Even when I'm watching recorded T.V., ads are when I get up to get food from the kitchen, to put the dirty glass in the sink, to go to the bathroom, to check my email, and so on.
I'm so in the habit of making use of ad-time, that I don't even notice the breaks any more. But I also don't watch the ads.
A lot of people used to whine about the traffic cameras at intersections. They would say: "Oh, it's not FAIR that these cameras can catch me breaking the law! If there aren't any cops around, I should be able to ge away with it!" But that's a terrible argument. All that has happened is that the technology has improved to allow us to better enforce laws already on the books. Just because you used to be able to get away with it, doesn't mean it wasn't breaking the law. Just because you "lucked out" and there weren't cops around, doesn't mean it wasn't wrong.
To me, having "bots" scanning public streets for criminal activities is exactly the same. Don't whine, like one commenter did, about "What if I'm doing something illegal in my back yard!!!" Just because you used to not get caught, doesn't mean it wasn't illegal! If they use it for law enforcement, it would just be using technology to better enforce laws that are already on the books. <sarcasm>How dare they!</sarcasm>
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I don't skip ads, but I don't watch them, either.
Even when I'm watching recorded T.V., ads are when I get up to get food from the kitchen, to put the dirty glass in the sink, to go to the bathroom, to check my email, and so on.
I'm so in the habit of making use of ad-time, that I don't even notice the breaks any more. But I also don't watch the ads.
A lot of people used to whine about the traffic cameras at intersections. They would say: "Oh, it's not FAIR that these cameras can catch me breaking the law! If there aren't any cops around, I should be able to ge away with it!" But that's a terrible argument. All that has happened is that the technology has improved to allow us to better enforce laws already on the books. Just because you used to be able to get away with it, doesn't mean it wasn't breaking the law. Just because you "lucked out" and there weren't cops around, doesn't mean it wasn't wrong.
To me, having "bots" scanning public streets for criminal activities is exactly the same. Don't whine, like one commenter did, about "What if I'm doing something illegal in my back yard!!!" Just because you used to not get caught, doesn't mean it wasn't illegal! If they use it for law enforcement, it would just be using technology to better enforce laws that are already on the books. <sarcasm>How dare they!</sarcasm>