I think you mean "May We Sue M$?", because the answer to "can we..." is probably "no". If you can't even disable the guest account, you'll probably fail miserably at completing all the paperwork necessary to initiate a lawsuit.
...considering that they pitch books to us in the right margin, connect with the rest of the OSDN network, and STILL feel the need to slap us with banner ads. If the internet can survive without banner ads, who better to lead the charge than/.?
Hee hee... I'm looking at a Microsoft banner ad on Slashdot right now... the irony is overwhelming.
Just try reading your response above in response to SPAM. Why is everyone so riled up? It is just an unsolicited message? Their misconfigured e-mail software allows just any spammer to send them a message.
I've often thought people were a little over the top about spam, too. Granted, I don't pay for metered bandwidth, but I get lots of spam everyday - it's NEVER made me want to punch anybody.
This is not an invitation for hundreds, thousands, millions or billions of businesses to harass me.
Save the drama... Thousands? Millions? Billions? I know I can type 'till I'm blue (no pun intended) in the fingers, but I must insist, there's some sort of inconsistency regarding someone with a phone strapped to his hip and a "Leave Me Alone!" attitude. It's just funny. And the bottom line is, if you feel 'harassed' by a text message, you're not yet ready for the real world.
Yes, someone is trying to sell you something. The beep of a Bluetooth takes a second from your battery life. The size of an email costs bandwidth. The height of a billboard blocks a piece of otherwise beautiful sky. The length of a TV commercial spins your electric meter a bit. The full page newspaper ad taxes the recycling plant just one more bit.
Advertising makes the (Western) world go 'round, and for all of it's ills, I'd like to see capitalism work. From my admittedly uneducated point of view, a few things have to happen to make that a reality:
Justice must be served to those who cheat the system, like Ken Lay.
Controls must be put in place (and enforced) to keep jobs from being exported.
Mom n' Pop shops need some kinda break from the fear of WalMartopoly.
It might seem offtopic, but it's not: that last point is important. When one company controls the price of everything, then there's no healthy competition. So the MnP shops are important to a healthy economy. And if MomNPop's Shoe Shop can't afford a 4-color 16 page insert in the sunday paper, then I say "more power to them" when they Bluetooth me as I pass them on the way to WalMart for new boots. As a matter of fact, I'll take it one step further and wish that I could make my phone yell "Hey! I'm shopping for shoes!" as I drive TO WalMart.
And this is where I'll agree to disagree. You and I see things fundamentally differently. I don't mind throwing away things I don't need (but I do like it when technology gives an assist, like the Outlook filter that moves new mail containing the word "Viagra" to the TrashCan). I'm sorry that interruptions cause you to become so angry, and I hope that they don't cause you to get in any trouble.
I'll admit I don't know much about Bluetooth, but why can't I leave my Bluetooth broadcast reception on, and you turn yours off? That way, I can get the coupon, and you can continue past, uninterrupted.
Suppose you hire someone to stand out on the sidewalk and harass people that pass by to come into your store.
I don't really have a store, but if I did hire someone to stand out on the sidewalk and hand out coupons (oops... I mean dead trees), I wouldn't expect them to 'harass' people. But then again, I was raised to be polite, and would expect disinterested people just to say "No, thank you" without feeling 'harassed'.
Silly me.
Your post is 'Insightful', indeed, but not in a complimentary way, and I mean nothing derogatory specifically toward the author of the above post. The sentiment toward any contact from strangers seems common, and I think it shows how 'on edge' we are as a society if, upon the (one way! we don't even have to respond!) reception of an unsolicited message on a user-misconfigured phone, our blood boils to the point of physical violence. Yikes. I can't help but chuckle at the thought of some cutie Bluetoothing 'ReelOddeeo' at the coffee shop out of romantic interest, and ending up with a black eye.
Wow... does the potential for having someone send a message to your phone really invoke such ire? Somebody needs a hug...
I mean really, let's think about this: If you're walking in front of my coffee shop and I "bluejack" you with a coupon for a half-price latte, are you gonna come in and beat the crap out of me because I made your phone beep? I think we're so programmed to see (and hate!) 'spam' that we automatically get our hackles raised about something that could actually be a cool way to support small businesses and escape the "WalMart" mentality.
I know I'm guilty too, but I'm trying to learn to relax. Just my two cents worth... decimate at will... (sigh)
Sorry, but at this point, the idea to 'infest' a country with cockroaches because they're suspected of harboring WMDs sounds like little more than a reaaally big contract for the Orkin Man.
