Why not 72?!

Not the first time this has happened. When a spy plane crash landed in China in the early 2000's (or late 1990's, can't recall, too lazy to google) the crew destroyed all of the systems and spy equipment inside before they were captured. I suppose it's standard operating procedure.

I know, but since when has reality stopped a good "what if" argument? "Seriously. But your SSN isn't worth THAT much, so it should suffice."

Scanning Electron Microscopy [tomkruk.com]

I love DoggCatcher; I use it for 100% of my podcasts now and am extremely happy with the responsiveness of the developer. The latest release, just the other day, made this app even better. It's getting better looking and more featured as time goes on.

ugh, seriously? First off they only discussed defunding NPR and not PBS as you claim. Additionally they discussed defunding Planned Parenthood; it's patently ridiculous to try and defund either of those. Defunding NPR would have a net-zero impact on the budget anyway (as far as I can tell this is related to the way…

Not really. That's $1.38B or .037% of the 2011 budget or 0.109% of the current debt.

EDIT: Wrong number used for current debt. How do I strikethrough?

Each DVD would need to sell for more than $53,000 to close this year's deficit

man, good looking towers...I had a 400 MHz iMac back then

No, I'm a crazy nerd :)

iMac, 2nd Gen with the DVD drive and 10GB HDD? Or a tower of some sort...

It's a Game Of Thrones reference; Mormont is the head of the Black Watch and has a raven. The ravens in that book are written as making a "quork" sound. /EndNerding

I'm down with it.

WTF are you talking about?

you could probably take an angle grinder to the chips themselves, and then embed those in some concrete; that'd do it. Actually putting anything in concrete is probably a good data destruction (or at least data hiding) method.

Technically they could still recover some data off of the fragments. Seriously. But your SSN isn't worth THAT much, so it should suffice.

69 Dude!

hear hear! quork quork [twitter.com]

I disagree. First off, this describes Apple's approach more often than not: "The so-called upgrade is only a better processor and more RAM". You also get better screens, both in the technology and resolution (AMOLED, "Super" LCD, qHD resolution), NFC technology, sensors, cameras (3D in the EVO 3D's case) and software…