Apathy!
Yes, =you=. Let's see...
Why did Bush get to steal the election? Why do some get to patent truly absurd things? Why is nothing really useful being done about the well-proven fact of global warming? Why does the RIAA get to run rampant over people and their rights? Why does the government get to do ten times that? Why did the Amerikan people stand passively back and allow this criminal conspiracy that is 'our' government to invade the sovereign country of Iraq? Why do businesses big and little get away with s**tty customer service? Why so MANY things?
Why? Because people just don't care enough to bother, they're too lazy to complain, they don't effectively protest/complain even if they do, they're selfish, and they're so apathetic that this country, this society, indeed this lifeform that is human beings is at severe risk of extinction by it's own hands.
In fact, of course, your cellphone IS a radio, and for radio to work as reliably as wirelines used to would cost more than people would be likely to pay, the power requirements of the devices would be higher, resulting in diminished battery life and/or larger, heavier devices, and of course the companies would need to be compelled to bother investing in more reliable hardware overall.
Of course, I'm just one mere human bean, and my comments are worth precisely what you and I paid for them. However, I'm damned glad I'm not immortal, and that you young people that don't fiercely demand things, and work aggressively toward being a part of it, probably will deserve what you get. Including less-than-100% wireless uptime.
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Apathy! Yes, =you=. Let's see... Why did Bush get to steal the election? Why do some get to patent truly absurd things? Why is nothing really useful being done about the well-proven fact of global warming? Why does the RIAA get to run rampant over people and their rights? Why does the government get to do ten times that? Why did the Amerikan people stand passively back and allow this criminal conspiracy that is 'our' government to invade the sovereign country of Iraq? Why do businesses big and little get away with s**tty customer service? Why so MANY things? Why? Because people just don't care enough to bother, they're too lazy to complain, they don't effectively protest/complain even if they do, they're selfish, and they're so apathetic that this country, this society, indeed this lifeform that is human beings is at severe risk of extinction by it's own hands. In fact, of course, your cellphone IS a radio, and for radio to work as reliably as wirelines used to would cost more than people would be likely to pay, the power requirements of the devices would be higher, resulting in diminished battery life and/or larger, heavier devices, and of course the companies would need to be compelled to bother investing in more reliable hardware overall. Of course, I'm just one mere human bean, and my comments are worth precisely what you and I paid for them. However, I'm damned glad I'm not immortal, and that you young people that don't fiercely demand things, and work aggressively toward being a part of it, probably will deserve what you get. Including less-than-100% wireless uptime.