Then we need to examine potential reasons how this *could* work. For example, it would be interesting if we ever got to the point that there was no cell towers, but only wifi. Or only state-sanctioned cell towers and wifi.

Companies don't want you to own your software anymore, and they want to limit your ability to move to another solution provider. Why wouldn't they plan take it further in other domains, or the government to do the same?

The irony is we don't actually know hard numbers because it's not formally reported. And who knows if the the rate of reporting is different between tech and non-tech (or by job type).

Hell, sometimes you see complaints that sexism in IT in Silicon Valley is worse than elsewhere, but we don't know what the rates are for that either. How would someone who worked in Silicon Valley all their life know what sexism is like in New York?

All we know is the women reporting this in SV are consistently saying it's a big problem.

Women don't report it because they get shut down or ignored. Do you know any women in IT well enough where they would tell you what they've encountered, and have you actually asked them and listened?

"So, why do you always write these strong women characters?"

"Because you're still asking me that question."

Lovely Google ad yesterday for hot women who are "guaranteed to contact you first". Was something vaguely adverstising as a "bride" site. I guess female prostitution is ok. Should women leave Slashdot?

The EFF disagrees with you. Journalists, both high-profile and not, have been specifically targeted with exploit kits for some time.

The usual reason is goverments want to uncover who protected sources are.

It's not just "someone read the emails". It also gives them an easy & trusted avenue to deploy malware and trojans to the target and all their contacts.

Please?

I am a sysadmin that also deploys software software deployment. My job is to look after network traffic, software deployments, tweaks and, scripts. Scale and breadth-of-impact is always a concern. Furthermore, unlike O-notation, I do care about the multiplier. In the real world, 1000000n or 5n are not the same to me!

If you move some log files for all your users to a network instead of a local drive, your network traffic might be ok, but how will disk access cope? If you write a script to move the old logs, what happens when you deploy it for everyone at the same time? How are you deploying it? What's the algorithm you're using to find all files you want to move?

Do you have software that is frequently broadcasting itself across your network? (insert stink-eye for Dropbox here)

If you write a script that you are somewhat ashamed of, but it works, maybe you choose to run it after 5pm (because solving a stupid problem TODAY is sometimes more important than the elegance of the solution).

Still have a hub with multiple devices on it? How much does it matter?

Move to Canada. Or move back, rather. Welcome home.

... you can try Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid for some light reading

We keep hearing how people like don't like either candidate. Solution is elect Hilary, indict her, and then VP becomes President. Problems solved for everyone.

That's the closest to "elect a third candidate" that is actually possible.

This is like arguing a cell phone isn't a computer, about ten years ago. It's well on its way to getting there. Our "SmartTV"s even get updates, but I'm sure it's all for the users' benefit, yes?

This was actually an unintended PSA about not getting your "news" from Facebook. But that will quickly be forgotten.

Yeah, they gave up the rights to say that three years ago. Which means now they have essentially nothing differentiating them from their competitors.

I really liked the hub separation, but now you can't say "I'm buying a BB10-style device for security reasons".

They had a series of boneheaded moves that was bringing their demise, but this was truly the last nail in the coffin.