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Comment: Re:Smartphones, Cars, Premium Cable, pest control (Score 1) 530

by MatthiasF (#39930103) Attached to: Why You Don't Want a $99 Xbox 360
You realize not that long ago before mortgages got popular that most people made enough money to save up and buy a house, yes?

When the US government got into the mortgage business, housing prices started appreciating at a rate much faster than wage increases making it nearly impossible to buy a home without a mortgage.

Toss in the two income family to the equation, and you'll understand how mortgages pretty much screwed America royally.

Car loans do the same thing, letting the automobile companies sell you a more expensive car (more than you need) with less up front, inflating their revenues at your expense (literally).

Comment: Re:It does support enterprise (Score 1) 305

by MatthiasF (#39764565) Attached to: Did Microsoft Simply Run Out of Time On Windows RT?
I agree, it does have some administration capabilities, but Microsoft probably left out the heavy hitting stuff because they expect the OS to be owned by consumers and not coworkers.

So, Microsoft had to keep the standard features on the home-user side of the line, otherwise enterprise features would allow a personal tablet or phone to be commandeered by their company's IT staff.

And I agree with them, they should keep the two separate or at least make sure the two are well defined in the OS so one can't harm the other.

Comment: They think they're a target of a conspiracy? (Score 0) 1181

by MatthiasF (#39685841) Attached to: Losing the Public Debate On Global Warming
This article followed up on an op ed in New Scientist by Mann awhile bit, is starting to get ridiculous and smell of hypocrisy. The majority of the people who do not agree with the conclusions of AWG are not a part of a conspiracy, nor have most even been influenced by a conspiracy to believe such.

While the opposite is true for those who do believe in AWG, since the government and media pushes environmental efforts on television and other media big time (movies, internet, etc.), from recycling to thinking "green" or demonizing others not in-line with the think-speak.

Yet, there are these continuing charges that those who do not believe are conspiring against the movement?

I just don't see it. The media and government helps out the AWG camp to a much greater degree than any opposition could possibly do in hiding.

It's like Gaddafi or Assad calling their opponents terrorists to garner support, while the rebels are being bombarded by an armament hundreds of times greater.

Comment: Re:Does This Tool Actually Work? (Score 0) 1046

by MatthiasF (#39544121) Attached to: Forensic Experts Say Screams Were Not Zimmerman's

Treyvon was a young 6' 3" muscular basketball player. Zimmerman is 5'9", 250lbs, so unlikely to be able to run away.

Trayvon was 6'3" and 160 pounds. Far cry from "muscular", and unlikely to have been able to push a 250 pound man off of him.

Trayvon is recorded as 6' tall and 160 pounds in the police reports. And it doesn't really matter how big the difference is between the two guys, when one ambushes the other. I think Zimmerman was walking to the mailboxes to meet the police when Trayvon jumped him.

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