If you have an openwrt, dd-wrt or similar router, you can definitely block whatever traffic you want without new hardware.
Not even need some specific open-sourced firmware. Just any home router / NAT / firewall can do that. Don't need smart devices, just smart people to configure it properly...
I still have, um, several of the shrink-wrapped boxes of the product — with either 3.5 inch and 5.25 floppies rattling around inside them
Um, no. You have boxes. You have shrink-wrap. You have corrupted floppies. You have no product on those floppies.
They may not have a First Amendment of their own, but they get the idea.
Actually, we do have a First Amendment of our own. It's called the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and mentions freedom of expression.
This municipal law is mostly gonna get challenged in court.
run several processes in the background that slow down the PC, and so on
So Windows 8 is on the list?
Answer : yes
Next question : Is Silicon Valley taking advantage of naive parents? Coze they have to decide what's best for their kids, right?
Link text says above water. I'm guessing it should read below
The flying car is a combination of a plane engine, propeller and parasail attached to a dune buggy
Is "No sovereign state accepts tax payment in BTC" any more valid?
Argument does not hold. Try to pay your own tax (presumably US) in a foreign currency (say Canadian$) I want to see the face of this poor tax clerk.
We're here to give you a computer, not a religion. - attributed to Bob Pariseau, at the introduction of the Amiga
