I agree in general with your points.

But if the goal is to avoid confusion in the case of planets, they need to not use the word "planet" in describing...

Interesting, thanks. But their definition still leaves some questions.

1. What is the definition for "satellite" (see section 2d)? Perhaps it is explained in another resolution.
2. Would they agree that saying "Pluto is...

I have to agree. Although I can see that in some cases (whether the earth revolves around the sun versus the other way around), classifications need to be changed due...

I find it hard to disagree with the gist of the editorial. It was especially effective to have us imagine life without certain functions that are nonstandard but essential to...

As a couple of others have pointed out, the question of being wired depends on how much people (both at work and in your personal life) respect when you are...

True. The only thing I have seen that comes close to preventing inside jobs (aside from fairly ethical employees) is the nuclear launch system where two (or more) people need...

"So once they [the NSA] crack the VPN password, they can then RDP to my desktop computer at work and enter it's password and help themselves to the data..... I...

The blog makes what I think is a salient point about the possibility that companies can reach a stage of complacency, resulting in the culture that he (I assume it...

(First, let me say that I tried to post a reply using Firefox and it seems to have been lost. So forgive me a duplicative post surfaces at some point.)

I'm...

It would be helpful (for those of us who are curious but uninitiated) to add what SMO stands for, such as:

SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) ...

I got the above from...

I know I picked the wrong answer, but the poor wording of this choice made my decision harder:

"1. Add Bob to the Data Entry role and then DENY permission individually...

Nice editorial. Thanks.

Hey, don't be so tough on yourself! I was just pointing out the difference from the way Google spells it, not criticizing your spelling. Sorry if it came across that...

A googol (spelled that way, not the way Google spells it) is 10¹⁰⁰, or a 1 followed by 100 zeroes.

A googolplex is 10^googol, or 1 followed by a googol zeroes.

These...

I like almost anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Their books tend toward the mystery/horror side, but I think they do a great job of incorporating technical details, and...