The MPEG LA firm, the firm that owns the patent for the H.264 codec, stated

MPEG LA, the firm that controls licensing for a number of video and other standards, announced on Thursday that it will never charge any royalties for Internet video encoded using the H.264 standard that Apple favors, as long as that video is free to end-users.

Note the language used…

If a video is encoded using the H.264 codec, MPEG LA will not charge royalties for the Internet video SO LONG AS that video, that was encoded using H.264, is free to end-users…

Let me say that one more time…

If a video is encoded using the H.264 codec, MPEG LA will not charge royalties for the Internet video SO LONG AS that video, that was encoded using H.264, is free to end-users…

I don’t see how that assures anyone that MPEG LA will make the H.264 codec “open” in any way…

Do you?

Security Alerts…

I did not know that the USA could have different Security Alert status positions at the same time…

Come to find out, the USA posts a terror alert (you can add it to your page too)… See the right column? Right now, the USA is “elevated” or yellow while the USA AIR warning is “Elevated” or red…

Take from this? Take the train…

Terrorists…

I see people saying that terrorists are religious fanatics or “crazy” people. I think terrorists are those that talk others into killing because they think they are too valuable to lose for the cause… You know… The adult who would convince a child to go kill those the “adult” finds offensive (for whatever reason) because the adult is to cowardly to “fight” those they, themselves, oppose… See here for an example…

Funny how people like that always want someone else to go fight “their” fight…

Stuff

We may make mistakes more than once…

This saying applies to people, companies, and states (countries). One reason to study history is to know about past mistakes, try to avoid future/current mistakes, and to learn from past mistakes so that we become … better.

Hopefully every USA citizen has read these two documents…

Declaration of Independence — More information available here.

Constitution of the United States of America - Much more information available here.

I read an article that states most “boyfriends” wouldn’t LET their girlfriends sunbathe topless…

Would you?

I ask because men go around topless all the time…

Women wear bikinis that, lets be honest, do nothing to “cover up” their “assets…”

Why do SOME men objectionize “boobs?” Everyone has them… Even the men…

Sure, some are bigger and some are smaller… Some are real, and some are fake…

It doesn’t seem to make a difference.

How do you take the objectionization out of an object?

If you make the cookies freely available, do kids still desire to get in the cookie jar? This is why managers of doughnut shops give their new hires all the doughnuts they can eat for the first few days? That way, the “new” hires stop wanting donuts…

I’ll ask again… If you make the cookies freely available, do kids still desire to get in the cookie jar? No, but the kids still want and like cookies…

I do agree that just making boob-images more available won’t stop the issue…

Do women also have to play a part in the solution by stop focusing attention on the boobs solely as sexual objects?

What are your thoughts?

I. Like, OMG!

Some Silicon Valley High School students won medals in math contest…

II. Who would by this censored?

Playboy announces it will be censoring its iPad application to meet Apple’s stringent “Morality Test.” I mean… Really? I know they have good articles, but … Really?

III. Oracle…driven to make money…

Oracle announces it will not pursue OpenSolaris. At the same time, Oracle sues Google and announces JAVA is not free… Anyone know what happened about this news release by the Free Software Foundation (FSF)?

It isn’t as straightforward as you would think…

I had thought I would go to

1. press the Home Screen button
2. select “Applications”
3. select “Settings”
4. select “Sound and display”
5. select Voice call ringtone”
6. pick the ringtone you want or browse for one you would like…

No, it isn’t that easy…

Rather, you have to

1. download or transfer the mp3 file to your phone;
2. press the Home Screen button;
3. select “Applications”;
4. select the “My Files” application;
5. browse to where the mp3 file is located;
6. tap the mp3 file you want as your ringtone;
7. when prompted to “Complete action using”, select “Sound Player”;
8. as the file plays, hit the Menu button;
9. select “Set as” and choose “Voice call ringtone.”

Yes, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that either ;p

I have upgraded my phone on AT&T to the Samsung Captivate–an Android phone:

Samsung Captivate

I like the phone!� I got mine for FREE from Walmart and Letstalk!� I see the cost is now at $99.00, but $99.00 is cheaper than the $199.00 found at AT&T stores…

There are two things I wanted to know:

1. How to view multiple e-mail accounts; and
2. How to switch between open applications.

Here are the answers…

Viewing E-mails…� Your way…

You can hit the e-mail icon to view your general e-mail accounts.� NOTE:� The e-mail accounts under the e-mail icon is NOT the google account you used to set up the phone-THAT e-mail is opened using the gmail icon…� The gmail icon/program is much more efficient than the e-mail program provided by Samsung…� Just my opinion, your mileage may vary…

Once you hit the e-mail account icon, you are able to add an account to the phone.� Once in that account (say the inbox), you can hit the menu button (lower left) and get an option to add another account or to see all of your e-mail accounts.

You can view the e-mails in each account or you can view them in a global e-mail inbox—viewing them in the global inbox does not remove them from their respective accounts.� I like that

Switching between Applications

Android allows you to use more than one application at a time–you can have three applications open at once!� Many I have talked to ask, “How do I get back to that application I just had open…?”

Here is how…� Android Central states

The fast app launcher is super easy and quick to access, just hold down the “Home” button on the phone. You then just click on the app you want, and it opens. It’s that simple, and that awesome.

Easy enough!

Summary

I like this phone, and I am liking Android.� Samsung has stated Froyo (Android 2.2) will be delivered later this year (2010), and I look forward to that update as it has improvements that should speed up specific actions.

In closing, I would suggest you add Advanced Task Killer, publised by rechild, to your phone.�

Just because Android apps have no “close” button doesn’t mean they shut down when you return to the home page or move on to another app.

Advanced Task Killer turns off those apps and conserves battery power and will help keep your device running fast and efficiently by closing programs that you don’t need to have running.

So, what are YOU waiting for?� Go get an Android phone today!

I was sent a link about how movies (really any type of movie) can “corrupt” your soul and let “Satan” into your heart, mind, and body…

Yes, I thought “Say what?!” too…

The article says

Before I realized it, I was watching a movie a weekend — sometimes two. I found myself less interested in reading. I would pick up a book and page through it, but what I really wanted to do was watch another movie. There were several titles I couldn’t wait to see. So came the midweek video.

