On Sunday 15 December 2024 04:56:14 pm Dave McGuire via groups.io wrote:
?"You will own nothing and be happy".
Rude gesture in their general direction...
? ?Explanations of this, why it is bad, why it is unnecessary, and why
people should avoid it are met with blank stares. ?The same kind of
blank stares that result from people being told about "free" online
services, the fact being that if you receive value for free, you are the
product. ?People just don't get it.
? ?People are generally clueless. ?I've all but given up trying to save
them from their own stupidity. ?You can only yell "you are heading
toward a cliff!" for so long before it becomes tiresome.
Yup...
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
