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Wed Jun 13, 2012, 12:09 PM

ManyShadesOf (639 posts)

8. you've got this whole thing wrapped up it looks like

why don't you just tell us what The Answer is?

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117 replies	Author	Time	Post
At What Point Ought Communication Technology Have Frozen Forever? [View all]	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	OP
Facebook is not communication technology. It is the application of technology	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#1
+1	Aerows	Jun 2012	#2
+1	freshwest	Jun 2012	#7
what do you mean consumer control over technology?	snooper2	Jun 2012	#22
I think the person I responded to understood what I was talking about. n/t	freshwest	Jun 2012	#27
can you explain it to the rest of the World	snooper2	Jun 2012	#29
I've been a network engineer for a long time now	DisgustipatedinCA	Jun 2012	#41
Okay, you explain it then "consumer control over technology"	snooper2	Jun 2012	#42
We desperately need some laws to deal with this shit. A person should be the clear and sole owner	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#30
There have been people who have demanded payment when their personal data is sold.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#33
Payment for when personal is sold? EXCELLENT IDEA!	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#38
I think this very thing about so many ideas	LanternWaste	Jun 2012	#11
Nearly 900 million users are 'sucked in', then.	randome	Jun 2012	#3
take a look at religion	snooper2	Jun 2012	#23
P.T. Barnum died a very rich man, and the population has exploded, n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#28
+1000!!!	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#37
Large numbers of people are never, ever wrong!	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#82
Facebook is communication technology that has been applied to the exploitation	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#4
Read your agreement. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#31
Good comment.	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#46
Thank you.	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#48
Luddites are the most unfairly defamed group in history.	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#49
No I didn't. I can certainly understand that now that you've told me, but I was lead to believe	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#51
Please read this good short article about the real Luddites ...	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#53
When people tell me they think Chariots of the Gods is a bad book	cthulu2016	Jun 2012	#5
C ot G was a book, not a revolution in the sharing of print media.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#6
you've got this whole thing wrapped up it looks like	ManyShadesOf	Jun 2012	#8
Hahahaha!	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#13
At What Point Ought This Thread Have Frozen Forever?	ManyShadesOf	Jun 2012	#16
Von Daniken lifted most of his ideas right out of Morning of the Magicians	aint_no_life_nowhere	Jun 2012	#77
I dunno...	Blue_Tires	Jun 2012	#9
Smoke signals and drumming.	hobbit709	Jun 2012	#10
Why do Facebookers need to be validated by EVERYONE in the universe to be happy?	Romulox	Jun 2012	#12
That is not my assertion at all. This isn't about validation, it is about criticising the often	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#21
The need to not be criticized isn't much different from the need for validation, imo.	Romulox	Jun 2012	#24
Sorry, again, I am criticizing the critiques as irrational and do not "need" to not be criticized	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#25
The Facebook cult is feeling wounded because the market didn't validate the IPO price.	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#58
Narcissistic Personality Disorder isn't a business plan, is it? That's what FB is built upon.	Romulox	Jun 2012	#62
While you may have encountered people who find "non-participation" is threatening to them somehow,	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#66
Nonsense. No one is criticizing others' non-participation; by all means, stand out of the way.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#65
No one except all the people who get defensive about it..	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#81
No; you really must be more subtle and granular in your reading.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#89
Give it up already. It's not my comprehension, it's your condescension.	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#104
There is little in this post worthy of responding to, but the accusatory tone makes it difficult	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#109
Sir, I have my satisfaction.	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#110
Last word!	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#113
For the same reason you're responding to allegations that haven't been made.	Posteritatis	Jun 2012	#106
I don't hate Facebook because I object to the advance of communications technology.	Spider Jerusalem	Jun 2012	#14
Ok, so you fall into the irrational hatred category, but please realize	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#19
Okay then count me in the "irrational hatred" category if that's all it takes.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#36
I did explain why it was irrational.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#43
You offered what you believe was an explanation.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#45
Well, if one is concerned about something they have no reason to be concerned with	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#54
You defined a perfectly rational post as irrational hatred.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#74
What, I don't get a quote!? Dang! hahaha.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#80
That was some seriously tortured logic.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#83
I have explained twice why it was an irrational statement generated by specious concerns.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#91
And your explanation is still wrong.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#93
