I Am Bismark

digg commenters are idiots

two stories today really proved to me how idiotic the people who post on digg are. i really would like to believe that this is not indicative of most people in this world, but sometimes i really have to wonder.

  1. AT&T Announces iPhone 3G pricing plans
    wow, people are such whiners. it is really this simple: 1st gen iphones were eligible for the $15 at&t medianet plan with a forced $5 200 text message plan. thus an “iphone data plan” was $20 a month. the reason at&t allowed for the $15 plan on a smartphone was most likely a) to placate apple and b) the iphone only supported slower EDGE speeds. now, with the new iphone 3G, at&t is giving the phone the same treatment as all other smartphones: the $30 smartphone data plan. this time there is no forced text message plan. is this expensive? yes, welcome to the world of wireless plans. is it any more expensive than any other smartphone? nope. really, the only rather interesting and unique aspect of the iphone 3G is that people who bought 1st gen iphones are eligible for the upgrade price ($199). i think this is once again there to placate apple and not to turn off all of the early adopters.

  2. Obama to expand Bush’s faith-based programs
    i have been a pretty big obama fanboy lately, but i will be the first to admit he has his warts. i am pretty upset over his cowardly stance on telco immunity. nevertheless, this story, the title it was given, and especially the idiotic commenters are just amazing. this seems like a much more balanced view of what is happening here: Obama to rename Bush’s faith office. sounds like a good idea to me. is there really that much indiscriminate hate against people with religious beliefs that anything to do with them has to be evil or wrong? it sure sounds like obama is doing what he promised to do: change the old politics of predefined partisan divides and bring both sides of the table to work at making america better. he won’t give federal funding to proselytizing efforts, but he will give money to important and established charitable efforts regardless of the beliefs or lack their of their sponsors. this is not an expansion of bush’s programs, this is a restart.

i just wish people weren’t so obnoxious.

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