iluvuspartacus's comments

Seriously, why isn't this guy able to win this and gain monetary damages?

Tell that to the wife (possibly husband) hiding from her (his) deranged spouse.

Data breaches can have very serious consequences for individuals.

A Kalashnikov only lasted for 94 years? Must be defective. Those babies last forever.

At first guess I thought "lean in" was to show cleavage. I am both ashamed and a little bit disappointed...

Also if you get a decent helmet and you ride at a decent clip, 35km+, it actually can be cooler. Your coiffed hair however may suffer.

What most reporting is missing is that the early adopters are cashing out because it is now worthwhile to do so. And the prices keep jumping right back up, due to the late adopters.

Whenever you see a huge crash in a short period of time and a quick gain, expect it to recover. If you see a prolonged slow decline, it's time to abandon ship...

Oh to buy a bunch at 2009 prices...

Max Brooks, if you're reading this, you definitely have to add this little snippet as to why Vancouver fell in the great zombie apocalypse. (While zombies were unable to operate traditional doorknobs due to lack of coordination and mental ability, levers were another story...)

Combine Mate with Compiz (you have to grab it from Sid though as there is not a maintainer anymore).

Flipping between windows should be a mindless gesture and that's what that a config of the above allows.

Completely agree with you.

If it's time to capitalize something, bring in the free market.

However if you need to build something that's never been built before, you tend to need a government, a tyrant, or a Rockefeller.

Really the most annoying conclusion possible in the article: "The free market wins again."

The free market gets to win after sufficient government handouts gets something up and running. Then private businesses can swoop in and take the networks (or in this case, the concept) and claim that they won.

If your mother gives you a lollipop, you didn't win an epic battle for the lollipop. Just saying...

Just remember, this is not an argument against the UN.

It's an argument for letting people live their lives.

The USA had to do a second coup to get their 'beloved' President Aristide out of power. (the second one with the help of Canadian troops, no less).

Canada and then the UN were the follow through. The real reason? They were not compliant with foreign investment interests. (Arguments at corruption or vote rigging are so flaccid and transparent that I won't even bother.) Also I should mention that young men streaming across the Dominican border armed by the USA don't count as a popular uprising.

Take Gildan activewear as an example. They have uppity garment workers in Montreal, so they create excess production facilities in Honduras. Then the Hondurans get uppity and they create excess production facilities in Haiti (the cheapest place in the western hemisphere for wages).

(You don't live in a capitalist society if capital can move freely and people can't. That's international serfdom.)

So what happened when Fanmi Lavalas started making Haitians uppity?

You hit them with a stick. And of course you hit the serfs who are the most vulnerable, it's cheaper that way and serves as an example to others.

There is always the possibility of a fourth Punic war...