Chimpy Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 I find it staggering that even 30 people out of 350 million would actually try to buy a product from a spammer... I bet those people are just as vocal as anyone else about how annoying spam emails are. *Shakes head* There really is little hope for society... The hope comes in with the fact that is such a minute percentage of the population as to be pretty insignificant. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Darklite, just go pick it up. It's the only way... Greg - it's significant because those few people keep the spam, junk mail, cold-calls and annoying doorstep sales pitches flowing. Link to post Share on other sites
greg Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Indeedy, it is pretty close to zero (something like 30 attempts to purchase out of 350 million e-mails in one piece of research IIRC) but if people weren't getting rich off the back of it then you wouldn't be getting it! Free porn sites have to be the worst for spam. Most of the time you end up with less than a quarter a screen of hot fanny action. Another good reason to get rid of spam, as you wouldn't have to squint so much. Greg. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 That's not spam, those are adverts. Someone has to pay for that porn, if it's not you, it has to be advertising. Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Darklite, just go pick it up. It's the only way... Greg - it's significant because those few people keep the spam, junk mail, cold-calls and annoying doorstep sales pitches flowing. No car, no buses go by that way. It's also a 20KG package. Walking 10 miles to pick up a package that I PAID FOR TO BE DELIVERED and then walking 10 miles back is not going to happen. Link to post Share on other sites
greg Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Greg - it's significant because those few people keep the spam, junk mail, cold-calls and annoying doorstep sales pitches flowing. Eh? That's not spam, those are adverts. Someone has to pay for that porn, if it's not you, it has to be advertising. Ah. I'm normally pretty focused & never really noticed. So what sort of advertisers pay for porn? Thing with advertising, I'd be more likely to 'respond' to a 'sponcer'. A single company that pays all the money generated by the ads that you ignore, so that they can be removed & replaced by a small & descreet invite to the sponcers information. I think this would work as well for net porn as TV. No ads, just an uninterupted show, with a polite introduction from the sponsor. You'd kind of admire the fact that they had paid the money to bring you the uninterrupted product. Greg. Link to post Share on other sites
Chimpy Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Or just use an AdBlock type plugin for your browser. Link to post Share on other sites
greg Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Or just use an AdBlock type plugin for your browser. Does it make the porn bigger? Greg. Link to post Share on other sites
Chimpy Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Clicking the full screen button does that just like YouTube. Link to post Share on other sites
Chimpy Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Clicking the full screen button does that just like YouTube. Or you could get one of those screen magnifiers. Link to post Share on other sites
greg Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Clicking the full screen button does that just like YouTube. Oh yeah. Nice one. No more squinting. Thankyou. How silly do I feel. Any way, I'm off to rubbernappywearers@bottyspankers.cu.m, to test your suggestion throughly. Greg. Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 My gripe is this new site lay out, I really don't like it at all. It reminds me of facebook, I don't like facebook (If you do like facebook, thats great, but I don't at all, though have no problem with people who like it.) Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 ^Agreed Can we have our old forum back, please? Oh, and my sig appears to have screwed up somehow... Link to post Share on other sites
mattmanic Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I believe Arnie said he is in the process of hand chiseling a nice layout. We're on the default one atm. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 There are fireworks or something going off outside. It sounds like my street is being mortared. WTF? Link to post Share on other sites
mattmanic Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 There are fireworks or something going off outside. It sounds like my street is being mortared. WTF? Quick! Whip out the 40mm and return fire! Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I'd love to, but I like not being in jail... There were some kids throwing stones at each other in the street earlier today - the misses kept bouncing off my fence and a couple nearly hit my car. I wanted to head outside with my AEGs and pistols like something out of The Matrix... Link to post Share on other sites
davedawg123 Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 This is the last season of 24. Jack, your bad-assery will be missed. Link to post Share on other sites
GuzziHero Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Friends who take advantage. Especially when money is involved. Ultra especially when money inherited from dead relatives is involved. I'm stopping there before this becomes a tirade. --- Also: airsofters who think they become more superior the more junk they bolt onto their gun/webbing. Guess what? It helps you not at all. I wear a tshirt and trousers, I use a spring shotgun, and I will always outrun and outmanouvre you. Fit it by all means if you are going for a particular loadout. You DO look awesome, that is true. Just please, PLEASE dont think you are a superior player because of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I just try to get fitter by carrying a shedload of kit and still trying to play as if I was lightly loaded.... Doesn't seem to work, though.... Today's rant: Being out of work. It just sucks *albartroth*. For a couple of days, not having to go to work is great, it's like an extended holiday. But then problems start piling up. Free time becomes time on your hands - you don't really have anything to do, and the things you could be doing seem like too much effort. You get lazy. The money starts to dry up, further limiting your possible ways to spend your time. Bills keep coming in, but you can't pay them, adding to stress. But why is it so hard to find a job? I spend hours per day (well, some days) searching for vacancies and sending out applications, and I get no reply. Not even a "thanks but no thanks." It's like shouting into the wind, or throwing bottled messages into the ocean.... It's all very frustrating.... Link to post Share on other sites
