Sorry the apple fan boys will mod you down. But, as one of the very few people who worked in software retail in the beginning, I know you are correct.
People came in and asked, "I want Visicalc, what computer should I buy?" It was 90% up to what we made the most profit on, as to what we would recommend. And the answer then was the same as today. We sold Commodore, Atari and Apple, Apple made the most profit. You had to buy a TRS-80 from Radio Shack.
Nothing in the Apples ever stood out as even slightly innovative. If they had been, Microsoft would not of had to bail them out of bankruptcy. The best they good do was "think different, because we don't have any other good reason to buy us".
Just a follow up - to be REAL specific.
check out this FLL team http://first3574.org/index.php
Click the Space Elevator link. Notice the Picture? That is a copyrighted picture of mine, used without permission. What do you think that FLL team is teaching the kids?
I was copied on an email telling that guy that I took pictures and that he needed to ask me before he used them. Did he? hell no.
My hate for FLL has gotten stronger. I think I will help teach that team the legal system and how it can ruin your day.
Yeah, I've been there. Started to get involved but quickly became disgusted at the politics. I saw shop equipment in the pits that cost more than my home for the winning team, co-incidence? It's all about money. There may be some good intentioned mentors out there, you may be one I have no idea, but I guarantee the top level teams do not have them.
I'm glad it is insulting, it is meant to be. Organizations like FIRST are driving America's education the wrong way.
Sorry you got modded a troll, but I know you are correct.
Most people think FIRST is about encouraging science and education, after all that is what the tell the sheep. But in reality it is about Northrop-Grumman avoiding hiring 12 engineers to find the 1 smartest. By using things like FIRST to find the 1 best, they can avoid the overhead.
FIRST has nothing to do with Robots, it is electrical and mechanical engineering. Using Robot in the name is just another trick to get the public to go along with it.
I got very interested in FIRST at one time. I found that it is a money centered cheaters club. The mentors do the design, they do the majority of the software work, they fund expensive shop tools, then they enter kids who are just there to be social. The personalities I encountered were/are disgusting. The mentors are in it for themselves.
Sadly, Northrop-Grumman does identify the one kid who is smart, and the other 29 parental borrowed college funded grads will go jobless, but the banks made record profits so its ok.
Please, like costs are any burden. You people spend tons of money to win, whatever it takes.
Reality is 15 seconds of autonomous is a lie. For the reasons you just mentioned, any team that scores a single point during autonomous has had the work done by the 'mentors'.
Maybe if you would require more autonomous, and approach it without cheating, then the kids would learn something about robotics.
These things are remote controlled cars, crappy ones at that.
Windows 8 has one purpose in life, to come before Windows 9. Something new had to be done (to remain competitive in a phone/tablet market). Windows 8 is just a try it and see tool for that market. It does fine. Anyone who can use a computer, 3 years old and up, can use windows 8 just fine, and may bitch some about it - big deal. Bitching is how things get changed for the next release.
Isn't it here on Slashdot where we are reminded constantly about how Microsoft misses every other release? And your friggin memories are that short?
I'm sure you all want to hear my thoughts on how bad KDE and OSX are, don't you? I didn't think so.
exactly correct. and when such a large portion of the country is scientifically challenged, you would expect their government to also be challenged, and it is.
what happens is eventually said country becomes third world, relatively - not because of its communist leadership by a muslim, but because of its 'i want to screw my sister some more more after we read the bible' behavior, and they get taken over by a country who has 9 out of 10 of its politicians that are scientists (hint, they are a country that 'we borrow all our money from', in a move paralleling how banks owned the dumb in this country for so long, haha time for a taste of your own medicine).
"There's no point in putting a capitolist (sic) model in internet access as you're describing"
Why? Did the hardware technology become free somewhere I did not read about?
Your question was rhetorical because you think corporations should just do it for free. It is really not such a rhetorical question, as long as someone is spending their money on it. I for one, do not think I should have to pay to give Africa access to US content. Especially as long as Africa does not think they should pay to access to US IP.
