Actually, no it can't. The last time I was there with my son and daughter (~3 months ago) they told me that the policy going into place will require that the name on the card that gets tapped or phone that gets bonked match one of the member names on the account. I pointed out that seemed kind of dumb given that I (the member) is standing right there handing them the membership card and the money is the same color regardless of who's name is on the account. I got a "can't do anything about it" shrug from the cashier and a second shrug when I asked what if they pay with cash.

IT guy I worked with years ago was more right than we knew at the time. He always said, "Windows is a virus". M$ certainly seems to doing their level best to make good on that sentiment.

Always wondered where PHP came from.

...is a good name for a heavy metal band

... the inevitable 0-day (it's M$, there *will* 0-days) gets exploited (it *will* be exploited) and somebody figures out (do i need to say it?) how to BSOD an entire squad simultaneously?
... "hold up, guys. We can't attack. It's Patch Tuesday."?
... that guy that surfs the less savory porn sites downloads a worm that infects the batallion server?
... or ...

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these puppies.

Back in 2001 I got laid off and was *this* *close* to getting a job with these bozos.

I was *also* in the final interview, pre-offer stages to take a job with Adelphia at their headquarters in backwoods Pennsylvania (apologies in advance to any readers from Coudersport. I'm sure it's very nice, and i would have likely enjoyed living there, but i also would have preferred to be employed.)

<whizzzzz> multiple. bullets. dodged.

wow. tone-deaf hipster much?

A online data entry form demands the years you attended college - calendar years, not number of years. "Your" years aren't there. Your choices - Lie and say you went to college at a different time (good luck with the verification process), or omit college altogether because "it's more than 20 years old". Lie, get caught, get thrown out. Omit, don't make it past the first layer "they need this much education".

>Do you believe rehabilitation is impossible or do you want revenge?

I don't believe that someone who commits mass murder can be rehabilitated, no. It isn't about revenge; it's about public safety.

Someone once pointed out that hoping a rapist gets raped in prison isn't a victory for his victim(s), because it somehow gives him what he had coming to him, but it's actually a victory for rape and violence. I wish I could remember who said that, because they are right. The score doesn't go Rapist: 1 World: 1. It goes Rape: 2.

What this man did is unspeakable, and he absolutely deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. If he needs to be kept away from other prisoners as a safety issue, there are ways to do that without keeping him in solitary confinement, which has been shown conclusively to be profoundly cruel and harmful.

Putting him in solitary confinement, as a punitive measure, is not a victory for the good people in the world. It's a victory for inhumane treatment of human beings. This ruling is, in my opinion, very good and very strong for human rights, *precisely* because it was brought by such a despicable and horrible person. It affirms that all of us have basic human rights, even the absolute worst of us on this planet.

This is precisely why I lost all interest in Oculus the instant I heard that it had been acquired by Facebook.

except for the inevitable DRM that will eventually be added to the battery that will not allow it to be charged except by a volvo-specified charging certified mechanic that uses a plug with 16.8 prongs all varying in length by 1 millimeter. The DRM will be cracked less than 24 hours after it's been put on the market but the 8 year old who cracks it will spend his entire adolescent and adult life involved in endless DMCA suits and appeals.

Cue "Cinavia DRM Has Been Cracked" story in 5...4...3...2...

you haven't been here long, have you?

If I recall correctly (and I may not), wasn't Seagate one of the first (if not *the* first) to up their warranty to 5 years in an attempt to stand out from other HD manufacturers a few years back?