Even though one senator, Claire McCaskill (D) Missouri, had several meetings with Russians, dinners and what not.
Hey, BOTH political parties are two sides of the SAME COIN. They protect each other. If you don't play the game,
they will do whatever it takes, to make sure you are on the outside looking in!
Explain why, a congress/senator can go to DC, maintain a home in their "home" state (which they never visit), have
a house in one of the most expensive areas of the nation, on a salary that pays less than $200,000.00 per year and
in a few short years, they are on the millionaires list! Their salary is "chump change" compared to what they get from
fund raising, kickbacks, bribes and what not.
You want to know what comes after so called user friendly?
Look no further than your hand, because you are probably clutching one in your
hands, afraid to put it down.
Smartphones. Instead of being a good user friendly "tool" they have been taken
over by the slim/stylish/colorful/fashion conscious types.
When a new phone is introduced, they typically tell you or bring out the guy that
"designed" the outer shell, who is typically some high end man bun wearing fashion
designer. They will tell you how attractive it is, how sleek & stylish it is. Hell, you'd
be lucky for them to even bother telling you how well it works AS A PHONE.
And, in the past few years since they latched onto this stylish crap, look how the price
has skyrocketed into the $1,000.00 range. Most smartphones in the "flagship" range,
have build prices of LESS than $300.00, but "command" A THOUSAND dollars or more.
Can't blame the manufactures if consumers are stupid enough to line up and pay that for
"a phone".
I go buy a new car, or a house, or something else.
Oh! Sorry, the horn won't work, the doors on your house won't shut or some other thing.
But, not to worry, we'll fix it at a later date.
Tell me people would put up with that?
You'd think the "world is overpopulated" bunch would love this!
With 5,000 per year, along with the other deaths, the overpopulation problem
will resolve itself!!!
In the past few years, cell phone makers appear to have "embraced" the fashion design world, in the manufacturing
of a tool, namely the smartphone. Watch just about every announcement, read pretty much any story about a new
smartphone, and what's typically the #1 thing they announce? How fashionable, stylish, colorful and slim it is.
Heck, if they even mention it, it is at the BOTTOM of the article, on how well it works in it's name...AS A PHONE.
You have stupid stories about how "ugly" bezels are, how it detracts from the design to have a hideous camera bump
on the back. Instead of having a good tool, they have relegated the smartphone, to the red carpet runways of the hollyWEIRD
crowd. It's now nothing more than a status/fashion symbol.
Can't wait for the low attention span crowd to move on to something else to screw up, and the smartphone will be off it's
silly diet, allowed to wolf down a few pizzas, some cheese fries, gain some WEIGHT. Thicken up the smartphones, put back the
LARGER batteries, add some slight bezels to hopefully stave off any impact to the edge of the phone, cracking the screen, place
a retractable 5-10x zoom lens and larger camera sensor on the back.
This fashion icon crap, is nothing more than a way for manufacturers to jack up the price even more because morons continue to
buy into the "fashionable/slim/colorful/stylish" crap.
With build costs of the flagships (Apple/Samsung) of around $300 dollars, but "commanding" prices above $1,000 dollars now, you'd
thing people would demand the price come back down.
Heck, people claim pharmaceutical, oil companies and other are ripping people off, but no one blinks an eye, to overpay for a smartphone.
They can prove, they knew about the "hack" before they told anyone public, and sold their stock, they should be held accountable.
But, in the white collar crime area, most get off with a slap on the wrist, or, at most, locked up in one of those country club style
jails.
To block out the night sky, to conceal the aliens floating around and visiting this planet.
Plus, it makes it easier for the "Area 51" types to covertly spy on people.
In a city. 1. SHADES that block all the "artificial" light.
Fan running, blocks out any exterior sound.
Never had a problem sleeping. In fact, I can get up in the
morning, leaves, small tree branches scattered in the street,
traffic lights not working. Get to work...did it rain last night?
DID IT RAIN? That storm didn't wake you up?
Nope.
"they have to answer to Congress, and Congress has to answer to us"
HAHAHAHHA what fantasy world do YOU live in? Once they get to DC,
they could give crap about anyone. It's a little club...once you are invited
in, and play along with their rules, you are there FOR LIFE, and become rich
beyond your wildest dreams!
Considering how children have been (un)educated the past 30+ years, since the "age of political correctness" it
doesn't surprise me ONE BIT! Kids today, into their 20's & 30's have become nothing more than 4 second attention
span morons, glued to their smartphones, never put them down, would have a heart attack if the stupid battery were to
die in the middle of taking a selfie.
They have NOT been educated as to the greatness than is the American experience. Before the United States was
founded, NO nation on this earth, had it's people be free. Every nation was ruled by a King, Queen, dictator. EVERYTHING
was "owned" by whomever was in charge. You could not do as you wished, without the consent of the "ruler".