Most of these movies were “family movies” or PG movies…

The author continues

During my video seduction, I experienced a perplexing spiritual struggle. I rationalized viewing discrete sex and partial nudity. I’m mature enough to handle this, I thought. There’s nothing wrong with merely viewing these things. I’m not the one doing them. Yet deep within my heart, I knew I was guilty.

Guilty of what exactly?

The author states

Before long, however, I found the sexual scenes more enticing and less offensive.

Here is what I don’t understand…

The viewing of sin, killings, sex, or other “things” does not let Satan into your heart. Those things and activities don’t even let him near your heart or soul… You do.

Watching movies isn’t different than reading a book…

Let me Explain… No, there is too much. Let me sum up…

If you are religious, you know God created all.

God created the animals, the plants, and us.

God wants us to procreate. To do so, he made sex pleasurable. Accept that fact. If it didn’t feel good (if it was really painful and unpleasant), we might not be here to worship him… Wrap your logic around that…

Being content with who you are and what you are lets you understand that sex is natural. Liking sex is natural.

If you think it isn’t natural, why did God create it and make it required for us to procreate?

You see, thinking that anything lets “SATAN” into you is a myth. You act and think on your own–nobody forces you.

God doesn’t understand why you think you are perfect and shouldn’t be tempted (by sex, etc). You are not God–you are imperfect.

Those who are not religious can also understand that humans, like most animals, are not perfect creatures… To expect perfection is … illogical.

The weakness is in you! The weakness is not created by the videos or the movies. Rather, the weakness is in your inability to rationalize and think critically about the feelings those visions create in your psyche.

Try to understand that. Try to educate yourself and grow.

God, and the rest of us humans, don’t like ignorance or those who think “something else made me do it.”

If you follow Apple at all, you are likely aware of Steve Jobs and his quest against porn. If not, go take a small read here or do a Google, Yahoo, or Bing search…

However…. Steve Jobs may be more sinister…

It is … Magical

The iPhone 4 brings us Facetime-video calling over wi-fi! Now porn producers can adopt the iPhone 4 as they adopt HTML 5!

Steve wins…

I can see it now…

No more web-girls needing a web-cam for instant sessions…

Now girls can give you … Facetime! On your dime of course…

Steve… I always knew you were devious…

I had called John over to see my new toy, a Triumph Street Triple—well, it was used, but it was “new” to me.

John walked in the garage, his eyes never leaving the floor. He sat down and opened the beer, “I hope everyone has had one of these evenings.”

If I was a poet, I’d say sadness hung from him like a heavy coat. “What do you mean?” I asked. He was looking down at the floor, his gaze never rising since he came into the garage–didn’t even look up at the Triumph Street Triple that sat in “its” corner.

He took a swig of his Bass Ale and looked at me, “I hate feeling this way…”

All I could think of was that he appeared to have a look of self-loathing. “Which way would that be John?” I was curious now.

“You know, like I’m the “only one…” He trailed off, looking at the Triumph yet still not seeing it. “You’re a diabetic. You know how you get when you are low? Really low?” He looked at me for what I took was for an answer that would back him up somehow.

“Yes John. I know what you mean–when the world makes sense to you and everyone else is off their rocker. Is that what you mean?”

I pause only to explain what this might mean… As once said… Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up…

Diabetics have a disease called Diabetes (Diabetes Mellitus) that means their body does not produce enough insulin (for a variety of reasons) to properly metabolize/deal with sugar in the body. Insulin is what takes the “sugar” from your blood and moves it into the cells for proper use. Diabetics can have both hypoglycemia (where the amount of sugar in their blood is “too low”) or hyperglycemia (where the amount of sugar in the blood is “too much”). As with most things, moderation is preferred (i.e., blood sugar should be between 75 and 130 mg/dl of glucose in the blood).

Hypoglycemia, or abnormally low blood glucose, presents a “few” problems… and may develop if the diabetic takes too much insulin such that excess insulin tries to take more sugar out of the blood and into the cells than is available. The diabetic may become agitated, sweaty, and have many symptoms of sympathetic activation of the autonomic nervous system resulting in feelings similar to dread and immobilized panic (i.e., going into shock). Consciousness can be altered or lost and, in extreme cases, leading to coma, seizures, or even brain damage and death. In patients with diabetes, this can be caused by several factors, such as too much or incorrectly timed insulin, too much exercise or incorrectly timed exercise (exercise decreases insulin requirements) or not enough food (actually an insufficient amount of glucose-producing carbohydrates in food). In most cases, hypoglycemia is treated with sugary drinks or food. In severe cases, an injection of glucagon (a hormone with the opposite effects of insulin) or an intravenous infusion of glucose is used for treatment, but usually only if the person is unconscious. In hospital, intravenous dextrose is often used.
Quoted, in part, from Wikipedia.

What this does not say is that during these episodes, the diabetic may be “unreasonable” and hostile.

By ‘unreasonable,’ I mean the diabetic may argue that they are NOT low on blood sugar, even sounding, depending on the individual’s ability to deal/rationalize during these periods of low blood sugar, quite logical and sane–up to a point (more on that later).

By ‘Hostile,’ I mean that the diabetic may argue, quite forcefully, that nothing is wrong with them and that the person trying to help them must show (i.e., prove) to them that something is actually wrong… The diabetic is likely to yell, say terrible and hurtful things, and/or say things that “pop” into their minds without their rational mind catching what they are saying… The diabetic is trying to get the person who is trying to help them to leave them alone. Therefore, the diabetic can say things that can be painful to hear—especially if the person spoken to is someone the diabetic loves…

To those who are not diabetics, these episodes are hurtful and difficult to deal with. Often, the non-diabetic will not understand how the diabetic can actually argue with them that the meter (used to test their blood sugar level) is proving that their blood-sugar is too low.

The diabetic, on the other hand, is confused, due to limited amounts of sugar getting to the brain–leading to confusion, disorientation, and, possibly, brain damage.

