In all seriousness, personalised advertising is the only type of advertising that'll work on me. Also, it's the only type of advertising I wouldn't mute and grab a book to avoid watching. If the TV shows ads for cat food, tampons and Neighbours, those ads are entirely wasted. If they advertise dog food, technology and Van Damme movie marathons, then I'll be interested and may possibly buy something.
Why would you need an advertiser to tell you about dog food. If you have had your dog for any significant length of time, you should already know what he or she prefers. Hell, I know perfectly well what my cat prefers, and I didn't need to be advertised at. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen an ad for Purina Natural. Then again, I haven't had the TV turned on in the past few years for anything other than gaming on the Wii and more recently, Netflix streaming. So perhaps they have advertised. I wouldn't know.
I also don't see a need to be advertised to for tech. If I am in the market for some new gadget, or to upgrade a bit of hardware or whatever, I'll seek out what I need via appropriately related sites (you know, sites that give reviews and whatnot). Don't need advertising for that. If I am interested in a manufacturer's product, I'll seek it out. (This, by the way, helps me live within my modest means, since it avoids impulse purchases that may be regretted later.)
had a solution to "insurgent tax collectors and parasites".
Check "The Ultimate Sniper".
Soap and ballot boxes didn't avail. The slimebags will never stop till there is a penalty. Either suck it up or do something, all the whining hasn't accomplished anything.
Translation: "The magic bullet to put a stop to this bullshit is called real bullets."
Make use of Firefox's Prefbar. That has simple check boxes that you can click on when you need Javascript and Flash enabled. Otherwise, keep them turned off until needed.
Remember that this is California we're talking about - the state where everything is known to cause cancer, thanks to badly thought out feel-good legislation. I wouldn't put it past them to come up with a law that's essentially impossible to comply with whilst still actuallly running a useful website.
Why would it be impossible to comply? It seems fairly simple actually. Sure, a user may need to log into your site to do whatever needs done there. But then when they point their browser to another site, your site should not need to know anything about that. They are done with your site for that session.
If I visit FaceBook, and make a few posts for friends and family, and then go on to other sites, FaceBook needs to know nothing other than that I was using their site and am now no longer using it. It's none of their fucking business if I am later reading various reviews on IGN, or reading and posting on SlashDot, or posting on the City of Heroes forums. Those have nothing to do with FaceBook, so FaceBook has no need to track anywhere except FaceBook (same goes for any other site. User is done there, then leave them the fuck alone.)
LImewire isn't used exclusively to download copyrighted material right? So isn't suing Cnet/Download.com for providing copies of Limewire something like suing Home Depot for selling crowbars that somebody MIGHT use to break into a home? Can Cnet be held responsible for how somebody uses the tools/utilities they provide if those tools/utilties aren't exclusively JUST for downloading copyrighted material?
Except for works truly in the public domain, anything downloaded is copyrighted material. That includes, CC, GPL, and other works placed under free terms. So yes, LimeWire is used primarily to download copyrighted material. But what the people in control of the various media industries neglect to say is that not all of that is illegally downloaded copyrighted material.
I suspect that they are purposely encouraging this little bit of confusion in order to simply condition the masses (the consumers, not the thinking customers) to think "Downloading and copying bad, period. Buy from Wal-Mart or Amazon and keep it legal." Keep their awareness of legally free alternatives to a minimum, and suppress those works if at all possible so they can keep control of the means of distribution (can't control means of production, so we go to the next step in the chain.)
The average savings account is $20,000? I don't know anyone with more than $5000 in savings, and the average people in the US save per year is less than $500.
I believe the GP's comment was on the concept of "People grew exceedingly rich. But that was nothing to be ashamed of, because no one was actually poor; at least, no one worth speaking of."
"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the EULA'."
One point awarded for the HHTG reference. One point subtracted for not saying "Beware of the Snow Leopard."
Next computer and phone will not be a mac then./previous Apple customer.
I'm sorry, but your response pretty much proves that you are full of shit. A *TRUE* Apple customer would not respond the way you did, so I call "bullshit" on your post. I do not believe you own *any* Apple products.
That is incorrect. A true Apple consumer would not respond the way the GP did. A true Apple consumer would continue purchasing whatever Jobs and company keep pushing at them due to the idiocy of brand loyalty and banner waving.
A customer, or in this case, a previous customer, would have given them a fair shot for one or two products, then move on to something more appropriate.
