Okay, you probably recall that I bought a new 2011 Ford F-150 and received it about two months ago. At that time, I registered it with the Ford Motor Company at their web site (using my Mac.com email address) where I was encouraged to set up my SYNC account with my mobile phone number so […]
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My Ford’s MS SYNC
The Ford Motor Company software, the MS software plus third party software with which it might interface is collectively referred to as “SOFTWARE” and any use of the SOFTWARE means I’ve “accepted” the license terms. I’m pretty sure that, just by driving my new truck home from the dealer, it used some of the SOFTWARE.
“What Do We Got?”
I have some grammatical pet peeves. Pet Peeve 109: “What Do We Got?” I watch a lot of TV. American TV. I can hardly go one evening without hearing some dimwit character ask: “What do we got?” This is usually asked as the dimwit arrives at a crime scene. This is said by the uniformed […]
FedGov Takes Over My TV
In the past, when a government agency felt it needed to communicate with me via my television, it ran a “crawler” across the bottom of my screen. While annoying, it was not overly intrusive. The recent change to this mechanism is unacceptable. Recently, this mechanism has changed. FedGov now takes over my TV receiver entirely. […]
Fun With Numbers II
Let’s say that Jimmy Jones is in the lowest quintile (bottom 20%) income-wise. Jimmy invents a better mousetrap and sells the patent rights for millions of dollars. Suddenly, Jimmy is in the top quintile of earners and someone from the second quintile drops down into the lowest quintile to fill his place. The headline will read: “Rich Get Richer!”