Here is the kicker…

Often, the diabetic will have a ’significant other’ who will try to get them to eat/drink something to raise their blood sugar. Sounds great and simple doesn’t it? By now you should realize that nothing is so simple when blood sugar (and reason) are “on the low side…”

Explaining further, the diabetic will argue with any “helping” person often saying there is “nothing wrong” all the while knowing something is wrong but not being able to actually discern what is wrong. The diabetic often feels as if it is a nightmare where their lover is arguing with them that something is wrong with them (feeding a feeling of isolation and insecurity). The diabetic often feels as if nothing they do will actually stop their loved one from arguing with them. Due to feeling “insecure” and “attacked,” the diabetic often says hurtful things because they are feeling attacked, insecure, and hurt by comments from their loved ones since the diabetic is unable to rationally understand the situation.

Perhaps now you can better try to understand…

“Yes. I knew you would understand.”

I could feel John relaxing. A weight seemed to lift off his shoulders. “You have an episode last night?” I used episode, because we don’t like to admit that those situations actually occur. You see, we are terribly embarrassed when we regain our rational minds (i.e., we realize that we obviously were not acting sane and that we caused pain to those we loved. It is also possible, if other people were present during the episode, that we are embarrassed about how we acted because if our significant others can’t understand our episodes, nobody else is likely to do so either. Rather, those experiencing these episodes are likely to think we are insane, rude, crude, … just undesirable people to be around.

“Yeah. A bad one…” He paused.

I knew, without a doubt, that there was more to the story, and I felt as if I had to let him let it out rather than me fishing for it.

“Leane had family over. Extended family too. You know, those that have no idea that I was a diabetic or that don’t know what diabetes means when someone gets low on blood sugar.”

“Leane love you John.” That may seem odd coming out of my mouth first when he did not say anything about his wife not loving him. The hypoglycemic diabetic causes pain by arguing and rationalizing (as they can when low on blood sugar) with the significant other when the significant other is worried about and is scared about the low blood sugar. All they want is for the diabetic to get well, and the diabetic is arguing with them about the situation and NOT DOING ANYTHING to raise their blood sugar.

He looked up, “I don’t know. Not after last night. I was 31 or something–for far longer than I like.”

“And you asked Leane why she didn’t call 911 to “save” you and prevent the hurt right?” I knew this well. I had asked my wife to not call 911 and to talk me into eating or drinking something–until my last episode. “Perhaps you can do what I did with Tara after my last episode?”

“What is that?” If I was a fish, I would be looking at the starving fisherman who was counting on me to save him and his family. Hope is a powerful and funny thing…

I smiled, “I have gotten her to promise me to call 911 as soon as she knows something is wrong. That way she is not going to go through any pain or worry any longer than she has too, and I am going to realize, via paying the bill, that there are costs to these episodes. Also, I hope that her getting them to deal with me will prevent me from hurting her.”

Hope of a future without the pain gleamed in his eyes. “It work?”

“Well, she hasn’t had to call yet, but I haven’t had an event yet either. It has only been a month…”

“That might actually work…” He was thinking now… That rational part of his mind had kicked in and was revving along like my Street Triple did when cruising down the street.

Being a diabetic, I have certain freedom. I had to ask, “Was it that bad? Do you remember anything you said or did?” Sometimes we don’t. While I am not sure, I think this may be for our benefit–it would be difficult for us to cope with some of the things I know we do. I can’t imagine what is it like to be on the other side. I’m sorry.

“I don’t know man. It is all a blur. I remember getting low. I actually got up to go get something to eat, but I never made it.” His head, still looking down, swiveled back and forth and mirrored his denial of understanding.

I smiled. A non-diabetic finds it hard to understand how you can feel yourself getting low on sugar, start to go get sugar, but not make it because between getting up to go get sugar and getting it, your sugar gets so low you have a disconnect and don’t realize your blood sugar is the issue… My own doctor, not a diabetic, didn’t understand this often-occurring situation.

“Happened to me a month ago.” I reminded him, “And Tara and I are fine.” Well, she said we were. I wasn’t so sure. I was afraid that she would consider NOT calling 911 so she could be done with it. That really isn’t fair, but it is my fear… Tara and I have promised to be honest with one another–it has worked much better than we had thought. No lies between us–sounds simple, but it isn’t…(that is another story)…

Shock blazed in his eyes. “Last weekend at the party you two seemed inseparable!” His eyes squirmed, darting back and forth between my eyes as if to catch me in a lie. They wouldn’t.

“We are doing well John. She has been with me long enough to somehow separate those events from the real me.” Her being able to do that has saved me and our relationship. She is a treasure. “I don’t know how she does it John. But she does.”

“I was such an ass.”

I laugh. “You always are.”

He chuckles. His head raises, and he looks very serious, “Is that the new Street Triple?”

“About damn time you noticed …”

Synopsis

We have turned the corner now. Like anyone in pain, a diabetic can take the hurt they may have caused and let it burn them past being able to be saved. The diabetic can alienate themselves from loved ones, family, and friends to the point of ending up severely depressed and, eventually, dead (when nobody is left to find them during an episode).

How we and those we love cope with these events, and others, is a testimony to the human condition to understand and forgive.

If you know a diabetic… If you love a diabetic, realize that the low-blood sugar demon is not the person you love–rather, it is that part of the human that is still the non-logical animal.

Thank God for reason. Thank God for those that love us anyway…

I see many people saying the new Arizona Law is “racist” (as if there is such a thing…) and discriminatory…

Criminal laws discriminate against criminals…

I have to ask this… Have you read the Arizona Law?

If not, read here…

http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf

If you complain the new law is a “problem,” you should at least know what the law says… Otherwise you are ignorant and uneducated…

Understand that “undocumented migrants” are “illegal immigrants.” It is illegal to be in the USA without following the laws regarding immigration.

To say that “undocumented workers” are not illegal is like saying a man isn’t a criminal even though he stole food to feed his family… Educate yourself and think critically…

Please… Do everyone a favor. Read the Law.

