Not that replying to anonymous trolls is useful, but...
You're correct in that it's inescapable due to corporate logos being all over everything. But I can at least minimize it by avoiding exposure to what I can.
Another poster pointed out the relevant EULA clause:
...You may not work around technical limitations in the software... This is also in Microsoft's other agreements. Really?!?! God, I don't know how many hours(days? weeks? months?) of my life I've wasted working around technical limitations in Microsoft's software... I guess I'm in big trouble.
This is even more hopeless than the War on Untaxed Drugs
If that were the issue, they'd just tax them and be done with it. What this is is a War on Drug Users. What it comes down to is the government waging a war on its own citizens. And since that government is ostensibly "by and for" the citizens, what it comes down to is certain citizens waging war on certain other citizens.
My technique is somewhat different, as my mantra is "I will not be advertised at". When I begin FF-ing through commercials I look away from the screen, such that only my peripheral vision sees it. Usually what little I can see of the screen is enough to tell me when I've gone far enough, especially in the case of animated shows like the Simpsons, where the colors/brightness are very different from that of the advertising. I'm usually right on when I resume the show. Occasionally I'll miss a second or two of the show, and rewind if anything important was happening, and on very rare occasions I'll see a fractional second of advertising, and have to curse as I FF past it again.
This way I am exposed to none of the toxic crap they're trying to impress into my consciousness. I'm not in the least interested in having product or brand awareness built in my mind.
Sadly, I contributed to E.T. doing so much better than Tron. My paper route income didn't leave me with enough funds after paying for my D&D/Traveler/RuneQuest habit to see both, and I hadn't really discovered computers yet, so I decided to see the movie by the guy who had done CE3K. I was very disappointed; there wasn't enough science or violence to hold my interest. I should have seen Tron, where at least there was violence.:-)
On this day 30 years ago, I took a girl to go see it as my first date. We were all riding back from our high school senior picnic, and she asked about the book I was reading (the novelization), so I took her to the movie. I think I still have my copy. I remember it was a gold-colored paperback.
I believe Star Wars was the second movie I ever saw (or possibly the third, with Rocky and Tora, Tora, Tora being the other contenders). I was not quite 11 years old at the time, and it made a huge impression. Though I was already reading stuff like LotR, Heinlein, Einstein, Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, I think Star Wars did more than anything else to cement my love of science fiction/fantasy.
Wow, someone else who used their ignore list the way I do! I did that in EQ years ago and it worked well, as 'chatsp33k' wasn't too prevalent back then, but since I started playing WoW I had to give it up due to the overwhelming quantity of it I run into.
Now I just stop reading after I see the first "u" or "ur" or whatever. The perspon has nothing to say that I'm interested in reading.
2) as another poster put it, if I/ignore a player, I want the option to ignore the WHOLE account, no matter how many alts the guy uses--chat, tell, mail, duel spam, plain talking, yells, and emotes. I would love to see a feature like that. I'd also like it to make that account's avatars invisible to me in the game world. I really can't stand the idiots who constantly jump. Those morons pretty much kill the last bit of immersion I get in the game.
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Not that replying to anonymous trolls is useful, but...
You're correct in that it's inescapable due to corporate logos being all over everything. But I can at least minimize it by avoiding exposure to what I can.
...You may not work around technical limitations in the software... This is also in Microsoft's other agreements. Really?!?! God, I don't know how many hours(days? weeks? months?) of my life I've wasted working around technical limitations in Microsoft's software... I guess I'm in big trouble.Who is more foolish, the fool, or the fool that follows him?
The fool on the hill, of course.But seriously, the GP post was quite good.
If that were the issue, they'd just tax them and be done with it. What this is is a War on Drug Users. What it comes down to is the government waging a war on its own citizens. And since that government is ostensibly "by and for" the citizens, what it comes down to is certain citizens waging war on certain other citizens.
My technique is somewhat different, as my mantra is "I will not be advertised at". When I begin FF-ing through commercials I look away from the screen, such that only my peripheral vision sees it. Usually what little I can see of the screen is enough to tell me when I've gone far enough, especially in the case of animated shows like the Simpsons, where the colors/brightness are very different from that of the advertising. I'm usually right on when I resume the show. Occasionally I'll miss a second or two of the show, and rewind if anything important was happening, and on very rare occasions I'll see a fractional second of advertising, and have to curse as I FF past it again.
This way I am exposed to none of the toxic crap they're trying to impress into my consciousness. I'm not in the least interested in having product or brand awareness built in my mind.
Before I had a DVR, I VCR-taped the few shows I watched, and fast-forwarded over the commercials. The DVR just makes it much more convenient to do so.
Good riddance to 'em. They always make me leave my 'droids outside.
2 cents, That's a pretty darned cheap laptop!
Sadly, I contributed to E.T. doing so much better than Tron. My paper route income didn't leave me with enough funds after paying for my D&D/Traveler/RuneQuest habit to see both, and I hadn't really discovered computers yet, so I decided to see the movie by the guy who had done CE3K. I was very disappointed; there wasn't enough science or violence to hold my interest. I should have seen Tron, where at least there was violence. :-)
Hehe, that's my situation too, and those are behind piles of computer boxes :-).
Did it say "A New Hope", though? I don't remember.
I believe Star Wars was the second movie I ever saw (or possibly the third, with Rocky and Tora, Tora, Tora being the other contenders). I was not quite 11 years old at the time, and it made a huge impression. Though I was already reading stuff like LotR, Heinlein, Einstein, Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, I think Star Wars did
more than anything else to cement my love of science fiction/fantasy.
What I'd like to know, is whether anyone has dropped off a Zune and taken home one of the old iPods...
I have no use for beer or any other alcoholic beverage, so that blows your theory. :-)
Is this the joke thread? Ok.
I guess we've passed Peak Address.
"The Politics of Failure have failed. We can make them work."
--Kang (or possibly Kodos)
God damn the pusher man.
Wow, someone else who used their ignore list the way I do! I did that in EQ years ago and it worked well, as 'chatsp33k' wasn't too prevalent back then, but since I started playing WoW I had to give it up due to the overwhelming quantity of it I run into.
Now I just stop reading after I see the first "u" or "ur" or whatever. The perspon has nothing to say that I'm interested in reading.
Also depends on what your definition of "new" is...
If fruit flies really have free will, why do they choose to like bananas?
Because GOTO is considered harmful.
Ask Kevin Mitnick about the terms of his probation. I believe they were similar to what you're discussing.
Perhaps Congress should pass a law outlawing "Attempted Tyranny".