I pay less for mission-critical servers. Significantly less. And our workstations cost 1/20th of what these cost. I can't imagine what these things do that justify that price tag.
Comrade, comparing an outwardly hostile foreign government with a long history of violence and aggression to a relatively mediocre TV news channel doesn't really make any sense. You should work on some better trolls.
But to be fair, most of humanity simply isn't ready for the Internet. The Internet is still the Wild West, full of garbage, and most people are simply not smart or savvy enough to deal with it. Giving regular people exposure to the raw Internet was going to lead them to use it for porn and TV and tabloid quality information, regardless of what "services" exist. It's true that FaceTweetGram took advantage of the uneducated masses, but somebody else would've if they didn't.
Now we are teaching children to accept being dependent on a single point of tech failure
That's exactly right. "Google's broken today, so we can't work! Oh, and there's literally nothing we can do about it. We can't even call Google. We just have to wait until Google deems we're ready to begin doing things again. That's the way we live our lives these days."
You get a cheap gadget created a a giant corporation used for collecting and re-selling information about the "users" and expect to use that as a PC. What'd you expect?
r. Yes sometimes in some states it is simple math but when you live in a province with tax rates like 9.417% you have no freaking clue what you are going to pay until the cashier tells you.
Jesus Christ kid, take a math class. Move the decimal place over one spot, and there's your tax.
Evidence. You pluck out two points out of millions and call that "evidence". You are clearly not a scientist. You are not even a particularly strong thinker. I don't think that you're a troll... just a lazy thinker.
Your big government fairy tale is just that: a fairy tale. I say it's too small. I have reasons, though:
- Internet access needs to be treated as a well-regulated utility
- Education systems need to be significantly and fairly fixed
- We need more financial regulations to reign in the still broken finance industry
- We need government paid-for health care.
- Among other things.
So why don't you put on your big boy pants and explain why you think modern government is so big? Tell us exactly how your life is made horrible by the big, awful modern governments.
You're agreeing with a Russian troll, dummy. Government needs to be as unobtrusive in our lives and businesses as possible, yet we've made it into the one organization that controls everything imaginable.
I'd much rather look at windmills than have to look at a 25+ mile stretch of I-70 in Kansas. I don't know why whether we, as a society, use windmills is determined by some subjective ideas about their appearance.
The fraud that is being perpetrated is not Bitcoin but the fiat money cranked out by scammer governments that seem to think they can do anything they want to to the public, including ruin the concept of money itself.
May I be the first to ask what the FUCK you're talking about?
You're a nutter. Saying "an industry made up of millions of people lie 100% of the time about important stuff" because occasionally one or two people does something wrong is absurd. That's the same argument that racists, sexists, and every other kind of piece of shit human being uses.
You're either deliberately being malicious, or you have a screw loose. I don't know which it is, but again, if ytou're being deliberately malicious, again, go fuck yourself. If you're nuts, then I hope you get help.
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People are more likely to "buy" something with a higher price. Perceived value.
All of them.
Microsoft is just one company of many. They really don't have anything to do with a large percentage of electronics now being thrown out.
I pay less for mission-critical servers. Significantly less. And our workstations cost 1/20th of what these cost. I can't imagine what these things do that justify that price tag.
Trump isn't doing this for science. He's doing it for applause. He doesn't have the ability or interest to consider any of the points that you made.
"No shit! You mean like CNN tries to do?"
Comrade, comparing an outwardly hostile foreign government with a long history of violence and aggression to a relatively mediocre TV news channel doesn't really make any sense. You should work on some better trolls.
You, personally, are, in fact, smart or savvy enough to deal with the internet?
Yes, I am, thanks.
But to be fair, most of humanity simply isn't ready for the Internet. The Internet is still the Wild West, full of garbage, and most people are simply not smart or savvy enough to deal with it. Giving regular people exposure to the raw Internet was going to lead them to use it for porn and TV and tabloid quality information, regardless of what "services" exist. It's true that FaceTweetGram took advantage of the uneducated masses, but somebody else would've if they didn't.
He's exactly right.
... and by your logic, McDonald's is the best restaurant in the world.
Now we are teaching children to accept being dependent on a single point of tech failure
That's exactly right. "Google's broken today, so we can't work! Oh, and there's literally nothing we can do about it. We can't even call Google. We just have to wait until Google deems we're ready to begin doing things again. That's the way we live our lives these days."
You get a cheap gadget created a a giant corporation used for collecting and re-selling information about the "users" and expect to use that as a PC. What'd you expect?
You can set up your own fucking e-commerce web site. If you can't do that, then you probably shouldn't be on the Internet in the first place.
r. Yes sometimes in some states it is simple math but when you live in a province with tax rates like 9.417% you have no freaking clue what you are going to pay until the cashier tells you.
Jesus Christ kid, take a math class. Move the decimal place over one spot, and there's your tax.
Well, people are too selfish and lazy to shop locally, with cash, so nothing is going to change.
Evidence. You pluck out two points out of millions and call that "evidence". You are clearly not a scientist. You are not even a particularly strong thinker. I don't think that you're a troll... just a lazy thinker.
Apple AND Amazon together? Shit, if we could get Google and Facebook involved, the suckers could give away all of their information while watching TV.
Your big government fairy tale is just that: a fairy tale. I say it's too small. I have reasons, though:
- Internet access needs to be treated as a well-regulated utility
- Education systems need to be significantly and fairly fixed
- We need more financial regulations to reign in the still broken finance industry
- We need government paid-for health care.
- Among other things.
So why don't you put on your big boy pants and explain why you think modern government is so big? Tell us exactly how your life is made horrible by the big, awful modern governments.
You're agreeing with a Russian troll, dummy.
Government needs to be as unobtrusive in our lives and businesses as possible, yet we've made it into the one organization that controls everything imaginable.
What in the fuck are you talking about, exactly?
Weak troll, comrade.
I'd much rather look at windmills than have to look at a 25+ mile stretch of I-70 in Kansas. I don't know why whether we, as a society, use windmills is determined by some subjective ideas about their appearance.
I don't consider something a good investment if it requires a law making everyone an involuntary customer...
You should consider thinking before you write.
How do you propose to replace auto insurance, Einstein?
that kill birds
Now show me a modern natural gas powered electric plant, and I see a good thing.
So you want a device that kills all living things, instead of just birds? You Russian trolls need to work on your logic.
The fraud that is being perpetrated is not Bitcoin but the fiat money cranked out by scammer governments that seem to think they can do anything they want to to the public, including ruin the concept of money itself.
May I be the first to ask what the FUCK you're talking about?
You're a nutter. Saying "an industry made up of millions of people lie 100% of the time about important stuff" because occasionally one or two people does something wrong is absurd. That's the same argument that racists, sexists, and every other kind of piece of shit human being uses.
You're either deliberately being malicious, or you have a screw loose. I don't know which it is, but again, if ytou're being deliberately malicious, again, go fuck yourself. If you're nuts, then I hope you get help.