Because fuck the government, that is why.
Even as an AAPL stockholder with about 1000 shares, I would Apple fucking burn every dollar it holds overseas than for it to be brought back into the U.S and then taxed by the U.S. Government for the privilege of doing so, and who would then tax every dollar distributed as dividends, and every dollar spend on whatever else Apple would spend it on, and TAXED AGAIN every time someone else receives some of it, over and over again.
I'd rather the money rot than for it to feed the ravenous mouth of government.
Why do I even need a password? Let me prove myself once, then put a token on my device. For the love of god, stop the password nonsense already!!
Especially on my phone. If I am using your app on my phone, and I've proven myself already, and I have a secure password on my phone, that's enough. Just put a damned token on there and be done with it!
Plenty of us don't get that at all. Don't give a shit about all the other assholes in the theater. Don't give a shit about the big screen. Don't give a shit about all the other unpleasant crap that constitutes the "movie theater experience." All I want is to watch a movie with more plot than special effects and action scenes (tragically difficult to find). I can and prefer to watch that at home. I'll wait six months for it if I have to, in most cases, but I'll pay $20 to watch it on day of release. If I have to wait 2 weeks after release, I'm not going to pay $20. I'll just wait the six months or whatever and then watch it at no additional charge.
I'd pay $20 to be able to watch it at home on day of release. It would be worth it just to now have to deal with assholes on their cell phones.
As it stands now, I go to the theater maybe once per year. The rest of the time, I will just wait for it to come out on Amazon or Vudu or whatever, and then they get nothing special from me. So...yeah, figure it out studios.
Well, this is interesting news, to be sure. Gives us plenty to think about. I can't help but wonder if anyone has been able to reproduce their results.
I wear a watch daily. Sometimes I like to know what time it is. Not everyone carries a phone with them everywhere they go.
Not everyone works in the meat, food or child industries.
I have no desire for an Apple watch (especially since they don't make a left-handed one) - or even a digitial watch (I wear a Seiko Big Boss, https://watchpage.wordpress.co...), but I see no denigrate those who do.
Hell, I have AAPL stock. I'll be happy if everyone on the planet buys an Apple watch.
I created an email address ONLY for linkedin (linkedin@mydomain.com). People can spam it all they want to. I only check it if I am job hunting, which has been twice. Hopefully, I will not be doing so again any time soon (:
I have a LinkedIn profile, purely for career purposes. I pretty much only deal with it when it is time to look for a job since relocating 5000 miles from home. I've updated it twice.
I have no Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, no whatever other crap there is out there. I do just fine. Don't miss it, don't want it, not going to have it. I also do not use text messages, they are blocked from my phone. If you want to reach me, you can email (preferred) or call.
I ditched pay TV in 2009 too. Don't miss that either.
Needs to be modded down - the US did not "make it", and Europe contributed far than the US more include the freakin World Wide Web which is the same as "the internet" to most ppl.
Most people are morons.
The Internet existed long before WWW did. WWW is just a service that runs on the underlying infrastructure.
[quote]There will come a day, however, when you'll be able to transfer funds just by holding your cellphone next to someone else's and hitting a few keys — and this is just one of the ways we'll wean ourselves off cash.[/quote]I don't currently own a cell phone. I also don't WANT a cell phone. But now I'm going to have to get one, just so I can buy stuff? That sucks.
I hate wearing headphones. They suck. I hate having to listen to something. However, the people in my work area are so fucking loud, it is just ridiculous. They have hour-long speaker phone conferences all fucking day. Sometimes they are so loud, I have difficulty listening to what is on the headphones, even at full, ear bleeding volume. No one, the people involved, nor the top management, including the CIO, understand the negative impacts, or if they do, they certainly don't care.
We have two offices currently going unused. I've begged top management to either move two of us "need quiet" people in there, or at least move the two loud fuckers who are on the speaker phone ALL FUCKING DAY to the offices. However, they refuse. Why? Because offices are for managers, and none of the people involved are managers. In the meantime, we have a low productivity environment and offices that are going unused. They've BEEN unused, since I got here - except for the 3 months that I was assigned to an office because I was doing "confidential" work. Once that project was over, I got put back in the noise infested shithole, for no reason other than "offices are for managers."
It's ridiculous. Headphones do not help. I can't wait to quit this fucking job - just as soon as it is convenient. In the meantime, I am working at 50% capacity (at best), because I can sit here for hours and not be able to concentrate enough to do any work.
