Satire: Reasons why Puerto Rico sucks

[JaneMas]

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Originally Posted by JaneMas
Now how did you edit that after the 3 day deadline?

What three-day deadline? It's my BLOG.

On this thread, not in your blog.

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Originally Posted by JaneMas
I've read article protesting the garbage on tv, but no one demands better shows. As long as they watch it..it will continue.

You mean with 90% of the population loving the garbage? Fat chance.

Fat chance for what? There's more to life than watching tv. Look at the kids today in the USA...all couch potatoes, fat, and barely any real friends to play with. Like I said before, yes there is garbage on tv...good reason to do something else.

By the way Fulano, apart from all the tech lingo you are right. I guess he expects PR to have the same Power the USA has when it comes to technology. Never knew we were suppose to compete. Isn't PR more a tourist and agricultural society rather than a tech society?

The Early '80s: Failed Attempts Barely Worth Mentioning

In the early '80s, Apple owned what then passed for the home computer market. Xerox, in a misguided attempt to become a player, bought a bunch of Apple stock and gave up the family jewels in the process--the original conceptual framework for today's ubiquitous GUIs, icons, and mouses.
But even Apple couldn't sell the cutesy interface to the masses; the only thing that saved its ass was an opportunistic defection to the business market. And of course, poor IBM missed the PC revolution altogether, and in the business markets to boot, its home turf. The PC Jr., it's pathetic swipe at the consumer market, isn't even worth mentioning.

As the '80s wore on, the industrial landscape was littered with failed attempts to crack the mainstream. Atari and Commodore nearly went out of business trying. Even Apple's Steve Wozniak, who many credit with inventing the personal computer, dropped out of the game, citing among other things the failure of the PC to make a difference on a wide scale. http://www.ibiblio.org/cmc/mag/1995/jan/jerram.html

[NelsonN]

Originally Posted by JaneMas

By the way Fulano, apart from all the tech lingo you are right. I guess he expects PR to have the same Power the USA has when it comes to technology. Never knew we were suppose to compete. Isn't PR more a tourist and agricultural society rather than a tech society?

No, your just an idiot, because that is exactly my POINT. Had I not left Puerto Rico for Philadelphia I would not be in the position I am today. The reason Puerto Rico can't compete is because the majority of Puerto Ricans are wired backwards, just like your brain. That's not my fault.

I never said all I do is watch TV, I assume you can read Spanish? Because my short bio of my growing up in Rincon states that I never liked Puerto Rico's TV, and do you think that with all that I know that I was sitting in Philadelphia in front of a TV all day? Ass clown.

An agriculture society? It used to be. Get a clue. We are an industry and services oriented society, you knuckled-headed idiot. The government of Puerto Rico is the biggest employer.

Holy god, what an idiot you turned out to be.

Stay away from my conversation until you learn how to read and understand what you read.

[NelsonN]

Originally Posted by JaneMas

The Early '80s: Failed Attempts Barely Worth Mentioning

In the early '80s, Apple owned what then passed for the home computer market. Xerox, in a misguided attempt to become a player, bought a bunch of Apple stock and gave up the family jewels in the process--the original conceptual framework for today's ubiquitous GUIs, icons, and mouses.

This is a load of crap. The reason these players couldn't make a dent was because the IBM PC was displacing many of them. The Amiga, Apple, Atari, all suffered because they could not keep up. Microsoft's MS-DOS was becoming the standard, at home and at work.

"But soon IBM had a version of the personal computer on the market and Apple began struggling to stay on top of the market. So in 1983, Jobs lured John Scully from Pepsi-Cola to help him compete, saying "If you come to Apple you can change the world" (Angelelli)."

And again, YOU CAN"T READ FOR ****, were did I state the home PC market as a force for the reason my life turned out for the better? I learned about computers at school and worked on them at jobs. Bought a personal computer for myself and found plenty of other hobbyist that were knowledgeable, back then we didn't have every jack ass, without a clue posting on message boards. Those were the days when educated people ruled cyber space.

In any case, think what you want. I am finished educated your stupid ass, you can't even read.

[FULANODETAL]

Oye Nelson:

We are not communicating, you are agitated, and we are apparently not understanding each other. But when you become abusive you lose the respect you seek.

The woman you called an idiot is a intelligent, college educated, rational, and reasonable military veteran who has raised a family. I ask that you self reflect and reconsider your unwarranted language.

Siempre es mejor ejecer auto-restriccion para mantener la paz y buena voluntad.

