philr
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Robert, I think most of us are more concerned about the trouble it gives you to deal with these situations than being bothered by it. You certainly had better things to do on your birthday!
Please Accept My Appologies For Yesterday's Down Time
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"Here's one you might did know: Windows XP with Microsoft Essentials goes to update, can't because it's "no longer supported", and suddenly your whole harddrive becomes inaccessible. Now would be a good time to turn off auto-update."
The joke can and will only get worse, until the internet is protected as a common carrier. I was going to say 'as a utility' but I'll avoid repeated use of that word.
I really REALLY wish this qualified as wacko conspiracy theory, but the current status quo is a corporate fascist state: a single company now controls two-thirds of all global web searches, and they currently have legal green lights (at least in the U.S.) to censor, rearrange, obfuscate and otherwise do whatever they wish with their search results. Absolutely ridiculous, but it's the primary reason their stock price is well over $1000. They're being allowed (again at least currently and in our country) to control the limits of their own competition, in addition to the limits of 1000 other things -- exposure of political sites, freeware sites etc. It's the precise equivalent of calling 411 directory assistance and having AT&T claim no numbers exist for Comcast. Simply because telling you Comcast's number would potentially eat into AT&T's profit margin.
Trust me on this: the only and immutable eventuality is a nationalized internet, simply because it's much too essential a utility to have it decay into the same bottomless cesspool of corporate greed that destroyed everything from FM radio to cable TV. The fix for this must come from our federal government imo.
The joke can and will only get worse, until the internet is protected as a common carrier. I was going to say 'as a utility' but I'll avoid repeated use of that word.
I really REALLY wish this qualified as wacko conspiracy theory, but the current status quo is a corporate fascist state: a single company now controls two-thirds of all global web searches, and they currently have legal green lights (at least in the U.S.) to censor, rearrange, obfuscate and otherwise do whatever they wish with their search results. Absolutely ridiculous, but it's the primary reason their stock price is well over $1000. They're being allowed (again at least currently and in our country) to control the limits of their own competition, in addition to the limits of 1000 other things -- exposure of political sites, freeware sites etc. It's the precise equivalent of calling 411 directory assistance and having AT&T claim no numbers exist for Comcast. Simply because telling you Comcast's number would potentially eat into AT&T's profit margin.
Trust me on this: the only and immutable eventuality is a nationalized internet, simply because it's much too essential a utility to have it decay into the same bottomless cesspool of corporate greed that destroyed everything from FM radio to cable TV. The fix for this must come from our federal government imo.
"Here's one you might did know: Windows XP with Microsoft Essentials goes to update, can't because it's "no longer supported", and suddenly your whole harddrive becomes inaccessible. Now would be a good time to turn off auto-update."
Maybe that's what happened to Robert's host.
Maybe that's what happened to Robert's host.
58limited
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Absolutely no need to apologize for something out of your control, Robert. Thanks for keeping this great site running, visiting here is a nice break from a busy stressful day.
bendixmark
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Loads of Thanks Robert
When the site was down the other day my first thought of course was terrorism,they go after great american institutions why not this one?Then I thought maybe Ive been banned because my posts are too strange and nobody gets my humor.Then I thought maybe he thinks we dont appreciate all he has done to create this wonderful site,Robert giveth and Robert taketh away.No need to apologize Robert thanks so much...taint your fault!
When the site was down the other day my first thought of course was terrorism,they go after great american institutions why not this one?Then I thought maybe Ive been banned because my posts are too strange and nobody gets my humor.Then I thought maybe he thinks we dont appreciate all he has done to create this wonderful site,Robert giveth and Robert taketh away.No need to apologize Robert thanks so much...taint your fault!
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