Then, escaping the tyranny of the British empire, people came here, set up a rule of government where the people would rule
themselves with laws based on the principal that people should live in accordance to their choice, to be able to do with the fruits
of their labors, as they saw fit. Hell, the pilgrims even toyed with collectivism (socialism) and damn near starved to death, had it not been for the indians, and the first thanksgiving.
We set up the government, to be ruled by the people (now, we can argue all day long how far off track it is now, but that is besides the point).
This 240+ year experiment of FREEDOM was never known until the 1700's. If it is such a bad idea, why do so many flee their nations to come here? Why have so many died, by oppressive governments, who went so far as to build walls to keep their people from leaving?
Kids today willingly (adults too) give up their freedoms every time they turn on their bloody phones! They don't understand the rights, and responsibilities that come with being a citizen. To them, the important things are tweets, likes and instagram.
Benchmarks, the last bastion of stupidity.
It's like buying a 100,000 sports car, and ONLY driving it within the city limits, with a speed limit of 35mph.
The last few years, except for battery saving features, are FAST ENOUGH for what people use them for.
Good lord, it's not like people are trying to do quantum physics equations, or solving for Pi. How much processing
power is needed for snapchat, youtube, facebook, instagram?
Faster and faster processors, the makers tout benchmarks because people are STUPID. Manufacturers stopped
innovating, and now just go with more is better. More megapixels, more processing power, more cameras, more
colors. Why not? Consumers still eat that garbage up!
Benchmarks....nothing more than small kids saying my dog is better than your dog.
None of what theycall "Features" are really "features"
Super Retina...unless you have super vision, you won't notice it
No home "button"...other manufacturers ditched that long ago, not "new"
The "build"...every smartphone is a rectangular slab of metal, plastic and glass.
Face ID...can't wait for that to be SLOW, and HACKED
Animogi...LMAO
Camera...meet the NEW boss, same as the OLD boss
Portrait mode...YEAH!!! more selfies!!! LOL
A11 chipset....WOW! BENCHMARK dreamers!!! Nothing like having a 700HP engine, and you are stuck going 30mph
Battery Life...LOL, battery savers make it seem like you get longer battery life. Good luck with the OLED sucking it up
Wireless Charging...nothing like being LATE to the party, and, NOT even having YOUR OWN CHARGER stand ready.
So, to sum it up, the "iconic" new iphone, is nothing more than last years model, with racing stripes, and a HIGHER price.
No one forces you to work for ANYONE.
I know several VERY WELL OFF people, that from their teens through mid 50's, worked for
"Walmart". Didn't make much working there, but RETIRED very well off in their mid 50's.
Sometimes, you work for little, but make it up on the back end. That is, if you are smart and
invest properly.
After hearing countless reports that people are underpaid, overworked, working conditions etc,
you'd think people would be happy to have robots replace the humans, so they don't "suffer".
Ham radio operators have a similar type thing we can use called echo-link.
You can't download it unless you have a Ham radio license though.
Sometimes I don't have my mobile radio with me, so instead of carrying a walkie-talkie
around, I can punch up a repeater using echo-link and use it similar to a walkie-talkie.
99% of the time, I'm just copying the mail on the weather spotters repeater.
Is the MOST EXPENSIVE way to do it. Oh, but I only pay x per month...Yeah, and over that time, you pay MORE for the
phone if you paid in full.
A lot of consumers, still think that you have to buy your phone from a carrier store. Walk into one and you'd think you walked
into an Apple store, with a bit of Samsung also. They PUSH the apple phone because apparently that make more profit on it,
and I'll be Apple gives them a deal on the phone.
Before you slam me on this, here me out.
You see people going to college, getting a traditional "four year degree", some going even for post graduate degrees.
In what? Teaching, philosophy, ancient languages and what not. Not a lot of "demand" so to speak for those degrees.
Then, when thousands of those hit the street, the salaries DROP because of the supply is greater than the demand.
Most kids, would be better served if they went to a two year technical college/school, getting an associate degree in
science, computers and the like. More demand for that, as technology grows.
I did, in the late 70's. I went to a two year electronics school, got an associate in electronics, NEVER have been unemployed
or under employed. Plus, even though it was the 70's, I came out of school DEBT FREE.
I listen to the local talk station, 6-9am...then the rest of the day, we have a low power 24/7 no commercial blues/jazz
station. If I can't pick it up on the FM dial, I just stream it. When I'm out of town, I stream everything from pandora, spotify
or MP3's. Commercial FM plays the same songs over and over and over with little to no variety, not to mention the LOUD
commercials.
