That's factually incorrect. If you read the press release, you will see that journalists (or any internal users for that matter) don't have access to clients' trading or portfolio information at all. What we're talking about here are some user stats, such as log-in/log-out and functionality-used information.

I take issue with this. In history there are many examples where rich families have bought themselves a pope by bribing and intimidating the cardinals. Theory is one thing, in practice Conclave is not completely shut off from the rest of the world.

Or you just put the SHA1 hash of the question as the answer.

Piled Higher & Deeper had a whole bunch of comics on this topic a while back: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1467 and my favourite: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1469

You're surprised given the readership demographic?

Exactly! After all when a bouncer throws you out of a pub in the UK by saying: "I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave..." he's neither afraid nor is he asking.

Except that we don't have the option of writing a letter instead and sealing it in an envelope. Or does Amazon send you e-mail in encrypted form, with a properly authenticated public key?

Pour a couple of hundred litres of water on the surface and see what grows!

Unless they then go ahead and evolve somehow. Random mutation in their replication algorithm, caused by solar radiation interference and bam! you've got yourself an unstoppable self-replicating army of nanobots. Skynet eat your heart out! QuantumPete

Not counting the other 99 things that we *don't* hear about. QuantumPete

Amen. It's not like it's that hard. You can affect something. (verb) Or you can have an effect. (noun) Pretty simple, n'est-ce pas?

Replace "troupe" with "unit" or "troop", though given the number of graduates the unit would more likely be company strength. Also, I'd replace "subordinate to" with "attached to" or "part of". And it's Brigadier General ;) QuantumPete