I have said it before, and I am saying this again. GPS is evil. Yes, I admit, that may be a wee-bit of an overstatement, but you cannot deny the dehumanisation casued by technologies such as this.
GPS systems unlock the potential to not just let you know where you are, but to let others know where you are. There have been nay-sayers regarding this, and though it may seem improbable, it is far from impossible. In fact, it is quite plausible and near reality.
We must stand up against the stealing of our identities, the loss of our souls to machines.
It saddens me to see one of America's great past-times fall into further decline. As owners' and players' wallets get fatter, they only prove to make a mockery of the great sport that was once baseball.
I hope that the MLB will get a clue and correct their mistakes. The player's union clearly needs to be disbanded, and most of the owners forced out. Same goes for the umpire's union. Those organisations have outlived their usefullness. Perhaps I am a tad harsh, but MLB is in serious need of some radical changes.
How many teams will try to gouge the citizenry to build new stadium? And now, for what is free to listen to on TV and radio, you now have to pay for to listen to on the internet? This is absurd, and only further shows MLB's lack of savvy and understanding of the real world.
Wow. Thanks for the insight, Zico. Whatever would I do without you? You're my hero.
I think you missed the point, dumbass. Read the message again. I didn't feel the need to include IDG's reply. I could give you the name of the person the message was forwarded to, and their response, but its just not as funny as the original.
Yeah, I got unsolicited shit from IDG. Yup. You got it, on the nose. But not only was it unsolicited, it was paid for by Microsoft.
The following is a letter I sent to IDG regarding another "publication" that I had been sent. To this day, I wonder why I received said publication, as all it was is an ad for Win2000. You want to know why LinuxWorld.com and UnixInsider are to close... because they haven't sold their souls to support the proliferation of Win2000.
I subscribe to both MacWorld and InfoWorld. I appreciate both magazines,
and find them to be very useful.
However, today I received a copy of "eDirections", and it leaves me
wondering why. Not that I don't appreciate Microsoft products, but I have
no desire to read such a painful MS advertisement. Perhaps I was just sent
a copy to see if I was interested. I really don't know.
What really bothers me about this is the lack of contact information on the
magazine, with the exception of a long-distance phone number for
subscription information. I don't want a subscription. I don't want to
receive another copy of "eDirections" again. I would hate to think that
someone would pay money for it.
Again, MacWorld and InfoWorld are great. I read every issue I receive. And
that is exactly why I asked to receive them.
Please see to it that I do not have to put another copy of "eDirections"
into the trash again. Such a waste of paper and ink saddens me.
Of course, they couldn't actually respond, so they saw to it that my message was forwarded to the "appropriate personell".
As the drones sound off on issues of copy protection and the like, how are they to bring about the end of the general use PC? This is absurd. So long as there is a demand for the PC, it will continue to be produced.
It is silly to think that people will just randomly accept a segregation of the PC into separate entities. If people really wanted separate deviced to do the various functions that a PC does, they'd ask for it. I, for one, am not asking for that. I think the author has forgotten about consumer backlash.
The almighty buck has much power, and that power will be what decides the fate of home computing. The issue of copy protection is a hot issue now, but will it be next year, or will it die a quiet death?
Corporate America has spoken. Free spech will not be punished, nor shall it be hindered. I applaud their noble stance.
Many, I am sure, have seen the numerous posters that insist on attacking my posts - many without even reading the content of my message. The vast majority of these people do so anonymously, a true sign of a coward. But I will not allow them to be censored. I will not be happy if they were to be attacked either. Such is not the way, and I will not stoop to such an ignoble level.
The court system is bogged down with far too many trivial lawsuits. I applaud the efforts to keep further lawsuits to a minimum. By declaring that litigation against unnamed sources is fruitless is only the first step, but a very important step.
I've been thinking about this issue for a long time. PDA's are becoming more and more of a nuissance to society. They are creating more and more danger, more so than cell phones shall ever be able to account for.
