Trademark the word "Ohio". Now that would be funny.

When did this Garden of Eden period exist? I've been on the web since the early summer of '94, and there were pornographers, spammers, thieves, and other assorted hustlers in abundance even then. There have been get rich quick artists from the very beginning of the web. Remember how domains were originally a registration monopoly? Remember how SSL certs were originally issued? There are any number of similar examples where the structure of the web was contorted to funnel money into certain pockets.

Many of the comments on this topic reflect the Roman, Greek longing for a pastoral golden age, as described in this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_Man

Not to rain on the parade, but there was never an age of Internet "purity".

I couldn't have designed a better tool for character assassination and extortion had I tried. This will enable two teenagers in a basement to destroy just about anyone's small business in 15 minutes.

Censorship is such an easy thing when you know that you're always right.

No offense intended, but how would you possibly notice unless you were actually using their service?

This article, taken at face value, suggests otherwise:

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/429623-americans-continue-their-march-to-low-tax-states

This sounds like a great way of spinning a 10 minute delay in delivery time. 10 minute undo == 10 minute transmission delay to enable message batching and caching.

You, my friend, are an optimist!

I think they should settle the issue with a good old-fashioned wrestling cage match. Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi could be the warm-up act, and the main event could be Lisa Su vs Jensen Huang. I know the girls are smaller than the guys, but I think the gals are fiercer. All in all, the card looks pretty even. A good time would be had by all, and we could pay down the national debit a little by the vigorish from the parimutuel betting pool.

Where are Sean Penn and Danny Glover now? Sigh ...

Very nicely put.

Not to sound the hater, but MS has been promising quality since Windows 3.1 and has instead delivered a pretty veneer draped over a pile of compiled sludge. Any time I've programmed Windows apps, admittedly not since Windows 7, I've stumbled into shortcuts, hacks, slovenly cruft, and a general non-adherence to their own stated best practices. At this point, the onus of proof is on Microsoft to **demonstrate** quality rather than talk about it. Three or four updates in a row that that don't trigger showstopper bugs would be a good start. The world doesn't need another MS PowerPoint explaining the greatness of Windows 10: it needs a working Windows 10.

I have keratoconus in both eyes and very much agree with you in both regards: in theory, wonderful news, but extortionate $ and always another 10 years away. I keep hoping there will be a breakthrough and I won't end up old and blind.I'm willing to work with the old thing, but the blind part doesn't sound so good.

"A Companion to Hegel"

Hegel himself is very nearly impenetrable, so I'm using this book as something of a mental crutch.

Not to be a smartass, but do we really want our best and brightest in the NSA? Whether you are politically left, right or agnostic, the surveillance state should be a serious concern for all those who value privacy and liberty. This isn't a Bush, Obama or Trump thing: this is an individual rights thing.