Yes because if your phone does not have a little i before it there is no way it could cost $750.00.
I can, have and will again spend large amounts of money for pieces of tech that I think are worth it. The hardware on an iPhone is not worth the price. The added "benefit" of the walled garden to protect me from settings and the scary abilities of customization are of no worth to me.
On the other hand the technologically lazy and those who happen to like the "Dumping shortcuts on screens" usability of iOS might find some use in it.
One would have to be pretty walled in to think that iPhone users are the only ones dropping prodigious amounts of money on high end phones. HTC One M8 $750, Samsung S5 $599.00, Note 3 $749.00, The top of the line iPhone 5s is only $100 more than the Note 3 or the M8. If I am going to spend $750 do you think I would get a phone I do not want to save $100? Really? This is not about money. It is about what you get for it. For $100 more you get a smaller screen with the Apple (You dont have to think to be safe) protection plan that you pay extra for in cash and also have to pay for in a lack of customization. Not worth it to me.
Of course now that you realize that the "iPhones are the successful peoples phone" and all who do not like it can not afford one statement holds no water, What will you do to continue to feel special?
So now evil is "If you do not like our terms then we will stop doing business with you."?
Killer. So I can go to Target and I should be able to set the price I want to pay for an item and if they do not sell it to me for that price then they are evil bastards? So fucking awesome!
Actually history shows that normally people start getting riled and this is when government steps in and acts.
After quality of living started going up people started to no longer feel comfortable with child labor as more people started feeling this way government started to move. When safety is important to the people they get government to start moving. Very rarely does the government get ahead of the people unless it is bad for the people. (Bank bailouts, Government run healthcare),/p>
When the government does do well with a few initial regulations it never leaves well enough alone. (EPA, AQMD) I have never heard once a government institution set up to solve a proble hold a press conference and state that they have pretty much reached their goals and can now be defunded. Have you? Ever? Once?
Yup. It is just the Republicans that are evil and shove things the majority of people do not want. They are the ones that shoved that massive government program that screwed up my health insurance. They are the ones that voted on it without ever knowing what it would do or debating on it despite the public being very vocal about not wanting it.
Trusting either "side" (Two sides of the same coin) of the political process to care about the public is moronic.
The answer is not to restrict speech (money). The answer is to have better people voting. The problem is not that politicians can spend millions advertising. The real problem is that for a large percentage of the people who vote the person with the last commercial promising them free stuff or telling them what to fear is how they vote.
The issue is lazy people who refuse to think for themselves still want to vote.
I never stated that I should be allowed to Vote in elections outside of my state. Only that I do have a valid interest in the outcome of elections sending people to DC. With that interest I can send money, speak for, or donate my time to help my interest.
Except that a Senator or Representative from a state I do not live in can have a massive effect on the laws I must live under. Just because I live in California does not mean that I do not have a real and valid interest on who the people of Utah send to DC. I do. Thinking otherwise is simplistic and wrong.
Learn to use quote properly. The system we have has allowed more mobility along the economic ladder than any other ever,
I advocate for a system that dose not value equality of income over the ability to create and succeed. What I want for my children is an environment that allows for the possibility that their hard work past failures can reward them. I do not want a system that provides for all their needs regardless of effort.
So only the republican party uses national funds in local races?
Interesting. My first thought was that you were just a left leaning hack that had no real interest in truth. Then I decided to not think that way and give you the benefit of the doubt. So I choose to not believe that you are just a ideological shit brain and instead I now believe that only the Republicans do this sort of nasty, horrible thing.
What used to make the US such a powerhouse was a weak Federal government and stronger local governments.
Federal law should be a set of have to minimums. Let the States experiment. Feds make sure that people can move about freely and States used to be different. Now Federal law is so all encompassing that very little difference is allowed between states. There are few places to go to get out from under the thumb of the federal government. This is bad.
The upside here though is even though US public education is failing badly and has only gotten worse with the creation of the Dept of Education. We will not look at its abolishment and look instead at how we can remove any responcibility for performance from the Students, Parents, Teachers or Administrators. All fixes must come from the Feds. I am sure it will work out well.
What the Board of Directors of a private company want to pay a CEO is none of my business. I do not own HP stock. If I did own HP stock I would care long enough to divest my self of their stock. Then I would go back to not giving a shit what they decide to pay an employee.
Do I think he got overpaid? Sure. He sucks and got paid a lot. I care about my community, my family and my job performance and compensation. I am not going to ask how much you make and decide if I like it or not. It is none of my business how much your employer wants to pay you.
Now if some one wants to sign a contract that pays me crap loads and gives me bonuses no matter how badly I screw up... I think I would be ok with that.
You are still bitching about the wrong thing. You play with what ever terms make you feel good about hating people with more than you.
You throw aside the fact that the poor peoples lives are easier and better with statements about "improving manufacturing efficiencies". Like that means nothing.
You can not get it past your need to hate the rich that their investments into increasing their wealth are what made the "improving manufacturing efficiencies". Just because they got more out of it than the little guy in no way allows you to just throw out the very real improvements in their lives.
The entitlement that some people feel is amazing. It does not matter that they have a car and a flat screen and video games. That they never have to starve. Food is given out for free. Life is easier for the "poor" than it has ever been. They still want to bitch because some people have it better than them. And because they feel that way. That things must be given to them to make them more equal they can never succeed.
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What part of "Pay for the service your ilk required us to set up or get out is evil?
