J. D. B. wrote:
"Bzzzzzttt....wrong. The problem is the old farts fought changes for
so
long that the population got interested in other things like computers

and Internet. I mean who the heck wants to learn old, outdated code in

an Internet world. It's not "dumbing down" it's antiquated and not
needed. Sure it's fun if you want to learn it, but why force people to

learn something that is just not necessary? It's not. The change away

from code should have been made 20 years ago."
indeed well said

" Actually, you apparently don't even listen to 11 meters because if
you
did, you would hear a very quiet band. They've left for the Internet
and cell phones."
indeed they have and that is the fate he truly seem to WANT for the ARS
silence and it demise if he can't have it HIS way

I don't know where you come up with this stuff you have been spewing out
lately, but you are grossly out of touch with reality.

There's nothing wrong with appliance operators. Let people communicate
and communicate easily. This is the age of easy to use radios. Radios
with silicon and not old, big, hot glass tubes. The world always changes
and you have to learn to change with it.

So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


Slow Code wrote:

They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.