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  1. Eriol

    Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

    Fair enough, both "new money with strings attached" and "do this or we'll cut off existing money" happen frequently. The "fix" to such would be a constitutional amendment (I mean both Canada and the USA have this problem, since we both theoretically have separation of powers) that BANNED any...
  2. Eriol

    Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

    That's a WHOLE other discussion about separation of powers, and how that's "supposed" to work (depending on whom you ask of course). Basically, if you give local power, but a "larger" area can override it at any time, it's not local power, it's downloading responsibility while still making them...
  3. Eriol

    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    And the fact they are even mentioned in the same articles as one another (let alone sentence) shows the power of Intel's PR machine, as de Raadt commented on: IMO de Raddt isn't being dramatic enough. It would be like the emissions cheating being released at the same time as it was found that...
  4. Eriol

    Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

    Just set up one of those, and allow the production and purchase of alcohol on-site without taxes. You may be surprised how fast it gets repealed.
  5. Eriol

    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    I don't know what game you're playing that one in, but I think you might have to solo a dragon or something. :awesome:
  6. Eriol

    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    Don't think about this one for too long. You may get depressed. And by "you" I mean "everybody".
  7. Eriol

    Something Weird Happened to my Desktop & Explorer

    I can't help with the rest man, but on this, you actually do type in "%userprofile% and don't replace it. It'll "find" the right directory for you. %appdata% is another one that can be handy for finding many "install" or user data directories as well.
  8. Eriol

    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    If he comes to Canada in roughly 6 months, THEN he'll get the "good dope" legally! (FYI: Canada legalizes pot in "July" sometime) (And I know you were referring to Morphine drifter, but it IS interesting how "dope" often refers to pot, but in this context it mainly means an opioid of some variety)
  9. Eriol

    Rant VIII: The Reckoning

    That's more-or-less how it happened with my Grandmother. She was gone long before she died. One piece of advice for the future: try not to feel bad for being relieved when they finally pass in body, since their mind is already gone. It was a common feeling at my Grandmother's funeral, and...
  10. Eriol

    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    I don't know the source of Gared's issues, but Patrick, this assertion is incorrect. Speculative execution is the source of the bug/exploit, but the fix is to make every call to the Operating System's Kernel layer super-expensive compared to how it was before by "purging" the RAM that the...
  11. Eriol

    [Thread Game] Terrible Video Game Descriptions (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)

    Here's an odd description I thought of: The some girl you just met drags you off to save the world, when all you really wanted to do was dance and bet on the races. If that's too hard, the spoiler should "solve" it for you. If that's not enough, you haven't played this game:
  12. Eriol

    Get rid of welfare and just give every adult $870/mo

    steinman we agree on a lot, but I disagree with you on this. The underlying problem is (essentially) infinite supply of unskilled labour. That leads to the abuses we see of such people, and the rock-bottom wages. When they need people, they pay them. If they can get 10 more off of the...
  13. Eriol

    Former President and Convicted Felon Trump Thread

    Dude, language. As for source, CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-bans-personal-cell-phone-use-from-west-wing/
  14. Eriol

    Former President and Convicted Felon Trump Thread

    I'd read that only PERSONAL cell phones are now banned. Government issued ones for employees are fine. Personally I think that this is reasonable for a high security area, and I'm surprised that wasn't already the case. That itself is rather odd imo. The rest I didn't quote is of course...
  15. Eriol

    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    I've NEVER had a co-worker do that. What I have had happen is a manager (or higher) having that type of opinion (not necessarily because they think they'll be gone), and directing it below.
  16. Eriol

    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    Note to self: leave a trail of PB&H sandwiches for Cornpop leading up to the Dragon's lair...
  17. Eriol

    Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

    Related: So he's on-the-record as saying states rights... at least before he was elected.
  18. Eriol

    Get rid of welfare and just give every adult $870/mo

    Probably the best thread for this: Minimum Wage Hikes. The reason I raise the issue is that Ontario (not where I live) raised its minimum wage to $14/hr, and there's been a few doom-and-gloom headlines like this: Shops cutting hours, upping prices after minimum wage hike. In contrast, this...
  19. Eriol

    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    This bug makes Heartbleed look like a Cross-Site-Scripting attack.
  20. Eriol

    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    Intel official newsroom response: Intel Responds to Security Research Findings They claim others have this problem too, which some of the earlier reports directly contradict. We'll find out next week apparently!
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