Typical. A leftie cannot even assume responsibility for his own actions when it is shown to be bunk & has to blame someone else.

Sorry, been burned too often by Microsoft's guarantees that they go back on.

A VM has no upper limit on lifespan so why use "the supported lifetime of that device" unless they are planning on obsolescence.

What is "the supported lifetime of that device" supposed to mean, in particular as regards to VMs? Being forced to buy a new windows version very two-three years?

Venezuela isn't communist, but then you'd have to pay attention in school or read more than is typical in the US to understand the difference between communism & socialism.

I've seen your style of posting/trolling too: Blame the other side for all the problems, attempt to place anyone who objects in the most extreme opposition then say something to attempt to appear moderate. In your case that appears to be blaming the right for everything, then calling me an Okie & then calling for pragmatism.

Back to the heart of the discussion: Claiming that the left is the only side that gives & the right only takes away is even dumber than claiming that Oklahoma politics is "neotrotkyist neocon". Do you want to climb down from that now?

Okie? Dunno, never lived there, how's Venezuela working for you?

Call me when entitlements stop taking an ever larger part of everyone's paycheck Chavista.

I don't see your proposal gaining enough support to become standard. You seem to think that DNS names being exposed in TLS negotiation was an accident. It wasn't, it was compromise. There are legitimate reasons for some people being able to selectively block web traffic and your proposal would make things worse, not better. For example, there are laws in many countries that prohibit grade-school children from using the school's Internet to surf porn (though we all realise that they can do so on their home Internet/phone).

Were the certificates being exchanged to become opaque those who want/need to block will do so using other means like IP blocks/reverse DNS lookups.

Funny how the left hand has been doing little more than taking (increasing taxes) isn't it? Besides which, you need to ask yourself where the left hand's largesse is coming from. It isn't from their own pockets, that's for sure.

Never actually met any of the Chinese aiming to supplant the USA, have you? Many in Africa who used to think like you have changed their tune now that they have...

Says the AC posting in English...

I've given up on reading /. on mobile for the same reason.

It isn't necessary to decrypt TLS to block third party advertising networks like Google as the DNS names the certificates protect are passed in the clear during TLS negotiation.

ISP level blocking like this is a very bad idea and if it becomes widespread expect to see many of the ad supported free sites on the internet disappear & much of what's left end up behind paywalls. I use all of the relevant tools to block ads in general but whitelist the sites I want to support. That'd be nigh impossible for ISP level blocks.

I speak from some experience as I deploy firewalls & proxies that perform such blocks in corporate environments & my ISP is Free.fr.

Social relating to or involving activities in which people spend time talking to each other or doing enjoyable things with each other

Justice the process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals

Warrior a person who fights in battles and is known for having courage and skill

No contempt or disapproval in any of these, nor even in:

Warrior a person who has very strong feelings about something (such as religion or politics) and who wants other people to have those feelings : a zealous person

However, just for you:

Pedant a person who annoys other people by correcting small errors and giving too much attention to minor details

Note that a pedant's corrections aren't necessarily correct, just minor and annoying.

And again: "The reason why the term SJW is becoming pejorative is precisely due to reactions like yours from people who see no common ground". It is because SJW is being used to describe your zealotry and over-reactions that a descriptive acronym is becoming pejorative & not the other way around.

No. None of the words that compose SJW are pejorative. It is a descriptive acronym for people who see the world in absolutes & refuse criticism of their platform, though SJZ (Social Justice Zealot) is sometimes more apt. Equating condemnation of your insults with being pro sexism/racism/... just shows how much of a zealot you are.

Buddyboy (& others like him so convinced that their actions are justifiable "for the good cause") is incapable of discerning the difference between descriptive and pejorative. Arnaud Amory would be proud.

Way to display your bias there buddy. People are pointing out that the incessant harping on "this is sexist", "that is sexist", "everything is sexist" being counter-productive and your knee jerk reaction is to call people using a non-derogatory term (SJW), "Douchebags".

The reason why the term SJW is becoming pejorative is precisely due to reactions like yours from people who see no common ground.