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I think you mean "May We Sue M$?", because the answer to "can we..." is probably "no". If you can't even disable the guest account, you'll probably fail miserably at completing all the paperwork necessary to initiate a lawsuit.
...considering that they pitch books to us in the right margin, connect with the rest of the OSDN network, and STILL feel the need to slap us with banner ads. If the internet can survive without banner ads, who better to lead the charge than /.?
Hee hee... I'm looking at a Microsoft banner ad on Slashdot right now... the irony is overwhelming.
I've often thought people were a little over the top about spam, too. Granted, I don't pay for metered bandwidth, but I get lots of spam everyday - it's NEVER made me want to punch anybody.
This is not an invitation for hundreds, thousands, millions or billions of businesses to harass me.
Save the drama... Thousands? Millions? Billions? I know I can type 'till I'm blue (no pun intended) in the fingers, but I must insist, there's some sort of inconsistency regarding someone with a phone strapped to his hip and a "Leave Me Alone!" attitude. It's just funny. And the bottom line is, if you feel 'harassed' by a text message, you're not yet ready for the real world.
Yes, someone is trying to sell you something. The beep of a Bluetooth takes a second from your battery life. The size of an email costs bandwidth. The height of a billboard blocks a piece of otherwise beautiful sky. The length of a TV commercial spins your electric meter a bit. The full page newspaper ad taxes the recycling plant just one more bit.
Advertising makes the (Western) world go 'round, and for all of it's ills, I'd like to see capitalism work. From my admittedly uneducated point of view, a few things have to happen to make that a reality:
- Justice must be served to those who cheat the system, like Ken Lay.
- Controls must be put in place (and enforced) to keep jobs from being exported.
- Mom n' Pop shops need some kinda break from the fear of WalMartopoly.
It might seem offtopic, but it's not: that last point is important. When one company controls the price of everything, then there's no healthy competition. So the MnP shops are important to a healthy economy. And if MomNPop's Shoe Shop can't afford a 4-color 16 page insert in the sunday paper, then I say "more power to them" when they Bluetooth me as I pass them on the way to WalMart for new boots. As a matter of fact, I'll take it one step further and wish that I could make my phone yell "Hey! I'm shopping for shoes!" as I drive TO WalMart.And this is where I'll agree to disagree. You and I see things fundamentally differently. I don't mind throwing away things I don't need (but I do like it when technology gives an assist, like the Outlook filter that moves new mail containing the word "Viagra" to the TrashCan). I'm sorry that interruptions cause you to become so angry, and I hope that they don't cause you to get in any trouble.
Take care.
I'll admit I don't know much about Bluetooth, but why can't I leave my Bluetooth broadcast reception on, and you turn yours off? That way, I can get the coupon, and you can continue past, uninterrupted.
Suppose you hire someone to stand out on the sidewalk and harass people that pass by to come into your store.
I don't really have a store, but if I did hire someone to stand out on the sidewalk and hand out coupons (oops... I mean dead trees), I wouldn't expect them to 'harass' people. But then again, I was raised to be polite, and would expect disinterested people just to say "No, thank you" without feeling 'harassed'.
Silly me.
Your post is 'Insightful', indeed, but not in a complimentary way, and I mean nothing derogatory specifically toward the author of the above post. The sentiment toward any contact from strangers seems common, and I think it shows how 'on edge' we are as a society if, upon the (one way! we don't even have to respond!) reception of an unsolicited message on a user-misconfigured phone, our blood boils to the point of physical violence. Yikes. I can't help but chuckle at the thought of some cutie Bluetoothing 'ReelOddeeo' at the coffee shop out of romantic interest, and ending up with a black eye.
Wow... does the potential for having someone send a message to your phone really invoke such ire? Somebody needs a hug...
I mean really, let's think about this: If you're walking in front of my coffee shop and I "bluejack" you with a coupon for a half-price latte, are you gonna come in and beat the crap out of me because I made your phone beep? I think we're so programmed to see (and hate!) 'spam' that we automatically get our hackles raised about something that could actually be a cool way to support small businesses and escape the "WalMart" mentality.
I know I'm guilty too, but I'm trying to learn to relax. Just my two cents worth... decimate at will... (sigh)
Sorry, but at this point, the idea to 'infest' a country with cockroaches because they're suspected of harboring WMDs sounds like little more than a reaaally big contract for the Orkin Man.