You can't pay the rent or eat with a free download. And your job is at risk - you not only can be replaced, it's pretty much certain you will be replaced. And with more people competing for jobs where humans haven't yet been replaced, do you really think you're immune? Nobody - not even politicians, judges, lawyers, cops, and soldiers - are immune.
Sorry to say you're missing an important part of reality/politics - politicians, rich people, leaders, etc., will in fact be immune. They have power, and even if they choose not to prevent change from happening, you can be damned sure they'll be insulated from any ill effects that change brings.
Some people (good people) will be working towards helping the rest of the population adapt to the changes, but they're getting drowned out by people yelling "everybody is bad! nobody can be trusted!" at the moment. (Gee, I wonder who benefits from that?)
I seem to recall history saying the exact opposite - it was the rich, the politicians and other leaders, who ended up against the wall during the French revolution.
In the U.S., a pardon is "an expression of the president's forgiveness and ordinarily is granted in recognition of the applicant's acceptance of responsibility for the crime and established good conduct for a significant period of time after conviction or completion of sentence," according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney"
There is NOTHING in the Constitution that says anything resembling this. And the most famous pardon in recent history - Nixon - contained none of these elements. Nixon was never convicted of anything, never admitted to anything, was never sentenced, nor was there any so-called "significant period of time after conviction or completion of sentence."
And the government wonders why there's a fake news problem? They should look in the mirror - they're the source of a lot of it.
The reason they were discontinued is because not enough people were buying them. Supply and demand. There wasn't much demand for a reason - they were shit. Same as the WalMart $200 linux desktop computer that preceded it.
If they weren't such crap, they would have sold more, and others would be selling them, instead of it being a fringe item.
Most computers today are crap. Doesn't matter the operating system. We took a wrong turn and never recovered.
I can't compile a c file on my washing machine, or my bookcase - so what? Use the right tool for the job already. I wouldn't dream of writing code,or even a story on a phone or tablet - or even a laptop. Screen too small, crappy keyboard and pointing device.
What next - complaining that you can't compile code on your car's entertainment system? Can't get your TV to chill your beer? Your printer to play your play list? Your cat to have puppies? Use the right tool for the job, and stop complaining. Phones are not supposed to be swiss army knives. Even swiss army knives aren't really swiss army knives. They do many jobs - poorly. They don't do all jobs, and they don't do any jobs as well as specialty tools.
It's only wealth retention when it can be converted to other assets. We're heading for another housing bubble bust as boomers try to sell their homes to the next generation who just doesn't have the money to purchase that particular asset, even at zero interest 30 year mortgages. Those assets will start depreciating damn fast over the next 15-20 years.
I save a ton of money not paying for things that most people still pay for.
I didn't buy a Jumbo Jet today - I don't suddenly have more money to spend, because I didn't have the money to buy one in the first place. So I didn't "save" any money, any more than you did by not buying something that someone else still pays for.
All rechargeable batteries can explode. Ever try to recharge a frozen lead-acid battery using a garage-type quick charger? I saw one explode. No way was anyone getting near enough to disconnect it once it started profusely fuming. Smelled like boiled pig for some reason.
It's one reason to remove batteries from heavy equipment that isn't going to be started for a few weeks in -40 weather. Cells that freeze solid because they don't have a full charge will build up a LOT of pressure, so the cells that actually do have a charge (and the sulfuric acid isn't all stored in the plates as lead sulphate) end up leaking and/or spraying battery acid - and even if you don't notice it, the fumes from recharging condense on the battery casing.
You don't need an internet connection to create things. You don't even need electronics. So your argument just shows your lack of creativity... (shrug)
Also, you can most certainly use your phone to create or edit without an internet connection. I just put my phone into airplane mode (no wifi or cell data connection) and was able to create a new.doc file and save it locally.
You can also shoot photos and videos without a connection, so if you want to make a comedy or documentary, you don't need the net to do it. Just some storage space, so no, you are not limited to consuming other people's creations on a smartphone without a network connection. If you know the proper markup, you can even create epub books by hand, same as html and javascript files, if you want to make a locally-runnable web app, no connection needed for the entire process from creating to testing to running it. And if you have connectable storage (like a usb stick), you can even distribute it without a connection.