Wow, a very cool topic. I enjoyed very much seeing the world's view of this country re this subject. Good points how the US can be in one direction about censorship, and totally another direction re copyrights.
But anyhow, to your point; as I have heard it, there is concern that traffic is now paid for in a socialist fashion - everyone pays a part - somewhat evened out. If the ITU gets control that will change. What will happen if Africa, all of sudden has to pay what it actually costs to access data from europe and the US? bye bye africa internet, that's what.
Domain names are hardly worthy of even mentioning.
As a US resident I could be on either side of the fence so very easily on this one - should the internet be a socialist endeavor, or a capitalistic one?
Mod parents up - both posts are soooo insightful!!
Fuck me, I agree - used to able to engage in a argument on slashdot - not so much anymore - I am finally starting to see why so many say they no longer even read here. Yes, I'm stupid for hanging around.
But just in case any of you R-turds get the notion, could you argue against any of the points? or does lack thereof speak to the arguments?
I know, privacy as as a right, blah blah bla. Forget it. There is no longer a right to privacy, terrorism became sophisticated enough that simply is NOT going to happen, period.
And face it, the opposition probably already HAS the information, they are just trying to avoid the backlash that comes with admitting that.
But the real questions boils down what is being hidden; If there is wrong doing, it needs to be exposed. Privacy should no longer be an excuse when trying to deprive or take from someone else. You have nothing to hide? prove it. You want to keep your conversations private? Then I will assume your motivations are NOT honest.
I am wondering to myself how this is different from wikileaks? I mean its a big deal we make secret government communications public right (in the interest of truth)? What's the difference?
I just have to tie it directly to religion. Specifically I just moved from an area where, if you believed Obama was born in the US or that Obama was not a Muslim, they would absolutely kick your ass.
If you believed Jesus was some made up make believe shit, they would kick your ass.
Bottom line, if you didn't think the way they did, they would kick your ass, as that shows just how Superior they are.
Now what do you think promotes that mentality? hint: it is not education.
Anyone see the CNN clip on the county that most hated Obama? Why can't we just nuke that county, and Hawkins TN? Surly it would help our national average intelligence score. People from those counties are proud of being ignorant, it is just wrong on so many levels.
This is why intelligent kids feel the need to hide it. The red neck bad asses will kick your ass if you think learning, getting a job and working is better than depending on Jesus. Religious people sicken me, I wish I was muscle bound enough to answer a few threats, but I guess I didn't smoke enough meth.
The real trick is that the gov can track video receiving equipment (by the frequencies they use to decode the video) - so anyone attempting to receive video from a drone, is probably a worthwhile target:) Gotta love counter intelligence. Remember when we discovered (and thus told the russians) spent uranium bullets did not work? You guys are so gullible.
My next logical step is to test the opposite and see if it makes sense, on any level.
nerds are not usually smart - well could be I guess.
Atheist are made of average intelligence. Hmm, goes against what I've read, but could be (my opinion on this could be influenced by what I wanted to read, but I have definitively read it).
Dumb people get jobs just as often as smart people. No, can't agree with that at any level.
Atheist are not arrogant. Again, may be because of what I expected to read, but I don't think I've ever read that.
Using words like obviously, I agree to a certain extent, but in this context it referred to repeating the same phrase over and over, not whether or not the premise was obvious. Probably a poor choice in sentence structure.
Common sense; if you drop an anvil on your foot, it is common sense it will hurt. choose to ignore that if you wish.
'most people don't move'.... ok, and....? No doubt it could be true, just as any of the other opinions could be true.
The move was my exact experience. I grew up and worked at a time when what you knew was more important than what paper you purchased and had in your possession. Later in my career, IT became a place you could not work without a college degree, and what you knew or didn't know was no longer important. I went from being in demand (could get a new job in 10 minutes), to un-employable, and it had nothing to do with my abilities. So I left that environment, and moved to an area where wife beating was OK, and black men can not be president. sanctioned by the laws of the bible. I got tired of that as well. fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, I became disabled with private insurance, having just been hired by someone who had previous experience with my abilities and was not directed to hire only college graduates.
