Sounds like a local problem with your computer, and not some issue with the "cloud". What OS are you running?

Make sure you have redundancy and/or backup so that you don't lose your data. Your hard drive will eventually die, so if it lives a long time that simply means that you're going to lose more stuff when it eventually does bite the rust.

Well, fellow terrible person, at least you can manage to say something without drawing ire. ;-) This really isn't the best place to have a rational discussion.

If it's not nature, then why is the maternal care for young children universal? Not only that, but gender roles occur throughout the animal kingdom, not just in homo sapiens. I don't think it's reasonable to hold the position that gender has zero impact here.

OK, I'll clear things up. I agree that it would have been better to say "mothers and fathers", but this discussion is specifically about women, so it wasn't really me who singled out the gender. Now, that being said, I do think that mothers are better caretakers for young children, as I said in my other reply. It's just the way nature has set things up. My overall point is that we should appreciate what women are doing for society, instead of putting so much emphasis on fields of secondary importance.

Someone needs to raise the next generation. Young children need lots of attention, and women are more naturally inclined toward caring for them. That's not to say that fathers can't also do a good job, but it's not as instinctual for them as it is for mothers. Also, I do think that everyone should work for the good of society. Hopefully, this will make you happier as an individual, too.

Unfortunately, the effort to equally represent women in science usually ends up devaluing the other, more important work that they do... raising a good family. Society has a greater need for mothers than scientists.

The problem with this is that when the government takes on welfare projects, individuals effectively lose their ability to help these people. This, in turn, makes people more selfish: The people who receive welfare checks don't see the personal sacrifice that is made on their behalf and the people who are taxed do not experience the fulfillment of lending a helping hand.

Another big problem with social welfare programs here in the U.S. is that they often result in able-bodied people refusing to work because they will lose their benefits. It's really terrible to see people become dependent on the government for no good reason, and I've seen this first-hand.

It's amazing how age can affect a person's voice. ;-)

Sounds like an awesome family! Of course, the farther they get from their roots, the more likely they are (statistically speaking) to become criminals. Speaking of which... What are you doing hanging around a trashy site like SD? ;-)

Note that I said "also". Your original statement seems to imply that you think it's OK for a country to abuse monopoly power, and I was wondering how far you would go with that. I don't think it's ever right to abuse monopoly power. In any case, the article isn't really about China, so I'm not sure why you're so critical of it.

So do you also think it's OK for a company to abuse its monopoly power?

Your kinder and more accurate self FTFY. ;-)

Yes, but some politicians are better than others. Giving money to the most corrupt politicians is worse than doing nothing.