Well see, college educations used to matter, but then the hairpieces decided that they could make billions coming up with a "brand" over croutons and ranch. Innovation doesn't matter when you can sell logos.
Someone in Congress yells "the internet is a series of tubes!" *click* the web goes dark and the perfectly wired server rack is talking to your toaster.
Oh how we hope the cranial rectal interface is disconnected before we shitcan a century of invention.
Just because someone sends e-mail doesn't mean they "spend their entire life on the Internet."
Turn off e-mail and we'll see how many people rely on it.
I just don't think it's captured the hearts and minds of the voting public to the extent that other issues have.
Until e-mails cost $1 each. Net neutrality is crucial. Once gone, the Internet is destroyed and entire industries will go with it, along with about 1/3 of the economy and about half the jobs.
About the same price. Oh, and Macs have no such thing as "driver installs." Peripherals work. Right Now. Instantly. No errors. No dialog boxes. No ding noises.
And OS X is the best operating system on the planet.
"The Internet has changed the way people live and do business. So, how would you like to pay $1 for every e-mail you send? No? Then call your elected representative and demand they vote for net neutraility."
Break it down to something people do care about: e-mail.
government control of nominally privately owned business
Built on a network bought and paid for by taxpayers. Time Warner is also publically traded corporation, so it's a ways from being a "privately owned business." Oh, and most of the wires were paid for with government tax breaks, tax credits, grants, government guaranteed loans, subsidies, etc.
So keep plugging away, comrades
What's this? A communism joke? After charging the Internet to a government credit card? Congratulations! You just won the Daily Irony award!
Then why are they spending all that money on TV ads? People in Caleefornia recently threw a Governor out of office. The public has a louder voice than you think.
Healthcare has been going up in price double digits for many years.
Because health care is not a free market. Price increases follow increases in demand. However, price increases in a free market cannot exceed customer purchasing power. They should settle at the upper limit of the customer's budget. They fail to do that because it is not a free market.
It is quite ironic how rare a truly free market actually is.
work in jobs that aren't nearly as well paid as older people. Many of us can only get part time jobs, which don't offer health insurance.
Congratulations. You've found the problem.
Stable, adequate incomes would solve the problem, but middle management has decided that nobody deserves a stable, adequate income no matter how hard they work or what skills they have.
Oh, I'd also like to take this opportunity to tell all the people who said "there's plenty of jobs" that they were wrong.
Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman said: "Consumer-empowering destinations like YouTube have created a two-way dialogue that will transform entertainment and media forever."
Nah. Don't answer the question. Just mark it troll. Windows is a steaming pile. Face it. It always has been. It always will be. No matter how translucent the icons are, and no matter how many times it is upgraded.
Windows could suck the chrome off a 56 Buick. If you can't type 'ls' to get a directory listing on your machine, your machine sucks.
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why does an EE degree take 4 years to get
Well see, college educations used to matter, but then the hairpieces decided that they could make billions coming up with a "brand" over croutons and ranch. Innovation doesn't matter when you can sell logos.
Someone in Congress yells "the internet is a series of tubes!" *click* the web goes dark and the perfectly wired server rack is talking to your toaster.
Oh how we hope the cranial rectal interface is disconnected before we shitcan a century of invention.
Just because someone sends e-mail doesn't mean they "spend their entire life on the Internet."
Turn off e-mail and we'll see how many people rely on it.
I just don't think it's captured the hearts and minds of the voting public to the extent that other issues have.
Until e-mails cost $1 each. Net neutrality is crucial. Once gone, the Internet is destroyed and entire industries will go with it, along with about 1/3 of the economy and about half the jobs.
Meanwhile, the 'no driver installs' holds true for any new prebuilt system.
You're kidding, right? Please say you're kidding. One word: printer. Thanks.
Oh, but you're talking about custom systems.
Nope. Off the shelf Macs. Of all the people I know with at least one, none have reported an error dialog. Ever.
