The Roman Empire also fell because their leaders kept inbreeding in order to keep maintain the royal blood. Eventually, without (mentally) stable leadership, the empire started to crumble while conspirators plotted to overtake the thrown. The Empire then collapsed/imploded, whichever verb you prefer to describe it.
Soldier morale and ultimately, public morale. Iraq has taught us a lesson about what can happen to public image even if you do win a war swiftly and efficiently.
It's also about cutting costs - "cocktail" supplements are easier to pack than food. Special forces can parachute into hostile terrority and complete longer, more difficult missions without the expense and inconvenience of having to maintain a lifeline of supplies.
Everyone is drawing comparisons between spammers and thieves/drug dealers/other money making illegal activities.
This is not an accurate analogy. Thieves do not come to you asking you over and over if you would like your wallet stolen, they just take it. And if you were stupid, then maybe you would just hand it over with a smile. The fact of the matter is most forms spamming are not yet illegal (as far as I know) and a closer comparison can be drawn to pushy, insistent door to door salesmen - annoying, bullshitting and trying to get your money in exchange for a piece of crap.
Eventually there will be laws passed against them (like no soliciting laws in real life) but the law has always lagged in progress behind technology. For now, this article only defends the REASONS for spamming - not the activity itself.
It's the INTERNATIONAL Space Station. So you can't go blaming the Americans even though they do contribute the bulk of the efforts towards the project.
Truly, it is the name made by geeks for geeks.
Why is it that some geeks, who are supposed the intellectually elite, come up with the most stupid ideas ever? I say some, because that would be an insult to me and the rest of the minority of the geek population.
So I guess the more accurate question is, who gives a shit about New Zealanders and Australians? Pipe down, you're distracting the important people of the world.
"Here's your form. Fill it out. We could just do it for you, but we're too lazy for that. We'd rather see if we can catch you cutting corners. It's a fun little game we like to play around here. They give points for every evildoing tax form we catch. Brian's leading this week but I'm gaining on him...."
I mean, the more you analyze them, the more bullshit in our society will be realized, the more cynical you'll get, and the more antisocial you'll become.
"Ignorance is bliss" never applied better than to the study of people.
Yes, but they do cost a person their time. Not very much, but I think it can be safely said that most e-cards are more fun to receive than normal greeting cards. And the quality of the e-card depends on how long the person has spent to pick it out.
The reason why the rich sneer at you is because if everyone grew their own food and made their own clothes then there would be no capitalism and they wouldn't be so rich.
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It's not your money, it's the attitude that comes with it.
You having no issues throughout the recent cyclical downtown definitely is a result of your hard work but also due to a bit of good luck as well. What if you worked at Enron?
Rich people take all of the credit for being rich. Poor people take none of the blame for being poor.
"appeals to those used to having servants, I suppose"
Hey hey, I thought we abolished slavery in this country a while back.:)
But in all seriousness, you made some good points. I never had the mentality of a rich person but now that you point it out, I can see why'd they enjoy the service.
Well first of all I'd like to assume that your racist comments were out of satire. If not, then as a member of a racial minority myself I'd have to thank you for allowing me to ignore your posts more conveniently in the future.
But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, for discussion's sake.
This technology appears to me to help salespeople a lot more than customers. Salespeople itching to score on commission would flock to the easy buyers because they know they have a higher chance of making a sale with the information provided to them.
But what if customers don't like being classified? What if we don't want a pushy salesperson in our faces as soon as we walk in the door? In this sort of atmosphere I'd imagine that the popularity of Internet shopping would go through the roof.
I'm thinking in terms of if/when this technology spreads beyond Prada. Personally I don't shop at Prada, I get my jeans at Walmart, so I admit I don't anything about Prada.
However if we consider scenarios lesser than the extremes, what if customers with frequent changes in fashion taste (again, youth) don't want to buy something that's "so last month!".
I understand how you would enjoy getting a catalog from Suncoast but it's the convenience of the catalog that you're enjoying. You can shop from your own home. In this case, you're already in the store, you already know what section of the store you've bought stuff before, so if you were really there to buy the same stuff then this technology would give you someone to walk you the fifty or so feet to that particular section of the store. Never mind that most customers, like myself, would rather not be haggled even for the time it takes me to walk that fifty feet.
What about changes in shopping preferences?
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Ok.
So what if the customer totally changed his/her shopping habits? DaddyMoreBucks' 15 year old daughter might suddenly decide she wants to look (gothic/punk/gansta/whatever) instead of (gothic/punk/gansta/whatever). Doesn't seem like she'd be too keen on being haggled to buy something she's trying to change from.
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The Roman Empire also fell because their leaders kept inbreeding in order to keep maintain the royal blood. Eventually, without (mentally) stable leadership, the empire started to crumble while conspirators plotted to overtake the thrown. The Empire then collapsed/imploded, whichever verb you prefer to describe it.
Soldier morale and ultimately, public morale. Iraq has taught us a lesson about what can happen to public image even if you do win a war swiftly and efficiently.
It's also about cutting costs - "cocktail" supplements are easier to pack than food. Special forces can parachute into hostile terrority and complete longer, more difficult missions without the expense and inconvenience of having to maintain a lifeline of supplies.