Of course, creative people will find ways around many problems because they *need* to scratch their creative itch. Others will give up if they can't do something the way they always did it.
You can't pay the rent or eat with a free download. And your job is at risk - you not only can be replaced, it's pretty much certain you will be replaced. And with more people competing for jobs where humans haven't yet been replaced, do you really think you're immune? Nobody - not even politicians, judges, lawyers, cops, and soldiers - are immune.
If you work hard, you will do better than your parents.
Got any proof of that? Because the ones doing the most work seem to be the same ones making the least, and we're into 2 generations now with no real increase in income/
The article is saying the kids whine because they really are getting less income and they have more debt.
Of course they don't mention all the boomers who are now making less than they did when they were younger. Welcome to the precariate - never have so many worked and studied so many hours for so little.
The whining is justified. Two generations without a real increase in income while those at the top get richer will eventually result in more than whining.
Except that it's Samsung with the exploding batteries. But any chance to act like a shitknob and bash Apple because you lack any real intelligence or character, right?
How ignorant of history can you be? Plenty of laptops included the HCF instruction. No wonder you posted anonymously...
Now on to more serious business - civil suits incoming - and it's not like you have the same standard of proof for civil liability as for criminal liability. With the extensive history of electronics catching fire, a jury will have no time believing that it's possible - it's just a question if it's more likely than not.
Apple PR: "We're being even more courageous - we're removing the battery, screen, cameras and microphones from our next smartphone. And don't worry about updates bricking it - it's a brick. We're calling it the iBrick. Taking the company in a whole new direction. And OUR innovation on the brick is - you guessed it - rounded corners!
No, I mean unlimited text and voice calls across all the US and Canada. I hate voice mail. It's $45 US a month. And it's sometimes better if the other person can't infer tone. If you're so concerned, VOICE CALL. It's the same price - $0.00 extra per minute.
What next - saying we shouldn't post on the web or use email <snark>because we can't communicate tone</snark>? Yep, that's really a huge unsolved **cough**bullshit**cough** problem:-)
Why in the world do you keep coming up with ludicrous problems that have already been solved? Too attached to "not-thinking-outside-the-box?" just because it means realizing that today's tech sucks?
Then what should one do between stepping on and stepping off?
Look at the scenery? Read an eBook? Play a non-internet game? Make a phone call? Read a real book? Listen to the radio? (unless you have a shitty oPhone, which doesn't come with a radio). Radios work just fine on the bus. So do phone calls, etc. If you think you need to be connected to the internet all the time, you are sick and need help.
And yes, kids will carry around a 3DS and a smartphone.
Will they carry two smartphones, one to run Android-exclusive applications and one to run iPhone-exclusive applications?
If that's what they have to do to do what they want, yes. Same as everything else in this world. It's how it works now. People survive.
If you have a need that requires, for example, a laptop, you'll bring it along with your smartphone. I do. That's why they still sell laptops and laptop-specific carry bags.
I do just that. But I fear what'll happen once my current laptop bites the dust, as it's hard to find a 10" anymore, and bigger laptops (particularly 13" and larger) require "laptop-specific carry bags", which in my experience are mugger magnets.
Last I looked, backpacks can hold a 17" laptop. Also, consider yourself lucky if your fear is having a laptop stolen. Last night one of my sisters suggested I go to a weekly community event to meet new people - I told her not there, because I was sexually assaulted near there a couple of years ago, so I avoid that area after dark - especially since I don't have any big dogs any more. The perp lives a minute's walk from the place, and he ran into me last fall on the street in front of my new place, telling me that he wanted to have sex with me so bad, and even offered to pay for it. This was the same month another creep I gave the brushoff to started following me in his car. So seriously, "mugger magnet?"
I should be so lucky - and 50% of the population has the same problem. One of my friends had her dentist break into her house and rape her. She didn't report it because she didn't want her husband to know (btw - she was in her 70s and had cancer). Eventually she got a big dog that chewed the guy up pretty well - THEN she felt it was safe to report it. I've been sexually assaulted 4 times - how many times have you been mugged for your laptop? Talk about 1st world problems.
Maybe read an eBook?
