Well, technically WW2 was just a continuation of WW1, so you hae to go back pretty far to measure. You also need to take into account the suffering during an after the war. Sure it all seems ok almost a century later.

and you are everyone, funny, your profile says loufoque.

I usually skim and ignore death threats, but I find the way he alternates between threats and endearments quite alarming.

I wouldn't be so sure about your Putin calculations. He may have some sort of ace up his sleeve. David beat Goliath with one stone.

Appeasement doesn't work and it's a hard pill to swallow, but when you go to war, nobody wins. I don't think it's possible to find any war (or even fight) where either side was better off after then before, winner or loser. The only way to win is to convince your enemy not to play. Violence is awesome as a threat, not so great as a tool.

Why the ascii art pic of someone getting tea-bagged?

Uhhh.. The Doctors couldn't get their work done, so we ran a cable between these two network ports and everything works fine now. What does that ASA thing do?

That's the meta-joke.

You clueless fuckwits who don't protest how awful the police are have yet to experience what it is like to be a victim of them.

create a barrier between frequently-violent "protesters" and
create a barrier between frequently "violent" protesters and
FTFY

yes, there are many much better products. People who use McAfee are like the mythical office drones of the 80's.

The only time I ever know I got a virus on a machine was back in 1990s
FTFY.

Good luck getting 802.11n or 802.11ac.

Drilling or destroying is great for physically failing equipment that can't be wiped.

Backups need backups too. Your data isn't safe unless there are 3 copies, working, backup, archive (minimum), one should be offline.

If you send a CP postcard (which is the equivalent of email) you will get reported by the post office.