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Goldman Sachs re-invested the "un" in "unplanned" into credit default swaps on hybrid futures on the USSR planned-economy model.... aaaand it's GONE!

personally I am the opposite, Actually I would like to see no ads, but that isn't realistic, so I will settle for them not trying to target me to suck money out of my wallet.

I'm happy to have targeted advertising if I don't have to pay for services out of my pocket for everything online, I don't see any better alternatives.

What really offends me about this standard and targeted advertising is that the people that really would benefit form this are the ones that don't understand they are being targeted and exploited, they also won't be bright enough to find another browser or to work out how to manually configure the DNT.

The more I think about this argument, the more I have a problem with the idea that targeted advertising is exploiting. It's delivering relevant content to people that they're interested in, which helps stimulate the economy if they bite. People maybe happier and better off with getting something they discovered that may improve their life (be it through entertainment, some device that makes things just a bit easier or even a new hobby so they can break up the dreary day to day life).

Also, ignoring the above, I just wouldn't be offended and I imagine that's partly because I take this mantra to heart.

OPT IN should be the default

I have yet to really see the negative effects in targeted advertising. I've seen worse from the untargeted advertising that delivers malware. I think people have this innate 'fear' of being 'stalked' from some sort of primal instinct that is driving them along this reaction - From a cold logical point of view, I'm not seeing the problem.

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/21904497.jpg

What? I didn't understand you!

Here, let me illustrate with a picture.

I hate the text of photos. People should post the actual text and have a photo with it if necessary. But the text over photo is awful for a whole lot of reasons.

I believe this is what you were looking for.

How the FUCK did we end up in this bizarro world?

This is how:

Gillard FTW

http://memegenerator.net/instance/23342473

to use on the Nokia phones
http://memegenerator.net/elop

AM I THE ONLY ONE HERE, who knows what decoys are?

Slashdot is rapidly becoming very, very anti-Linux

LOL! Listen to the butthurt! You mad bro?

Just because Microsoft and Apple are WIPING THE FLOOR with Linux all over the map is no reason to whine, you dumb bitch faggot. Slashdot just reflects reality. We've been telling you idiots that Linsux is a *MASSIVE* failure for years, you just refuse to listen because you are Linsux users, you are dumb by definition. Linsux is just another example of how open sores, that continually overhyped method of development that is supposed to be so great actually results in FAR FAR WORSE software for everyone.

THINK DIFFERENT. THINK *BETTER*. THINK APPLE!

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/250x250/15391984.jpg

"I also surmised that Steve Jobs might have been reincarnated at MS (Microsoft)" Classic! :) What if??? A new meme is born! http://memegenerator.net/Reincarnated-Microsoft-Employee-Steve-Jobs

Almost.

Doomsday-theorists should be delighted.

There is a meme for this: link

Aliens.

Engineers...

Can't tell if serious...

I'm serious enough that I'd vote for a 1 cent county tax to give more money to the local primate center down the street from my house (Yerkes NPRC) and vote against taxes aimed at giving money to the children/schools in Dekalb County. Too bad life and policy doesn't behave that way where I live, but I digress.

Allegedly Kanzi understands hundreds of lexigraphs, as well several thousand English words including complex sentences and embedded clauses. While some nay-sayers (often supported only by their religious dogma) still choose to believe that ape thought process and responses are merely tricks, Kanzi and other great apes over the last 40 years have demonstrated in numerous instances that they are thinking complex thoughts, expressing themselves cogently via the language "we've" taught them. In some cases it has been as simple as expressing the fact that they want to play with a particular toy, only to show regret through lexigraphs and signage at a later point in time that the play time they were told was going to happen was overlooked.

I don't profess to understand the minutiae that follows the progression of learning in non humans, but anyone who has ever even paid the slightest bit of attention to their own pets at home can relate to the fact animals aren't dumb. I've seen dogs that can identify over 200 independent items, fetch beer from the fridge, and many other simple tasks. Given the similar brain structure and opposable thumbs, if you put great apes into a safe, and more enriched learning environment than humanity had as we've evolved to this point, it is not entirely unreasonable to expect that adaption can occur.

Of course that would devolve into a whole new set of problems as we tried to get people in other countries to stop hunting apes for bush meat, secret remedies, sport and what have you. New debates would spring up regarding whether they qualified for the same rights and protections as humans, whether keeping apes in zoos is slavery, etc.

I'm not saying that I'm praying for the day we can communicate with horseshoe crabs, gila monsters and amoeba, but given our successes in the last 40 years in working with various apes I think we would be remiss if we didn't put more focus on trying to develop educational methods geared towards communication and structured learning.

P.S. - Let's end racism while we're at it. It's a win-win.

Can't tell if serious...

or just monkeying around.

Can't tell if serious...

why? :(

http://images.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/9220715.jpg

http://images.memegenerator.net/instances/500x/9699214.jpg this sh

That's awesome

http://memegenerator.net/come-hither-nerd-malda/ImageMacro/5591881/command-her-taco

http://memegenerator.net/Jack-Weppler/ImageMacro/5588344/THANK-GOD-I-BROKE-UP-WITH-THAT-PSYCHO-BITCH

Oh goodness, let's make some for Slashdot. Here, I'll get the ball rolling.
http://memegenerator.net/come-hither-nerd-malda/ImageMacro/5585341/new-slashdot-format-break-everything

I did worse :) and you can create your own
http://memegenerator.net/Jack-Weppler/ImageMacro/5585093/There-was-a-time-when-all-jack-had-to-worry-about-was-his-ex-but-then-his-mom-got-involved

So going to http://memegenerator.net/ and creating dozens of captioned pictures is considered tech savvy these days?

She didn't manipulate google or anything for that matter. The moment you create an image there, it's placed in a spot that Google can immediately recognize. She named the "character" and then created a dozen different phrases for him. She even abused the service because you have to certify that you have the legal authority to use/distribute the image you upload, and if the picture is what the mother and son claim it is, she had no right.

An 8 year old child could have done this.

The story doesn't make sense.. The images are still on www.memegenerator.net and have not been removed at all..

I suspect this is just a hoax, viral marketing or social experiment of some sort.

It's not too hard to figure out their motivation for being on the internet: Stuff like this.

But seriously, in that country, that's actually somebody's job.

The amount of awesome in this thread is almost too much to handle. I demand screenshots.

And the obligatory picture.

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