Astrology is not a spiritual belief. Astrology is stupidity. If you stay with this girl, you are setting yourself up for heartache down the road when her illogical (or should I say non-existent) thought processes bring some inane belief to an issue of consequence.
Presidential campaigns are not the time for people to be "sounding off." Presidential campaigns are the time for LISTENING! Opining on any site about a political campaign is pointless, if not counterproductive. I watch the debates to determine for whom I should vote. Unless people can ask a direct question to a candidate, they should keep their hands off the keyboard and their mouths closed.
I am not interested in a person's opinion on the race unless that person is part of a scientific poll or focus group. Besides, I doubt that the social networking sites are populated by the great political minds of our time.
In electronic media, companies who try to impose their will on the market will ultimately not find their efforts fruitful. Granted, in the 1980's, the VHS format won out over the superior Betamax format because more content was available on VHS. We have seen similar scenarios play out over the last 30 years. However, "owning" a media delivery format has become increasingly difficult. Now, more than ever, the market dictates. The key to success is universal compatibility and availability, not exclusivity. One may ask, "What about Windows Media Player?" Windows supports my point. Windows became the standard because of its universal compatibility and availability. The iPod would not have become the success it was if its (iTunes) software was not made available for the PC. Today trying to force a format on the marketplace either limits success or insures failure.
Any intelligent person knows that very little anymore is done anonymously or privately, especially if advanced technology is used.
Almost all of a person's browser history, emails, phone calls, postings, text messages and instant messages are preserved somewhere on a hard drive. If another individual has the will and resources, this information is easily traced to the person or persons involved (or at least to the machines and accounts involved).
Even an individual's routine movements just driving around in a car can be monitored by cell phone towers, EZ-Pass, and On-Star. Some new makes of cars automatically include (unbeknown to the owners) "black boxes," which monitor speed and direction of a vehicle then save the information. In addition, just driving or walking a mile down a road in any developed area, an individual can easily be photographed by multiple security cameras from various establishments along that road.
Think about financial transactions. Every check one ever writes and every credit card purchase one ever makes is a matter of permanent record. I could go on and on. Much of this information is sold on the open market. (Do you read to fine print in all those "agreements" for which you sign or click "agree?") The rest of the information is circulated through other channels. For instance, the big mobile phone companies have admitted giving their call records to the government as a personal favor from their CEO's to their friends in the government. In matters of consequence, privacy and anonymity no longer exist.
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Astrology is not a spiritual belief. Astrology is stupidity. If you stay with this girl, you are setting yourself up for heartache down the road when her illogical (or should I say non-existent) thought processes bring some inane belief to an issue of consequence.
Presidential campaigns are not the time for people to be "sounding off." Presidential campaigns are the time for LISTENING! Opining on any site about a political campaign is pointless, if not counterproductive. I watch the debates to determine for whom I should vote. Unless people can ask a direct question to a candidate, they should keep their hands off the keyboard and their mouths closed. I am not interested in a person's opinion on the race unless that person is part of a scientific poll or focus group. Besides, I doubt that the social networking sites are populated by the great political minds of our time.
In electronic media, companies who try to impose their will on the market will ultimately not find their efforts fruitful. Granted, in the 1980's, the VHS format won out over the superior Betamax format because more content was available on VHS. We have seen similar scenarios play out over the last 30 years. However, "owning" a media delivery format has become increasingly difficult. Now, more than ever, the market dictates. The key to success is universal compatibility and availability, not exclusivity. One may ask, "What about Windows Media Player?" Windows supports my point. Windows became the standard because of its universal compatibility and availability. The iPod would not have become the success it was if its (iTunes) software was not made available for the PC. Today trying to force a format on the marketplace either limits success or insures failure.
Any intelligent person knows that very little anymore is done anonymously or privately, especially if advanced technology is used. Almost all of a person's browser history, emails, phone calls, postings, text messages and instant messages are preserved somewhere on a hard drive. If another individual has the will and resources, this information is easily traced to the person or persons involved (or at least to the machines and accounts involved). Even an individual's routine movements just driving around in a car can be monitored by cell phone towers, EZ-Pass, and On-Star. Some new makes of cars automatically include (unbeknown to the owners) "black boxes," which monitor speed and direction of a vehicle then save the information. In addition, just driving or walking a mile down a road in any developed area, an individual can easily be photographed by multiple security cameras from various establishments along that road. Think about financial transactions. Every check one ever writes and every credit card purchase one ever makes is a matter of permanent record. I could go on and on. Much of this information is sold on the open market. (Do you read to fine print in all those "agreements" for which you sign or click "agree?") The rest of the information is circulated through other channels. For instance, the big mobile phone companies have admitted giving their call records to the government as a personal favor from their CEO's to their friends in the government. In matters of consequence, privacy and anonymity no longer exist.