So it was…

At the end of the game between Ghana and Uruguay, a Uruguay player hit the ball out of the goal using his hands…

While the player did receive a red card, the goal was not allowed…
The penalty kick was missed!

Question: Did the ball pass the line of the goal prior to the handball?

I think it did pass the line of the goal–which means it was a goal and shouldn’t have been a penalty kick.

Anyone have any video that would show this?

The rule should be that handballs at the goalline should be an automatic goal and not a penalty kick. You see, making it a penalty means the defense will ALWAYS commit the penalty rather than allow fair play to rule in Soccer.

Soccer shouldn’t be about bad play determining the winner. Rather, Soccer should be about good soccer playing.

If you think that defensive play was good, imagine if it was your team that was denied the goal. Yes, now you realize what an idiot you were for thinking that type of play is “good soccer.”

Really…

So says the 5-Judge majority as stated by Judge Alito.

Why is this a surprise? It shouldn’t be… Think about the first 10 Amendments…

They are limitations on governmental power over citizens. Shall we review?

1st - Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

2nd - Militia (United States), Sovereign state, Right to keep and bear arms.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

3rd - Protection from quartering of troops.

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

4th - Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

5th - Due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain.

No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

6th - Trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

7th - Civil trial by jury.

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

8th - Prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

9th - Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

10th - Powers of States and people.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

All of these grant rights to citizens that are to be guaranteed to the citizens of the USA. I think that is a good thing…

“Liberal” Judges don’t get it and, thank God, can’t sell it…

Yahoo has a news link that states:

Justices John Paul Stevens and Stephen Breyer, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, each wrote a dissent. Stevens said that unlike the Washington case, Monday’s decision “could prove far more destructive — quite literally — to our nation’s communities and to our constitutional structure.”

Does he recall that the reason we have a country is that the citizens had guns? Just because people can use guns unwisely isn’t a reason to reduce the rights of the citizenry… If that were the case, Free Speech would be reduced first since most arguments and fights begin with words… Perhaps the Judges in their “Ivory Tower” have forgotten this fact… I hope they aren’t that … ignorant!

The passage of concealed carry laws has been “trumpeted” as being so dangerous by many anti-gun groups including the Brady Campaign… However, none of the states with such “Shall Issue” laws has seen any of this destruction to any of their communities. While not funny, it is enlightening that the areas with the most strict gun control laws are those very places where gun violence is so bad-Chicago, Washington D.C., …

Constitutional Victory

Nobody likes like gun violence. Nobody.

Liberals should be granting liberal rights to the citizenry rather than reducing citizen rights. Funny that it appears to be those labeled as “conservative” that grant rights to all of us…

For those who think this will create bad violence and killings, I have a statement…

If the President of the Brady Campaign went out and bought a gun and obtained a concealed carry permit, he/she would not be any more likely to commit gun violence than any other citizen who does the same… Those you need to worry about are those criminals who break the laws and who are willing to use gun violence to “get what they want.”

Remember, the criminal is committing a crime. I don’t think making it illegal to own a firearm is going to stop a criminal from owning a firearm. It hasn’t worked in the United Kingdom, and it won’t work anywhere…

Think critically rather than with your emotions. One is good, the other is scary.

I made a post way back on December 11, 2007…

Is the iPhone just a thin client?
by Counsel @ 11:24 am. Filed under Main Page

A long time ago (in the tech world), a move was made to establish a thin client as everyone’s method to interact with the Internet and with computing in general.

A “thin client” is a computer terminal that does not do much computing on its own. Rather, the “thin client” (TC) sends data to a server that runs software and calculations and simply sends back data to be displayed on the TC.

At that time, the “last leg”–that internet connection between the home or office and the “server” or Internet–was limited in speed and “up time.” Anyone else remember 300 baud modems? The limited speed and “up time” severely limited the idea of the “thin client.”

Fast Forward

The TC is back with a vengeance. “Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up…”

The iPhone (1st Gen, ed.) is, basically, a thin client cell phone. Before everyone jumps on me for saying so, I admit that the iPhone does appear (I don’t own one) to have several applications stored and run from the iPhone itself (calculator, calendar, camera, etc).

Most of the apps I have seen, and there are a lot of them, are run on a server somewhere that the iPhone accesses on the Internet via either a cellular connection or a wi-fi connection. For some interesting ideas and “proof of concept” sites, see the following:

• iPhone App to control Pro Tools LE;

&

• Cool Hunting’s List of useful Apps.

or sites like the following (other “app” sites now omitted, Ed.)

What is wrong with this?

Now that “up time” is around 95 - 99 percent and the speed of the connection is much better (I hear it runs “fast enough” without 3G), the idea of the TC may be here. All of the “faithful” seem to state that they love their iPhone and its capabilities (even though not much software running/computing is done on the actual phone).

So nothing may be wrong with this concept. Certainly, it is working for Apple, the iPhone, and those who love the iPhone.

However, I often travel outside of GSM coverage as part of my job. GSM coverage does not have 100% saturation across the United States of America, and my job requires me to be in some of those “dead spots.”

How useful would the iPhone be at that point? I am asking the “faithful” here to be honest and provide us with accurate data.

I assume the media capabilities of the iPhone work without a cellular/Internet connection.

For instance, my Treo 650 can still bluetooth to the GPS device and let me see my position via maps stored on my device. The apps on my Treo 650 work without any cellular service. So while both of us would be without cellular service, we could both watch movies (you an a nicer screen) and listen to music. But I think, and I hope you will correct me if I am wrong, that I could be much more productive and application rich with my Treo 650 than with an iPhone.

I love the idea of the iPhone, but I want an iPhone that is a smartphone, a “thick client” rather than a “thin client.” I don’t want to be limited by what I can use or where I can use it.

What say you?

Counsel

An opportunity?

I see Apple looking forward to a TC iTerminal. Of course, it will have a much better name. While iTCH won’t work either, many would scratch at the chance… (yes, I had to go there…). However, iTCH might just work! Think of the marketing. “Have an iTCH? Scratch it!” The “Scratch it”, of course, refers to the touchscreen that you would “scratch.” Now the “faithful” can say, “You ’scratch’ anything interesting today?” I envision a tablet Mac running OS/X with a keyboard on the screen (like the iPhone). Now, if Apple would just make this as a “thick client,” with the full OS/X and not as a thin client, I’d buy…

Apple made the new iPhone 4…

Like Plants v. Zombies (great PRIOR to the iDevice release…), it may do what my Treo 650 could but with a bigger and better display.

