but I think that they are in the right of it. If your ad is so annoying that people resort to technology to get rid of it, then your ad campaign needs rethinking. There are TV's that automatically reduce the sound of commercials to the same volume of the program, for those too lazy to hit the mute button.
Nothing says my ad company has no imagination more than a loud, flashing advertisement.
what sort of scheme do you think would accomplish this?
I have no idea, I am a flack, not a software developer. But just because I don't know how it could be done, it does not follow that it cannot be done.
Well, the process would condition the population to accept any invasive procedure. Maybe that is the plan. This is what decades of living in fear will do to a population. The more the citizens are afraid, the more power they give to the government. Why would a government make peace under such circumstances?
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You know your product's reputation is in trouble when a government advises the public to dump it.
people seem to be more interested in free beer rather than free speech.
To say nothing of being continuously watched for the purpose of being separated from our money.
Will they be able to combine GPS tracking w/ browsing history to deliver the most relevant ads? Sigh.
is going to be a whole speciality within litigation PR.
to say nothing of humiliating your customer as a business model.
but I think that they are in the right of it. If your ad is so annoying that people resort to technology to get rid of it, then your ad campaign needs rethinking. There are TV's that automatically reduce the sound of commercials to the same volume of the program, for those too lazy to hit the mute button. Nothing says my ad company has no imagination more than a loud, flashing advertisement.
what sort of scheme do you think would accomplish this? I have no idea, I am a flack, not a software developer. But just because I don't know how it could be done, it does not follow that it cannot be done.
the person or persons who figure how to get the same value of all these services while protecting users' privacy is going to make a fortune.
if I had mod points I would rate this funny. Hilarious!
I would assume that the open source movement has a mole within Microsoft, because this looks like a big win for open source software.
precisely so.
I am just saying that you can't tar the entire border patrol with one brush. sheesh.
prevented the millennial bomber. No small thing.
on the other hand, this may be another victory in the war on tourism.
there is, sadly most of them are in jail. Being an anti-astroturf PR pro is altogether more comfortable.
there is an anti-astroturfing movement within the PR industry
Well, the process would condition the population to accept any invasive procedure. Maybe that is the plan. This is what decades of living in fear will do to a population. The more the citizens are afraid, the more power they give to the government. Why would a government make peace under such circumstances?
but good news for GE bond holders. Cash from Comcast should enable them to pay off some of their debts.
to confuse journalism with exiting news media business models.
Turtle Wings is your best choice for recycling.
everyone else. Is cultural sensitivity becoming an overly played card in the gaming world? no.
I had a similiar, if less technical reaction. Murdoch is fishing for some sort of exclusive deal.
watch the launch
you may be right :)