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Re: How I lost all my money - The Week

stevesancarlos — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:25:16 -0000

And if you indeed had dramatically reduced your spending, your portfolio would have more than recovered by now....so what's your point again?

Re: How I lost all my money - The Week

stevesancarlos — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:21:44 -0000

This literally made me throw up in my mouth. This complete PULITZER PRIZE WINNING d-bag squanders multiple opportunities and is now taking from the U.S. government, which means I'm subsidizing his idiocy. You're right. I have no empathy. He should have known much better. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a safety net, but not for this guy. I've never taken any prolonged trips to Europe, bought stocks on margin, spent my capital (whatever that means), yadda yadda yadda...

Re: Apple plans to push Beats to every iPhone

stevesancarlos — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:22:17 -0000

Slacker allows you to do just that with its $10/month service. Spotify allows you to do that. Rhapsody has enabled you to do that like forever.

Re: Amazon Prime Stations brings ad-free genre-based internet radio to Prime members

stevesancarlos — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:33:00 -0000

Nope. Slacker has had something like that for years. Apple has it. Non story.

Re: Having Wi-Fi problems with iOS 8? Here’s how to fix it

stevesancarlos — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:47:46 -0000

Turning off the 'location services' thingie worked like magic. Thank you!

Re: Economy improving: Obama not so much: Survey

stevesancarlos — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:01:03 -0000

Well there you go. One thing we can regrettably thank Obama for is this ridiculous class warfare divisiveness and condescending - not to mention factually inaccurate - expressions he has uttered, like "they need to pay their fair share."

The term "top 1 percent," which he intentionally obfuscates and confuses in his remarks so one doesn't 'get' the difference between a top one percenter and a top tenth of one percenter, did not exist in the mass lingua franca before he came to office. Thank you President Obama. BTW, I'm not an Obama hater, but this is one area in which his legacy will last. And that kind of "us versus them" mentality is not good for our society. Yes, it is more synonymous with the mindset of a community organizer - no doubt about it.

Ridiculing and criticizing success, instead of embracing it, is a sure fire pathway to the bottom, both individually and collectively.

Re: 90% of Californians lack earthquake insurance

stevesancarlos — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:46:49 -0000

Agreed. Moronic article. AVERAGE home price in my city is nearing $1 million. Do the math.

Re: Invest in life experiences: Why you should buy less crap to be happier in life

stevesancarlos — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:45:25 -0000

While I agree with dropping the materialism and the necessity for THINGS, I think folks can easily delve too far into the realm of treating experiences like things. "I want the EXPERIENCE of a $20,000 two week vacation at the Four Seasons in Maui." And another thing...I love: a) watching the same movies over and over again, b) taking the same walking route to the office, c) eating at the same restaurants d) doing the same workouts." I treasure it. I think different thoughts each time. I observe and notice different 'things' each time. I take away a different and deeper appreciation for these seemingly mundane activities each time. And I appreciate the very essence of the simplest things in life that much more -- each time.

Re: Five reasons why the market is seeing red

stevesancarlos — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:03:47 -0000

So basically, fear and emotion are driving the markets down, and it's a typical August. See you in September. Time to stop reading or watching CNBC.

Re: 10 Must-Try International Tacos

stevesancarlos — Sat, 03 May 2014 22:43:12 -0000

"Roaming locations" = worthless.

Re: How Junk Food Can End Obesity

stevesancarlos — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:15:54 -0000

First of all, this guy states opinion as fact.

OPINION: "Despite the best efforts of a small army of wholesome-food heroes, there is no reasonable scenario under which these foods could become cheap and plentiful enough to serve as the core diet for most of the obese population—even in the unlikely case that your typical junk-food eater would be willing and able to break lifelong habits to embrace kale and yellow beets."

My question--REALLY? What about a freakin' baked potato? What about black beans? What about a baked potato smothered with black beans? This is what much thinner poor people in other countries eat.

Secondly, there's the typical, "We need to help the poor people, and these f'ing ELITISTS don't get it." The babble typically goes like this:

"Oh, but poor people in THIS country are addicted to junk foods as is their community, and they live in the GHETTO where there's no place to shop.

Dude--really. You've got the same eyes I do. I go to my high ticket gym in the San Francisco Bay Area and see a bunch of fatsos. I go to Middle America and look at middle class folks and see a bunch of fatsos. I travel to other countries and people are generally thinner. We top the scales. And it's largely because we eat huge quantities of food in this country and we think we're entitled to do so. Cuz we's Americans.

Now don't get me wrong. I love this country, just not our HABITS when it comes to eating. At all. So keep flatulating about healthier junk foods. It's missing the point. It ALL comes down to habits. And until we get it we'll just keep getting bigger.

Re: Why Pandora bought an FM radio station - The Hill's Congress Blog

stevesancarlos — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:42:17 -0000

Who is your friend? What hits did he have? Please do tell.

Re: Apple%26%238217%3Bs+iTunes+Radio+is+finally+here%21+Time+to+start+your+free+trial+of+Google+Play+Music+All+Access

stevesancarlos — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:21:54 -0000

Foolish article premise. 1) If you own an iPhone, you won't 'try' Google Play Music All Access, and if you're on an Android device you probably won't care much about iTunes Radio; 2) Apple is thinking way bigger than Pandora or Spotify because they have MUCH larger potential reach. Only a fraction of iPhone users subscribe to either of those two services (or the other ones...Slacker, MOG, etc.). 3) What equals 'way bigger?' How many millions of folks STILL get their music through dinosaur terrestrial FM stations owned by CBS, Clear Channel, Cumulus, Entercom.......

