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Jeßus <j@j.invalid> wrote
> felix <me@nothere.invalid> wrote
>> Jeßus <j@j.invalid> wrote
>>> news16 <news16@woa.com.au> wrote
>>>> Max wrote

>>>>> What is the point of smart watches?

>>>> what is a smart watch?

>>>> I've heard of analog and digital, but smart?

>>> Anything with 'smart' in the name has to
>>> be a load of shit as far as I am concerned.

>> you have to be smart to have a smart phone so that lets you out then..

> Empirical evidence suggests exactly the opposite.

Like hell it does.

> They are a boon to the clueless.

It's the clueless that don't have enough of a clue to have one.

> Most ppl who use smart phones or
> tablets are useless with a conventional PC.

He said HAVE, not USE, stupid.

> One big gripe I have with smart phones/tablets is that
> increasingly, web sites and emails are becoming formatted
> for smart phones and tablets, at the expense of PC users.

And that's what they should be doing when FAR more use smart phones
and tablets than ever do desktops and laptops for browsing now.

> eBay watch list emails are a perfect example of that,
> as is ANZ online banking - all I do now is check my
> balance as I literally can no longer do any transactions.

That's because you are a terminal fuckwit.

> Many of thousands of people are in the same boat,

FAR more do their transactions fine. Including me.

> have complained to ANZ... and ANZ doesn't care.

Because they know you are a terminal fuckwit.

That operation is too fucking stupid to even allow you
to be notified when you account is transacted so you
can check if it was you  that did that or someone else.

> In principle I have nothing against smart phones
> and tablets. I have no use for one myself.

Because you are a terminal fuckwit.

> If they didn't indirectly impact my own life
> as they do, I wouldn't care less about them.

Ebay and my net banking still work fine
for me on my desktops and laptops.
 

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