"If 13 percent of Americans are poor then, based on your idiotic generalization, there should be base-thumping rim-spinning Lexus cars all over the freakin' place."
I certainly didn't say "Lexus". I have lived in South Carolina for decades, and I'm a mechanic who has PLENTY of intimate exposure to what the poor drive while working on those vehicles at my buds car lot.
There are blinged out junkers "all over the place", and it's common to see people piss away money decorating their dangerous, poorly maintained vehicles when they could be doing something much more beneficial to themselves.
Like it or not, many of the poor cherish self-destructive behaviours. Meth doesn't buy itself, nor crack, nor booze and nicotine for that matter.
Of course the TV is a babysitter. You don't have to interact with it.
OTOH, while we have the frequently-degenerate local poor (many of whom wouldn't be poor if the females used birth control) there are many poor Mexican and Latin American immigrants who rapidly move out of poverty by working their butts off.
They are refreshing to hang out with, and I must conclude the GOP bashes them out of envy. They choose not to be wretched. They hustle. Unlike many White folks who are bemoaning the "lack of opportunity", many Latinos (I'm not one, BTW) are out there creating it. I know of one brickyard owner who only hires (legal) Mexicans because they are so productive.
Of course there will be abuses of power, but this way the problem gets offloaded onto (Department serving warrant) and the actual servers can be restored to servicing other accounts.
"Even if only for the time it takes to find new hosting and restore a backup, you're talking about a lot of wasted money."
Of course, but it's wasted anyway WITHOUT personal backup when your hosting company is taken down. Therefore, prepare for hosting company failure.
Also, don't host with providers who live off obviously illicit content. Anyone using Megaupload would have to have been internet-illiterate not to know it was a great place to go for pron and warez.
PERSONAL backup is impractical to confiscate as it would be retained by the data owner. I'm not suggesting hosting company backup as being a safe idea.
"If you are an experienced driver, your only instinct is 'mash the brakes as hard as possible'. "
Speak for yourself. Yes, really. Some of us know how to drive, aren't prone to panic in emergencies, and have experienced actual emergencies where we didn't panic.
Hosting providers should have a "kill switch" such that in the event of litigation, all hard drives will be physically removed, boxed, and turned over to law enforcement, all contracts terminate instantly, and if anyone wants their data back they can go fight DOJ etc.
Anyone who doesn't back up their data deserves to suffer for being stupid. Yes, really. Some things will never not be a bad idea, and no matter how much people bitterly resent backing up their work there is every reason to do it and no logical one not to.
There is no reason for humor. All religion is toxic, all religionists backward and vicious.
Religion deserves no respect. It deserves no credence as any sort of reasonable world view. It is simply nonsense devised by the lowest barbaric peasants and propagated through war. It's as nasty as Communism and even less logical.
Nice try, but since religion is superstition and lies, how does one maintain intellectual integrity and NOT attack lies?
Superstitionists want POWER for their lies, so of course should be attacked by those who do not wish to submit.
Superstition isn't rational. All religion is (j)ihad. Why exactly should I treat the ideas of "flat earthers" with respect when they want to RULE ME based on those ideas?
All religion is superstition therefore worthy of utter contempt. Religions are LIES. Fight back. Lies are not worthy of respect or defense, nor are liars!
Again, RELIGION is NOT RACE. If it were, you couldn't "convert" without a DNA change.
Go to Jerusalem and piss on a Bible or a Torah, then go to Makkah and piss on a Quran.
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All superstitions are of course bad because they are nonsense, and because they are enemies of truth. Why we should respect anything thought up by people who thought the Earth was flat is highly questionable.
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Deterrence only works on "rational actors". Those folks won't be nuking us in the first place.
Not everyone thinks as you or I might wish them to think!
"If 13 percent of Americans are poor then, based on your idiotic generalization, there should be base-thumping rim-spinning Lexus cars all over the freakin' place."
I certainly didn't say "Lexus". I have lived in South Carolina for decades, and I'm a mechanic who has PLENTY of intimate exposure to what the poor drive while working on those vehicles at my buds car lot.
There are blinged out junkers "all over the place", and it's common to see people piss away money decorating their dangerous, poorly maintained vehicles when they could be doing something much more beneficial to themselves.
Like it or not, many of the poor cherish self-destructive behaviours. Meth doesn't buy itself, nor crack, nor booze and nicotine for that matter.
Of course the TV is a babysitter. You don't have to interact with it.
OTOH, while we have the frequently-degenerate local poor (many of whom wouldn't be poor if the females used birth control) there are many poor Mexican and Latin American immigrants who rapidly move out of poverty by working their butts off.
