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Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... -
No. Not even Googlised targeted ads. I dislike phones enough as it is.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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to this idea.
although of course i can see a lot of potential problems
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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I like the idea, probably because it means I wouldn't have to actually listen to the commercial while waiting for those 5 seconds.Comment
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Yes, I would use a service where an ad played while I was waiting for someone to pick up.
Would I listen to it? I don't watch TV commercials and I don't read newspaper ads, but the newspapers and TV channels still get paid for running them, so what's the difference?meet the new boss, same as the old bossComment
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uhm...did you say somethin'?Comment
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Re: Would you listen to a 5 second commercial for free phone service?
Assuming there won't be any ad-blockers around?Originally posted by DanS
OK, here's the scenario. Google offers free VOIP phone service (including a telephone number and 911), but plays a short (5 second) commercial each time you make a phone call. Would you go for that? All local and long distance would be free under this scenario.
Me thinks subcriptions are just fine the way they are.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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What would be awesome is if it used speech recognition to interrupt your conversation every 30 seconds with a 5 second ad with a computer-synthesized voice.
Person: "I was thinking of getting a hotel room in New Orleans next year as I think it'll be cheap, but I jus---LOOKING FOR HOTEL ROOMS IN MIAMI? CHECK OUT WWW.MIAMIHEATGIRLS.COM--...""The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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* fap fap fap12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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Re: Re: Would you listen to a 5 second commercial for free phone service?
I don't know how much it costs in Europe, but here are my monthly local charges (I don't pay as much as most)...Originally posted by Colon
Assuming there won't be any ad-blockers around?
Me thinks subcriptions are just fine the way they are.
Telephone $13
Federal Subscriber Line Charge (BS fee) $3.87
Federal Excise Tax $0.83
Federal Universal Service Fund (for rural areas) $1.05
Gross Receipts Tax (this is a city tax) $1.77
Toll Telecommunications Tax $0.75
State E-911 Tax $0.76
DC Universal Service Trust Fund $0.04
Total = $22.07
Plus long distance and international, of course. Not a ton of money, but still worthwhile avoiding.
I'm not sure how many of these taxes would transfer to a free VOIP service.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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It's a real money saver for cities. Since many 911 calls are generated by poor people, the tax is not only fair but serves as a barrier for poor people to call the police on one another all the time.Originally posted by Az
There is a 911 tax in the US?
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I haven't had a phone for over a year now, as QWEST screwed up my account (turned it off even though I was current) and then screwed up again by admitting that they were wrong and would turn my service back on, and then did nothing of the sort. I don't have cable tv (I'm too cheap) and am hesitant to get it just for phone service. And I hate few things more than mobile phones. This leaves me with no phone or internet service at home, which is actually quite alright. I have a fast internet connection at work as well as a phone, and I'm there 5 days a week which is plenty of time to stay in touch with the few of my friends and family who I stay in contact with.
I know a lot of people who spend $50 to $100 or more a month for phone, internet and cable television service. I just don't see them being anywhere near that valuable to me.He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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