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Comment Re:Look at it this way (Score 1, Interesting) 503

And even though nobody on this site wants to hear this, that would be the highest earners who paid the most.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/341.html

But I doubt anyone wants to REALLY see what the tax break down is, and WHO actually paid the most for the space station. That would completely ruin their arguments of how THEIR money was wasted.

I used that link because it references the IRS for its data, and the pdf that they used.

Comment Re:No iPads are $500 because they are Apple (Score 2, Informative) 201

There is a funny thing about this argument, or better, about the response usually given to this argument. The responses usually are that Apple is in fact good value for money because you get this and that and the cheaper competition doesn't, etc. etc. Even Apple PR itself will say this when trolled.

Now cue to Apple, corporate site, where they don't talk customer language but investor language. Why should I buy AAPL, according to Apple? According to Apple, because of their profit maximization. Funny, that.

Comment Re:Satire. (Score 0, Flamebait) 299

Sure they do. I don't think it was very good satire though, it was a little bit too easy, and going for dramatic effect and sympathy of the cause of improving the labor conditions of etc. etc..., of something far way.. now what would have made it good and art is if he had dared to satire the Simpson's own blood, by focusing on the American animators who lost their jobs, went on the become pizza delivery men and women, had to give up their houses because of the mortgage, and started the whole world economy crisis - except for South Korea where they keep increasing their living standards and have surpassed us on several levels already.

Comment Re:I'm sure that... (Score 0, Troll) 99

Spammers gather email addresses from the open internet. According to your argument it is ok to spam millions of email addresses. Also, I could stand across the street and watch you leave the house and take notes. The government could also do this, watching thousands of civilians in a gigantic operation. According to your simple pro-google argumenation, this is ok. Why is it exactly you are defending an ad broker that needs more profit every year selling your private data to the highest bidder, and which works with an army of lobbyists to make sure your rights are not defended? Are you a lobbyist?

Comment Re:I'm sure that... (Score 0, Flamebait) 99

Google, as a for-profit corporation, acts in the best interests of its owners - its share holders. The rest is PR and marketing, i.e. they tell you what you want to hear. For some reason people seem to realize this kind of audience targeting when its not them being targeted, i.e. a conservative presidents using Christians to get elected - not to serve their interests but just as an election vehicle, but when it's Obama using an election vehicle for the left ("change", "yes we can") or Google says it does no evil (yet it censored Tank Man for market and opportunity) they suddenly are blind and deaf. Fan boys. They are half of the problem, not just the corporations and their politicians. Become more critical. It's ok. You are not payed to protect Google against the evils of people who are critical of companies making money out of their privacy, unless you're on of their sock puppets always popping up in these topics.

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