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  1. Re:here come the free speech fundamentalists on Google Reveals "Terrorism Video" Removals · · Score: 2

    the free marketers are usually propagandized fools in the service of the oligarchy. a handful of large corporations that collude with each other and infect the government does not represent any ideal of the free market, but they are the only ones who benefit from free market fundamentalist rhetoric and political action

    meanwhile, the only institution actually intended to protect the little guy, the government, is vilified by the clueless little guys. they want to remove their only protection, their government, because their government is ineffective, and it is ineffective because it has been infected by the corruption by large corporations

    through their thoughts and actions, free market fundamentalists expose themselves to even more pain and suffering at the hands of large corporations by desiring the dismantling of their government. the oligarchy of large corporations do not represent the free market, and genuine free markets are hurt as the government's regulations, the only thing that actually keeps free markets truly free, are dismantled. a truly regulation free market NATURALLY devolves into domination by its largest players. only a government and its regulations keeps a market truly free, that is, balanced in power between the little guy and the big guy

    so i'm sorry, i do blame the free market fundamentalists for our problems. we suffer for their economic illiteracy in service of a mythology about how free markets function that never existed and never will

  2. here come the free speech fundamentalists on Google Reveals "Terrorism Video" Removals · · Score: 0

    who don't understand that everything has its limits

    when you are a fundamentalist, in any ideology, you damage the world with your oversimplifications

    "No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism." - Churchill

    that applies to religion, obviously

    that applies to free markets (tea party morons and assorted ayn rand acolytes)

    that applies to free speech

    fundamentalism, oversimplification, idealism, of ANY ideology, represents the downfall of the world

    a wise life is all about a balance, a moderation, an appreciation for the complex realities of the world we live in

  3. Re:related solution: on Hybrid Drives Struggling In Face of SSDs · · Score: 1

    it's a marvell controller that enables this roll your own cache scheme

    the p9x79 pro has 8 internal sata connectors. 4 are 6 gig, 4 are 3 gig

    only the specific bottom 2 of the 6 gig connectors are reserved for this marvell controller

    it would be nice to involve some of the 3 gig connectors in this roll your own cache scheme, since hdds aren't going to max out the 3 gig throughput, and so you are wasting one of the 6 gig connectors by necessitating an hdd on it when you roll your own ssd cache + hdd storage

  4. Re:This is what Slashdot has become? on How Steve Jobs Changed Google Plus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure exactly what reaction that little interjection was supposed to elicit from the reader...

    a flashback

  5. Re:related solution: on Hybrid Drives Struggling In Face of SSDs · · Score: 1

    look at the link. There is a grid. It says:

    Special hw controller chip, no CPU utilization

  6. Re:Don't do personal shit at work on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On HTTPS Snooping? · · Score: 0

    wait, is that a joke?

    a sense of entitlement is a form of transgression, a moral crime: "i deserve XYZ at your expense, for no reason other than sunlight shines out of my ass"

    for example, i deserve a better parking spot than you, i deserve to not wait in line like you, i deserve to hang out on facebook while you my coworker have to actually do work, etc.

    are you defending a sense of entitlement?

  7. Re:Don't do personal shit at work on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On HTTPS Snooping? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    why are you banking, shopping, or correspondence at work?

    personally, i've done all those things, and i was sneaky and quick about it

    never did i expect i had a right to do it

    i get paid to work, what do you get paid to do?

    it is COMPLETELY reasonable to not do anything personal on the internet while you're at work

    seriously, the sense of entitlement is a little annoying

  8. Re:related solution: on Hybrid Drives Struggling In Face of SSDs · · Score: 2

    it's all hardware controller, no tax on the cpu or os

    i haven't tried it out yet, i want to though:

    http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_2011/P9X79_PRO/

    ASUS SSD Caching
    3X faster performance at a click
    SSD Caching from ASUS is easier than ever. At 3X faster, this feature boosts system performance by using an installed SSD with no capacity limitations as a cache for frequently accessed data. Harness a combination of SSD-like performance and response and hard drive capacity with just one click, no rebooting needed and instant activation for complete ease of use, and even prevent data loss with included backup functionality.

  9. related solution: on Hybrid Drives Struggling In Face of SSDs · · Score: 2

    I just built a system with an Asus p9x79 pro mobo

    Interesting feature: two of the 6gig sata connectors can be combined under one controller where one goes to a ssd cache and the other hd storage

    So you can roll your own solution of ssd speed/ hd capacity

  10. Re:the tea party on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 1

    well that's the real joke the tea party morons don't understand: there is no free market in services the govt supplies, and should continue to supply

    there is no competition

    it's a patronage system, nepotism, one or two companies that can actually handle the job or afford to take it on, or are allowed to

    the tea party morons are really out to destroy this great country, out of profound, breathtaking ignorance and a dumbfuck faith in cotton candy headed ideas about how markets "should" work, but never have, in the history of mankind, and never will

  11. Re:The screeners used to be private on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 1

    #1: the suffering in an actual revolution, real suffering, starvation, no rule of law, vicious strife, etc., makes the suffering under lobbyist douchebaggery feel like an ocean breeze

    #2: no one is in control of a revolution. the government that comes out on the other end, could be, nay, will be, worse

    understand #1 and #2. then understand you're current beliefs make you out to be a moron

    what to do instead? CURE THE PATIENT. reform the government. remove the financial infection

  12. Re:The screeners used to be private on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 1

    if you are making a joke, congratulations, that's funny

    if you think that's a valid analogy to the situation, i'm going to put on a wide grin and back out slowly from the room

  13. Re:So backwards on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 1

    and you believe a corporate stooge is somehow more vulnerable than a government stooge how?

    i never said government is perfect, it's just obviously better than the alternative

  14. dumbfounding ignorance on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 1

    the government is infected and warped away from serving the people, by the very same entities you now want to reward for doing that

    what the hell is wrong with you people?