Re: Tuesdays With Jeff: Insights Into Your Health: How To Jump-Start Your Metabolism

stevesancarlos — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:50:39 -0000

I find that when I yell at people and slap them around a bit, that this helps keep me thin. Road rage is also a huge aid in keeping me lean.

Re: Guy Kawasaki: Real Men Don’t Use Tags

stevesancarlos — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:17:06 -0000

Those are pretty pimped out microphones. Please do tell--what are they?

Re: Romney's Foreign-Policy Fumble

stevesancarlos — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:54:38 -0000

Yes, it is easier when you're in the cheap seats. It is so much easier when you are NOT the Commander in Chief. But IMHO, Romney sounded much more presidential than Obama. I heard both of their remarks 'live' this morning. Obama sounded like Jimmy Carter -- he really really did, and I remember the era oh so well.

And lest you criticize Romney for politicizing this event, the Obama campaign has endlessly politicized bin Laden's killing. You cannot have it both ways.

This administration's response today was predictable--slow, tone deaf, muted, unemotional, and overly apologetic. It was an embarrassing moment.

Peace be with the victims of this tragedy and their families and friends.P.S. I'm no Romney apologist. I thought his speech at the RNC in Tampa was imbecilic, and his remarks last weekend about keeping the name 'God' on our coins even more so. I'm just calling it as I see it.

Re: iTunes Gets a Major Makeover

stevesancarlos — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:41:13 -0000

Can anyone articulate exactly what "improved iCloud integration" means? How about a comparison with Amazon Cloud Player? Since there's no 128G iPhone 5 forthcoming, can we access our humongous music and video collections from the cloud via streaming?

Re: ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME HAHHHHHBAHHHH? - Phlog

stevesancarlos — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:30:50 -0000

Question: Will the playlist on WFNX, the Internet Edition, be updated, or will it grow stale/moldy/frozen in time a la the Internet version of WBCN? Livin' the memories of being a UMass Amherst student, doing a crap internship at WBZ (picking cigarette butts out of Darrell Gould's news car), living in a cockroach infested apartment in the Fenway, and cranking WFNX from my Bose 301s back in the summer of 1983.

Re: A Dozen Questions for Oracle President Mark Hurd

stevesancarlos — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:42:57 -0000

I'm wondering what the exact components of ORCL's claimed $1 billion in SaaS revenue are. Do they break this out somewhere? Is this figure audited?

Re: WFNX dies before it gets old - Music Features

stevesancarlos — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:39:04 -0000

Naive me. I thought WFNX had long ago passed the point of no return simply because it had been on the air for so long. When it first broke on in 1983 I was living in a cockroach infested apartment on Queensberry working as an intern at WBZ. Now I sit listening to a stream blasting out from my Apple TV in my comfortable home in the SF Bay Area nearly 30 years later and I am sad...but also amazed the station lasted as long as it did. And the irony is that the music playing now (e.g., Friends-Friends Crush) is so much better than the mainstream, repetitive ALT that FNX has blasted out in the last several years. So...onto Pacfic Radio and Slacker's Alternative Station...and goodbye to the fake traffic reports from Biff in the Whirlybird.

Re: Spotify vs. the Pirates (Video)

stevesancarlos — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:24:56 -0000

I love listening to my Napoleon Hill on my Spotify. Do you think I am kidding? I am not kidding. And in all seriousness, the service has gotten better here in the States since it first came online. But let's get RADIO onto iOS. Otherwise, it's just gonna be more Napoleon Hill. And my wife...is a bit tired of it all. Say buh-bye Clear Channel, CBS and Cumulus. Pandora and Spotify and the rest of the funky bunch (MOG, Slacker, etc.) are leaving you in the dust.

Re: Netflix's ‘Lilyhammer’ and Hulu's ‘Battleground’ Rely Too Heavily on Tried and True

stevesancarlos — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:58:47 -0000

How's your life feel being an f'ing cynical critic? I think you give BOTH of these shows short shrift. Wow, you come up with what...THREE examples on cable or network TV of outstanding shows? Let's agree that the rest are awful. You need to cut both Netflix and Hulu a break. I just spent the afternoon watching the last eight episodes of Battleground and loved it. No, I didn't love the commercials, but I thought the plot, cinematography, and acting was outstanding. And I love watching unknowns, BTW.

Re: Roger, Christy, and Ignatiy's worst films of the year - Episode 224 - Ebert Presents

stevesancarlos — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:01:04 -0000

I could have 'bought' that "Forks Over Knives" is a bit dryer than the current genre of the "best" documentaries. But to call it one of the worst movies of 2011 is over the top. And the female reviewer chirping in that she drove to eat a cheeseburger after seeing the movie is just a stupid cheap shot. I don't watch a lot of Hollywood movies, and I typically don't care what movie CRITICS have to say about anything, especially documentaries. This surface thin critique validates my decision.

Re: Roger, Christy, and Ignatiy's worst films of the year - Episode 224 - Ebert Presents

stevesancarlos — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:34:31 -0000

Re: I Don't Understand What Anyone Is Saying Anymore

stevesancarlos — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:00:39 -0000

What a cynical blog post. You dismiss people you don't understand as "stupid," and practice particularly unending negativity in your comments about Valley Girl 2.0. "