The Cybertool series from Victorinox has been a great addition to my kit for years. Sometimes it does better than dedicated tools. Model 29 is small an light enough to have in your pocket for daily use. Much lighter than the Leatherman, it is more tuned for tech use than outdoors.

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Secure in our papers and effects. When written, this included all private communications. Simply because we use electrons instead of ink and paper doesn't mean we lose the protection of the 4th amendment.

Less than one third his age.

No scientist claims to always be right. This core tenet is what makes science superior to religion.

Cuckoo's Egg is good computer fiction you might enjoy.

For non-preachy hard sci-fi Charles Stress has some post singularity books that are pretty great.

Don't use IE, and whichever browser to do use, install Flashblock.

Also, get an installer from ninite.com for Flash, Reader, and Java. Set it to run every day.

The separation of church and state is the best way to protect people of all beliefs, and none, yet it is often misunderstood or even vilified.

How can we best work to promote the separation of church and state without being misinterpreted as an attack on faith?

Not entirely fair. It's certainly a terrible attempt at a Starship Troopers movie, however when I mentally rename it to "Bugs From Space" and ignore the sound of Heinlein spinning in his grave, it becomes a lot more enjoyable. The effects are decent, it has a good sense of humor, a lovely redhead, and Neil Patrick Harris

None of this should be needed.

Microsoft should just allow third party critical updates through Windows Update. Flash, Reader, and Java flaws account for most of the malware installs, and most users are bad at keeping these things up to date. Running a stack of update utilities is irritating to advanced users and confusing to novice users. All this does is make the malware industry happy.

The methods the malware industry commonly use. If you can't run the patched version of Flash, you can visit a legitimate website and get attacked by an infected advertising server. Easily.

These kind of thoughts make the Google glass project fascinating and terrifying. Street View the world. Capture all the print material. How much more?

What is their goal in this? What to they gain from having MSE installed on systems?

I'm having Blade Runner flashbacks.

Flashbacks to the future are strange.

I don't mind them telling me how to use their software. I do mind them telling me I don't have all of my legal rights if they should be irresponsible. Important difference.

Now that Steam insists I must sign some of my rights away, it doesn't really matter what platform it runs on anymore.