Yeah and if Vegetables could talk we'd eat... uh... oh crap, guess we'd die. And it we're so silly as to do something like that, then "Survival of the Fittest" just kicked in and removed the morons who reduced their diet just because their food looked at them and said "Please don't eat me".
The basic problem I see with the idea of using murders and rapists would be:
Who want's a remote controlled rapist? Now... RATS on the other hand... a remote controlled rat would be really... useful? Aw forget it.
Seriously. It's just a rat. They're just animals. I'm all for protecting "animal rights" and what-have-you, but if it comes down to a choice of my life versus an animals... the animal is going to die. I'm not sure if a remote controlled rat is going to extend my life or make it better, but other innovations based on this research just might. So maybe it's justifiable after all.
On the flip side of the coin maybe not. What do I know. I'm only typing what the guy in the white coat holding the controller is making me type anyway.
Okay... I guess I was still asleep while writing this:
Why the hell isn't it illegal? I realize that it might take a little effort on the part of the Spammers, but it would seem to make a little sense to filter out the impressionable young kids from your list.
Hustler doesn't mass mail free samples out for good reason (one, it would cost more than they could make just waiting for the audience to come to them; and two, it would be offensive to WAAY too many people and complaints would flood the offices).
Kids really shouldn't see ANYTHING about pornography (and don't get me wrong I'm not anti-porn... I just think it should be like alcohol, you don't give it out to just anyone under 14... oops:) um... nevermind). Also, most of these advertisements are porn by themselves, with all the pictures a little 7-year-old would need to be as warped as I am forever.
And if I'm wrong, and Hustler does send out free samples... where's mine?
First, just let me say, I wish you all the well in the world. I hope you're successful in finding Sabrina.
But, you must realize that SPAM will be just as useless to you as placing a regular ad:
"There are so many other ads that you won't notice mine."
No one will notice your SPAM either. They'll delete it before they even read it. People hate SPAM, they waste no time eliminating it, even if it's something they might want... just because it's SPAM. This is similar to Telemarketing (which I'm still not finished working off my bad karma from working as a telemarketer), it's not that people hate the product your selling... they hate YOU.
To make matters worse. Even if someone bothers to read your e-mail, there's a good chance that they'll assume it's another stupid scam, send your business cards here, buy these yellow ribbons... etc.
I hope you find your daughter, even before I post this. But I just don't think that mass e-mailing is the answer.
"Legally speaking, sending a 7-year-old an e-mail advertising hardcore pornography might be a nuisance, but it's not a crime, said Timothy Healy, chief of the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center, based in Fairmont, W.Va. "
Why the hell isn't it illegal? I realize that it make take a little effort on the part of the Spammers, but it would seem to make a little sense. Hustler doesn't mass e-mail free samples out for good reason (one, it would cost more than they could make just waiting for the audience to come to them; and two, it would be offensive to WAAY too many people and completes would flood the offices).
And if I'm wrong, and Hustler does send out free samples... where's mine?
Okay... yeah... this thing just eats trees for breakfast. I'm pretty sure someone could put one of these to good use on a battlefield, but forget guns man. Just convince this Tree Mech here that those Taliban guys are just really funny looking trees (eg).
Seriously, I'm sure that it could be set up for some serious combat, but until we get into fighting in rough terrain (Forest, really rocky areas, maybe Jungles... but that might be a stretch), this big guy just isn't going to be very helpful. Except of course as an intimidation thing. You know, you've got a gun, you've got tanks backing you up. But they've got a giant metal spider walking towards you with a really big gun aimed at you. Just don't tell them how much better the tanks that are following it are in this terrain.
Laters
Okay... cool. I was thinking along the lines of what you said about the SIM card, but I wasn't sure and didn't want to throw in yet another fact based solely on my memory (I was afraid about half of what I put might be wrong after all). Thank you for verifying that one for me.
As for the ESN/IMEI, I just assumed that's how they routed the calls, because when I call up a Service Provider to activate a phone, the only thing they ask about the particular phone is "what's the ESN" then they give me the phone number, I hand it to Joe Customer and they go happily on their way (hopefully not to have their phone stolen as soon as they're out of my sight!).
Thanks Stephen!
I think that if you were starting from the ground up, the idea would be sound. But I see what you're saying now, because of the way things are, it would be difficult to implement now (or am I 5 miles off in left field by now?).
I guess it's just a case of shoulda done it right from the beginning...
Have no fear, the Secret Masters (tm) have deployed a unit to apprehend this man. He will be replaced with a cardboard standup. R&D believes that no one will notice.
Sorry... I've been playing Illuminati WAAAAY too much.
http://www.sjgames.com
That's actually a pretty clever suggestion. I'm not sure how hard it would be to do (and difficulty factors can easily shoot down an otherwise sound idea you know).
Now the trick would be letting Nokia or Motorolla in on this insight and getting them to do it.