So, again I find your comments intriguing, but I can't say I agree with them. care to elaborate?
Nerds tend to be smart, not always, but as a statistic. Smart people tend to be atheist. Not always, but as a statistic. Smart people tend to get jobs over not-smart people, not always but as a statistic. People with jobs and who are able to get new jobs without effort are arrogant at those who struggle at Walmart. Atheist tend to be arrogant (no longer repeating the obvious). Computer science classes have a lot of nerds, nerds who will get jobs, and probably be arrogant atheist.
Now I'm not saying any of this is true in in every case, but statistically, if you just use common sense, you'll understand the numbers add up significantly when you start combining odds, even if just a few of these cases exist.
How does it get dealt with? I have no idea statistically. That IS the one part I bet IS socially influenced random. There are different types of 'smart'. You may move from an area of smart people because you start feeling a little dumb, then in the new place you find talking to smart people there is like talking to (really dumb, not just average) trees. So then you move again, hoping to find smart people. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. welcome to life, all you are is just another brick in the wall.
I immediately think of all the hospitals running XP. Is there ANY hospital that is not?
What do you think of your brilliant money saving management now? Just curious?
Oh I'm sure you will just continue to run XP, until your hardware dies. You then will create an entire new business of 'antique' hardware, that sells at a premium. No matter how hard you try, your brilliance is bound to cost ME a ton of money sometime in the future, idiots.
You have to sue in the state where the crime/offense occurred. That is not where it was mailed from, it is where it was ordered and received.
Reality is the NY company will not show up, get a default judgement (IF you know the proper way to ask for it, otherwise the judge will say there is nothing he can do if the defendant doesn't show up) and nothing will happen. Maybe, if you are lucky they will pay an in state lawyer who will show up, and request continuances until you do not show up, the then default goes against you.
The entire system is ALWAYS rigged for businesses and lawyers, period.
If by some miniscule chance you and the company get before a judge, he will totally ignore any resemblance to law and always side with the company. If you wanted to argue legal facts for real, you would not have gone to small claims court in the first place, but instead paid a lot for a lawyer and demanded a real trial!
And do not forget the corrupt government that fully allowed this knowledge to be hidden, and even encouraged the distribution of cigarettes because of the tax revenue it generated.
Then later when the truth became widely known, turned against the addicts they helped create.
Its a gender transition. There was a time when shooting a criminal was considered a good thing. As humans become more feminine (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/01/01/males-of-all-species-are-becoming-more-female.aspx) it has become a bad thing, instead we must give criminals a second chance to reform. Like that ever happens, what maybe 1 out of 10,000? Before we where all ladies, no one gave a shit if my smoking bothered you. If it did, then go somewhere else. What's next, don't like my hair style? I use the wrong deodorant for your female nose? Well call me old fashion, but I still do not give a shit if it bothers you. Ban me from smoking is a perfectly legitimate business decision (not a law IMHO) but fuck you and your company/government if I can't work for you because I smoke. I have no intentions of being told how I must live every breath of my life, including the demand I call it 'freedom'. Living in the US is anything but freedom. The ignorant people in this country think they are more free than those living in third world countries in the middle east, what a joke. They actually believe Muslims attack us because they are jealous of our freedom. You are brainwashed idiots, most of you.
You are so right. I am really glad my heart is failing and I have a relatively short life left, because life in this country is becoming an unbearable nightmare.
Capitalism is all about individuals making profit from business, but it was adapted and accepted at a time when morals had value. A thing like cost of insurance to an employer did NOT dictate what employees would be hired. But as more and more individuals became 'investors' and 'demand' more profit from their investments, every little 1/10 of a penny has become important. People who think writing checks is work. Make money from having money and not adding a thing by doing labor, or productive thinking, just write friggin checks and call it 'investing' as if that was real job (romney and those who will vote for him).
