This is when I wouldn't mind certain trusted stores being a little more intensive with what they do with my information they already have.
Example, Amazon.com has a reputation to protect, so I, perhaps ignorantly, trust them with LOTS of my information, including my credit card numbers and other data about myself. Foolish as it may be, I trust them because I believe I personally wouldn't mind at all if they went ahead and asked me when I bought something what it was for, letting me optionally tell them I was buying it for my wife for Christmas, or for my sister for her birthday.
In addition to the profile they build about me then, they could build useful profiles about who I interact with. I honestly wouldn't mind at ALL if they gave me some option of connecting Me Myname who lives at 123 Thisstreet USA with Mywife Myname at 123 Thisstreet USA, perhaps asking me first if, yes, they are the person I'm related to or friends with. Then, instead of randomly spamming book suggestions at me, they could say,
Special Day AlertYou know, your wife's birthday is coming up, if you buy now we can ship it there in plenty of time, and by the way, you bought her alot of science fiction books before, but she buys mostly classic novels for herself, so we'd suggest getting something a little more romantic this time. Maybe these titles are more her taste:
I sure wouldn't mind a notice that such and such has already bought the book I'm about to ship to their address, maybe I'd like to pick another.
Of course, to give them that level of control I'd want an easy to navigate privacy agreement that specifies what happens if the company gets bought or folds. You'd also have to opt in on BOTH sides. (You can't tell the husband the wife has been browsing 'Divorce Made Easy' with her consent of course).
If your ads are part of your service, your customers will begin to love them.
Interesting you posted that sig in a thread about advertising right before Christmas.
I read it, thought to myself, damn, I DO want to fly a kite, I LIKE flying kites, and I haven't FLOWN a kite since I was dating my wife in college. If I had seen that sig two weeks ago, she'd be getting THIS for Christmas.
I don't think I've ever reacted that way to a banner ad.
Anti abortion and Pro abortion. Using childish euphamisms may make you feel better, but pro-choice is still a buzzword that doesn't mean anything. The choice is: abortion acceptable or abortion unacceptable.
People use euphamisms because they want to change the perspective on the agruement without adding any relevant logic or arguments, not unlike you tried to do. His choice of "Pro-abortion" doesn't invalidate his arguement. What other choices are encompassed by the 'pro-choice' movement? Is it defending woman's right to choose between a snowcone or a slurpy? I doubt it.
It's like saying you are "Pro-gun control." Well no shit. Everyone in the entire world is "pro-gun control" with a few psycopathic exceptions. Who believes people should leave guns laying around on the streets or in kid's desks at school? EVERYONE wants some measure of gun control.
Just like everyone wants some measure of choice, the DEBATE is whether the choice should be a legal one, based on other laws regarding property, murder, and the state's accepted definition of life. In other words, Anti-abortion or Pro-abortion.
It takes more than a penis to rape someone. It takes an action. If you can identify the exact moment it becomes legal to kill an invalid, or the exact moment a lump of flesh becomes human, you are a better man that I.
At what point do you consider it a functioning brain? Does it have to be FULLY functioning?
Originally I was on your side, the woman was clearly stupid. The more I read about the case, I'd say the AC was more correct.
What happened, by your ladder analogy, is that they got in a rush to sell ladders. The ladders (in this analogy) do not come preassembled. Assembling a ladder correctly requires putting 32 rungs between the supports. They got in a rush and put 64 rungs in the ladder (twice as high as normal). You took the first step onto the ladder, step on a non-anchored rung, fall and gash your head. You indeed have a lawsuit, they injured you by putting TOO MUCH of the component (in the McDonalds case, too hot).
Coffee is supposed to be hot. Coffee is not supposed to be scalding. Its the differences between getting a cup of soup that burns your tongue a little on the first sip, and getting a cup of soup that causes BLISTERS on your tongue at the first sip. There is a range of acceptable heat and a range of danger.
Of course not. It's just another step in marketeers (They wear hats with ears) self justification of what they do. They can't force you to buy a product any more than they can force you to vote Democrat.
What they are really trying to do is figure out WHY people respond they way they do, and come up with advertisements that highlight their best selling points.
