tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2439917867535320387..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Things I Don't Get, #349,856Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13179695377990702362012-03-08T11:43:21.017-05:002012-03-08T11:43:21.017-05:00Targets you with ads that feature curvy redheads h...Targets you with ads that feature curvy redheads holding blasters in space ships.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80444240022394650632012-03-08T11:35:08.521-05:002012-03-08T11:35:08.521-05:00Aww someone needs a hug!
Seriously though what do...Aww someone needs a hug!<br /><br />Seriously though what does Google do with all this info that they are supposedly gathering? I know what Facebook does with it's info (which is one reason I don't use it) but I don't see what Google gets out of knowing I like guns, scifi, and curvy redheads.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986848693736290505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49130104205631850892012-03-07T23:05:42.188-05:002012-03-07T23:05:42.188-05:00He must have a rotary cell phone.He must have a rotary cell phone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-125971247868265552012-03-07T23:02:19.764-05:002012-03-07T23:02:19.764-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75948599724537501592012-03-07T22:20:21.929-05:002012-03-07T22:20:21.929-05:00...and the willfully obtuse are reading the willfu......and the willfully obtuse are reading the willfully naive <i>why</i>, again, exactly?<br /><br />I'm baffled. Enlighten me.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4351539290036491482012-03-07T21:52:38.252-05:002012-03-07T21:52:38.252-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13472903476041343602012-03-07T20:58:45.468-05:002012-03-07T20:58:45.468-05:00I've been looking at a metal eyeglass case for...I've been looking at a metal eyeglass case for keeping my phone between uses. Thing is, I don't yet have enough data on signal blocking(stainless steel vs aluminum).<br /><br />Stay safeLergnomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718650151254462639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46372520953370927542012-03-07T20:39:30.456-05:002012-03-07T20:39:30.456-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56119982171249025652012-03-07T13:58:42.895-05:002012-03-07T13:58:42.895-05:00"Nope, the questions are tied to what *others..."<i>Nope, the questions are tied to what *others* do with that computer in your pocket; it's a two-way portal and a trojan tool.</i>"<br /><br />You forgot some fly poop in that pepper.<br /><br />Anyhow, what I meant is that it can only be used to gather the data you give it to gather. <br /><br />Some people don't mind telling the world everything on Facebook or whatever similar apps are coming down the pike, and for them it doesn't much matter whether they're doing it via smart-phone or over a dial-up connection.<br /><br />Some folks are more circumspect. Some folks deliberately throw chaff.<br /><br />Google doesn't learn anything more about me asking "Is sweet marjoram a flowering herb?" if I'm doing it somewhere on 54th Street than they do if I'm doing it at home.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26094945976869617962012-03-07T12:07:48.743-05:002012-03-07T12:07:48.743-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76046176713278716762012-03-07T00:48:23.925-05:002012-03-07T00:48:23.925-05:00I'm 27 and both I and many others my age know ...I'm 27 and both I and many others my age know the score. However I can not speak for those 10 years younger than I. Also Tam unless you plan on dying in the next 10 or 15 years your going to get to see the "end-state of social media". Whoopee!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986848693736290505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54387348325857529142012-03-06T23:51:09.622-05:002012-03-06T23:51:09.622-05:00WHAT?!? Y'all have those cell-phone thingies?
