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Comment Would like to hear the other side. (Score 2) 312

I am not an Apple fan, and, actually, dislike the company. However, I wonder if they are truly making claims that are not true or if their claims are simply carefully worded to convey, well, nothing. Apple seems to big and way too self-important to risk the scandal of an outright lie. It reminds me of how they handled the antennae problem with the iPhone. It would be interesting to hear Apple's response but my guess is that they will simply not respond and their fans will be fine with that.

Comment Sex sells (Score 0) 157

Sex does sell and it sells well. But, it's painful to watch a company that was once so very great, reducing itself to offering porn & gambling to garner some market share. It might even work - but it would be the kind of success that makes you want to take a shower to get the ugly off.

Comment Re:Yes, it's wrong (Score 5, Interesting) 908

I am single dad with a single income but I have two teenage sons who like to play games. When something hot comes out like Gears of whatever, I buy a new copy. But for other games they wait until it's available used. I can't afford a new version of everything. I think that what they are doing is, at the least, mean-spirited.

Comment Re:But does it change anything? (Score 1, Interesting) 217

There were members of the media participating as well. And while I am pretty much in agreement with a lot of the core stuff that the occupy movement opposes, I do not think that a member of the media should report on something that they are participating in. I don't see how they can remain objective. That objectivity, a crucial component of critical thinking, needs to be there so that they can ferret out anything that might go against some of their own beliefs. I teach, among other psych classes, social psychology. In that course we discuss how our biases get in our way and how we can get blind-sighted by them. We tend to see our own group as diverse and heterogeneous while we view the "outgroup" as a monolithic block on unthinking lemmings. We know we do that so we have to correct for that bias.

Comment But does it change anything? (Score 5, Interesting) 217

These protests are short-lived and I wonder if they end up doing any good. I am against ACTA and I have called my congressman as has my son to ask him to not support it. Interestingly, he knew little about it and wanted information. We had a fairly long call. At the end of the call he said that he would not vote for it. How many others in congress are not aware of what's in this bill? Protesting is well and good but I think making phone calls, emails, etc. are also very, very important. We can get to folks in congress one phone call at a time and put ACTA out of our misery.

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