[JaneMas]

Originally Posted by NelsonN

This is a load of crap. The reason these players couldn't make a dent was because the IBM PC was displacing many of them. The Amiga, Apple, Atari, all suffered because they could not keep up. Microsoft's MS-DOS was becoming the standard, at home and at work.

"But soon IBM had a version of the personal computer on the market and Apple began struggling to stay on top of the market. So in 1983, Jobs lured John Scully from Pepsi-Cola to help him compete, saying "If you come to Apple you can change the world" (Angelelli)."

And again, YOU CAN"T READ FOR ****, were did I state the home PC market as a force for the reason my life turned out for the better? I learned about computers at school and worked on them at jobs. Bought a personal computer for myself and found plenty of other hobbyist that were knowledgeable, back then we didn't have every jack ass, without a clue posting on message boards. Those were the days when educated people ruled cyber space.

In any case, think what you want. I am finished educated your stupid ass, you can't even read.

Such out of control behavior! No need to have a tantrum! Where does it say I can't post that? It has nothing to do with what you said as a whole. Are you trying to control responses? If I recall you compared PR with a giant in technology. Now if that isn't stupid I don't know what is. Many countries out there who are independent don't focus on technology. So what if PR didn't beat the USA in the chip race. Your boring blog was probably written by a 10th grader that's how poor it looked.

Such a short temper, due to a disagreement about some hardware...Didn't you learn something from the Jehovah Witnesses?

Sorry but Fulano made better clarifications and points.

Thanks Fulanodetal. See what happens when people spend too much time working on computers? They become irrational!

The Internet

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By the 1980s the Internet was still only a relatively small group of networks for the most part linked to military research and operations. At this time, however, the field of computer science was growing in universities who wanted the network facilities that the ARPA sites enjoyed. One of the first major expansions of the Internet away from military use was the CSNET, a network funded by the NSF to connect computer science departments across the country. The advent of small, affordable personal computers in the late 1970s and especially in 1981 with IBM’s PC created a growing number of home and office users who also wanted access to the internet. In 1975 Robert Metcalfe created the Ethernet system which made connecting computers in a local area simple and inexpensive, and 3Com put commercial Ethernet products on the market soon after. With this privatization and popularization of Internet access, the Internet spread rapidly into all areas of independent life.

Broadband

As more and more users subscribed to Internet Service Providers, the demand increased for high-speed access in homes and businesses. Most users were connected by narrowband analog telephone lines, requiring a modem to translate digital computer data into analog data and a dial-up process to use the telephone system. In the 1990s, two separate forms of broadband service came from companies who already were wired to most homes and businesses in the country, the telephone and television services. Companies in both areas wanted to expand into other communications markets but weren’t allowed to until the Telecommunications Act of 1996. After this, cable television companies began upgrading fibers for two-way transmission, and two main companies, Excite@Home and RoadRunner made broadband Internet access available starting in 1998. In the telephone sector, digital subscriber lines (DSL) were put on the market to replace analog connections, and Internet Service Providers like AOL entered into contracts with local phone companies to reach this market. Excite@Home has the most broadband subscribers to date, with over 3 million as of June 2001. These always-on connections have made independently-owned computers even more accessible for distributed computing, and make such features as returning results to servers as soon as they are calculated much easier.

The magnitude to which the number of private Internet users has grown in the past decade, and the broadband technology which is currently expanding to many of those users, has made distributed computing practical on a large scale. The world wide web is searched by so many users that research projects have been able to accumulate millions of volunteers to make the use of this technology incredibly beneficial. Because network technology plays such a large role in distributed computing, the evolution of these projects has closely followed the growth of the Internet, so that many groups have begun to take part in just the last few years.

http://cse.stanford.edu/class/sophom...y_history.html

[JaneMas]

In any case, think what you want. I am finished educated your stupid ass, you can't even read.

Let me educate you...it's "I am finished educating"

Since your bashing Ricans in PR and their SCHOOLS/UNIVERSITIES AND BRAINS, What you do is nothing compared to what these PUERTO RICAN SCIENTISTS DO! Who by lack of computers in schools have gone FURTHER THAN YOU!

Anthony M. Busquets
- Electronics Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

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Dr. Victor A. Carreño
- Aerospace Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

Patents:

Single Frequency Multitransmitter Telemetry System, U.S. Patent 4,631,538, Issued December 23, 1986.

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Miguel Alvarez Chico
- Computer Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"System Hardware Design Engineer for the Aft-Deck Semulator and the Cockpit Motion Facility".

