Comments on: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/2009/05/there-aint-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/ I ask, therefore I am. I seek, if not the right answers, at least the right questions Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:17:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elizaveta Speransky http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/2009/05/there-aint-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Elizaveta Speransky Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:17:10 +0000 http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/?p=68#comment-251 yeah, okay this is all true, but what's beyond the fact that we are being targeted. if we are intellectually free we will have the cognitive ability to discern the facts from fiction. also, the internet is largely replacing tv news, and giving people the freedom to choose what to read and what not. Also, I don't know about other people, but the targeted Facebook ads are only subject of ridicule, and I haven't actually been compelled to purchase anything suggested. I think our minds are exceptionally flexible and adaptable and as it's common in history, will develop natural responses to something new. If its beneficial, it will incorporate a mechanism to optimize the new thing. and if it's detrimental, it will create a defense or filter. Point is is that with the increasing availability of free information, we are becoming more democratic and "free" yeah, okay this is all true, but what’s beyond the fact that we are being targeted. if we are intellectually free we will have the cognitive ability to discern the facts from fiction. also, the internet is largely replacing tv news, and giving people the freedom to choose what to read and what not. Also, I don’t know about other people, but the targeted Facebook ads are only subject of ridicule, and I haven’t actually been compelled to purchase anything suggested. I think our minds are exceptionally flexible and adaptable and as it’s common in history, will develop natural responses to something new. If its beneficial, it will incorporate a mechanism to optimize the new thing. and if it’s detrimental, it will create a defense or filter. Point is is that with the increasing availability of free information, we are becoming more democratic and “free”

]]> By: admin http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/2009/05/there-aint-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-10 admin Fri, 08 May 2009 23:05:19 +0000 http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/?p=68#comment-10 Yeah, I know about Adblock Plus. But that's a bandaid. I have a PVR and I use it to skip over ads on TV. The fact that some people can circumvent the business model with enough technology doesn't change the fact that the model is flawed. Quite the contrary. The fact that I'm willing to spend good money to avoid the ads should tell them something. But they aren't listening. Yeah, I know about Adblock Plus. But that’s a bandaid.

I have a PVR and I use it to skip over ads on TV. The fact that some people can circumvent the business model with enough technology doesn’t change the fact that the model is flawed. Quite the contrary. The fact that I’m willing to spend good money to avoid the ads should tell them something.

But they aren’t listening.

]]> By: Tony H. http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/2009/05/there-aint-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Tony H. Fri, 08 May 2009 21:42:05 +0000 http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/?p=68#comment-9 "You get popups that won’t go away, cars that drive over the article you’re trying to read, loud sounds that wake up the partner sleeping beside you in bed. These things all interfere with your getting the news. Why?" Because you didn't install Adblock Plus, of course. Every once in a while I have to use some browser without it installed, and I am shocked and and appalled (as the Globe & Mail would say). “You get popups that won’t go away, cars that drive over the article you’re trying to read, loud sounds that wake up the partner sleeping beside you in bed. These things all interfere with your getting the news. Why?”

Because you didn’t install Adblock Plus, of course. Every once in a while I have to use some browser without it installed, and I am shocked and and appalled (as the Globe & Mail would say).

]]> By: With This Diet I Was Able to Lose T h i r t y P o u n d s in Thirty Days http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/2009/05/there-aint-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-6 With This Diet I Was Able to Lose T h i r t y P o u n d s in Thirty Days Wed, 06 May 2009 05:26:49 +0000 http://www.ablogwithnoname.com/?p=68#comment-6 Hi, nice post. I have been pondering this issue,so thanks for posting. I will certainly be coming back to your posts. Keep up the good work Hi, nice post. I have been pondering this issue,so thanks for posting. I will certainly be coming back to your posts. Keep up the good work

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