Actually, I would like to take this opportunity to point out that each and every one of you are illegally infringing on a patent held by me, method and operation of replenishing the human body of oxygen and disposal of carbon dioxide.
Yes, that's right folks, I patented breathing! So, what ya gonna do? With your last breath, I get royalties!!! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!
And thus the great economy of the 21st century continues to thrive...
If for nothing more than continued prosperity, there is value in the continued upgrading of sw/hw. However, for true productivity, most software (hello M$) is bloated, bug-ridden and have "features" above and beyond the ordinary user's needs.
So, is anyone coding their web pages with Word? Betcha there are plenty who use Notepad, though...
Toll calls have always been charged for at a higher rate, again well above cost, in order to subsidize basic local service
Wait just a minute...is your local phone company (you know, the one who sends you your bill every month) named AT&T? Sprint? MCI? Then you aren't paying your local phone company for long distance service, are you? Explain to me how my local phone company profits from my long distance use (other than the fee paid by the long distance provider for the SERVICE of providing long distance over the local telco's wire)? None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. End of discussion.
Hallooooo? Is there anybody out there???
The Telco's haven't spent billions wiring up the world...the government and taxpayers have paid billions to wire up the world. It's all bought and paid for (by those of us willing and able to pay taxes), regardless of use. Telcos just come along on the end of it to pay their shareholders and executives.
How's that for capitalism?
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Did you intentionally use "wide spread" as two words instead of one???? Hmmm....
Actually, I would like to take this opportunity to point out that each and every one of you are illegally infringing on a patent held by me, method and operation of replenishing the human body of oxygen and disposal of carbon dioxide. Yes, that's right folks, I patented breathing! So, what ya gonna do? With your last breath, I get royalties!!! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!
And thus the great economy of the 21st century continues to thrive... If for nothing more than continued prosperity, there is value in the continued upgrading of sw/hw. However, for true productivity, most software (hello M$) is bloated, bug-ridden and have "features" above and beyond the ordinary user's needs. So, is anyone coding their web pages with Word? Betcha there are plenty who use Notepad, though...
Toll calls have always been charged for at a higher rate, again well above cost, in order to subsidize basic local service Wait just a minute...is your local phone company (you know, the one who sends you your bill every month) named AT&T? Sprint? MCI? Then you aren't paying your local phone company for long distance service, are you? Explain to me how my local phone company profits from my long distance use (other than the fee paid by the long distance provider for the SERVICE of providing long distance over the local telco's wire)? None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. End of discussion.
Hallooooo? Is there anybody out there??? The Telco's haven't spent billions wiring up the world...the government and taxpayers have paid billions to wire up the world. It's all bought and paid for (by those of us willing and able to pay taxes), regardless of use. Telcos just come along on the end of it to pay their shareholders and executives. How's that for capitalism?