steven n.

foregoneconclusion said:

There's no evidence whatsoever that abandoning net neutrality regulations has increased new investment or innovation. 

On the flip side (something that is much more important), there is 0 evidence the Title II take over of the Internet by the government (called "Net Neutrality" to lure in the flies) did anything to lower costs, increase investment or speed innovation.

All I know, since the appeal of the government takeover, my upload speeds have gone from 5Mb/sec to 40Mb/sec, my download speeds have gone from 40Mb to 80Mb/sec and my price has gone from $60/month to $40/month.  All with the same company.

There are some amazingly solid photographs there. I’m still amazed at the quality people get out of a phone these days. 

It it is interesting not one is shot with portrait mode. 

One study referenced by Goldman notes at least 25 percent of respondents "were unaware that the emoji they posted could appear differently to their followers," and in cases where they were shown how a tweet of theirs was rendered across multiple platforms, one in five people said they would have edited or not sent the tweet at all had they known about the differences.

Given we can't agree on the definitions of words, how will we ever agree on the meaning of pictures?

payeco said:

steven n. said:

There is a fine line everyone has to draw from tyrannically forcing their views of morality on different cultures and standing up for true oppressiveness.

Surely you must agree though that are some fundamental rights that every human inherently has?

Being raised in a western culture, it is easy for me to fall back on "life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" written by T. Jefferson (a slave owner). I personally, feel Saudi Arabia is weak on the "liberty" front and place an over emphasis on sanctity. This extends to all citizens from men and women though it impacts women more than men.

However, if you extend "liberty" to include safe movement of society so long as you stay within sanctity of society (taking liberty as a theological meaning "being free from sin") then Saudi looks at Western culture as corrupt and weak on liberty.

StrangeDays said:

melgross said:

spice-boy said:

Apple as well as most (Western) mega corporations need to stop enabling oppressors by giving them the tools treat half of those counties population as property. We are all humans, we are born with rights and they should all be the same no matter your gender, race....etc. Unfortunately capitalist greed is spineless when standing up for what is really important. 

Oh, please. You think socialist countries are devoid of graft and corruption? They are the worst.

Care to back that assertion up with facts or data? I'm of the opinion human greed & corruption isn't limited to political dogma. 

Venezuela? North Korea? The simple fact human greed and corruption isn't limited to political dogma is the exact reason placing all the power into a centrally controlled state always seems to end oppression and human atrocities. It becomes easy to justify sacrificing the sanctity of the individual to allow for a "greater good". Stalin and Chairman Mao happily killed 10's of millions in the quest for their politically correct society.