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Even though one senator, Claire McCaskill (D) Missouri, had several meetings with Russians, dinners and what not. Hey, BOTH political parties are two sides of the SAME COIN. They protect each other. If you don't play the game, they will do whatever it takes, to make sure you are on the outside looking in! Explain why, a congress/senator can go to DC, maintain a home in their "home" state (which they never visit), have a house in one of the most expensive areas of the nation, on a salary that pays less than $200,000.00 per year and in a few short years, they are on the millionaires list! Their salary is "chump change" compared to what they get from fund raising, kickbacks, bribes and what not.
You want to know what comes after so called user friendly? Look no further than your hand, because you are probably clutching one in your hands, afraid to put it down. Smartphones. Instead of being a good user friendly "tool" they have been taken over by the slim/stylish/colorful/fashion conscious types. When a new phone is introduced, they typically tell you or bring out the guy that "designed" the outer shell, who is typically some high end man bun wearing fashion designer. They will tell you how attractive it is, how sleek & stylish it is. Hell, you'd be lucky for them to even bother telling you how well it works AS A PHONE. And, in the past few years since they latched onto this stylish crap, look how the price has skyrocketed into the $1,000.00 range. Most smartphones in the "flagship" range, have build prices of LESS than $300.00, but "command" A THOUSAND dollars or more. Can't blame the manufactures if consumers are stupid enough to line up and pay that for "a phone".
I go buy a new car, or a house, or something else. Oh! Sorry, the horn won't work, the doors on your house won't shut or some other thing. But, not to worry, we'll fix it at a later date. Tell me people would put up with that?
You'd think the "world is overpopulated" bunch would love this! With 5,000 per year, along with the other deaths, the overpopulation problem will resolve itself!!!
In the past few years, cell phone makers appear to have "embraced" the fashion design world, in the manufacturing of a tool, namely the smartphone. Watch just about every announcement, read pretty much any story about a new smartphone, and what's typically the #1 thing they announce? How fashionable, stylish, colorful and slim it is. Heck, if they even mention it, it is at the BOTTOM of the article, on how well it works in it's name...AS A PHONE. You have stupid stories about how "ugly" bezels are, how it detracts from the design to have a hideous camera bump on the back. Instead of having a good tool, they have relegated the smartphone, to the red carpet runways of the hollyWEIRD crowd. It's now nothing more than a status/fashion symbol. Can't wait for the low attention span crowd to move on to something else to screw up, and the smartphone will be off it's silly diet, allowed to wolf down a few pizzas, some cheese fries, gain some WEIGHT. Thicken up the smartphones, put back the LARGER batteries, add some slight bezels to hopefully stave off any impact to the edge of the phone, cracking the screen, place a retractable 5-10x zoom lens and larger camera sensor on the back. This fashion icon crap, is nothing more than a way for manufacturers to jack up the price even more because morons continue to buy into the "fashionable/slim/colorful/stylish" crap. With build costs of the flagships (Apple/Samsung) of around $300 dollars, but "commanding" prices above $1,000 dollars now, you'd thing people would demand the price come back down. Heck, people claim pharmaceutical, oil companies and other are ripping people off, but no one blinks an eye, to overpay for a smartphone.
They can prove, they knew about the "hack" before they told anyone public, and sold their stock, they should be held accountable. But, in the white collar crime area, most get off with a slap on the wrist, or, at most, locked up in one of those country club style jails.
To block out the night sky, to conceal the aliens floating around and visiting this planet. Plus, it makes it easier for the "Area 51" types to covertly spy on people.
In a city. 1. SHADES that block all the "artificial" light. Fan running, blocks out any exterior sound. Never had a problem sleeping. In fact, I can get up in the morning, leaves, small tree branches scattered in the street, traffic lights not working. Get to work...did it rain last night? DID IT RAIN? That storm didn't wake you up? Nope.
Knowing this information. Who the hell cares!
DNA enhancements to make a QR code appear on your hand...why not? Hell, Sweden is putting chips in your skin for your "convenience".
"they have to answer to Congress, and Congress has to answer to us" HAHAHAHHA what fantasy world do YOU live in? Once they get to DC, they could give crap about anyone. It's a little club...once you are invited in, and play along with their rules, you are there FOR LIFE, and become rich beyond your wildest dreams!
Avast bought it. Always was a quick easy way to dump the garbage off your computer instead of 2-3 or more programs to do the same thing.
