Once all automobiles are mandated to be robot-driven, so we can restrict your travel entirely to where you can walk, the imprisonment will be complete.
You do not install "a hardware" -- you do not wear "a clothing" or eat "a toast" or read "an information" -- and there is no such thing as "a software" -- thank you.
The real question is: Why would any person with even the slightest technical understanding, pay for, and then give brain-space, to a computer (even if euphemistically and misleadingly called a "telephone") they cannot control? And if you aren't controlling it, does no-one wonder: Who is, and what are their motives?... Has the whole world become zombie sheep?
Doors lock, windows opacify, and a bit of knockout gas later, welcome to Secret Police Headquarters where we will cleanse you of those unapproved thoughts, for you own good of course, Comrade.
But seriously, it is good to remember that the telegraph's current loop (with ground/earth return) was used for Teletypes; paper tape punched by these was easily stored or repeated to multiple recipients over radio or other links; Teletypes themselves were easily interfaced to early computers, and begat RS-232 and all today's serial I/O. Dig deep into any modern computer and in a way, it still talks click-clack telegraphy.
A new photo of me? I'll have to wait a week to get this film developed, and then go to Walgreens to have it scanned so I can put it on a usb stick to bring it home. Right sure.
How many Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, or Charlie Chaplin movies are on Netflix? About half a dozen total (with zero Chaplins). A video store or your local library will probably have a few more. Every time I search my brother's Netflix for a movie or show (hmm, let's see... I'd like The Ghost and Mrs Muir, or Fantasia, or how about the real Avengers with Steed and Peel) it's not there.
After all these years, are there any programs at all that work like Javelin? Where you create a worksheet (not a spreadsheet) that brings together all the underlying "variables" (simple values or time series data which are automatically converted between days, months, seconds, years, quarters, or whatever)...? Javelin was popular before databases and networks were widespread, but extending its concepts to modern systems could be as simple as defining a "variable" as the result of a SQL query.
is how many geeks who should know better, see nothing wrong with so-called "smart" so-called "telephones" -- which are the antithesis of what we computer hobbyists were trying to build for all those decades. The answer is to stop giving Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and such companies any of your time or money, and to stop being an enabler in the abusive relationships those companies have with your friends and co-workers.
it's like Wesley Mouch at the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources is writing these, backed up by Dr Stadler's science upon which everyone (everyone who's anyone) agrees.
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Since the brain-eating zombies euphemistically known as so-called "smart" so-called "telephones" (presumably because "treacherous handheld spy-computer" would be too scary) have devoured the entire population, nobody buys anything else anymore.
The same goes for so-called "smart" so-called "telephones" -- which exhibit the same always-on, all-snooping behaviour. The only smart thing to do with one is send it to the crusher.
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Once all automobiles are mandated to be robot-driven, so we can restrict your travel entirely to where you can walk, the imprisonment will be complete.
I have an information for you! Do you want a clothing with that? =ugh=
and now "Speakers" are microphones.
You do not install "a hardware" -- you do not wear "a clothing" or eat "a toast" or read "an information" -- and there is no such thing as "a software" -- thank you.
The real question is: Why would any person with even the slightest technical understanding, pay for, and then give brain-space, to a computer (even if euphemistically and misleadingly called a "telephone") they cannot control? And if you aren't controlling it, does no-one wonder: Who is, and what are their motives? ... Has the whole world become zombie sheep?
Doors lock, windows opacify, and a bit of knockout gas later, welcome to Secret Police Headquarters where we will cleanse you of those unapproved thoughts, for you own good of course, Comrade.
Da-da did-it.
But seriously, it is good to remember that the telegraph's current loop (with ground/earth return) was used for Teletypes; paper tape punched by these was easily stored or repeated to multiple recipients over radio or other links; Teletypes themselves were easily interfaced to early computers, and begat RS-232 and all today's serial I/O. Dig deep into any modern computer and in a way, it still talks click-clack telegraphy.
If your favorite retailer drops your product, that means they no longer carry it. Is AMD dropping their video cards?
A new photo of me? I'll have to wait a week to get this film developed, and then go to Walgreens to have it scanned so I can put it on a usb stick to bring it home. Right sure.
How many Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, or Charlie Chaplin movies are on Netflix? About half a dozen total (with zero Chaplins). A video store or your local library will probably have a few more. Every time I search my brother's Netflix for a movie or show (hmm, let's see... I'd like The Ghost and Mrs Muir, or Fantasia, or how about the real Avengers with Steed and Peel) it's not there.
After all these years, are there any programs at all that work like Javelin? Where you create a worksheet (not a spreadsheet) that brings together all the underlying "variables" (simple values or time series data which are automatically converted between days, months, seconds, years, quarters, or whatever)...? Javelin was popular before databases and networks were widespread, but extending its concepts to modern systems could be as simple as defining a "variable" as the result of a SQL query.
is how many geeks who should know better, see nothing wrong with so-called "smart" so-called "telephones" -- which are the antithesis of what we computer hobbyists were trying to build for all those decades. The answer is to stop giving Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and such companies any of your time or money, and to stop being an enabler in the abusive relationships those companies have with your friends and co-workers.
on January 6. Problem solved.
What kind of insane dystopia is it, where even geeks do not question paying for computers that they do not control?
it's like Wesley Mouch at the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources is writing these, backed up by Dr Stadler's science upon which everyone (everyone who's anyone) agrees.
Meinherr, tulips have risen to 3,000 guilders per bulb, and show no signs of a "bubble."
Bigger question: Why would anyone tolerate having a computer they cannot control?
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It looks like you're trying to use vowels...
Since the brain-eating zombies euphemistically known as so-called "smart" so-called "telephones" (presumably because "treacherous handheld spy-computer" would be too scary) have devoured the entire population, nobody buys anything else anymore.
Me: "Why did you send me a message that says, blob blob blob blob blob?"
VT-100's with no permanent seat assignments, worked perfectly well back in the days of horse-drawn computers. Ah, the reedy "beep" sounds!
Both need to report to the airlock, ON THE DOUBLE!
and it is firmly anchored to the wall. Next question?
The same goes for so-called "smart" so-called "telephones" -- which exhibit the same always-on, all-snooping behaviour. The only smart thing to do with one is send it to the crusher.