Associating beer with fun is stupid. Associating beer with a PARTY is very good. What they want isn't for you to say, I'm having fun lets have a beer, instead they'd like you to think, hmmm big group of people coming over for football, I should get Budweiser. They want situational association with their product (Nasty stain? Tide works good for that, but wouldn't you rather put some Shout on that?)
The best marketing plays into those associations, then society advertises for them:
Stain removal gel that prevents stains from setting? No, Shout.
Visual associations are better than word associations though, even with their name. They've done studies that show when ask to name a battery, more than 50% of their study will say Energizer, most likely because it keeps going and going and going and going. When asked to DRAW a battery or describe one, (Do it yourself real quick) most of them draw a black round cylinder with a golden cap at the positive end. The Coppertop, Duracel. When people 'think' battery they think Energizer, but when they REACH for a battery, they picture a Duracel.
Exactly, as discussed to death before when the original threats were made. They really weren't copywrited, they were trade secrets. Of course in the end you still have Wal*marts Lawyers against Fat Wallet, and despite the name I bet I can guess who has the most change to toss around.
The real goal is to make a big enough stink for newspapers to smell it and start reporting on this sort of crap. Then he'll win in settlement, they'll have to drop their stupid claims, and companies may think twice before their legal departments get too seperated from their public relations.
And that is EXACTLY the reaction he was looking for.
But as to the original poster, the reason the reviews are so gushing now is that you practically have to have given head to Jackson himself in order to have seen the film already. They didn't get there by being casually interested and finding a golden ticket in their Wonka bar.
Except they likely won't have to. It seems likely based on the Russian outcry about his arrest that it's likely the company will say, "It isn't against the law here so fuck off." At worst I'd imagine any equiptment they have in Chicago (I think it was) will be siezed, they'll move to servers somewhere else and nothing will change.
Indeed. I run a 866 with 512MB (RDRAM) and I have no problem running TWO copies of Everquest through the magic of EQW. I always hear people bitching and moaning about how their system is struggling by and I just wonder what they are doing wrong.
I bet a good defrag would make more difference for most people than upgrading their processor.
On a related note, I'd love to see the peformance test of an 866/512MB system versus a 1.8/128 system, or a similiar test of a 1.8 with a (what is it, 10something RPM) versus a 2.4 with a 7200 RPM or 5400 (?) RPM drive and see which performs better for the average user.
My hunch is INTEL and AMD wouldn't be happy with the results. When are they going to finally start putting out other components that are fast enough for the good chips anyway?
No, it's entirely a matter of infrastructure, just not the one you are thinking of.
Mobile phones aren't as popular here because of POTS infrastructure beating the hell out of it. When AT&T and Sprint offer the same WIRELESS deals as they do LONG DISTANCE deals, then you may see the numbers change.
When I can pay 20 bucks for unlimited local calls and 10 cents a minute for long distance calls then we'll talk (rimshot).
Remember that article about CNN changing articles? Same principle. Originally, the link poined to the pay site, when some readers posted a link to a free version, they changed the article link.
You take them to the moon and show them the lander, they say it was planted there.
Well no shit. Isn't that what the argument is about?
It would seem to me they would have to say, "No, we are really in Arizona" at that point. This is when you encourage them to remove their helmet.
It's like one of those "How much do you believe" arguments to disprove alot of philosophy. Say you believe there is a chair all you want, let your mind and your body take a vote and see if your ass ends up on the floor.
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This is when I wouldn't mind certain trusted stores being a little more intensive with what they do with my information they already have.
Example, Amazon.com has a reputation to protect, so I, perhaps ignorantly, trust them with LOTS of my information, including my credit card numbers and other data about myself. Foolish as it may be, I trust them because I believe I personally wouldn't mind at all if they went ahead and asked me when I bought something what it was for, letting me optionally tell them I was buying it for my wife for Christmas, or for my sister for her birthday.
In addition to the profile they build about me then, they could build useful profiles about who I interact with. I honestly wouldn't mind at ALL if they gave me some option of connecting Me Myname who lives at 123 Thisstreet USA with Mywife Myname at 123 Thisstreet USA, perhaps asking me first if, yes, they are the person I'm related to or friends with. Then, instead of randomly spamming book suggestions at me, they could say,
Special Day Alert You know, your wife's birthday is coming up, if you buy now we can ship it there in plenty of time, and by the way, you bought her alot of science fiction books before, but she buys mostly classic novels for herself, so we'd suggest getting something a little more romantic this time. Maybe these titles are more her taste:
I sure wouldn't mind a notice that such and such has already bought the book I'm about to ship to their address, maybe I'd like to pick another.
