Seriously. "Set sail" is a metaphor for beginning a long journey. Only an obsessive moron would decide that's the important thing to exclaim about in an article about the first manned spaceflight to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

On the other hand, if you're a fundamentalist Christian, you might consider naval terminology apt for a mission that somehow pierces the "firmament" and travels through the "waters above". Obviously the hand of God is at work here. /s

(I'm actually a little saddened that I felt the need to explicitly indicate that the Biblical reference was sarcasm.)

Thanks for this. I hate my knees.

The attacker didn't express anger for robots. He expressed anger at the car's occupants for funding robots. But the problem isn't the robots or the human passengers; the problem is the attacker.

Milton bought his pardon by making a generous campaign contribution to the current President. I guess he knows he can buy another one if he gets caught again, as long as it happens before the next inauguration day.

It's not the newspaper or the journalists. They're just tailoring the writing style to appeal to the subscribers.

Fans of science fiction might recall "The Marching Morons", by C.M. Kornbluth (1951 short story) and "The Space Merchants" (1952 novel) by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth. Both feature news stories written for idiots. That second one was an inspiration for the movie "Idiocracy". And "The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper" (1932) by H.G. Wells describes a future newspaper that presents complex scientific news in a highly simplified, sensationalized, and colorful format for a society that has shifted its priorities away from traditional intellectual pursuits.

That has a familiar ring to it, no? Does our President speak the way he does because that's the only way he can express himself, or is he using language his base understands?

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.