Comment Re:Trump is just protecting his money grabs (Score 1) 132
Comment hmm, why is Trump defending prediction markets (Score 3, Interesting) 132
Comment Re:Untrustworthy is an Understatement (Score 1) 32
I don't think you can put it down to Microsoft not caring about security so much as it's a hard job and getting harder with every line of bloat Microsoft adds.
If Bill Gates really gets that much of a hard-on about his insecure code, then why is it still called Microsoft?
Comment Easier lay cables over mountain than to dig canal (Score 2) 480
Comment Re:Late to the party (Score 4, Interesting) 188
Comment Re:Would you like to play a game? (Score 1) 100
the only reward is to win
But the only winning move is not to play. Or does that only work for Tic Tac Toe?
Comment MAFIAE? (Score 1) 50
Comment Re: Soooo...... (Score 1, Troll) 47
And, do you really mean pounds, or is that also an artifact of writing this on an Apple(TM) device?
Comment Re:pop quiz hot shot I have an software bomb on a (Score 1) 52
What you don't do: slow down
Comment Re: Short AAPL (Score 1) 65
Comment Re:What does C stand for? (Score 1) 65
Comment Re:Thieves will love it (Score 1) 65
Comment Re: Short AAPL (Score 1) 65
It's not a dumb idea by itself, only overpriced.
It is a dumb idea. You store the phone at a location where it's easy to lose, but hard to get when you need it. Indeed, movement of the ankle while walking will slowly push the phone out of the pocket. And when you need your phone (for texting, or for accessing the internet), you need to kneel all the way down to get it.