Net stores already have such low overhead... why not have them buy a $50 software package that takes care of that? They don't contribute to local economies at all, so why not make 'em collect their own taxes? I collect local sales tax, I pay unemployment, Medicare, FICA, shit, a whole bunch of stuff that I pay my accountant to do. Why should Net companies have *zero* overhead when they don't contribute the way brick and mortar stores do?
That's bullshit. Internet stores don't have storefronts that add to communities. Just big, nasty warehouses and callcenters in India. I personally can't imagine a country with nothing but houses and warehouses. I don't cry over the potential loss of big box stores (I don't go in any, and there aren't many in my area), but the small shops? That would suck.
Ooops... "Since when is all marketing considered spam?"
What does this have to do with spam?
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Did anybody RTFA? What does this have to do with spam? This is a originally a way of improving processes, primarily in engineering and/or manufacturing. Now, it's been applied to marketing. Since when is all spam considered marketing? I give this article a -1, Troll.
Dude, you need to go see some movies that AREN'T in your local multi-plex or your Blockbuster if you think that these movies are non-Hollywood or that they made you think. That's pretty sad. What are you comparing this against, Vin Diesel movies? Jesus christ...
Oh please. It's a fucking coincidence. I'm sure that you can pick any 2000+ page book from 2000+ years ago and there's be one thing that can be construed as at least partially true.
You forgot the tinfoil hat. I mean really... it's bad enought that the grocery store knows what brand of bread you like, soon, maybe they'll know where you live! Oh wait... they'll know your credit card number! damn... well, I'm sure they can find out some nasty stuff and ruin your life, so, remember... tinfoil hat!!!
It can be easily done... That's not even a terrabyte/year. Piece of cake. I worked with a 5 terrabyte Oracle DB once. Sure, it wasn't as zippy as one with, say, a few million records, but still, it's very useable.
Am I the only one that saw those pictures and instantly thought of the dot-bomb days? That office is expensive as hell. Where's that money coming from? VC's? A deep-pocketed mommy and daddy? Overpriced software? Hiring lots and lots of overseas programmers? I've worked in many places, even during the dot-bomb days, and I've never seen offices that nice. Hell, rent alone is ridiculous.
But they DO have to disclose what they're selling, otherwise, that's fraud. When I buy a music CD, unless it says otherwise in very large letters, I expect a CD with songs in CD audio format that can be read by virtually any device. That'd be equivalent to a company selling a "television" that only works with, say, Time-Warner cable. In my and the general public's experience, that's not a "television", and the company needs to sell it as such.
Ever been part of a blacklist from one of these anti-spam groups? Same thing, except in this case there is NO ONE to call. They kill your domain, and you can't get a hold of them. They're irresponsible and as much as I hate spam, I hope more of these damn things get shut down. I've seem them do more harm than good.
Personally, I've been a fan of Textpad for years, and it's one of the few pieces of shareware that I actually bought. Light, fast, with incredicle search and replace (even regular expressions). I use it for the few documents I write, and any coding that I might do.
I already have 3 fileservers. They're all of my PC's. What's the point of this? The files are already on your PC, just share what you want to share. This makes no sense to me whatsoever.
So then the Net is useful for destroying retail and making a population of fat, lazy slobs who don't leave their house. That's great. I look forward to the day when every town in the US is nothing but rows and rows of houses, there are various warehouses on the outskirts of town to service the Net shopping industry, and the only people outside in the sun, getting exercise, and moving around are UPS and FedEX drivers. Long live sloth!!!
The only thing is.... he's right. computers can and do get viruses. It's a fact of life. That bullshit about Linux being more secure is just that... bullshit.
I haven't either. Maybe it's just that all of the people that we know (that have our email addresses) are smart enough not to get a virus in the first place?
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Net stores already have such low overhead... why not have them buy a $50 software package that takes care of that? They don't contribute to local economies at all, so why not make 'em collect their own taxes? I collect local sales tax, I pay unemployment, Medicare, FICA, shit, a whole bunch of stuff that I pay my accountant to do. Why should Net companies have *zero* overhead when they don't contribute the way brick and mortar stores do?
You sir, are my hero. If only I could add more friends, you'd be one.
