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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:05 AM Original message |
Constant upgrading technologies will be the death of the planet..rant |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. all of these things can be recycled |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Unfortunately the act of recycling itself causes a lot of pollution |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Capitalism THRIVES on planned obsolescence |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm sorry, but the digital TV conversion is a done deal. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I know... and it's going to be very liberating..... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. with money running out for the rebate upgrade, people losing their jobs |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. VISTA SUCKS! Who needs another OS? WTF |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. My Vista locked up this morning - no mouse, nothing |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. lol, at least I have ctrl+alt+del. Mac users aren't so lucky |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I don't know where you get that idea. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. To be fair I haven't worked on a mac in a long time |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't be a Ludite, your argument is with garbage, not technology development |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think you need a different mentality for that to work |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. I never buy the newest stuff |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Overpopulation and greed will be the death of the planet. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. Capitalism's answer to the chronic problem of overproduction. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. I agree! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. I try really hard to only upgrade components and not entire systems. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. My Mr keeps yearning for a flat screen TV |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Flat screens use a LOT less electricity |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Actually, I believe that the new technology tv's are energy hogs |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And your evidence for this belief is...? |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Lots of articles out there |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. I agree Peacetrain, and people want more and more and newer and shinier stuff all the time |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. My mother just had her pacemaker upgraded |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Newer models are much more efficient, even down to the faster CPUs |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Au contraire! |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. Read about one of the Founders of Sun Microsystems who said the same as the OP and quit. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm all for making stuff that lasts. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I hate replacing things I already have, instead getting something I don't have yet. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Um, you do each year more cities around the World recycle |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. ta hell with dem darn telly-phones, dagnibbit! pony express did us just fine! |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. You're really missing the point of the OP. Enjoy. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 05:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. not missing it at all. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. It goes along with the medical technology though |
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