...WHAT?!? Y'all have those cell-phone thingies?<br /><br />All <i>I've</i> got is two tin cans with a string . . .<br /><br /><b>BSR</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9273077640788539562012-03-06T21:50:16.882-05:002012-03-06T21:50:16.882-05:00the pawnbroker,
I'm not going to engage in th...the pawnbroker,<br /><br />I'm not going to engage in that. You can google my site for the term "privacy" if you like (http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/11/nunya.html)<br /><br />Why I kept shooting back at you was because every time the word "smartphone" was trotted out, you made vague eschatological predictions. A smartphone is just a computer in your pocket. The questions are all tied to <i>what you do with it</i>. Much like a desktop computer. Or a gun.<br /><br />And, as I have said on this blog many times, I am glad that I will be gone before the end-state of social media is fully realized. Privacy as you and I knew it is dead. The kids that grow up in this age will not even be able to grasp what you and I are on about.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33197134308848592222012-03-06T13:47:51.782-05:002012-03-06T13:47:51.782-05:00I know what you mean, Ma'am. I can barely stan...I know what you mean, Ma'am. I can barely stand to be around people I like a whole lot. I think I've trained the people in church to stop hugging me when we exchange The Peace. If I wanted hugs, I'd build me a Grandin squeezebox. There are just too many allistic extraverts in the world.<br /><br /> Fortunately my cat is quite Mainely Coonish and doesn't do that touchy-feely lap stuff.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76513184806775290192012-03-06T12:32:58.625-05:002012-03-06T12:32:58.625-05:00I have a LinkedIn account with my real name on it....I have a LinkedIn account with my real name on it. I might get a facebook account with my real name on it.<br /><br />Both accounts will only have carefully crafted job seeking adverts on them.<br /><br />When the service is free, you are the product being sold.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28027599260050349112012-03-06T12:31:54.184-05:002012-03-06T12:31:54.184-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21879471117789957042012-03-06T11:54:53.623-05:002012-03-06T11:54:53.623-05:00"I'd say things you people wouldn't b..."I'd say things you people wouldn't believe."<br />Hum? I thought your response would be non-verbal. Either hot coffee in his lap or the "snick" of the holster snap.<br />I've taken to removing the battery from my cell until ready to make a call.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49905954623400681462012-03-06T11:45:28.807-05:002012-03-06T11:45:28.807-05:00Is it ironic that I just shared this post on faceb...Is it ironic that I just shared this post on facebook? Yup.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504256801592202224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-92216322161842455502012-03-06T11:11:24.584-05:002012-03-06T11:11:24.584-05:00So does this mean you're not going to be my Fo...So does this mean you're not going to be my FourSquare friend?David Neylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440053244435091067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54407309567145403952012-03-06T10:00:53.418-05:002012-03-06T10:00:53.418-05:00TJIC, thanks for breaking out the highlighter - I ...TJIC, thanks for breaking out the highlighter - I can usually keep up pretty well, but Tam slipped that one right past me.<br /><br />The rest of the post she pulled directly out of my brain.Kip Condornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86963300809462344572012-03-06T09:18:16.062-05:002012-03-06T09:18:16.062-05:00I certainly don't like the ones that try to se...I certainly don't like the ones that try to self announce your location to strangers. But I like google's latitude. When my wife is traveling, a glance at the screen tells me she's moving (in the right direction) without me calling (and interrupting her audio book). <br /><br />Of course when she turns off GPS and only cell towers are determining her location, it showed me taht she was in the middle of a field in Maryland. That prompted a few worried phone calls.Leatherwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490062287496074480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61164024798121566132012-03-06T09:01:55.435-05:002012-03-06T09:01:55.435-05:00The Pawnbroker,
One of us has been screaming into...The Pawnbroker,<br /><br />One of us has been screaming into the wind, I guess, because I've been talking about this stuff on the internets since I lived in Georgia, and that's been twelve years ago now.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61268047911979136072012-03-06T08:59:55.291-05:002012-03-06T08:59:55.291-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81386158762331595262012-03-06T08:50:34.079-05:002012-03-06T08:50:34.079-05:00My friends are constantly nagging me to get a face...My friends are constantly nagging me to get a facespace... or a mybook... or whatever the thing is that they are using this month to keep in touch.<br /><br />Then I point out to them that I don't even like talking on the phone that much and give them my email address. You know, email? Thats Old Skool social media. When they whine, I tell them to be happy that dialup BBSs aren't around anymore or I'd be tempted to use that instead. <br /><br />sStuart the Vikingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90276587689667810202012-03-06T08:46:38.858-05:002012-03-06T08:46:38.858-05:00> I like Blade Runner too!" I'd say t...> I like Blade Runner too!" I'd say things you people wouldn't believe.<br /><br />oh...DRY!!!<br /><br />Nicely done.TJIChttp://tjic.comnoreply@blogger.com