It's been going on since the dawn of capitalism. J.P. Getty, John D. Rockefeller etc have
been either buying up, or tanking prices to drive out the competition for centuries.
If they get "too" big, then it's time to break them up. Standard Oil, Southwestern Bell (At&t)
Yeah, look how well it worked out for Nokia.
MS buys it, then jacks around and does NOTHING for a couple years, while the guys
that sold it, are under agreement to NOT do anything related. (for 7.5 billion I'd do a lot
of nothing too)...then MS silently KILLS it.
Take your company "public" and then you are at the mercy of the stockholders.
As long as you are making them gobbs of money, they love you. Once they stock
swings downward, they want you tossed out.
Instead of adding MORE cameras, how about making the stupid image sensor array LARGER. By increasing the size of the
sensor array, EACH sensor would be LARGER, allowing for MORE light to be captured. Then, by adding a LARGER lens, you wouldn't need all of these gimmicks suck as 2,3 or more cameras.
But, in the age of "more is better" sheep on the Apple & Android front, will probably fall for this garbage.
I don't answer it. I get hit with 4-5 "spam" calls a day. Truecaller app knocks most of them down.
The problem with the "do not call" list is these clowns use fake numbers. Pretty easy to figure
them out...the area code and prefix are usually the same as my phone number. Morons think
that makes it easier to get through?
Nope, just makes my block list longer.
From the left. Never was, never has been any "man made" global warming.
It was the "modern maximum" sunspot cycles from the 50's through 2008/9
Since then, we've been in a solar activity free fall, with the sun being VERY
quiet (just ask ham operators like myself how QUIET and dead the bands have been
on 20 & 40 meters).
Fall out of favor with the younger generation, and they move on to something else.
If you don't use a blocker on FB, you get bombed with garbage in your "news feed"
I just use uBlock to create block scripts and block all the garbage. Kids & ADVERTISERS
will shift to instagram, snapchat or whatever is "hip and trendy" with the kids, because to
advertisers, THAT is where the money is.
AOL, friendster, myspace etc...
Kids move quickly from "trendy" thing to trendy thing.
Plus, the biggest issue with Facebook, is the amount of garbage thrown out on facebook.
If you don't use a blocker (I use uBlock), and create blocking scripts, it will bomb you with
crap. The right side of the screen typically is a mess of crap I don't want to read or see, so
I just block it. Advertising, spam from companies...teens I guess don't want to see it.
But, where the teens go, so will the advertisers. Once they find where the teens are "hanging out",
you can bet the advertisers WILL follow.
I use to think it was nonsense to let kids out of schools 20 years ago, when it "got too hot". Heck, growing up in the 60's, they never
let us out of school when it was hot. But then I got to thinking...NO ONE had AC back then. Going to the theater, grocery store, shopping
were about the only places that had AC. We were acclimated to the heat.
Now, you have AC at home, all businesses, your cars, so you are NOT use to the heat.
If someone has never had AC, never worked around AC and never been where there is AC, then the heat won't affect them as much
as "modern" humans that have such comforts.
Yeah, like they have a choice?
It's called indoctrination, conditioning. Get them use to it as kids, so they accept it easier as adults.
Schools in the USA do the same thing, but not to this degree...YET.
It was the political class. BOTH democrat & republicans...the "inside the beltway" types that screwed things up.
To "the rich" that give to both political insider parties, they pass laws, make rules, have "insider" info for those in
the club and the hell with everyone else.
Their ENTIRE NATION is just a little smaller than the state of OHIO. They geographically have LITTLE
area. Try doing that in the ENTIRE United States!
More fake news, so to speak.
After all, he's so heavily invested in the democratic socialist machine, you think
he would say anything nice about Trump? And get thrown out of the club?
We pay taxes, which fund this stuff.
Therefore, "technically" we've already paid for it.
But never let it be said, the government won't figure a way to tax citizens more and more.
I love the what if so and so went back in time and killed what's his name.
Sorry...I haven't ever, nor will ever believe in time travel. Even IF someone
came up with a flux capacitor LOL.
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All that weight moving around on the planet, is slowing it down LOL.
It's been going on since the dawn of capitalism. J.P. Getty, John D. Rockefeller etc have been either buying up, or tanking prices to drive out the competition for centuries. If they get "too" big, then it's time to break them up. Standard Oil, Southwestern Bell (At&t)
Yeah, look how well it worked out for Nokia. MS buys it, then jacks around and does NOTHING for a couple years, while the guys that sold it, are under agreement to NOT do anything related. (for 7.5 billion I'd do a lot of nothing too)...then MS silently KILLS it.
