So I went and looked up Anti-competitive practices on Wikipedia. I guess the two things that may apply are
"Barriers to entry" (to an industry) designed to avoid the competition that new entrants would bring. and "Coercive monopoly" - all potential competition is barred from entering the market
Now those are always a little fuzzy to define, but if this iAd thing falls into those categories, wouldn't also their App Store? I don't understand that if the current allegations are illegal, why it has been allowed since the beginning...
A device that lets you type up a word document and it prints it out real time. Essentially it prints your keystrokes as soon as you press them. I also foresee it having an extremely long battery life.
There isn't as much of a difference as you might think. Ever seen a McDonalds Ad on TV? They managed to spout about their product inside your home. A telemarketter is a bit worse in that they are using your phone line, but keep in mind that you reserve the right to refuse whatever telemarketers are selling as much as you have the right to not eat at McDonalds.
Now, there are a few questions you can ask to get out of the loop holes from legit telemarketers, such as (Am I on your Do-not-Call list? Can you put me on that list? Do you keep that list for 3 years? Will your company call me for any other reasons?). Any response you don't want to hear is worth $500 in court.
For Scammers, record the Caller ID and ask them for a phone number you can use to contact the head office. Anything suspicious, report them.
Once Smart Underwear catches on in the public, it'll become just a regular technology, like a cell phone.
Now guys, how many times have you seen girls check out another girl's phone when she buys a new one? How many times have you been able to go, "Hey, can I see your phone?" and they'll whip it out and show it to you.
One day, it'll be as easy as "Hey, can I see your Smart Underwear?" and she'll be like "Can I see yours too?".
I worked for our local Telecommunications company a few summers ago. Just a temp job, between semesters.
I applied for call center work, and they basically had 2 options: Sales and 411. In Sales, you'd be calling various customers with offers the telecom had available, and in 411 you'd be recieving calls requesting phone number or address info. While sales isn't as bad* as regular telemarketting, I still didn't and still don't think I could do it, knowing that I'd be basically harassing people. I chose 411, which was definately one of the most interesting jobs I've had. The Drunks on Fridays and Saturdays looking for a Cab are usually very social and hilarious. Anyways. What were we talking about again?
Right. People operating as telemarketers. Should they be strung up along with the big fish? I don't know. Often times it's the only "job" people can get that isn't in the restaurant business. I mean should the cook at McDonalds be put in Jail because he knows he's poisoning civilians with fatty food and giving them diabetes? Should the Factory worker @ Intel be fined x amount of dollars if the CEO's collude and price fix the processors?
I mean, in all those cases, the small fish pretty much knows whats going on but can't really do anything about it.
If anything, its the Marijuana situation that needs to change. They should just make it like hash bars in Amsterdam, or at least how they define them in Pulp Fiction. Legal to own, Legal to buy. If you are the proprieter of a bar, it's legal to sell. But you can only light it up in those bars.
*They're the biggest Telecom in the country so they probably adhere to federal guidelines pretty well.
Please good sir, explain to me HOW ON EARTH we could get LESS Telemarketers if the government did NOTHING to stop them?
The Free Market does not apply to telemarketting. Telemarketting is not consumers deciding on the market, its robots tieing up phone lines in the hopes to squeeze a credit card number out of you.
And there are A LOT of them which are just scams, like the one in the article.
If you can find any explanation on how Less government involvement would perpetuate to less telemarketting, I will subscribe to your newsletter.
I don't know why but last night I was watching Youtube. I stumbled across a few videos. How to annoy a Telemarketer with 1 word was pretty funny. But there was one that said there were like 10 rules or guidelines all telemarketers must follow and if you gather the evidence, you can sue them in small claims court for $500 per infraction.
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THAT'S MINUS 50 DKP!!!!
Trust me, if Leadership in MMO's is going to translate into management positions, just kill me now.
I don't fully get exactly whats going on.
So I went and looked up Anti-competitive practices on Wikipedia. I guess the two things that may apply are
"Barriers to entry" (to an industry) designed to avoid the competition that new entrants would bring.
and
"Coercive monopoly" - all potential competition is barred from entering the market
Now those are always a little fuzzy to define, but if this iAd thing falls into those categories, wouldn't also their App Store? I don't understand that if the current allegations are illegal, why it has been allowed since the beginning...
Yes. Just like in beginner guitar there are only 3 keys, and medium only uses 4.
Whats wrong with automated space flight with solar sails & Cryogenic sleep chambers? It's worked for Sci-fi movies.
