From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/14/2026 9:53 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > 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.   
    >   
   A cell phone is free when you sign up, for half what you're probably   
   paying for a two-party land line.   
      
   Where's Nick?   
      
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