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06-18-2010, 10:39 PM
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#51 | | Lomac owned my ass at least once
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Two people agree with the Douche in the article: Taylor and Manic.
The whole point of the article is his epiphany realizing how much time he spent with his ipad; then he makes a fuss saying that technology, blah blah has taken away that 'free time' away from people. Wrong. It's taken away 'free time' from morons like him because they're idiots and can't prioritize their lives.
Hell, do you know how much time people waste on porn and video games?
Tards.
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06-18-2010, 11:41 PM
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#52 | | I don't get it
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Originally Posted by taylor192  If you're happy being average. I am overzealous, graduated in the top of my class for a reason. This is why I identify with articles like this - I wasted very little time on TV, games, ... in university cause I had to make the best use of my free time when I wasn't playing sports or partying with my fraternity brothers. Princess Di died my first year of university and I didn't know for 3 months!  | You just sound perfect now- top grades, sporty and having a life in a fraternity >.> Gratz on being a hermit for 3 months. You didn't have to enslave yourself on electronics but probably good to occasionally get out of the study hall. I mean, Princess Diana's death was headline news and the talk of the town at the time.
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06-18-2010, 11:58 PM
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#53 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Ipad is so useless.
Iphone > all
Iphone has Ipod, Camera, Phone, Internet, Games, unlimited applications.... what more can you ask for. All in one ftw. Quote:
Originally Posted by taylor192 If you're happy being average. I am overzealous, graduated in the top of my class for a reason. This is why I identify with articles like this - I wasted very little time on TV, games, ... in university cause I had to make the best use of my free time when I wasn't playing sports or partying with my fraternity brothers. Princess Di died my first year of university and I didn't know for 3 months! | 
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06-19-2010, 12:04 AM
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#54 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by taylor192 Princess Di died my first year of university and I didn't know for 3 months! | wut
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06-19-2010, 07:21 AM
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#55 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by Noir Whether it be a TV, or a book which you suggest everyone reads instead, are all just various forms of media, just like the Ipad. Books like the Ipad, is something people can take everywhere; in the bus, in the bed, in the toilet.
What's the difference between an Ipad that keeps you up 2hrs later with the TV shows you can't stop watching, and book that keeps you up 2hrs later because you can't stop reading? | Huge difference.
When studying for university people recommend getting away from a computer cause there's too many distractions. There's IM, the web, games, ... all right at your fingertips to distract you. Sure you should have more self control to not allow these distractions to tempt you - yet lets see how many of the posts in this thread are during working hours, when we should all be focusing on our jobs rather than being distracted - get my point? Distractions are nice time wasters, yet too many can take away from being able to focus on more important things.
Thus how is the book different? No built in distractions, it is just a book.
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06-19-2010, 07:27 AM
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#56 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by butter_sashimi You just sound perfect now- top grades, sporty and having a life in a fraternity >.> Gratz on being a hermit for 3 months. You didn't have to enslave yourself on electronics but probably good to occasionally get out of the study hall. I mean, Princess Diana's death was headline news and the talk of the town at the time. | Hermit? sports and fraternity keggers hardly count as being a hermit, wow.
I'm not perfect, yet I am trying to make a point. Talk to some of the most successful people you know and see how much time they waste randomly surfing or watching TV/movies.
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06-19-2010, 07:31 AM
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#57 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by rsx Two people agree with the Douche in the article: Taylor and Manic.
The whole point of the article is his epiphany realizing how much time he spent with his ipad; then he makes a fuss saying that technology, blah blah has taken away that 'free time' away from people. Wrong. It's taken away 'free time' from morons like him because they're idiots and can't prioritize their lives.
Hell, do you know how much time people waste on porn and video games?
Tards. | Thanks for pointing out how many people cannot prioritize their life cause of easy distractions. Yet the author is a moron for figuring out he was being an idiot and wasting time rather than prioritizing his life? I think you need to revisit your argument.
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06-19-2010, 07:40 AM
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#58 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by Blaupunkt69 I get annoyed when I am with a friend who can't turn his cell phone off and has to answer every call. | That's an interesting comment since one of the biggest complaints against the iPhone when it came out (vs the BlackBerry) was that it lacked push e-mail.
Yet having Push is one more way your phone controls you. Since you are immediately made aware of a waiting message, the desire to read it right away is huge. I know people where the second they get a notification they have to read that stupid e-mail/text their buddy sent them.
This is why I have push and other notifications turned off. If I want to check messages, I'll do it on my own time, not when my phone tells me to. If there's an emergency and someone needs to get hold of me right away they can simply phone me. I don't consider texts and e-mail to my phone "urgent".
Of course, all the Wall Street bankers can chime in and say how absolutely necessary push notifications are to them in their line of work.  | |
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