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Comment Re:Libertarians (Score 1) 489

At some point? It IS the point. It is all a whitewash attempt at re-branding the Republican Corpratocracy message. They want the low information voters who are starting to finally shy away from their evil to embrace new ideals while still voting for the same old shit.

Look at the Tea Party candidates from last go round- what they promised and what they actually vote for. They promised Libertarianism but push the same old rich get richer agenda.

Comment Re:Reason: for corporations, by corporations (Score 4, Interesting) 489

FUD is all the Libertarians have. History shows their ideals wrong every time they are tried.

Like any idealism, the ideal is a pure form. Nothing survives first contact with humanity. Our inherent greed, selfishness, and lazyness will corrupt it.
Socialism looks like a utopia on the surface. In reality the lazy people do only as much as they absolutely have to and take all they can get in return. The greedy rise to the top and siphon off the lion's share for themselves.
Capitalism looks like a great economic option. but again, the lazy sink to the bottom and drag down the economy while the greedy hoard all the resources while trying to get the high score on their bank accounts.
Libertarianism looks like a great way for selfish people to kill off the poor and handicapped. But in reality the poor and handicapped are reluctant to be killed off.

Comment Someday people will learn... I hope (Score 1) 167

Offline backups and live images.
infected? shut down the network, reboot the image on the system. Restore lost data from offline backups.
Find the hole (likely some dumbass that has already been told 37,000,000 times to quit opening strange attachments- fire them with extreme prejudice), fix it, and put it all back online.

No ransom paid, minimal if any loss, and this trend dies off like it should have the day it was born.

Comment Re:Anyone who believes Wikipedia (Score 1) 264

India is one of the countries where tens of millions of Internet users have free access to Wikipedia Zero, but cannot afford the data charges to access the rest of the Internet, making Wikipedia a potential gatekeeper.

Not sure how you missed that tidbit. When you only have access to Wikipedia, how do you propose investigating the school further? Bearing in mind if you cannot afford internet you sure as hell cannot afford a trip to the school or a PI to gather info on the school and alumni.

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