That is pretty much my first thought seeing this. I'm rather appalled seeing all the other conversations going on that seem to be completely missing this little nugget of fact.

It's not my employers business what I eat. It's not my employers business what I do on my off time. It's not my employer's business what my credit score is. The only thing that is my employers business is that I am doing the work prescribed by my job description in the manner outlined upon hire. Not a god damn thing else.

Why do people keep rolling over and letting this shit happen?

...and they ended up relenting and increasing the warranty periods again because people stopped buying as many drives, etc. Apparently they didn't learn their lesson, or so it would seem to me.

Congratulations, you're part of the problem. Attitudes like yours are why things continue down the path they are on. If things are wrong, you do not accept them. Period. You don't shrug your shoulders and go "it is what it is."

...haven't we pretty much known this for some time now?

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

You're using apples and oranges to justify things. A law about needles has not one thing to do with overturning a law the people wanted and allowing the police access to something they shouldn't have. They are completely separate issues.

Or tax all the pedantic grammar/spelling nazis who'd rather nitpick minor things than stay on focus. :p

And clearly you're asleep at the wheel, and definitely part of the problem.

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/raid/levels/multLevel15-c.html

Buy lots of hard drives and build a NAS using RAID 51. Pretty much never have to worry again. Use PAR2 if you want just in case files somehow get corrupted.

It's a way overboard solution, but it's pretty close to bulletproof. Using something like Carbonite or one of the other remote online storage methods mentioned would be much similar without the ridiculous costs a home RAID 51 would incur.

This. A thousand times this. PCs aren't going anywhere.

I'd mod this up if I had mod points right now. I was going to post exactly the same thing.

Yes, AIDS is a Syndrome caused by HIV which is a Virus. Your being a pedant served no purpose other than making an ass of yourself. There is no lazy journalism going on here.

Well, theoretically, if hard/software folks didn't have to pay licenses and royalties for the tech, then they could sell the soft/hardware cheaper, for one.

Payback's a bitch ain't it.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Wah wah wah. Cry some more. The top 1% have been fucking the rest for a long time. It's perfectly fair for them to be on the receiving end for once. Cope.