4. Stupidity.

Except, of course, for people who have old equipment that a) costs a hell of a lot to replace, and b) is durable enough that even at 15-20 years old, still works fine, even though the computer that controls it has been replaced several times.

But, hey, that's not you, so fuck them, eh?

We still have a few paint mixing machines (that cost as much as a car to replace) that use DB9 to connect to the computer. However, they're at least 15 years old.

I did manage to destroy an adapter because of that. But I don't blame the adapter, I blame me, doing something I knew not to do.

Then he should say that instead of saying don't remove USB-A ports.

Don't forget the sales rep with the short skirt.

What makes you think that's next and not last?

You sound like . . . every spammer ever. "Just delete my spam. You don't have to read it. Just opt out (even though you didn't opt in, and I'll ignore your unsubscribe anyway and consider it proof it's a valid email address)" But spam damages the medium, like a chain letter. It's existence reduces the usefulness of email.

Just like these features that nobody (except advertisers) wants and nobody (except advertisers) asked for and nobody (except advertisers) will ever use.

Does somebody pay you to shill for them? Or do you do it for free?

Are they turned on by default? Is there a way to turn them off? If I do, will they turn back on with the next update (and the next and the next and the next)?

If it even so much as takes up space on the screen by default, it's annoying.

If you want to use it, you can turn it on. And odds are, more people would rather not even be aware it's there than will actually use it.

That's been an issue here in Southern California for decades. They built plants that use reverse osmosis to purify sewer water, then pump it back into the aquifer to hold back the seawater. (The R/O water is cleaner than any natural ground water, but there's a certain stigma to the "toilet to tap" program, so they pump it back into the ground to pretend that's somehow filtering out the cooties.) This program is at least 30 years old at this point.

While the rich have gotten richer faster, the poor have gotten richer, too. The is the nature of technological advancement. The alternative is to go back to hunting dinner - or each other - with sharp sticks, and everybody dies by age 30.

Imagine it's your 70% that's torn down to make room for more nature.

That's still equating getting hired with being successful after being hired, which are not the same thing. (Plus, of course, the advantage of meeting the "right people" at college, which has nothing to do with getting a degree, and everything to do with "it's not what you know, but who you know.")

That's because, like you, plenty of companies have people hiring that equate getting hired in a job with being successful at it.

And they're not the same thing.

There's more to going to college than the degree. Contacts made are of considerable value, but there are other ways to making those contacts, especially if your family is wealthy (and if you family is wealthy, you're far more likely to be accepted to a college where you make those kinds of contacts).

People with more money live longer. Duh.

Happiness also correlates strongly with more money.

And the NFL gets most of its athletes from . . . wait for it . . . college teams, which spend a lot of time and effort to recruit the best high school players (and let's not forget the stereotype of the college athlete who has their hand held throughout their academic career to keep their grades passing, often with deliberate collusion on the part of their professors, because they are academically useless - and how many highly successful pros end up destitute shortly after they retire because they have no idea how to manage their millions).

All those things correlate to coming from a wealthier family, except athletic ability. The degree itself, however, is all too often completely irrelevant to what the grad ends up doing in life (and certainly is in the NFL).