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Before you read any further down in this thread, look HERE.
Imagine that! Apple is LITERALLY in denial. They're blaming the USERS for Apples ignorance in the Mobile Device World. When will the Apple users learn that their devices ARE HUGE PILES OF CRAP!?.. AND ACTUALLY ADMIT IT!?!?!?! FAIL.
Here's the Reality: *When Apple tells users not to hold their device as they see comfortably fit is the day that the sheep get prodded once more.. and all the sheep go back into their state of denial, following the trend of IDIOTS around the world who actually continue paying for Apples Stupidity. Apple has never been #1 in the world for anything besides failure, and that shall never change.
[*And hey, that happened TODAY... run along little mindless sheep... go back to your Apple Tree and cry]
Smart Choice: Buy something that doesn't have a FRUIT LOGO ON IT!!! And they day you do that is the day you'll look in the mirror and laugh at the previous you for falling for an over-budgeted advertising scheme and following the rest of the sheep. Forget Apple and you'll be human again, not an ignorant waste of [male mating juice].
God help all Apple users around the world, allow them to lose the blinding curtain of stupidity that floods their vision. And allow them to once-again think for themselves.
There, I feel better.
What are your thoughts on this issue? And be honest...
[At Staff: If this thread is simply TOO much, feel free to delete it. I just thought it was time for Apple Fans to step into reality.]

Agent Zach
I've been reading your posts for sometime now and in "some" occasions don't really approve or side with your opinions but this time...buddy...right in the nose.
I'm still in awe about the way Apple does business, taking advantage of people just because they are the company that once revolutionized the computer industry with personal computers. It’s like buying a cell phone from Fidel Castro using Hugo Chavez cell company…a marriage made to match.
Just like sheep I tells ya, sheep!!

I was shocked a flaw this big gets through product testing, and then they tell you not to hold it that way? That's it? A flaw that doesn't allow you to use the phone as a phone is a HUGE problem, and Apple won't acknowledge it.

Of course they won't. Why take the blame when they can blame at&t some more.
After reading some reviews, etc.. it seems even the WiFi loses signal when held in hand.
And I'm sure at&t isn't logged into every router in the world... or are they? [We already know Google was once. ]
It's just another fail strategy by the reincarnated Adolf Hitler {Zhe Fuhrer} [Steve Jobs].

if you dont like apple products then thats your problem why do you want the ppl to stop using apple???its a personal choice...not your choice....

All-in-all, I don't want people to stop using their Apple products, I just want them to stop lying to their friends, family, and even THEMSELVES.
Besides, when someone walks into my home with an Apple product, it makes me feel better about about my device, knowing that it works the way it should and they I want it to. Apples devices, on the other hand, work the way Apple wants them to, not how the user wants them to...

are you envy of your friends iphone dropping signals? theres an app for that! lol
http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.com-wmbest-iphone4-jzwBB.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLreo24WYeQ
Nuff said

Both the App and the Video just made my day.

Apple raised the bar for Mobil devices, we are all profiting from that and the competition that comes with it, that is a very good thing.
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jimlad said:
Apple raised the bar for Mobil devices, we are all profiting from that and the competition that comes with it, that is a very good thing.
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I thought they lowered the bars?

JAguirre1231 said:
I thought they lowered the bars?
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Oh God, I laughed so hard at that.

Drilling square holes - in metal

This is fantastic. This is the invention of a square-hole drill and machine. Completely different from the wooden square hole variety.
http://gizmodo.com/5849810/how-the-hell-can-this-magical-square-hole-drilling-machine-works

Saw this on wimp recently. Bloody clever stuff!

DirkGently1 said:
Saw this on wimp recently. Bloody clever stuff!
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It seems the saying might well be true: "There isn't anything humanity can't do".

This is mindblowing Next we'll need square screws and bolts

tito12 said:
This is mindblowing Next we'll need square screws and bolts
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Now that would be a trick, threading a square screw into a square hole! I figure if we could find a way to do that, the universe will be able to make square planets. Then the world really would be flat lol