L4byr1nth Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Frustration at University. Step 1./ Miss a presentation you were supposed to give as part of a module assessment, due to the Uni's lazy 'Week 1 - 30' date system, instead of using, you know, actual dates. Step 2./ Realise your little faux pas, and frantically e-mail the tutor apologetically. Step 3./ Wait. Step 4./ Why are you still waiting? Lose internet access while you switch from Virgin to Talk Talk. Step 5./ Tutor (Monday evening): "Oh, sorry, was on holiday, your presentation resit is Wednesday morning. Don't miss it this time." Step 6./ Next Monday, internet access resumes. Check e-mail. *fruitcage*. Step 7./ Apologise for missing it again. Feeling like a douche now. Informed that was the last chance to complete that assessment. Step 8./ Realise you've just waved goodbye to 15% of the marks for that module. Step 9./ Rage. Step 10./ Calm. Accept and move on. 15% isn't that bad. Step 11./ Wait two months. Step 12./ E-mail from Uni: "You missed your assessment which turned out to be compulsory for that module. You've been marked zero. Without that module, you can't pass the course. You'll have to resit in August." Step 13./ Angry at the fact you can't get a straight answer as to whether the zero is for that assessment, or the whole module. One is guaranteed a resit, the other depends on a decision from the exam board. Step 14./ ###### off e-mail gets a response from the Uni: "Do you have any mitigating circumstances? - we might be able to let you submit it late". Wonder whether your tutor not giving you enough notice counts. Step 15./ Desperately try to see if the student manual for the course says anything about students getting a required period of notice for assessments. Can't find anything in there. Student manual is pretty useless, and badly laid out. Looks like you won't be graduating with everyone else, then. Step 16./ Rage... again. Ben. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Lesson 1: Don't get your dates mixed up. The university system might be lazy, but it's the same system they all use, and if you're in your final year, you ought to have got used to it by now. Lesson 2: Don't rely on email communications while in the middle of changing ISP. The university presumably has IT suites, why didn't you use them to check your email in the meantime? Lesson 3: Don't shrug and wait 2 months while a minor problem becomes a serious problem becomes a major problem. Lesson 4: No problem you will have at university will be anything like as serious as problems you will encounter once you join the real world. In ten years, you'll be wishing you were back where you are now, "when things were simple"... Hope you get that sorted out. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites
L4byr1nth Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Lulz, I worked full-time before I joined the University crowd. I wouldn't have left it, but they just made it out to be not a big deal. Everything was fine, and I thought 15% was an OK loss rate, especially as this final year only counts to 60% of the final mark (Year 2 was 40%). Then they hit you with the 'Oh, but now you can't have a degree. Kthxbai.' ######. It's a music university, so no real accessible IT suites. My e-mail didn't really seem that important, though, as I didn't forsee a problem. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, I suppose. Ben. Link to post Share on other sites
greg Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Frustration at University. Step 1./ Miss a presentation you were supposed to give as part of a module assessment, due to the Uni's lazy 'Week 1 - 30' date system, instead of using, you know, actual dates. Step 2./ Realise your little faux pas, and frantically e-mail the tutor apologetically. Step 3./ Wait. Step 4./ Why are you still waiting? Lose internet access while you switch from Virgin to Talk Talk. Step 5./ Tutor (Monday evening): "Oh, sorry, was on holiday, your presentation resit is Wednesday morning. Don't miss it this time." Step 6./ Next Monday, internet access resumes. Check e-mail. *fruitcage*. Step 7./ Apologise for missing it again. Feeling like a douche now. Informed that was the last chance to complete that assessment. Step 8./ Realise you've just waved goodbye to 15% of the marks for that module. Step 9./ Rage. Step 10./ Calm. Accept and move on. 15% isn't that bad. Step 11./ Wait two months. Step 12./ E-mail from Uni: "You missed your assessment which turned out to be compulsory for that module. You've been marked zero. Without that module, you can't pass the course. You'll have to resit in August." Step 13./ Angry at the fact you can't get a straight answer as to whether the zero is for that assessment, or the whole module. One is guaranteed a resit, the other depends on a decision from the exam board. Step 14./ ###### off e-mail gets a response from the Uni: "Do you have any mitigating circumstances? - we might be able to let you submit it late". Wonder whether your tutor not giving you enough notice counts. Step 15./ Desperately try to see if the student manual for the course says anything about students getting a required period of notice for assessments. Can't find anything in there. Student manual is pretty useless, and badly laid out. Looks like you won't be graduating with everyone else, then. Step 16./ Rage... again. Ben. & that's why relying on one mode of communication will cause you hassle. I guess you never had the option to 'phone' or 'meet' to have an 'old fasioned' conversation? You know, while you DIDN'T have access to the all powerfull net thing? Greg. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Oh yeah, gotta love hindsight.... They have music universities now? If you think you've got problems now, you should try studying a *real* subject! Seriously, though, I hope you get it sorted out. Try going to the students' union and explaining the situation. They're there to help you with your problems. Worth a try, afterall. Link to post Share on other sites
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