You're not normal, are you?

OH GOD DAMMIT, YOU USED RATIONAL THOUGHT AND LOGIC. NOW THE POWER OF MY HYPERBOLE IS DESTROYED.

Seriously, though. This seems like a relatively good solution to a shitty problem. But, I do have to ask, why did you resign yourself to the fact that

Really, if we know they can, and know they should, why aren't they?

Just wondering what your thoughts are. I have ideas, but they mostly revolve around hell-spawn and hatred of humanity.

Jobs and economy are not a banner under which businesses can steamroll our rights as citizens to choose whether or not we sell our home. They want my property? They offer what they believe it's worth. If I think it's worth more, then they're shit out of luck, and should maybe try offering more money.

Being a corporation and 'job-creator' does not exempt you from playing by the rules the rest of us play by.

I'm going to agree with you on number 1, but add an asterisk. Right direction will have a huge number of people that vehemently disagree, but please apply common sense. A right direction is one that leads to the greatest good for the greatest number of people. NOT the greatest good for a select number.

No, what I'm implying is that whether or not government is short or long sighted doesn't matter, and don't try to imply anything from what I said - read it at face value (too many problems in communication occur when people try to understand what the speaker really meant). What I said was that government is SO LARGE that even if they tried to move in the short term, it moves REALLY slowly, and will be nearly impossible. It's not about short or long term. It's about size and agility.

Also. . . . I've had conversations with you before. We are polar opposites in economic and political belief. Look at your comment history. Look at mine. I understand that nothing I say will sway you, but I honestly believe that your viewpoints are wrong.

Silicon valley, and more about economic theory. Do free-markets drive the world in the right direction, or does the government? This, as in most things, seems to boil down to a compromise.

We need agile markets, able to open and close companies overnight, therefore allowing for innovation, failure and re-birth. BUT, we also need big, slow-moving government to keep those businesses from harvesting short-term profits and dumping losses on investors/governments.

The problems that we have today (a bit off topic here) are related to business being tied a bit too close to government. Why do we have the lowest congressional approval rating that I can remember? Because they all seem to be bought and sold by the same companies. In reality, though, they're not outright bought and sold, they're just trying to secure a sweet, sweet consulting deal after they retire from government. But I digress.

This article isn't about the hypocrisy in silicon valley in particular, and more about the hypocrisy in people lauding free-market capitalism.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE NOBEL IS ONLY FOR SCIENCE. HOW DARE YOU, SIR. How dare you try to use your logic and reasoning.

Please ignore this line, apparently this website thinks I'm yelling too much. So judgmental.

I live in the country, I have wireless. I have two neighbors within one mile. One is Amish, he lives ~ 3/4 of a mile away. One is my uncle, he lives ~ 1/2 a mile away. I have a basic wireless router, which of course is only transmitting signal to about the edge of my yard. My uncle is CONVINCED that the internet on his phone is run through my wireless. I've told him that my connection is password protected (I'm paranoid). He is still convinced that the data he is receiving from his cell phone routes through my system first.

The Amish, on the other hand, don't seem to notice my connection.

Anyway, I agree - this is the only way to safely use wireless. Live where no one else does.

Too bad the internet blows out here.

If you watch a nationally, and internationally lauded show that is intended as entertainment and expect to be able to use the results as a review/in place of research, then the fault is yours, my friend. And that rule applies to any show, not just Top Gear.

It's entertainment, remember that.

I hate to tell you this, but I'm fairly certain this is how pretty-well everything runs. What can I get from the government to give to these special interest groups, who will then contribute to my campaign, so I can get them more.

In a sick sort of way, that system makes sense. In theory, the representatives do what's best for their constituents, their constituents do well and contribute to the representatives and the cycle repeats.

The issue is that we have what amounts to a ruling class that is soooooo disconnected from middle- to low-income families that (I believe) they genuinely believe the things they are doing are what the people want.

Remember, to someone completely disconnected from life, $1 = 1 voice.

While governments and corporations are not people, I would argue that governments, at least, have some right to privacy in certain situations.

Again, like with most things, it's not an all or nothing proposition. Should I know how my congressman voted on the last counter-espionage act? Absolutely. Should I know roughly what the spies that now receive funding are doing? Absolutely. Should I know where they're doing it or who they are? No. Maybe I should roughly know where they're operating - as in region of the planet. But, for their safety, and the safety of their operation, they deserve some privacy.

People like you need to stop making the argument that government and corporations are: (a) the same thing and (b) bound to laws that are always black and white all the time. Believe it or not, there is a shit-load of gray area in the world.

Define for me, "Standard Browser." If you would, please.

I promise you I'm not a shill

PROMISES ON THE INTERNET ARE ALWAYS TRUE

Anyway - I bought a mid-grade laptop. It started shutting off randomly. It ran just fine if you kept pressure on the battery. So, my first thought was bad connection of some kind. So I kept it plugged in. Then it started randomly shutting off when it was plugged in.

In the end, the MOBO was smoked, and was probably bad when I received the thing. I called their cs, they walked me through two or three (what I call) idiot catch steps, decided it was something bigger, and sent a tech out. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy.

This is the first time I've been called a shill, though. Pretty exciting. Look at my past comments. I'm plainly just a person. . . .

It was 2012.

I have owned one Dell laptop. I had a problem with that laptop, so I was forced to call customer support. It was an awesome experience. They walked me through all the regular nonsense (restart, etc), had me run one diagnostic and tell them the results, and they sent a tech out to fix the issue within a week. Overall, 8.5/10 experience (it would have been higher, but it was a new laptop and shouldn't have had hardware issues to begin with. But the tech was hot.)

Disclaimer: I am not now, nor have I ever been employed by, paid by in any fashion, or at all related to Dell computers. Except for that laptop, that is.

This argument absolutely reeks of entitlement. Just because you are physically able to do something doesn't mean that you have the right to. The resource was not secured to begin with, that is correct, and it's MIT's fault.

BUT, to use a comparison, it's like walking into your neighbor's house and taking his stuff simply because he forgot to lock his doors, then saying, "If he wanted to keep his stuff, he should have locked it up." That may be, but you shouldn't take the shit in the first place.

Believe it or not, you're not entitled to do whatever you want until someone stops you. That's not how it's supposed to work, and that's not how healthy people are supposed to operate in a social system. We are supposed to cooperate, do what's right, and be decent people. Arguments like yours, and I assume people like you, are the reason that everyone has to lock their doors at night, lock their cars in their own driveways, and watch their kids when they play in the park. You are not entitled to break the law, no matter how easy it is to do.

Oh, and if your neighbor used your hose to fill his pool, you have every right to sue for repayment under current laws.