My mind, attention, buying preferences, wallet, and bandwidth are all valuable resources. If marketers want access to mine, they can start bidding and I'll let them know when I'm interested in selling.
Oh, they thought they somehow have unlimited mining rights to all that stuff? Aw, too bad.
If you're buying $foo at all, there's a good chance you've already made brand decisions long before the ad came along. Would a thousand Pepsi ads make a Coke drinker buy a Pepsi next time they pick up some carbonated fizzy water?
- when all the US sites are classified/rightwing or/reallygoddamnrightwing by the rest of the world? Or when all non-US sites are classified/commiepinkotreehugger by legions of Americans?
Google isn't in the same business, though. It can afford to sit there patiently until the end of time. In the meantime, other, smaller content companies may come to do things the Google Way.
If Google wanted to, it could buy up great gobs of content elsewhere for Google TV. However, it's advertising that it also has an opening to bring Big Media into the current century, whenever they feel like coming to the table.
I suppose it would be do-able if a social security card meant you could pay $70 instead of $100, and the plumber wouldn't have to pay taxes on that $70 they earnt. Could require a lot more in the way of administration, though.
Still, if you could buy basic services and repairs, rent basic accommodation, and eat basic food (raw, minimally-processed ingredients, mainly) at 30% off, it'd make life a lot easier.
Of course, the problem would occur at the point where you started making just enough income to cancel the social security card, meaning that almost all costs of living would seem to suddenly jump by 43% overnight. You'd need to find a way to soften that jump or many people just wouldn't take it, locking them further into poverty lifestyles.
It's getting worse. I've started seeing that incorrect use in books from (apparently) serious publishers. It makes me feel like writing back to them asking if they would like an editor, as they're clearly missing one.
Because if Google reacts like that, it would be saying that the media companies are right and Google is sneaking around being dastardly.
If Google simply sits there, patiently, eventually Big Media will, snarling all the way, cave. At which point Google has the upper hand in all dealings. And all it has to do in the meantime is keep its hand out with a delicious snackie and say soothing things like "We completely respect the right of the TV companies to make decisions they believe are in their best interests" and "Who's a good boy then?".
And when someone does show up who is better at it, they spend the whole time sniping at each other and rewriting the other's course notes to call them boogerheads.
Steal a company's Smartwater and transparently replace it with something which looks the same, at least cosmetically.
Step 2: Steal something valuable from the company and use the Smartwater to frame whoever else you want. Or just spread it around a lot so that a whole bunch of high-profile people are found to have it on them.
If it's possible to train a body's immune system to react in a new way, it might also be possible to train it to fail to react. Instant allergy-proofing!
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Because do you realise just how many American politicians you have to grind down to get one ounce of intelligence?
Yup. You only get to use this quote if you're part of the few, not the many. Otherwise it's two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
My mind, attention, buying preferences, wallet, and bandwidth are all valuable resources. If marketers want access to mine, they can start bidding and I'll let them know when I'm interested in selling.
Oh, they thought they somehow have unlimited mining rights to all that stuff? Aw, too bad.
If you're buying $foo at all, there's a good chance you've already made brand decisions long before the ad came along. Would a thousand Pepsi ads make a Coke drinker buy a Pepsi next time they pick up some carbonated fizzy water?
It's kind of like chasing someone down the street, pelting them with boobs.
- when all the US sites are classified /rightwing or /reallygoddamnrightwing by the rest of the world? Or when all non-US sites are classified /commiepinkotreehugger by legions of Americans?
Is there a /yeehaw tag?
5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
Or tries to, but instead shoots up old grannies, seven-year-olds, and people who have never used public transport.
- kill the internet of anyone who thinks the President should be able to kill the internet.
But only those people. :)
Email them an OBJECTION!
You could ask the nearby library (remember those?) to get a copy of the book in, and then read it both free and ad-free.
Google isn't in the same business, though. It can afford to sit there patiently until the end of time. In the meantime, other, smaller content companies may come to do things the Google Way.
If Google wanted to, it could buy up great gobs of content elsewhere for Google TV. However, it's advertising that it also has an opening to bring Big Media into the current century, whenever they feel like coming to the table.
If we can feel for an trash compacter or a deer,
I can't wait for the team-up album, short though it may be.
I suppose it would be do-able if a social security card meant you could pay $70 instead of $100, and the plumber wouldn't have to pay taxes on that $70 they earnt. Could require a lot more in the way of administration, though.
Still, if you could buy basic services and repairs, rent basic accommodation, and eat basic food (raw, minimally-processed ingredients, mainly) at 30% off, it'd make life a lot easier.
Of course, the problem would occur at the point where you started making just enough income to cancel the social security card, meaning that almost all costs of living would seem to suddenly jump by 43% overnight. You'd need to find a way to soften that jump or many people just wouldn't take it, locking them further into poverty lifestyles.
Yoink! Got your blueprints!
Virtual mass could be even more interesting.
It's getting worse. I've started seeing that incorrect use in books from (apparently) serious publishers. It makes me feel like writing back to them asking if they would like an editor, as they're clearly missing one.
Because if Google reacts like that, it would be saying that the media companies are right and Google is sneaking around being dastardly.
If Google simply sits there, patiently, eventually Big Media will, snarling all the way, cave. At which point Google has the upper hand in all dealings. And all it has to do in the meantime is keep its hand out with a delicious snackie and say soothing things like "We completely respect the right of the TV companies to make decisions they believe are in their best interests" and "Who's a good boy then?".
And if it's your business to drive through public places with a 360-degree continuously recording camera on top of your car...?
It did seem a little...
*sunglasses*
YEAAAAAAAAAAA...
And when someone does show up who is better at it, they spend the whole time sniping at each other and rewriting the other's course notes to call them boogerheads.
All the professor's calculations and hypotheses had been corrected.
On the internets, nobody can prove you're not a 1337 security ninja.
Did you fail to turn up on my security payroll without me hiring you or noticing the addition? Then you're not a security ninja. :)
Steal a company's Smartwater and transparently replace it with something which looks the same, at least cosmetically.
Step 2: Steal something valuable from the company and use the Smartwater to frame whoever else you want. Or just spread it around a lot so that a whole bunch of high-profile people are found to have it on them.
Step 3: Get away with it, maybe?
If it's possible to train a body's immune system to react in a new way, it might also be possible to train it to fail to react. Instant allergy-proofing!