It is reassuring, though. I much prefer them being incompetent to malevolent. (Though, that doesn't change the fact that their voting machines suck...)

And how, exactly, do you verify PINs if the network is down but you aren't locking out customers? There are many millions of ATM users on each of the major networks, and every ATM on the network needs to be able to authenticate every PIN. Which is worse, having to update a massive file of account numbers and pins, allowing users to withdraw without pins, or making users go use another ATM (or, God forbid, an actual live teller)? Yes, it's inconvenient to the user, but so is overdrawing your account, and so is having a thief overdraw your account.

So you could write a browser that supports JavaScript in Java, and then run the browser in itself?

This is a brilliant idea. It would certainly get the point across to the less-engaged constituents that politics really can affect their daily lives.

Albany, NY. Felt it lightly; saw some water moving in a bottle, nothing else. Odd thing is, there was a 2.2 in Albany County at 6:35 this morning, and I didn't feel it at all. Either way, this is obviously an indication of the end of the world and we should all panic.

The article states that he "is legally blind, with vision roughly 1/100th of that of a person with normal sight." Now, I would assume that that means 20/2000 as opposed to 20/20. Relatively-but-not-entirely-undisgraced former New York Governor David Paterson has 20/400 vision, if I remember correctly, and signed his name like this: http://news.icanhascheezburger.com/tag/david-paterson/ I think it's safe to say the man wasn't watching for the video (though he may enjoy listening). You aren't wrong; legally blind is absolutely different from completely blind. But in this case, the distinction is essentially trivial.

Looks like they've gone with graying out all of the URL except the domain name, which seems popular these days. Too bad it's dreadful. I mean, it's not hard to find the domain name in a URL. But when you gray it out, it makes the rest harder to read. So if, like me, you occasionally manually change a URL for whatever reason, it's a pain. Or if you /do/ care whether you're using http or https. Hopefully it's changeable...

Nothing like a good humor article in the morning to start your day.

I assume the "motoring or cars" exception must mean there's another site out there that *is* related to motoring or cars. Anyone know what it is? Now I'm curious...

Yet another study that means nothing. The obvious answer is that the more social people are more likely to have sex/smoke/drink, and also happen to be more likely to text and use Facebook.

How long until Firesheep implements something that detects a Blacksheep trap, and doesn't respond to it? Will Blacksheep then implement a detection detector?

Well now they'll just have to put a chip in your brain. *dons tinfoil hat*