The iPad could have been the tablet Mac, that I called the iTCH. Just think how successful Apple could be with that marketing and with a tool the real “geeks” could love… An OS/X-running tablet… Would you scratch that?

Soccer is ON!

Of course, it has been on for a while, and I haven’t played competitively for some time… Something like 20 years ago, I was playing semi-pro ball in Puerto Rico. I quit because semi-pro and pro soccer isn’t, imho, about the better soccer team or the better soccer player, it is like the american judicial system–it is what can you get away with…

Let me give you some examples…

Chile v. Switzerland on June 21, 2010

In this game, there were many, many fouls-19 cards were issued? Can that be right?

There was a yellow card given to a Chilean player for hitting a Swiss player in the face-except he didn’t touch the Swiss player. Video clearly shows no touch occurred…

There was a yellow card given to a Chilean player for faking a foul as he was going for a goal shot. He faked a foul to try and get a penalty kick instead of simply recovering and trying to get the goal like a good soccer player…

The only goal that counted shouldn’t have because there was a player off-sides on the break-away. Video replay clearly shows the off-sides.

There was a yellow card given to a Swiss player for holding a Chilean player who was down by the Swiss goal. After being given the card, the Swiss player got up and yelled, his body clenched–all when video clearly shows he was fouling the Chilean player. Did the Swiss player have amnesia? Give me a break…

What is my problem with all this?

FIFA looks stupid, and the players and teams look worse.

Why?

You have no review of plays. There is no penalty for lying. There is only an encouragement to lie, cheat, and hit…

This atmosphere, created by FIFA, coaches, and players, leads to this…

Poor sportsmanship, Lack of Soccer skills

All of this lack of honesty and sportsmanship lead to poor soccer. I think this all started when Pele was playing… Why? Most players didn’t have the skill to stop Pele so they relied on fouls, intentional fouls at that…

The Solution?

FIFA needs to step up the game and stop worrying about making so much money. Soccer is suffering. Players today think elbowing the defender in the stomach/ribs is okay and acceptable. When the defender replies by pulling the attacker’s hair, suddenly everyone is up in arms?

Give me a break. If you are going to foul and suspend Lambert for that action, you should also foul and suspend the other party…

Doing otherwise is hypocritical. If you don’t think so, you need to go take a class in reason and practice critical thinking…

My Message to FIFA, Players, and, especially, Coaches

Call the fouls or change your damn rules. FIFA, refs, and players all look stupid and lacking in reason when they try to justify the game as it is currently played.

There is NO reasoning for the game to be reduced to the fake fouls, the purple prose, the lack of pure soccer skills and enjoyment of the game.

My comment to those who foul on purpose, to those who fake fouls, to those who support this lack of sportsmanship…

If you can’t compete without it, get off the field.

Okay… Not perfect, but I like it and it is my blog…

Obama and BP just came to grips and agreed on 20 Billion USD fund to compensate those affected by the Oil Spill…

Let me put this into perspective as to how cheap that agreement is…

See here…

BP’s 2009 Annual Summary

Look at the Profit before interest and taxation….$26,426 Million.

BP made, in 2009, 26 Billion USD in profit.

It seems to me that 20B USD as a fund isn’t enough…

On that track, they will still make a profit in 2010.

Doesn’t that seem, somehow, wrong?

Where is critical thinking?

If Steve showed up and told you you needed to get approval for all reading material you read by asking Apple if it was okay to read, would you oblige him?

I read a post at TwistImage that seems to think the iPhone is better than swiss cheese, bread, and the cart it road in on (including the wheels).

I had to respond…

You state:

“The phone (or calling) part is now shadowed by everything else.”

Ah..No it isn’t or all the iPhone people would be carrying a phone and an iPod or iPad…

I want one device to do everything, and we can have that today. I don’t care about Steve’s philosophical differences with Adobe or Google, and I bet most users would appreciate flash on their devices… Steve references Adobe promised it for 2 years but didn’t deliver…does that mean Steve wanted it too? What changed?

I’ve stated this before… Steve’s genius was marketing and perfecting the iTunes store. People who invest in a platform are not want to change and lose their investment. Now that all these iPod and iPhone users have spent good money on apps that only work on iDevices, they have an incentive in continuing to use iDevices even though they don’t provide all of the features people want.

Please don’t tell me you like going to Flash intensive sites on the internet with the iPad or iPhone and seeing all those blank spaces… That is not a full-web experience.

Open? H.264 is protected IP–go look it up! H.264 is as open as .gif is open… Does Apple give away any open source software besides their contribution to Darwin?

Don’t get me wrong, I like Apple–I have used their hardware since the //e (I have one of the first). However, I don’t care about Steve’s obsession with Flash, porn, Google, Android, or anything else. I care about my devices allowing me to use them for the experience I want.

Great if most people don’t care about flash. However, I want Flash. I want to be able to install my programs on the device without me having to send them to Apple for Apple’s release on the iTunes store. What if I don’t want to share or what if I use it for my purposes?

I buy a Ford, Chevy, Via, or other car, and I don’t expect the manufacturer to tell me I can’t put on Goodyear tires or use it for racing…

I buy a new refrigerator and don’t expect the manufacturer to tell me what I can put in it…

I don’t expect to buy a new Computer with Windows (whatever flavor) and expect MS to tell me I have to use their browser…… (get it yet?)

Why should I let Stevie tell me that I don’t need flash? I don’t need that Bass Ale in my refrigerator either, but I will drink one hoping the Xiliv X10 android slate is released soon–I will be buying it.

Why?

Go look at the text of the speech given by the “establishment” in the 1984 advertisement for the macintosh-yes, the famous one… The text sounds like Apple today…. Don’t think so? Go look it up.

