Agreed; usually the “sweeping” style of management means they are incompetent or lazy or both. The government is rather dynamic; make dynamic decisions...

So I've seen Lethal Weapon and Last Action Hero as movies by comparison, which is okay - Shane Black is connected to them, but is this really film criticism? What other films can you compare to that did correctly what IM3 tried to do? And if you want to get into analysis...for example - Ben Kingsley as an…

Indeed; at least half of these "ancient weapons" are contemporary or modern creations (one's even tagged 1939...) attempting to mimic an ancient aesthetic. Also, several are tools, not weapons (as the title suggests) & several of these "weapons" are clearly designed to be intimidating, but would be utterly useless in…

Maybe. Maybe not. It all depends on pretext and the awareness of the target. If you were to go into a house as a magazine salesman, you might only have a few seconds to grab what you need. You could just drop a USB stick attack, but that assumes proximity to a computer and time to access it. The same goes for the…

Who said I own a phone? Or would answer the phone, if I were to even own a phone? And who said I wasn't deaf and couldn't possibly know the frequency of callers asking for my router password? Why would you need to know the frequency of people asking for that information anyway? Are you one of these callers…

I don't let anyone roam around my home personally; but you'd be surprised how easy it is to bring someone's guard down, if it's even up at all - it depends on the pretext. As for my router, it's approx. 25' line-of-sight to the front door - I've rigged it with a live grenade though, so I'm not worried.....lol. My…

I think you give are giving the general population way too much credit with security in mind, and, further, how difficult it is to monitor someone's every action in your house, especially if a proper pretense is given. If I were to search the mail/garbage of some individual - e.g., their cable bill - then develop a…

What are the odds it would have even ignited any gasoline or caused any further explosion? British companies only use equipment with reliable fail-safes in place in case of potential catastrophe; I'm sure there's a redundant and automatic unit attached to the connecting lines to isolate the underground tanks,…

This is a joke right? This is not science at all... Just because someone has aptitude doesn't mean they should be doing it; it just means they have aptitude. For example, Charles Manson - quite apt at manipulating young minds to do acts of violence. According to the logic you are using, Charles Manson should have…

If...(?), "then the writers and directors suck." ...could you premise that because my argument doesn't lead to a conclusion that the writers and directors suck...? In fact, I think quite the contrary is the case; they are quite creative and writing a script, especially if you're not well known, is incredibly…

Yes, this isn't a recipe for disaster........why don't you just save your friend from the damage of a social engineer attack and just kick him in the balls, rip the shirt off his back, a defecate on his front lawn? I mean, still set up the wireless router for him; you are a friend after all...just be a little smarter…

Absolutely; this is why hackers shouldn't be criticizing film and TV writers/directors/producers for doing what they do - one thing writers must do, for instance, is invoke an emotional response appropriate to the story through plot devices; the best way to do this - visualization. Maybe we could have a writer's…

I am under the impression that more deaths occurred in Dresden (compared not to a combination of both atom bombs detonated, but each as an isolate event) and the event that occurred there received much less attention than Hiroshima and Nagasaki because of the shaming emotion Dresden presents, compared to the…

True; a repair could easily be deemed a breech of contract and the cost of "repairing" your repair is coming straight out of your deposit...maybe your wallet, depending on what the landlord claims and is willing to take you to small claims court. Always call the landlord for a repair that you could and are willing to…

So this is basically an article with objective intentions, but subjectively presenting subjective sources...(?)...and criticizes the NYT for, essentially, doing the exact same thing. Wouldn't all three strikes pitched have some interest in presenting their respective positions positively? And wouldn't a…

Digitizing a personal library doesn't make life simpler; it complicates things...I have a fairly large physical library and an extremely large digital library, but I'd give up my digital library in half a second to keep my physical library. Digitizing physical media is pushing the biggest fraud on people - I have to…

The proper "hack" of a toilet involves something akin to this:

Isn't the electoral college a byproduct (or a direct product) of Madisonian Democracy whereby the masses are prevented from overtaking the aristocracy...? Wouldn't this be more the reason for the electoral college in elections (and the reason for the Senate in legislating on a side note)? Democracies in the past…

Kansas City in my state? No thank you... (No offense to those living in Kansas City)

Ad hominem as an opening statement...everything you say after which, whether it be true or not, has lost all credibility. And, more often than not, one who opens with such a statement usually has a weak and unsure argument (can you provide the evidence of what was signed, what the power differentials in your claim…