The officer put himself in jeopardy. ICE officers are trained to never approach a vehicle from the front and instead to approach in a “tactical" 90-degree angle to prevent injury or cross-fire. In other words, the officer disregarded DOJ guidelines by purposefully placing himself in front of the vehicle, then using that as an excuse to shoot and kill the driver. Oh well, she was a domestic terrorist and had to be put down.

Except 600 kg won't be dropping at terminal velocity. Go back and read TFS again. While most of it is expected to burn up during descent, some components may survive.

Most places? Can you cite a reliable source for that? I did some searching, and it seems that most countries don't have a minimum age requirement. Italy appears to have one (16); In Greece, it's 12. France and Netherlands used to have minimum age requirements but eliminated them. It looks like in most places, the only requirements are being able to read and being able to pass the technical exam.

It's only been 30 years since his "irrational exuberance" speech. How soon we forget.

I think he's too stupid to figure out who or why he's interested in suppressing. He just wants his boss to keep patting him on the ass. I mean, this guy purged references to the Enola Gay from DoD websites because he thought it was some kind of DEI reference.

As a friend of mine once said, "You can't make this stuff up."

Did firewrought say that WW2 was won because of US intervention? No, they didn't. So what are you on about?

Best Buy will price-match anything sold and shipped by Amazon. I actually prefer to buy those items from the local Best Buy because although it's is a giant, soulless corporation, they do provide jobs for local workers.

The defense company I work for likes to say, "We support the warfighters!" I guess that rolls of the tongue more smoothly than "We support the kinetic actioners!"

Let me see - did I ask the Slashdot crowd for a list of topics acceptable to discuss? Hmm, nope. Thanks anyway for your unsolicited advice.

About 90% of the bugs are disclosed; the other 10% remain undisclosed for some period of time while various defense and intelligence agencies use them for "cyber warfare" activities. The larger problem is not bugs that are not disclosed; it's that many of the bugs that ARE disclosed go unaddressed by the software vendors. Maybe the law you're looking for should be to require companies to notify their customers and patch the vulnerabilities within a reasonable period of time.

How do you suppose vulnerabilities find their way onto the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) list? The CVE is maintained by the MITRE Corporation under the oversight of U.S. CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency). The National Vulnerability Database, maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - another government agency - supports the CVE with analyses. Trenchant, the employer of the guy who stole and sold the exploits, develops "zero-day" exploits for intelligence and defense customers. You know, like the tools that were used to hack Iranian nuclear research and production facilities. There is little doubt that adversaries (and most likely allies as well) of the US are developing similar tools.

Old people who ignore climate change don't do that because they're old; they do it for the same reasons young people ignore climate change:

1. 1. They're ignorant.
2. 2. They don't believe human activity is a major contributor (see #1).
3. 3. Their creature comforts are more important to them (see #1).
4. 4. They trust the President more than the science (see #1).

No doubt there are other reasons, but chances are they all trace back to #1 above.

Actually, they only list all of the currently supported versions, like it says in large italics on the page you linked. A complete list of all versions going back to 1.0 would be huge and pointless. What practical use is there for a Linux installation that doesn't have access to a single update to the original release, unless you're a masochist who revels in unpatched bugs and security holes? But if you seriously want them, try here.

It's not too bad, but it is a little structurally ambiguous. "...Sold Exploits To Russian Broker That Could Target Millions of Devices...." That might mean the Russian broker could target millions of devices, or it might mean that the tool could target millions of devices. And is the broker a Russion person, or does he sell Russian people?

But some headlines are actually hilarious, though. Like these. Hard to pick a favorite, but I do like these:
Include Your Children When Baking Cookies
Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

The average drag coefficient of an American ICE sedan is between 0.25 and 0.30. The drag coefficient of a Tesla Model S is 0.21; other Tesla models are similar. Non-retractable door handles are estimated to increase the drag coefficient somewhere between 0.001 and 0.01. Assuming Tesla has competent designers as indicated by the cars' already very low drag coefficients, they could probably come up with a design that falls somewhere in the middle of that range, say 0.005, which would represent a drag coefficient increase of roughly 2.4%, which would yield an estimated decrease in range of about 2 miles. There are lots of other factors that have a much larger impact on range, including temperature, speed, acceleration, terrain, wind, tire pressure, and HVAC use. My guess is, any range increase gained by retractable door handles is completely swamped by those factors, particularly temperature and driving habits.

Disclaimer: the figures cited above regarding the impact of door handles on drag coefficient and range are based on Google AI's response to the query "how much to car door handles contribute to total aerodynamic drag?" No doubt an expert in aerodynamics would be able to come up with a more accurate estimate.

Thanks for sharing your personal opinions and preferences. You may be surprised to learn it is possible - even likely - that other people may have different opinions and preferences, and even more surprised to learn that this does mean that they are wrong or ignorant.

Alternatively, the fraudster should be elected to the highest office in the land.