And again, I agree, pretty soon that 1/10 of a cent will not be enough, we need to find a way to save that 1/100th of a cent, then 1/1000 of a cent. People with eyes who work better in the dark will replace those who require average (and costly) light. Those whose hair doesn't shed as much, to avoid clean up costs.
Is there really any doubt in anyone's mind why the US government is trying to buy up all the ammo? (http://www.infowars.com/national-weather-service-follows-dhs-in-huge-ammo-purchase/)
Thomson Jefferson, one of the founding fathers has some interesting quotes about the need for democracy to often have violent revolutions (http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976935441) - There is one brewing, but I'm sure it will not happen soon enough for me.
Sure, smart people listen to positive suggestions. Explain to them how most businesses now use non microsoft products. err, wait.
Try to explain how Linux will become the desktop of the future, as it is a new movement just started. err, wait.
Try to explain how Apple Mac products will save them a ton of money by providing less expensive hardware choices that can be easily upgraded. Err, wait.
So many nay sayers, and I accept some of the arguments. in particular, the Lump of Labor Fallacy described below. But I recognize that it is just an argument against what I am saying, not a proven fact. My followup question is; if this is a fallacy, then what is wrong with pumping jobs overseas? same problem, same arguments. As a politician, try running on a platform were you argue that sending jobs overseas is OK, the economy always adjust. Doesn't sound very good does it?
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Sorry the apple fan boys will mod you down. But, as one of the very few people who worked in software retail in the beginning, I know you are correct.
People came in and asked, "I want Visicalc, what computer should I buy?" It was 90% up to what we made the most profit on, as to what we would recommend. And the answer then was the same as today. We sold Commodore, Atari and Apple, Apple made the most profit. You had to buy a TRS-80 from Radio Shack.
Nothing in the Apples ever stood out as even slightly innovative. If they had been, Microsoft would not of had to bail them out of bankruptcy. The best they good do was "think different, because we don't have any other good reason to buy us".
Just a follow up - to be REAL specific. check out this FLL team http://first3574.org/index.php Click the Space Elevator link. Notice the Picture? That is a copyrighted picture of mine, used without permission. What do you think that FLL team is teaching the kids? I was copied on an email telling that guy that I took pictures and that he needed to ask me before he used them. Did he? hell no. My hate for FLL has gotten stronger. I think I will help teach that team the legal system and how it can ruin your day.
Yeah, I've been there. Started to get involved but quickly became disgusted at the politics. I saw shop equipment in the pits that cost more than my home for the winning team, co-incidence? It's all about money. There may be some good intentioned mentors out there, you may be one I have no idea, but I guarantee the top level teams do not have them.
I'm glad it is insulting, it is meant to be. Organizations like FIRST are driving America's education the wrong way.
Sorry you got modded a troll, but I know you are correct.
Most people think FIRST is about encouraging science and education, after all that is what the tell the sheep. But in reality it is about Northrop-Grumman avoiding hiring 12 engineers to find the 1 smartest. By using things like FIRST to find the 1 best, they can avoid the overhead.
FIRST has nothing to do with Robots, it is electrical and mechanical engineering. Using Robot in the name is just another trick to get the public to go along with it.
I got very interested in FIRST at one time. I found that it is a money centered cheaters club. The mentors do the design, they do the majority of the software work, they fund expensive shop tools, then they enter kids who are just there to be social. The personalities I encountered were/are disgusting. The mentors are in it for themselves.
Sadly, Northrop-Grumman does identify the one kid who is smart, and the other 29 parental borrowed college funded grads will go jobless, but the banks made record profits so its ok.
Please, like costs are any burden. You people spend tons of money to win, whatever it takes.
Reality is 15 seconds of autonomous is a lie. For the reasons you just mentioned, any team that scores a single point during autonomous has had the work done by the 'mentors'.
