Remember when the internet was new, and the goal of collecting information from people registering was to be able to send targeted offers?
Stupid people realized (in a short term game) that it would be easier/cheaper to just blast everyone with the ad.
The telemarketers and the spammers both could be sending very targeted offers, and their % sales/offer would be quite high. But like most people, they've opted for the short term gain at the long term cost.
If someone called me in the evening and tried to get me to buy a green laser pointer for 49$, I just might buy it. But I don't want another offer from a credit card company to pay off my debt if I die. If I die, I don't care! (joke, I know it's more complicated)...
Point is, the technology exists for marketers to be very specific about how they market, but they all have the short term over long term mentality. And now it's time to pay the piper.
Telemarketers exist, mostly, to reach into people's homes and harass them until they spend money on something they don't need.
Let me put forth a simple analogy.
Lemons are sold in my local grocery stores, of which there exist 5 or more within a 5 mile radius of my home. If I want lemons, I don't have much trouble finding and purchasing them.
Now along comes entrepreneur Bob. Bob realizes that by utilizing technology, and by sprinkling in some tough selling or irritant selling, he can steal marketshare away from my local grocery stores and sell the lemons himself.
Bob contracts out this cold calling of lemon pushers to bother me every few days. He probably does indeed sell some lemons, and probably at the expense of the local grocery stores.
In the end, all Bob has done is take money from the grocery stores and bother me at home.
So in other words, this industry exists only at a really shitty alternative to other methods of selling.
I cannot think of anything in my life that I have happily purchased from a telemarketer that cold-called me. I've given money to some charities that called me, but I have since stopped that since I learned that many use a shrink-wrapped telemarketing service that skims (or lops) 70% off the top for itself.
Telemarkers are worthless and unneeded in our modern, connected country.
As an aside, I think I should invent a cheap little phone device that you plug into your phone line, enter an 800 number of a company who telemarkets, and repeatedly calls them and puts them on hold. Perhaps if everyone who bought a TeleZapper bought one of my TeleBuster gadgets, the tables would be turned (in a most amusing way).
Any attempt to hold individual (ignorant) users liable for allowing their machines to propogate viruses, worms, spam will be a complete waste of government money, and it won't cause people to behave any differently.
Two reasons your message doesn't work without great effort:
1 - You've left out the letters, and thus our brain can't do the quick magic to "know" the words. The summary of the story worked really well, surprisingly well. But yours is hosed.
2 - There's no real context for your sentence, so it's even that much more difficult to guess quickly.
Corporate users arguably don't need mp3 or video codecs.
They need a snappy computer with basic productivity software that doesn't have to be administered constantly. This is where Linux has a chance.
Home and power users are going to have to wait longer for a Linux that has all the goodies, out of the box, working perfectly, that can compete with Windows. Or they can just learn how to add what they need.
If we all lived in the same town as him, we could do what the right-to-lifers do to people they don't like... carry signs and walk the street in front of his house 24 hours a day.
But, we live all over the world, and we're represented (at least in the US) by government employees who either have no power, or have no interest to help.
So perhaps one thing that will work is social pressure. It seems to be working against spammers. It's also several steps nicer than creating a fund with the goal of sending him a black limousine...
Vigilante justice is a last resort, but one none the less.
SCO is doing what Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, and so many other companies have done. They do absolutely anything, legal or not, ethical or not, to pump that stock. And keep in mind that for the stock to trade higher and higher means that people have been standing in line to buy it. Those asses share some of the blame. It's just a bunch of people trading, overall, lots of the world's time, energy, and money, for a little personal gain.
Fuck them.
Fuck McBride. His method of improving SCO's business here brings into serious question the supposed successes he ha d at other companies.
Speaking of the snake, does anyone have personal information on him? It would be a real shame if he personally were to receive indications of the world's negative feelings about him...
There is no way your 240sx has a Cd of.26. No chance.
As for looks, the Honda Civic Hybrid looks nearly identical to a Honda Civic, so it's just "a car". The Prius, however, does have its own look because it is its own unique model. I happen to think it's ugly, but I really like the things Edmunds.com had to say about it in their first review
And speaking of the look of the Insight, it's really just a modern take on the CRX. They're strikingly similar in appearance.
Ok, in fairness to Symantec, I didn't install it, so I can't say what the defaults were. I assumed my "top notch" MCSE did what made most since with the setup, which means little or nothing;)
Duh it may be, but that's the default behavior for Norton's Exchange AV software.
You have to fool around with it in a most confusing way to get it to stop doing that. Like all good Windows management interfaces, it's confusing and inconsistent. But I digress...
Our Norton Exchange AV kicks out "we-saved-your-butt" emails to the admin, the original recip, and back at the "sender", who of course knows nothing about it since it was forged.
I've just been creating more and more filters that send to trash with no notification to anyone.
