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Living Room / Re: poor? Pay up!
« Last post by wraith808 on May 22, 2009, 02:43 PM »I think she was mostly kidding. I think. I hope.
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I do not begrudge the rich their privilege, especially if they worked hard to get where they are. Ingrateful heirs and greedy ne'er-do-wells notwithstanding, there is nothing wrong with rewarding hard work and honest effort.
BUT...
The practice of businesses built on taking advantage of the less-than-fortunate seems like some sick kind of Schadenfreude that most in their right mind would find loathsome at best. I would support legislation to regulate and curb these kinds of practices to take away the advantage they cultivate at the expense of those they prey upon.
However I fear the real problem may be multi-headed and equipped with tentacles and therefore difficult to combat and remedy in an entirely practical manner.-Edvard (May 22, 2009, 02:17 PM)
I'm not sure I agree with the general idea of the article.
Just for example, using a "payday loan" is something poor people do. But do they do it because they're poor? Or are they poor because they make unwise financial decisions such as using a "payday loan" to buy things before they have the money?
Being poor is a state of mind. I've been broke (and am broke right now) but I've never been poor.-Deozaan (May 21, 2009, 11:16 PM)
<i>Just for example, using a "payday loan" is something poor people do. But do they do it because they're poor? Or are they poor because they make unwise financial decisions such as using a "payday loan" to buy things before they have the money?</i>
a) Its different when you have kids.
b) "By buying things before they have the money" - you're talking about stuff like getting the car you need to commute to your job repaired (can that wait?). Paying doctors bills. Paying for the emergency plumber. New school clothes. An unexpectedly large fuel bill. Poor people have no contingency funds for emergencies, or anything out of the ordinary.-cianoc (May 22, 2009, 11:03 AM)
The issue with those policies and what you are saying is that at least 4, 3 and 2 are easily "broken" by browsing. Even the best filters which don't allow watching videos at work for example or block sites can't prevent the most common source of serious computer problem these days...being connected to the net.-rgdot (May 21, 2009, 02:05 PM)
Led me down memory lane a bit...
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This is like placing non-expiring tracking cookies in your registry....the kind that make the old doubleclick look like angels.-app103 (May 18, 2009, 12:41 AM)
Installshield (and several other installers) do the same thing. How is this any different?-wraith808 (May 18, 2009, 12:22 AM)
Install shield does what? Does it install secret advertising network dlls?-kartal (May 18, 2009, 12:26 AM)
mouser, I did not think that you were trying to pick on me. But the way wraith808 laid his cases sounded like he wanted to ridicule the idea little bit. I do not have any personally issues with any personality on this board-kartal (May 18, 2009, 12:36 AM)
Well,
The thing is that OC installs itself(in the program directory as dll and in the registry) and does not tell the user about it even if the user does not want to install the recommended software, based on my experience. I do not know why you keep claiming that you wont do anything bad or wrong but in my standard this is bad and wrong. Because first of all most people wont know that OC is included in the installer of the application until they open the installer. Second most people wont even have any idea what the heck a dll or registry is. Clearly you are targeting this majority of people and I believe this might be called an abuse of trust that is shown by those people who though that would just get a free application. You need to make it explicit.-kartal (May 17, 2009, 10:02 PM)
When it comes to launch bars there are two kinds...There's TrueLaunchBar....and there's everything else.
Seriously, if anyone is looking to program a launch bar program then TrueLaunchBar is truly the one app above all others that needs to be studied very closely. What it can do out of the box is amazing. What it can do coupled with the plugins that have been written for it is nothing short of mind-staggering. TLB is the best of show in this category of apps and is the one to beat. It's greatest strength, IMHO, is that it starts with what is familiar to everyone (Quick Launch) and builds upon it with tons of functionality without becoming intrusive or obstructive. It's so good that even my stinginess had to relent and purchase a license the last time it was on sale.-Innuendo (January 07, 2006, 01:40 PM)
but I seem to remember cost being an obstacleHey Jussi - maybe a DonationCoder discount is in order (can't hurt to ask, right?).-ivery (May 04, 2009, 07:34 AM)-mwb1100 (May 04, 2009, 11:58 AM)
There is a Zeus Lite version that is free of charge: http://www.zeusedit.com/lite/-Jussi Jumppanen (May 04, 2009, 11:53 PM)