Good luck on that one!
First off... A thousand apologies (and one I'm sorry) if I'm repeating an existing post. I wasn't able to read all the discussion as I am at work and can't stay on too long.
Here's a quick explanation of the two things about cell phones I've seen so far.
First the IMEI number. Several people have compared them to Automobile VIN numbers. This is dead on accurate! Basically an IMEI is like a serial number that states "I am Cell Phone #1101". The only really useful way I can think of to change that number would be to trick someone into believing that Cell Phone #1101 was in fact Cell Phone #11111. If anyone can think of a practical use for changing an IMEI other than that, I would honestly be interested to hear it. (And no that is not the way IMEI numbers are formatted, but who really cares). When you activate service you give the service provider this number so they can know which phone you have and also where to send the activation signal (which I usually bypass and activate the phone manually, the service people take FOREVER!!). After activation the IMEI number also tells the service provider where to send your phone calls to. BTW, some phones have an ESN instead of an IMEI. I'm a little fuzzy on the difference, someone once told me it had to do with what sort of network is used, but I'm not sure. They're essentially the same as IMEIs as far as I can tell, if anyone knows for sure the difference and doesn't mind explaining it to me, let me know.
The other thing mentioned was the SIM card. This is basically a memory chip, but not for your regular storage stuff (phone numbers, ringtons, etc.) The SIM card stores your phone number and some other things (I'm honestly ignorant on the SIM cards other functions, again feel free to educate me).
So that's what I know (or at least what I think I know). I may be way off base. If I am, please forgive me.
From what I know, it seems that messing around with the SIM card may or may not be illegal and that might bear some looking into. Messing with the IMEI/ESN numbers unless done for illegal purposes would be pretty pointless.
You could change your IMEI/ESN in your phone to one that matches an already activated phone, and have a duplicate of their phone able to make and recieve some poor guys calls. For what it's worth, Caller ID's would show calls from your phoney phone to be coming from a different number than the poor suckers'. I guess that really wouldn't matter to the thief unless he's playing some serious mind games with the sucker (and it really wouldn't be too terribly hard to fix that phone number issue).
My point is, without having a law against messing with your IMEI/ESN, the only useful reason to do so is already illegal (as has been stated before), so rather than cluttering the books with duplicate laws, let's just use the ones we have.
That's all for now, I hope I haven't irritated anyone too terribly much, and I hope my memory and education have served me and I haven't made too many SNAFUs.
Take care
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Yeah and if Vegetables could talk we'd eat... uh... oh crap, guess we'd die. And it we're so silly as to do something like that, then "Survival of the Fittest" just kicked in and removed the morons who reduced their diet just because their food looked at them and said "Please don't eat me".
The basic problem I see with the idea of using murders and rapists would be:
Who want's a remote controlled rapist? Now... RATS on the other hand... a remote controlled rat would be really... useful? Aw forget it.
Seriously. It's just a rat. They're just animals. I'm all for protecting "animal rights" and what-have-you, but if it comes down to a choice of my life versus an animals... the animal is going to die. I'm not sure if a remote controlled rat is going to extend my life or make it better, but other innovations based on this research just might. So maybe it's justifiable after all.
On the flip side of the coin maybe not. What do I know. I'm only typing what the guy in the white coat holding the controller is making me type anyway.
Take Care
Okay... I guess I was still asleep while writing this: Why the hell isn't it illegal? I realize that it might take a little effort on the part of the Spammers, but it would seem to make a little sense to filter out the impressionable young kids from your list. Hustler doesn't mass mail free samples out for good reason (one, it would cost more than they could make just waiting for the audience to come to them; and two, it would be offensive to WAAY too many people and complaints would flood the offices). Kids really shouldn't see ANYTHING about pornography (and don't get me wrong I'm not anti-porn... I just think it should be like alcohol, you don't give it out to just anyone under 14... oops :) um... nevermind). Also, most of these advertisements are porn by themselves, with all the pictures a little 7-year-old would need to be as warped as I am forever.
And if I'm wrong, and Hustler does send out free samples... where's mine?
First, just let me say, I wish you all the well in the world. I hope you're successful in finding Sabrina.
But, you must realize that SPAM will be just as useless to you as placing a regular ad:
"There are so many other ads that you won't notice mine."
No one will notice your SPAM either. They'll delete it before they even read it. People hate SPAM, they waste no time eliminating it, even if it's something they might want... just because it's SPAM. This is similar to Telemarketing (which I'm still not finished working off my bad karma from working as a telemarketer), it's not that people hate the product your selling... they hate YOU.
To make matters worse. Even if someone bothers to read your e-mail, there's a good chance that they'll assume it's another stupid scam, send your business cards here, buy these yellow ribbons... etc.
I hope you find your daughter, even before I post this. But I just don't think that mass e-mailing is the answer.
Take Care.
