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« on: 02 April 2011, 22:21:05 »
on many web site in various forms.

they use information from what you search or (whatever) to direct advertisements accordingly.

i have sneaky feeling they use more than cookies and your search history to direct there advertisements.

i was going to mention orson welles and while doing a spell check  came across this..

http://adpr1400.blogspot.com/2010/08/japanese-make-orson-welles-big-brother.html

any opinions?
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Re: ad choice
« Reply #1 on: 02 April 2011, 23:14:19 »
george orwell.

not orson welles?

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« Reply #2 on: 02 April 2011, 23:24:46 »
Is this not why the big companies have loyalty cards, they can follow your buying habits, as can your bank and credit card companies, only way to be, almost, invisible is to use that old thing called cash.... :D :D :D
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« Reply #3 on: 02 April 2011, 23:25:06 »
i have no idea!

edit ..yep 1984 , serveillance and all that.

did say it was a quick google.

whos orson welles?
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« Reply #4 on: 02 April 2011, 23:34:26 »
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on many web site in various forms.

they use information from what you search or (whatever) to direct advertisements accordingly.

i have sneaky feeling they use more than cookies and your search history to direct there advertisements.

i was going to mention orson welles and while doing a spell check  came across this..

http://adpr1400.blogspot.com/2010/08/japanese-make-orson-welles-big-brother.html

any opinions?


Orson Welles  (actor)  : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles

George Orwell (author) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell

One wrote "Big Brother".. the other didn't .......   :)
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Re: ad choice
« Reply #5 on: 02 April 2011, 23:45:03 »
its all an education.

how old do you think you would have to be before you knew everything about everything?
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« Reply #6 on: 03 April 2011, 00:18:33 »
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its all an education.

how old do you think you would have to be before you knew everything about everything?

Happens at about 15 normally... Then by 25 you realise how wrong you were. ;)

Kevin
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« Reply #7 on: 03 April 2011, 00:19:48 »
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its all an education.

how old do you think you would have to be before you knew everything about everything?

Happens at about 15 normally... Then by 25 you realise how wrong you were. ;)

Kevin

Oh so just about right..... :D :D :D
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« Reply #8 on: 03 April 2011, 00:56:07 »
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its all an education.

how old do you think you would have to be before you knew everything about everything?

Happens at about 15 normally... Then by 25 you realise how wrong you were. ;)

Kevin

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D How right you are!  ;D ;D
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« Reply #9 on: 03 April 2011, 01:27:00 »
I remember walking into a shop many years ago that had a sign behind the counter "Employ a teenager while they still know everything."
I'm sure the Gnome's gaffer has the same one in his office. ;D ;D
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« Reply #10 on: 03 April 2011, 09:02:10 »
I'd say the UK with its bizarre obsession with CCTV is more of an Orwellian society than Japan  :o
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« Reply #11 on: 03 April 2011, 09:11:18 »
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I'd say the UK with its bizarre obsession with CCTV is more of an Orwellian society than Japan  :o


Along with other 'means' I have to agree with you BJ.
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« Reply #12 on: 03 April 2011, 09:33:08 »
Google are probably the worse for this - check the expiration date on their cookie ::) - despite demands for them to reduce it for the past dozen years or so, its remained stubbornly where it is...

And with full access to your search, email, documents and phone (should you be daft enough to use Android), they can do some very good tracking  :-X
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Google are probably the worse for this - check the expiration date on their cookie ::) - despite demands for them to reduce it for the past dozen years or so, its remained stubbornly where it is...

And with full access to your search, email, documents and phone (should you be daft enough to use Android), they can do some very good tracking  :-X

"do no evil" tell that to the chinese dissidents - i agree google are too big to trust now, whether they like it or not, whether they're benign or not, they have far too much access into our lives  :o
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Google are probably the worse for this - check the expiration date on their cookie ::) - despite demands for them to reduce it for the past dozen years or so, its remained stubbornly where it is...
They "expire" regularly enough on my machines. ;)
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And with full access to your search, email, documents and phone (should you be daft enough to use Android), they can do some very good tracking  :-X

Never trust Scientolo.. :-X

Oops. Don't want to knacker our ranking. ;)

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