Posts by Pat 4

Re: Evil?

"they clearly do invent their own stuff"

OSX--BSD Unix

Appli OS -- Xerox

IPhone/IPad -- StarTrek

Rectangle with rounded corners... SONY

Sure... apple invented everyting...

Re: The only way M$ will rescue Windows Phone

"People" could not care less weather or not it's a great phone that does everything perfectly.

Fact is... the Microsoft phone doesn't do one single thing... NOT ONE... that all other phones also do just as well, or better.

Some phone actually DO some things much better than the Microsoft phone does.

The Microsoft phone has some very SERIOUS issues with battery, web browsing, data disconnection etc... and that will scare people away.

The current phones will NOT be supported on the next version of Windows phone, therefore in 2 years time, that shiny new Lumia of yours will be as useful as a paper weight.

And last but FAR from least... Microsoft is a very VERY HATED convicted monopoly abusing marketing company that FINALLY... users have an alternative for that was there first, and is better... why in hell would ANYONE in that right mind EVER WANT a Windows phone??? It's a piece of JUNK.

Have a nice day.

(I assume as usual, this comment will be voted to oblivion within the hour... let that rug-burn begin)

Go ahead a make my comment disappear quick by voting it down!

Let the Astro rug-burn begin!

Re: Inventing

No they did not.

The tablet was widely seen in Star-Trek way back in the 60's.

Doesn't matter that it was a prop... they still invented the concept.

It really doesn't matter!

Seriously!

The Earth's population is increasing.

It is increasing in regions where for some reason, humans are poorer.

In order to come out of poverty and feed themselves, populations need to spend MORE energy.

The ONLY way we have of producing energy right now, and for the foreseeable future, causes what alarmists call...evil poisonous greenhouse gases.

NOBODY ON THIS PLANET WILL EVER BE ABLE TO CONVINCE THESE FOLKS THAT DYING OF HUNGER OR FREEZING TO DEATH IS BETTER THAN THE EARTH GETTING A BIT WARMER.

You give them a choice between a dying polar bear, and dying themselves... they will pick the bear every single time...

What I'm saying here is... Weather on not MAN is responsible for some of the Earth's warming is completely moot unless you propose a REALISTIC way of coping with that "problem".

And so far I have not heard of a practical, realistic, applicable REAL solution to this "problem" proposed by ANYONE that would not kill off a % of the population and send the rest back to the freakin'stone age.

THAT is your problem right there! NOT the skeptics, NOT the oil companies, NOT the Chinese...

You find a PRACTICLE solution... people WILL be willing to apply it.

You ask for people to make MASSIVE changes and EXTREME sacrifices... you BETTER freakin have PROOF that they themselves are going to DIE. Proof beyond computer models that cant even go back in time a few years with any accuracy, beyond petty, lying, self aggrandising, egomaniacal "scientists", beyond theoretical studies.... PROOF.

(Glaciers have been retreating for 10000 years... they are not proof)

At this moment... you have NO proof... you have what you call "overwhelming" evidence... NOT ENOUGH.

And it all doesn't matter.

Working on a problem is useless unless you have a solution.

You have not proven that there is a problem, you are just pretty sure there is one... and you have NO solution... NONE.

Re: She has a point

The problem I have with this argument...is that I do not know ONE single skeptic who does not want clean air, less waste, less pollution, a better world and puppies...

It's something that really pisses me off whenever the subject comes up, because to alarmists, the moment you imply that there's a hint of a possibility of the theory not becoming true, or not being as bad as some say... you have been paid for by big oil companies and you want the earth to turn into a big smouldering ruined chunk of oily space junk....

THAT... is simply not true.

I AM all for reducing pollution, oil consumption and energy waste. I AM ALL FOR eliminating pollution as much as possible... I do NOT believe that burning fossil fule is the best long term solution for mankind...

But at the SAME time... I HAVE some doubts about how right models that cannot work backwards in time can be about the future. I have VERY reasonable doubts about the integrity of very influential climate change "scientists", and I am not convinced that AGW will be as bad or have as bad consequences as the alarmists claim.

And I do not see any kind of problem with my personal beliefs, and I KNOW for a FACT that a very significant number of people think just like I do... yet... we basically get sh1t on by warmists every time we say anything...

Re: Re: Out of date and wrong

Oh yes, I forgot, even though Warmist budget is about 1000 times greater than all "denialist" budgets combined, every single comment you think is in denial MUST be bought and paid for...

Idiot.

Re: Re: Vertical

Cutting the line would be a much better option because blowing the balloon creates a risk that some of it's material will land on the truss itself and ruin the launch.

"Our CO2 emissions are causing CO2 level in the atmosphere to rise at a rate unknown in Earth's entire history."

FAIL...

Except the Music Industry's cut is more like 75% and 100% of the costs of everything come out of the Artists 25%. The music industry takes 0% risk, charge the artist for 100% of their services, and then take 75% off the top... This doesn't even come CLOSE to screwing the author as bad the the standard music industry contract. It doesn't even compare.

Now that it's out... just don't use the tool... that's all.

HAHAHA.... how people forget their history... or ignore it.

MS has not beaten anyone, to anything, in any area, ever... EXCEPT to a partnership with OEMs in the mid/late 80's, which allowed them to gain a dominant position, which they subsequently abused to kill off any competition... that's a fact...proven IN COURT.

Microsoft doesn't have ONE single product that they invented themselves.

Their problem with the tablet is that as someone else posted, there is no tablet market... there's only an iPad market.

You know... I was have this exact same thought.

Why not get all the calculations and corrections out of the way and send both down the same pipe... Can't get more empirical than that!

to be fair????

Learn how the business works before stating stupidities.

Labels take NO risk!

Artists get 10% of record sales.

Printing, touring, equipment, studio, engineers, producers, shipping, breakage and returns, promo costs.. ALL COME OUT OF THAT 10%.

The label pays for nothing.

The ONLY "chance" the labels take is on advancing money to the artists so that they can pay for all of the above. The advance is almost NEVER recouped by the artist with the first record, which is what the labels use to pressure the artists into selling out on their second album (you own us xxx$ and we want it back so now you do it our way).

Labels are the scum of the earth and no better than two bit loan sharks.

Who are you calling dweeb??

The Android "appstore" is called the Android MARKET... no reference to appstore there, nothing to do with Google.

Apple is trying to fight AMAZON for using appstore... NOTHING to do with Android.

Learn to read... dweeb.

Pop?

Cant you just pop the balloon as soon as you have ignition?

Groping

The vocal minority doesn't actually mind the scanners all that much... I think they do mind the groping of their genitals by random strangers though.