Maybe if you would require more autonomous, and approach it without cheating, then the kids would learn something about robotics.
These things are remote controlled cars, crappy ones at that.
No, it is an indication of what kind of developer you are.
Who cares how many Unix geeks like Windows 8?
Windows 8 has one purpose in life, to come before Windows 9. Something new had to be done (to remain competitive in a phone/tablet market). Windows 8 is just a try it and see tool for that market. It does fine. Anyone who can use a computer, 3 years old and up, can use windows 8 just fine, and may bitch some about it - big deal. Bitching is how things get changed for the next release.
Isn't it here on Slashdot where we are reminded constantly about how Microsoft misses every other release? And your friggin memories are that short?
I'm sure you all want to hear my thoughts on how bad KDE and OSX are, don't you? I didn't think so.
It certainly is how I've seen it taught in college. Wait until the last second to do anything, then make an excuse when your late.
And at every company I have worked for as well.
Is it even news that the new business model is lie, cheat and steal?
exactly correct. and when such a large portion of the country is scientifically challenged, you would expect their government to also be challenged, and it is.
what happens is eventually said country becomes third world, relatively - not because of its communist leadership by a muslim, but because of its 'i want to screw my sister some more more after we read the bible' behavior, and they get taken over by a country who has 9 out of 10 of its politicians that are scientists (hint, they are a country that 'we borrow all our money from', in a move paralleling how banks owned the dumb in this country for so long, haha time for a taste of your own medicine).
"There's no point in putting a capitolist (sic) model in internet access as you're describing"
Why? Did the hardware technology become free somewhere I did not read about?
Your question was rhetorical because you think corporations should just do it for free. It is really not such a rhetorical question, as long as someone is spending their money on it. I for one, do not think I should have to pay to give Africa access to US content. Especially as long as Africa does not think they should pay to access to US IP.
Wow, a very cool topic. I enjoyed very much seeing the world's view of this country re this subject. Good points how the US can be in one direction about censorship, and totally another direction re copyrights.
But anyhow, to your point; as I have heard it, there is concern that traffic is now paid for in a socialist fashion - everyone pays a part - somewhat evened out. If the ITU gets control that will change. What will happen if Africa, all of sudden has to pay what it actually costs to access data from europe and the US? bye bye africa internet, that's what.
Domain names are hardly worthy of even mentioning.
As a US resident I could be on either side of the fence so very easily on this one - should the internet be a socialist endeavor, or a capitalistic one?
Mod parents up - both posts are soooo insightful!!
Fuck me, I agree - used to able to engage in a argument on slashdot - not so much anymore - I am finally starting to see why so many say they no longer even read here. Yes, I'm stupid for hanging around.
But just in case any of you R-turds get the notion, could you argue against any of the points? or does lack thereof speak to the arguments?
I know, privacy as as a right, blah blah bla. Forget it. There is no longer a right to privacy, terrorism became sophisticated enough that simply is NOT going to happen, period.
And face it, the opposition probably already HAS the information, they are just trying to avoid the backlash that comes with admitting that.
But the real questions boils down what is being hidden; If there is wrong doing, it needs to be exposed. Privacy should no longer be an excuse when trying to deprive or take from someone else. You have nothing to hide? prove it. You want to keep your conversations private? Then I will assume your motivations are NOT honest.
I am wondering to myself how this is different from wikileaks? I mean its a big deal we make secret government communications public right (in the interest of truth)? What's the difference?
I just have to tie it directly to religion. Specifically I just moved from an area where, if you believed Obama was born in the US or that Obama was not a Muslim, they would absolutely kick your ass.
If you believed Jesus was some made up make believe shit, they would kick your ass.
Bottom line, if you didn't think the way they did, they would kick your ass, as that shows just how Superior they are.
Now what do you think promotes that mentality? hint: it is not education.
Anyone see the CNN clip on the county that most hated Obama? Why can't we just nuke that county, and Hawkins TN? Surly it would help our national average intelligence score. People from those counties are proud of being ignorant, it is just wrong on so many levels.