On the upside - I've discovered the Alex Jones radio show and I can keep myself entertained all day.......except when it is too loud to hear, even with headphones.
In other words - people who are too lazy to "get ahead" will spend some of their laziness on electronic doodads when they have the opportunity to do so. Who would have guessed?
And before you jump on the "too lazy" part of what I just said - if you're poor or down & out, and you're playing XBOX instead of going to the library to learn whatever, or you spend the money on an XBOX instead of something that would provide you with the knowledge to get ahead, then yes, you're lazy.
For most people, getting ahead takes hard work. It's a lot easier to seek out entertainment than the knowledge and skills required to get ahead. This article seems to be right in line with what most people would expect.
I used to be all concerned with abiding by the law. Then one day I woke up and realized that the law isn't written by people like me. Nor is it written for the benefit of people like me. The law is written by and for the benefit of those who have the ability to meaningfully influence or manipulate the process.
Once I realized that, I decided "fuck the law" - I'm doing whatever I want that serves my interests and that I feel I can get away with - just like our overlords.
If they want to spend money to get votes, the should just SPEND MONEY TO GET VOTES!
My vote, for whatever, is available to anyone for the right price. Bidding starts at $100 - Obama or Romney, your choice - highest bidder gets the vote.
Honestly - just skip the pretense and get down to the brass tacks.
I got $20 for my for vote for Ted Stevens the last time Alaska voted for Senators (;
Paying people to vote the way you want could to wonders to increase the rather dismal turnout rate (in the U.S.).
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Because fuck the government, that is why. Even as an AAPL stockholder with about 1000 shares, I would Apple fucking burn every dollar it holds overseas than for it to be brought back into the U.S and then taxed by the U.S. Government for the privilege of doing so, and who would then tax every dollar distributed as dividends, and every dollar spend on whatever else Apple would spend it on, and TAXED AGAIN every time someone else receives some of it, over and over again. I'd rather the money rot than for it to feed the ravenous mouth of government.
Why do I even need a password? Let me prove myself once, then put a token on my device. For the love of god, stop the password nonsense already!! Especially on my phone. If I am using your app on my phone, and I've proven myself already, and I have a secure password on my phone, that's enough. Just put a damned token on there and be done with it!
Jezuz, talk about not getting it. IMHO, the reason to watch at home is of having to be around other people.
Yeah...because hiring a babysitter is totally impossible.
Plenty of us don't get that at all. Don't give a shit about all the other assholes in the theater. Don't give a shit about the big screen. Don't give a shit about all the other unpleasant crap that constitutes the "movie theater experience." All I want is to watch a movie with more plot than special effects and action scenes (tragically difficult to find). I can and prefer to watch that at home. I'll wait six months for it if I have to, in most cases, but I'll pay $20 to watch it on day of release. If I have to wait 2 weeks after release, I'm not going to pay $20. I'll just wait the six months or whatever and then watch it at no additional charge.
I'd pay $20 to be able to watch it at home on day of release. It would be worth it just to now have to deal with assholes on their cell phones. As it stands now, I go to the theater maybe once per year. The rest of the time, I will just wait for it to come out on Amazon or Vudu or whatever, and then they get nothing special from me. So...yeah, figure it out studios.
Well, this is interesting news, to be sure. Gives us plenty to think about. I can't help but wonder if anyone has been able to reproduce their results.
I wear a watch daily. Sometimes I like to know what time it is. Not everyone carries a phone with them everywhere they go. Not everyone works in the meat, food or child industries. I have no desire for an Apple watch (especially since they don't make a left-handed one) - or even a digitial watch (I wear a Seiko Big Boss, https://watchpage.wordpress.co...), but I see no denigrate those who do. Hell, I have AAPL stock. I'll be happy if everyone on the planet buys an Apple watch.
I created an email address ONLY for linkedin (linkedin@mydomain.com). People can spam it all they want to. I only check it if I am job hunting, which has been twice. Hopefully, I will not be doing so again any time soon (:
I have a LinkedIn profile, purely for career purposes. I pretty much only deal with it when it is time to look for a job since relocating 5000 miles from home. I've updated it twice. I have no Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, no whatever other crap there is out there. I do just fine. Don't miss it, don't want it, not going to have it. I also do not use text messages, they are blocked from my phone. If you want to reach me, you can email (preferred) or call. I ditched pay TV in 2009 too. Don't miss that either.
