For what it's worth - the sentence I abhor is the "Never Assume - it makes an ass of you and me!" bit of obnoxious cleverness, even more annoying than "There is no I in Team!".

It just irritates the hell out of me, since all logical though is in fact based on *some* set of propositions taken for granted. Euclid is based on one set of assumptions, Riemannian geometries an almost identical set of assumptions. Good thing for both Newton and Einstein Euclid never bought into *that* BS.

"Never Assume" only seems 'clever' to Sophist jackasses that don't want to give any ground in which they might lose an argument - as even Socrates observed, that was the entire point of the Sophists, that by not giving *any* starting ground with which to start a debate, they could switch arguments midstream and be seemingly unbeatable, but could not be counted on to achieve any sort of truth in the end.

Know your assumptions by all means. Be prepared to test them, to notice if an assumption leads to a contradiction, to discard it if it proves untrue.

But "Never Assume"? Never trust the worldview of anyone that thinks that's clever commentary on life.

Pug

Why can't open-source, verifiable software be part of your hallowed PROCESS? It can. And ought to be. Software engineers have a legitimate seat at this table.

There are plenty of places to get products which are equivalent or better than anything that company sells.

IMO, the company just went from security protection to security risk.

I'm sure that Kaspersky would love to sell the technology for an "Internet Passport" to governments. If that's where their CEO wants to get its cash flow, they can have at it. They don't deserve a cent from the rest of us, either via product sale or via taxes.

If you or your company uses their products, it's time to look for alternative vendors.

Including your ears.

(Sadly, I'm sure the DRM-happy loons would root our ears if they could, so we can't hear people singing "Happy Birthday" unless they've paid the performance fee.)

If he's a public figure (and I believe he'd be hard pressed to claim he isn't) then any comments are protected by the First Amendment. Slander and libel don't apply-unless they are lying about him or his family's personal life.

So, pound sand, bucko! YOU were the one that wanted to be the big police cheese, and this is a fringe benefit that comes with the job!

"Costing jobs" is "you're not thinking of the children!"