My ex boyfriend told me that cell phones, once a boon to mankind, shall be our downfall. I fear that this will be surpassed by the dangers of PDA's.
With the popularity of Linux ever on the upswing, this will surely put these devillish devices into the hands of hundreds of thousands. The price benefits of Linux will allow Sharp to produce an incredibly inexpensive PDA - its sales will clearly exceed those of either Palm, Handspring, HP's Jordana, or the iPaq. I fear such a terrible event as the reprecussions on society will be vast and permanent.
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GPS systems unlock the potential to not just let you know where you are, but to let others know where you are. There have been nay-sayers regarding this, and though it may seem improbable, it is far from impossible. In fact, it is quite plausible and near reality.
We must stand up against the stealing of our identities, the loss of our souls to machines.
I hope that the MLB will get a clue and correct their mistakes. The player's union clearly needs to be disbanded, and most of the owners forced out. Same goes for the umpire's union. Those organisations have outlived their usefullness. Perhaps I am a tad harsh, but MLB is in serious need of some radical changes.
How many teams will try to gouge the citizenry to build new stadium? And now, for what is free to listen to on TV and radio, you now have to pay for to listen to on the internet? This is absurd, and only further shows MLB's lack of savvy and understanding of the real world.
I think you missed the point, dumbass. Read the message again. I didn't feel the need to include IDG's reply. I could give you the name of the person the message was forwarded to, and their response, but its just not as funny as the original.
Yeah, I got unsolicited shit from IDG. Yup. You got it, on the nose. But not only was it unsolicited, it was paid for by Microsoft.
Get it? No, I didn't think so.
I subscribe to both MacWorld and InfoWorld. I appreciate both magazines, and find them to be very useful.
However, today I received a copy of "eDirections", and it leaves me wondering why. Not that I don't appreciate Microsoft products, but I have no desire to read such a painful MS advertisement. Perhaps I was just sent a copy to see if I was interested. I really don't know.
What really bothers me about this is the lack of contact information on the magazine, with the exception of a long-distance phone number for subscription information. I don't want a subscription. I don't want to receive another copy of "eDirections" again. I would hate to think that someone would pay money for it.
Again, MacWorld and InfoWorld are great. I read every issue I receive. And that is exactly why I asked to receive them.
Please see to it that I do not have to put another copy of "eDirections" into the trash again. Such a waste of paper and ink saddens me.
Of course, they couldn't actually respond, so they saw to it that my message was forwarded to the "appropriate personell".
Whatever the hell that meant.
It is silly to think that people will just randomly accept a segregation of the PC into separate entities. If people really wanted separate deviced to do the various functions that a PC does, they'd ask for it. I, for one, am not asking for that. I think the author has forgotten about consumer backlash.
The almighty buck has much power, and that power will be what decides the fate of home computing. The issue of copy protection is a hot issue now, but will it be next year, or will it die a quiet death?
Many, I am sure, have seen the numerous posters that insist on attacking my posts - many without even reading the content of my message. The vast majority of these people do so anonymously, a true sign of a coward. But I will not allow them to be censored. I will not be happy if they were to be attacked either. Such is not the way, and I will not stoop to such an ignoble level.
The court system is bogged down with far too many trivial lawsuits. I applaud the efforts to keep further lawsuits to a minimum. By declaring that litigation against unnamed sources is fruitless is only the first step, but a very important step.
My ex boyfriend told me that cell phones, once a boon to mankind, shall be our downfall. I fear that this will be surpassed by the dangers of PDA's.
With the popularity of Linux ever on the upswing, this will surely put these devillish devices into the hands of hundreds of thousands. The price benefits of Linux will allow Sharp to produce an incredibly inexpensive PDA - its sales will clearly exceed those of either Palm, Handspring, HP's Jordana, or the iPaq. I fear such a terrible event as the reprecussions on society will be vast and permanent.