Maybe racial profiling has its absurdities too?

An American couple of Middle Eastern descent say they and their 18-month-old daughter were asked to leave a JetBlue plane in Florida because they were told the child is on a no-fly list.

Alison, that was my thought exactly. You just know that this is the latest scheme by our Percy (aka the Mayor of Auburn Hills).

And this: Neatorama: Trio Performs Songs of Super Mario 3

Excellent. I love how this place still has as many paranoia-laced posts as it always has had. ... ;)

And speaking of paranoia, which "Percy" is being quoted in that article, Paras? Is there any connection between our mysteriously silent Mr. P and the one talking about the hacking challenges imposed by debit card chips? I call foul. ha!

Governing by social networks: wave of the future, or desperate pandering?

What day should B.C.’s Family Day be?

Ah, that's fantastic. Good thing we're going to transition to mobile phone payments soon. I'm sure they will be unbreakable.

Sure they can't read the real pin from the chip cards, but why bother when you don't need the real pin anyway?

Perhaps you shouldn't use your debit card if the business can't handle the chip and still uses the stripe:

“We can’t fuck with the chip yet,” Percy confirms. “I know guys who have put in $150, $200k – more – trying to break this fucking thing. It’s all through the magstripe. They insert the chip – we can’t do it. So we gotta go to places that don’t have the chip shit yet.”

Percy’s revelation comes as no surprise to Interac, Canada’s largest network for point of sale debit. Following the European lead, the company will require chip-enabled cards for all debit PIN pad transactions by the end of 2015. The deadline for bank machines on their network looms at the end of this year.

For Viruses:

Hey gang, I've got a question for you. Seeing as I'm really useless in the tech space, and so I thought I'd defer to all you experts:

What are your recommendations for free antivirus programs (for windows/firefox)?

I've been doing a little research myself, but I'd definitely appreciate some further suggestions, because I'm still rather clueless. Thanks in advance!