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On 08-April-2016 6:17 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
> 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.

exactly. some ppl won't use them because they are 'too complicated'

>
>> 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.
>
>

same here


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