Choice. I don’t want the government telling me what I want, and I don’t want to have to give up things I enjoy doing–those time-wasting flash games–just because Stevie has some issue with Adobe…

If you think it is about being “open,” you have bought the red herring…

I really don’t understand what the fuss is over…

I guess it is that iPhone users are not educated about the features that are available on other phones/devices so that they think Apple started each one.

Go look at the Treo 650 and tell me where Steve got his idea for icons in a row on a screen–Palm.

Did Apple do a great job on the original iPhone? Yes.

Is the new iPhone 4 the “best thing ever?” No.

1. IPS Retina View

I don’t want to see my retina… The iPhone 4 has a good display, but Steve’s comments are a lie. See here and here.

2. Lack of Flash

You may not want it, but plenty of us do. You are “right” for you, and we are “right” for us. Leave it alone and quit trying to convince me I don’t need it or want it–I do.

Now, for a negative in a sentence to prove a point.. (bad grammar idea..)

The full web experience is not seeing blank spaces where flash content is located as I browse the web… Sorry Steve, why don’t you browse to some of those popular sites while you “introduce” those devices? Ah, right… You don’t want people to see those blank spaces…

3. Lack of being “open.”

For all of Steve’s talk of “open,” the iDevice is certainly closed. If I want to put my program on the iDevice, I have to send it to Apple and let it be listed in the iTunes store… Why? What if I want to use it for me? Does Ford tell me I can’t use GoodYear tires? Does Kenmore tell me what I can put in my fridge?

4. Expandability…

I want a slot for a SD card, HDMI, USB, etc. Why can’t we have those? Would it extend the life of the device past that which Apple wants to have in the return purchase? Smart for Apple, not good for me.

5. Competition

Apple’s move isn’t about “open” or “full-web experience. Apple’s move is to control content.

Apple moves to limit Admob (Google) ads from providing useful ads for those who want them, and plenty of folk do–just look at Google’s bottom line and Apple’s purchase of iAds…

Apple wants to limit iAds to Apple devices. Steve says this removes unwanted ads and replaces them with nicely-wrapped information for the user (i.e., ads by Apple).

Apple wants all content delivered to iDevices to come from iTunes (controlled by Apple).

All of this is great for Apple, but I don’t like the limitations. Why can’t I buy an app from someone else? Why can’t I install it myself? People yell, “Apple guarantees quality and the experience…”

Give me a break! Think critically! Did all of those Palm apps crash palm devices 10 years ago? No, people swarmed to those devices… People learned what was “junk” and what wasn’t. Just as they learn via reviews and other sites. The programmers/developers guarantee quality, Apple limits. If you think otherwise, you are about to be pulled out of the water and into the boat…

Summary

I think it is great if you LOVE your iPhone and iPad. I like my Macintosh notebook and my iPhone.

My next phone likely will not be an iPhone since I (me, myself, and I) want more than what the iPhone can provide. Your mileage may differ, and I am not saying the iPhone is “wrong” per se. Rather, the iPhone (and Apple’s philosophical stance) is wrong for me. Call me idealistic or call me nuts.

Either way, I’ll be shopping elsewhere.

What say you?

I’m sure you are all aware that Helen Thomas has “retired.” I think she was forced out due to her opinions.

Funny about that, everyone has them, but we don’t accept those that are contrary to ours…

That makes us as biased and intolerant as those we complain about doesn’t it? If not, I’d like to hear what you think is logic…

My comment to those Jews and Arabs who are exchanging barbs about this:

The people who are replying in an angry tone or with profanity are not people who want peace or who think critically. Let me explain…

There is very little that is “right” or “wrong.” Mostly, it is a matter of what your culture finds “acceptable.” You have your opinions, and everyone else has their opinion. If you think you are always “right,” you are ignorant… What is “right” for you could be “wrong” for everyone else. Again, why do you think you are always right? Do you think Hitler killed the Jews he did because he thought he was … wrong?

The road to hell is paved not with good intentions but with those who “knew” they were “right.”

People are entitled to their opinions. Even if they are widely divergent from yours, you should try to understand their reasoning (if any). If you can not try to do so, are you not as “wrong” as they are since you have your opinion? Are you “wrong” to all of the people who called Palestine home? If you never listen to those who disagree, how do you ever learn? How do you correct your misunderstandings? How do you ever alter your view?

“Terrorists” are defined by the victors or those in power. Do research or do you forget those “freedom fighters” who killed many–not just people in the military or members of a police force. Again, the act is terrorism. The reason for the act is irrelevant isn’t it? Think!

She, like everyone else, is entitled to her opinion. Nobody else has to share her opinion, and you can think she is wrong. You can think the complete opposite. Who cares? You could think 2 + 3 = 4, and you still wouldn’t be right…

The point? Take “their” side. You ran them out of their home (USA to native Americans, Jews to Palestinians, Palestinians to Jews, etc.). Who “owned it when?” Someone live there before the Jewish religion was formed? Perhaps we should return it to those with Neanderthal DNA…

Why is there a need to “hate” anyone? Jew, Arab, etc? While I think the Muslim religion is off the mark (such as requiring conversion or “taxing” those who are not Muslim), I do think people should have the ability to worship as they want so long as it doesn’t bother others.

I do think education will go a long way to changing the Muslim religion… If not, I don’t think it will survive the education of its followers. Who can support the conversion (forced or not) or the “taxing” or unfair treatment of non-believers when they don’t other religions should “tax” them or treat them differently? Logic is a funny thing… How do you justify a double standard?

Think critically. Don’t hate someone because they have an opinion or it is okay for them to hate you for your opinion. Accept that people disagree with you. Accept that you are not always “right.” Learn to communicate. If you have forgotten your history, the Jews and Arab Muslims have the same ancestors… You are simply picking a time and culture that you don’t share with each other and claiming each is “right” while the “other” is “wrong.”

That sounds like my two kids arguing…

Get over it. Grow up and sit down and talk. Listen and learn. You aren’t different, you just have different beliefs. I bet you and your spouse don’t agree on everything. One might have voted left, one right. One might like education for women, one may not. One may love mathematics, and one may like literature…

Everyone is an individual. However, we need to learn to live together… If you are going to hate someone for an opinion, then you can’t complain when people hate you…

Critical thinking. Why is it that nobody tries anymore?

