No, that phenomenon is a result of genetic stagnation. Population density is only bad if hygene is poor and social services (*ahem* health care *ahem*) are poor. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with it.

The H041 outbreak doesn't exist. H041 was one strain found in Japan that was never found again. MRSA is a result of overuse of antibiotics, especially in livestock feed, where much of it runs off into groundwater in minute quantities. And antibiotic resistance transfers between bacteria, so one bacteria that develops resistance can basically "infect" its neighbors to also be resistance.

None of this is due to population density. There are numerous places with much higher population density, without so many widespread health issues. The anti-social behavior of American culture doesn't help either.

Google *is* evil - and greedy. I use their search engine for one thing only: looking for commercial vendor sites to purchase something. They're good for that. For anything else - fun, interesting non-commercial things, there are better search engines out there. DDG, Blekko... heck even Bing come to mind.

You mean: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. - Hanlon's Razor

That's to squeeze all the blood out of his brain. Blood is a sign of indoctrination into oxygen-dependency.

I think GP mistook the Rafale for an Italian painter who lived in the sewers of NYC with a giant talking rat.

People want convenience and security concurrently. We know from our efforts at securing physical systems that this isn't possible. What makes you think securing electronic systems will be any easier for the end user, especially since physical harm is not a deterrent to an intruder?

To always be on our guard, to never take things for granted, to not trust even what seems like the most fundamental methods of communication, these are not things the (normal) human brain is wired for. Yet, that's what's required of security in the digital age. This just isn't something humans are evolutionarily prepared for. Our brains are wired to trust. They are made to accept others at their word. That is the mentality of a normal person.

Many years ago, people were tricked by door-to-door con jobs. Today, the same con men can hit every door in the world all at once. The only way to win is to not play. Or, in some cases, play with very low, inconsequential stakes.

I used to explain computers in terms of an office workspace. Your desktop (memory) is the display of what you are currently working on, if you want to write a letter, you get your typewriter (application) out of your drawer (storage). Your desktop can only hold so many things at one time, so sometimes you need to put something away before you can access then next thing. Some application need more room than others - say a drawing application might need more space. At the end of the day when you switch off the computer, the desktop is wiped clear, but what ever is in your drawer is available to be used again. If you want to be able to use something again you need to make sure you save a copy to the drawer.

I've yet to find someone who can't be made to understand basic principles on how a computer operates conceptually by that metaphor.

I shall dub this network "The world barely keeping up with demand."

More like "demand barely keeping up with offering".

The truth is, consumers don't want to upgrade to the latest and greatest shit every 6 months in an economic slump.

It's like super high definition TV or Blue-Ray discs: people aren't finished investing in the previous generation technology that a new one comes along. Not to mention, the contents - movies and TV shows - are still shit, and people aren't interested in high definition shit anymore than they want low def shit.

In the case of 4G - and now 5G - it's even worse, because the price of data traffic over these networks hasn't come down nearly as fast as the available bandwidth has increased: it still costs a testicle per gigabyte, only with 4G, you lose a testicle in seconds instead of minutes. No thanks.

That...isn't always true... after certain classes of mathematics accident

Quantum physics isn't any better. Oh sure, they send you home in one piece; but you're in a state of quantum superposition. As a result no one is willing to open the box and let you out, for fear of collapsing the superposition and killing you.

Personally, when on one of my "Leggings are not pants" rants, I wouldn't think it would be that much of a stretch to say that some people are walking around partially nude. Recently I've been seeing french knickers as shorts as a trend on younger women (late teens, early 20s, mostly east-asian). They're not pants either.

I know I wore a fair bit of lycra when I was their age, so I can't complain too much. It was the '80s though, so I have a bit of an excuse. Looks askance at Olivia Newton-John and Madonna.

IANAL but you could argue that we are all partially nude (I'm naked under my clothes) and the fact that I am wearing a skirt means I have an expectation that my privates will remain private.

In some respects it's like circumventing DRM - an effort was made to conceal (wearing a skirt), but someone deliberately positioned themselves in a abnormal position closer to the floor in order to create a line-of-sight that would not generally be available through normal activity.

I don't understand - are you saying they ignore the risk of infection vectors or do you think that most people stay home immediately they become infectious - which is generally before they are symptomatic, somehow they just 'know'.

You seem to have missed the 'un' in the 'doubleplusungood'.

It was classic Newspeak