XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Marian  wrote:   
   > Chris wrote:   
   >> You're replying to Carlos.   
   >   
   > Thanks for pointing out that I often confuse Carlos with you for some odd   
   > reason, which I apologize for. As I've explained many times, I wrote my own   
   > newsreader long ago so that I could pop up the edits in vi (later gVim).   
   >   
   > So I don't see anything in the header unless I take pains to look.   
   > However, the "attribute" line shows up, so I can see some identifiers.   
      
   Not true. Your replies always have the person's name. See above where is   
   says "> Chris wrote". That's in the *body* of your reply so you can see it.   
      
      
   >> "A fool and his money are soon parted."   
   >   
   > I agree, and, you'll note, that in the last three decades of using   
   > computers, the only apps/programs I've ever need to pay for are:   
   >  a. The company paid for MS Office (which I'm still using)   
   >  b. The company paid for Adobe Acrobat writer (which I'm still using)   
   >  c. Every year I buy at Costco on sale in December their TurbuTax   
      
   Why use proprietary tools when appropriate free and open source   
   alternatives exist?   
      
   > That's it. Even all my phones have been free lately.   
   > All I had to do was pay the sales tax on them.   
      
   "Free" as in you have to pay $$$ every month to get them. Your iphone was   
   also not free, remember. Cheap, but not free. We've been through this.   
      
   Why are you such an incorrigible liar?   
      
   > I even get many tens of thousands of dollars of Amazon items for free.   
   >     
   >   
   > Many people calculate that the Amazon Vine members are two in a million.   
   >   
   > Amazon gives me tens of thousands of dollars of "stuff" for free   
   > (although the deal is that they require me to write reviews for them).   
      
   No they don't. You've already admitted that it is the vendors which give   
   you the items. Amazon is exploiting you. And yet you claim not to be a   
   slave...   
      
   Remember, if the service is free then you're the product.   
      
   > Of course, I have to pay income taxes on the MSRP of everything I get from   
   > Amazon so while there are no price limits per se, that limits what I get.   
      
   It gets worse. jfc.   
      
   > In summary, I get much of what other people pay for, for free.   
   > As you stated, if you're intelligent, everything turns out to be free.   
      
   Junk is still junk. The price doesn't matter.   
      
   > Never make the mistake to think that I'm anything like you are.   
   >   
   >>> Wouldn't that be ironic!   
   >>   
   >> "Hoisted by your own petard." Tragic.   
   >   
   > Well, never make the mistake of ever thinking I'm anything like you.   
   > I care deeply that other people get the benefit of all that I learn.   
      
   But you never learn. You only look for things that support your dogma.   
      
   > In this case, I'm determined to find out the answer and then make sure   
   > people on the Internet LEARN the answer that I work hard to find out.   
      
   You won't find the answer. You'll just keep making baseless assertions as   
   that's all you can do.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)