You can not like what she has to say, and you have a right to say as much. However, she has a right to her opinion and a right to speak her mind.

Before you jump down my throat, understand that there is lots in each “bible” that makes no sense…

Jonah swallowed by a whale? Sure, it is documented that a child was swallowed and lived, but I don’t know that Jonah was actually swallowed… Does it matter if it is absolute truth to learn the lesson the story teaches?

Remember, it was HUMANS that wrote the texts, and we are not perfect even if you think God is… If he is perfect, I wonder how it is we are unable to think critically and solve problems–instead we act all “emotional…”

Could Jesus walk on water? I don’t think so, but do all of his teachings mean nothing if he would sink?

Why do Muslims not want you to worship an idol but get angry when you deface the image of Muḥammad? I still don’t understand that… I understand Muslims think Muḥammad wasn’t the son of God and think he was just a prophet. However, I don’t know whether Muslims get upset if an image of Jesus or Moses is defaced. If not, what is the reasoning for the double standard?

I won’t even go into some of the “religions” like Scientology that … Well, go Google/Bing/Yahoo that for yourself…

My point is that we are all individuals. Get every “group” (muslim, jew, catholic, etc.) together, and I doubt you will find any two who agree on every issue. If we can agree on that issue, why is it that people in each of those groups finds it so easy to “hate” someone in another group simply because they disagree?

People need to think critically rather than be controlled by what others think. If you let the opinions or actions of others control you, are you really following your religion?

If you don’t believe in religion/God, a double-standard should not be acceptable to your logic.

If think a double-standard is acceptable, I’d love to hear how you justify it… Do you think you are “better” than others and, therefore, can tax non-believers? How about if the other groups did so to you or others of your religion? How would you feel then about them and their practice? Think now… Don’t cave in to the ease of feeling offended. God wants you to think–that is why you have reason that differentiates you from the other life on the planet. If you aren’t religious, you hare reasoning that is documented as being “higher” or more developed than that found in other life on the planet. If you are responding emotionally, how is that helping? Remember, think…

Think Critically.

How would you feel if you were not given the same rights as everyone else simply because you believed in a different God? How would you feel if it was the same God (Jews, Muslims, and Christians) but didn’t practice the worship of that God in the same manner?

Could it be God asked each of you to worship differently?

Summary

Remember, the road to hell or damnation is not paved with good intentions… The road to damnation is not admitting your “right” may be “wrong” for other people. When you “know” you are “right” and “others” are “wrong,” how are you different from Hitler (because he “knew” he was “right”) when you treat others to a different standard just because they don’t meet certain conditions (religion, appearance, etc.)? Remember, Hitler didn’t kill Jews, homosexuals, and others because he thought he was wrong.

Hitler thought he was “right,” and he used his “justification” to do terrible things. While you might not kill so many, how is your view that “they” are “wrong” any different than Hitler’s view of the Jews or the homosexuals? You hate them because they are them and not you? You hate them because they are different or hold different beliefs? Be better than Hitler…

Tolerance and understanding. God knows. He knew we would be thrown out of Eden, and he knew we would be tested. I don’t think he knows whether we use the greatest tools he gave us (reason and freedom of though) to save us and the world. Realistically, it doesn’t look good does it?

If a child hits your child, do you suggest your child go hit the other child back? If not, you should not hate others just because they disagree with you or your views.

Failing to think critically makes everyone look … like children. Hopefully, the majority of the people on this planet can put aside childish things.

In Closing

Everyone has an opinion…

If “We” don’t like or accept those opinions that are contrary to ours, aren’t we as biased and intolerant as those we complain about just because they are “wrong?”

Stop arguing like children. Put away childish things. Growing up is hard work. So is Critical Thinking.

What say you?

Often a person never realizes…
People surround us.
I feel she may not realize her value,
and I don’t want her feeling that way.

I give you a pink lily-to plant and to grow with you, wherever you go.

A Lily because…
the lily was so revered by the Greeks that they believed it sprouted from the milk of Hera, the queen of the gods.

Pink because it Is a mixture of red and white.
… because pink represents all that is feminine and sweet:

• the first hint of a blush;
• the hue of soft, sun-kissed skin;
• the color of lips and tips

of fingers that lift the petals up
for the attention they deserve…

• to be felt;
• to be inhaled; and
• to be admired.

The flower withers next to you.
You constantly amaze me.
I sit here in awe as I watch you:

• work hard;
• live free; and
• enjoy the journey and the view.

To have such courage and guts…
How does it feel to be on a pedestal?

One day, someone else will see in you what I have always seen…
Then I will console myself with memories:

• a smile;
• trembling hands and fingers;
• a glance;
• a too-long touch;
• unrequited support; and
• acceptance of the imperfect me.

I sit here on my cheeks, each with an iq of at least 80…
and think…
If anyone is perfect,
It must be you.

May life always send you:

• bright and warm days;
• joy in living, even if there are no waves to take you places; and
• warm, supportive friends who, like sand, let the unimportant sift through while surrounding and supporting you.

Enjoy the flower.
I know I do. 

Denying entry to the game…

If Flash doesn’t work on the iPhone (or doesn’t work well), let the market decide to open the door to competing products. To deny entry to the “game” and say “you can’t compete technologically” seems like a lie… If Flash is terrible on the iPlatform, the market will see this and either Adobe will improve it or competitors, even Apple, can introduce a competing technology.

Why HTML5 isn’t the answer

HTML5 may not handle delivering codecs to your computer, returning us to the early days of the Internet when you were prompted at every site to “download the required codec…”

Apple supports its products and open standards…

Apple’s own Quicktime doesn’t stream to my iPhone Quicktime does not stream to my iPhone (See Robert Cailliau’s Standards test page), and quicktime is Apple’s own product.

