You seem to think that if the word "privacy" is not there, then the meaning embodied by the word "privacy" is not there. That's obviously false, to anyone who can use the English language.

So arguing that that a judge who found the meaning of "privacy" in there would be tyrannical, simply because the word "privacy" itself isn't there, is incredibly stupid.

You have to first demonstrate the meaning of "privacy" is not there, before you can assert it is "tyrannical" to find its meaning there. (I don't mean the burden of proof is on you, but I do mean that your argument, being focused only on the presence of the word itself, is an obviously stupid argument.)

So to me, I cannot fathom what the right of privacy means, other than the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Of course he can stop it. It's called an Executive Order. He signs it, and it's done.

Did you ever ask yourself why he doesn't sign Executive Orders for all of the things he talked about during his campaign?

Is it impossible that there is some outside motivation that keeps him from acting along those lines? Something he didn't know about during his campaign?

The other possibility is that he was completely disingenuous and said all those things just to get elected, with no intention of following through.

There is no evidence a single one of Rand Paul's campaign donations was a payment to do something. Please stop lying. Thanks!

False. You said we never need a government of MORE THAN 100,000 citizens; now you're saying that you approve of anarchy?

Please stop lying. Thanks!

Providing services is imposing laws. That you think it is not is a serious problem for your understanding of the issues.

But even with Lincoln's overreaches, he refused to start the war, or push the South into one. The South made the decision to go to war.

And when has the United States every respected anything to do with Human Rights?

possibly from 1791 to 1794 (Whiskey "Rebellion").

If you want to cite human rights, your personal right to travel doesn't trump my right to be reasonably safe from hurtling lumps of metal driven by untrained morons.

We should expect a properly working insurance market to sort this out, together with the road's owners. But the State has screwed that too (there are available mechanisms that protect both of the rights - they're just currently prevented by those in power, by force).

It's bad enough as it is - so bring on the self driving cars...

Agreed.

There's no shortage of money in the developed world.

Seriously? Until everybody lives in luxury and has surplus income, there's a shortage of money (or its equivalent in goods and services). In fact, the trend is quite the opposite of the way it should be going. Things like Kickstarter and Kiva are making some inroads towards organized funding by mass decision makers, but that's only slightly effective around the margins, where politicians (who are controlled by those with the most money) haven't prevented progress and competition. Giving those same politicians more money won't result in the opposite effect.

Return home and prepared to be perpetually disappointed.

I think you meant to say "be prepared to become a home roaster out of desperation".

I see this FAR more often from university educated programmers than I do from self-taught hackers.

Be careful of Sturgeon's Law colliding with confirmation bias.

I had an experience with an ASUS mobo (P5Q) where the built-in NIC (Atheros, IIRC) was corrupting data. I got packet traces that showed clear patterns of bit rotation that were either happening in hardware or the driver.

Branching off of a bugzilla report, one of the driver programmers (from the manufacturer) and a couple other users with the same problem were comparing notes and doing specific tests when we got to the point of it not looking like a driver problem, and then the line went dead.

I can only assume that admitting to the problem would have precipitated a recall that was far too expensive to deal with.

I put in a $20 NIC and learned to never waste my valuable time helping a manufacturer figure out their problems. Report it (well), post a review where you bought it, and move on - spending 10 hours on a $120 mobo is foolish. Also, I don't buy ASUS gear anymore.

My previous MSI laptop did this. Try to hop over to a VT (ctrl-alt-f2) and back to X to get the input modules to reinitialize.

(stupid oversight. the last 15 or so years, cable and connector designers have been pretty idiotic. don't get me started on that rant..)

The Thinkpad power connector is just about the same width too, and right next to the Ethernet port. :P

That one is as much about ergonomics than connector size, though.

False.

False.

Not remotely. What's your point?

False. Nothing about that is "Republican."

So? Why do you think that helps your case? You do realize that there are lots of ways to say things, and that lack of a specific word doesn't indicate that the meaning isn't present ... right?

Troll?! Seriously, wtf is going on with moderation here... I thought this was one of the least trollish things I've ever posted! :p