I'd love to see someone come up with a little utility to alter the data that gets gathered so when it is opened up, all that is seen is "Go Fuck Yourself, Apple!"
A shame there would be no way to see the reactions of those who would actually see such data.
I used to have over a dozen Sony logos in my den and another half-dozen in my bedroom. I'm down now to some wireless headphones, a receiver, and the matching sub, as well as a PSTwo. All the speakers had logos too but I pried 'em off. My next receiver will not be from Sony. I'm done buying Sony game systems... or anything else for that matter. I won't buy a new game for any Sony platform, nor any new branded hardware.
Farewell, Sony. I miss the old you, which AFAICT died Ca. 1980-something. I won't miss this version. Maybe if you put Linux back in the PS3 and stop suing everyone who makes people want your systems you can stop your decline. Doubt it.
I just took a look around my living room and spotted only 2 Sony logos: the PS2 I bought cheap at Goodwill, and a nearly depleted spindle of DVD+R blanks. I thought the old Beta VCR on the shelf with the PS2 was Sony, but it is Sanyo instead (and still working fine for the odd instances when I need to fire it up.)
Except for blank media (and then, only if it is a good deal compared to other brands), I am truly done with Sony products now, and have been since at least the rootkit caper. My only backsliding was the past 6 months or so when I was playing EverQuest 2. February was my final month for that, and I am now unsubscribed. Granted, my biggest reason was due to getting bored with it, but still, I did feel a bit dirty subscribing to a Sony game that whole time. I was just looking for an alternate MMO (for when I needed a break from City of Heroes) to hold me over until GW2. But I couldn't spend enough time in EQ2 to justify the $15 per month being paid to Sony.
...of course, Tarkin did wind up ordering a genocide. So, maybe we should be seeking a somewhat different strategy than the one Leah tried...
Well, if you wanted to run Linux on your Playstation, Sony has already done the equivalent by disabling that. Sadly, Sony increasingly acts like the empire in that regards -- it's their toy, and you can only play with it the way they say you can.
And, really, no matter what strategy Leah chose, they were going to blow it up anyway just because they hadn't fired it yet and it would be fun. Had she given in, the planet will still have been destroyed, and the rebels would have been compromised.
There's nothing wrong with 'Eye Pee' law! Nothing. Next week, I'm going to copywrite the words 'the', 'it', 'and' and the letters 'E' and 'S'. You are all on notice! I'm open to licensing, say 20 dollars per use, with only 2 dollars per use for book publishers and newspapers. Internet sites will be on a per-click basis. Piracy will not be tolerated! Pay me or be a crimminal. Also, you won't be allowed to use these words in speech. You will all have to find alternatives.
No problm. I will not uth thi mintiond words ath wll ath thi lttrth. Yith, thith will mak my txtth a littl bit hardr to rid, but that'th OK. Thi only problm ith that pipl now will think that I'm lithpling.
Rest easy. Anonymous Coward only did a copywrite. If he had established a copyright, then you would have cause for concern.
For example, having problems resolving issues with your incumbent Telecom, contact the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman and that Telecom gets the bill for the time you spend with the ombudsman, you'll be surprised how quickly your problem get resolved.
If that doesn't work, does the situation escalate to a Booting?
Not exactly. Hiring a hooker to do your taxes is not a crime. Not very smart, but not a crime.
In that case, you are not hiring a hooker. You are hiring her to serve as a tax preparation agent or whatever that job is called. It doesn't matter that she also earns money selling sex services when she is not working on your taxes. She is what you hired her for, nothing more, nothing less.
Slashdot Mirror
Possibly someplace darker and smellier.
I was trying to think of a way to work Uranus into this, but failed.
In all seriousness, personalised advertising is the only type of advertising that'll work on me. Also, it's the only type of advertising I wouldn't mute and grab a book to avoid watching. If the TV shows ads for cat food, tampons and Neighbours, those ads are entirely wasted. If they advertise dog food, technology and Van Damme movie marathons, then I'll be interested and may possibly buy something.
Why would you need an advertiser to tell you about dog food. If you have had your dog for any significant length of time, you should already know what he or she prefers. Hell, I know perfectly well what my cat prefers, and I didn't need to be advertised at. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen an ad for Purina Natural. Then again, I haven't had the TV turned on in the past few years for anything other than gaming on the Wii and more recently, Netflix streaming. So perhaps they have advertised. I wouldn't know.
