Such overt political bias as a substitute for empirical evidence belies your neutrality (and thus the validity of your reply).
In simple terms, the Green Party, UKIP, Plaid Cmyru and by extension many Independent candidates are single-issue puppets. They are the worst of all that you could elect to form a government as they just wouldn't know what to do beyond their campaign issue of environmentalism/devolution/secession/UK exiting the EU/whatever. I had an independent candidate in my constituency for nine years (Dr. Richard Taylor) who campaigned on a single misguided issue of reopening a hospital closed down by Labour. He was just another useless panderer. 350 of those forming a government? I'll pass.
Yes. Because we would be so much better off with the fiscal moron twins Ed Milliband and Ed Balls running the country.
These are bad times politically and economically. The country's finances are in a mess and we have a deficit of sound political leadership both in practice and potential; arguing that the Torys are evil is like arguing that the lesser of two evils is too evil. The reality is that regardless of who is in No. 10 we're all screwed in one way or another.
I'm imagining that soon they will be a novelisation of Doom 3 where CleanMyPC manages to condemn the Devil back to the deepest depths of Hell. Sadly, I actually really look forward to these spam posts.
I'm pretty sure the vast majority of the data accessed is nothing like a box containing pure awesomeness. In fact, given the people that I see only my daily commute it would be like the Ark of the Covenant, except when you open it pure boredom comes out and melts your face off.
The Atlantic would explain that then! Yeah, the ISP subsidised PC market has been around in the UK for quite a while now (I remember it really coming to prominence ~2007) and has remained since then. As thegarbz mentioned, this is now shifting from the low-end laptop market to the tablet market (although they seem to coexist at present), so you can walk into most wireless stores and walk out with a carrier-subsidised tablet now and a 24-month plan in your name.
Uh, have you been to PC World lately? They've been flogging craptops with that model for fucking years, dude. That was why demand in the market for 3G in the UK exploded.
Samsung Galaxy S3 is around £520 SIM Free for the 16Gb model. I got mine for free on a 24 month £36 per month contract. Sub out the cost I would face for the handset (36*24 = 864-520 = 344) then work out the monthly cost (344/24 = 14.3) and I'm paying less than £15 for unlimited calls, texts and data as well as not having to make a painful £520 purchase. I'll even admit that there are better deals out there right now, I just wanted to stay with my current network.
So that belief that you're saving a fortune by paying upfront whilst simultaneously accruing zero goodwill from your network by opting for their cheapest price plan is not the 'eureka moment' you seem to think it is.
I'm not convinced of the likely success of this 'grand plan.' Consumers are used to paying next to no initial outlay for a handset on the understanding that it will be paid for through their carrier agreement and this has been the way for so long now that changing the way consumers view mobile devices and service plans is going to be a mammoth task. Not least for those who cannot justify dropping £400 on a device on the promise of future savings made from not having a fixed-term price plan of 18-24 months.
Besides which, Google have been selling Nexus phones unlocked, direct to the consumer for ages now. I nearly bought an HTC Nexus direct from Google back when they started the project years ago. All this pomp and ceremony because there will be no more Nexus exclusivity? Big whoop. Part of Android's beauty is that OEM customisations allow consumers to vote with their feet.
If the APIs in question are proprietary to Microsoft, they have every right to tell third party developers to use neutered versions or go fuck themselves. Harvey Anderson seems to be ignorant of the fact that comparing desktop and mobile OS lock outs is a totally illogical argument.
Don't like it? iOS and Android are much more popular alternatives, so you're hardly losing out as a result.
I hate to be that guy, but China are too valuable to us all to waste their precious importing time and money on accusing them of crimes against humanity.
Because it makes you poorer in real terms? Your debt falls in value in real terms, but so does the purchasing power of the dollar in your pocket. So unless you get a pay rise in line with inflation (unlikely, given this economic climate) you lose because your living costs rise, but you're still paying the same dollar amount each month to repay your debts.
Which was my point exactly. Fixing student loan rates appeals to such a small minority of the American electorate that it would be irresponsible, in the context of a political party seeking to unseat the incumbent, to try and fix them. All they will do by trying to keep them low is piss off guys like you.
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Such overt political bias as a substitute for empirical evidence belies your neutrality (and thus the validity of your reply).
In simple terms, the Green Party, UKIP, Plaid Cmyru and by extension many Independent candidates are single-issue puppets. They are the worst of all that you could elect to form a government as they just wouldn't know what to do beyond their campaign issue of environmentalism/devolution/secession/UK exiting the EU/whatever. I had an independent candidate in my constituency for nine years (Dr. Richard Taylor) who campaigned on a single misguided issue of reopening a hospital closed down by Labour. He was just another useless panderer. 350 of those forming a government? I'll pass.
