"Nobody"? Even in the enterprise?

The rest of your comment misses my point: Perhaps in theory, OS X is "just an vulnerable," and maybe the OS X market share means malware authors don't bother. But whatever the causes, in the real world today, the results are undeniable: less malware on Macs.

Except, as the AC said, it doesn't presently work under OS X. I've been reading for 20+ years how "Macs are just as vulnerable as Windows," and yet, somehow, that malware parity never seems to happen. Sure, every now and then there's a headline about Mac malware, but when you read the article it's either a theoretical vulnerability or, at worst, something that happened to a handful of people. You can claim it's because malware authors don't want to bother with Macs or whatever, but the end result is the same: Windows users are always dealing with more malware than Mac users, and, I'll bet, always will. So the modded-down-to-oblivion poster above is not wrong: getting a Mac would have prevented this attack, and many others.

If you're talking about the people who use VPN, what part of they're using VPN did you misunderstand?

If the VPN option goes away they'll simply stop paying the price. They can just download it for free from somewhere else instead.

What, you find the Pax Americana to be one sided? Shame on you. I think perhaps we should park a few legions in your province for a few decades.

But that's unlikely. For one, Latin happens to have gotten there first. It is now so deeply entrenched in print, education and media that switching to anything else would entail an enormous effort. We retain the QWERTY keyboard... the Chinese do not use QWERTY, either.

Tax to cover cost? That cost you speak of is not a true requirement but rather only a fake requirement instituted by people who want to artificially change those who have power and those who do not rather than letting capitalism play out naturally. Socialist is what normal people label these people in question who are seeking to change the balance of power. What better way, other than your personal healthcare, to affect change than to create a wave of fear for a fake disaster like global warming? And not only that but to further the cause you deem any and all weather patterns and systems a result of global warming, even if they are normal patterns. Of course the goal is to subliminally get people to always think the cause for what they experience is the evil global warming that your socialist agenda is declaring a clear and present danger. If you can get people to band together to fight the invisible and made-up enemy then you can easily raise capital for doing a lot of things that go toward reaching the goals of the real agenda rather than the agenda used for maintaining the facade of caring about the planet, at the expense of human jobs (coal miners), family finances(charge more for dirty energy), convenient living ( not allowed to have that diabolical incandescent bulbs) , etc. The environmentalists and liberals bought it hook, line and sinker.

I agree. It grinds my gears too. I just want to ask the person how the hell do you spell "where" if you spell "were" like "where" so I can see the look of confusion sweep over their face.

We can solve this problem if everyone stops breathing for 10 minutes. No cheating. Ready? 3, 2, 1 GO

I'm waiting for punch cards to come back. You just don't get the same experience when loading your program on cassette tape.

No I think it has to do more with the shitty overpriced movies.

In b4 drunk parrots become an internet thing...

Municipalities charge taxes for roads, garbage, schools etc. At least where I live it's the power company or the phone company that fixes their own damaged equipment when lines come down, not the city. And you bet your ass the city won't lift a finger to fix anything unless they are generating revenue from it.

What GP is proposing is some sort of "public" trunk that everyone can then attach to at the end points and sell from there. OK. What GP has not mentioned is that someone has to own and maintain this "public" line and if it's the city, you bet your ass they are going to charge you for it one way or another. It's not a city service otherwise, is it?

As for private industry being the only one that can fix anything no, that's simply not true. The city will charge you an arm and a leg to fix something, do a shitty job and call what they bilk you for it "taxes". Private industry will charge you an arm and a leg, do a shitty job, and call the difference profit. But unless it's a life or death service, governments tend to take their sweet time about things. Feasibility studies have to be done, committees have to meet and decide, and finally the 2 guys responsible for actually fixing anything that goes wrong in the whole town have to fit it into their schedule. Or does your town not have potholes, burst pipes, etc? If those get fixed overnight please tell me where you live so I can move there. Private industry tends to be a bit quicker because they want the money ASAP. The city already has your money. Try not to pay them and see what happens.

Sure. When a car crashes into the pole and takes out that one fiber, who is going to repair it? The municipality will do it in 2 months because they just don't give a shit. Anyone else won't touch it because they don't own it. Be careful what you wish for.

Unless you happen to be creating NEWS. Those emails are not copyrighted they are news-worthy and their publication and republication is to substantiate said news. Wouldn't it be a sad day if everyone could hide behind copyright. Politician - what I said was copyrighted don't repeat it. Court - this judgement is copyrighted you can't see it. Criminal - the slashing patterns on the victim are my copyrighted work, you can't reproduce it... etc. But first, "let's kill all the lawyers..." -- Shakespeare (proving you can still make money and be famous even 400 years after you are dead and copyright has expired).