To be honest, I can think of a reason/situation or two why/when an sd-card would be something good to have. But when wants to think of himself as the only one who knows anything, and we are "strange completely ignorant uneducated trolls" ? Than I'm not really feeling inclined (understatement) to help him support his arguments. Something I definitily /would/ do in a honest discussion.
On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:28:01 +0200, R.Wieser wrote :
Oh, look!To be honest, I can think of a reason/situation or two why/when an sd-card >> would be something good to have. But when wants to think of himself as the >> only one who knows anything, and we are "strange completely ignorant
uneducated trolls" ? Than I'm not really feeling inclined (understatement) >> to help him support his arguments. Something I definitily /would/ do in a >> honest discussion.
Carrying a thumb drive with you everywhere you go is only something you and Frank would come up with - where at least you could have figured out that
the cloud (if you pay through the nose for it) would do some of what sd
does (but at a price, not only in cost, but in privacy as it has to be paid for in the huge sizes that sd cards do for you, e.g., for your map data).
That you and Frank can't figure out what an sd card does is one piece of
the puzzle that informs me that both your IQs added up don't reach normal.
Add Alan Baker's IQ & the combination of your IQ added to Frank's IQ
coupled with Alan Bakers IQ of about 40, brings the net to about 50.
Jesus Christ, Rudy.
It's becoming clear you don't even know what a Message ID is.
Even though I gave you the Message IDs from this very thread.
You two trolls are twinsees.
You both ask for what was already stated, and then when I give you
the exact post, you still claim you're unable to read what was
already posted.
If you refuse to read them, then just quit saying I didn't provide
them.
I'm not an ignorant uneducated unhelpful person like you are,
Rudy.
I have entire *tutorials* on what you can do with sd cards, Rudy.
*Tutorial: How to set up sdcards for re-use & backup/restore* <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=47737&group=comp.mobile.android#47737>
How are you going to successively individually add, as
prices drop, inexpensive portable storage to a device
that doesn't have the slot?
It's obvious neither of you trolls has any experience with sd
cards, Rudy. I happen to have a lot of experience.
You have no experience with sd cards.
Carrying a thumb drive with you everywhere you go is only
something you and Frank would come up with
where at least you could have figured out that the cloud...
(but at a price, not only in cost, but in privacy
but I was at first surprised that neither Rudy nor Frank
ever used them.
It's clear neither of them has any experience whatsoever with them.
Carrying a thumb drive with you everywhere you go is only
something you and Frank would come up with
But carrying either a charger or just a charging cable with you everywhere you go is ofcourse absolutily normal.
Or a headphone/earplugs to listen to music or call people while not needing to keep the phone in hand. Or apples smart watches.
Also, weren't you talking about easily being able to exchange your "external storage" ? Are you only doing that at home ? If not than you must be carrying some sd-cards with you.
But yes, someone adding a thumbdrive to that mix would be plain silly.
Oh, wait ... I've been carrying one around with me for *years* (a 1GB stick. That tell you how long ago it is), far before I got my first smartphone. I guess that made me silly. I did enjoy having my files with me though, no matter the 'puter I was infront of.
where at least you could have figured out that the cloud...
(but at a price, not only in cost, but in privacy
Or you could have figured out home servers.
Old 'puters are cheap to get, and you get absolute privacy. Just install some version of linux, and off you go.
Ah, you fully forgot about that possibility. That happens I suppose.
but I was at first surprised that neither Rudy nor Frank
ever used them.
And you know that ... how ? Ah, mindreading again.
It's clear neither of them has any experience whatsoever with them.
If you say so.
The next time someone asks me about how to connect them to a microcontroller and access them I will tell them so, and give them your name. *You* know *everything* about them, right ? :-p
Carrying a thumb drive with you everywhere you go is only
something you and Frank would come up with
But carrying either a charger or just a charging cable with you
everywhere you go is ofcourse absolutily normal.
WTF?
It seems only you & Frank would suggest people bring along a
*permanently attached* thumbdrive at all times with them because
they lack sd hardware.
When you travel by plane/bus/rail you bring along a charger & cable.
While just walking around, many people do bring along a set of earbuds.
Also, weren't you talking about easily being able to exchange your
"external storage" ? Are you only doing that at home ? If not
than you must be carrying some sd-cards with you.
Since T-Mobile gave me my first 3 free Galaxies, shipped to me,
I simply put the 32GB sdcard (bought at 2021 prices) into each
But only you and Frank would suggest people bring along a
*permanently attached* thumbdrive at all times
Or you could have figured out home servers.
Windows doesn't do such servers all that well; but routers
do them well.
It's not a bad idea for me to write a helpful tutorial on the
process of setting up a secure private home swerver from Windows
using a home router.
Maybe, since you know so much Rudy, you or Frank or even
the completely unhelpful Alan Baker will beat me to it and
write that tutorial for us.
Old 'puters are cheap to get, and you get absolute privacy.
Just install some version of linux, and off you go.
Ah, you fully forgot about that possibility. That happens I
suppose.
It's interesting how *desperate* you are to find a workaround
to a ten-dollar sd card, Rudy... simply because your phone lacks
sd hardware.
but I was at first surprised that neither Rudy nor
Frank ever used them.
And you know that ... how ? Ah, mindreading again.
The fact you have no idea what portable memory is, Rudy,
is the evidence I use to ascertain the observation that
you know nothing about sd card use.
In summary of this thread, it appears that, other than Arno,
and possibly Carlos, Rudy and Frank (and Alan) have never
used sd cards in their lives.
At least not on phones.
1. Any phone without the sd slot is less capable than a phone with it,
all other things being equal (assuming you put an sd card in it!).
2. All other things being equal, a phone without the sd card slot
can't do what the phone with the sd card slot can do.
3. It's now about whether you use the capability that exists,
It's about whether that capability exists.
3. It's now about whether you use the capability that exists,
It's about whether that capability exists.
Yes, but just that ONE SINGLE capability and not "a phone can do...".
1. Any phone without the sd slot is less capable than a phone with it,
all other things being equal (assuming you put an sd card in it!).
2. All other things being equal, a phone without the sd card slot
can't do what the phone with the sd card slot can do.
3. It's now about whether you use the capability that exists,
It's about whether that capability exists.
Yes, but just that ONE SINGLE capability and not "a phone can do...".
On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:31:48 +0200, R.Wieser wrote :
I'm afraid that not many (if any) here will agree with that opinion though.
How many tutorials have you written & posted?
