I'd vote for Clarkson, but I'm American. Plus he's a hypocrite for bashing American cars (while lauding crappy British ones), yet he owns a Ford GT. Other than that, he's brilliant. Top Gear needs to be aired in the States, just to show how bad our tv shows really are.
What do you expect him to do? Drop his law business completely so he can spend the 12-20 hours a day it would take to become an expert in combating hackers?
It isn't illegal to give your social security number to anyone but it is illegal for someone to use that number to steal your shit. So the story here is not that some people poo-poo the threat of identity theft (myself included), but that there are thousands of a-holes out there that will break the law to rip you off. Criminals suck, and this is just one more way they can continue to be the useless burdens to society they already are.
Well, about three months after the next "pants bomber" episode, I imagine we'll start removing our pants as well. For now, I'm just gonna guess that experts are smarter than you and side with the detector thingy being able detect explosives in pants, but not being able to detect it in shoes, because of the location of feet, or the thickness of rubber soles (not commonly found in "pants").
I'm not a programmer, but I would guess that it is just like most other professions. A degree is a piece of paper that says you paid attention and spent some money. Whatever degree that is in...congrats. Most employers, however, are realists, and realize that the degree only means you are either willing to work towards an end goal, went to a really crappy college and were handed a degree, or are pretty smart. The fact that you understand ANY programming language puts you at the top of the food chain for prospective employment in the computer science industry. So with that, expand your horizons OUTSIDE of computer/geeky things, to make yourself more well-rounded (and more employable at the same time).
That's why I carry all my gels in fresh breast milk. Everyone knows that more than.3ml of bottled water can blow up a plane, but it would take at least.5 gallons of breast milk to do so.
The rules are already in my favor, so why would I fight to change them? Or better put, I don't really NEED to bring sunblock, even if it isn't really a threat, so I leave it behind.
The whole point behind removing shoes is to test for explosives and prevent another shoe-bomber type incident. A bit knee-jerk? Perhaps, but it has been proven to be one way to blow up a plane, and since one guy DID try, it really isn't that unrealistic either. Fluids and computer batteries, on the other hand...
and stop "inspecting" my bottle of fucking sublock
Better yet, why don't you leave your freakin' sunblock in your suitcase. You'd save us all a bunch of time. If you don't like the rules, then get them changed. Until then, the rules are clearly posted. Otherwise, please deposit your sunblock in the trash at the entrance to security.
Passengers and employees of the TSA are both to blame. How many more idiots do I have to stand behind that haven't realized that their 17 jars of beauty products are NOT authorized to bring on as carry-ons??? Judging by the overflowing trash cans at the entrance to every security entry, it doesn't seem that the stupid passenger realizes they should wait until AFTER they clear security before they buy another Coke.
If passengers would bring only the bare essentials, we'd have shorter waits (and easier access to our overhead storage bins). Charge people to bring carryons that don't fit under their seats (such as a purse or a laptop). I've seen people bring carryons that are bigger than the bags I checked.
Oh, and finally, hire competent people to wear the white shirts, instead of the mouth-breathing type-A's they have now. One competent TSA employee could easily accomplish three current TSA employees work. Pay that one guy twice as much, and hire less, but more competent people.
When the hell is a knife going to help you against a group of 50 angry people in a small enclosed space?
I dunno...Sept 11, 2001, perhaps? At least one group of 50 angry people did something about it though, but ultimately, it didn't save them (but gratefully, it saved maybe thousands of others).
Remember polyphonic ringtones? Were they "quality" music? Nope, but we all secretly wanted them.
Some of us to this day could care less about ringtones and have never wanted them; not even "secretly". This is just another example of feature-glut that is not wanted. I can't wait for my toaster to play mp3s or my vacuum cleaner to take incoming calls, for that matter.
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I'd vote for Clarkson, but I'm American. Plus he's a hypocrite for bashing American cars (while lauding crappy British ones), yet he owns a Ford GT. Other than that, he's brilliant. Top Gear needs to be aired in the States, just to show how bad our tv shows really are.
What do you expect him to do? Drop his law business completely so he can spend the 12-20 hours a day it would take to become an expert in combating hackers?
It isn't illegal to give your social security number to anyone but it is illegal for someone to use that number to steal your shit. So the story here is not that some people poo-poo the threat of identity theft (myself included), but that there are thousands of a-holes out there that will break the law to rip you off. Criminals suck, and this is just one more way they can continue to be the useless burdens to society they already are.
Or for that matter, ANY brand of "ergonomically correct" shaped keyboards.
1. Add an unsubstantiated, inflamatory remark about an Apple product at the end of your article
2. ???
3. ???
4. Profit
I love it when my examples are proven by random slashdot user's reply ;-p
Call me weird, but I prefer female-to-female connectors for some strange reason ;-)
And here I thought "plaid" was fast enough.
One of these days the US will catch up with the rest of the world and realize that arbitrary drinking-age laws are stupid.
Well, about three months after the next "pants bomber" episode, I imagine we'll start removing our pants as well. For now, I'm just gonna guess that experts are smarter than you and side with the detector thingy being able detect explosives in pants, but not being able to detect it in shoes, because of the location of feet, or the thickness of rubber soles (not commonly found in "pants").
Actually, even nerds have something interesting about them; be it hatred for sports, or lack of sex.
I'm not a programmer, but I would guess that it is just like most other professions. A degree is a piece of paper that says you paid attention and spent some money. Whatever degree that is in...congrats. Most employers, however, are realists, and realize that the degree only means you are either willing to work towards an end goal, went to a really crappy college and were handed a degree, or are pretty smart. The fact that you understand ANY programming language puts you at the top of the food chain for prospective employment in the computer science industry. So with that, expand your horizons OUTSIDE of computer/geeky things, to make yourself more well-rounded (and more employable at the same time).
The rules are already in my favor, so why would I fight to change them? Or better put, I don't really NEED to bring sunblock, even if it isn't really a threat, so I leave it behind.
The whole point behind removing shoes is to test for explosives and prevent another shoe-bomber type incident. A bit knee-jerk? Perhaps, but it has been proven to be one way to blow up a plane, and since one guy DID try, it really isn't that unrealistic either. Fluids and computer batteries, on the other hand...
If passengers would bring only the bare essentials, we'd have shorter waits (and easier access to our overhead storage bins). Charge people to bring carryons that don't fit under their seats (such as a purse or a laptop). I've seen people bring carryons that are bigger than the bags I checked.
Oh, and finally, hire competent people to wear the white shirts, instead of the mouth-breathing type-A's they have now. One competent TSA employee could easily accomplish three current TSA employees work. Pay that one guy twice as much, and hire less, but more competent people.
...for off-shoring?
4. Smart Microsoft employees flock to Microsoft's Mac Business Unit.
All Apple computers are PCs (personal computers) with perhaps the exception of the XServers (or whatever they are called).