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Juan A. Cruz
- Aerospace Engineer, Aero Space Technologist

"Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Parachute"

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

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Lydia Del Rio
- Analyst

"Research and Program Management and Center Full Cost Program Analyst"

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Dr. Orlando Figueroa
- Mechanical Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Director of Solar System Exploration Division and Mars Exploration"

Figueroa enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico and in 1978, he earned his Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon his graduation, he continued his studies and completed advanced courses in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Guillermo A. Gonzalez
- Electronical Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"In Space Propulsion-Solar Sails Program Manager"

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Olga D. Gonzalez-Sanabria
- Chemical Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Director of the Engineering and Technical Services"

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Amri Hernandez-Pellerano
- Electronics Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Power Systems Electronics Designer"

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Gloria Hernandez
- Technical Manager, Aero-Space Technologist

"Supersonic Aerodynamics"

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Lucas G. Hortas
- Aerospace Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

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Carlos A. Liceaga
- Electronical Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Fault-Tolerant Comuting, Reliability Modeling"

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Debbie Martinez
- Computer Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Expertise: Flight Simulation"

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Lissette Martinez
- Electrical Engineer, Rocket Scientist

NASA Wallops Flight Facility located in Virginia

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Dr. Marla E. Perez-Davis
- Chemical Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Chief Electrochemistry Branch"

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Mercedes Reaves
- Mechanical Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Research Engineer"

NASA Langley Research Center in West Virginia

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Dr. Miriam Rodon-Naveria
- Biology-Aquatic Microbial Ecologist

"Senior Physical Sciences Technical Manager"


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Otilia L. Rodriguez-Alvarez
- Electrical Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Solar B. Mission Manager"

Rodriguez-Alvarez is the Instrument Manager for the Advance Baseline Image for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Program.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland

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Dr. Pedro Rodriguez
- Mechanical Engineer, Aero-Space Technologist

"Director of the test Laboratory in the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center"

Pedro enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico and changed majors four times before deciding to become an engineer. He studied in that institution's engineering campus located in the city of Mayaguez. He earned a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering in 1976.

noter. Rodriguez is the son of the late Puerto Rican salsa singer Pellin Rodriguez.

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama

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Monserrate Roman
- Micro-Biologist

"Chief Microbiologist"

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Desiree Santa - Administrator
"Congressional Liaison/Research Opportunity Administrator"

[NelsonN]

Originally Posted by JaneMas

So what if PR didn't beat the USA in the chip race. Your boring blog was probably written by a 10th grader that's how poor it looked.

Hmmm, an attempt at wit, too bad your first sentence has nothing to do with anything I said, Puerto Rico is not in a race with the US, we live off them. This is what really makes you come across to me like an irritating gnat. Again, please, make an effort to follow the conversation if your going to be replying.

Originally Posted by JaneMas

Let me educate you...it's "I am finished educating"
Since your bashing Ricans in PR and their SCHOOLS/UNIVERSITIES AND BRAINS, What you do is nothing compared to what these PUERTO RICAN SCIENTISTS DO! Who by lack of computers in schools have gone FURTHER THAN YOU!

Ha! Like these are the people that live around me and interact with me everyday here in Puerto Rico. I bet most of those people had educated families and with the means. If you read what I write and understood, I still visit Rincon, many of the kids that grew up with me walk around staring at the street or are selling drugs.

I say it again, my family moved around a lot and that was because of the lack of employment for them on the Island. Do you really think that living like gypsies I was going to get, as you state, as low as I have gotten in life? Yeah, right. A poor family in Philadelphia does have more opportunities, we didn't move around a lot and had my poor parents remained on the island they would not have had the opportunities they had. That's my reality and my experience. Here in Puerto Rico as long as I keep bumping into neighbors who can't have a conversation about anything meaningful in life, I will keep calling them ignorant, rambling idiots.

Originally Posted by JaneMas

In the 1990s, two separate forms of broadband service came from companies who already were wired to most homes and businesses in the country, the telephone and television services. Companies in both areas wanted to expand into other communications markets but weren’t allowed to until the Telecommunications Act of 1996. After this, cable television companies began upgrading fibers for two-way transmission, and two main companies, Excite@Home and RoadRunner made broadband Internet access available starting in 1998.

Imagine that, what I said about broadband was right on the money.

Around 1995, I remember the Puerto Rico telephone company offering to set you up with an e-mail account for the following price:

$100 to setup and around $25 cents per e-mails received after that. [Don't hold me to that figure, it was a long time ago, but it was somewhere in that neighborhood.]

Now, don't get me wrong, both telephone industries, here and in the states, didn't see the writing on the wall and soon found themselves having to follow the ISPs. AOL also was late to the party when it was forced to change from a metered rate system to an unlimited flat rate.