How many comprehensive tests of applications?
How many questions have you answered, Rudy?
Arlen,
Jesus Christ, Rudy.
It's becoming clear you don't even know what a Message ID is.
Even though I gave you the Message IDs from this very thread.
How would you know ? Mind reading again ? And you do seem to have a reading problem (which I've mentioned a few times now, so it must be true).
I said I *would not* go thru those messages, as I would be searching for something I have no idea to what it looks like *and you do*.
You *really* are allergic to providing quotes of your own claims, aren't
you.
You *really* are allergic to providing quotes of your own claims, aren't
you.
Maybe he is not using a normal Usenet application. At least for posting he uses scripts. If he is using also scripts for reading (I have my doubts)
it is impossible he can follow up conversations properly, do proper attribution, and do proper quoting.
Carlos,
You *really* are allergic to providing quotes of your own claims, aren't >>> you.
Maybe he is not using a normal Usenet application. At least for posting he >> uses scripts. If he is using also scripts for reading (I have my doubts)
it is impossible he can follow up conversations properly, do proper
attribution, and do proper quoting.
One thats would be easily solvable by saving a copy of send and received posts - just like most, if not all newsgroup readers do.
According to himself he's an engeneer who has programmed an 68000 by
entering hex numbers, and as such should have little problem editing a script.
IOW, if he is doing it that way than its a problem he created /and
maintains/ himself.
Though I like occams razor : the simpelest explanation is most allways the correct one.
Seeing that he also doesn't support , *in the same post* (read: no access to previous posts needed), his many, /many/ claims (and accusations) with anything, the chance that he's simply unable to do so is the more likely explanation.
I suppose he could run in another terminal whatever he uses for reading,
and copy paste across.
All this because of his paranoia that we don't get his actual name, and to change his given name at a whim.
On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:28:01 +0200, R.Wieser wrote :
To be honest, I can think of a reason/situation or two why/when an sd-card would be something good to have. But when wants to think of himself as the
only one who knows anything, and we are "strange completely ignorant uneducated trolls" ? Than I'm not really feeling inclined (understatement)
to help him support his arguments. Something I definitily /would/ do in a honest discussion.
Carrying a thumb drive with you everywhere you go is only something you and Frank would come up with
- where at least you could have figured out that
the cloud (if you pay through the nose for it) would do some of what sd
does (but at a price, not only in cost, but in privacy as it has to be paid for in the huge sizes that sd cards do for you, e.g., for your map data).
That you and Frank can't figure out what an sd card does is one piece of
Not one of you fools has any idea nor any experience with sd cards.
BTW, I'm not surprised Alan Baker never used an sd card because he owns iPhones, but I was at first surprised that neither Rudy nor Frank ever used them. It's clear neither of them has any experience whatsoever with them.
All this because of his paranoia that we don't get his actual name, and
to change his given name at a whim. Privacy? Yeah sure :-p Rather
evading our filtering.
Well, Usenet is ephemeral and not indexed. Nor can we do a search on
only tutorials, going back decades.
That you and Frank can't figure out what an sd card does is one piece of
Well, we - well at least I - know full when what it can do, but *you*
keep 'forgetting' the use for which there is no alternative, so you keep shooting yourself in the feet.
Not one of you fools has any idea nor any experience with sd cards.
<BARF!> I used them ever since *2013* in my first phones and tablets,
which had too little Internal Storage, ranging from 4GB (effectively <=
1GB) to 8GB and 16GB.
Now, I don't use them anymore, because I have no need for them. (And
yes, my phone *does* have a SD-card slot.)
BTW, as I mentioned recently and you 'conveniently' ignored, only the current bottom (A16 and A26) models of your beloved Samsung Galaxy
A-Series still have a SD-card slot (shared as second SIM or SD-card).
The A36 and A56 do not have a SD-card slot.
So if you want to keep your precious SD-card slot in the future,
you'll have to downgrade *and* be damn quick about it!
Privacy isn't paranoia except to people who don't understand...
anything. You are an idiot if you think you can't figure out
my posts instantly.
The reason I randomize headers is the stated reason of privacy
from aggregators.
The headers are meaningless gift wrapping on the value of the
gift inside. My gift to this newsgroup is my contribution of
an immense wealth of facts.
Most of those facts, idiots on this newsgroup have never heard
before.
And, of course, they'll claim all facts aren't facts that they
don't know.
Think about my assessment of you being an idiot, Carlos, and
then think about how much it matters to me what you "think"
is why I do what I do.
An idiot proclaiming why they "think" I do what I do, is
meaningless. You, Rudy, Jeorg & Alan Baker are all idiots
who can't fathom the obvious.
So much about being nice, but when you're an utter idiot,
proclaiming all sorts of nonsensically absurd conspiracy theories,
Let's take just *one* use, Frank, for which there is no direct
alternative.
In 2021, you expand each of your 3 phones' storage by 32MB for
~20 bucks. In 2022, you expand it even further, by 64MB for
about the same cost. And, in 2023, you expand it to 128MB,
again, for about 20 bucks each.
Let's take just *one* use, Frank, for which there is no direct alternative.
In 2021, you expand each of your 3 phones' storage by 32MB for ~20 bucks.
In 2022, you expand it even further, by 64MB for about the same cost.
And, in 2023, you expand it to 128MB, again, for about 20 bucks each.
Ah yes, the randomized header is supposed to make sure aggregators won't be able to match your new nym up with a previous one, but *we* are are supposed to see right thru such a randomisation.
Ah yes, the randomized header is supposed to make sure aggregators
won't be able to match your new nym up with a previous one, but
*we* are are supposed to see right thru such a randomisation.
If it takes a human more than 5 seconds to figure out a message is
from me, then whatever he says is completely meaningless in terms
of adult value.
On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:31:10 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
Well, Usenet is ephemeral and not indexed. Nor can we do a search on
only tutorials, going back decades.
How can I be nice to a person who concocts absurd conspiracies out of a misunderstanding of everything that he thinks he knows - yet he is wrong.
You're an idiot, Carlos, when you say things that idiotically stupid. Seriously.
On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:32:15 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
All this because of his paranoia that we don't get his actual name, and
to change his given name at a whim. Privacy? Yeah sure :-p Rather
evading our filtering.
Carlos,
Privacy isn't paranoia except to people who don't understand anything.
You are an idiot if you think you can't figure out my posts instantly.
Not reading further.
Not reading the rest.
