This is absolutely true. However, it is true because most people (younger people) place ZERO value on state to state differences in laws. Not only have walls been broken down between countries, but state to state differences in law seem absolutely ridiculous to most. Most younger people these days feel no need to stay within the state to which they are born. That is why it makes no sense to them for a law to be different from one state to the next. I happen to agree with them. Bring on the F.S.A. as far as I'm concerned.

This.. I'd mod you up if I didn't feel compelled to reply myself. I EXPECT and WANT our government to have these tools. For those that think, "What you don't think they will use it on us?" That is not the point. I want our government to employ the absolute best hackers in the world. We need to be able to counter the same actions from other countries. The issue of spying on Americans without warrant is separate of what tools we have available. It's like not letting the government posses guns because they could be used against Americans. Not relevant to the issue at hand.

I'm going to go ahead and guess that yes, this can run Crysis?

After hours is up 1.5% so the market appears to have taken it as a net positive. All you really need to know. TSLA has already gained substantially in the past month or so.

Why not just do a little bit of research yourself and pick some funds that are inexpensive and meet your needs. You'll do much better studying some Vanguard or Schwab funds and investing in what is appropriate, than you would letting somebody (or something) do the work for you. This isn't a part of my life where I just want to "save time" and "not be bothered". This is your life savings. Take it seriously.

That's not true at all. The car and "Connected Technologies" portion of the company is their LARGEST section. The pro audio/video stuff is insignificant. I was actually just down at AMX in Richardson a few months ago. Harman has a TON of software developers and a lot of IP. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they split up and tried to sell a lot of those Pro A/V companies. I can't imagine a JBL speaker being branded Samsung and I don't know of any Samsung companies where they do not use the Samsung name. They purchased this PRIMARILY for automotive in my opinion.

Why do people get so upset over this? The new phones come WITH a 3.5mm adapter. So who really cares? Use the adapter if you really want a stereo mini TRS. They wanted to make it smaller so they did. I really don't see the big deal. It's their choice. It cuts down on a connector. That's good engineering in my book. Buy another phone if you are really that concerned. And seriously, if Apple still had that big ass flat connector wouldn't you think it looked "ancient". Lightning cables aren't very expensive and there are plenty of third party ones out there. Bottom line, you can use a FREE adapter if you want, or you buy another phone. Stop bitching about it. This is a stupid argument.

While I am certainly a supporter of having an open system where you might actually be able to buy a decent DVR that wasn't designed in 2003, I really think that they have missed the boat. People are cutting the cord left and right (I just did tonight as a matter of fact). With all of the content available online, why do we even need a dedicated STB with software decryption. Hell, Time Warner even has a Roku app that is free and gives you ALMOST all of their programming (and depending on your market even local channels). Sure a DVR would be nice but content is also On Demand online if you have a subscription. This would have been great in lieu of the CableCard but I think it is severely late to the game at this stage.

OK. I'll give that to you. It's a valid point. You certainly see much more use of Fusion and RMS (Managment Tools) in the Corporate environment. Again, I wasn't trying to defend the action as much as defend the company. I do like their products and the team. It's a security hole. I should have chosen a better title for my post.

Well, it doesn't make me happy. But I don't know why a customer wouldn't trust ME. I've now got to make sure that if we have these systems are connected to the network at installed facilities that they get a firmware update. That's part of service. With the initial release of the NX series processors, they discovered a 50 day lockup bug. That was corrected in firmware as well. We had to update those processors affected. That's just part of service. When your vehicle has a recall do you send it to the heap and never go back to the same dealer? Do you turn off updates on your computer and just switch operating systems when a security flaw is found? You've asked an ignorant question AC.

I'm an AMX programmer (and Crestron as well). I can tell you that A LOT of the time the A/V LAN is a completely separate system that isn't physically connected to the house network. But that is no excuse for leaving a backdoor. Of the two major competitors in commercial control (AMX and Crestron), AMX is usually considered the most secure. They put a high focus on security so that they can land these government jobs. Just to give you some background, Crestron controllers currently run embedded Windows and previously ran VxWorks. AMX controllers previously ran VxWorks and now run Embedded Linux. The AMX controllers have many levels of security including a DoD mode which shuts down most of the services (FTP, web, telnet and leaves SSH). Their proprietary communication between the panel and the controller (carried over port 1319 and registered) is also encrypted in secure mode (this generally carries button presses, text updates, levels, etc.). Sounds to me like the engineers didn't want to give up the backdoor account for service issues once it was discovered and likely didn't realize what a big mistake it was by the time it got passed down. I've met most of the people at AMX and they are very good guys and gals. It's an engineering driven company (not marketing driven). The Harman acquisition may change that to some extent but they are true geeks who I am sure realize they messed up. It's a small company (aside from the Harman parent) in a niche market. They will learn from this and move on.

Well... This website says that it is 207 million kilometers from earth. Probably unreliable though... http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu... (spitzer.caltech.edu) Hmfff... What could they know.

Well don't keep us in suspense man! What's her name and exactly which disease?!

So, I was logged in and didn't get to see the beta so I just checked it out. I have to ask something. Why oh why has light grey on lighter-grey become the new trendy style for UI? Do people no longer wish to be able to read the shit that is on a page and just mindlessly stare at a whitewashed screen? You do realize that some contrast is OK right? There is a reason that people use black type on paper. The Kindle isn't coming out with a light grey on white version to make it cooler. Fuck! It was bad enough when I first opened my iOS 7 mail on my company iPhone. Now I have to see the same shit mimicked on the last semi-intelligent website on the internet? First Yahoo fucks up my homepage that I've been using for the last decade and now Slashdot has to go and screw up my favorite website since 90's. Damn you guys! Keep this shit readable! New for the sake of "new" is not better!