tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post6340709197641809762..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: The IPhone RebellionAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-62480936403503695312015-05-07T05:47:32.930-04:002015-05-07T05:47:32.930-04:00So; what exactly has the 'iphone' connecti...So; what exactly has the 'iphone' connectivity achieved for the "Arab spring"?<br /><br />So far, not much. If turmoil is the objective of Apple and electronic "internet" providers to increase market share - whatever.<br /><br />Simply be aware, market forces rule. Not sensible governance.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-66524089563909144112015-05-07T05:33:46.245-04:002015-05-07T05:33:46.245-04:00Doubt, these days, people are comfortable about sh...Doubt, these days, people are comfortable about sharing "postal" addresses ... heh.<br /><br />Remember, where a person could actually "write"? By hand? Long distant Messages were between the writer and recipient? Might take days, months; years?<br /><br />The reply might take; days, months, years?<br /><br />Have we, as a world wide "society" - a social entity - 'progressed' - or retreated into tribal 'walled' entity. My belief is better, or more valid - than yours?.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-5298032871469784312015-05-04T20:40:19.807-04:002015-05-04T20:40:19.807-04:00In every state in the Union it is absolutely legal...In every state in the Union it is absolutely legal to film police. The cops might tell you that it isn't and may take your phone and/or take you in, but it is completely legal to film police. Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983291640844939759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-48910400931670500682015-05-04T08:45:56.613-04:002015-05-04T08:45:56.613-04:00Hi Anne, I answered your "Ask Me Anything&quo...Hi Anne, I answered your "Ask Me Anything" question at my blog today.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-35513070157622921262015-04-30T02:28:20.841-04:002015-04-30T02:28:20.841-04:00Our quaint little village in the early thirties h...Our quaint little village in the early thirties had a brook a mill, but no power or domestic water,Phones! hardly. an hourly bus service yes.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-81782591970074904532015-04-29T14:44:40.955-04:002015-04-29T14:44:40.955-04:00Every private citizen is now a potential photo/vid...Every private citizen is now a potential photo/video journalist. As for shutting down the internet, a committed repressive government can do it. China and Russia both successfully control the sites their citizens have access to. And didn't one of those middle-eastern countries shut down their internet during one of the Arab Spring uprisings? Can't remember now. I'm sure they tried though.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-20255948199893969742015-04-29T14:25:20.369-04:002015-04-29T14:25:20.369-04:00I agree...someone is screwedI agree...someone is screwedyellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com