On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:15:18 +0200, R.Wieser wrote :
Ah yes, the randomized header is supposed to make sure aggregators won't be >> able to match your new nym up with a previous one, but *we* are are supposed
to see right thru such a randomisation.
If it takes a human more than 5 seconds to figure out a message is from me, then whatever he says is completely meaningless in terms of adult value.
On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:08:16 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
Not reading further.
It's you who claimed I was paranoid
On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:02:35 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
Not reading the rest.
Carlos,
We've been discussing the Usenet web-searchable archives for years.
If you claim they don't exist, then there's nothing we can do for you.
Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:08:16 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
Not reading further.
It's you who claimed I was paranoid
That's an objective fact. Not an insult.
Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:15:18 +0200, R.Wieser wrote :
Ah yes, the randomized header is supposed to make sure aggregators won't be >>> able to match your new nym up with a previous one, but *we* are are supposed
to see right thru such a randomisation.
If it takes a human more than 5 seconds to figure out a message is from me, >> then whatever he says is completely meaningless in terms of adult value.
It makes it impossible to find posts from you in the archives however. You claim to be helpful, but that is very unhelpful.
Many, many people are able to have truly anonymous online identities
without the need to keep changing them. A few are very well known. The most famous/notorious is probably Satoshi Nakamoto.
You're just an awkward sod hiding behind "muh privacy".
We've been discussing the Usenet web-searchable archives for years.
If you claim they don't exist, then there's nothing we can do for you.
I am aware of them. And I say that posting an article you name
"tutorial" to Usenet doesn't count as publishing a tutorial.
This is my opinion.
You may have a different opinion
On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:41:20 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
We've been discussing the Usenet web-searchable archives for years.
If you claim they don't exist, then there's nothing we can do for you.
I am aware of them. And I say that posting an article you name
"tutorial" to Usenet doesn't count as publishing a tutorial.
Your opinion is essentially worthless, Chris - compared to that of mine.
See below for absolute proof as to why I can say that with conviction.
I'm nothing like the common person - Chris.
I'm nothing like the Apple trolls - Chris.
I've done things you (and the trolls) can only talk about, Chris.
I do it so that people can find those tutorials easily on the net.
On 2025-07-17 11:53, Marion wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:41:20 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
Your opinion is essentially worthless, Chris - compared to that of mine.
See below for absolute proof as to why I can say that with conviction.
I'm nothing like the common person - Chris.
I'm nothing like the Apple trolls - Chris.
I've done things you (and the trolls) can only talk about, Chris.
I do it so that people can find those tutorials easily on the net.
You can't even figure out you're replying to Carlos, not Chris.
So I don't know whom I'm replying to unless I look to see who it is.
I didn't look this time.
I apologize to Chris for equating him with Carlos.
So I don't know whom I'm replying to unless I look to see who it is.
I didn't look this time.
It's literally written on the first line of YOUR reply. You're just too
wound up by the reply to care.
If it takes a human more than 5 seconds to figure out a message is from me, >> then whatever he says is completely meaningless in terms of adult value.
It makes it impossible to find posts from you in the archives however. You claim to be helpful, but that is very unhelpful.
On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 07:26:30 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote :
If it takes a human more than 5 seconds to figure out a message is from me,
then whatever he says is completely meaningless in terms of adult value.
It makes it impossible to find posts from you in the archives however. You >> claim to be helpful, but that is very unhelpful.
Hi Chris (and yes, I looked at the top attribute line to be sure),
Your statement is correct that even I can't find all of my hundreds of purposefully helpful tutorials that I've posted to Usenet over the decades.
At least not by searching for any given header information.
And that's EXACTLY how it should be (for privacy from robot aggregators).
However, if you want to know if there is a tutorial about any given topic, then a search for "Tutorial" and then the topic should find those I wrote.
I find some of my tutorials all the time in the first page of Google
searches where they must be good for Usenet posts to show up there.
But then again, I know which keywords to search for given how I write.
Still, how many other people on this newsgroup post tutorials, Chris?
None right?
Almost nobody is as helpful as I am.
On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:41:20 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
We've been discussing the Usenet web-searchable archives for years.
If you claim they don't exist, then there's nothing we can do for you.
I am aware of them. And I say that posting an article you name
"tutorial" to Usenet doesn't count as publishing a tutorial.
Your opinion is essentially worthless, Chris - compared to that of mine.
See below for absolute proof as to why I can say that with conviction.
I'm nothing like the common person - Chris.
I'm nothing like the Apple trolls - Chris.
I get all the common trolls confused. Mea culpa.
Apologies to Chris.
It's Carlos who doesn't know how to write a tutorial so he whines like a
baby girl because one published tutorial is more value added to the world than he can manage to add in his entire life.
Note that since I use scripts, I use GVim as my newsreader interface.
I don't see any headers unless I expressly dig about to look for them.
So I don't know whom I'm replying to unless I look to see who it is.
I didn't look this time.
I had simply assumed because he was complaining that he couldn't find anything on the net that it must have been Chris - but I was wrong.--
I apologize to Chris for equating him with Carlos.
I find some of my tutorials all the time in the first page of Google
searches where they must be good for Usenet posts to show up there.
I have never seen a usenet post come up as a google hit.
Example please?
But then again, I know which keywords to search for given how I write.
Still, how many other people on this newsgroup post tutorials, Chris?
None right?
Almost nobody is as helpful as I am.
I train academics and students in software development. I'm co-lead on a
MSc and supervise PhD students.
Your "tutorials" are only "helpful" to equally paranoid tinfoil brigaders.
Whereas I use community developed training material that actually gives people a skillset to use to improve their professional lives. Such as: https://software-carpentry.org/
If it takes a human more than 5 seconds to figure out a message is from me, >> then whatever he says is completely meaningless in terms of adult value.
It makes it impossible to find posts from you in the archives however. You claim to be helpful, but that is very unhelpful.
Many, many people are able to have truly anonymous online identities
without the need to keep changing them. A few are very well known. The most famous/notorious is probably Satoshi Nakamoto.
You're just an awkward sod hiding behind "muh privacy".
Why do you think Amazon gives me hundreds of thousands of dollars of free stuff if I want it, just so that I can do insightful reviews for them?
And you say my opinion is worthless. So is yours. Why would I bother to
read it, if you despise my opinion like that?
It's Carlos who doesn't know how to write a tutorial so he whines like a
baby girl because one published tutorial is more value added to the world
than he can manage to add in his entire life.
Oh, I have written proper tutorials, but I will not tell you where.
