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Comment Re:Free 8.1? (Score 2) 392

Well, my "downgrade" from W 8.1 wasn't smooth at all. I take raw partition images as FS backups and after restore, the W 8 didn't like itself any longer and failed to boot.
The "repair" feature of the W8 install disk was trying all night and in the morning it concluded that it can't fix itself. A W 7 install/repair fixed the W8 boot failure malaise in minutes which got me quite amused.

Comment Free 8.1? (Score 3, Interesting) 392

update on top of W8 that is..

Experience so far:

Acrobat reader crashes reliably
Essential VPN in VMware images no longer works.

Consequence:
Restore W 8 from backup

Cost? Lots of time lost on this BS!

Maybe they need to give it away for free so people are less upset if they get burnt - you get what you pay for and get sucked on with ads and/or giving up your privacy.

Ah - and this BING desktop or whatever it is was never installed.

Comment This will whip up a storm... (Score 1) 506

not only on the republican side but also in brains of a large section of US population.

The thought, just the idea in one's head that something can be sorted out without "power" will be considered a weakness which cannot be tolerated.

That's totally independent from the money made on military and the forces behind.

Just looking at the near east idiocy coming purely out of conditioned structures in people brains.

All pretty desolate I'd say....

As if there would not be enough to do in this country - deteriorating infrastructure, alternative energy use just skimping along and partially failing making some folks feeling good...

Comment Re:What the (Score 2, Insightful) 207

Are there risks with fracking? Other than the safety risks common in every other industrial work environment, not really. Some people suspect earthquakes, but so far there isn't anything other than confirmation bias to suggest it actually happens.

So, what happens to all that dirty water pumped pumped in deep injections "wells"? Maybe it's "spare" water when surface water becomes even more scarce then in some areas of US already?

I think all this activity is playing poker with the future where one side in the present holds the better card.

Comment It's about time (Score 1) 218

that some folks - lawyers(?) - come to their senses, maybe by giving them a strong whack left and right on their cheeks, looking straight in their eyes and telling them "you don't do this again".

If this happens enough - maybe 100 times per individual - this nonsense may change...

Any other ideas?

Comment Re:Fiber optic cables are direct analogs to roads (Score 1) 430

Depends on which side you're on...

Does not matter, same story of politicians bribed, lobbyists behind closed doors present their wishes and common folks get screwed - in some cases for 1/2 a century:

https://friendsofthecoloradopu...

They have a "Privatization Board" there!!!

It's a total money game selling one's butt to be used at the payers liking. Isn't that called prostitution and generally prohibited in most states in the US? Maybe not at the Capitol, I'll have to check on that.

In effect, that means that the winning Senate candidates needed to raise an average of $14,351 every day between Jan. 1 2010 and election day, 2012 in order to pull of a win, while the victorious House members raised $2.315 per day, MapLight found.

From: http://www.nydailynews.com/new...

Comment Big Ego (Score -1, Redundant) 142

+ submissive lawyers = what's happening.
Would anyone want to work under this "Larry"?

If so, what is it like? Is he throwing chairs as well or is he not strong enough?

In what percentage bracket is he - 2, 3.. important questions, right?

http://www.forbes.com/pictures...
http://www.forbes.com/profile/...
http://www.celebritynetworth.c...

http://elitedaily.com/money/en... ...
He is a serious Womanizer

Ellison, like all Elite men, is a womanizer. He has been linked to countless celebrities, heiresses, and other notable figures over the world. He is also divorced 4 times. Ellison can often be found dating three Oracle employees simultaneously literally.

Hrm...

Comment Re:Free market means exactly that ! (Score 1) 405

Free market means exactly that - if the vendors do something despicable the customers stop doing business with them and choose other vendors who won't do similarly despicable things to them.

Since when is Network Solution not despicable?

The mind concepts of "Free Market" and "Markets regulate themselves" may sound great but have caused much harm. How long are those blinding theories around and how much has the world following those ideas changed to worse?
In all countries following capitalistic ideas with those concepts, the gaps between have- and have-nots have widened and more and more people are pushed into poverty.

Other systems - communist/monarchy/despotism/dicatorship don't work either, so.... what would work to create a human fulfilling environment not just for the "Elysium Crowd"???

What was that formula? (Human_Conciousess_Level + Suffering) == constant

I think you are trolling....

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