I'll tell you what...
..if you watch all the Wimp.com videos from beginning to end it will be a greater mind-altering/learning experience, than all the LSD on the planet +/- ten years ivy-league education!
I've learned more about about the human condition in 6 months of watching these videos than i have in 38 years of my real life. If you want to see what people are really capable of creating, instead of being drowned daily by what people are are capable of destroying, this is the answer for you!
If this planet is being ruined by 99% of the population, it's the 0.1% that you see in these videos that make the continuation of this species worthwhile!
To do a thread-type inception...were i to bring a person from history back from the dead?.. i would pick Leonardo De Vinci. In an era where dogmatic practices were holding the world back from immense discoveries, the few that dared to challenge the 'accepted' facts, Copernicus, for example, who 'dared' to suggest that the Earth wasn't the centre of the universe..only a part of it, these people, these innovators, led the world into an new era of understanding..these are the people who have driven the advancement of mankind.
In a thousand years from now, who will the future historians be thinking back on as the 'greats' of our time? The Physicians like 'Hawkins'? The artists like 'Dali'? Perhaps the visionaries like 'Asimov'?
Who know's who it'll be...but i'm willing to bet that the first ones for consideration will be the same people who are currently pushing the boundaries, doing the things that that we consider unimaginable, and yet are out there doing the impossible for the enjoyment and betterment of mankind!
I personally have a deep-seated hatred for the ignorance of mankind, but an overwhelming optimism that a select few can make a wealth of difference for the many!
/FridayNightPhilosophy!
EDIT: God only knows, as i sit here ,pissed, listening to great tunes..that out of 7 Billion souls currently on this planet, that my contribution to the planet as a whole is next to useless.
In a million years from now, the best that i can hope for is that my skeletal remains are part of the 0000.1% that may become part of the geological fossil record, that future generations can study and glean an ounce of information from. (Their deductions being that i came from an era where DNA destroying substances, and a penchant for warefare led to the extinction of an entire race...and that we were all obsessed by self-destructive paradigms that ended with us donating nothing more than a few genes to the generations to come, rather than being the fathers of a new and enlightened epoch of history.
Homo-Sapien? Pfft..
..in a million years from now we'll be nothing more that an another branch of the evolutionary tree that suddenly became a bookmark in history! The only hope as i see it is if people wake up to the fact that all we have is what we are now! We're living at at a turning point..and if we don't do the right things now, we'll be expunged from the record books, forever.

That's impressive!

More to the point, a square drill bit boggles my primitive Mind.
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For those who came to this post from a Google search, it has been removed and in its place is a correction based on a new understanding.
That new understanding is the knowledge that macro evolution is a lie. Anything about the universe that contradicts what a certain belief system
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says is false based on new knowledge and understanding.
I apologize for spouting falsehood and haring the belief system
of anyone harmed by what I spouted as truth.
If you need to discuss this with me, PM me.

I do believe that if religion keeps being discussed here...these thread will now "evolve" into a closed one.
Just deleted some posts regarding religion....keep to drilling topic alive....or magnets, how do they work?
Cheers,

If someone had a copy of my deleted post, do me a favor and PM them to me.
Thanks.

STOP ACTA - Please Watch

Good Morning Ladies and Gents.
I am posting this today to raise awareness about ACTA and how it is effecting everyone and to raise support against it. If you have heard about ACTA you may or may not be aware of how bad it is or how it will effect everyone including yourself!
So whether or not you have heard of ACTA this video is a must watch for everyone. Share the Video between your friends and family, share it amougst other online communities ACTA must be heard about, It must be stopped!
http://youtu.be/N8Xg_C2YmG0
If you wish to show your support at stopping ACTA please sign the below petition:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/?fp
Historic post on XDA about ACTA brought to my attention:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632325

300,000 Signatures today. Thank you to everyone that is watching the video and signing the petition. We really do need to show the people are against this.
Please continue to raise awareness share the video and petition around. And if you haven't signed it allready then please do. We need your support.
Regards,
Max

Done.
696.000 signed

Thank you to everyone for your continued support we have now reached 978,430 signatures and the video has been watched a total of 570,907
Please if you haven't already show your support against ACTA. The peition is due to be handed in shortly so help us get to 1 million signatures. Remember you can sign this petition no matter where you are in the world. It effects everyone worldwide!
Video: http://youtu.be/N8Xg_C2YmG0
Petition: http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/?fp

To make this a fair thread, could you please post the link where I can sign to show my support for ACTA?

To be honest I have not seen a single place/petition or anything PRO ACTA because to be honest who in the right mind would be for having everything they do in life watched, monitored and recorded / Having someone else decide what they are and are not allowed to see / say. That is the most basic of Human rights removed...
So sorry no link 'FOR' ACTA.

STOP ACTA!

Thanks for the support, Please sign the petition if you haven't already

max_carpenter said:
To be honest I have not seen a single place/petition or anything PRO ACTA because to be honest who in the right mind would be for having everything they do in life watched, monitored and recorded / Having someone else decide what they are and are not allowed to see / say. That is the most basic of Human rights removed...
So sorry no link 'FOR' ACTA.
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It's not up to you to decide what other people should believe in then?
Biased thread is biased.