This is why intelligent kids feel the need to hide it. The red neck bad asses will kick your ass if you think learning, getting a job and working is better than depending on Jesus. Religious people sicken me, I wish I was muscle bound enough to answer a few threats, but I guess I didn't smoke enough meth.
Modded a troll? I bet its my signature that offended you fucking retards.
The real trick is that the gov can track video receiving equipment (by the frequencies they use to decode the video) - so anyone attempting to receive video from a drone, is probably a worthwhile target :) Gotta love counter intelligence. Remember when we discovered (and thus told the russians) spent uranium bullets did not work? You guys are so gullible.
Interesting, I'm intrigued.
.... ok, and ....? No doubt it could be true, just as any of the other opinions could be true.
My next logical step is to test the opposite and see if it makes sense, on any level.
nerds are not usually smart - well could be I guess.
Atheist are made of average intelligence. Hmm, goes against what I've read, but could be (my opinion on this could be influenced by what I wanted to read, but I have definitively read it).
Dumb people get jobs just as often as smart people. No, can't agree with that at any level.
Atheist are not arrogant. Again, may be because of what I expected to read, but I don't think I've ever read that.
Using words like obviously, I agree to a certain extent, but in this context it referred to repeating the same phrase over and over, not whether or not the premise was obvious. Probably a poor choice in sentence structure.
Common sense; if you drop an anvil on your foot, it is common sense it will hurt. choose to ignore that if you wish.
'most people don't move'
The move was my exact experience. I grew up and worked at a time when what you knew was more important than what paper you purchased and had in your possession. Later in my career, IT became a place you could not work without a college degree, and what you knew or didn't know was no longer important. I went from being in demand (could get a new job in 10 minutes), to un-employable, and it had nothing to do with my abilities. So I left that environment, and moved to an area where wife beating was OK, and black men can not be president. sanctioned by the laws of the bible. I got tired of that as well. fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, I became disabled with private insurance, having just been hired by someone who had previous experience with my abilities and was not directed to hire only college graduates.
So, again I find your comments intriguing, but I can't say I agree with them. care to elaborate?
Nerds tend to be smart, not always, but as a statistic. Smart people tend to be atheist. Not always, but as a statistic. Smart people tend to get jobs over not-smart people, not always but as a statistic. People with jobs and who are able to get new jobs without effort are arrogant at those who struggle at Walmart. Atheist tend to be arrogant (no longer repeating the obvious). Computer science classes have a lot of nerds, nerds who will get jobs, and probably be arrogant atheist.
Now I'm not saying any of this is true in in every case, but statistically, if you just use common sense, you'll understand the numbers add up significantly when you start combining odds, even if just a few of these cases exist.
How does it get dealt with? I have no idea statistically. That IS the one part I bet IS socially influenced random. There are different types of 'smart'. You may move from an area of smart people because you start feeling a little dumb, then in the new place you find talking to smart people there is like talking to (really dumb, not just average) trees. So then you move again, hoping to find smart people. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. welcome to life, all you are is just another brick in the wall.
I immediately think of all the hospitals running XP. Is there ANY hospital that is not?
What do you think of your brilliant money saving management now? Just curious?
Oh I'm sure you will just continue to run XP, until your hardware dies. You then will create an entire new business of 'antique' hardware, that sells at a premium. No matter how hard you try, your brilliance is bound to cost ME a ton of money sometime in the future, idiots.
You have to sue in the state where the crime/offense occurred. That is not where it was mailed from, it is where it was ordered and received.
Reality is the NY company will not show up, get a default judgement (IF you know the proper way to ask for it, otherwise the judge will say there is nothing he can do if the defendant doesn't show up) and nothing will happen. Maybe, if you are lucky they will pay an in state lawyer who will show up, and request continuances until you do not show up, the then default goes against you.
The entire system is ALWAYS rigged for businesses and lawyers, period.
