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  • Posted by edweaver 9 years, 5 months ago
    Wouldn't it be great if our government would use technology like this. Imagine that they get to charge taxes only to those that are satisfied enough with how the government is doing to pay the tax. Sign me up.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 5 months ago
    Bet they are recording the results to sell the data back to the performers, too.
    Probably building a database to study how to more effectively use comedy in advertising/sales.
    And then there are the opportunities in more effective torture!
    Any other ideas?
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    • Posted by $ puzzlelady 9 years, 5 months ago
      Even online advertisers seek feedback on checkboxes whether their intrusive ads are relevant to you. If they could, they would use your built-in computer camera to check for dilation of pupils, heightened pulse rate and other signs of positive response. I, for one, am willing to pay NOT to have ads on pages I visit, like dictionary.com and the Gulch.
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      • Posted by 9 years, 5 months ago
        Pet peeve: Adding capability to html that allowed popups/dropdowns from mouse and page movement without end-user control has made the web surfing experience excruciating in some cases. Slight mouse motion while reading a page should never cause some "feature" to overlay the content being read.
        Too many redesigns add nothing to user experience, and imo merely rationalise wasting resources on programmers and ill justify bloated IT budgets.
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 5 months ago
    As I've said before, so long as they don't control the audio mute button on my mouse, i'm ok with whatever they do, and if an ad is going to run more than about 30 seconds, that's an opportunity to go check email or play a puzzle game.

    If they control my mute button, they'll have to figure out how to override me when I kill the speakers' power switch.

    These morons think it's the last decade of TV ads... before we got cable and DVRs. If they don't start collecting data on how frequently we opt OUT of their ads, they're really morons.

    Even the "you can skip this ad in 4-3-2-1 seconds..." If they're not monitoring that, they're missing some important market feedback!
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 9 years, 5 months ago
    Something really funny about this use of technology... Ha ha ha. (Oops, there's a €...)

    I like the premise... plus there's a cap to it... tho 30 cents a laugh seems steep. And what's to stop a moocher from throwing their coat or sweater over the seat, to block the system?
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 5 months ago
    That is almost as dumb an idea as Obamacare. Penalizing your customers for enjoying the show is worse than charging children more than adults at the theme park.
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