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:38:06 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :
Why do you think Amazon gives me hundreds of thousands of dollars of free
stuff if I want it, just so that I can do insightful reviews for them?
Correction.
Amazon Vine Gold gives me up to 8 items a day for free, where each item can be any amount, so if we average the amount to a simple hundred dollars, that's a risk to Amazon of 8 x $100 x 365 = $292,000 in product value.
<https://amazon.com/vine/about>
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:03:47 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
And you say my opinion is worthless. So is yours. Why would I bother to
read it, if you despise my opinion like that?
Carlos,
Amazon risks about $300K/year on me, so they assess my "opinion" in product reviews, where they consistently rate my insightfulness as excellent.
I'm nothing like you, Carlos. My opinion is extremely valuable.
Your opinion, is worthless.
Want proof?
Don't ever make the mistake of equating yourself to me, Carlos.
My IQ is three times that of yours. My education ten times that of yours.
Amazon has billions of people to choose from, and not only did they choose
me to be a Vine Gold member, but my insight is rated as excellent.
What's yours?
Hint: Your opinion is laughably worthless.
LOL.
Amazon Vine Gold gives me up to 8 items a day for free, where each item can >> be any amount, so if we average the amount to a simple hundred dollars,
that's a risk to Amazon of 8 x $100 x 365 = $292,000 in product value.
<https://amazon.com/vine/about>
Only tells me how daft Amazon is :-P
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:11:54 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
Amazon Vine Gold gives me up to 8 items a day for free, where each item can >>> be any amount, so if we average the amount to a simple hundred dollars,
that's a risk to Amazon of 8 x $100 x 365 = $292,000 in product value.
<https://amazon.com/vine/about>
Only tells me how daft Amazon is :-P
Aw... cmon... you're hurting my feelings. I'm gonna cry...
At least give me some credit for intelligence, since these are obvious facts/(assessments) that even you, who hates smart people, can't deny.
a. I write purposefully helpful tutorials all the time/(you can't)
b. Amazon invited me to Vine & promoted me to Gold/(you aren't invited)
c. Amazon rates me as EXCELLENT in "insightfulness"/(you'd fail)
d. Google searches show my Usenet posts on the first page/(yours aren't)
The first half is a stated fact/(the second half is my assessment of you). Companies that know insight (Amazon, Google), rate me as the best.
How do they rate you, Carlos?--
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:09:47 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
LOL.
Awwwww... you're hurting my feelings, Carlos.
Please don't ever make the mistake of equating yourself to me, Carlos.
You lack the intelligence & education to own the insight that I possess.
Ask yourself:
Do your tutorials show up on the first page of a Google search, Carlos?
Did Amazon choose you to be a Vine Gold member, Carlos?
Did Amazon rate your insightfulness as EXCELLENT, Carlos?
Companies that know insight (Amazon, Google), rate me as the best.
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:11:54 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
Amazon Vine Gold gives me up to 8 items a day for free, where each item can >>> be any amount, so if we average the amount to a simple hundred dollars,
that's a risk to Amazon of 8 x $100 x 365 = $292,000 in product value.
<https://amazon.com/vine/about>
Only tells me how daft Amazon is :-P
Aw... cmon... you're hurting my feelings. I'm gonna cry...
At least give me some credit for intelligence, since these are obvious facts/(assessments) that even you, who hates smart people, can't deny.
a. I write purposefully helpful tutorials all the time/(you can't)
b. Amazon invited me to Vine & promoted me to Gold/(you aren't invited)
c. Amazon rates me as EXCELLENT in "insightfulness"/(you'd fail)
d. Google searches show my Usenet posts on the first page/(yours aren't)
The first half is a stated fact/(the second half is my assessment of you). Companies that know insight (Amazon, Google), rate me as the best.
How do they rate you, Carlos?
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:38:06 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :
Why do you think Amazon gives me hundreds of thousands of dollars of free
stuff if I want it, just so that I can do insightful reviews for them?
Correction.
Amazon Vine Gold gives me up to 8 items a day for free, where each item can be any amount, so if we average the amount to a simple hundred dollars, that's a risk to Amazon of 8 x $100 x 365 = $292,000 in product value.
<https://amazon.com/vine/about>
Obviously, since they're risking $300K/year on me, they are measuring my output, where I'm measured as "excellent" by Amazon in "insight".
On 2025-07-18 10:43, Marion wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:38:06 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :
Why do you think Amazon gives me hundreds of thousands of dollars of free >>> stuff if I want it, just so that I can do insightful reviews for them?
Correction.
Amazon Vine Gold gives me up to 8 items a day for free, where each item can >> be any amount, so if we average the amount to a simple hundred dollars,
that's a risk to Amazon of 8 x $100 x 365 = $292,000 in product value.
<https://amazon.com/vine/about>
Only tells me how daft Amazon is :-P
On 2025-07-18 10:50, Marion wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:03:47 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
And you say my opinion is worthless. So is yours. Why would I bother to
read it, if you despise my opinion like that?
Carlos,
Amazon risks about $300K/year on me, so they assess my "opinion" in product >> reviews, where they consistently rate my insightfulness as excellent.
I'm nothing like you, Carlos. My opinion is extremely valuable.
Your opinion, is worthless.
Want proof?
Don't ever make the mistake of equating yourself to me, Carlos.
My IQ is three times that of yours. My education ten times that of yours.
Amazon has billions of people to choose from, and not only did they choose >> me to be a Vine Gold member, but my insight is rated as excellent.
What's yours?
Hint: Your opinion is laughably worthless.
LOL.
It's Carlos who doesn't know how to write a tutorial so he whines like a
baby girl because one published tutorial is more value added to the world
than he can manage to add in his entire life.
Oh, I have written proper tutorials, but I will not tell you where.
Companies that know insight (Amazon, Google), rate me as the best.
Prove it. Show your real name. Then we will read your Amazon reports and judge them.
You are hurting me abdominal muscles. Please stop.
Hint: Your opinion is laughably worthless.
LOL.
The fact that tha braindead troll "Marion" (supposedly) reviews
products for Amazon is just yet another reason to never ever believe
online customer reviews, or even bother reading them. They're
obviuously full of lies and nonsense.
Only tells me how daft Amazon is :-P
Or how much they over-charge for every other product to be able to give
away stuff for free while still making massive profits.
Or, more likely, the "free" stuff is simply out-dated stock they simply can't sell and want to get rid of. :-)
Of course, it'*is* the the braindead troll "Marion", so the reality is
that the moron has ordered it normally, and then simply forgotten it
has already paid been paid for when it eventually arrived ... or simply
the usual lies and nonsense.