That's bullshit. Internet stores don't have storefronts that add to communities. Just big, nasty warehouses and callcenters in India. I personally can't imagine a country with nothing but houses and warehouses. I don't cry over the potential loss of big box stores (I don't go in any, and there aren't many in my area), but the small shops? That would suck.
What does this article have to do with email? The word "email" isn't even in the article.
Ooops... "Since when is all marketing considered spam?"
Did anybody RTFA? What does this have to do with spam? This is a originally a way of improving processes, primarily in engineering and/or manufacturing. Now, it's been applied to marketing. Since when is all spam considered marketing? I give this article a -1, Troll.
...And people say that Linux is hard to use! Ha! In just 29 simple steps, you can do the same thing you can do in Windows in one click. Lazy users.
Dude, you need to go see some movies that AREN'T in your local multi-plex or your Blockbuster if you think that these movies are non-Hollywood or that they made you think. That's pretty sad. What are you comparing this against, Vin Diesel movies? Jesus christ...
Oh please. It's a fucking coincidence. I'm sure that you can pick any 2000+ page book from 2000+ years ago and there's be one thing that can be construed as at least partially true.
Ah, so this is Bible shit? If the Bible was supposedly written 2000+ years ago, how in the hell did they know about smartcards and subways?
No, but some of us believe it is a step closer to Revelation 13:16-18
What the fuck are you talking about? What's "Revelation 13:16-18"??
You forgot the tinfoil hat. I mean really... it's bad enought that the grocery store knows what brand of bread you like, soon, maybe they'll know where you live! Oh wait... they'll know your credit card number! damn... well, I'm sure they can find out some nasty stuff and ruin your life, so, remember... tinfoil hat!!!
It can be easily done... That's not even a terrabyte/year. Piece of cake. I worked with a 5 terrabyte Oracle DB once. Sure, it wasn't as zippy as one with, say, a few million records, but still, it's very useable.
He says, "the build-out was done on budget and paid for almost entirely by the landlord."
A. So what's the budget for a few cubicles? $500,000?
B. Let me guess... the "landlord" is his mom?
Am I the only one that saw those pictures and instantly thought of the dot-bomb days? That office is expensive as hell. Where's that money coming from? VC's? A deep-pocketed mommy and daddy? Overpriced software? Hiring lots and lots of overseas programmers? I've worked in many places, even during the dot-bomb days, and I've never seen offices that nice. Hell, rent alone is ridiculous.
But they DO have to disclose what they're selling, otherwise, that's fraud. When I buy a music CD, unless it says otherwise in very large letters, I expect a CD with songs in CD audio format that can be read by virtually any device. That'd be equivalent to a company selling a "television" that only works with, say, Time-Warner cable. In my and the general public's experience, that's not a "television", and the company needs to sell it as such.
Ever been part of a blacklist from one of these anti-spam groups? Same thing, except in this case there is NO ONE to call. They kill your domain, and you can't get a hold of them. They're irresponsible and as much as I hate spam, I hope more of these damn things get shut down. I've seem them do more harm than good.
Personally, I've been a fan of Textpad for years, and it's one of the few pieces of shareware that I actually bought. Light, fast, with incredicle search and replace (even regular expressions). I use it for the few documents I write, and any coding that I might do.
Yeah, but....
I already have 3 fileservers. They're all of my PC's. What's the point of this? The files are already on your PC, just share what you want to share. This makes no sense to me whatsoever.
So then the Net is useful for destroying retail and making a population of fat, lazy slobs who don't leave their house. That's great. I look forward to the day when every town in the US is nothing but rows and rows of houses, there are various warehouses on the outskirts of town to service the Net shopping industry, and the only people outside in the sun, getting exercise, and moving around are UPS and FedEX drivers. Long live sloth!!!
No Linux viruses because the script kiddies aren't going to bother with 0.0001% of the computers out there. What's the fucking point?
The only thing is.... he's right. computers can and do get viruses. It's a fact of life. That bullshit about Linux being more secure is just that... bullshit.
I haven't either. Maybe it's just that all of the people that we know (that have our email addresses) are smart enough not to get a virus in the first place?