Paraphrasing what IT deals with every day.

Pulled from Reddit:

Imagine if you were a mechanic who owned an auto shop and your average customer call went something like this:

Customer: My car isn't working and I need you to fix it immediately, this is an emergency

Mechanic: Alright sir what seems to be the problem?

Customer: I don't know, I tried to use my car on friday and it didn't work, now it's monday and I need to get to work and I can't and this needs to be fixed right now.

Mechanic: Can you start the car? Can you even get into your car? Does it make any sounds when you try to start it? Are all 4 tires there?

Customer: I don't know, I don't know what any of that stuff means, I tried to get to work and it wouldn't let me and you need to fix it now because you changed my oil 6 months ago.

Mechanic: Alright well what kind of car are you driving?

Customer: I don't know, a green one, why does that matter?

Mechanic: Please take a look at the back of your car and see if there are any letters or numbers that would indicate a vehicle model or manufacturer

Customer: Ok, my car is a SV2 87K.

Mechanic: No sir that's your license plate. My records indicate that you drive a Nissan Altima, can you confirm that the key you're using to try and get into this car says Nissan on it?

Customer: My key says Lexus but I don't see how that makes a difference, I've been using this key on this car for years and it's always worked, what did you do to my car?

Lost: One little boy named Rayden.

Many, many people all around here were looking for him.. I even drove some hoping to spot him.

A Lady (with kids) said they found him. Good!

I'd be so worried if my little boy wandered away and we couldn't find him.. I'd worry about who took him.. damn pedophiles. I wish they would all instantly self-incinerate the moment they chose to start down that bad bad road.

All is well that ends well, aye?

AllGov : 10 Most Popular Unanswered Petitions to the White House

AllGov - News - 10 Most Popular Unanswered Petitions to the White House:

1. Crackdown on puppy mills (30,920) - [I didn't even realize these existed. Although I can see a niche developing for it because some are greedy and have no compassion.]
2. Abolish the TSA (29,717) - [I Agree 100%. Can we get a HELL YAH!! Treating every person as a criminal is a breeding ground for abuse.]
3. Allow growth of industrial hemp (21,978) - [Not sure where to draw the line on this one. Smoking: NO; Medicinal: yes; Industrial ?? Like making clothes & rope?? Mebbe.]
4. End “war on drugs” (20,685) - [The "war on drugs", One of the many stupid distractions the government has created to criminalize anything they want and spend more money.]
5. Dissolve the Electoral College (18,600) - [Agreed. Wait, what? You mean presidents aren't elected by a popular vote?! Someone tell the People!! /lol @ !democracy ]
6. Re-establish separation between investment and commercial banks (17,451) - [ #crapstillstinks.]
7. Restore democracy by ending corporate personhood (16,837) - [ Agreed, we need this even more than the uninstallTSA program.]
8. Repeal the Patriot Act (15,694) - [Pure evil. Hey, let's ignore the Constitution! ]
9. Protect children from air pollution (13,886) - [Air pollution? What's that? Loud smelly politicians? Or their 'ideas'?]

RealNetworks Sues Dutch Webmaster Over Hyperlink To Freeware

My commentary on a portion of a Slashdot comment: "

If you link to a web page that contains illegal content, you are abetting in a crime."

No. No. No. And hell NO.

If YOU drive to my house and ask me where the next crack house is, and YOU drive there then my question is: How in hell am I responsible for anything going on at that location or your actions?

Answer: I am not. I am not responsible for YOU. I'm not committing any crime. I'm not abetting in a crime.

Look, I honestly don't know if you are a drug agent looking for more information. Or a crackhead looking for a hit. Don't know.. don't care.. much..

I don't know if you are some person's parent looking to save their kid from something awful.

All I am doing is being a good Samaritan, doing my best to provide help.

/sigh

Back to the Internets. My belief is any link should be able to link anywhere. If I can type it, guess it, create it, or even faceroll it.. basically if my computer can access your link from the public-side of the internet, then I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CONTENT.

Realnetworks, if that is your real name, you need to stop being asshats and scrap your failed business model. Leave us Alone.

Court Rules Health Insurance Requirement Unconstitutional

Thank God!

"what Congress cannot do under the Commerce Clause is mandate that individuals enter into contracts with private insurance companies for the purchase of an expensive product from the time they are born until the time they die."

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Health | Court rules health-insurance requirement unconstitutional | Seattle Times Newspaper