Obviously, since they're risking $300K/year on me, they are measuring my
output, where I'm measured as "excellent" by Amazon in "insight".
Whatever the value might seem to you it's far less them. Primarily because most people don't want 8 "free" every day. Where are they going to put
nearly 1000 items of junk *per year*? Plus the ticket price is not the cost to them.
Even if did really cost them $300k that's <0.1% of their gross profit. A rounding error. There is literally no risk to them. Plus they are effective employing you. How does it feel like to be working for one of the richest
men in the world for freebies? Is your own time so worthless to you?
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:32:44 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
Companies that know insight (Amazon, Google), rate me as the best.
Prove it. Show your real name. Then we will read your Amazon reports and
judge them.
Your opinion is worthless, Carlos.
Mine is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to Amazon, where they choose only people whom they can trust to give insightful critical reviews.
<https://i.postimg.cc/3x3nL4h6/amazon-trust.jpg>
Your opinion is meaningless, Carlos.
In fact, I'm graded every day on my opinion for thousands of products.
<https://i.postimg.cc/65t3Tttw/amazon-score.jpg>
Do you ever wonder why nobody picked you for hundreds of thousands of
dollars of free product to review with insightful acumen, Carlos?
You're not in the same league, Carlos.
Never make that mistake of thinking that I'm anything like you are.
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:30:43 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
You are hurting me abdominal muscles. Please stop.
We both have thick skin to be on Usenet for decades, Carlos, but the point was that you are the one who denigrated the tutorials when in fact, you've never written a single tutorial in your entire life.
We wouldn't be having this conversation had you not pooh poohed that effort (which, we must always point out, you hate because you can't write them).
Just one of my tutorials is more added value to this newsgroup than you can muster in your entire life - and that's why you dislike me, Carlos.
So be it.
You've been told your entire life that you're stupid.
I haven't.
We're completely different people, Carlos.
Never make the mistake to think I'm anything like you.
Your opinion is meaningless, Carlos.
Mine is worth up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to Amazon.
<https://i.postimg.cc/3x3nL4h6/amazon-trust.jpg>
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:05:07 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
It's Carlos who doesn't know how to write a tutorial so he whines like a >>> baby girl because one published tutorial is more value added to the world >>> than he can manage to add in his entire life.
Oh, I have written proper tutorials, but I will not tell you where.
All you know about me, Carlos, is what I write here on Usenet, which is
more value added than you've ever added anywhere in your entire life.
The main point here is your opinion is meaningless & worthless, Carlos.
While mine is insightful, at least as judged by both Amazon & Google.
<https://i.postimg.cc/k5FYJQc7/amazon-score.jpg>
Please never think for a moment that I'm anything like you are.
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:05:07 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
It's Carlos who doesn't know how to write a tutorial so he whines like a >>> baby girl because one published tutorial is more value added to the world >>> than he can manage to add in his entire life.
Oh, I have written proper tutorials, but I will not tell you where.
All you know about me, Carlos, is what I write here on Usenet, which is
more value added than you've ever added anywhere in your entire life.
The main point here is your opinion is meaningless & worthless, Carlos.
While mine is insightful, at least as judged by both Amazon & Google.
<https://i.postimg.cc/k5FYJQc7/amazon-score.jpg>
You count Amazon product reviews as *customer* as "proper tutorials"?
While mine is insightful, at least as judged by both Amazon & Google.
<https://i.postimg.cc/k5FYJQc7/amazon-score.jpg>
You count Amazon product reviews as *customer* as "proper tutorials"?
The main point here is your opinion is meaningless & worthless, {anyones
name}
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:10:04 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote :
Obviously, since they're risking $300K/year on me, they are measuring my >>> output, where I'm measured as "excellent" by Amazon in "insight".
Whatever the value might seem to you it's far less them. Primarily because >> most people don't want 8 "free" every day. Where are they going to put
nearly 1000 items of junk *per year*? Plus the ticket price is not the cost >> to them.
Even if did really cost them $300k that's <0.1% of their gross profit. A
rounding error. There is literally no risk to them. Plus they are effective >> employing you. How does it feel like to be working for one of the richest
men in the world for freebies? Is your own time so worthless to you?
Hi Chris,
It doesn't actually cost Amazon anything,
They rate us for insightfulness, for example, where my classification with Amazon is "excellent" (which is the highest category that they rate us as).
<https://i.postimg.cc/k5FYJQc7/amazon-score.jpg>
Mine is worth up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to Amazon.
<https://i.postimg.cc/3x3nL4h6/amazon-trust.jpg>
Your IQ of 40 can't even comprehend why companies who are introducing new product would want to jump start reviews from corporate shills like I am.
<https://amazon.com/vine/about>
Arno,
While mine is insightful, at least as judged by both Amazon & Google.
<https://i.postimg.cc/k5FYJQc7/amazon-score.jpg>
You count Amazon product reviews as *customer* as "proper tutorials"?
Seeing that he has claimed more "facts" (all unsupported, iow: Lies) in this subject alone than most others do in their whole life I have no problem with imagining that he would do that.
And do notice there is no name anywhere in that picture. Is that score his
? We would have to take his word for it. And pardon me, but I do not.
Also, he provided /just/ that score, and has not included a single link to any of the actual reviews that resulted into it, meaning we cannot check-out the value of them for ourselves. For all I know those "reviews" could just tick all the "will this help Amazons sales ?" boxes. iow, not actually reviews, but instead just user-provided advertisements.
Bottom line: his above "mine is insightful" claim is as hollow as all the others he has made, worth exactly nothing.
The main point here is your opinion is meaningless & worthless, {anyones >>> name}
I take *anybodies* opinion or claim as having more meaning/worth than
Arlens. People who, for whatever reason, cannot even explain their reasoning to their own claims (let alone support them) and refuse to listen to people who can (read: refuse to learn from their mistakes) can't be trusted. They /will/ cause people to be maimed or even killed.
Also : As far as I can tell there actually is one thing you can do with an sd-card and a phone that you can't do without, which would give him a
(highly questionable) technical win. For all the education and accomplishments he has claimed (being an highly-educated engeneer among
them) he's been unable to find it.
Ah, I almost forgot : Has anybody seen Arlen fix his mistaken 'you can do with an sd-card (and a phone) what you can't do without it' fact and apologise to us here ? He claimed-for-a-fact he always does that ...