Considering how children have been (un)educated the past 30+ years, since the "age of political correctness" it doesn't surprise me ONE BIT! Kids today, into their 20's & 30's have become nothing more than 4 second attention span morons, glued to their smartphones, never put them down, would have a heart attack if the stupid battery were to die in the middle of taking a selfie. They have NOT been educated as to the greatness than is the American experience. Before the United States was founded, NO nation on this earth, had it's people be free. Every nation was ruled by a King, Queen, dictator. EVERYTHING was "owned" by whomever was in charge. You could not do as you wished, without the consent of the "ruler". Then, escaping the tyranny of the British empire, people came here, set up a rule of government where the people would rule themselves with laws based on the principal that people should live in accordance to their choice, to be able to do with the fruits of their labors, as they saw fit. Hell, the pilgrims even toyed with collectivism (socialism) and damn near starved to death, had it not been for the indians, and the first thanksgiving. We set up the government, to be ruled by the people (now, we can argue all day long how far off track it is now, but that is besides the point). This 240+ year experiment of FREEDOM was never known until the 1700's. If it is such a bad idea, why do so many flee their nations to come here? Why have so many died, by oppressive governments, who went so far as to build walls to keep their people from leaving? Kids today willingly (adults too) give up their freedoms every time they turn on their bloody phones! They don't understand the rights, and responsibilities that come with being a citizen. To them, the important things are tweets, likes and instagram.
Benchmarks, the last bastion of stupidity. It's like buying a 100,000 sports car, and ONLY driving it within the city limits, with a speed limit of 35mph. The last few years, except for battery saving features, are FAST ENOUGH for what people use them for. Good lord, it's not like people are trying to do quantum physics equations, or solving for Pi. How much processing power is needed for snapchat, youtube, facebook, instagram? Faster and faster processors, the makers tout benchmarks because people are STUPID. Manufacturers stopped innovating, and now just go with more is better. More megapixels, more processing power, more cameras, more colors. Why not? Consumers still eat that garbage up! Benchmarks....nothing more than small kids saying my dog is better than your dog.
Ban any building more than 10 feet tall, and rid the world of glass & steel. Works well in Africa. Grass huts for everyone!!
None of what theycall "Features" are really "features" Super Retina...unless you have super vision, you won't notice it No home "button"...other manufacturers ditched that long ago, not "new" The "build"...every smartphone is a rectangular slab of metal, plastic and glass. Face ID...can't wait for that to be SLOW, and HACKED Animogi...LMAO Camera...meet the NEW boss, same as the OLD boss Portrait mode...YEAH!!! more selfies!!! LOL A11 chipset....WOW! BENCHMARK dreamers!!! Nothing like having a 700HP engine, and you are stuck going 30mph Battery Life...LOL, battery savers make it seem like you get longer battery life. Good luck with the OLED sucking it up Wireless Charging...nothing like being LATE to the party, and, NOT even having YOUR OWN CHARGER stand ready. So, to sum it up, the "iconic" new iphone, is nothing more than last years model, with racing stripes, and a HIGHER price.
No one forces you to work for ANYONE. I know several VERY WELL OFF people, that from their teens through mid 50's, worked for "Walmart". Didn't make much working there, but RETIRED very well off in their mid 50's. Sometimes, you work for little, but make it up on the back end. That is, if you are smart and invest properly.
"curiosity" shoppers most likely. I'd prefer to wait a couple months to see if it lasts.
After hearing countless reports that people are underpaid, overworked, working conditions etc, you'd think people would be happy to have robots replace the humans, so they don't "suffer".
Ham radio operators have a similar type thing we can use called echo-link. You can't download it unless you have a Ham radio license though. Sometimes I don't have my mobile radio with me, so instead of carrying a walkie-talkie around, I can punch up a repeater using echo-link and use it similar to a walkie-talkie. 99% of the time, I'm just copying the mail on the weather spotters repeater.
Is the MOST EXPENSIVE way to do it. Oh, but I only pay x per month...Yeah, and over that time, you pay MORE for the phone if you paid in full. A lot of consumers, still think that you have to buy your phone from a carrier store. Walk into one and you'd think you walked into an Apple store, with a bit of Samsung also. They PUSH the apple phone because apparently that make more profit on it, and I'll be Apple gives them a deal on the phone.
It's because women would rather work, than stay at home and be a mom & a housewife.
Before you slam me on this, here me out. You see people going to college, getting a traditional "four year degree", some going even for post graduate degrees. In what? Teaching, philosophy, ancient languages and what not. Not a lot of "demand" so to speak for those degrees. Then, when thousands of those hit the street, the salaries DROP because of the supply is greater than the demand. Most kids, would be better served if they went to a two year technical college/school, getting an associate degree in science, computers and the like. More demand for that, as technology grows. I did, in the late 70's. I went to a two year electronics school, got an associate in electronics, NEVER have been unemployed or under employed. Plus, even though it was the 70's, I came out of school DEBT FREE.
I listen to the local talk station, 6-9am...then the rest of the day, we have a low power 24/7 no commercial blues/jazz station. If I can't pick it up on the FM dial, I just stream it. When I'm out of town, I stream everything from pandora, spotify or MP3's. Commercial FM plays the same songs over and over and over with little to no variety, not to mention the LOUD commercials.
A lot of rappers, thugs, and other morons that like to "flash cash" on FB/twitter/youtube.