Recent content by txsouthpaw

northwesternMeanwhile, in America. ...we are debating whether women should have access to birth control.

Tesla1483Reading some of these comments, it seems like people are willing to complain about anything, even when it's something that will protect consumers from something like the malicious and underhanded use of personal data.And to the constitutional literalists who ask where in the...

aftcometThen go protest in China or try to pass legislation there. Until their government starts giving a damn, why should I? That's incredibly insightful. Apathy is one of the key indicators of stupidity and arrogance. Go sit in a GOP debate audience where you belong.

Iran's current regime is crumbling more and more every day due to it's economic mismanagement, oppression of it's own people, and shrinking sphere of influence. A military attack would do nothing to achieve the overall objective: a free Iranian people. We have a problem in America with neo-cons...

I'm not surprised in the least when this type of legislation iminates from the rotten colon that is the GOP, but to see Democrats and Republicans alike line up in droves to whore themselves is absolutely appauling. Imagine the benefits that could be realized if said corporate prostitutes all...

malikxaxuGuys.... These are the titles of the patents and do NOT define the monopoly afforded by same. The monopoly is defined by the CLAIMS included in the patent. Please get informed before bashing the patent system.Would you judge the content of a book based on its title??? The focus of my...

This is yet another abusive tactic taken by "job creators" to game the system. American capitalism has become a system in which profits are made via every scheme possible except actual innovation and/or production. The very idea that concepts so vague as those detailed above should be considered...

The solution is to actually grow bandwidth, but we can't do that here in the supply-side welfare state because it would harm "Job Creators." God forbid a communications or telecom company make money based upon the value of it's service to a consumer or quality of innovation. Instead, we have a...

This is another in a long line of symptoms of the supply-side welfare state. The swiftness and severity of the hand of justice when a corporation or trade group is the plaintiff amazes me in comparison to that of when a middle class citizen seeks the very same justice. Case in point: watch how...

CPUZ is showing a 1064MHz clock speed due to Intel's Speed Step Technology, which scales down CPU clock speed when possible to conserve power. 32 bit Vista is sucking the life-blood from your computer and noticeable gains could definitely be gained by utilizing Win. 7 x64. For still better...

China's one sided exploitation of the world marketplace coupled with its brutal suppression of dissent makes me sick.

$250 for a router?... Please...it had better come with a Spitzer special for that.

ReggieRayI see MS is dreaming again for another soon to fail project of take over another market, dominate the world policy. Windows OS only survived because of a monopoly and they were convicted of it too for all you MS fanboy deniers out there. Since the conviction MS works with NSA on their...

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