If by some miniscule chance you and the company get before a judge, he will totally ignore any resemblance to law and always side with the company. If you wanted to argue legal facts for real, you would not have gone to small claims court in the first place, but instead paid a lot for a lawyer and demanded a real trial!
Here's one totally off the wall, but may be interesting;
Sat in a meeting with Nathan at an encryption company. On the table, patent to encrypting objects. Nathan's observations; worthless patent.
fast forward time, Nathan: "patenting objects is a great idea I just came up with, and let's encrypt them."
Not only is his idea dumb and stupid, he got it somewhere else, at a time when he said it was dumb and stupid.
BTW Nathan, they played the patent game too. Microsoft gave in, everyone else left the courtroom laughing.
Have some common sense, most people at least put some effort into work when they steal investors money, not just recycle stolen ideas.
And do not forget the corrupt government that fully allowed this knowledge to be hidden, and even encouraged the distribution of cigarettes because of the tax revenue it generated.
Then later when the truth became widely known, turned against the addicts they helped create.
Its a gender transition. There was a time when shooting a criminal was considered a good thing. As humans become more feminine (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/01/01/males-of-all-species-are-becoming-more-female.aspx) it has become a bad thing, instead we must give criminals a second chance to reform. Like that ever happens, what maybe 1 out of 10,000? Before we where all ladies, no one gave a shit if my smoking bothered you. If it did, then go somewhere else. What's next, don't like my hair style? I use the wrong deodorant for your female nose? Well call me old fashion, but I still do not give a shit if it bothers you. Ban me from smoking is a perfectly legitimate business decision (not a law IMHO) but fuck you and your company/government if I can't work for you because I smoke. I have no intentions of being told how I must live every breath of my life, including the demand I call it 'freedom'. Living in the US is anything but freedom. The ignorant people in this country think they are more free than those living in third world countries in the middle east, what a joke. They actually believe Muslims attack us because they are jealous of our freedom. You are brainwashed idiots, most of you.
You are so right. I am really glad my heart is failing and I have a relatively short life left, because life in this country is becoming an unbearable nightmare.
Capitalism is all about individuals making profit from business, but it was adapted and accepted at a time when morals had value. A thing like cost of insurance to an employer did NOT dictate what employees would be hired. But as more and more individuals became 'investors' and 'demand' more profit from their investments, every little 1/10 of a penny has become important. People who think writing checks is work. Make money from having money and not adding a thing by doing labor, or productive thinking, just write friggin checks and call it 'investing' as if that was real job (romney and those who will vote for him).
And again, I agree, pretty soon that 1/10 of a cent will not be enough, we need to find a way to save that 1/100th of a cent, then 1/1000 of a cent. People with eyes who work better in the dark will replace those who require average (and costly) light. Those whose hair doesn't shed as much, to avoid clean up costs.
Is there really any doubt in anyone's mind why the US government is trying to buy up all the ammo? (http://www.infowars.com/national-weather-service-follows-dhs-in-huge-ammo-purchase/)
Thomson Jefferson, one of the founding fathers has some interesting quotes about the need for democracy to often have violent revolutions (http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976935441) - There is one brewing, but I'm sure it will not happen soon enough for me.
Sure, smart people listen to positive suggestions. Explain to them how most businesses now use non microsoft products. err, wait.
Try to explain how Linux will become the desktop of the future, as it is a new movement just started. err, wait.
Try to explain how Apple Mac products will save them a ton of money by providing less expensive hardware choices that can be easily upgraded. Err, wait.
Ok, try this; threaten them.
So many nay sayers, and I accept some of the arguments. in particular, the Lump of Labor Fallacy described below. But I recognize that it is just an argument against what I am saying, not a proven fact. My followup question is; if this is a fallacy, then what is wrong with pumping jobs overseas? same problem, same arguments. As a politician, try running on a platform were you argue that sending jobs overseas is OK, the economy always adjust. Doesn't sound very good does it?