Opt-out systems in general are better because those who truly want to opt-out should have to put in the effort, not the rest of us normal people who wish to enjoy life in the privacy of our own home.
Fortunately, the same logic wasn't applied by the designers of the web otherwise we'd be having a discussion about whether every website should just send you their content whenever you turn your computer on, rather than waiting until you've clicked a link to their site.
Those who want something should be required to ask for it.
Let's see this from another angle: should I be forced to look at close-up videos of people chanting religious mantras in the sidebar of every site I visit that's vaguely non-mainstream OR should I at least need to express the merest of whims to see such things by clicking my mouse button?
Keep it up much longer and they'll bring down the airline industry as a whole, because do you seriously think I'll ever fly to the US again while this bullshit is going on?
I often wonder idly, if that isn't the whole point.
So, given that most of a woman's body is covered when wearing a burqa, are there all sorts of letterbox-eye-fetishes within the muslim world? Seriously...:D
Wow, watching a 30 second ad to see 5 pictures of mostly the same content, that must be a new low.
I was just thinking something similar. There should be some kind of gentleman's agreement along the lines of "the advertising can't be more eye-catching than the content".
I propose that we reverse-slashdot the Washington Post by never visiting their site again!:D
I guess that by the standards of openness and freedom set by the Chinese government, The Kindle looks relatively open and free from restriction. I guess there had to be something which fit that criterion:D
You know, I've got a lot of technology around my house. I like it. Very much. I abhor the practices of current industry to try and monetize every thing I do. I love books.
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So gracious of those companies to allow me to lend my book. Once. Fuckers.
Indeed. If you feel that way, don't buy their freaking product. Buy a competitor product where you are free to obtain and upload the books yourself then share to your heart's content.
People insist on what can be described as "law enforcement by accident" when laws make no sense in the first place.
Indeed but as long as there enough unreflective people who will enforce them, it doesn't matter whether they make sense. All that matters is that certain people are given the right to control the rest of us in ways which are (often) intended to benefit them at our expense. How did we arrive in such a situation?
Lol, I regularly visit Cyprus, home of the, sadly unofficial, International Worst-Parking competition:). In Cyprus, I've seen double-yellow lines on roundabout islands (with cars parked on the lines, of course:)
Although I do buy tickets on pay-and-display car parks, I *always* ensure that if there's free time left on the ticket (which there always is - usually ten minutes used from a two-hour ticket), I pass the ticket on to someone who's arriving as I leave.
Hardly a revolt against state-sponsored taxation but a step in the right direction.
In this paragraph I will state the main claim that the research makes, making appropriate use of "scare quotes" to ensure that it's clear that I have no opinion about this research whatsoever.
In this paragraph I will briefly (because no paragraph should be more than one line) state which existing scientific ideas this new research "challenges".
etc..
Insightful news-analysis or accidentally-published article-template?:D
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.google.com/ :P
Fortunately, the same logic wasn't applied by the designers of the web otherwise we'd be having a discussion about whether every website should just send you their content whenever you turn your computer on, rather than waiting until you've clicked a link to their site.
Those who want something should be required to ask for it.
Let's see this from another angle: should I be forced to look at close-up videos of people chanting religious mantras in the sidebar of every site I visit that's vaguely non-mainstream OR should I at least need to express the merest of whims to see such things by clicking my mouse button?
FTFY
I often wonder idly, if that isn't the whole point.
Apparently, that's the default business plan :D
Yah; but apparently, that's a detriment rather than a benefit, for the target customer. Doh!
bait-and-switch
Tourettes and schizophrenia?
So, given that most of a woman's body is covered when wearing a burqa, are there all sorts of letterbox-eye-fetishes within the muslim world? Seriously... :D
tldr
I was just thinking something similar. There should be some kind of gentleman's agreement along the lines of "the advertising can't be more eye-catching than the content".
I propose that we reverse-slashdot the Washington Post by never visiting their site again! :D
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I guess that by the standards of openness and freedom set by the Chinese government, The Kindle looks relatively open and free from restriction. I guess there had to be something which fit that criterion :D
Uhh... In Soviet Russia, funny was never this?
Note to self: Do *not* google Zippocat!
Uhh.... don't listen to their station? :D
Or is it that because they're virtually telling you to not listen (by making it as unpleasant as possible) you feel it's a challenge?
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Indeed. If you feel that way, don't buy their freaking product. Buy a competitor product where you are free to obtain and upload the books yourself then share to your heart's content.
/me skims his copy of "Mathematics for Science Students - Captcha edition"
You be trippin' homey :P
Indeed but as long as there enough unreflective people who will enforce them, it doesn't matter whether they make sense. All that matters is that certain people are given the right to control the rest of us in ways which are (often) intended to benefit them at our expense. How did we arrive in such a situation?
Last time I checked 'the rules' are forced upon us.
Lol, I regularly visit Cyprus, home of the, sadly unofficial, International Worst-Parking competition :). In Cyprus, I've seen double-yellow lines on roundabout islands (with cars parked on the lines, of course :)
Although I do buy tickets on pay-and-display car parks, I *always* ensure that if there's free time left on the ticket (which there always is - usually ten minutes used from a two-hour ticket), I pass the ticket on to someone who's arriving as I leave.
Hardly a revolt against state-sponsored taxation but a step in the right direction.
> Parking where-ever you please and hoping a traffic cop doesn't pass by isn't a privilege
Back in the seventies it was. These days, the country (UK) is jammed with cars but there's *nowhere* to park without someone taking their cut.
Insightful news-analysis or accidentally-published article-template? :D