Of course, to give them that level of control I'd want an easy to navigate privacy agreement that specifies what happens if the company gets bought or folds. You'd also have to opt in on BOTH sides. (You can't tell the husband the wife has been browsing 'Divorce Made Easy' with her consent of course).
If your ads are part of your service, your customers will begin to love them.
Interesting you posted that sig in a thread about advertising right before Christmas.
I read it, thought to myself, damn, I DO want to fly a kite, I LIKE flying kites, and I haven't FLOWN a kite since I was dating my wife in college. If I had seen that sig two weeks ago, she'd be getting THIS for Christmas.
I don't think I've ever reacted that way to a banner ad.
The difference is that we don't agree the cattle ever gain those rights. I'm just pointing out it's difficult to say, "Humanity starts here."
You are right. I just learned he didn't move there until he was 9. Something every day, or so they say.
Anti abortion and Pro abortion. Using childish euphamisms may make you feel better, but pro-choice is still a buzzword that doesn't mean anything. The choice is: abortion acceptable or abortion unacceptable.
People use euphamisms because they want to change the perspective on the agruement without adding any relevant logic or arguments, not unlike you tried to do. His choice of "Pro-abortion" doesn't invalidate his arguement. What other choices are encompassed by the 'pro-choice' movement? Is it defending woman's right to choose between a snowcone or a slurpy? I doubt it.
It's like saying you are "Pro-gun control." Well no shit. Everyone in the entire world is "pro-gun control" with a few psycopathic exceptions. Who believes people should leave guns laying around on the streets or in kid's desks at school? EVERYONE wants some measure of gun control.
Just like everyone wants some measure of choice, the DEBATE is whether the choice should be a legal one, based on other laws regarding property, murder, and the state's accepted definition of life. In other words, Anti-abortion or Pro-abortion.
It takes more than a penis to rape someone. It takes an action. If you can identify the exact moment it becomes legal to kill an invalid, or the exact moment a lump of flesh becomes human, you are a better man that I.
At what point do you consider it a functioning brain? Does it have to be FULLY functioning?
A link for you: Human Sentience Before Birth
After 5.5 weeks of growth (7.5 weeks from the woman's last period) the unborn baby responds to touch and brain development is underway.
If it responds to touch is it a baby or a lump of flesh?
Or, here's an idea, Australia, where he's from. Or did you just think the Mad Max franchise was set there for the quality internet access?
Cowboy Neal IS the sheep.
Originally I was on your side, the woman was clearly stupid. The more I read about the case, I'd say the AC was more correct. What happened, by your ladder analogy, is that they got in a rush to sell ladders. The ladders (in this analogy) do not come preassembled. Assembling a ladder correctly requires putting 32 rungs between the supports. They got in a rush and put 64 rungs in the ladder (twice as high as normal). You took the first step onto the ladder, step on a non-anchored rung, fall and gash your head. You indeed have a lawsuit, they injured you by putting TOO MUCH of the component (in the McDonalds case, too hot). Coffee is supposed to be hot. Coffee is not supposed to be scalding. Its the differences between getting a cup of soup that burns your tongue a little on the first sip, and getting a cup of soup that causes BLISTERS on your tongue at the first sip. There is a range of acceptable heat and a range of danger.
His response...made ...the original poster..Yer Sex Gateway
My Sex Gateway is private, and in no way is it "understandable" for the that guy to offer himself to me like that.
Of course not. It's just another step in marketeers (They wear hats with ears) self justification of what they do. They can't force you to buy a product any more than they can force you to vote Democrat.
What they are really trying to do is figure out WHY people respond they way they do, and come up with advertisements that highlight their best selling points.
Associating beer with fun is stupid. Associating beer with a PARTY is very good. What they want isn't for you to say, I'm having fun lets have a beer, instead they'd like you to think, hmmm big group of people coming over for football, I should get Budweiser. They want situational association with their product (Nasty stain? Tide works good for that, but wouldn't you rather put some Shout on that?)