MS buying a repository of OPEN source programs (only to kill it if you ask me) If anything, microsoft is NOT about "openness"
Take your company "public" and then you are at the mercy of the stockholders. As long as you are making them gobbs of money, they love you. Once they stock swings downward, they want you tossed out.
Instead of adding MORE cameras, how about making the stupid image sensor array LARGER. By increasing the size of the sensor array, EACH sensor would be LARGER, allowing for MORE light to be captured. Then, by adding a LARGER lens, you wouldn't need all of these gimmicks suck as 2,3 or more cameras. But, in the age of "more is better" sheep on the Apple & Android front, will probably fall for this garbage.
I don't answer it. I get hit with 4-5 "spam" calls a day. Truecaller app knocks most of them down. The problem with the "do not call" list is these clowns use fake numbers. Pretty easy to figure them out...the area code and prefix are usually the same as my phone number. Morons think that makes it easier to get through? Nope, just makes my block list longer.
From the left. Never was, never has been any "man made" global warming. It was the "modern maximum" sunspot cycles from the 50's through 2008/9 Since then, we've been in a solar activity free fall, with the sun being VERY quiet (just ask ham operators like myself how QUIET and dead the bands have been on 20 & 40 meters).
Fall out of favor with the younger generation, and they move on to something else. If you don't use a blocker on FB, you get bombed with garbage in your "news feed" I just use uBlock to create block scripts and block all the garbage. Kids & ADVERTISERS will shift to instagram, snapchat or whatever is "hip and trendy" with the kids, because to advertisers, THAT is where the money is.
AOL, friendster, myspace etc... Kids move quickly from "trendy" thing to trendy thing. Plus, the biggest issue with Facebook, is the amount of garbage thrown out on facebook. If you don't use a blocker (I use uBlock), and create blocking scripts, it will bomb you with crap. The right side of the screen typically is a mess of crap I don't want to read or see, so I just block it. Advertising, spam from companies...teens I guess don't want to see it. But, where the teens go, so will the advertisers. Once they find where the teens are "hanging out", you can bet the advertisers WILL follow.
At&t didn't "pony up" enough k-street money to win this one I guess.
I use to think it was nonsense to let kids out of schools 20 years ago, when it "got too hot". Heck, growing up in the 60's, they never let us out of school when it was hot. But then I got to thinking...NO ONE had AC back then. Going to the theater, grocery store, shopping were about the only places that had AC. We were acclimated to the heat. Now, you have AC at home, all businesses, your cars, so you are NOT use to the heat. If someone has never had AC, never worked around AC and never been where there is AC, then the heat won't affect them as much as "modern" humans that have such comforts.
Yeah, like they have a choice? It's called indoctrination, conditioning. Get them use to it as kids, so they accept it easier as adults. Schools in the USA do the same thing, but not to this degree...YET.
It was the political class. BOTH democrat & republicans...the "inside the beltway" types that screwed things up. To "the rich" that give to both political insider parties, they pass laws, make rules, have "insider" info for those in the club and the hell with everyone else.
There are alternatives...
If I'm in the car, it's hands free via the car radio. If I'm not in the car, I have borg implant (BT headset).
Their ENTIRE NATION is just a little smaller than the state of OHIO. They geographically have LITTLE area. Try doing that in the ENTIRE United States! More fake news, so to speak.
After all, he's so heavily invested in the democratic socialist machine, you think he would say anything nice about Trump? And get thrown out of the club?
We pay taxes, which fund this stuff. Therefore, "technically" we've already paid for it. But never let it be said, the government won't figure a way to tax citizens more and more.
His record won't show up, when he's an adult.
I love the what if so and so went back in time and killed what's his name. Sorry...I haven't ever, nor will ever believe in time travel. Even IF someone came up with a flux capacitor LOL.
Before long, you wont have to worry about returning California to Mexico...before long, there won't be any U.S. citizens left!
That sewer is nothing but a drain. Pointless jobs, including the 435 members of congress, and the 100 senators.
Tank it, then buy the stocks back quickly at a cheaper price.
Can't wait til they put AI into these things, and arm them. Oh what fun THAT will be.