AC is correct that it is a company phone, considering it said this right in the subject. (and quoting Donald Trump in a comment, seriously?)

I'm sure my employer would have something to say about my password protected Blackberry (with probable HIPAA implications, since I work for a Healthcare company) being searched like this.

For many courses and standardized tests, only a few kinds of graphing calculators are allowed to be used. By allowing outside code to run on their calculators, TI risks losing their place on this list (and thus, sales) since those that administer these courses/tests might find out that TI's calculators allow outside programs to run that allow problems to be solved more easily.

When I was growing up, it was not unusual for 15 year old kids to work at places, even in a warehouse (but not in a factory). But they were only able to work for a limited number of hours per week, the job had to be relatively safe and they needed permission from their school to work at a job. Generally schools were allowed to choose the criteria, such as grades or behavior to allow a student to work, while still giving a principal the ability to make exceptions for students who needed to bring money home to their family badly. Usually the jobs involved cleaning up the dirt, paper and box debris that litter a warehouse. Or collecting the carts from the parking lot. Although occasionally a kid would be able to work in an electronics repair shop fixing things under supervision, or working in an automotive shop cleaning up and working on cars under supervision. I used to hang drywall boards when I was 15 during the summer, as far as I know it was perfectly legal for me to work.

Err, how are we "leaving the internet alone" now? DMCA, ISP regulations, wiretap laws, computer crime laws, pedophile laws, copyright laws, etc etc etc. The only proof of a "big change" is an NTIA advisory article? What legislation has passed? Looks to me like the regulations are already here in the form of the laws I mentioned earlier and this is a just typical Register-style trolling to get ad impressions.

Google maps is also good at respecting the privacy of retired military officers!

Every article Dvorak writes is complaining about the tech industry, or some subset thereof. Why does he even bother with the tech industry, then? He seems miserable with the entire subject, so why doesn't he just find something else to do? I know the answer; he keeps doing it because of the money, plus the fact that his "popularity" (I use the term loosely) is due to his negative attitude. He doesn't really hate the industry, but is paid to.

What I don't understand is why people can't figure this out and stop giving him exposure. It's the same situation with that other guy that I refuse to name, you know, the anti-video game industry guy. The attention they receive only encourages them to do it again, and again, ad nauseam.

Please don't tell me that the attention he receives from article such as this on sites like /. does not matter because he writes for a magazine. PC Magazine hasn't been relevant for years. If you stop paying attention to them, trolls will go away.

There are only two types of games in this world: interactive and non-interactive. When is gaming going to advance enough so that it includes games that don't fall under the previous two categories? Obviously, it is difficult to include something outside the boundaries of "been done before," when the percetpion of the industry is so broad.

To some people the gaming industry is changing rapidly. A new weapon, more interesting character development, or increased realism may seem exciting and new to some people. It is all a matter of opinion.

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I honestly think this one has the possibility to be the best of the six. You know all those annoyingly cute little kids in the Jedi Academy on Coruscant in episode 2? Well, Anakin, after turning to the dark side and becoming Palpatine's pet, hunts them all down and murders them in cold blood. * I'm not kidding. This is serious, dark stuff here, and I think if Lucas gives it a fair shake instead of trying to make it a kids' movie, it honestly stands a chance of being a smart, adult movie with something to say.

But who knows...

* My sincere apologies to anyone that hadn't realized this; that wasn't meant to be a spoiler -- and it's really not, when you realize that of all the zillions of Jedi who existed before the rise of the empire, only Darth Vader, Yoda and Obi-Wan survived...