Of course, you have to pay attention when you first turn some of the capabilities on, as Norton kindly preset you to block AOL mail:) Serves AOL right...
And every year, unsurprisingly, the most stolen cars are the most sold cars! Wow, how could that be?
Someday I'd like to see Most Stolen (as a % of sales). Obviously more Honda Accords will be stolen than most other cars, but what cars are the most stolen as a % of their sales?
Be an entrepreneur. Take some risks, try to fill that niche market, etc.
Working for big companies usually sucks anyway, since big companies are full of useless middle and upper management who thwart your every attempt to do something useful.
I have a friend who works for a large US software company. He spends perhaps 10% of his time working. The rest of his time is spent asking for work or trying to communicate with his manager or anyone upward who might be able to give him something to do.
Most management is poor. So heck, they might as well outsource all the worker jobs, since that's just going to be wasted money anyway. Those who are bright will just go on and do something useful again.
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WTF.
Parent post is currently listed as Flamebait. It's not flamebait in the least.
Remember when the internet was new, and the goal of collecting information from people registering was to be able to send targeted offers?
Stupid people realized (in a short term game) that it would be easier/cheaper to just blast everyone with the ad.
The telemarketers and the spammers both could be sending very targeted offers, and their % sales/offer would be quite high. But like most people, they've opted for the short term gain at the long term cost.
If someone called me in the evening and tried to get me to buy a green laser pointer for 49$, I just might buy it. But I don't want another offer from a credit card company to pay off my debt if I die. If I die, I don't care! (joke, I know it's more complicated)...
Point is, the technology exists for marketers to be very specific about how they market, but they all have the short term over long term mentality. And now it's time to pay the piper.
You must be joking.
Telemarketers exist, mostly, to reach into people's homes and harass them until they spend money on something they don't need.
Let me put forth a simple analogy.
Lemons are sold in my local grocery stores, of which there exist 5 or more within a 5 mile radius of my home. If I want lemons, I don't have much trouble finding and purchasing them.
Now along comes entrepreneur Bob. Bob realizes that by utilizing technology, and by sprinkling in some tough selling or irritant selling, he can steal marketshare away from my local grocery stores and sell the lemons himself.
Bob contracts out this cold calling of lemon pushers to bother me every few days. He probably does indeed sell some lemons, and probably at the expense of the local grocery stores.
In the end, all Bob has done is take money from the grocery stores and bother me at home.
So in other words, this industry exists only at a really shitty alternative to other methods of selling.
I cannot think of anything in my life that I have happily purchased from a telemarketer that cold-called me. I've given money to some charities that called me, but I have since stopped that since I learned that many use a shrink-wrapped telemarketing service that skims (or lops) 70% off the top for itself.
I now give my money to Heifer International, and I do it on my terms.
Telemarkers are worthless and unneeded in our modern, connected country.
As an aside, I think I should invent a cheap little phone device that you plug into your phone line, enter an 800 number of a company who telemarkets, and repeatedly calls them and puts them on hold. Perhaps if everyone who bought a TeleZapper bought one of my TeleBuster gadgets, the tables would be turned (in a most amusing way).
It may not be a terribly interesting keyboard (or story), but at least it's something to post at this 50 minute interval.
So are you editors robots, or do you use an alarm clock? I've been wondering how you post almost every story 50 minutes after the last...
And once you've picked out your next 50 minute story, do you just reject any additional submissions?
And when you're 2nd or 3rd place, it's wise to do as the leaders do.
:)
Then if/when you gain a stronger footing, you can open your Dirty Tactics (tm) book and begin the takeover.
Then once you're #2 or #1, you start deviating from the standards, thus making it more difficult for the losers to interoperate.
Stuff a couple more billion in the bank, donate a couple million with grand fanfare, and you're really showing who's boss
There's no need to read it.
Any attempt to hold individual (ignorant) users liable for allowing their machines to propogate viruses, worms, spam will be a complete waste of government money, and it won't cause people to behave any differently.
Two reasons your message doesn't work without great effort:
1 - You've left out the letters, and thus our brain can't do the quick magic to "know" the words. The summary of the story worked really well, surprisingly well. But yours is hosed.
2 - There's no real context for your sentence, so it's even that much more difficult to guess quickly.
Why is the Scotsman the only news site running this story? Why can't I find a Ford press release on this topic?
As much as I'd love to believe it, right now it says "hoax" to me.
Anyone have links to other sources?
Corporate users arguably don't need mp3 or video codecs.
They need a snappy computer with basic productivity software that doesn't have to be administered constantly. This is where Linux has a chance.
Home and power users are going to have to wait longer for a Linux that has all the goodies, out of the box, working perfectly, that can compete with Windows. Or they can just learn how to add what they need.
If we all lived in the same town as him, we could do what the right-to-lifers do to people they don't like... carry signs and walk the street in front of his house 24 hours a day.
