any attention to this though, I'm just rambling.

Tell that to the other 39,999,999 sperm. LOSERS!

Programmer w/ 2 yrs xp looking for a job. no offers.

In fact, by saying I have 2 yrs experience, apparently I get lumped into a very large group of programmers. I keep getting sent offers for jobs that want someone with at least 7 years experience.
So apparently employers classify potential programmers into:
fresh blood out of college ( less than 2 yrs xp)
worthless trash (2 to 7 years experience)
Gods walking amongst mere mortals (over 7 years experience and guaranteed to be able to do anything you desire)

Never use information as a reference unless it is willing to stand up for what it's said.

Using wikipedia for a reference is bad. Not because it's wrong, but because it can be taken out of context.
For example: Some guy says that a particular programming language is [insert feature here] but he means "when you include these libraries."
Wikipedia editor skims over that and checks the box for that feature in their article comparing languages to each other.
You cite Wikipedia.
You're not wrong, Wikipedia's not wrong, He's not wrong, but your citation is, because you're cutting corners.

Except that APB is a phenomenal game. It was marketed incorrectly. It is a massively multiplayer shooter, but when people hear MMO, they immediately think RPG, grinds, and endgame. APB has no endgame, when you create your character right offr the bat you're given most everything you could want. you can even spend real-world dollars to get something like a high velocity round sniper rifle right off the bat, from another player. the money you spent goes to that player and they can actually sustain their playtime based on that. and since the developer got paid, they're fine with it.

Couple that with literally infinite customization options just counting the ability to create symbols and put them on your clothes as you see fit, along with your car, and what else could you ask for/

Get into a group and the game is fun on the first day you're playing, you don't have to grind for months to get the gear to compete.

And yet it bombed when review after review complained about: horrible one on one balance, lag, cheats, and a lack of stuff to do and repetitive missions.

The 'missions' were only there to get players to go up against each other, they were never intended to be the content.

The real reason it bombed is there was never an advertisement video that described the game properly. If they had said "This is your city, we're not going to tell you how to play, we're letting you decide how to run things." It would have done much better. Because then the reviewers and the players would have realized that the mission system was nothing more than a booster chair or training wheels.

Damn girl, you're gonna be fucking google for a while. Hook up a damn webcam!

Look, this verbificationismness needs to stop. Let people use wordy things the way they want. Be tolerantish.

Wow, a 53 million dollar reward for sexual harassment, theft, and other misconduct to horrifying to speak aloud. Friends we are in the wrong goddamn industry.

The idea that it's "your" computer system is dead. Even the largest computer development companies in the world are moving to a cloud. Not because it's for your benefit, but because it gives them ownership of all your property of value.

Not in MY America.

You eat just ONE bean-shaped planet...