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What do you mean by PRISM collaborators? I am genuinely curious because I feel like I missed when/where that was established.

To my understanding, and please correct me if I am wrong, PRISM isn't a system that companies subscribe to, but more of a government portal for requesting information from a number of companies in a legal fashion. Is this not correct? I admit I have not kept up with all of the bits of information released due to the high volume of speculations generated by just about everyone that talks about it.

I think you are missing the context of the question (mpyne's comment). If the max that will logically be handed down is way below the summed offenses, why is it being used? It seems like it's a threatening tactic and yes, draconian.

Not entirely. For one Steam has offline mode which is certainly better than what MS was proposing.

BS. It's possible to deal with the issues you mentioned and not screw your customers over. Even if it's not, it's still perfectly valid to be vocal about it.

The US is a republic.

This is simply nonsensical. Even the applications you listed don't just "do one thing". Vim and emacs have a trillion features each. Git has way more features than some other versioning systems. When does "one thing" turn into multiple things? Within the context of the thread - when did gmail stop doing one thing? When they added filters? When they added all of the labs features? With this current announcement? Do one thing and do it well is great but defining the scope of the one thing is not something to be taken trivially.

I think there are a lot of gaps within the primers too. With a degree in Mathematics and CS, I can only follow through midway most primers before requiring to find additional sources of information.

That being said, I really like them and I am a big fan of Jeremy's writing.

LOIC, yes, but that was anonymous. SQL injection is a vulnerability - it does not make you good or bad for using it.

Just because you disagree with their actions it doesn't mean that they were just random script-kiddies. I am not a hacker but it certainly seemed like they had at least a modicum of true skill.

For some reason it seems that most people can't differentiate between the skill and morality of an action.

This exemplifies that making money and making a good product are two quite distinct things.

Sure, feel free to send me an email! It's all about learning and having fun.

I'd be willing to give it a shot if you would like to partner up. I have reasonable (for some value) math chops. Email me at [email protected] if you are interested.

Time-wise I can commit only a couple of hours a week so I don't expect much but it seems like it could be fun.