Face it. Apple makes the best computers on the planet. End of story.
why would you pay a premium for Mac hardware?
About the same price. Oh, and Macs have no such thing as "driver installs." Peripherals work. Right Now. Instantly. No errors. No dialog boxes. No ding noises.
And OS X is the best operating system on the planet.
"The Internet has changed the way people live and do business. So, how would you like to pay $1 for every e-mail you send? No? Then call your elected representative and demand they vote for net neutraility."
Break it down to something people do care about: e-mail.
We do not slow down packets from Skype or Vonage.
Yet.
government control of nominally privately owned business
Built on a network bought and paid for by taxpayers. Time Warner is also publically traded corporation, so it's a ways from being a "privately owned business." Oh, and most of the wires were paid for with government tax breaks, tax credits, grants, government guaranteed loans, subsidies, etc.
So keep plugging away, comrades
What's this? A communism joke? After charging the Internet to a government credit card? Congratulations! You just won the Daily Irony award!
Personally, I think it's because 93% of Americans don't spend their entire lives on the Internet
E-mail. Thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts.
The American public has no say in this.
Then why are they spending all that money on TV ads? People in Caleefornia recently threw a Governor out of office. The public has a louder voice than you think.
scheme by the multi-billion dollar silicon valley tech companies, to get you, the consumer to pay more for their services
Google has a fee?
Get a Mac.
Thank you.
Healthcare has been going up in price double digits for many years.
Because health care is not a free market. Price increases follow increases in demand. However, price increases in a free market cannot exceed customer purchasing power. They should settle at the upper limit of the customer's budget. They fail to do that because it is not a free market.
It is quite ironic how rare a truly free market actually is.
Because of corporate infighting
The chief cause of just about 90%+ of the problems in business today: middle management.
that is aimed at the mass market
Unless you're selling detergent, there is no mass market. The invention of the first search engine forever rendered the mass market obsolete.
work in jobs that aren't nearly as well paid as older people. Many of us can only get part time jobs, which don't offer health insurance.
Congratulations. You've found the problem.
Stable, adequate incomes would solve the problem, but middle management has decided that nobody deserves a stable, adequate income no matter how hard they work or what skills they have.
Oh, I'd also like to take this opportunity to tell all the people who said "there's plenty of jobs" that they were wrong.
Thank you.
But, there isn't. Why not?
Because medicine, like most of the economy, is not a free market.
The cold hard fact is that we are going to have to ration care very soon.
So health care is zero sum while everything else isn't? Not gonna fly. Sorry.
the health-care industry has added 1.7 million jobs. The rest of the private sector? None
But, but, but, what about all the Slashdot people who said "there's plenty of jobs out there!'
Oh, they were WRONG!?!?
Big surprise.
I know. Too much truth in one reply. Mod it down. [voice="nelson"]ha ha[/voice]
Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman said: "Consumer-empowering destinations like YouTube have created a two-way dialogue that will transform entertainment and media forever."
Welcome to the Internet.
Oh noes! Don't criticize teh billywindows! The PC Magazine fanzorz will moderate troll troll troll.
Ah yes. PC Magazine. Where Macs don't exist and "power-hungry" appears in every third headline.
Nah. Don't answer the question. Just mark it troll. Windows is a steaming pile. Face it. It always has been. It always will be. No matter how translucent the icons are, and no matter how many times it is upgraded.
Windows could suck the chrome off a 56 Buick. If you can't type 'ls' to get a directory listing on your machine, your machine sucks.
Deal.
People still use Internet Explorer?
Really?
Mmmmm... donuts....
iTunes DRM is the most liberal DRM scheme out there, so liberal that you never notice it's there
Winner. Thread over. Drive safely.
I expect that the reality is that people prefer buying physical things to buying something as ethereal as a downloaded file.
Blizzard makes over $100 million a month selling a chance to get a purple sword.