I wish it were evil. Because until the independents stand up against the RIAA and the Labels I want evil done to them.
I can, have and will again spend large amounts of money for pieces of tech that I think are worth it. The hardware on an iPhone is not worth the price. The added "benefit" of the walled garden to protect me from settings and the scary abilities of customization are of no worth to me.
On the other hand the technologically lazy and those who happen to like the "Dumping shortcuts on screens" usability of iOS might find some use in it.
One would have to be pretty walled in to think that iPhone users are the only ones dropping prodigious amounts of money on high end phones. HTC One M8 $750, Samsung S5 $599.00, Note 3 $749.00, The top of the line iPhone 5s is only $100 more than the Note 3 or the M8. If I am going to spend $750 do you think I would get a phone I do not want to save $100? Really? This is not about money. It is about what you get for it. For $100 more you get a smaller screen with the Apple (You dont have to think to be safe) protection plan that you pay extra for in cash and also have to pay for in a lack of customization. Not worth it to me.
Of course now that you realize that the "iPhones are the successful peoples phone" and all who do not like it can not afford one statement holds no water, What will you do to continue to feel special?
I do not think Apple is evil. I think Apple users are stupid. :)
So. The fact that what they are doing is not evil does not matter to you because Google!
Umm. No. Music was segregated due to the demands of the Music industry. Not Google.
Killer. So I can go to Target and I should be able to set the price I want to pay for an item and if they do not sell it to me for that price then they are evil bastards? So fucking awesome!
So ... Umm. You just pasted that entry in without actually reading it?
Regulations are rarely a good thing. Massive regulation is always a bad thing.
This would be a middle ground. Unless of course you think the last one I posted was correct. Or did you read the word rarely as never?
After quality of living started going up people started to no longer feel comfortable with child labor as more people started feeling this way government started to move. When safety is important to the people they get government to start moving. Very rarely does the government get ahead of the people unless it is bad for the people. (Bank bailouts, Government run healthcare) ,/p>
When the government does do well with a few initial regulations it never leaves well enough alone. (EPA, AQMD) I have never heard once a government institution set up to solve a proble hold a press conference and state that they have pretty much reached their goals and can now be defunded. Have you? Ever? Once?
I am unclear as to what your point was. What statistics were you looking for?
Maybe your problem was with my statements. How would you amend them?
Regulations are always a good thing. Massive regulation is even better.
or
Regulations are almost always a good thing. Massive regulation usually works.
or
Regulations are never a good thing.
or
Regulations are rarely a good thing, but massive regulation is how you fix things.
What exactly are you arguing about?
The government SHOULD waste our money on a thing because you found a thing that is even a bigger waste of our money.
Perfect.
Regulations are rarely a good thing. Massive regulation is always a bad thing.
Trusting either "side" (Two sides of the same coin) of the political process to care about the public is moronic.
The issue is lazy people who refuse to think for themselves still want to vote.
This is all I advocated for.
Except that a Senator or Representative from a state I do not live in can have a massive effect on the laws I must live under. Just because I live in California does not mean that I do not have a real and valid interest on who the people of Utah send to DC. I do. Thinking otherwise is simplistic and wrong.
Learn to use quote properly. The system we have has allowed more mobility along the economic ladder than any other ever, I advocate for a system that dose not value equality of income over the ability to create and succeed. What I want for my children is an environment that allows for the possibility that their hard work past failures can reward them. I do not want a system that provides for all their needs regardless of effort.
Interesting. My first thought was that you were just a left leaning hack that had no real interest in truth. Then I decided to not think that way and give you the benefit of the doubt. So I choose to not believe that you are just a ideological shit brain and instead I now believe that only the Republicans do this sort of nasty, horrible thing.
Federal law should be a set of have to minimums. Let the States experiment. Feds make sure that people can move about freely and States used to be different. Now Federal law is so all encompassing that very little difference is allowed between states. There are few places to go to get out from under the thumb of the federal government. This is bad.
The upside here though is even though US public education is failing badly and has only gotten worse with the creation of the Dept of Education. We will not look at its abolishment and look instead at how we can remove any responcibility for performance from the Students, Parents, Teachers or Administrators. All fixes must come from the Feds. I am sure it will work out well.
Smaller accountable government? No. Scary Anarchy! Tea party = "Rich racists that do not want to pay any taxes!"
Public education has for decades taught children to think shallowly. They have grown up and this is the result.
Do I think he got overpaid? Sure. He sucks and got paid a lot. I care about my community, my family and my job performance and compensation. I am not going to ask how much you make and decide if I like it or not. It is none of my business how much your employer wants to pay you. Now if some one wants to sign a contract that pays me crap loads and gives me bonuses no matter how badly I screw up ... I think I would be ok with that.
You throw aside the fact that the poor peoples lives are easier and better with statements about "improving manufacturing efficiencies". Like that means nothing.
You can not get it past your need to hate the rich that their investments into increasing their wealth are what made the "improving manufacturing efficiencies". Just because they got more out of it than the little guy in no way allows you to just throw out the very real improvements in their lives.
The entitlement that some people feel is amazing. It does not matter that they have a car and a flat screen and video games. That they never have to starve. Food is given out for free. Life is easier for the "poor" than it has ever been. They still want to bitch because some people have it better than them. And because they feel that way. That things must be given to them to make them more equal they can never succeed.
How dare we make them choose!
Bleeding hear dipshits. You do not even see how fucking horrible your statement was.