Depends on who you sign up with. One local company offers "unlimited international long distance calling to over 60 countries" - but I don't give a shit because I don't call anyone more than a few 1000 km away in Canada, and that's free. I could switch providers and have unlimited across the whole country, and if I ever need to, I will do so, but I don't, so I won't. The extra $5 stays in my pocket - but if I needed to, I'm sure they'd cut it back by that $5 to gain a customer. Plus there's a new provider just came out that's offering an interesting-looking deal, so you never know... Plus of course all texts are free incoming and outgoing to the US anyway (and probably the rest of the world - it appears they don't bother checking anymore), including images, so the people I know in the US, we just text.
Sure it is. Just step off the bus or subway. It's not that long ago that ANY connectivity (even voice calls) was impossible from a cell phone in the underground system.
Sheesh, history - it's there for us to learn from - including that we didn't always have everything we take for granted today and didn't die.
People used to carry a laptop, a pager (or two), and a cell phone (or two). Then it was a laptop, tablet, and smartphone. Now it's mostly just smartphones - even the tablets are too damn bulky for most people nowadays, and they don't use them for anything serious anyway. But you can be damn sure that if you want to run something that requires specific hardware and software, you'll find a way to bring it with you. Or have you forgotten the gamer rigs in custom backpacks. People still do that because laptops still suck in comparison to desktops for some applications.
And yes, kids will carry around a 3DS and a smartphone. But a playstation vita? NEVER seen a kid with one. No wonder they're now unsupported by Sony. If you have a need that requires, for example, a laptop, you'll bring it along with your smartphone. I do. That's why they still sell laptops and laptop-specific carry bags. Phones are shit for most things.
So, no more videos of hicks doing incredibly stupid stuff involving cars'n'stuff if you "Promote motor vehicle safety". Why do you hate them so much that you want to take away their god-given right to Darwin themselves?
Last things first - Being able to run apps remotely on a machine totally breaks Apple's lock. Same as being able to run apps remotely under, say, X. Why do you think Apple is responding to lower sales by moving into developing content? And of course, that will put them into direct competition with their media partners. They're in a bad position.
As for developing an entirely new mobile operating system, (1) it's been done in the past, (2) it will be done in the future, and (3) who said anything about developing from scratch? Porting is easier and quicker.
And programs are released for a single platform all the time. It's the norm, whether it's a game machine or a standard computer. Don't be so negative - history says you're wrong.
in popular vote terms, the US people preferred Clinton.
Clinton did not win the popular vote. So quit the lies.
As for killing the country, it's the fault of both parties. Clinton and the DNC created the winning conditions for Trump by the DNC actively helping Clinton get the nod instead of the DNC being neutral. So, instead of a social democrat (Sanders - "OMG HE'S A COMMIE") you have Trump. YOU destroyed the country, whether you supported Clinton or Trump.
Of course women spend more of the family income. When's the last time the guy did the groceries, or took the kids shopping for school supplies or clothes, doctor's visits, handled payments to daycare, school fees, utilities, etc?
Women don't want lazy bums who they're going to have to support in addition to the children, if any. The guy should be able to pull his weight. But I don't hear you claiming that men are the opposite - that a guy doesn't give a damn what a woman brings to the table.
Apple smartphones are 8% of the market. And declining. We've been down this same road back when Apple had its' near-death experience, and Microsoft had to bail them out to show the DoJ that there was meaningful competition in the OS industry.
As for app sales - more than 99.5% lose money, even when you only take into account their annual developer fee to Apple. The only advantage Android developers have is they don't have to fork out a dev license and buy a mac. Statistically, you're better off collecting bottles for the recycling fee than developing an app.
And so what if you have to develop and test on systems the same as your users? What do you expect - magic pixie dust to make everything good? It's always been that way, even with shitty "universal web apps."
And no, I was referring to WeChat (TenCent) - among others - ability to run apps without installing them on the phone. It was covered by Reuters a few days ago.
Contracts that are not in the public interest have always been actionable. Enjoy:-) It's the law.
Mesh networks don't need a wired or a wireless provider. Enjoy:-) It's physics.
As for the "world community", that problem was solved long ago with Fidonet. Enjoy:-) It's history. There's also sneakernet for large file transfers, or via POTS (Post Office Transfer via Snailmail) for the cost of an envelope and a stamp.
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You can't pay the rent or eat with a free download. And your job is at risk - you not only can be replaced, it's pretty much certain you will be replaced. And with more people competing for jobs where humans haven't yet been replaced, do you really think you're immune? Nobody - not even politicians, judges, lawyers, cops, and soldiers - are immune.
