USE PAPER MAPS, they will never go out of style or lose value!!! I use Google Maps and GPS from time to time, esp. if I am in someplace I am unfamiliar with, but I never rely solely on digital directions.When I lived in the US (growing up in Virginia) I kept an atlas of the State in my car and now that I live in Beirut I also keep a map of Lebanon and a city guide of Beirut in my car...for those moments that Google/GPS fails or when I need to plan a route and don't have internet access (which is quite common here).

I have a good friend back in the States that I respect highly, but she depends on the GPS to get her around her own city (where's she's lived for 10+ years)...for crying out loud, it isn't difficult to memorize a few landmarks and road names and learn how to navigate!

Its sad that people are being put in some danger, but some planning, common sense, and basic navigation skills can solve this problem. Apple does need to address the issue but its not Apple's fault if someone who can't be bothered to check on a route dies due to getting lost.

Dude, I live in Beirut...police ain't gonna do anything, the government's sites get hacked and defaced from time to time and nothing's ever happens. Find another solution.

I agree, posting a no trespassing sign is key, but rationalizing that its a legitimate dumping ground?!?!? The legitimate dumping ground is called the landfill and at times it might cost a little to use it, but its there for public use. Dumping trash and rubbish elsewhere is just littering and ignorant.

Safe Eyes (now owned by McAffee) and OpenDNS, along with a good firewall/rules on the computer. Safe Eyes only runs I think on OSX and Windows, so if you're a Linux man, you're out of luck here.

I've been happy with Safe Eyes as I've used it at the orphanage I volunteer at to reduce bandwidth (by blocking heavy video/music sites as well as to help monitor computers used by our older residents). They're pretty family friendly and they've donated the last couple years of subscription for us.

All in all, personally teaching and investing time in parenting and supervising what is done on the computer is a must. Placing computers in a high traffic area in the house and giving restrictions on when to use it aren't bad ideas either.

nothing like this happens easily or often in the Middle East...

VOIP and SIP calls are technically illegal. They do block SIP calls, but don't or are unable to block Skype and Google Talk over Gmail. Reasons listed are essentially the same, national security and maintaining the telco status quo (we only have two mobile companies and one national POTS). There has never been any enforcement of this ban, the law seems to have been written but never intended to be fully realized.

my residency permit, when i travel its also just one...my passport.

into the lives of people. Really? There is no need for this type if idiotic legislature. If people can't curb their calories, eat, drink, and live responsibly, then they deserve whatever health problems they get as a result. We need less nanny-ism from the government and more commonsense from the public.

AMEN! Just throw a slab of meat on the grill and light it up, this type of cooking is mostly intuition anyway, no need to geek/nerd it up.

I have a 2008 MacBook, the first Aluminum unibody model. Still runs great, but tossing in a new SSD drive and upping the RAM to 8 GB makes this machine faster than my bosses 2011 pro model...it also saved me a lot of money and the need to get a new computer anytime soon. While not "needed" a SSD drive made my machine like new.

What does this mean, if anything, for UK owned sites hosted outside of the Queen's reach?

then there's hope for American politicians...yay!