You're being patted on the head by an AI for being a well-behaved dog. you're such a good boy!
On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:55:26 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote :
You're being patted on the head by an AI for being a well-behaved dog.
you're such a good boy!
You can denigrate that Amazon invited me to Vine & didn't invite you Chris. But your insults are whining because you didn't right insightful reviews.
You can denigrate that Amazon invited me to Vine & didn't invite you Chris. >> But your insults are whining because you didn't right insightful reviews.
I hope you are aware, that you are still just the product and not a
"valued member" of anything at Amazon. The whole "we invite people to a special program" thing is just marketing - so people like you can feel "important". In fact you give Amazon your workforce for free. And no,
getting free products to review is not "getting paid for work". For
Amazon this is just part of their marketing budget, nothing else.
I always agree with anyone who says something logically sensible.
I agree with Arno & Chris that I'm not "making any money"
off of Amazon, although, if I wanted to, I could *sell*
everything I get after 6 months.
Note I'm not disagreeing with you on anything other than my
point that the people (not you) who were denigrating my
insightful value don't own the ability to be as insightful
as those two simple examples show that I am.
In short, I only brought it up in defense of my argument that
I am helpful. They're not.
What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:20:51 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :
Why is it you feel you must double-post this stuff...What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Why is the iPhone always lacking in basic industry standard hardware functionality?
...Marion wrote:
What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Why is the iPhone always lacking in basic industry standard hardware
functionality?
Why is it you feel you must double-post this stuff...
...I mean, ASIDE from your obvious narcissism.
:-)
There are things a phone with a card in the sd slot can do that are impossible to do any other way - so I agree it's a critically important
basic hardware feature if you want to make the most of your phone.
For one, you can add massive storage for almost nothing in costs.
This allows massive media (up to a terabyte) without another device.
For another, you can port a phone WITHOUT any other device involved.
The data is always available offline without any other devices involved.
There are things a phone with a card in the sd slot can do that are
impossible to do any other way - so I agree it's a critically important
basic hardware feature if you want to make the most of your phone.
If this is "critically important" depends on the user.
For me personally an SD card is completely irrelevant. I just don't need
it any longer. And yes, this was a deliberate decision for me and no, I
don't care about what you say about this.
For one, you can add massive storage for almost nothing in costs.
Which I don't need. I have around 2 TB of storage available on my own
server and I have unlimited data on my smartphone. So uploading images
and videos after recording them is no problem at all and I have no need
for more than the internal 128 GB of storage in the phone. And when I
once have to replace the phone in a few years, the next model will
likely have 256 GB or more anyway.
This allows massive media (up to a terabyte) without another device.
For another, you can port a phone WITHOUT any other device involved.
The data is always available offline without any other devices involved.
Data which is *only* on the phone is always in danger of getting lost.
Therefore I synchronize all important data with my own server anway. And
that server does a backup daily to another geographical location. Every backup exists at least in three copies.
And data which I need on the road is not that much: around 5 GB Open
Street Map map data, another 6 GB for music and I keep the latest photos
an videos I have taken - but since these get synchronized with my server anyway and archived after 6 months, I don't need to keep everything.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:31:13 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
There are things a phone with a card in the sd slot can do that are
impossible to do any other way - so I agree it's a critically important
basic hardware feature if you want to make the most of your phone.
If this is "critically important" depends on the user.
Arno,
I'm logically sensible so you must pardon me for both agreeing with you and disagreeing with you - purely on the basis of basic logic & astute sense.
The obvious logic is that if you paid for a phone with more than 64GB of internal storage, then it was indeed "critically important" to you, Arno.
I realize you don't understand that rather logical assessment; but it's
pure logic that sd card storage costs far less than internal storage.
You can claim (as you have) that it's "less reliable" (and it is); but
that's essentially meaningless in terms of what you're putting on it.
You can claim (as you have) that it's "slower" (and it is); but again, all you're putting on it is stuff like media and/or map data (which is huge).
The very fact you paid an arm and a leg for something that you *later*
claim is not critically important belies your assessment of the facts.
It was critically important for you to pay hugely for more than 64GB.
Which is the main point after all.
And no, you can not prove that our phones are way more expensive than a model with just 64 KB, simply because the manufacturer doesn't make it.
And if he does, there are many more features in the phone, so that
knowing the price difference between 64 and 256 GB is not possible.
On 2025-07-25 10:45, Marion wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:31:13 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
There are things a phone with a card in the sd slot can do that are
impossible to do any other way - so I agree it's a critically important >>> basic hardware feature if you want to make the most of your phone.
If this is "critically important" depends on the user.
Arno,
I'm logically sensible so you must pardon me for both agreeing with you and disagreeing with you - purely on the basis of basic logic & astute sense.
The obvious logic is that if you paid for a phone with more than 64GB of internal storage, then it was indeed "critically important" to you, Arno.
I realize you don't understand that rather logical assessment; but it's pure logic that sd card storage costs far less than internal storage.
You can claim (as you have) that it's "less reliable" (and it is); but that's essentially meaningless in terms of what you're putting on it.
You can claim (as you have) that it's "slower" (and it is); but again, all you're putting on it is stuff like media and/or map data (which is huge).
The very fact you paid an arm and a leg for something that you *later* claim is not critically important belies your assessment of the facts.
It was critically important for you to pay hugely for more than 64GB.
Which is the main point after all.
Arlen, me and others have told you, several times, that we have a card
slot on our phones and never used it. It is not critical to us.
And no, you can not prove that our phones are way more expensive than a model with just 64 KB, simply because the manufacturer doesn't make it.
And if he does, there are many more features in the phone, so that
knowing the price difference between 64 and 256 GB is not possible.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:28:30 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
And no, you can not prove that our phones are way more expensive than a
model with just 64 KB, simply because the manufacturer doesn't make it.
And if he does, there are many more features in the phone, so that
knowing the price difference between 64 and 256 GB is not possible.
It's not possible to refute logic no matter how much you think you can.
All else being equal, it's a logical impossibility for a phone without the
sd card to be able to do what a phone with the sd card can do. Period.
It's not about whether you use it; it's about its fundamental capabilities.
On 2025-07-25 13:43, Marion wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:28:30 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
And no, you can not prove that our phones are way more expensive than a
model with just 64 KB, simply because the manufacturer doesn't make it.
And if he does, there are many more features in the phone, so that
knowing the price difference between 64 and 256 GB is not possible.
