You know, I think there are "good guys" out there who try. Look at the guy from PA who founded the search engine "duckduckgo" (ddg.gg). He really doesn't track you. After it became known what google does, a lot of people started to use his search engine (myself included) because it produces real search results, not results that are taylored to my specific profile (the crap google thinks I want to see).
The guys who came up with Linux, is another example. So yes, technically, you're right. There are no guarantees, but there are people who make a real effort to get out of this structure for the benefit of all, rather than for profit.
Unfortunately you are right. Time to switch to Linux. Not a perfect solution, but better than Microsoft. I see this as one colossal cat and mouse game where the cat has the upper hand at the moment.
In the direct line of supervision? A big NO from me. It's almost impossible to keep stuff like that a secret and once it's out and the rumor mill starts, nothing good follows.
Has anybody ever really listened to the lyrics of this song? It's a flaming song for a p*dophile !! Strangely enough, it seems to have passed the censors. hmmm.
I agree that Ayn Rand should not be a model for morality or a guide on how to run a economy. She went from one extreme to another. Of course the "free market" (another misnomer) jumped on it to advance their own political agenda. I wonder what she would have said if she had been around to witness how her ideas played out in reality (i.e. corporate socialism).
I saw a cartoon once that showed a very very old man dressed in a Walmart Uniform ready to go to work muttering to his wife: "I guess they kept one promise: full employment".
Down here in SoCal, there seems to be a great supply of labor from south of the border, so I guess they can afford to keep salaries low
By the way, I wanted to mention that Unions must not cover just one profession. Verdi, one of the big Unions in Germany covers approx. 1000 professional fields. That gives them quite a bit of leverage in tariff negotiations.
I think what many people don't realize in Europe that the 15 bucks is all they earn. There are no benefits. No social insurance, nothing ! Now, with Obamacare, they're obligated to pay a monthly health insurance premium plus co-pay plus a yearly deductible. I guess one benefit might be that they get to eat the scraps at work
I found myself listening to a song that I still like decades after it came out, but it is, admittedly weird as hell. Do you have any songs that you like that are just kinda out there? Care to share?
Looking at who the targets of hackers have been, it's not been private emails, but large companies who retained credit card numbers or the dmv with a large database of names and addresses, etc., but some small business that doesn't do financial transactions is probably not a likely candidate. I haven't even heard of anybody trying to hack google mail or yahoo mail.
You're right. Peace of mind is priceless. I'm seriously thinking about setting up my own little server and run my own little show for myself and family and friends as a hobby. It'll make me feel good not to be involved with big brother.
Well, I don't think it should be free. Someone has to pay for the server, electricity, backend maintenance etc.
As it is, we're paying by letting the "free" services analyze us, analyze mail content, etc., and it's resold at a hefty price. So we're not getting a freebie.
The question is: how much is your privacy worth to you?
You use SSL and 125 bit encryption. That's what google does. Their servers are no more secure than the one I can set up in my basement, you know.
I think hackers are the least of the problems, to be honest. Actually, I think trailing and tagging people and using beacons like the collector variety are a form of hacking. They tell you up front that you have to consent to let third parties put stuff in your computer, but they don't tell you who these third parties are.
It's not really up to the company to set the minimum wage standard anyway.
Just mulled it over. It would cost them about 250 million a year. They can certainly afford it, but it goes against all capitalist principles, so I can't see them volunteering
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you lost me there... was I supposed to watch the Al Y song? or the commentary? 
Weird Songs
I'm not sure what is weirder (or crazier): the story of this cult or their "experimental" music.