Yes. Because we would be so much better off with the fiscal moron twins Ed Milliband and Ed Balls running the country.
These are bad times politically and economically. The country's finances are in a mess and we have a deficit of sound political leadership both in practice and potential; arguing that the Torys are evil is like arguing that the lesser of two evils is too evil. The reality is that regardless of who is in No. 10 we're all screwed in one way or another.
You're right, I'm a horrible person! :(
Meh, close enough.
I'm imagining that soon they will be a novelisation of Doom 3 where CleanMyPC manages to condemn the Devil back to the deepest depths of Hell. Sadly, I actually really look forward to these spam posts.
Your tumor's linked to you thyroid, your thyroid's linked to your larynx, Google's gonna steal all your data...
Serious question: will their be an AdSense-style scheme for recurring cancer-sufferers to accrue referral income?
I'm pretty sure the vast majority of the data accessed is nothing like a box containing pure awesomeness. In fact, given the people that I see only my daily commute it would be like the Ark of the Covenant, except when you open it pure boredom comes out and melts your face off.
I think I'd rather have two cigarettes than indulge in the mindless banality of Facebook.
I was tempted to do a LucasArts reference... "I'm selling this fine antivirus software..." but couldn't make it work...
Hello sir, have you heard of CleanMyPC...?
Yes, because Hoover was a beacon of morality...
The Atlantic would explain that then! Yeah, the ISP subsidised PC market has been around in the UK for quite a while now (I remember it really coming to prominence ~2007) and has remained since then. As thegarbz mentioned, this is now shifting from the low-end laptop market to the tablet market (although they seem to coexist at present), so you can walk into most wireless stores and walk out with a carrier-subsidised tablet now and a 24-month plan in your name.
Uh, have you been to PC World lately? They've been flogging craptops with that model for fucking years, dude. That was why demand in the market for 3G in the UK exploded.
Depends on how you define "paying over the odds."
Samsung Galaxy S3 is around £520 SIM Free for the 16Gb model. I got mine for free on a 24 month £36 per month contract. Sub out the cost I would face for the handset (36*24 = 864-520 = 344) then work out the monthly cost (344/24 = 14.3) and I'm paying less than £15 for unlimited calls, texts and data as well as not having to make a painful £520 purchase. I'll even admit that there are better deals out there right now, I just wanted to stay with my current network.
So that belief that you're saving a fortune by paying upfront whilst simultaneously accruing zero goodwill from your network by opting for their cheapest price plan is not the 'eureka moment' you seem to think it is.
I'm not convinced of the likely success of this 'grand plan.' Consumers are used to paying next to no initial outlay for a handset on the understanding that it will be paid for through their carrier agreement and this has been the way for so long now that changing the way consumers view mobile devices and service plans is going to be a mammoth task. Not least for those who cannot justify dropping £400 on a device on the promise of future savings made from not having a fixed-term price plan of 18-24 months.
Besides which, Google have been selling Nexus phones unlocked, direct to the consumer for ages now. I nearly bought an HTC Nexus direct from Google back when they started the project years ago. All this pomp and ceremony because there will be no more Nexus exclusivity? Big whoop. Part of Android's beauty is that OEM customisations allow consumers to vote with their feet.
And Small Soldiers. He's terrified that we'll also be attacked by toy soldiers with military grade microchips too.
Have you seen the way those guys barrel into one another in the NFL? That armour stuff is a necessity.
We have something similar already where I work, I can goomba colleagues.
They did that already. It was called 'Hannity and Colmes.' No prizes for guessing who was the 'giver' and who was the 'taker'...
...can it play Crysis?
If the APIs in question are proprietary to Microsoft, they have every right to tell third party developers to use neutered versions or go fuck themselves. Harvey Anderson seems to be ignorant of the fact that comparing desktop and mobile OS lock outs is a totally illogical argument.
Don't like it? iOS and Android are much more popular alternatives, so you're hardly losing out as a result.
If email encryption is as easy to open and repackage as an envelope, you may as well not bother.
I hate to be that guy, but China are too valuable to us all to waste their precious importing time and money on accusing them of crimes against humanity.
Because it makes you poorer in real terms? Your debt falls in value in real terms, but so does the purchasing power of the dollar in your pocket. So unless you get a pay rise in line with inflation (unlikely, given this economic climate) you lose because your living costs rise, but you're still paying the same dollar amount each month to repay your debts.
Which was my point exactly. Fixing student loan rates appeals to such a small minority of the American electorate that it would be irresponsible, in the context of a political party seeking to unseat the incumbent, to try and fix them. All they will do by trying to keep them low is piss off guys like you.