I am not deciding what other people should beleive in or demanding I am simply saying I don't understand why anyone would be 'for' this. There is a difference. I am not saying something like 'Anyone pro ACTA is stupid' It was just simply I couldn't understand it.
And yes I am biased I can openly admit that however I will always listen to counter arguments and you are welcome to give reasons why you are pro ACTA.
Also on the other hand as far as I am aware there are no PRO ACTA Petitions because I have not met a person who would like it so its not just me being biased as to why there is no PRO ACTA links.
I appologise if this upsets you.

999,000 Signatures........ They are rapidly racking up.........

Its over 1 mil
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Yes jumped 999 from the time I saw it to the time I managed to post. Having another massive surge of signatures which is great. Wonder if we can make the 1,500,000 mark....

stop acta !!!!

I think the Judiciary should look into this idea that pay-offs made to politicians by big media should be seen as bribes, and as such impeachments should be handed down.

Is there any evidence of these so called 'bribes' though? You can't say they exist without proof and I haven't seen anything like that.
Almost at 1.2 Million. Can we reach their next target of 2 Million signatures?
Alot happening last night and I was too busy so going to catch up with whats happening now....

Payments made as 'contributions' are of public record, as are funds paid by Lobbyists.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=23882

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6 REASONS TO BE AGAINST ACTA (Important links at the bottom)
1: SURVEILLANCE: "Currently the internet works a lot like the highway system -- there are rules, and there are police patrolling the information highway looking to make sure those rules are followed. But citizens have the constitutionally guaranteed freedom to travel it without warrantless searches or seizures. Under the new system, it would be as if the highway patrol put a video camera, GPS, and sensor network inside your car tracking your every movement."
2: SECRECY: "The trouble with ACTA is that it was all carried out under the shroud of secrecy and executive orders. The public would never have known about ACTA's wild provisions at all, were it not for a source/sources close to the trade agreement who leaked it to the internet." There is proof that ACTA was first talked about and put in Motion from as early as May 2008 and we are only hearing about it now over 3 years later.
3: CHANGEABLE: "ACTA is a fluid document, in that unlike a law like SOPA or PIPA, it can be changed or altered at any time with little effort outside of convincing the member states to embrace the change." From a video at the bottom of this post you will find there are big secrets about ACTA that are not yet 'part of ACTA' but as soon as ACTA becomes enforced world wide they are free to add in these secret parts which are automatically enforceable and nothing you can do about it!
4: ABOVE THE LAW: ACTA gives the rights of Media Companies to and Copyright holders to view your information, your actions and to disconnect you from the internet without a court order. Once enforced it is untouchable via national laws and override them all.
5: ILLEGAL: "ACTA is Likely an Illegal Document"
""the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.""
6: BRIBERY: "cash payments for favourable rules" Media Companies are paying to have their own rules agreed to.
ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT VIDEO: http://youtu.be/Dy3zBZ4vI4E
A VIDEO ALL ABOUT ACTA: http://youtu.be/N8Xg_C2YmG0
PEITION AGAINST ACTA: http://goo.gl/6GIkI (WORLDWIDE CAN SIGN)
1.2 Million Signatures Thank You!!!!
E-MAIL THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF VOTING WITH NO EFFORT: http://stop-acta-in.eu/ (EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ONLY)
FOLLOW THE LATEST WITH ANONYMOUS: https://twitter.com/#!/search/#Anonymous

ACTA is something places around the world have been thinking up in secret for years to help stop free speech. Which we don't want. ACTA basicly gives our internet providers a ability to put someone in jail if they have copyrighted content. It also gives people to freedom to get a drug banned just because they don't like something in it, even if it can help save the lives of milions of people. ACTA is not a good thing.

