Subliminal advertising?!?!
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A few people have been complaining about popup ads recently. But this just takes the cake: http://cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/money/science_shopping/[^] A company in Atlanta is scanning people's brains with MRIs, in an effort to record our subconscious thoughts about products and ads. The process has been dubbed neuromarketing. It's being hailed as a giant leap in the science of selling. :omg: :wtf:
he he he. I like it in the kitchen! - Marc Clifton (on taking the heat when being flamed) Awasu v0.4a[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
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A few people have been complaining about popup ads recently. But this just takes the cake: http://cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/money/science_shopping/[^] A company in Atlanta is scanning people's brains with MRIs, in an effort to record our subconscious thoughts about products and ads. The process has been dubbed neuromarketing. It's being hailed as a giant leap in the science of selling. :omg: :wtf:
he he he. I like it in the kitchen! - Marc Clifton (on taking the heat when being flamed) Awasu v0.4a[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
Apparently Coca Cola used to flash adverts too fast for the human mind to register during movies at the cinema. You would pick up on it however, and coke sales soared after the end of the show. I'm not too sure how long it went on for, but I know it is banned now. On the subject of spam - I just got my first spam mail posing as a notice from Hotmail Staff X| These guys really suck! :suss:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
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A few people have been complaining about popup ads recently. But this just takes the cake: http://cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/money/science_shopping/[^] A company in Atlanta is scanning people's brains with MRIs, in an effort to record our subconscious thoughts about products and ads. The process has been dubbed neuromarketing. It's being hailed as a giant leap in the science of selling. :omg: :wtf:
he he he. I like it in the kitchen! - Marc Clifton (on taking the heat when being flamed) Awasu v0.4a[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
This is so wrong! Advertising is getting worse and worse....
Dylan
"In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel
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This is so wrong! Advertising is getting worse and worse....
Dylan
"In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel
I was actually wondering about laws on this sort of thing. Say for example you sign up for cable - it doesn't say in your contract that for 20 mins out of every 60 you will be watching advertisements, at the same time it doesn't say you won't be watching them. I wonder if these companies were forced by law to state the average time you would be subjected to this if it wouldn't actually become something for them to compete over? Then we could choose to spend slightly more for example to a network who states you will watch less adverts. If only I had lots of cash I would initiate such a lawsuit - not to get cash compensation from them or any such nonsense, but rather to change the way people expect them to operate. We seem to just accept that we will have this crap shoved under our noses. There should be some kind of choice.
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
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A few people have been complaining about popup ads recently. But this just takes the cake: http://cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/money/science_shopping/[^] A company in Atlanta is scanning people's brains with MRIs, in an effort to record our subconscious thoughts about products and ads. The process has been dubbed neuromarketing. It's being hailed as a giant leap in the science of selling. :omg: :wtf:
he he he. I like it in the kitchen! - Marc Clifton (on taking the heat when being flamed) Awasu v0.4a[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
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I think we should just drop this freedom crap, and make a law how much everybody has to spend on shopping.
If I could find a souvenir / just to prove the world was here [sighist]
Pass a law to say that a specific percentage of your salary must be spent on useless consumer items? Well I guess it'd help to get the economy going again -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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I think we should just drop this freedom crap, and make a law how much everybody has to spend on shopping.
If I could find a souvenir / just to prove the world was here [sighist]
or rather how little? It's about time people start saving for theirs and their kids futures :suss:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
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or rather how little? It's about time people start saving for theirs and their kids futures :suss:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
Megan Forbes wrote: It's about time people start saving for theirs and their kids futures Yeah, they're going to need useless consumer goods too! -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Megan Forbes wrote: It's about time people start saving for theirs and their kids futures Yeah, they're going to need useless consumer goods too! -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
benjymous wrote: Yeah, they're going to need useless consumer goods too! I would laugh if what you said was not so sadly true. Frikking consumer society! *Paul runs off to go play with his new camera...*
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Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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I was actually wondering about laws on this sort of thing. Say for example you sign up for cable - it doesn't say in your contract that for 20 mins out of every 60 you will be watching advertisements, at the same time it doesn't say you won't be watching them. I wonder if these companies were forced by law to state the average time you would be subjected to this if it wouldn't actually become something for them to compete over? Then we could choose to spend slightly more for example to a network who states you will watch less adverts. If only I had lots of cash I would initiate such a lawsuit - not to get cash compensation from them or any such nonsense, but rather to change the way people expect them to operate. We seem to just accept that we will have this crap shoved under our noses. There should be some kind of choice.
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
Megan Forbes wrote: We seem to just accept that we will have this crap shoved under our noses. There should be some kind of choice. Now your talking! I know that it's true that we make the choice about what we buy, but with the increased agressive marketting strategies of (in particular) multinational companies, I can't help feel that we are stepping ever closer to brainwashing. Okay, okay, so I suffer with a little paranoia - but it is right that we challange everything (IMHO at least) You could get involved with your local action group, of if that's too much, write to your local MP, tell him/her that this sort of thing is just not acceptable.
Dylan
"In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel
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Megan Forbes wrote: We seem to just accept that we will have this crap shoved under our noses. There should be some kind of choice. Now your talking! I know that it's true that we make the choice about what we buy, but with the increased agressive marketting strategies of (in particular) multinational companies, I can't help feel that we are stepping ever closer to brainwashing. Okay, okay, so I suffer with a little paranoia - but it is right that we challange everything (IMHO at least) You could get involved with your local action group, of if that's too much, write to your local MP, tell him/her that this sort of thing is just not acceptable.
Dylan
"In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel
Dylan Kenneally wrote: increased agressive marketting strategies I can understand that especially state broadcasters may need cash from advertising, fine. I have no problems with that. But if you are going to pay extra, surely you are making up for that? If not, they should bring out a premium rate where you do cover this and don't have to watch adverts. I'm not a huge TV watcher at the best of times anyway, but we got cable free with our broadband. My husband watches every evening while I am on CP, studying, etc, and the ad's really drive me crazy.
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser