Actually, no. One is not pre-paying for a ride from a taxi. You are buying a voucher that has other people paying most of the fair. And, you still GIVE THE DRIVER YOUR VOUCHER.

BTW, that negotiating a better price is actually illegal.

I'm going to come right out and call you a liar about that "sewer service". See, one PAYS THE DRIVER. There is no way for the driver to charge someone for a ride if they never see the person. My best guess is you are an Uber or Lyft driver who is attributing things your ilk does to regular taxi drivers and that makes you a lying sack of shit.

"business advantage" is just another way of saying "lowering human resource costs". Keeping that in mind, your last paragraph completely contradicts the one before it.

Just what Americans need, more people competing for jobs, many of whom will be willing to work for less.

I am sure that is not going to increase unemployment of Americans, especially low skill, low wage, and part time workers.

In the case of polio, it is religion and the religious, not anti-vaxers.

Rather than actually deal with the truth, you just accuse the man of unethical conduct.

Percentage-wise, it's a pretty safe assumption.

Prove it or shut the fuck up.

I don't ask questions in community websites. I answer them. The rest of you are an embarrassment.

So does a week long SendMail outage. Which one do you think is easier to get support for SendMail or Exchange?

What a bunch of bullshit. You have NEVER seen a big investor. Your $200.00 savings account doesn't make you a big investor. It makes you a fucking loser.

Congratulations. Rather than actually deal with the truth, you just accuse the man of unethical conduct. That makes you a lying piece of fanboy shit. And, it is the exact kind of shit you are spewing that shows the attitude alluded to by the article. I have used FLOSS for about 25 years now and while everyone talks about community and how much help is available, the truth is the most common answer to a question asked of the community is silence, followed closely by "RTFM, n00b!", "Stop your shit questions and use Google", and other such helpful responses.

With MS, they can go to MS and MS will bend over backwards to help them. What do they get with FLOSS? Well, they can try to find someone who is competent, but who do they go to and how do they find out? I guess they could use Red Hat, but I have worked with Red Hat and know what you get for that support contract.

And, I know this is going to get modded down by FLOSS fanboys and I don't care. You fuckers need to hear the truth. Just look at the non-confrontational responses that have been modded troll. The troll post is Torp's.

But, hey, don't let the fact that Torp is making shit up because you fuckers like his opinion solely because it feeds into your delusions. Go fuck yourselves.

Aside from the fact that your post is a pack of lies, we see Russia doing exactly what you say is unfavorable for Russia. The tactics being used are classic Soviet tactics, namely sending in Spetsnaz into an area to destabilize the local government then moving in to "stabilize" the area. So, let's take a look at what happened.

Russia increased troop presence in the Red Sea area.
Groups spring up in Crimea. Masked men take over government offices and terrorize the local populace.
Groups consolidate and take over the local government after a sham election and then asks to become part of Russia
Russia annex Crimea and continues to mass troops on Russia side of Ukraine/Russia border.
Groups spring up in Eastern Ukraine. Masked men take over government offices and terrorize the local populace.

Guess what comes next. Do you see the pattern? My best guess is you are a Russian who can't wait to visit the new acquisitions.

Roughly 65 million years ago a 6 mile wide asteroid crashed into what is now the Gulf of Mexico killing off just about every creature larger than a house cat. That includes almost all the dinosaurs. There is little we could do to stop it with our current space program. There is reason to believe we might never know it was coming. Right now, humanity has all it's eggs in one basket and it will only take one good sized rock to break them all. Manned space exploration with the establishment of human colonies on Luna and Mars would prevent that kind of single event extinction.

As to your follow up post, perhaps if you stopped asking questions with obvious and well-discussed answers, you wouldn't get modded down.

Of course it is going to be wildly expensive and take forever. Plus, it will be over budget, over due, and a basic cock-up because the government takes the lowest bidder regardless of past performance.

No more stupid than reading books, newspapers, work documents; putting on makeup; shaving; even eating and drinking.

Should people use cell phones while driving? No.
Does that justify someone breaking the law by using a cellphone jammer while driving in his car? No.

Inaction to stop a practice that most of the people in the society he lives in deemed legal doesn't give him the right or privilege to impose his will on others without their consent and in violation of the law. You do understand that is what he was doing, right? He disapproved of other engaging in legal behaviors and broke the law to force them to not engage in said legal activity. What would you call it when people you like are doing something you deem legal and are forced to stop by someone with the means but no authority?

And, you proved that with your post.

By that logic, the driver can't communicate to the navigation/communications officer.