I believe technology is a good, as a matter of fact it is greatest thing to ever happen to humankind since sliced cheese. Technology makes things easier. It make our lives more enjoyable. We now have cellphones, internet, cars, radio, etc. Can you imagine life without cellphones? How easy it is to keep in touch with the loved ones.
However I have a serious problem when technology starts to interfere with the normal functioning of a human being. Let me give you an example, a wife and a husband send each other sms's and yet they are in the same house. What's that?!! Like really now!! I know this happens because I have done it myself. Technology has made us lazy asses!! A person has a need to drive, instead of walking, to a corner shop which is less than a 100 meters away.
Another thing that pisses me off about technology is that it takes away the good old heart to heart communication. You invite friends you haven't seen in a while for drinks and the next thing they spent half of the time glued to their cellphones, updating their statuses on Facebook, Twitter or on Mxit. I mean, WTF!! I'm still here stupid and please remind me next time not to invite your technology-addicted ass!
I once saw a girl who went ballistic just because her phone battery died while she was chatting. The way she reacted you'd swear someone took her puppy, cut its throat and drank the blood while she was watching. I couldn't understand the big deal. But I couldn't verbalize my thoughts as I feared the impacts of her lunacy.
I am grateful for technology however I don't see the need to find fullfilment in it then in human beings.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
South African Broadcasting Crap!!
How the HELL did SABC blow R800-million? Those were screaming headlines when SABC announced that they are broke. And I am reiterating - HOW THE HELL DID SABC BLOW R800-MILLION?! R800-million of tax-payers money!! It's not like they air the best of programmes. I can count good programmes on SABC on one hand and still struggle...
I know some people will say 'but people don't pay TV licences and that's why the broadcaster does not air good programmes'. Well, it's in their own right to say so...But lets do the basic mathematics here: There are about 20 million households with TV sets and lets assume, out of that total only 30 percent pay their TV licences. So that gives SABC a total of one billion, three-hundred and twenty million rands a year and that excludes money made from advertising. I don't know about you but that's a crazy lot of money. And when I am paying that much money I expect quality viewing.
My only conclusion to this will be : SABC has a bunch of incompetent idiots who don't know the meaning of being a steward. I hope they all get fired.
On the positive note though, I find SABC quite educational. Everytime someone turns on to SABC chanel, I go to the other room and read a book.
I know some people will say 'but people don't pay TV licences and that's why the broadcaster does not air good programmes'. Well, it's in their own right to say so...But lets do the basic mathematics here: There are about 20 million households with TV sets and lets assume, out of that total only 30 percent pay their TV licences. So that gives SABC a total of one billion, three-hundred and twenty million rands a year and that excludes money made from advertising. I don't know about you but that's a crazy lot of money. And when I am paying that much money I expect quality viewing.
My only conclusion to this will be : SABC has a bunch of incompetent idiots who don't know the meaning of being a steward. I hope they all get fired.
On the positive note though, I find SABC quite educational. Everytime someone turns on to SABC chanel, I go to the other room and read a book.
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