I blame Jack Thompson. If he had pushed just a LITTLE harder against violent video games, none of this would have happened.
And don't ask how, I hate spelling out every little detail. Figure it out.
Sentient robots? No
That's debatable.
Ah. But did you try eSATA?
It has a lower case e in front of it, so you know its good.
I've not much anecdotal evidence (bout a years worth), but we haven't had a tape fail on us yet.
Of course, we don't test every single one of em, but when we need a file from 3 years ago, no problems yet.
I know! When did tapes lose its speed?
I'll tell you whats next...
A device that lets you type up a word document and it prints it out real time. Essentially it prints your keystrokes as soon as you press them. I also foresee it having an extremely long battery life.
Except there are more keys.
You're opting into phone line aren't you?
So what have you purchased in the last 2 years?
I keep trying to make a joke out of a "Firewall in my pants" pun but I can't quite find a way to work it into a pickupline or a good setup...
There isn't as much of a difference as you might think. Ever seen a McDonalds Ad on TV? They managed to spout about their product inside your home. A telemarketter is a bit worse in that they are using your phone line, but keep in mind that you reserve the right to refuse whatever telemarketers are selling as much as you have the right to not eat at McDonalds.
Now, there are a few questions you can ask to get out of the loop holes from legit telemarketers, such as (Am I on your Do-not-Call list? Can you put me on that list? Do you keep that list for 3 years? Will your company call me for any other reasons?). Any response you don't want to hear is worth $500 in court.
For Scammers, record the Caller ID and ask them for a phone number you can use to contact the head office. Anything suspicious, report them.
Yeah. Is Chaodyn trying to tell us that when he wears underwear, it is not pressed up against his privates?
How are you going to fit that in your pants?
Once Smart Underwear catches on in the public, it'll become just a regular technology, like a cell phone.
Now guys, how many times have you seen girls check out another girl's phone when she buys a new one? How many times have you been able to go, "Hey, can I see your phone?" and they'll whip it out and show it to you.
One day, it'll be as easy as "Hey, can I see your Smart Underwear?" and she'll be like "Can I see yours too?".
Trust me, this is going to be awesome.
I worked for our local Telecommunications company a few summers ago. Just a temp job, between semesters.
I applied for call center work, and they basically had 2 options: Sales and 411. In Sales, you'd be calling various customers with offers the telecom had available, and in 411 you'd be recieving calls requesting phone number or address info. While sales isn't as bad* as regular telemarketting, I still didn't and still don't think I could do it, knowing that I'd be basically harassing people. I chose 411, which was definately one of the most interesting jobs I've had. The Drunks on Fridays and Saturdays looking for a Cab are usually very social and hilarious. Anyways. What were we talking about again?
Right. People operating as telemarketers. Should they be strung up along with the big fish? I don't know. Often times it's the only "job" people can get that isn't in the restaurant business. I mean should the cook at McDonalds be put in Jail because he knows he's poisoning civilians with fatty food and giving them diabetes? Should the Factory worker @ Intel be fined x amount of dollars if the CEO's collude and price fix the processors?
I mean, in all those cases, the small fish pretty much knows whats going on but can't really do anything about it.
If anything, its the Marijuana situation that needs to change. They should just make it like hash bars in Amsterdam, or at least how they define them in Pulp Fiction. Legal to own, Legal to buy. If you are the proprieter of a bar, it's legal to sell. But you can only light it up in those bars.
*They're the biggest Telecom in the country so they probably adhere to federal guidelines pretty well.
They do some pretty weird things some times.
Please good sir, explain to me HOW ON EARTH we could get LESS Telemarketers if the government did NOTHING to stop them?
The Free Market does not apply to telemarketting. Telemarketting is not consumers deciding on the market, its robots tieing up phone lines in the hopes to squeeze a credit card number out of you.
And there are A LOT of them which are just scams, like the one in the article.
If you can find any explanation on how Less government involvement would perpetuate to less telemarketting, I will subscribe to your newsletter.
What a Freudan slip... SUING. I meant SUING.
No, actually, you should bring it up.
There's apparently good money in selling telemarketers. Or so I've heard.
the meat sitting in front of the computer
Is your oven by your desktop or something?
Or are you cannibalistic?
I don't know why but last night I was watching Youtube. I stumbled across a few videos. How to annoy a Telemarketer with 1 word was pretty funny. But there was one that said there were like 10 rules or guidelines all telemarketers must follow and if you gather the evidence, you can sue them in small claims court for $500 per infraction.