Sorry to say you're missing an important part of reality/politics - politicians, rich people, leaders, etc., will in fact be immune. They have power, and even if they choose not to prevent change from happening, you can be damned sure they'll be insulated from any ill effects that change brings.
Some people (good people) will be working towards helping the rest of the population adapt to the changes, but they're getting drowned out by people yelling "everybody is bad! nobody can be trusted!" at the moment. (Gee, I wonder who benefits from that?)
I seem to recall history saying the exact opposite - it was the rich, the politicians and other leaders, who ended up against the wall during the French revolution.
In the U.S., a pardon is "an expression of the president's forgiveness and ordinarily is granted in recognition of the applicant's acceptance of responsibility for the crime and established good conduct for a significant period of time after conviction or completion of sentence," according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney"
There is NOTHING in the Constitution that says anything resembling this. And the most famous pardon in recent history - Nixon - contained none of these elements. Nixon was never convicted of anything, never admitted to anything, was never sentenced, nor was there any so-called "significant period of time after conviction or completion of sentence."
And the government wonders why there's a fake news problem? They should look in the mirror - they're the source of a lot of it.
The reason they were discontinued is because not enough people were buying them. Supply and demand. There wasn't much demand for a reason - they were shit. Same as the WalMart $200 linux desktop computer that preceded it.
If they weren't such crap, they would have sold more, and others would be selling them, instead of it being a fringe item.
Most computers today are crap. Doesn't matter the operating system. We took a wrong turn and never recovered.
I can't compile a c file on my washing machine, or my bookcase - so what? Use the right tool for the job already. I wouldn't dream of writing code,or even a story on a phone or tablet - or even a laptop. Screen too small, crappy keyboard and pointing device.
What next - complaining that you can't compile code on your car's entertainment system? Can't get your TV to chill your beer? Your printer to play your play list? Your cat to have puppies? Use the right tool for the job, and stop complaining. Phones are not supposed to be swiss army knives. Even swiss army knives aren't really swiss army knives. They do many jobs - poorly. They don't do all jobs, and they don't do any jobs as well as specialty tools.
It's only wealth retention when it can be converted to other assets. We're heading for another housing bubble bust as boomers try to sell their homes to the next generation who just doesn't have the money to purchase that particular asset, even at zero interest 30 year mortgages. Those assets will start depreciating damn fast over the next 15-20 years.
I save a ton of money not paying for things that most people still pay for.
I didn't buy a Jumbo Jet today - I don't suddenly have more money to spend, because I didn't have the money to buy one in the first place. So I didn't "save" any money, any more than you did by not buying something that someone else still pays for.
All rechargeable batteries can explode. Ever try to recharge a frozen lead-acid battery using a garage-type quick charger? I saw one explode. No way was anyone getting near enough to disconnect it once it started profusely fuming. Smelled like boiled pig for some reason.
It's one reason to remove batteries from heavy equipment that isn't going to be started for a few weeks in -40 weather. Cells that freeze solid because they don't have a full charge will build up a LOT of pressure, so the cells that actually do have a charge (and the sulfuric acid isn't all stored in the plates as lead sulphate) end up leaking and/or spraying battery acid - and even if you don't notice it, the fumes from recharging condense on the battery casing.
You don't need an internet connection to create things. You don't even need electronics. So your argument just shows your lack of creativity ... (shrug)
Also, you can most certainly use your phone to create or edit without an internet connection. I just put my phone into airplane mode (no wifi or cell data connection) and was able to create a new .doc file and save it locally.
You can also shoot photos and videos without a connection, so if you want to make a comedy or documentary, you don't need the net to do it. Just some storage space, so no, you are not limited to consuming other people's creations on a smartphone without a network connection. If you know the proper markup, you can even create epub books by hand, same as html and javascript files, if you want to make a locally-runnable web app, no connection needed for the entire process from creating to testing to running it. And if you have connectable storage (like a usb stick), you can even distribute it without a connection.
Of course, creative people will find ways around many problems because they *need* to scratch their creative itch. Others will give up if they can't do something the way they always did it.