"Legally speaking, sending a 7-year-old an e-mail advertising hardcore pornography might be a nuisance, but it's not a crime, said Timothy Healy, chief of the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center, based in Fairmont, W.Va. "
Why the hell isn't it illegal? I realize that it make take a little effort on the part of the Spammers, but it would seem to make a little sense. Hustler doesn't mass e-mail free samples out for good reason (one, it would cost more than they could make just waiting for the audience to come to them; and two, it would be offensive to WAAY too many people and completes would flood the offices).
And if I'm wrong, and Hustler does send out free samples... where's mine?
Okay... yeah... this thing just eats trees for breakfast. I'm pretty sure someone could put one of these to good use on a battlefield, but forget guns man. Just convince this Tree Mech here that those Taliban guys are just really funny looking trees (eg). Seriously, I'm sure that it could be set up for some serious combat, but until we get into fighting in rough terrain (Forest, really rocky areas, maybe Jungles... but that might be a stretch), this big guy just isn't going to be very helpful. Except of course as an intimidation thing. You know, you've got a gun, you've got tanks backing you up. But they've got a giant metal spider walking towards you with a really big gun aimed at you. Just don't tell them how much better the tanks that are following it are in this terrain. Laters
Okay... cool. I was thinking along the lines of what you said about the SIM card, but I wasn't sure and didn't want to throw in yet another fact based solely on my memory (I was afraid about half of what I put might be wrong after all). Thank you for verifying that one for me. As for the ESN/IMEI, I just assumed that's how they routed the calls, because when I call up a Service Provider to activate a phone, the only thing they ask about the particular phone is "what's the ESN" then they give me the phone number, I hand it to Joe Customer and they go happily on their way (hopefully not to have their phone stolen as soon as they're out of my sight!). Thanks Stephen!
I think that if you were starting from the ground up, the idea would be sound. But I see what you're saying now, because of the way things are, it would be difficult to implement now (or am I 5 miles off in left field by now?). I guess it's just a case of shoulda done it right from the beginning...
Have no fear, the Secret Masters (tm) have deployed a unit to apprehend this man. He will be replaced with a cardboard standup. R&D believes that no one will notice. Sorry... I've been playing Illuminati WAAAAY too much. http://www.sjgames.com
That's actually a pretty clever suggestion. I'm not sure how hard it would be to do (and difficulty factors can easily shoot down an otherwise sound idea you know). Now the trick would be letting Nokia or Motorolla in on this insight and getting them to do it. Good luck on that one!
First off... A thousand apologies (and one I'm sorry) if I'm repeating an existing post. I wasn't able to read all the discussion as I am at work and can't stay on too long. Here's a quick explanation of the two things about cell phones I've seen so far. First the IMEI number. Several people have compared them to Automobile VIN numbers. This is dead on accurate! Basically an IMEI is like a serial number that states "I am Cell Phone #1101". The only really useful way I can think of to change that number would be to trick someone into believing that Cell Phone #1101 was in fact Cell Phone #11111. If anyone can think of a practical use for changing an IMEI other than that, I would honestly be interested to hear it. (And no that is not the way IMEI numbers are formatted, but who really cares). When you activate service you give the service provider this number so they can know which phone you have and also where to send the activation signal (which I usually bypass and activate the phone manually, the service people take FOREVER!!). After activation the IMEI number also tells the service provider where to send your phone calls to. BTW, some phones have an ESN instead of an IMEI. I'm a little fuzzy on the difference, someone once told me it had to do with what sort of network is used, but I'm not sure. They're essentially the same as IMEIs as far as I can tell, if anyone knows for sure the difference and doesn't mind explaining it to me, let me know. The other thing mentioned was the SIM card. This is basically a memory chip, but not for your regular storage stuff (phone numbers, ringtons, etc.) The SIM card stores your phone number and some other things (I'm honestly ignorant on the SIM cards other functions, again feel free to educate me). So that's what I know (or at least what I think I know). I may be way off base. If I am, please forgive me. From what I know, it seems that messing around with the SIM card may or may not be illegal and that might bear some looking into. Messing with the IMEI/ESN numbers unless done for illegal purposes would be pretty pointless. You could change your IMEI/ESN in your phone to one that matches an already activated phone, and have a duplicate of their phone able to make and recieve some poor guys calls. For what it's worth, Caller ID's would show calls from your phoney phone to be coming from a different number than the poor suckers'. I guess that really wouldn't matter to the thief unless he's playing some serious mind games with the sucker (and it really wouldn't be too terribly hard to fix that phone number issue). My point is, without having a law against messing with your IMEI/ESN, the only useful reason to do so is already illegal (as has been stated before), so rather than cluttering the books with duplicate laws, let's just use the ones we have. That's all for now, I hope I haven't irritated anyone too terribly much, and I hope my memory and education have served me and I haven't made too many SNAFUs. Take care