I mean, please, just try to tell me this is real.

...allow for complete encryption...

Ain't gonna happen as long as you're tied to a corporate/government wire. Unauthorized encrypted packets will simply be dropped. There will not be a 'free' internet until we develop true ad-hoc connections on a wider scale. It's all very possible in a local area with a reasonably high population density.

When it comes to cell phone service, Americans are pretty dumb. I mean, the dumbasses found it acceptable to pay to receive calls! They bitch, bitch, bitch, and still don't actually do anything about it. It's just like their politics. 13% approval rating and 95% reelection rate.

Too bad people have to show ID to get a damn SIM. Bunch of goddamn saps, letting the government run all over 'em like that.

Good to know who the FCC works for... This isn't regulation. It's a protection racket.

Start here, and keep hitting "Next 30 matches" at the bottom of the page until you find a real journal.

Yes, well, the preview function more than adequately makes up for it. Editing posted comments is the last thing we need.

Now, what stops a company from taking your code and making massive changes to it and shipping that code for mad moneys?

Nothing.. the same thing that would stop me from putting their fancy new program on a torrent

Can you imagine a civil engineer gradually patching structural inconsistencies in a bridge as they show up? Yikes!

Yeah well, show me a bridge that can run Farmville...

...(in a corrupt bargain with the majority Democrats)..."

Eh, some people like to put an extra abstraction layer between themselves and the carpetbaggers. I mean, really, what difference does it make?

A nice, gradual descent into ruin there...

What, you'd prefer the preexisting bumpy old mule trail to ruin?

Made the Mac famous