The problem with the mudslinging is that if you do not follow the process on a daily basis, you may hear about falsehoods spread, but do not hear when those falsehoods are proven to be wrong.
Which is one of the reasons the founding fathers instituted the electoral college, instead of letting the popular vote elect the president.
The presumption is that the members of the electoral college will be paying more attention to the process and won't get as caught up in the baseless mudslinging as someone in the general populace might.
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What was the phone number?
Let's post all the spam numbers we get and do a/. effect on their phones.
Microsoft doesn't.
But the owners of Microsoft stock do if they sell their stock at a higher price than they paid, or if Microsoft takes some of their profit $$$ and sends the stockholders dividends.
I was a very early AOL subscriber back in the late 80's, or possibly early 90's, when AOL was a Mac-only online service. It was great because it was graphic-oriented when its competitors, like CompuServe or GEnie, were text-based. It was a great place to get technical help since most subscribers were tech-oriented at the time.
Over time they shifted their focus away from the Mac towards Windows, alienating their original Mac subscribers, and then the 'net came into prominence, totally eliminating any need for me, or anybody at all techie, to stay with them.
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The problem with the mudslinging is that if you do not follow the process on a daily basis, you may hear about falsehoods spread, but do not hear when those falsehoods are proven to be wrong.
Which is one of the reasons the founding fathers instituted the electoral college, instead of letting the popular vote elect the president. The presumption is that the members of the electoral college will be paying more attention to the process and won't get as caught up in the baseless mudslinging as someone in the general populace might.
What was the phone number? Let's post all the spam numbers we get and do a /. effect on their phones.
Microsoft doesn't. But the owners of Microsoft stock do if they sell their stock at a higher price than they paid, or if Microsoft takes some of their profit $$$ and sends the stockholders dividends.
Yeah, Passion of the Christ only made about $600 million.
Over time they shifted their focus away from the Mac towards Windows, alienating their original Mac subscribers, and then the 'net came into prominence, totally eliminating any need for me, or anybody at all techie, to stay with them.
I've never regretted dropping my subscription.
Relax.
Ever stop to consider that those scientists and Nobel laureates happen to make their living by claiming the sky is falling?