But, we live all over the world, and we're represented (at least in the US) by government employees who either have no power, or have no interest to help.
So perhaps one thing that will work is social pressure. It seems to be working against spammers. It's also several steps nicer than creating a fund with the goal of sending him a black limousine...
Vigilante justice is a last resort, but one none the less.
If you had been shorting SCOX all this time.
They're around $18 right now. In May they were in the $3s.
Feast your eyes on this lovely chart.
SCO is doing what Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, and so many other companies have done. They do absolutely anything, legal or not, ethical or not, to pump that stock. And keep in mind that for the stock to trade higher and higher means that people have been standing in line to buy it. Those asses share some of the blame. It's just a bunch of people trading, overall, lots of the world's time, energy, and money, for a little personal gain.
Fuck them.
Fuck McBride. His method of improving SCO's business here brings into serious question the supposed successes he ha d at other companies.
Speaking of the snake, does anyone have personal information on him? It would be a real shame if he personally were to receive indications of the world's negative feelings about him...
I just pulled stuff off the web. Take it or leave it.
.29 Cd...
.26 back on your car, and can't seem to do as well now with their top sports car (the track version)?
.28 Cd.
However, Edmunds states that the track model of the brand new 350z has special underbody that helps it achieve the low
Now you tell me how Nissan managed to achieve
I dare you to find any production street vehicle from 1989 or before (or whatever year your "sports car" is from) that has below
Keep dreaming. It's good to love your old car, I love my old car.
_1_ - .31Cd for the newer, more aerodynamic 240sx...
.34 or .35 Cd for the 1997 model.
.30 Cd for the 1991 240SX SE
.29 Cd for 2003 350Z Track Model!
.26 Cd?
_2_ -
_3_ -
_4_ -
So now, you still claim your old 240sx has
I think there's some emotional attachment here...
There is no way your 240sx has a Cd of .26. No chance.
As for looks, the Honda Civic Hybrid looks nearly identical to a Honda Civic, so it's just "a car". The Prius, however, does have its own look because it is its own unique model. I happen to think it's ugly, but I really like the things Edmunds.com had to say about it in their first review
And speaking of the look of the Insight, it's really just a modern take on the CRX. They're strikingly similar in appearance.
Ok, in fairness to Symantec, I didn't install it, so I can't say what the defaults were. I assumed my "top notch" MCSE did what made most since with the setup, which means little or nothing ;)
Duh it may be, but that's the default behavior for Norton's Exchange AV software.
You have to fool around with it in a most confusing way to get it to stop doing that. Like all good Windows management interfaces, it's confusing and inconsistent. But I digress...
Our Norton Exchange AV kicks out "we-saved-your-butt" emails to the admin, the original recip, and back at the "sender", who of course knows nothing about it since it was forged.
:) Serves AOL right...
I've just been creating more and more filters that send to trash with no notification to anyone.
Of course, you have to pay attention when you first turn some of the capabilities on, as Norton kindly preset you to block AOL mail
Yeah this is offtopic, be warned...
Every freaking year we see MOST STOLEN CAR LIST.
And every year, unsurprisingly, the most stolen cars are the most sold cars! Wow, how could that be?
Someday I'd like to see Most Stolen (as a % of sales). Obviously more Honda Accords will be stolen than most other cars, but what cars are the most stolen as a % of their sales?
Duh.
This is good comedy. Mod accordingly.
If you can afford to spend 235k on a vehicle, you can afford to travel when the roads aren't as crowded.
This is just a novel toy.
Be an entrepreneur. Take some risks, try to fill that niche market, etc.
Working for big companies usually sucks anyway, since big companies are full of useless middle and upper management who thwart your every attempt to do something useful.
I have a friend who works for a large US software company. He spends perhaps 10% of his time working. The rest of his time is spent asking for work or trying to communicate with his manager or anyone upward who might be able to give him something to do.
Most management is poor. So heck, they might as well outsource all the worker jobs, since that's just going to be wasted money anyway. Those who are bright will just go on and do something useful again.
You don't have to move outside the US to vastly improve your cost of living.
Try getting out of Cali for starters. There are many states with thriving IT markets that are below the average cost of living for the US.
Using California as an example is really a mistake. Cali is not the norm.
Actually I took some literary license there.
You call it a holy war, [but] I call it English. I dropped the "but" to play on the popular phrase, "you say tomato, I say tahmahto".
So there, smarty.
now u r pushing my buttns.
i got no prblm with positive change, but when u start takin control out of the language, not on purpose, but out of ignorance, i get bothrd.
when wuz the last time u interacted with sum1 who butchered the language?
anywayz, I lerned enuf french to get by (written, not spoken).
if ur calling this an acceptable evolution of English, then ur part of the problem.
Oh yes, obviously the situation will improve itself if left alone.
And now I tell you, in the immortal words of Snoop, EAD.