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   On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:02:51 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 1/14/2026 8:51 AM, Wilson wrote:   
   >> On 1/13/2026 6:53 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>> On 1/13/2026 1:45 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:37:06 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> While you're rebuilding all of the leftists and humanity too, take a   
   >>>>> moment to look at what it takes to incentivize people to do things that   
   >>>>> everyone else thinks are probably impossible but in the end provide   
   >>>>> immense value.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> you mean like michaelangelo's sistine chapel, or steve job's iphone?   
   >>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It seems that mike did his chapel without needing to be motivated by   
   >>>> extreme wealth.   
   >>>>   
   >>   
   >>> Apparently, Michelangelo was paid handsomely for painting the Sistine   
   >>> Chapel ceiling, receiving 3,000 ducats from Pope Julius II for the   
   >>> four- year project (1508-1512), a significant sum equivalent to   
   >>> millions in today's money.   
   >>   
   >> Hey now, don't go and get all facty with Bimbo Sombrero.   
   > >   
   >Maybe he meant the art on the Sistine Chapel isn't useful.   
      
   Not to a profit minded ceo, I suspect.  If is simply hangs there   
   century after century, what good is it?   
      
   > Apparently he   
   >does own or know how to operate a smart phone, Apple or Android.   
      
   I have no cell phone.  Do not intend to pay $1000+ for a telephone.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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