Absolutely! I made a comment to mention this as well.

... one of the most common unnecessary (and harmful) medical procedures. Male circumcision.

Why are you fighting secure boot? Secure boot is a GOOD thing. Making sure your BIOS/UEFI and boot loader haven't been tampered with is a GOOD thing. Let's figure a good way to make Linux work with it. I'm glad that Microsoft is taking this attack vector seriously.

Unfortunately, this is incorrect. The folks who modded this up are incorrect also.

Wikipedia is a tertiary source and its articles are primarily based on reliable secondary sources. Primary sources are generally not acceptable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Primary.2C_secondary.2C_and_tertiary_sources

If it's a Nakamichi RX-505, then yes.

Micro-USB is a standard that replaces the now-deprecated mini-USB. Micro-USB is a far more durable connector.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_usb#Mini_and_Micro_connectors

Your point about Mac OS is absolutely true. If I had to choose among modern OS GUIs, I much prefer Windows Vista/7 UI to the OS X "finder". Mac OS Classic is really nice to use as long as it's not crashing.

On Linux (which is my primary desktop), I use Window Maker & the command-line since KDE/Gnome are too slow/bloated to be usable. A GUI file manager on a modern PC shouldn't be slower than a Quadra 700 (~1992) running Mac OS!

I find it interesting that "police not doing their jobs" is a universal problem. That's something that has always bothered me. Unless it's a violent or significant crime, the police just aren't interested. I guess it's similar in the UK (I'm in the US).

Wrong. The sales tax is always broken out (not hidden like in many European countries). In the various places I've lived in California, sales tax between 6.75%-8.75%. Various states across the US have different sales tax rates typically ranging from 0-9%.

Even our friends are trying to steal our secrets. Israel and other allies routinely try to reverse-engineer defense systems we sell to them.

China, North Korea, terrorists, etc. would very much like to benefit at our expense.

The boogeyman you refer to is real. You can choose to live in your idealistic world if it makes you feel better. The reality is that the threats are real and journalists should not have the right to reveal classified information.

Classified information saves lives and keeps our country safe. Is our government right all the time? No, but I trust it a hell of a lot more than I trust ignorant fools like yourself. If you had your way, we would cease to exist as the United States -- we'd be overrun by our enemies. Get a clue and read up on your history!

Your post is excellent. The fact that you were modded troll speaks to the ignorance and narrow-mindedness that runs rampant within the Slashdot community. There is a reason why I assign +3 to troll and flamebait posts. Often, these are the most interesting and intelligent!

posted by someone who traveled to 2010 directly from 1992.

I can't believe how many "serious" answers this post has received -- or how it was accepted to the front page of Slashdot!

E-mail is, for all intents and purposes, like a postcard: it is sent in the open for anyone to read. Are postcards off-limits from the 4th amendment? Surely, if there was some threat to the government made on a postcard that a postal-service employee could read, action would be taken.

The solution is to encrypt e-mail that is sensitive.

why is water wet?