I also don't see a need to be advertised to for tech. If I am in the market for some new gadget, or to upgrade a bit of hardware or whatever, I'll seek out what I need via appropriately related sites (you know, sites that give reviews and whatnot). Don't need advertising for that. If I am interested in a manufacturer's product, I'll seek it out. (This, by the way, helps me live within my modest means, since it avoids impulse purchases that may be regretted later.)
had a solution to "insurgent tax collectors and parasites".
Check "The Ultimate Sniper".
Soap and ballot boxes didn't avail. The slimebags will never stop till there is a penalty. Either suck it up or do something, all the whining hasn't accomplished anything.
Translation: "The magic bullet to put a stop to this bullshit is called real bullets."
Make use of Firefox's Prefbar. That has simple check boxes that you can click on when you need Javascript and Flash enabled. Otherwise, keep them turned off until needed.
Remember that this is California we're talking about - the state where everything is known to cause cancer, thanks to badly thought out feel-good legislation. I wouldn't put it past them to come up with a law that's essentially impossible to comply with whilst still actuallly running a useful website.
Why would it be impossible to comply? It seems fairly simple actually. Sure, a user may need to log into your site to do whatever needs done there. But then when they point their browser to another site, your site should not need to know anything about that. They are done with your site for that session.
If I visit FaceBook, and make a few posts for friends and family, and then go on to other sites, FaceBook needs to know nothing other than that I was using their site and am now no longer using it. It's none of their fucking business if I am later reading various reviews on IGN, or reading and posting on SlashDot, or posting on the City of Heroes forums. Those have nothing to do with FaceBook, so FaceBook has no need to track anywhere except FaceBook (same goes for any other site. User is done there, then leave them the fuck alone.)
Chu-Chu Rocket makes it in but not a single entry in the Civilization series?
I don't understand.
-Isaac
And even worse, there is no sign of Joust anywhere on the list. Someone is going to smoke a turd in hell for that omission.
LImewire isn't used exclusively to download copyrighted material right? So isn't suing Cnet/Download.com for providing copies of Limewire something like suing Home Depot for selling crowbars that somebody MIGHT use to break into a home? Can Cnet be held responsible for how somebody uses the tools/utilities they provide if those tools/utilties aren't exclusively JUST for downloading copyrighted material?
Except for works truly in the public domain, anything downloaded is copyrighted material. That includes, CC, GPL, and other works placed under free terms. So yes, LimeWire is used primarily to download copyrighted material. But what the people in control of the various media industries neglect to say is that not all of that is illegally downloaded copyrighted material.
I suspect that they are purposely encouraging this little bit of confusion in order to simply condition the masses (the consumers, not the thinking customers) to think "Downloading and copying bad, period. Buy from Wal-Mart or Amazon and keep it legal." Keep their awareness of legally free alternatives to a minimum, and suppress those works if at all possible so they can keep control of the means of distribution (can't control means of production, so we go to the next step in the chain.)
Don't pay the trolls. Hire a hitman to dispose of them.
It's cheaper, and it benefits everyone!
[Note: this post is sarcasm. Mostly.]
See? There is a magic bullet for this problem. It's called real bullets.
Survive the Big Crunch? Impossible. There is absolutely no way to survive a Big Crunch.
Great. Now I'm hungry.
The average savings account is $20,000? I don't know anyone with more than $5000 in savings, and the average people in the US save per year is less than $500.
I believe the GP's comment was on the concept of "People grew exceedingly rich. But that was nothing to be ashamed of, because no one was actually poor; at least, no one worth speaking of."
There are two kinds of people: those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who don't. I'm one of the latter. (Jim Blinn)
Then again, I'm an idiot....
I thought it was "There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary, those who don't, and those other 8 that have not been defined."
Sorry, Japan. Once the information is out there outside your jurisdiction, it's game over. No way to rein it in now.
"But look, you found the notice didn't you?"
"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the EULA'."
One point awarded for the HHTG reference. One point subtracted for not saying "Beware of the Snow Leopard."
Next computer and phone will not be a mac then. /previous Apple customer.
I'm sorry, but your response pretty much proves that you are full of shit. A *TRUE* Apple customer would not respond the way you did, so I call "bullshit" on your post. I do not believe you own *any* Apple products.
