Fire up an AP and get ready to debate the meaning of "unlicensed spectrum" :-)

In general I've become so skeptical of anything these days due to the echo chamber of the internet bouncing around hyped, panicked stories with no followup.

I keep hearing about that thing, but I don't believe it really exists.

What a joke.
What else can you expect from the geniuses that proposed the national evil filter...

I have a job where I can keep a FB window open all day in-between other activities.

...But FB isn't a "tremendous waste of time" for me.

Sounds like it's a tremendous waste of your employers time though (i.e. the time they paid you for)

Stigma? Please! Only a company which commits illegal acts would have a problem with this.

So.. How do you like working for Santa Inc.?
commits illegal acts is pretty much page unavoidable these days given the number of laws.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594032556/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/177-5432351-7342110

You need a USB cable and a PC capable of running Java.

That's it. No JTAG programmer, no EEPROM burner, no ICSP interface.

Within minutes you can control actual real-world things like you used to be able to do with a parallel port (remember those?)

Did you ever use the original Vista? Ever use Ubuntu or OSX from the same time period?

You had me a "Vista"...

... of Ciara Walker, his wife at that time, which showed she was having an affair with her second husband, who once had been arrested for beating her in front of her son.

Is this a court case or an episode of Dynastic Days of Our Sons and Daughters in General City Hospital?

So I can't see your NullPointerException.

Neither can I, now that I'm concentrating on the code rather than on my typing speed.

// start with a salutation
Hi Leto,

// whitespace

// brief introduction
I'm a software engineer.

// show off
I've been writing programs for over 2 decades.
// might need to change that bit later.....

/* ****** DON'T NEED THIS
// enumerate languages
I've written in just about everything from C to REXX to Python and Basic.
*/

// scold
I couldn't help but notice that your program lacked proper comments.

// be obnoxious
I also couldn't help but notice the glaringly obvious flaw in your program.

// be condescending
In case you can't find the problem I'll give you a hint: Null Pointer Exception.

// whitespace

// sign off
with friendly regards,

Me

// PS
// dammit... I'll bet someone will have beaten me to this joke 'cos I didn't type it fast enough!

... an audience that doesn't take the minimal time necessary to examine the source material provided ...

In other words, people don't RTFA.

In other news: water is wet, the sun it bright, the moon is round and sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Also, fuck dignity, it's in the name of security.

For you, today, "enhanced patdowns" don't cross the line.
Where would you have drawn that line 5 years ago?

Where will you draw it 5 years from now? 15? 50?

... that special place in hell automatically inserts bullet ants into the scrotum of anybody placed there.

What happens in the special place in hell reserved for people who perpetuate the stereotype that all IT workers have scrotums?

... by double-blind testing with fake placebos?

So unless the bad guys have malware on your phone AND on your pc, they can't steal your money.

Unless you're doing your banking from your Internet-enabled smart-phone...