    FIX your government, don't DESTROY it by handing it to the guys who will happily rape your rights

    "The corporations are servants and we are the masters. We vote with our dollars"

    BWAHAHAHAHAHA

    where does this utter idiocy come from?

    without government regulation, corporations would happily gobble each other up, collude with each other and YOU WON'T HAVE A FUCKING CHOICE

    in a natural, unregulated marketplace, the law is simple: domination by the big guys, the little guys get raped repeatedly

    seriously, you tea party losers are grade AAA certified propagandized morons

    "The corporations are servants and we are the masters. We vote with our dollars"

    you do this, in an environment maintained healthy, by government regulations, within a strong middle class, supported by government equities that keep the big guys from gobbling up everything

    or at least, it used to work that way, until certain idiots started galloping across the american political landscape, making way for the death of the american middle class, by removing all of the support and handing all financial generation to the big guys. soon we will be a country of a few ultrarich and the rest in grinding poverty. how do you vote with your dollars then, genius?

    you losers operate on this free market fundamentalist faith that has no bearing in any economic or historical reality

    start here, genius, and explore reality, rather than your deluded quasireligious beliefs:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_Government_Services,_Inc.

  15. Re:The screeners used to be private on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 1

    i don't agree with your depiction, but regardless, how do you believe no regulations is better than poorly followed ones?

    "aw gee, i need to put air in my tire, might as well make it flat!"

    "aw gee, the thief got in the window, might as well leave the door wide open!"

    "aw gee, my government is infected with lobbyists, might as well have a revolution!"

    seriously wtf is wrong with some people? the solution is to throw everything out rather than repair?

  16. Re:Indeed...because it was for profit on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    thank you

    there are plenty of things that should NEVER be privatized

    healthcare insurance, for instance

  17. Re:The screeners used to be private on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 1
  18. i hear this alot: on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    suing as the source of rights preservation

    really?!

    so rather than "evil" government regulations, it's far better to:

    1. get abused
    2. go through the litany of trying to get a lawyer to take your case, wait a long time to start a trial
    3. wait a long time during a trial, because you don't have anything better to do with your time and money
    4. maybe not get any satisfaction at all in the end, and now an expensive legal bill on top of your now public mockery of your misery, because you are outgunned in the courtroom by the corporation's legal goon squad

    really?

    the court of law is better than government regulation?

  19. Re:The screeners used to be private on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 2

    so rather than regulations, we have to sue in order to get our rights respected. nevermind the fact that we will already have been groped and abused, and then have to sit through a lengthy trial of questionable outcome to get any satisfaction. yes, what a much better status quo (rolls eyes)

  20. Re:The screeners used to be private on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 4, Interesting

    yeah, even less professionalism and less recourse in the instance of abuse

  21. the tea party on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 1

    they have a problem with the power the government has, and want to remove it

    they don't understand this power vacuum merely gets filled by corporations

    at least with the government, there is the pretense that they are ultimately accountable to you

    a corporation does away with that pretense, they have to answer to nothing except the need to make more cash, however possible, without any concern for rights whatsoever

    if the tea party gets its way, every abuse they complain about will be magnified, in the name of making more cash, and now there will be no recourse whatsoever, the tea party dismantled all the means of recourse

    morons

  22. Re:i really hate to break it to you on Ethiopia Criminalizes VoIP Services · · Score: 1

    no, it is completely different. if something happens behind a window, it is required of someone to look in your window or climb in your window to invade your privacy

    here we are talking about you taking a piece of private information, and you freely put it out of your control onto a vast public network. to invade your "privacy" now, all that is required is someone to merely witness the traffic on the wire. and yet, for some reason, you think this packet of information, that you freely put on this wire when it left your house, is somehow still subject to the same logical confines as if it were locked in your garage

    this is beyond legal expectations. this is about your natural expectations about some sort of privacy protection that doesn't exist when YOU put it OUT OF YOUR CONTROL on a PUBLIC NETWORK. not logically the same entity as the info you have in a lock box under your bed. right?

  23. Re:i really hate to break it to you on Ethiopia Criminalizes VoIP Services · · Score: 2

    poor analogy

    proper analogy is that i leave my house wearing purple shorts, and for some reason i believe it is no one else's right to notice what shorts i am wearing. even if there is a giant billboard saying "it is the law of land that it is not legal to see what kind of pants people are wearing"

    if it goes in public, it is public. it's not a complicated concept

  24. Re:i really hate to break it to you on Ethiopia Criminalizes VoIP Services · · Score: 1

    it's about expectations. there are people who post to the Internet like it lives in a box in their closet, and then are enraged and amazed when they find out their private information isn't really private, regardless of legality

    sure, government snooping should be illegal. you feel safer now? you trust that law to actually protect you? (rolls eyes)

  25. Re:i really hate to break it to you on Ethiopia Criminalizes VoIP Services · · Score: 2

    I do not expect my snail mail to be perfectly secure from prying eyes, no.

    Legally, it is. In point of actual reality, it is not.

    Legally, the House of Commons can pass a resolution saying that the her majesty the Queen is capable of levitation.

    Just because something is legal or not does not necessarily have any bearing on the reality of the situation.

    Now proceed with the same understanding when you volunteer private information on a public network.