You can't pay the rent or eat with a free download. And your job is at risk - you not only can be replaced, it's pretty much certain you will be replaced. And with more people competing for jobs where humans haven't yet been replaced, do you really think you're immune? Nobody - not even politicians, judges, lawyers, cops, and soldiers - are immune.
If you work hard, you will do better than your parents.
Got any proof of that? Because the ones doing the most work seem to be the same ones making the least, and we're into 2 generations now with no real increase in income/
The article is saying the kids whine because they really are getting less income and they have more debt.
Of course they don't mention all the boomers who are now making less than they did when they were younger. Welcome to the precariate - never have so many worked and studied so many hours for so little.
The whining is justified. Two generations without a real increase in income while those at the top get richer will eventually result in more than whining.
Except that it's Samsung with the exploding batteries. But any chance to act like a shitknob and bash Apple because you lack any real intelligence or character, right?
How ignorant of history can you be? Plenty of laptops included the HCF instruction. No wonder you posted anonymously ...
Now on to more serious business - civil suits incoming - and it's not like you have the same standard of proof for civil liability as for criminal liability. With the extensive history of electronics catching fire, a jury will have no time believing that it's possible - it's just a question if it's more likely than not.
Apple PR: "We're being even more courageous - we're removing the battery, screen, cameras and microphones from our next smartphone. And don't worry about updates bricking it - it's a brick. We're calling it the iBrick. Taking the company in a whole new direction. And OUR innovation on the brick is - you guessed it - rounded corners!
No, I mean unlimited text and voice calls across all the US and Canada. I hate voice mail. It's $45 US a month. And it's sometimes better if the other person can't infer tone. If you're so concerned, VOICE CALL. It's the same price - $0.00 extra per minute.
What next - saying we shouldn't post on the web or use email <snark>because we can't communicate tone</snark>? Yep, that's really a huge unsolved **cough**bullshit**cough** problem :-)
Why in the world do you keep coming up with ludicrous problems that have already been solved? Too attached to "not-thinking-outside-the-box?" just because it means realizing that today's tech sucks?
That's a solved problem. Again, you're behind the times. This isn't the 20th century any more.
Just step off the bus or subway.
Then what should one do between stepping on and stepping off?
Look at the scenery? Read an eBook? Play a non-internet game? Make a phone call? Read a real book? Listen to the radio? (unless you have a shitty oPhone, which doesn't come with a radio). Radios work just fine on the bus. So do phone calls, etc. If you think you need to be connected to the internet all the time, you are sick and need help.
And yes, kids will carry around a 3DS and a smartphone.
Will they carry two smartphones, one to run Android-exclusive applications and one to run iPhone-exclusive applications?
If that's what they have to do to do what they want, yes. Same as everything else in this world. It's how it works now. People survive.
If you have a need that requires, for example, a laptop, you'll bring it along with your smartphone. I do. That's why they still sell laptops and laptop-specific carry bags.
I do just that. But I fear what'll happen once my current laptop bites the dust, as it's hard to find a 10" anymore, and bigger laptops (particularly 13" and larger) require "laptop-specific carry bags", which in my experience are mugger magnets.
Last I looked, backpacks can hold a 17" laptop. Also, consider yourself lucky if your fear is having a laptop stolen. Last night one of my sisters suggested I go to a weekly community event to meet new people - I told her not there, because I was sexually assaulted near there a couple of years ago, so I avoid that area after dark - especially since I don't have any big dogs any more. The perp lives a minute's walk from the place, and he ran into me last fall on the street in front of my new place, telling me that he wanted to have sex with me so bad, and even offered to pay for it. This was the same month another creep I gave the brushoff to started following me in his car. So seriously, "mugger magnet?"
I should be so lucky - and 50% of the population has the same problem. One of my friends had her dentist break into her house and rape her. She didn't report it because she didn't want her husband to know (btw - she was in her 70s and had cancer). Eventually she got a big dog that chewed the guy up pretty well - THEN she felt it was safe to report it. I've been sexually assaulted 4 times - how many times have you been mugged for your laptop? Talk about 1st world problems. Maybe read an eBook?