I am comfortable with your assessment, my word choices, and their implications.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#94
You stay comfortable with your deconstructed arguments, and have a nice day!	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#95
You too.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#97
I'm sorry, your "assessment" is full of shit and so are you.	Spider Jerusalem	Jun 2012	#111
Calling people "banal and mindless" may seem like nothing to you, but	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#112
Most of Facebook IS banal and mindless.	Spider Jerusalem	Jun 2012	#114
Another prime example of Sturgeon's Law.	hobbit709	Jun 2012	#115
No one is expecting an "extreme introvert" to 'like' social media.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#116
Yeah. I hate Facebook because it is a step back in communications technology.	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#108
or, you could just use it to chat.. all but 3 of the ppl i talked to using AIM ditched it	dionysus	Jun 2012	#117
As my father says in explaining why he refuses to have a phone, "It	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#15
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn	ManyShadesOf	Jun 2012	#17
one can hate facebook and not think communications technology should have stopped developing	fishwax	Jun 2012	#18
Don't worry your face to face will be coming back soon...	snooper2	Jun 2012	#20
I am very excited about where technology is bringing us in this regard.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#26
The Haves and the Have-Nots	ManyShadesOf	Jun 2012	#32
All my stuff has an on/off switch.	FarCenter	Jun 2012	#34
Yes, but how do you know that 'off' really means 'off'?	randome	Jun 2012	#40
That's what aluminum foil is for...	FarCenter	Jun 2012	#44
Only a Luddite would want a true 'off' switch!	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#52
It should never stop developing.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#35
The word "mandatory" belies your paranoia.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#57
Your 'head out of the sand' approach to things is downright hilarious.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#61
McLuhan was often criticized for not criticizing the "inherent evils" of TV	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#63
Back then, TV didn't watch you.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#67
I'm sorry you got that impression. While I am not happy with the privacy issues surrounding TV and	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#68
But you asked 'at what point should this technology be frozen".	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#72
So no cameras of any kind, then? Your position regresses into futility quickly.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#73
And your point regresses into a Corporate surveillance state.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#76
I definitely think it is pretty cool, but it is just uploaded pictures, really.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#78
FYI Google street view is totally involuntary. Which presents another problem.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#84
What do you propose be done about it? Shall the technology be forbidden until then?	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#87
I propose we do what the Department of Defense did.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#88
I do not use the word 'Luddite'. The DoD has a different need for privacy than an average citizen,	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#90
The DoD has a different need for privacy than an average citizen HAHAHAHAHAH	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#92
I certainly advocate for privacy, and even can see your point about Google. Perhaps the process	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#96
Thing is, nobody said Facebook should be forbidden.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#98
No, of course not. That would be easy to dispute were it said.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#99
It would seem that your OP was much ado about nothing.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#100
I don't know. I personally find irrational, arbitrary lines-in-the-sand regarding technology	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#101
Then I hope you're comfortable with chasing imaginary boogeymen! Have a nice day!	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#102
You too.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#103
Why are you using a "cutting edge thinker" from 50 years ago?	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#71
Did I call him "cutting edge"? Anyway, McLuhans books and lectures are providing many relevant	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#75
When Lauren Bacall asked Bogart if he knew how to whistle	NoPasaran	Jun 2012	#39
At what point should you stop pumping this flailing stock?	JackRiddler	Jun 2012	#47
I have no vested interest in facebook outside of its value as a communication technology.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#55
isn't this like saying one opposes Television Technology because they think American idol or some	JI7	Jun 2012	#50
No, it is more like saying one opposes television technology because	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#56
I like electricity, but that doesn't mean that I think the electric chair was a wonderful thing	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#59
Electricity is a form of energy and an electric chair is a tool.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#64
It is more analogous than your "logic", and obviously far more succinct	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#70
Sorry, I compared a revolution in comm tech to other revolutions of comm tech.	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#79
^^^^ Sense. That response made none.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#107
Next year	4th law of robotics	Jun 2012	#60
Big Black dial phones	sarisataka	Jun 2012	#69
Hand gestures	JHB	Jun 2012	#85
Communications Advancement should have stopped at	porcinaalbastrucaine	Jun 2012	#86
Obviously it shop have stopped at the first thing I'm personally unfamiliar with.	Posteritatis	Jun 2012	#105

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