[ale] Woof

[Dow Hurst]

We are in the brave new world of the unknown here.  What will people put up 
with in terms of advertising?  Would you have everyone's clothes advertising 
product so they could make a little money from selling their shirt front or 
back to a company?  How invasive and how much fat can be cut before we say no? 
  Maybe a company wants to explore new advertising methods that offend 
everyone's sense of peace and tranquility.  How far they can go legally is 
very different than how far they should go.  Reminds me of Swedish development 
requirements versus American ones:

In Sweden a lot that is owned but not developed must stay pretty to the 
community.  You can't shave it down, not develop it, and leave it as an 
eyesore to the community.  I don't remember seeing highway advertising signs 
either.

But that is Sweden and from memories several years old!  Spam is a topic we 
can debate for a long time.  It would be cool to have a ALE meeting devoted to 
teams putting together on a single server different parts of the software 
needed to stop/control spam.  Then the next month the teams explain what was 
done in their area.  So, instead of a two hour meeting, it could be a workshop 
on putting together a spam solution.
Dow


Darien J. Watkins wrote:
> I think advertising itself should be illegal.  Why is it their right? 
> If I don't want to see or hear it then oh well, I'm the "customer" that
> got away.  Force me to watch ads then I promise I'm the customer who ran
> away.  Advertising is Visual and Audio Pollution.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 15:15, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Robert L. Harris wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0415earthfinds.html
>>
>>What I don't understand about all this spyware crap is why it's not 
>>illegal.  There's one spyware company suing out in Calif. because they 
>>claim it's there right, freedom of advertising.
>>
>>How about illegal trespass???  GET OFF MY COMPUTER!!!
> 
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