H264 is not open. Rather, H264 is a legally-protected codec for compressing video (a family of codecs really). H264 will not handle the creation of interactive games like Flash. Again, H264 is protected by patent law where appropriate, “In countries where patents on software algorithms are upheld, vendors and commercial users of products that use H.264/AVC are expected to pay patent licensing royalties for the patented technology[8] that their products use.” (See Wikipedia). Remember what happened to the .gif format? Right… That could happen to H264. Recall that nobody expected the issues to be raised about gif either…

What Adobe and Flash do well…

Adobe started Postscript to tell printers how to print …

Flash isn’t perfect, but it is a cross-platform system to stream video, create interactive games/apps, and other solutions. Like PDF, Flash lets created content run on multiple OSes and hardware. Flash handles all of the codecs (video and audio), the interaction, etc. for the content. The user just needs to have the software installed.

Why bring in Javascript?

Javascript is a superscript of the adopted ECMAscript standard. Bringing up Javascript into the conversation about Apple and Adobe can only be because Apple “supports” Javascript as an open standard? Javascript is a superset of the approved ECMAscript standard. What does this have to do with Apple’s position? Do you think Adobe doesn’t support Javascript?

Saying you support Standards to bolster your position

Are you saying that you would support Adobe if Adobe submitted Flash to be adopted as a Standard and it was adopted as a standard?

If so, why is a standard so important? Remember, Javascript didn’t start out as a standard, and HTML wasn’t exactly approved/standardized before delivered to the world. Who cares if “it” is a standard? Is the iPhone OS an open standard? Is Filemaker’s database app for the iPhone free or “open?” No. What matters is whether a technology/app works for its users.

Flash works.

If Flash doesn’t work on iMacs well, go ask Apple why that is… My Mac hasn’t crashed once while using Flash, and my kids are using flash all the time Too much if you ask me

My Issue

To say this is about “open” standards v. closed systems is a red herring that most people are swallowing.

My Thoughts

My position Flash is just one tool. Don’t like it? Don’t use it. I don’t care. Just stop trying to rationalize the acceptance of Apple’s position v. Adobe’s as an “open” v. “closed” debate.

Saying the Ford GT can’t race because the WTF Racing Organization says they won’t allow the GT into race does not mean the GT is inefficient, broken, terrible, or “closed.” Rather, it means the WTF Racing Organization won’t let the GT in the door to race. If the GT can run, let it into the game. If the GT blows up, stalls, or otherwise fails to perform, the market will drive it out of the game. To say the GT can’t race in your arena and then say that it is due to flaws in the GT is odd since you aren’t letting it in to race for everyone to see…

Flash runs fine in OS/X… Flash problems generally have been reported on one Mac model… Might it be that mac model has a problem? I will admit that the “problem” is real convenient for Apple now isn’t it? I wonder if Steve was “smart” enough to have a bit of “required” code to support that particular Mac that causes “problems’ with Flash??? Nah, that wouldn’t be fair…

All I will say that my mac has had NO problems with Flash. Period.

Summary

Imagine if Intel, IBM, and others said to Apple “We won’t sell you chips because the Mac OS is “closed” to your hardware.”

Who would you support in that argument? Apple? Why? Choice? Let the market decide? Nobody is forcing anyone to use Apple’s products? …

If you just look at open v. closed, you are missing the point.

Who controls what you do with your car? Ford, Chevy, Honda, Lexus, or you?
Who controls what you do or watch with your television? Sony, Samsung, Sanyo, or you?

Why would you give up the ability to run something even if you wouldn’t run it?

Why not have the option? Seems to me options = competition.

Options = competition.

Seems Apple doesn’t want Options…

Get it yet?

I’m surfing along a wave on the ocean called the Internet, and my board catches on an article on the Clean Water Act.

The article states

Rep. James L. Oberstar, chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he’s trying to return the law to where it was before 2001, when the Supreme Court issued the first of two rulings that said the Clean Water Act’s use of “navigable” limits the government’s oversight to major rivers, lakes and similar waterways.
…
“Clean, safe water is a right for all Americans,” said Mr. Oberstar, Minnesota Democrat. “Unless we act, the law can’t ensure that right. Because of the Supreme Court decisions, companies have spilled oil, carcinogens and bacteria into the lakes, rivers and other waters without being fined or prosecuted.”

Critical Thinking?

Is “spilling oil, carcinogens, and bacteria” on upland soil acceptable to Mr. Oberstar? Spilling oil, carcinogens, and bacteria on upland areas where kids play is not acceptable to me or others I have talked to regarding this topic.

Trying to limit the dumping of pollution by protecting water is like reducing the wearing of jewels in an attempt to reduce theft…

So why make a limited argument that does nothing to stop the “dumping of oil, carcinogens,” or other compounds and items that we don’t want dumped … anywhere?

Logic

No dumping = clean water and clean uplands.

Sticks and Stones…

Why hasn’t name-calling been left back in the fifth grade?

The article states Mr. Oberstar said

“I think our opponents are just in some weird place where they’re frantically trying to fix the facts to the conclusion they’re trying to drive,” he said. “What is it that they think they’re going to gain politically and otherwise by being against motherhood and apple pie?”

I tell my kids not to act all “high-and-mighty.” I think I’ll have to suggest that Mr. Oberstar isn’t for “motherhood and apple pie” just because he is for “clean water.” Give me a break…

My Thoughts. Yes, I have a few…

Name-calling makes your argument look weak on the merits (which it its). Stop…

Pulling on emotions does not address the science or logic, and using emotional responses makes me think your argument is weak (which it is). Use logic, critical thinking, and science to support your position.

I am not against clean water. Actually, I am for the appropriate regulation of water.

However, I have pointed out that regulating water does nothing for keeping upland areas clean, non-polluted, and appropriately used. We need to think bigger and protect the forest, not just the trees “we” are interested in protecting or using…

Summary

What we want to do is stop the dumping of oil, carcinogens, and other “pollution.” We want to stop the dumping everywhere, not just in water because dumping it anywhere will affect Man and the rest of the environment. Why wait the 150 years it might take the pollution to get to the water before being able to do anything about the pollution? That just doesn’t make sense…

Lets regulate the disposal of pollutants so that we can keep waters (including wetlands), uplands, and the air clean.

What say you?