Comments on: http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 00:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1451249 Nathan Hornby Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1451249 Also, UPDATE DISQUS ALREADY!! Also, UPDATE DISQUS ALREADY!!

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1451248 Nathan Hornby Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1451248 Admittedly having a Skype number etc is very cheap. But I'm not sure what this subscription is that you speak of. Only way I've seen to 'pay' for Skype is to use it for real calls. Amid that's an entirey different use-case. Guess I'll be finding another tool to replace Skype - if I have to payp for something I'm 100% sure there's something better out there. Admittedly having a Skype number etc is very cheap. But I’m not sure what this subscription is that you speak of.

Only way I’ve seen to ‘pay’ for Skype is to use it for real calls. Amid that’s an entirey different use-case.

Guess I’ll be finding another tool to replace Skype – if I have to payp for something I’m 100% sure there’s something better out there.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1451247 Nathan Hornby Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1451247 It's all about reading BB on flipboard. It’s all about reading BB on flipboard.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1451246 Nathan Hornby Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1451246 It amazes me that after so many years Skype's software is still shit and difficult to use. It's really not a difficult thing to get right. If you haven't used it on a Mac it's a particularly clunky and nonsensical experience. It amazes me that after so many years Skype’s software is still shit and difficult to use. It’s really not a difficult thing to get right.

If you haven’t used it on a Mac it’s a particularly clunky and nonsensical experience.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450918 niktemadur Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450918 Like at least a few others (I suppose), I never noticed the Boing Boing RSS before. Like at least a few others (I suppose), I never noticed the Boing Boing RSS before.

]]> By: Sean Ramsey http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450690 Sean Ramsey Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450690 Yes, ads are annoying. But I don't understand why it's such a big deal when a business tries to make money from a service they provide for free. If you use Skype a lot and really hate the ads, then you can opt out by paying for a subscription. Having said all that, the press release made me want to vomit all over my keyboard with all its talk about fun local brand experiences. Yes, ads are annoying. But I don’t understand why it’s such a big deal when a business tries to make money from a service they provide for free. If you use Skype a lot and really hate the ads, then you can opt out by paying for a subscription.

Having said all that, the press release made me want to vomit all over my keyboard with all its talk about fun local brand experiences.

]]> By: Greggem http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450391 Greggem Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450391 I wonder if Google will be buying any of those ads to promote Hangouts. I wonder if Google will be buying any of those ads to promote Hangouts.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450254 IronEdithKidd Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450254 Or be a weirdo like me and click "view article" from the RSS feed. Or be a weirdo like me and click “view article” from the RSS feed.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450202 niktemadur Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450202 The brands you care about, LOL! Like the Far Side cartoon, these people are like gulls and we all look like targets. The brands you care about, LOL!
Like the Far Side cartoon, these people are like gulls and we all look like targets.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450200 niktemadur Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450200 Yowza, I found it!  Strangely, there's no direct link to this "comments page" in the BB front page, so I detected two methods: 1) Navigate here using the "Previous Post" or "Next Post" links, or 2) Do a site search using the custom Google thingy. Yowza, I found it!  Strangely, there’s no direct link to this “comments page” in the BB front page, so I detected two methods:
1) Navigate here using the “Previous Post” or “Next Post” links, or
2) Do a site search using the custom Google thingy.

]]> By: atimoshenko http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450198 atimoshenko Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450198 Grandma, brought to you by Magnum Pleasure Hunt... Grandma, brought to you by Magnum Pleasure Hunt…

]]> By: atimoshenko http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450197 atimoshenko Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450197 In a world where advertising works to piss people off, the company that does not advertise will have the greatest number of happy customers. In a world where advertising works to piss people off, the company that does not advertise will have the greatest number of happy customers.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450065 ROSSINDETROIT Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450065 "As we roll out this and additional commercial experiences in the future, we will continue to test, learn and make any necessary adjustments along the way." "Additional commercial experiences"?  Is that what we call captive selling these days?  I can't wait to see what they come up with next.  This week I unplugged our house phone that we've had for 12 years.  the only calls that ever come through are robocall advertising.  I never answer it and now I don't want to hear a recording talking to my answering machine.  Just how deep do you have to burrow to get away from people interrupting to sell you stuff these days?  Even the post office is primarily a conduit for old fashioned paper spam and little else. “As we roll out this and additional commercial experiences in the future, we will continue to test, learn and make any necessary adjustments along the way.”

“Additional commercial experiences”?  Is that what we call captive selling these days?  I can’t wait to see what they come up with next.  This week I unplugged our house phone that we’ve had for 12 years.  the only calls that ever come through are robocall advertising.  I never answer it and now I don’t want to hear a recording talking to my answering machine.  Just how deep do you have to burrow to get away from people interrupting to sell you stuff these days?  Even the post office is primarily a conduit for old fashioned paper spam and little else.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450056 ROSSINDETROIT Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450056 This is a terrible, terrible idea.  And of course completely inevitable.  Since there's so little money in advertising we're to be spammed with it every waking moment.  Wait a minute! Subliminal dream ads.  Excuse me, I have to go pitch a concept. This is a terrible, terrible idea.  And of course completely inevitable.  Since there’s so little money in advertising we’re to be spammed with it every waking moment.  Wait a minute! Subliminal dream ads.  Excuse me, I have to go pitch a concept.

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450047 SoItBegins Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450047 ...bleh. …bleh.

]]> By: Ryan Kiefer http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450019 Ryan Kiefer Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450019 Or, "what the fuck is this ad interrupting my call?" Brands will love that. Or, “what the fuck is this ad interrupting my call?” Brands will love that.

]]> By: beslayed http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450007 beslayed Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450007 Skype really is one of the worst pieces of software. Every time I'm forced to use it, there's always some problem - usually involving Skype causing the computer to overheat. Skype really is one of the worst pieces of software. Every time I’m forced to use it, there’s always some problem – usually involving Skype causing the computer to overheat.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1450002 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1450002 <blockquote>Self-delusion is an ugly thing</blockquote>Also highly transmissible.

Self-delusion is an ugly thing

Also highly transmissible.

]]> By: NelC http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1449988 NelC Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1449988 <blockquote>[..] the brands you care about.</blockquote> Brrr, something squamous just walked over my grave.

[..] the brands you care about.

Brrr, something squamous just walked over my grave.

]]> By: Crowsby http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1449976 Crowsby Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1449976 The Onion is sadly prescient yet again:  http://www.theonion.com/video/new-google-phone-service-whispers-targeted-ads-dir,17470/ The Onion is sadly prescient yet again: 
http://www.theonion.com/video/new-google-phone-service-whispers-targeted-ads-dir,17470/

]]> By: technobach http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/166316.html#comment-1449973 technobach Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166316#comment-1449973 Because every brand wants its advertising spark discussion starting with "yeah, I hate these  ads they added to skype" Because every brand wants its advertising spark discussion starting with “yeah, I hate these  ads they added to skype”

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