The best marketing plays into those associations, then society advertises for them:
Stain removal gel that prevents stains from setting? No, Shout.
Adhesive gauze strip?
Acetametaphine?
Chlorine Bleach?
Pressed Chicken Strips?
Facial Tissue?
Visual associations are better than word associations though, even with their name. They've done studies that show when ask to name a battery, more than 50% of their study will say Energizer, most likely because it keeps going and going and going and going. When asked to DRAW a battery or describe one, (Do it yourself real quick) most of them draw a black round cylinder with a golden cap at the positive end. The Coppertop, Duracel. When people 'think' battery they think Energizer, but when they REACH for a battery, they picture a Duracel.
That is what the scientists want to tap into.
Exactly, as discussed to death before when the original threats were made. They really weren't copywrited, they were trade secrets. Of course in the end you still have Wal*marts Lawyers against Fat Wallet, and despite the name I bet I can guess who has the most change to toss around.
The real goal is to make a big enough stink for newspapers to smell it and start reporting on this sort of crap. Then he'll win in settlement, they'll have to drop their stupid claims, and companies may think twice before their legal departments get too seperated from their public relations.
Peter Jackson, the director, of course.
- Gandalf is dead or missing
:puts fingers in ears:
He's dead, you see him falling to his death.
He's dead! nah nah nah nah nah nah I'm not listening he's dead nah nah nah nah nah nah
And that is EXACTLY the reaction he was looking for.
But as to the original poster, the reason the reviews are so gushing now is that you practically have to have given head to Jackson himself in order to have seen the film already. They didn't get there by being casually interested and finding a golden ticket in their Wonka bar.
No, for complex reasons:How many frames can humans see?
If there's a question, there's a Google
Except they likely won't have to. It seems likely based on the Russian outcry about his arrest that it's likely the company will say, "It isn't against the law here so fuck off." At worst I'd imagine any equiptment they have in Chicago (I think it was) will be siezed, they'll move to servers somewhere else and nothing will change.
Indeed. I run a 866 with 512MB (RDRAM) and I have no problem running TWO copies of Everquest through the magic of EQW. I always hear people bitching and moaning about how their system is struggling by and I just wonder what they are doing wrong.
I bet a good defrag would make more difference for most people than upgrading their processor.
On a related note, I'd love to see the peformance test of an 866/512MB system versus a 1.8/128 system, or a similiar test of a 1.8 with a (what is it, 10something RPM) versus a 2.4 with a 7200 RPM or 5400 (?) RPM drive and see which performs better for the average user.
My hunch is INTEL and AMD wouldn't be happy with the results. When are they going to finally start putting out other components that are fast enough for the good chips anyway?
No, it's entirely a matter of infrastructure, just not the one you are thinking of.
Mobile phones aren't as popular here because of POTS infrastructure beating the hell out of it. When AT&T and Sprint offer the same WIRELESS deals as they do LONG DISTANCE deals, then you may see the numbers change.
When I can pay 20 bucks for unlimited local calls and 10 cents a minute for long distance calls then we'll talk (rimshot).
neither I nor the admins
Developers suspect that there's a simpler way to do it all, but since we're not networking experts
Sounds like he's a developer, not an IT guy. It's none of his business what the problem is, he's just screwed when it doesn't work.
Besides, if you like the Simpsons, the Soprano's and Iron Chef you probably WOULD like Dextor's Laboratory, and possibly the Powerpuff Girls.
Remember that article about CNN changing articles? Same principle. Originally, the link poined to the pay site, when some readers posted a link to a free version, they changed the article link.
I sure hope that doesn't spread to the US.
Think of the money insurances companies would lose on permanent disability in San Fran ALONE.
The Stake, obviously.
I guess those Euro's don't go for that sort of thing though, do they?
You take them to the moon and show them the lander, they say it was planted there.
Well no shit. Isn't that what the argument is about?
It would seem to me they would have to say, "No, we are really in Arizona" at that point. This is when you encourage them to remove their helmet.
It's like one of those "How much do you believe" arguments to disprove alot of philosophy. Say you believe there is a chair all you want, let your mind and your body take a vote and see if your ass ends up on the floor.
You are talking to computer geeks here as well. I have no problem with defining prime such that the two numbers allow for 1 and 1.