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  • On the post: Lindsay Lohan Sues E*Trade For $100 Million; Says Baby Was Based On Her

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2010 @ 10:59am

    Anything For Publicity

    I have a better chance of jumping off a really big trampoline and landing on the moon than this girl has a chance of collecting anything.

  • On the post: Internet Addiction Might Actually Get Recognized By The Official Book Of Mental Disorders?

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2010 @ 04:05pm

    Perhaps Not An Addiction

    but a cure for what ails you. I am no longer working and I really enjoy getting up every day and while I am watching the news on television I really enjoy reading the news online, playing a few games and learning about a few things about a few things that I am really interested in as well as stumbling across other things that I have really never thought about and enjoy learning about.

  • On the post: Survey Claims Some Depressed People Use The Internet A Lot

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2010 @ 07:08am

    Re: Re: how depressing

    Marty you must be getting old and crabby like me. I'm almost ready to go out and sit on the front porch and stick my broom handle in the kids bicycle spokes as they ride by.

  • On the post: Survey Claims Some Depressed People Use The Internet A Lot

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2010 @ 05:05am

    There Are So Many Reasons

    for depression and addiction I really doubt that more depressed and people with addictive personalities are drawn in by the Internet than most other forms of entertainment. I do believe that many of the people who phone in to talk radio shows are pretty depressed. WLS Radio in Chicago is a great example of this. If you are not depressed already and you want to be depressed just turn on any one of their programs and listen to any one of their no nothing hosts taking phone calls from their callers who no one else will listen to for good reason. If that isn't enough for you every three minutes you get a full dose of commercials.

  • On the post: Google Discovers — Again, Though No One Remembers — That People Don't Like Paying For Video Online

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2010 @ 06:21am

    Pay For This Stuff?

    OK so I'm an Old Codger and by now I have seen every plot and formula that has or will ever be conceived. I'm not going to start paying for this stuff though I can understand it if you are a lot younger than I am. Then again I do have an Old Codger Friend who just loves watching the latest releases. I think that one day he will get a job at an old actor's home reminding the senile residents which movies that they were in and the parts that they played.

  • On the post: Insult To Injury: Mandelson Wants Those Wrongly Kicked Off The Internet To Pay To Appeal

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2010 @ 05:52am

    Just About Anything

    that I have gotten in my life that I really wanted or needed required a Lawyer. The balance in the Universe is to get these things required fighting Lawyers on the other side of the issues. That's why God created blood pressure pills.

  • On the post: No, The Apple Tablet Won't Save Publishing Nor Will It End 'Free'

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2010 @ 03:15pm

    Sure If People Work They Should

    be paid. Sure Apple is a great company with great products as well as many other companies. The problem is in this economy are really enough people able to not only pay for the hardware, the software, and all the subscriptions especially if granted one will probably get better writing from a traditional publication they can get the same information for nothing more than their traditional monthly internet fee. I just don't think so.

  • On the post: NY Times Apparently Planning To Commit Suicide Online With Paywall

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2010 @ 02:41pm

    I Know That These Folks

    should be paid for their work but this sort of thing is becoming more prevalent on the Web. We should not expect these people to work for nothing. The thing is I just don't have the money for all these Web Sites. It's not that I just won't pay. I can't afford to pay. Sorry New York Times and almost any other Web Sites that I enjoy getting my information from. I will just have to get it somewhere else on the Web for my monthly Web Service fee.

  • On the post: The Value Of Free As Analyzed By The Pizza Industry

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2010 @ 06:09am

    I Like Buy One And

    get one free. Not always but I have found that enough times it really is a pretty good deal. This is especially true for me when ordering pizza. If I feel flush with cash I am more likely to order out from my favorite pizza place. If I feel a little short of cash I have found even though the deal doesn't deliver the best pizza, two for one makes me feel good about the deal. Sometimes things get a little weird. I once worked for a company that was having trouble selling a product. They came up with this idea of if you buy two of something that was selling pretty well that one needs only one of you get this silly product that no one wants for free.

  • On the post: Mexican Gov't Says Starbucks Can't Use Images Of Mexican Artifacts On Mugs… Without Paying Up

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2010 @ 07:41am

    What A Supprise

    from one of the most backward and corrupt governments on the face of the planet. This is a country where you can't even trust the tap water. I can't think of anything that I would rather do than order a cup of coffee in Mexico unless I really enjoyed hospital stays.