Internet Censorship - EMERGENCY ACTION REQUIRED

Please
Watch​Anonymous: Internet Censorship - EMERGENCY ACTION REQUIRED​
THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION! There are two new immediate threats to internet freedom: Obama's Cyber-Security Executive Order and the TPPA. We must mobilize resistance immediately.
Transcript:
Greetings Citizens of the United States and the World.
Emergency Action Required.
We have been valiant thus far in protecting our internet. We stopped both SOPA and CISPA. Then they pushed for the international treaty, ACTA, and the entire world pushed back. But we're not finished yet. There are two more threats that we must unite together again to defeat.
The first is a CISPA like executive order that the White House is considering. In order to pass these bills that Congress has rejected, the Obama administration has taken to the use of Executive Orders so that they may bypass Congress entirely. This is incredibly concerning as the process is very complex for Congress to overturn laws passed this way. The Supreme Court may also declare it unconstitutional, but such incidents are very rare. With enough opposition, we can stop this before it even gets off the ground.
The second, and more immediate threat, is another international treaty. Like ACTA, this treaty has been negotiated in secret. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is so secret that not even the Congressional Committee in charge of such treaties can even see the bill. It is however, viewable by six hundred corporate representatives. All we know is what has been leaked thus far, and it reaches well beyond the scope of simply censoring the internet. It's yet another bill to grant more power to multinational corporations. If this treaty is ratified, the only way it can be altered is through the agreement of every country involved.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has tried to rally the troops: "Don't Let TPP Become the Next ACTA: Contact Your Lawmakers and Demand Transparency!"
...the TPP is being negotiated in secret, and on a fast timetable. We don't know what's in the TPP IP chapter, and that's what worries us. Entertainment industry executives who are members of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee will likely get to see the agreement drafts -- again -- but the rest of us will be kept in the dark unless we speak up now.
And they are not alone in attempting to warn everyone. The Huffington Post, Guardian, ACLU, Examiner, Alternet, Current, Techdirt, DailyKos, Truthout, and many more have all reported on this atrocity. Even members of Congress have introduced legislation due the extreme secrecy of this treaty.
This is an immediate call to action.
Contact your members of Congress, educate your friends and family, create art, videos, and stage protests. Do everything you can to help raise awareness as they plan to push this through before the next election. We have very little time to stop this. Many around the world and a few in the States have been trying to raise awareness. Let us unite once again to protect the very few freedoms we have left!
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not Forgive Oppression.
We do not Forget Censorship.
Expect us.
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Is there a TL;DR version?

Just watch the video, its less than 3 minutes!
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I've always wished the new Anon messages would just simultaneously appear on ALL TVs/monitors, interrupting everything going on and causing people to just stop what they are doing and watch. Like what happens in movies, usually with the antagonist.

WiredPirate said:
I've always wished the new Anon messages would just simultaneously appear on ALL TVs/monitors, interrupting everything going on and causing people to just stop what they are doing and watch. Like what happens in movies, usually with the antagonist.
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Ya, me too!! That would be awesome!! But on the other hand, i think those people, who don't know who Anons are and what they are fighting against and for, will just think of them as some hacker who hacked into the TV stations and well some others will be scared and few others will just LOL.. And If that really happens, we will be very pleased!!:fingers-crossed:

So basically there's 2 things that might happen, that you know nothing about, but there's stuff that you suggest may probably happen.
Sigh. I feel like performing a bit of censorship of my own right now, but I'll restrain myself.

Wow archer didn't close the thread? Lol
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Danial723 said:
Wow archer didn't close the thread? Lol
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He's waiting for us to get attached to it and let our guard down, then when you least expect it...
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In fairness, this is a politicaly based thread, and with that...
Thread closed.

Help me change the future of education!

Let me preface all of this by saying:
I'm looking for input and help on my project, I'd love to answer any clarifying questions anyone might have. I'm trying to put my idea out there beyond the academic world/my social groups/peers/family members/etc. I've been getting a lot of positive feedback and emotional support but not much hands on help and mentoring. I'm sort of stuck in terms of upward movement without proper funding so, in addition to applying for competitions and grants, this is another way I'm trying to spread my project.
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Simply put, I was one of those kids that was known in my class for disliking school. I never had trouble getting good grades, I had plenty of friends, I participated in lacrosse, played percussion in the band, and I was very involved in ceramics. However, when it came down to it, nothing I was learning academically was captivating. It seemed like I was piling on one distraction after another to get away from the fact that I had this burning desire to be passionate about what I was learning that wasn't being met. It wasn't until my junior year at West Chester University that I was introduced to a dialog style classroom. It was so much more engaging and interesting to hear and discuss other people's perspectives on the topic, using their own experiences to frame how they saw today's problems.
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Allowing students to interact in a structured dialog platform that leads the conversation into an area of sharing perspectives and developing a personal connection to the topic will allow for more interested and engaged students, critical/creative thinking and a passion for life long education. It also allows a safe space to raise concerns or issues the students are curious about. I want to create an optionally anonymous online structured dialog platform that is to be used as a supplement to traditional methods of teaching. I want to provide students a safe space and allow them the opportunity to share their experiences that are relevant to the topic and help each other broaden their world view. I want to inspire passion in education.
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The dialog platform aims to influence students to have a dialog outside of the classroom, online. That's why I want to target universities first; I hope to inspire passion early on in students so they aren't wasting too much money trying to figure things out, especially with the insane increase in tuition costs. I want to show them that anything you choose can be an advantage depending on how you use it. I want to introduce passion back into the classroom and allow students to see that we all have limitless potential.
After an initial MVP is set up and tested in a classroom setting, I'd like to market my proof of concept to MOOC's to increase their 7-15% completion rate. Eventually I'd like to see a pro bono service provided for high schools in need to set up their dialog platform. I want students to understand that just because the options aren't presented right in front of you, it doesn't mean there aren't tons available to you; it just takes commitment, creativity, passion, time, and practice.
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