Harassment online
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[rant mode="on"] Advertising is way out of control in our country. Our capitalist system has a major downside and that is the ubiquitous, incessent nagging in the form of advertising that all of us must endure. I think the cynical, detached disposition of most of our children can be traced to the non-stop lying they've been exposed to since they've been old enough to stumble up to a TV screen and peer into it's vacuous depths. You aren't adequate. You aren't happy. You aren't real. ...until you buy our product. [rant mode="off"] I no longer watch network TV because of ads. I flip radio stations any time an ad comes on (or turn it off). I don't read billboards. I won't watch a video on the webnets if it's preceded by an ad. Elephant them all.
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Never heard of 'automated' advertisement calls. :| How do they prevent you from hanging up halfway the first sentence? Why do they think annoying people by invading their personal space helps them to sell more stuff? Has to be a lot less effective, more expensive and on a much smaller scale than regular e-mail spam. Which also isn't exactly the best way to advertise stuff, let's be honest.
Giraffes are not real.
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I still find it odd that we have laws with prison terms for annoying someone online, but no defense from corporations. I was just considering this when I got an automated advertisement call on my cell phone from a blocked number.
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I still find it odd that we have laws with prison terms for annoying someone online, but no defense from corporations. I was just considering this when I got an automated advertisement call on my cell phone from a blocked number.
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I used to get spam calls too. Then I got annoyed and I threatened to report one of companies I was getting calls from. Didn't work. Then I actually reported them. Don't know what happened with my complaint, but I suddenly stopped getting calls from ALL of them.
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I just turn my phone off until I need to place a call myself. That upsets some people, but they get used to it.
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Good. I hope more people do what you've done. If I were a millionaire I'd file harassment lawsuits against shady advertisers. My goal would be to shut them down, take all of their stuff, and leave them naked, cold, and without food on an iceberg. I'd start with the interwebs. Did a Michigan Mom really discover a weird trick to save tons on auto insurance? If you cannot take me to the Michigan Mom who discovered it I'm suing. Either that, or I'd just pay gangs to beat them up. I've not decided.
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I just turn my phone off until I need to place a call myself. That upsets some people, but they get used to it.
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Good. I hope more people do what you've done. If I were a millionaire I'd file harassment lawsuits against shady advertisers. My goal would be to shut them down, take all of their stuff, and leave them naked, cold, and without food on an iceberg. I'd start with the interwebs. Did a Michigan Mom really discover a weird trick to save tons on auto insurance? If you cannot take me to the Michigan Mom who discovered it I'm suing. Either that, or I'd just pay gangs to beat them up. I've not decided.
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I used to get spam calls too. Then I got annoyed and I threatened to report one of companies I was getting calls from. Didn't work. Then I actually reported them. Don't know what happened with my complaint, but I suddenly stopped getting calls from ALL of them.
Full-fledged Java/.NET lover, full-fledged PHP hater. Full-fledged Google/Microsoft lover, full-fledged Apple hater. Full-fledged Skype lover, full-fledged YM hater.
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I still find it odd that we have laws with prison terms for annoying someone online, but no defense from corporations. I was just considering this when I got an automated advertisement call on my cell phone from a blocked number.
If it moves, compile it
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Nope. It does go by the name Dystopia most of the times, but this one actually worked, which surprised me as well
Full-fledged Java/.NET lover, full-fledged PHP hater. Full-fledged Google/Microsoft lover, full-fledged Apple hater. Full-fledged Skype lover, full-fledged YM hater.
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You say corporations get the same rights as a person, but no retribution? It's almost like they right the laws.
Lots of people talk about how registering here, or doing that, will cause them ALL to stop contacting you. Kinda makes sense when you look at the small group of people who have all the money in the country, and then you read posts like yours. I could save time and just call the guy in charge if I had his number. (Or put him in a choke hold after beating up all his security guards....something like that)
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You say corporations get the same rights as a person, but no retribution? It's almost like they right the laws.
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[rant mode="on"] Advertising is way out of control in our country. Our capitalist system has a major downside and that is the ubiquitous, incessent nagging in the form of advertising that all of us must endure. I think the cynical, detached disposition of most of our children can be traced to the non-stop lying they've been exposed to since they've been old enough to stumble up to a TV screen and peer into it's vacuous depths. You aren't adequate. You aren't happy. You aren't real. ...until you buy our product. [rant mode="off"] I no longer watch network TV because of ads. I flip radio stations any time an ad comes on (or turn it off). I don't read billboards. I won't watch a video on the webnets if it's preceded by an ad. Elephant them all.
I don't have cable. But don't worry they still get you. Sometimes, when I buy a dvd, it is locked so you can't FF through the ads. What a crime.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
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[rant mode="on"] Advertising is way out of control in our country. Our capitalist system has a major downside and that is the ubiquitous, incessent nagging in the form of advertising that all of us must endure. I think the cynical, detached disposition of most of our children can be traced to the non-stop lying they've been exposed to since they've been old enough to stumble up to a TV screen and peer into it's vacuous depths. You aren't adequate. You aren't happy. You aren't real. ...until you buy our product. [rant mode="off"] I no longer watch network TV because of ads. I flip radio stations any time an ad comes on (or turn it off). I don't read billboards. I won't watch a video on the webnets if it's preceded by an ad. Elephant them all.
When I'm watching my TV And man comes on to tell me How white my shirts can be But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke The same cigarettes as me.
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I don't have cable. But don't worry they still get you. Sometimes, when I buy a dvd, it is locked so you can't FF through the ads. What a crime.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
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I still find it odd that we have laws with prison terms for annoying someone online, but no defense from corporations. I was just considering this when I got an automated advertisement call on my cell phone from a blocked number.
If it moves, compile it
But corporations are people, so why can't we throw them in jail? Gotta love the supreme court.
Tom Clement Serena Software, Inc. www.serena.com articles[^]
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But corporations are people, so why can't we throw them in jail? Gotta love the supreme court.
Tom Clement Serena Software, Inc. www.serena.com articles[^]
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did they finally decide on that? I have trouble following dumb elephanting sunshine stories in the media , so I never saw.
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Oh yea, they did (Citizens United). And it's why corporations can now (because of their free speech rights) put billions of dollars into electing the folks who will make them happy.
Tom Clement Serena Software, Inc. www.serena.com articles[^]