I don't understand why people would get so upset when ransomware happens,
as this really isn't very different from a hard drive failure, for example.

Also 10 seconds on google gets you links like this:
http://betanews.com/2016/04/27/remove-cryptxxx-ransomware/

and even if you cant decrypt your files now, there will likely be solutions
within a year.

But you cannot fix stupid.