Needs to be modded down - the US did not "make it", and Europe contributed far than the US more include the freakin World Wide Web which is the same as "the internet" to most ppl.
Most people are morons.
The Internet existed long before WWW did. WWW is just a service that runs on the underlying infrastructure.
Research is great.
Actually BUILDING something is even greater - and a different topic.
It's also the difference between SCIENCE and ENGINEERING.
[quote]There will come a day, however, when you'll be able to transfer funds just by holding your cellphone next to someone else's and hitting a few keys — and this is just one of the ways we'll wean ourselves off cash.[/quote]I don't currently own a cell phone. I also don't WANT a cell phone. But now I'm going to have to get one, just so I can buy stuff? That sucks.
No. Earplugs hurt my ears - in a big way. Headphones are bad enough.
I did buy a $500 pair of noise cancelling headphones though - to no avail.
I hate wearing headphones. They suck. I hate having to listen to something. However, the people in my work area are so fucking loud, it is just ridiculous. They have hour-long speaker phone conferences all fucking day. Sometimes they are so loud, I have difficulty listening to what is on the headphones, even at full, ear bleeding volume. No one, the people involved, nor the top management, including the CIO, understand the negative impacts, or if they do, they certainly don't care.
We have two offices currently going unused. I've begged top management to either move two of us "need quiet" people in there, or at least move the two loud fuckers who are on the speaker phone ALL FUCKING DAY to the offices. However, they refuse. Why? Because offices are for managers, and none of the people involved are managers. In the meantime, we have a low productivity environment and offices that are going unused. They've BEEN unused, since I got here - except for the 3 months that I was assigned to an office because I was doing "confidential" work. Once that project was over, I got put back in the noise infested shithole, for no reason other than "offices are for managers."
It's ridiculous. Headphones do not help. I can't wait to quit this fucking job - just as soon as it is convenient. In the meantime, I am working at 50% capacity (at best), because I can sit here for hours and not be able to concentrate enough to do any work.
On the upside - I've discovered the Alex Jones radio show and I can keep myself entertained all day.......except when it is too loud to hear, even with headphones.
In other words - people who are too lazy to "get ahead" will spend some of their laziness on electronic doodads when they have the opportunity to do so. Who would have guessed?
And before you jump on the "too lazy" part of what I just said - if you're poor or down & out, and you're playing XBOX instead of going to the library to learn whatever, or you spend the money on an XBOX instead of something that would provide you with the knowledge to get ahead, then yes, you're lazy.
For most people, getting ahead takes hard work. It's a lot easier to seek out entertainment than the knowledge and skills required to get ahead. This article seems to be right in line with what most people would expect.
If you have gone to the effort to research, write and publish a paper the last thing you want is for people not to know who or where you are.
That significantly depends on the nature of the research and the potential for it to "displease" others, and who those other parties are.
..."that has been tried...."
Like I said time for something new - not been tried. The details of which are too much to go into here.
Isn't selling your vote illegal?
So is speeding.
So what?
I used to be all concerned with abiding by the law. Then one day I woke up and realized that the law isn't written by people like me. Nor is it written for the benefit of people like me. The law is written by and for the benefit of those who have the ability to meaningfully influence or manipulate the process.
Once I realized that, I decided "fuck the law" - I'm doing whatever I want that serves my interests and that I feel I can get away with - just like our overlords.
Don't say this issue is about "women's wombs" when you know very well that the being inside has a unique DNA.
So does a virus.
Democracy is a failed political model.
Voting is a waste of time, esp. given the candidates we get to vote for. One is as bad as the other, there is no "lesser evil."
A completely new system is required - details of which are too many to post here.
If they want to spend money to get votes, the should just SPEND MONEY TO GET VOTES! My vote, for whatever, is available to anyone for the right price. Bidding starts at $100 - Obama or Romney, your choice - highest bidder gets the vote. Honestly - just skip the pretense and get down to the brass tacks. I got $20 for my for vote for Ted Stevens the last time Alaska voted for Senators (; Paying people to vote the way you want could to wonders to increase the rather dismal turnout rate (in the U.S.).
You can always use chits in a zip lock bag like we used to do before we could afford the dice (small kids, y aknow) - you can have a dAnything.
First Edition all the way - everything else sucks and is nothing more than a money grab.
No argument here. I think people should have to pay for "personal use" as well as commercial use.