That is incorrect. A true Apple consumer would not respond the way the GP did. A true Apple consumer would continue purchasing whatever Jobs and company keep pushing at them due to the idiocy of brand loyalty and banner waving.
A customer, or in this case, a previous customer, would have given them a fair shot for one or two products, then move on to something more appropriate.
I'd love to see someone come up with a little utility to alter the data that gets gathered so when it is opened up, all that is seen is "Go Fuck Yourself, Apple!"
A shame there would be no way to see the reactions of those who would actually see such data.
I used to have over a dozen Sony logos in my den and another half-dozen in my bedroom. I'm down now to some wireless headphones, a receiver, and the matching sub, as well as a PSTwo. All the speakers had logos too but I pried 'em off. My next receiver will not be from Sony. I'm done buying Sony game systems... or anything else for that matter. I won't buy a new game for any Sony platform, nor any new branded hardware.
Farewell, Sony. I miss the old you, which AFAICT died Ca. 1980-something. I won't miss this version. Maybe if you put Linux back in the PS3 and stop suing everyone who makes people want your systems you can stop your decline. Doubt it.
I just took a look around my living room and spotted only 2 Sony logos: the PS2 I bought cheap at Goodwill, and a nearly depleted spindle of DVD+R blanks. I thought the old Beta VCR on the shelf with the PS2 was Sony, but it is Sanyo instead (and still working fine for the odd instances when I need to fire it up.)
Except for blank media (and then, only if it is a good deal compared to other brands), I am truly done with Sony products now, and have been since at least the rootkit caper. My only backsliding was the past 6 months or so when I was playing EverQuest 2. February was my final month for that, and I am now unsubscribed. Granted, my biggest reason was due to getting bored with it, but still, I did feel a bit dirty subscribing to a Sony game that whole time. I was just looking for an alternate MMO (for when I needed a break from City of Heroes) to hold me over until GW2. But I couldn't spend enough time in EQ2 to justify the $15 per month being paid to Sony.
Those who need to utilize Facebook to build self esteem need to arrange a therapy appointment with Doctor Ermey.
Well, if you wanted to run Linux on your Playstation, Sony has already done the equivalent by disabling that. Sadly, Sony increasingly acts like the empire in that regards -- it's their toy, and you can only play with it the way they say you can.
And, really, no matter what strategy Leah chose, they were going to blow it up anyway just because they hadn't fired it yet and it would be fun. Had she given in, the planet will still have been destroyed, and the rebels would have been compromised.
And after all that, she still managed to compromise the Alliance.
There's nothing wrong with 'Eye Pee' law! Nothing. Next week, I'm going to copywrite the words 'the', 'it', 'and' and the letters 'E' and 'S'. You are all on notice! I'm open to licensing, say 20 dollars per use, with only 2 dollars per use for book publishers and newspapers. Internet sites will be on a per-click basis. Piracy will not be tolerated! Pay me or be a crimminal. Also, you won't be allowed to use these words in speech. You will all have to find alternatives.
No problm. I will not uth thi mintiond words ath wll ath thi lttrth. Yith, thith will mak my txtth a littl bit hardr to rid, but that'th OK. Thi only problm ith that pipl now will think that I'm lithpling.
Rest easy. Anonymous Coward only did a copywrite. If he had established a copyright, then you would have cause for concern.
Imagine the hilarity that would have ensued had it been Boon-Ga Boon-Ga that was rigged instead of Whack A Mole.
I fully agree. Someone needs to put in an emergency call to Whine-1-1 for these babies.
Are there any bookies covering this? I want to place a 2 bit bet on one of these bots.
For example, having problems resolving issues with your incumbent Telecom, contact the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman and that Telecom gets the bill for the time you spend with the ombudsman, you'll be surprised how quickly your problem get resolved.
If that doesn't work, does the situation escalate to a Booting?
For what? They are under no obligation to provide their service to a traitor.
Has this Manning fellow been tried and convicted of treason? If not, declaring him a traitor could be considered libelous or slanderous.
Not exactly. Hiring a hooker to do your taxes is not a crime. Not very smart, but not a crime.
In that case, you are not hiring a hooker. You are hiring her to serve as a tax preparation agent or whatever that job is called. It doesn't matter that she also earns money selling sex services when she is not working on your taxes. She is what you hired her for, nothing more, nothing less.