The electoral college is a sort of weighting system that keeps large populous states from overwhelming smaller states. It is pure genius as is the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and has worked well. And yes, I agree, Siri is still pretty stupid.
Sent from my IPhone > On Sep 24, 2017, at 5:31 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Exactly right. This is why you see candidates put most of their energies > into certain states. The electoral college is woefully obsolete and the US is > the only country that has one. > > So the majority of voters wll be, if not already, severely impacted by the > actions of an unhinged man/boy. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > >> On 9/24/2017 2:15 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> Just one thing, the majority of US citizens did not vote him in. Indeed, the >> majority of those who voted even did not vote him in. The electoral college >> did because that's how our system is set up, winner take all in each state. >> But he did not get the most votes. What a system. >> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Sep 24, 2017, at 1:47 PM, David & his pack of dogs >>> <myguidedo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> No insalt was intended and I am sory, if you or him took offense. >>> Naturally, I am not going to use this forum to air political views. Just >>> keep in mind however, the majority of U S citazens voted him in. >>> Subsequently, if things go wrong according to them,they have no one to >>> blame but, themselves. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. >>> Sent: September 24, 2017 9:00 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Siri is still pretty stupid >>> >>> David, >>> Show some class and don't insult Anders over his way of signing his >>> emails. We hear enough from Trump who has no class whatsoever and insults >>> everyone and every country except Russia. EH? >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>>> On 9/23/2017 9:57 PM, David & his pack of dogs wrote: >>>> If there had been any Canadians at the school on class at the time, I >>>> would have never made the comment as I know using the term A means nothing >>>> in respects to class. Although, try to hear the term A in Ottawa Ontario. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn >>>> Sent: September 23, 2017 8:33 PM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Siri is still pretty stupid >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Actually, I don't believe that Anders was referring to the "eh" euphemism >>>> at all, he simply has a / followed by the letter A at the end of all of >>>> his messages. Likely has something to do with his name, although I'd have >>>> to defer that to Anders himself for exact reasons. I would also beg to >>>> differ with respect to which class of Canadian uses the "eh" euphemism. >>>> Class itself is a matter of opinion with respect to who fits in where, and >>>> I've heard Canadians from very well off to not so much use "eh". I've >>>> even been known to use it myself and I certainly don't place myself in >>>> what might be considered lower class. Now, Bob and Doug MacKenzie, or >>>> those two mousse in the Brother Bear movie exaggerated its use quite well, >>>> eh? >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On Sep 23, 2017, at 16:44, David & his pack of dogs >>>> <myguidedo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Oh, BTW, Anders, only low class Canadians say \A. I can say that being >>>> Cnadian. Although when I was on class at an American guide dog school, my >>>> nationality was brought into question as I did not say \A, at any time. >>>> Thus my earlier comment. There were no other Canadians on class with me >>>> so, I felt I was safe. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg >>>> Sent: September 23, 2017 2:50 PM >>>> To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Subject: Re: Siri is still pretty stupid >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> I don’t know what to think really. >>>> SOme Iphone and apple fans, especially one blind guy i have seen on some >>>> swedish list is really happy about siri. >>>> He could get opening and closing times for a specific store somewhere in >>>> sweden. >>>> I can not do the same with google assist in swedish. >>>> But i guess it will come, the sooner the better. >>>> From my perspective siri must have a hearing loss or maybe i have a lisp >>>> or stuttering and strange voice. >>>> I asked her to play Script from a jester’s tears by Marillion but she >>>> played something else. >>>> Hmm, my conclusion is that i agree with you. >>>> /A >>>> >>>>> 23 sep. 2017 kl. 17:06 skrev Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>> One of my pet peeve's about Siri has been that it is absolutely obtuse >>>>> when you asked to find a specific place on a specific street. It will >>>>> come back and say I found such and such a place on such and such a >>>>> Street, does that look good? Or is that the one you wanted? Well, Siri, >>>>> since I already gave you the street name of the store name, and I know >>>>> there is only one such on that street, why don't you just give me the >>>>> phone number I asked for in the first place? Google does this and so does >>>>> Alexa. But good old Siri still can't get this right even in iOS 11. Come >>>>> on Apple. This is pretty elementary stuff. What the hell did you do with >>>>> all your work on Siri, anyway? Have other people found improvements to >>>>> Siri in the real world? I know it can do all sorts of music trivia about >>>>> which I care not. But what about real world situations? You know, like >>>>> when you want a phone number and don't want to engage in meaningless >>>>> back-and-forth with your so called Assistant? >>>>> Mary >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>>> Visionaries list. >>>>> >>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>>> >>>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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