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Comment Re:Zuck is a piece of crap (Score 2) 157

The NSA's existence was never a conspiracy theory that I am aware of. Project they supposedly worked on, sure and a lot of what they (and the CIA) have done is indeed questionable. Intelligence/Spy agencies around the world do tend to do crap like that :( Yes, Area 51 exists, but it develops and tests aircraft such as the SR-71 and F-1117 not alien derived spacecraft. The Bilderberg group is not the shadowy organization of Jews attempting to establish a "New World Order" that nut jobs accuse it of. MK-Ultra was one of those questionable activities of the CIA Operating Mockingbird appears to have been another questionable CIA surveillance program and efforts to supply certain narratives to simple minded tinfoil hat wearing reporters to run in newspapers Sure, the military is releasing videos of :UFOs and saying that, as the name implies, they are Unknown and they don't know WTF they are, not that they are alien craft (that are supposedly housed in area 51). Also Chem Trails are just contrails that are formed from water vapor and not mind-control chemicals sprayed for the purposes of Mind Control or to Turn the Frigging Frogs Gay.

Comment Re:this is the future. (Score 2) 219

by naris (#58491718) Attached to: Cox Cable Testing a Form of 'Fast Lane' Internet For Gamers
Hey idiot! Perhaps we should free the roads and eliminate "road neutrality". Now you can only drive vehicles on the road if you pay the requisite fee for each road you drive on and the manufacturer of your vehicle also has to pay the fee or your will not be allowed on the road regardless of whether or not you paid. THis includes your driveway!

Comment Re:this is the future. (Score 1) 219

by naris (#58491688) Attached to: Cox Cable Testing a Form of 'Fast Lane' Internet For Gamers

Um, the problem is caused by government awarding cable monopolies. The cable companies don't have natural monopolies; they have government-granted monopolies. There is no problem with fast lanes if there are multiple cable companies competing with each other to provide the best service for the least money. If they're a good idea, then people and companies adopt them naturally, and the price gravitates towards the value they add to the service. If they're a bad idea, the companies offering them start losing money (customers), and quickly get rid of them. Fast lanes only become a problem when the cable company has a monopoly. Customers might hate them, but they have no choice but to accept them because their government has told them that they can only get fast Internet service from this one cable company. People keep trying to pin the cable company debacle on the free market, when it's a poster child for the problems misguided/inept government regulation can cause.

Wow, you really are very wrong. The cable companies do indeed have a "natural monopoly" the barrier of entry of stringing up cables (especially if they also have to erect poles) or burying cables is very high. Yes, there are many communities where they have to obtain approval form local government and some of those local governments only license a single company, but that does NOT mean it is a [s]goverment[/s] monopoly! You instance that the high costs are a problem only because of "da gubmit" is proof of your stupidity!

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