I believe a clue can be found in the following choice quote:

That would quickly solve all of the problems caused by money, though, wouldn't it: if people with money to spend would stop feeling entitled to receive anything in return for it... :p

Pretty sure it's eaten (and then puked back up) but my knowledge of the stuff is primarily derived from having watched Young Guns and The Doors twenty years ago (wasn't that mesc they were on, out in White Sands?) and having recently read a Jim Carey interview, so don't quote me on that.

I don't know about you but in public highschool ('91), i recall reading all about Westmoreland, the gulf of Tonkin, ho chi Minh and even Jane riding on an nva tank (what we *didn't* read about was Kennedy's resistance - and subsequent "removal" - the Golden Triangle, the cia/mafia's distribution of heroin in the inner cities during the height of the Civil Rights era, etc, etc... so I guess you're still more or less correct on a certain level). ;)

Two copies, one safety deposit box as otherwise mentioned here, and the other with your lawyer. If you don't have one, with a trusted relative who ALSO has the 2K+ software and/or hashes needed to rejuvenate the data, intact.

Only offsite works. I've been through floods and fires, and curious children and pets. Only offsite works. Forget the rest. You need to test it annually in the restoration phase, too. Keep copies of the keys.

For long range, a 10ga shotgun with 3.5" (magnum) turkey loads; for short to medium ranges, a 12ga Saiga/Vepr with 20round drum loaded with either birdshot or #4 buck...

You'll likely face, at the most, a civil citation for discharging a firearm within city limits...

Suck it up. None.

Go home, you're drunk. It's not important that it's written in Java. It just is.

"Hi everyone, we wrote this library in a language, but we won't tell you what language we wrote it in, because it's not important."

That's a weapons-grade stupid way to think about it. Man, I couldn't give a shit about Java. Don't use it, don't program in it. Exactly what point do you think you're making here?

'Cause it would seem that the evil, un-American bitch has mad cow... :p

Cynical, perhaps; realistic, unfortunately.

Go ahead. Click the link. Get your IP address registered NOW! Oh, wait....

Add the numbers on a pair of dice. 21+21=42.

Life is a dice roll. Always has been. Always will be. Aw, crap.

Nice attempt to change the subject, dumbass; I guess providing proper rebuttals to his points was just a bit outside the range of your abilities? ;)

Right.

And how many civilians do you know that can do that? But we let them anyway. I know sysadmins whose knowledge of CVEs amounts to a "what's that?" answer.

The sales efforts to ensure that we're all using SaaS, popular websites, and social media with new bright shiny stuff that can store photos, too, all makes everyone fail to remember that these machines are loaded with their assets, and they need to understand them to protect those assets. Nah, you make more money by selling them a new hard drive and some AV stuff.

Sorry-- I never explain conspiracy when sloth and making another buck is the better explanation.