politely say. "I'm not interested. Please don't call me again at this number. Thank you" and hang up.
Why politely? They still have to put you on the do-not-call list if you say "put me on your do not call list for all customers, right fucking now, you greasy little motherfucker", which is not only more satisfying, it also helps to make the caller's job less tolerable.
Telemarketing is a shitty job that no one really wants to do.
Ah, but that's precisely why it's important to heap abuse upon telemarketers. The more unpleasant the job is, the higher the attrition will be, and the less cost-effective telemarketing becomes.
I did it when I was in college because I needed the cash.
I hope the experience was so unpleasant that you'd never consider doing that job again.
Apple engineers think they make the best computers.
That would be because Apple does make the best computers, at least in their price range. Of course, considering the flimsy, fragile shit that the Dells and Sonys of the world make, that's not very hard.
The problem in the Windows world is that most of the profit ends up in microsoft's hands, and the hardware vendors are left to compete on price alone. When they attempt to differentiate their offerings, MS smacks them down hard. PC vendors really do have to choose polystyrene instead of polycarbonate for their cases, because they just don't have the margins to allow for a quality product.
Didn't anyone notice that Disney is getting paid for those TV shows? They've dipped a toe in the water, to see whether online distribution will work out. Why do people have to construct vast Machiavellian conspiracy fantasies to explain a simple business transaction?
sometimes he'll auction off things he doesn't have, then order them from Amazon, and make it so that they ship straight to the auction winner.
That's called "Drop shipping", and there's nothing wrong with that. As long as he delivers what he sells, he's on the up-and-up. He has no duty to inform his customers that they could find a better price elsewhere.
Well, you don't know whether or how the people you're looking down on voted. If they didn't want to hear what you had to tell them, maybe the problem was your obnoxious attitude.
Then you see 30 indians break into a dance while the evil killer is running away WHILE singing AND dancing.
I took a business trip to India a couple of years ago, and happened to see a bit of Indian MTV in my hotel. All of the Indian singers had vast throngs of dancers. Whenever an American or European act came on, it was jarring to only see the singer and four of five dancers. It looked like they just couldn't get the budget for a full-scale production.;-)
By re-enforcing hierarchical organization, religion clearly contributed to the early development of civilization and modern society. We almost certainly wouldn't be enjoying the benefits of that civilization without it.
Sure, religion is probably a necessary stage in the development of civilzation, but that doesn't mean that it's a good idea to cling to it when we have better ways to understand the world around us. Keeping kosher was a good way to improve your chances of survival back when people didn't know the cause of trichinois. Ox carts were a handy form of transportation too, once upon a time.
What could be more appealing to a company that can't ship anything on time? If MS got paid every year by the same customers for the same old shit, then their failures wouldn't have any effect on their bottom line.
Just like with the music store, the big money is in the back-catalog sales. There are hundreds of thousands of TV shows from the 20th century, and only a few of them live on in syndication the way that the Andy Griffith Show or I Love Lucy have. There's only so much room in broadcast and even satellite TV schedules, so most of those old shows just sit on a shelf, making no money at all for their owners.
I know there are hundreds of episodes of old cartoons I'd love to get, for a start.
Personally, I'm much more interested in this technology. These guys vary the brightness of individual LEDs in their backlight array, which results in a vastly higher dynamic range. (Near-infinite contrast ratio, basically.)
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you attribute this to the cases for each.
No, the cases are just one example.
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telemarketer may happen to "forget" to place someone on their DNC list ...which exposes their employer to considerable losses if that person litigates.
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politely say. "I'm not interested. Please don't call me again at this number. Thank you" and hang up.
Why politely? They still have to put you on the do-not-call list if you say "put me on your do not call list for all customers, right fucking now, you greasy little motherfucker", which is not only more satisfying, it also helps to make the caller's job less tolerable.
Telemarketing is a shitty job that no one really wants to do.
Ah, but that's precisely why it's important to heap abuse upon telemarketers. The more unpleasant the job is, the higher the attrition will be, and the less cost-effective telemarketing becomes.
I did it when I was in college because I needed the cash.
I hope the experience was so unpleasant that you'd never consider doing that job again.
-jcr
Companies seem to love to play the "We have a relationship" card much more than they used to.
That gets them off the hook for the first call. Once you tell them never to call you again, they're in trouble if they persist.
-jcr
Microsoft is selling the idea to the world that it is not a Monopoly which should be broken up.