It's not possible to refute logic no matter how much you think you can.
All else being equal, it's a logical impossibility for a phone without the sd card to be able to do what a phone with the sd card can do. Period.
It's not about whether you use it; it's about its fundamental capabilities.
No. Your logic is false. No matter how many times you write the same
things again and again. WE don't accept it. Majority wins.
Not only do we not accept it, but his 'logic' is false, because -
as I wrote before and he as usual dishonestly, 'conveniently'
silently snipped/ignored - his premise is *impossible*.
"All else being equal" can and does not exist.
If he thinks it can/does, he only has to give one example.
I/we do not have to prove our position,
because one can not prove a negative.
Not only do we not accept it, but his 'logic' is false, because -
as I wrote before and he as usual dishonestly, 'conveniently'
silently snipped/ignored - his premise is *impossible*.
"All else being equal" can and does not exist.
And as I told you a while back, that was an hypothetical case, to focus your attention on the existance of sd-card slots.
You want to point fingers at Arlen for "'conveniently' silently snipped/ignored" ? Take a look in the mirror. :-(
If he thinks it can/does, he only has to give one example.
I/we do not have to prove our position,
Wrong. As *you* claimed that its impossible, its also upto *you* to prove it. Just as Arlen needs to do it for his own claims.
because one can not prove a negative.
True. But as you manouvred yourself in that corner its noones problem but yours.
On 2025-07-25 13:43, Marion wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:28:30 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
And no, you can not prove that our phones are way more expensive than a
model with just 64 KB, simply because the manufacturer doesn't make it.
And if he does, there are many more features in the phone, so that
knowing the price difference between 64 and 256 GB is not possible.
It's not possible to refute logic no matter how much you think you can.
All else being equal, it's a logical impossibility for a phone without the >> sd card to be able to do what a phone with the sd card can do. Period.
It's not about whether you use it; it's about its fundamental capabilities.
No. Your logic is false. No matter how many times you write the same
things again and again. WE don't accept it. Majority wins.
No. Your logic is false. No matter how many times you write the same
things again and again. WE don't accept it. Majority wins.
Having an SD card slot costs money (albeit a tiny amount), so phones
with one will cost more than phones without one.
Since almost nobody
actually ever used them, the SD card slot is going the way of the
dinosaur, where it belongs.
The few cents saved by removing the SD card
slot now goes towards having, for example, a higher resolution camera instead*.
On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 10:41:26 +1200, Your Name wrote :
No. Your logic is false. No matter how many times you write the same
things again and again. WE don't accept it. Majority wins.
Having an SD card slot costs money (albeit a tiny amount), so phones
with one will cost more than phones without one.
Ask Apple to refund you the money you paid for the lack of sd card.
While you're at it, ask them to refund you for their lack of aux & RAM.
And for their substandard batteries. And the loss of the charger.
This strategy of removing basic functionality so you have to buy it back is one of the reasons that Apple makes so much profit off of its customers.
Since almost nobody
actually ever used them, the SD card slot is going the way of the
dinosaur, where it belongs.
You're wrong.
The fact is 100% of Sony phones sold today have the sd slot, and 75% of Samsung phones sold today have the slot and 66% of all Androids have it.
I will agree with anyone who states a logically sensible viewpoint,
Frank,
Not only do we not accept it, but his 'logic' is false, because -
as I wrote before and he as usual dishonestly, 'conveniently'
silently snipped/ignored - his premise is *impossible*.
"All else being equal" can and does not exist.
And as I told you a while back, that was an hypothetical case, to focus your attention on the existance of sd-card slots.
You want to point fingers at Arlen for "'conveniently' silently snipped/ignored" ? Take a look in the mirror. :-(
If he thinks it can/does, he only has to give one example.
I/we do not have to prove our position,
Wrong. As *you* claimed that its impossible, its also upto *you* to prove it. Just as Arlen needs to do it for his own claims.
because one can not prove a negative.
True. But as you manouvred yourself in that corner its noones problem but yours.
You may think it's a hypothetical case, he presents it as
a practical one.
You want to point fingers at Arlen for "'conveniently'
silently snipped/ignored" ? Take a look in the mirror. :-(
I'm not snipping anything. I responded to what he wrote,
I'm not responding to you.
True. But as you manouvred yourself in that corner its noones
problem but yours.
Nope, no corner.
I/we don't have to, because one can not prove a negative. Logic 101.
Frank,
I/we don't have to, because one can not prove a negative. Logic 101.
Lol. Yes, "I/we" have to. That you can't just means that you have an undefendable position. Which is also logic 101..
Kiddo, you are as dishonest as Arlen is.
I/we don't have to, because one can not prove a negative.
Logic 101.
Lol. Yes, "I/we" have to. That you can't just means that you
have an undefendable position. Which is also logic 101.
Sigh! Please don't try to teach me any 'lessons' on logic.
"One can not prove a negative." is a logic law.
Your footstamping doesn't change that.
As to "That you can't just means that you have an undefendable
position.": *I* do not have a 'position', *Arlen* has
so *he* has to prove his position, because the reverse is impossible
That you fail to grasp basic logic, doesn't make me dishonest.
And cut out the 'Kiddo' (etc.) crap. We didn't go to school together.
If you can argue *why* Arlen doesn't have to prove his position
but I ... do not need your unsubstantiated confrontational
discorse.
Until then, it's once more EOD.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:31:13 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
There are things a phone with a card in the sd slot can do that are
impossible to do any other way - so I agree it's a critically important
basic hardware feature if you want to make the most of your phone.
If this is "critically important" depends on the user.
Arno,
I'm logically sensible so you must pardon me for both agreeing with you and disagreeing with you - purely on the basis of basic logic & astute sense.
The obvious logic is that if you paid for a phone with more than 64GB of internal storage, then it was indeed "critically important" to you, Arno.
I realize you don't understand that rather logical assessment; but it's
pure logic that sd card storage costs far less than internal storage.
Could you live with a 64GB phone that has no chance of adding storage?
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:28:30 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
And no, you can not prove that our phones are way more expensive than a
model with just 64 KB, simply because the manufacturer doesn't make it.
And if he does, there are many more features in the phone, so that
knowing the price difference between 64 and 256 GB is not possible.
It's not possible to refute logic no matter how much you think you can.
On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 10:41:26 +1200, Your Name wrote :
No. Your logic is false. No matter how many times you write the same
things again and again. WE don't accept it. Majority wins.
Having an SD card slot costs money (albeit a tiny amount), so phones
with one will cost more than phones without one.