They are refreshing to hang out with, and I must conclude the GOP bashes them out of envy. They choose not to be wretched. They hustle. Unlike many White folks who are bemoaning the "lack of opportunity", many Latinos (I'm not one, BTW) are out there creating it. I know of one brickyard owner who only hires (legal) Mexicans because they are so productive.
People earning less manage beer, expensive rims for their donk, and plenty of other things according to their priorities.
"Poor" in the US isn't anything like "poor" in Afghanistan.
Of course there will be abuses of power, but this way the problem gets offloaded onto (Department serving warrant) and the actual servers can be restored to servicing other accounts.
"Even if only for the time it takes to find new hosting and restore a backup, you're talking about a lot of wasted money."
Of course, but it's wasted anyway WITHOUT personal backup when your hosting company is taken down. Therefore, prepare for hosting company failure.
Also, don't host with providers who live off obviously illicit content. Anyone using Megaupload would have to have been internet-illiterate not to know it was a great place to go for pron and warez.
PERSONAL backup is impractical to confiscate as it would be retained by the data owner. I'm not suggesting hosting company backup as being a safe idea.
"starter and fuel pump"
That's not a "kill" switch, which would cut ignition power specifically. Fuel pump shutdown is a quick kill, but not instant.
"If you are an experienced driver, your only instinct is 'mash the brakes as hard as possible'. "
Speak for yourself. Yes, really. Some of us know how to drive, aren't prone to panic in emergencies, and have experienced actual emergencies where we didn't panic.
"Everything is a compliment in Australia, you bloody fucking bastard."
That's why I like Aussies! Just like Brits without the masculinity!
(runs)
Hosting providers should have a "kill switch" such that in the event of litigation, all hard drives will be physically removed, boxed, and turned over to law enforcement, all contracts terminate instantly, and if anyone wants their data back they can go fight DOJ etc.
Anyone who doesn't back up their data deserves to suffer for being stupid. Yes, really. Some things will never not be a bad idea, and no matter how much people bitterly resent backing up their work there is every reason to do it and no logical one not to.
"Good. Then you can eat all the Internet you want. We'll keep the food."
Easy now! They make most of the pron.
Give peace a chance!
Jesus is Entropy? Cool!
There should be a bounty system for whistleblowers to go straight to the government.
Companies who do these things are the enemy, not to be warned before being struck down.
Rear parking brakes are rarely enough to overcome the engine.
Why didn't your brakes stop your Jeep? You DID have full pressure on the brake pedal, riiiight?
Can you say "no power steering"? On some vehicles, that makes turning considerably difficult for many drivers.
You have no evidence god is truth or that god even exists.
You are merely babbling from positions of both Biblical and scientific illiteracy.
Prove your God exists, using scientific method, and I will worship your God.
Until then, your belief is NOT LOGICALLY defensible and merits contempt.
Faith is not proof.
Islam and Christianity consign sinners to Hell.
Your books are either literally true and their directives ORDERS you must OBEY or your superstitions are just social clubs.
Tell us which is accurate?
There is no reason for humor. All religion is toxic, all religionists backward and vicious.
Religion deserves no respect. It deserves no credence as any sort of reasonable world view. It is simply nonsense devised by the lowest barbaric peasants and propagated through war. It's as nasty as Communism and even less logical.
There is nothing to debate. Religion is not subject to rationality.
One cannot be debated out of their insanity.
Religion should be attacked by rational people, because it is not rational.
We don't need to be friends.
Nice try, but since religion is superstition and lies, how does one maintain intellectual integrity and NOT attack lies?
Superstitionists want POWER for their lies, so of course should be attacked by those who do not wish to submit.
Superstition isn't rational. All religion is (j)ihad. Why exactly should I treat the ideas of "flat earthers" with respect when they want to RULE ME based on those ideas?
Muslims are not a race. Religion is not race.
All religion is superstition therefore worthy of utter contempt. Religions are LIES. Fight back. Lies are not worthy of respect or defense, nor are liars!
Again, RELIGION is NOT RACE. If it were, you couldn't "convert" without a DNA change.
Good luck to them. Peaceful methods have no effect, but the MEK alone have the courage to fight to the death.
Go to Jerusalem and piss on a Bible or a Torah, then go to Makkah and piss on a Quran.
Post results.
All superstitions are of course bad because they are nonsense, and because they are enemies of truth. Why we should respect anything thought up by people who thought the Earth was flat is highly questionable.
"Netbooks, while popular in some areas, were NOT the sales success that many people thought they would be."
Because manufacturers added features and pushed the price into notebook territory.