  • On the post: Pepsi Drops Super Bowl Ads… Goes With Online Promotions Instead

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2009 @ 08:49am

    Anyone Who Does Not Know

    what a Pepsi is dose not own a television set. In which case they couldn't see a Pepsi ad anyway. I once heard a story about a fellow who had something a little more than a start up company who advertised on this game much to the horror of his partners due to the cost. For him and his partners it payed off. Other company's which are really household names need not waste the money.

  • On the post: It's The TSA, Not CSI: Actions Limited To Security, Not Crime Investigation

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2009 @ 05:34pm

    I'm Old Enough To Remember

    when Someone every other week was hijacking a plane to Cuba. The issue was brought up then. Let's harden the cockpits. Oh No said the Commercial Airlines. It's just to expensive! Our Legislators said OK. Anything you want. Well not so fast forward to today. Don't forget to frisk that two year old child and ninety year old grandmother.

  • On the post: Apple Tries To Patent Annoying People With Intrusive Advertising That Requires Attention

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2009 @ 08:41am

    Don't Company's Annoy Us Enough

    with advertising? Now someone wants to patent an idea to even annoy us more. OK fine with me if that's what they want to do as long as they give us a menu of stock options to respond. I have one modest suggestion to include on this list. FU I wouldn't buy this product if you gave it to me for nothing.

  • On the post: Running The Clock Backwards To Judge Technological Progress

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2009 @ 05:34am

    Re: Re: On Off High Medium Low

    Senshikaze Not long ago I was listening to someone on television speaking about this problem. He commented that Years ago with a little knowledge, some expertise and the willingness to to apply themselves just by opening the hood of a car and poking around one could fix their own automobile. He then said now you open the hood and there is another hood. What he said pardon the pun was really driven home to me when several years ago I was out to lunch with my mother and her car broke down. She phoned road service. A fellow came and explained that it would have to go into the shop. She inquired, can't you just fix the engine here. He said to her I don't think that you understand. At that Point he opened the hood. Sure enough there was another hood. Best Regards Bradley Stewart

  • On the post: Running The Clock Backwards To Judge Technological Progress

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2009 @ 03:48am

    On Off High Medium Low

    I'm an old codger now however I do embrace new technologies. No matter what I do with them. I must say that they do wow me. It's just that sometimes I long for the days when things were simpler. One switch that gives me everything on the subject line. My only gripe with this stuff is because I never grew up with this stuff when something goes kafluie I have to call on an expert to solve my problem. I feel as though I have a vacuum cleaner hose attached to my wallet.

  • On the post: What If You Could Recreate Live Performances By Dead Artists On A Computer?

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2009 @ 01:30pm

    Coming To A Computer Near You Soon

    Software that creates lawyers either alive or dead that handles the copywrite case.

  • On the post: Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Teaches Wrong Lesson On Freedom Of The Press

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2009 @ 07:45am

    Who Left That Banana Peel

    on the floor. I think that it would have been best if Justice Kennedy had just requested that the entire context of his speech be printed in the school paper. At this point it would be up to the publisher. Editorial or interpretation should be included as well. Well that's what I would have done if I was him.

  • On the post: Comcast Exec: We Need To Change Customer Behavior, Not Our Business Model

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2009 @ 06:21am

    Hey My Drain Is Clogged!

    I live in a rather large Condominium Association Complex. The association doesn't want the residents pouring drain cleaner down the drains in their apartments when their drains get clogged because over time it ruins the pipes. The pronouncement of an edict is one thing. Getting people to comply is another. The solution, charge everyone the same amount to unclog their drains as it would to go out and buy the drain cleaner, do it themselves with no guarantee of success on their part yet with the surety that the engineering department will get the job done right. When selling a service one has to appeal to people's sense of reason.

  • On the post: Smart TVs Know When You Look Away

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2009 @ 06:25am

    Be Right With You Let Me Just

    put on my pants. Its a good idea if that's all that its doing. All of us have heard of technology creep. I believe that there are enough people out there who understand the capabilities of these things to let us know if anything funny is going on.

  • On the post: Michael Dell Recognizes Blocking What Customers Want To Protect Your Own Biz Model Is Dumb

    Bradley Stewart ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2009 @ 04:05am

    Smart Thinking

    Michael Dell has it just right. Owning two computers myself and one being a Dell having both a hardware and a service contract with this company I can tell you all having to have used both of these two agreements at some time their customer service is Knock Your Socks Off. I believe Michael Dell really believes what he
    has professed to have said in this article. Not just because of my good fortune with this company but also I have seen him interviewed several times on television and he seems like a pretty decent guy to me.

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