They already dodged that bullet. There's no way the Feds are going to spend the money for another shot at it.
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How many times does Jobs' procedure to buy a washing machine have to be covered?
How many lazy journalists are there?
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Apple engineers think they make the best computers.
That would be because Apple does make the best computers, at least in their price range. Of course, considering the flimsy, fragile shit that the Dells and Sonys of the world make, that's not very hard.
The problem in the Windows world is that most of the profit ends up in microsoft's hands, and the hardware vendors are left to compete on price alone. When they attempt to differentiate their offerings, MS smacks them down hard. PC vendors really do have to choose polystyrene instead of polycarbonate for their cases, because they just don't have the margins to allow for a quality product.
-jcr
Didn't anyone notice that Disney is getting paid for those TV shows? They've dipped a toe in the water, to see whether online distribution will work out. Why do people have to construct vast Machiavellian conspiracy fantasies to explain a simple business transaction?
-jcr
You think that's cool, how about raising Apple's market capitalization by $43 billion in just eight years?
As for the "Reality Distortion Field", that phrase is just a journalist's way of sneering at inspiration and leadership.
-jcr
So tell me, when you go out to dinner, do you get a seat for your smug sense of self satisfaction too?
How do you infer smugness from his keen grasp of the obvious?
-jcr
I don't have the obnoxious attitude in person
You may believe that you're concealing your contempt, but people are far more perceptive than you give them credit for.
-jcr
Have you considered the possibility that they were referring to Star Trek:TOS?
What exactly are the Star Trek Terms of Service?
-jcr
Oh, yeah.. That one!
-jcr
sometimes he'll auction off things he doesn't have, then order them from Amazon, and make it so that they ship straight to the auction winner.
That's called "Drop shipping", and there's nothing wrong with that. As long as he delivers what he sells, he's on the up-and-up. He has no duty to inform his customers that they could find a better price elsewhere.
-jcr
no interest with the slobbering masses.
Well, you don't know whether or how the people you're looking down on voted. If they didn't want to hear what you had to tell them, maybe the problem was your obnoxious attitude.
-jcr
Oh, they tolerated Monica just fine.. They loved her, in fact.
-jcr
I think I am even less of a fan of Indian cinema.
Try Lagaan, and Monsoon Wedding.
The Indian film industry is just like Hollywood. A lot of crap, and a few standouts.
-jcr
Indeed. The Indian cinema has found its Kurosawa.
Don't buy the DVD, though. I've had two copies of it, and something went wrong in the MPEG encoding very near the end of the match.
-jcr
Then you see 30 indians break into a dance while the evil killer is running away WHILE singing AND dancing.
;-)
I took a business trip to India a couple of years ago, and happened to see a bit of Indian MTV in my hotel. All of the Indian singers had vast throngs of dancers. Whenever an American or European act came on, it was jarring to only see the singer and four of five dancers. It looked like they just couldn't get the budget for a full-scale production.
-jcr
By re-enforcing hierarchical organization, religion clearly contributed to the early development of civilization and modern society. We almost certainly wouldn't be enjoying the benefits of that civilization without it.
Sure, religion is probably a necessary stage in the development of civilzation, but that doesn't mean that it's a good idea to cling to it when we have better ways to understand the world around us. Keeping kosher was a good way to improve your chances of survival back when people didn't know the cause of trichinois. Ox carts were a handy form of transportation too, once upon a time.
-jcr
What could be more appealing to a company that can't ship anything on time? If MS got paid every year by the same customers for the same old shit, then their failures wouldn't have any effect on their bottom line.
-jcr
Just like with the music store, the big money is in the back-catalog sales. There are hundreds of thousands of TV shows from the 20th century, and only a few of them live on in syndication the way that the Andy Griffith Show or I Love Lucy have. There's only so much room in broadcast and even satellite TV schedules, so most of those old shows just sit on a shelf, making no money at all for their owners.
I know there are hundreds of episodes of old cartoons I'd love to get, for a start.
-jcr
Personally, I'm much more interested in this technology. These guys vary the brightness of individual LEDs in their backlight array, which results in a vastly higher dynamic range. (Near-infinite contrast ratio, basically.)
-jcr
Interesting many clergymen dennounced the vaccine practise as sin.
Turning to Clergy for medical advice is one more factor in natural selection.
-jcr
My point is that anti-intellectualism has been far worse than what the creationists are doing.
-jcr