Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: No. 1 paid utility in Mac App Store steals browser history, sends it to Chinese server Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 15:23:16 -0700 Lines: 73 Message-ID: References: <061120181234479589%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071120180933002666%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071120181113045080%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071120181205555306%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120180033224043%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120181049081056%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120181323038164%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120182152382740%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120182219259170%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net +v6SEoLl2fzETox3zIOwmAMFumYVNB3wGjQXJl3yK1ZL0+8bIQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:GeL22jtH1uCN39dUfvQXZI8ogwQ= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:119383 comp.os.linux.advocacy:476459 alt.comp.os.windows-10:78294 On 11/9/18 3:19 PM, Spooge wrote: > On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 15:13:32 -0700, Snit, tweeted: >> On 11/9/18 2:33 PM, Spooge wrote: >>> On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 12:01:06 -0700, Snit, tweeted: >>>> On 11/9/18 2:54 AM, Spooge wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 20:32:30 -0700, Snit, tweeted: >>>>>> On 11/8/18 8:19 PM, nospam wrote: >>>>>>> In article , Snit >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> however, chromebooks are very strong in education. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> And as a teacher, I have to admit that I made the choice to move to >>>>>>>>>> Chromebooks myself in the school I worked at a few years ago. They tend >>>>>>>>>> to last longer than any PC and since they reset with each reboot, you >>>>>>>>>> don't have to worry about security as much as you would a PC in general. >>>>>>>>>> Whatever PCs the schools do reset as well since they load the operating >>>>>>>>>> system from scratch every time, but the boot process ends up being >>>>>>>>>> insanely slow in contract to a generic Chromebook. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> yep, and if a chromebook is damaged, simply replace it, the kid logs in >>>>>>>>> and all of his work is as it was before. they're also cheap enough that >>>>>>>>> it doesn't matter that much. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheap enough if the school has money... which is sadly not a given. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> that is very true. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Schools in my district have no text books. It is insane. >>>>> >>>>> It isn't insane. >>>>> Do you live in a poor area? >>>>> Money doesn't grow on trees. >>>>> Someone has to earn it to pay the taxes that support the school. >>>>> >>>> You demonstrate a key difference between liberals and conservatives. >>>> Liberals tend to believe that we, as a society, are better off with an >>>> educated population, one that can better compete with other countries >>>> and which can better understand what is happening in the world so they >>>> can make wise voting decisions. >>> >>> So you participating in a fund raiser is out of the question? >>> What I said is somebody has to _pay_ for it. >>> I don't care if they are liberal or conservative. >>> >>> I like the last sentence, which is a long, drawn out way of saying >>> indoctrination. >>> >>>> Conservatives fear an educated population and do not understand the >>>> value of investing in the future. The more educated people are the less >>>> likely they are to buy into the divisive nature of conservative politics. >>> >>> You are fuckin locked in on this conservative vs liberal nonsense. >>> >> >> Interesting movement of goal posts as you cry about people being >> educated and we, as a society, investing in the future. > > Interesting way of saying you value education, you just don't want to > help pay for it :) > Given that is not at all what I said your assessment is incorrect. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.