This is quite neat! Where's the American contrib..... wait. "Cruz" missile strike. Oh the casualties =[

______ gives you autism.

vaccines give you autism. researching the brain will give you autism (damn fancy brain scanning equipment altering kids brains!)

These people need to be shot.

I would think this will do wonders for gene therapies.This could possibly open up a bunch of treatments for various diseases if we understand the way the brain works better. Good news!

You are evil. I like you.

Something new to blame my lack of endowment on! Thank you!

In a nutshell, pentesting.

Would this not be the equivalent of hiring a pentesting firm on an x basis to give you a detailed report of your security flaws? This would give you your "root cause" I suppose -- and give management something else to berate their IT department over.

You know what, you're right. I'm in IT as well, (thankfully in a small business) However, I'm sure in an enterprise "IIS failed because windows updates suck" wouldn't quite cut it.

Perhaps not, but even so much as having a defined procedure, and a thorough testing of IDS and perimeter firewalls should be a must. I agree, detective work is for someone else. Nothing wrong with being meticulously prepared =]

I see no issue with being proactive, vs. Reactive. No sense in shutting the barn door after all the horses have ran out?

So, will we see another round of "The authorizing committees are free to set their agency budgets, and that includes NASA." - while attempting to get NASA heavily defunded? This is somewhat scary, and makes little sense to me. I suppose that's the point? I'm Canadian, so not trying to pick a side of the road here, but it seems somewhat awkward that a person with an accomplished history of hating science is put into a science chair. Is this strategy to make Obama look bad, so when they hopefully get a republican president they can swoop in and fix things? (looking for education here -- just speculating as I am not well versed in the US political system)

How will the poor children of the world ever experience Hello Kitty's Adventure Island now? =(

You are self taught, to me this means you have a greater confidence in your own skills than someone who edged their way through school. I come from a similar situation. I am a computer technician whom is self taught. At first, places were shooting me down left and right, what I did was asked for a skills-based interview; I proved my skills to them. Anyone can get a piece of paper, but the skills you learned are invaluable. In your situation, build up a portfolio, and go into a workplace with confidence. Ask to speak to the manager, and pitch yourself to them, don't just submit a resume. Hope this helps you.

I have tried a myriad of different things. Under the pillow, strapped to my leg, it just doesn't work for me. On the nights I am on call, I sleep on the couch. I would be interested to see different approaches.

That is when I reset passwords to dumb@$$