Ask Apple to refund you the money you paid for the lack of sd card.
Sigh! Please don't try to teach me any 'lessons' on logic.
"One can not prove a negative." is a logic law.
The obvious logic is that if you paid for a phone with more than 64GB of
internal storage, then it was indeed "critically important" to you, Arno.
No, because I already have the memory and thus the sd slot is *NOT* "critically important" for me!
I realize you don't understand that rather logical assessment; but it's
pure logic that sd card storage costs far less than internal storage.
Yes. But it is still not "critically important" for me.
Could you live with a 64GB phone that has no chance of adding storage?
Yes. I would just have to change some of my habits how I use it. But I
could to that of course. In the past I had phones which even had only 32
GB and could live with that just fine.
And no, you can not prove that our phones are way more expensive than a >>> model with just 64 KB, simply because the manufacturer doesn't make it. >>> And if he does, there are many more features in the phone, so that
knowing the price difference between 64 and 256 GB is not possible.
It's not possible to refute logic no matter how much you think you can.
Telling people, that they lie if they say that an sd card is not
important for them is not "logic" but just stupid.
No. Your logic is false. No matter how many times you write the same
things again and again. WE don't accept it. Majority wins.
Having an SD card slot costs money (albeit a tiny amount), so phones
with one will cost more than phones without one.
Ask Apple to refund you the money you paid for the lack of sd card.
Apple also had iPhones *with* SD card? How much more did they cost?
R.Wieser <address@is.invalid> wrote:
Frank,
[Most deleted. There's just no point in trying to untangle the misinterpretations/misrespresentations.]
I/we don't have to, because one can not prove a negative. Logic 101.
Lol. Yes, "I/we" have to. That you can't just means that you have an
undefendable position. Which is also logic 101..
Sigh! Please don't try to teach me any 'lessons' on logic. "One can
not prove a negative." is a logic law. Your footstamping doesn't change
that.
As to "That you can't just means that you have an undefendable--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
position.": *I* do not have a 'position', *Arlen* has, so *he* has to
prove his position, because the reverse is impossible ("One CAN NOT
prove a negative." (perhaps the uppercase helps to comprehend what it *actually* means/says)).
Kiddo, you are as dishonest as Arlen is.
That you fail to grasp basic logic, doesn't make me dishonest. And cut
out the 'Kiddo' (etc.) crap. We didn't go to school together.
If you can argue *why* Arlen doesn't have to prove his position or/and *why* 'one can not prove a negative' doesn't apply to the reverse of
Arlen's position, then *do* so, but I - and most others - do not need
your unsubstantiated confrontational discorse.
Until then, it's once more EOD.
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:27:55 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
No. Your logic is false. No matter how many times you write the same >>>>> things again and again. WE don't accept it. Majority wins.
Having an SD card slot costs money (albeit a tiny amount), so phones
with one will cost more than phones without one.
Ask Apple to refund you the money you paid for the lack of sd card.
Apple also had iPhones *with* SD card? How much more did they cost?
Remember Virginia Slims cigarettes?
Remember the marketing for them?
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:27:17 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
And no, you can not prove that our phones are way more expensive than a >>>> model with just 64 KB, simply because the manufacturer doesn't make it. >>>> And if he does, there are many more features in the phone, so that
knowing the price difference between 64 and 256 GB is not possible.
It's not possible to refute logic no matter how much you think you can.
Telling people, that they lie if they say that an sd card is not
important for them is not "logic" but just stupid.
Remember Virginia Slims cigarettes?
Remember the marketing for them?
To owners of phones that lack basic functionality, it's "courageous".
You clearly don't realize what you did and what your thought process was.
You paid dearly to buy back that sd functionality that didn't exist, Arno.
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:26:12 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
The obvious logic is that if you paid for a phone with more than 64GB of >>> internal storage, then it was indeed "critically important" to you, Arno. >>No, because I already have the memory and thus the sd slot is *NOT*
"critically important" for me!
It's interesting that you don't seem to realize you proved my point.
You paid dearly to buy back that sd functionality that didn't exist, Arno.
I realize you don't understand that rather logical assessment; but it's
pure logic that sd card storage costs far less than internal storage.
Yes. But it is still not "critically important" for me.
You don't seem to realize that it was critically important to you, Arno.
Otherwise why did you pay something like ten times the cost to buy back
what would have only cost you about 20 bucks for the extra sd storage?
Otherwise why did you pay something like ten times the cost to buy back
what would have only cost you about 20 bucks for the extra sd storage?
Because I can afford it. I have enough money.
You paid dearly to buy back that sd functionality that didn't exist, Arno.
What exactly did *I* "buy back"?
Remember Virginia Slims cigarettes?
Remember the marketing for them?
This is irrelevant.
You said Apple should refund the money you paid for the lack of sd card.
But how can there be a "lack" if Apple never offered the same device
*with* sd card?
A Rolex Submariner is also much more expensive than a Casio WV-59.
Should Rolex also refund the money for not having accurate time because
it lacks a time signal reciever and even doesn't have basic functions
like an alarm, stop watch or timer like the Casio WV-59?
On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:35:05 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
You paid dearly to buy back that sd functionality that didn't exist, Arno. >>What exactly did *I* "buy back"?
We are both discussing two related but different sets of equations.
You paid x for a phone with y amount of storage.
From your perspective, you didn't buy anything back.
From your perspective, the storage came with the phone.
I understand your perspective (if that is an accurate portrayal of it).
My perspective is you could have paid less than x with less than y storage. And then adding sd storage to equal y storage for less than you paid.
I think you understand my perspective, where I'm also aware that you didn't even have the choice of doing it via my perspective for that particular
phone (which I accept as a fact of Google Pixel phones, prima facie).
In the end analysis, we only need to understand each other.
There's not much more each of us can do that we haven't already done.
My perspective is you could have paid less than x with less than y storage. >> And then adding sd storage to equal y storage for less than you paid.
But then I would have a phone which would lack features, my current
phone has - like compatibility with a Quadlock case or an excellent camera.
I think you understand my perspective, where I'm also aware that you didn't >> even have the choice of doing it via my perspective for that particular
phone (which I accept as a fact of Google Pixel phones, prima facie).
In the end analysis, we only need to understand each other.
There's not much more each of us can do that we haven't already done.
Yes - first of all to accept, that storage is not the only feature which
is important in a smartphone.
Yes - first of all to accept, that storage is not the only feature which
is important in a smartphone.
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