Depends on who you sign up with. One local company offers "unlimited international long distance calling to over 60 countries" - but I don't give a shit because I don't call anyone more than a few 1000 km away in Canada, and that's free. I could switch providers and have unlimited across the whole country, and if I ever need to, I will do so, but I don't, so I won't. The extra $5 stays in my pocket - but if I needed to, I'm sure they'd cut it back by that $5 to gain a customer. Plus there's a new provider just came out that's offering an interesting-looking deal, so you never know ... Plus of course all texts are free incoming and outgoing to the US anyway (and probably the rest of the world - it appears they don't bother checking anymore), including images, so the people I know in the US, we just text.
Sure it is. Just step off the bus or subway. It's not that long ago that ANY connectivity (even voice calls) was impossible from a cell phone in the underground system.
Sheesh, history - it's there for us to learn from - including that we didn't always have everything we take for granted today and didn't die.
People used to carry a laptop, a pager (or two), and a cell phone (or two). Then it was a laptop, tablet, and smartphone. Now it's mostly just smartphones - even the tablets are too damn bulky for most people nowadays, and they don't use them for anything serious anyway. But you can be damn sure that if you want to run something that requires specific hardware and software, you'll find a way to bring it with you. Or have you forgotten the gamer rigs in custom backpacks. People still do that because laptops still suck in comparison to desktops for some applications.
And yes, kids will carry around a 3DS and a smartphone. But a playstation vita? NEVER seen a kid with one. No wonder they're now unsupported by Sony. If you have a need that requires, for example, a laptop, you'll bring it along with your smartphone. I do. That's why they still sell laptops and laptop-specific carry bags. Phones are shit for most things.
So, no more videos of hicks doing incredibly stupid stuff involving cars'n'stuff if you "Promote motor vehicle safety". Why do you hate them so much that you want to take away their god-given right to Darwin themselves?
You realize that most people have access to no-extra-charge long distance plans nowadays, right? Times have changed.
Last things first - Being able to run apps remotely on a machine totally breaks Apple's lock. Same as being able to run apps remotely under, say, X. Why do you think Apple is responding to lower sales by moving into developing content? And of course, that will put them into direct competition with their media partners. They're in a bad position.
As for developing an entirely new mobile operating system, (1) it's been done in the past, (2) it will be done in the future, and (3) who said anything about developing from scratch? Porting is easier and quicker.
And programs are released for a single platform all the time. It's the norm, whether it's a game machine or a standard computer. Don't be so negative - history says you're wrong.
in popular vote terms, the US people preferred Clinton.
Clinton did not win the popular vote. So quit the lies.
As for killing the country, it's the fault of both parties. Clinton and the DNC created the winning conditions for Trump by the DNC actively helping Clinton get the nod instead of the DNC being neutral. So, instead of a social democrat (Sanders - "OMG HE'S A COMMIE") you have Trump. YOU destroyed the country, whether you supported Clinton or Trump.
A treaty is a treaty, doesn't matter what you call it. It's an agreement between the parties, in this case Russia and Germany, to divide up Europe.
Of course women spend more of the family income. When's the last time the guy did the groceries, or took the kids shopping for school supplies or clothes, doctor's visits, handled payments to daycare, school fees, utilities, etc?
Women don't want lazy bums who they're going to have to support in addition to the children, if any. The guy should be able to pull his weight. But I don't hear you claiming that men are the opposite - that a guy doesn't give a damn what a woman brings to the table.
Apple smartphones are 8% of the market. And declining. We've been down this same road back when Apple had its' near-death experience, and Microsoft had to bail them out to show the DoJ that there was meaningful competition in the OS industry.
As for app sales - more than 99.5% lose money, even when you only take into account their annual developer fee to Apple. The only advantage Android developers have is they don't have to fork out a dev license and buy a mac. Statistically, you're better off collecting bottles for the recycling fee than developing an app.
And so what if you have to develop and test on systems the same as your users? What do you expect - magic pixie dust to make everything good? It's always been that way, even with shitty "universal web apps."
And no, I was referring to WeChat (TenCent) - among others - ability to run apps without installing them on the phone. It was covered by Reuters a few days ago.
Contracts that are not in the public interest have always been actionable. Enjoy :-) It's the law.
Mesh networks don't need a wired or a wireless provider. Enjoy :-) It's physics.
As for the "world community", that problem was solved long ago with Fidonet. Enjoy :-) It's history. There's also sneakernet for large file transfers, or via POTS (Post Office Transfer via Snailmail) for the cost of an envelope and a stamp.