Yeah but by the time you built up this Wraith Horde the other guy will have noticed and started pumping out the Goon Doom rather than Zealots.
Offtopic like hell, but now I really want to play that game.
"SCV good to go, Sir!"
It's only February my friend. There's plenty of time to screw it all u-... err, fix things up.
Addresses, work and home. Email addresses. Licence plates. Addresses of children's schools.
Obligatory Scarface quote: "You know, if anyone wanted to assassinate you Frank, you wouldn't be too hard to find."
Everyone is drawing comparisons between spammers and thieves/drug dealers/other money making illegal activities.
This is not an accurate analogy. Thieves do not come to you asking you over and over if you would like your wallet stolen, they just take it. And if you were stupid, then maybe you would just hand it over with a smile. The fact of the matter is most forms spamming are not yet illegal (as far as I know) and a closer comparison can be drawn to pushy, insistent door to door salesmen - annoying, bullshitting and trying to get your money in exchange for a piece of crap.
Eventually there will be laws passed against them (like no soliciting laws in real life) but the law has always lagged in progress behind technology. For now, this article only defends the REASONS for spamming - not the activity itself.
It's the INTERNATIONAL Space Station. So you can't go blaming the Americans even though they do contribute the bulk of the efforts towards the project.
I think it's great!
Now let me just tighten this noose here...
Truly, it is the name made by geeks for geeks.
Why is it that some geeks, who are supposed the intellectually elite, come up with the most stupid ideas ever? I say some, because that would be an insult to me and the rest of the minority of the geek population.
All the ones that start with "L" too.
Just to be on the safe side.
So I guess the more accurate question is, who gives a shit about New Zealanders and Australians? Pipe down, you're distracting the important people of the world.
"Here's your form. Fill it out. We could just do it for you, but we're too lazy for that. We'd rather see if we can catch you cutting corners. It's a fun little game we like to play around here. They give points for every evildoing tax form we catch. Brian's leading this week but I'm gaining on him...."
Where's the punch line?
Well? Where is it?
Oh....it's like that "there is no spoon" thing isn't it...
"My first thought was that it would be perfect for a future handheld game device!"
Yeah, soon we'll have GTA available on our cell phones, pagers and the like.
I mean, the more you analyze them, the more bullshit in our society will be realized, the more cynical you'll get, and the more antisocial you'll become.
"Ignorance is bliss" never applied better than to the study of people.
Yes, but they do cost a person their time. Not very much, but I think it can be safely said that most e-cards are more fun to receive than normal greeting cards. And the quality of the e-card depends on how long the person has spent to pick it out.
"this proves MyDoom was initialy spread by organised crime in a dark plot to wage cyber-war and steal confidential data from our computers."
What do they want to wage war against me for?
I just want to read email!
if I could.
The reason why the rich sneer at you is because if everyone grew their own food and made their own clothes then there would be no capitalism and they wouldn't be so rich.
It's not your money, it's the attitude that comes with it.
You having no issues throughout the recent cyclical downtown definitely is a result of your hard work but also due to a bit of good luck as well. What if you worked at Enron?
Rich people take all of the credit for being rich. Poor people take none of the blame for being poor.
"appeals to those used to having servants, I suppose" Hey hey, I thought we abolished slavery in this country a while back. :)
But in all seriousness, you made some good points. I never had the mentality of a rich person but now that you point it out, I can see why'd they enjoy the service.
Well first of all I'd like to assume that your racist comments were out of satire. If not, then as a member of a racial minority myself I'd have to thank you for allowing me to ignore your posts more conveniently in the future.
But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, for discussion's sake.
This technology appears to me to help salespeople a lot more than customers. Salespeople itching to score on commission would flock to the easy buyers because they know they have a higher chance of making a sale with the information provided to them.
But what if customers don't like being classified? What if we don't want a pushy salesperson in our faces as soon as we walk in the door? In this sort of atmosphere I'd imagine that the popularity of Internet shopping would go through the roof.
I'm thinking in terms of if/when this technology spreads beyond Prada. Personally I don't shop at Prada, I get my jeans at Walmart, so I admit I don't anything about Prada. However if we consider scenarios lesser than the extremes, what if customers with frequent changes in fashion taste (again, youth) don't want to buy something that's "so last month!".
I understand how you would enjoy getting a catalog from Suncoast but it's the convenience of the catalog that you're enjoying. You can shop from your own home. In this case, you're already in the store, you already know what section of the store you've bought stuff before, so if you were really there to buy the same stuff then this technology would give you someone to walk you the fifty or so feet to that particular section of the store. Never mind that most customers, like myself, would rather not be haggled even for the time it takes me to walk that fifty feet.
Ok. So what if the customer totally changed his/her shopping habits? DaddyMoreBucks' 15 year old daughter might suddenly decide she wants to look (gothic/punk/gansta/whatever) instead of (gothic/punk/gansta/whatever). Doesn't seem like she'd be too keen on being haggled to buy something she's trying to change from.
19 year old, very deprived CS male + 19 year old Arts female in revealing nightgown - 20 minutes of moving furniture = sucker out of me.