Things are more expensive in NYC, Seattle, San Francisco, London, etc. than in smaller places like Dallas, Kansas City, Omaha, etc. I hate to point out but your "smaller places" reference to Dallas is wrong compared to Seattle and possibly San Francisco as well depending on how you count metropolitan areas.
Typical West Coast bias, don't forget everything's bigger in Texas.
I was duped by my ISP into saving the rainforest by switching over to paperless billing so I do all transactions electronically.
I've rethought this and will once again deal with paper so that I can receive the satisfaction of "tearing up" any documents that I deem unsatisfactory.
STEC believes that Seagate's action is a desperate move to disrupt how aggressively customers are embracing STEC's Zeus-IOPS technology and changing the balance of power in enterprise storage.
I don't see how any of this is news. Take the concept of armed robots, add a dash of media sensationalism, one part healthy paranoia and simmer - that's how.
The article you posted is from an Oklahoma news organization but makes no reference to anything in the state. We really don't have too many polygamists in these parts, nice try though.
Your over-simplification of the industry being solely focused on _manipulation_ shows your fears are more grounded in Orwellian fantasy than reality.
There's no denying advertisers are pushers pure and simple. You underestimate the tacit symbiosis that exists in certain consumer segments and the respective products at hand though.
Are there ethics in this profession? Not especially, but the problem is that the modern system of content delivery is firmly rooted in this bargain and it won't go away any time soon.
I unfortunately have to default to the fact that this is one of the maladies of modern society and technology but I can't help but feel disdain for a consumerist society that happily chokes this stuff down, making our jobs much easier.
Just kidding about the over-simplification part, at least we all have front row seats for the disaster that is our society.
The proletariat will be too busy watching American Idol to care.
There are many ways to quell fears with truth, lies, and advertising and I have a sinking suspicion that the public will happily lap up these responses and go back to self-loathing.
Remember, marketers are only doing this to make you happier and your life better...
I believe Solar Tsunami is a bit of a misnomer. As tsunami literally translates to 'harbor wave' a more accurate name would be Taiyounami or perhaps Ra-tasm.
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I thought Turkey was a Muslim country, isn't spam some sort of shoulder meat? Oh right, they're secular.
So let me get this straight, you keep your computer running for long periods of time. The goal is "to understand protein...misfolding"
Sounds like Pornography@home to me...
Typical West Coast bias, don't forget everything's bigger in Texas.
I was duped by my ISP into saving the rainforest by switching over to paperless billing so I do all transactions electronically.
I've rethought this and will once again deal with paper so that I can receive the satisfaction of "tearing up" any documents that I deem unsatisfactory.
You can read it here.
STEC believes that Seagate's action is a desperate move to disrupt how aggressively customers are embracing STEC's Zeus-IOPS technology and changing the balance of power in enterprise storage.
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Last time I checked Texas wasn't a part of Oklahoma. There is a thing called the Red River which by and large separates the two.
...that if the government actually gave us the "Runaround" we wouldn't be having any of these problems. *rimshot*
The article you posted is from an Oklahoma news organization but makes no reference to anything in the state. We really don't have too many polygamists in these parts, nice try though.
Now anti-semites and racists, that's another story: http://www.adl.org/learn/Ext_US/Elohim.asp?xpicked=3&item=13
Full disclosure, I work in advertising/marketing.
Your over-simplification of the industry being solely focused on _manipulation_ shows your fears are more grounded in Orwellian fantasy than reality.
There's no denying advertisers are pushers pure and simple. You underestimate the tacit symbiosis that exists in certain consumer segments and the respective products at hand though.
Are there ethics in this profession? Not especially, but the problem is that the modern system of content delivery is firmly rooted in this bargain and it won't go away any time soon.
I unfortunately have to default to the fact that this is one of the maladies of modern society and technology but I can't help but feel disdain for a consumerist society that happily chokes this stuff down, making our jobs much easier.
Just kidding about the over-simplification part, at least we all have front row seats for the disaster that is our society.
The proletariat will be too busy watching American Idol to care. There are many ways to quell fears with truth, lies, and advertising and I have a sinking suspicion that the public will happily lap up these responses and go back to self-loathing. Remember, marketers are only doing this to make you happier and your life better...
I believe Solar Tsunami is a bit of a misnomer. As tsunami literally translates to 'harbor wave' a more accurate name would be Taiyounami or perhaps Ra-tasm.