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So targeted advertisement has been around for quite some time now but I still find it fairly creepy when I'm browsing a website and an advertisement appears "Looking into imagining algorithms, Look no further, new super duper ultra imagining blah blah blah" then later on in the day a colleague could comes to me:
Colleague> "Hey, I'm looking into re sizing blah blah compared to ratio blah blah".
Me> "I know, how did you find, <insert software="" vendor="" name="">?".
Colleague> "Hey now, how on earth did you know, stalking me?".
Me> "Nope, Google told me".
Colleague> "Oh right... wait a minute!"
It's the same for a network in a school or at home, you can start thinking about the habits of those you live with by the advertisements you receive, again fairly creepy. Of course you won't always be right, maybe they aren't looking for granny dating websites or maybe they weren't looking to buy that new toaster from argos that follows you from page to page?
Just a bit of a rant really...
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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This is why I use AdBlock Plus...
Not here, of course...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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I'm fairly good at filtering out adverts, don't really notice them unless it is something I am specifically interested in at that time, which I guess is the point of targeted ads.
But I actually followed one on Facebook the other week that led to us booking our next holiday through the company.
Had been looking at a number of holiday cottage web sites and hadn't found anything that grabbed me by the balls and shook, then a house appeared at the top right of Facebook, it looked the right size, right location, and was a website that hadn't turned up in my previous googling.
So I clicked through.
Eventually booked a different property on the same site.
It has a sauna, a hottub, an Xbox, a dirty great 3D TV with 3D blue ray player and full sky subscription.
I hope it rains every day.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Quote: I hope it rains every day.
Make it so. Let's hope it does. Indeed I bought a watch on through a facebook advertisement the other day, it was a birthday treat to myself.
I did notice on facebook the ads work out your locaiton and input the name into the advertisement, pretending that it's an image.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Too many of them try too hard to get my attention, so I just switch the lot off.
Yes, I probably miss out on some things I'd be interested in, but on the other hand I miss out on a heck of a lot I'm not!
One of the reasons I like Sky+: fast forward through the ads. We now refer to Sky+ as "AdSkip", and Herself complains when she runs out during CSI, NCSI, etc... 
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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You can use the AdBlock plug-in to avoid having to deal with that.
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I know the feeling, I used to do that to scare people.... kkkkkkkk
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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I do find it somewhat annoying when I see products I have recently viewed at online shops or see ads targeted to match websites I have been to. So I get the odd mixture of guitars and medical technology ads. I guess I'd rather see those than the badly designed "you've won bazillions of dollars click here to find out!" ads.
I always make a point of not clicking on any of the ads, if I happen to see something of intrest I will go to the website directly rather than clikcking through the ad.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I know what you mean, I've had a kettle haunting me for the last two months, I bought the bloody thing in the shop!
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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You'll want to stay out of Tesco petrol stations[^], then.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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From Article: "No data or images are collected or stored and the system does not use eyeball scanners or facial-recognition technology", she added.
'Ethically deployed'
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! That's what they they told her to say.
[Edit] Since when is annoying people considered "ethical"?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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You should read the Amscreen web page where they suggest where to position the current lot and what to target them with;
"People in hospitals are receptive to content about medical issues".
By the way, if anyone here is in marketing or advertising...kill yourself. Thank you. Just planting seeds, planting seeds is all I'm doing. No joke here, really. Seriously, kill yourself, you have no rationalisation for what you do, you are Satan's little helpers. Kill yourself, kill yourself, kill yourself now. Now, back to the show. Seriously, I know the marketing people: 'There's gonna be a joke comin' up.' There's no f***ing joke. Suck a tail pipe, hang yourself...borrow a pistol from an NRA buddy, do something...rid the world of your evil f***ing presence.
Bill Hicks
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Troy Hunt's suggestion[^] of how the "opt-in" will work was quite amusing.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Having been privacy-paranoid for before it was in fashion, I've used a large number of email addresses (thanks to several catch-alls), destroy all cookies when browser closes (if I even allow them to begin with), including flash cookies;
I lie like a banshee on forms wanting any kind of information, changing it constantly in all of its facets (name, age, gender, income, and anything else seems like fun).
And throw into the mix AdBlock, Ghostery, and BetterPrivacy.
A marketing nightmare I'm quite proud of.
Actually, even here where I share a lot compared to my usual standard, with a bio and other profileable comments, who the hell am I?
(and who really cares?)
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Batman.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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An engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician are trying to set up a fenced-in area for some sheep, but they have a limited amount of building material.
The engineer gets up first and makes a square fence with the material, reasoning that it's a pretty good working solution.
"No no," says the physicist, "there's a better way." He takes the fence and makes a circular pen, showing how it encompasses the maximum possible space with the given material.
Then the mathematician speaks up: "No, no, there's an even better way." To the others' amusement he proceeds to construct a little tiny fence around himself, then declares: "I define myself to be on the outside."
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Wonko the Sane[^]
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Abhinav S wrote: I define myself to be on the outside."
That is most excellent!
Marc
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Veni, vidi, vici.
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Abhinav S wrote: Sheep in a box
-- or as they say in Wales, "Birthday PRessent"
speramus in juniperus
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*cough* Gloryhole. *cough*
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Well he is right at least mathematically
I <3 my Job
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I can filter by not answered but can't get the questions without solution? I mean If I have a question where someone answered but didn't give me the solution then how other will notice that I didn't get the solution I want? It should still appear as unanswered until a solution is provided.
I <3 my Job
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