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Okay. So you know how NetFlix.com will send DVDs to your door? Well, We-Deliver.tv is kinda like that. Only it’s not DVDs, and the merchandise is coming from The Netherlands. Check out how they get away with it:

Now once it’s in the U.S., a post office worker might get it in they head to inspect a package like this since it look a little odd. And they are allowed to make sure it ain’t a bomb or something that could hurt a postal worker. But they ain’t allowed to open it up because of a very specifically worded commenticius clause in the U.S. Postal Inspection Code that say all inspectors are “prohibited from the internal examination of any package containing the remains of a human whose life be deemed legally and prematurely ended from without the borders of the United States, its commonwealths, protectorates and air space thereof, blah, blah, blah…”

So they send you the ‘remains’ of a loved one, with the package brandishing the appropriate warnings and codes. Only, when you open up the box, you find that they made a mistake, and shipped you something else that’s legal in The Netherlands….

*Note: If you try this and get caught, Alternate.org is in no way, shape, or form responsible for your actions.

I know this is a bit late but something to ponder…

Why do people have the perspective of Cesar Chavez as being exploited in this ad and not the other figures Apple has used in this particular advertising campaign? (Many of those figures are deceased as well.)

hmm…

A four track promo CD for Radiohead’s new Amnesiac album has appeared on Ebay. Starting bid? $175.00. Pretty cool collectors item, but I’m just not in that big a hurry. All of the songs are going to be available for about $14 in a few months anyways.

I know what you’re thinking: ‘Gee… not much going on here.. I’ll go over to a better weblog where there’s some action.”

Well, my friend, if you were to be thinking that, you’d be dead fucking wrong. Because lo and behold. there’s a new comment system installed that I built just for you. Each and every one of you. It’s Alternate.org-branded (no more BlogVoices logos and blackouts), it’s built with PHP, and we control the whole damn thing. Yipty-frickin-do. So PLEASE, for the love of god, USE IT. I busted my ass today to get that damn thing working so you’re going to comment, and you’re going to damn-well like it.

I guess you know your website is getting popular when you start getting the banner farmers/spammers of the net interested in your URL… I mention this because today I received an email from rankyou.com that sounded good at first but after inspection of their website and the realization of what they are and what they cost I chose to let them and the world (well, whoever reads alternate anyway) know that they are the scums of the internet that are killing small websites chances of surviving. You see, I believe that the banner farmers/spammers of the net (ie. DoubleClick.net) are the major cause for sites to jump into the world of banner ads to “support” their site.


Why is this bad you ask?


Well, if these websites didn’t have the advertising and administration overhead caused by buying into shite like DoubleClick or RankYou then they could stay alive and not need to bring in money to buy ads so they can sell ads… I mean, Its a big fucking circle jerk, one website pays to get the right to have ads sold, then another company sells those ads and takes some of the money, then the original site pays again to show those ads again…. No wonder the net and its AD supported bretheren are dying …. arghh. We for one will NOT BE A PART OF IT.



At this URL you can see the ridiculousness of the rates (5 cents per hit if less than 1 million hits per month, who the fuck gets that much traffic that cannot figure out how to make money off the site on their own??)



Here is a piece of the email that I found funny (53rd biggest, ewww, wow… and I’ve still never heard of them);

My name is xxxxxxx and I am the Sr. Advertising Executive with
Rankyou.com. Coming off February, we are currently ranked as the 53rd
largest web property in the world and own the 44th most visited site in the
world with over 14 million unique viewers last month, twistedhumor.com (PC
Data).

Now that our traffic is at an all-time high, more than ever we have that
ability to get an extremely targeted group of people over to your site via
several online marketing strategies. Being the industry leader in online
Advertising and Marketing, I would like to speak to your Director or VP of
Marketing to discuss our various online marketing strategies.

Feels like they wanna help us huh? But guess what? They dont, they want our money, period.

Assholes.

From WiredNews:

Part of the reason the digital music businesses have not moved toward profitability is their reluctance to mine users for money-making opportunities because of the privacy concerns.

Oh, so that’s why they don’t make money. Huh. I thought it might have something to do with the fact that no one wants to pay for music online. I guess not. Silly me.

I know it’s kind of a moot point now and the article is of no real significance, but I really like the title.

Conservative group says Bush won Florida

Duh.

Not surprisingly, 3Com has killed the Audrey, their ill-fated web appliance:

The $500 device led a vanguard of Web-browsing gadgets aimed at families and users anxious to send and receive e-mail, but uneasy about buying a pricey personal computer system, seen by some as difficult to set up and maintain.

Isn’t $500 a little ‘pricey’ for a device that sends and receives text files? I mean, hell, I could buy one of those computers you use at the library to look up books to do that shit. And an 8″ screen? Please. You can hardly see pictures your friends email you on that (or 5MB movies about cars…).

I have to thank 808 for pointing out a rather substantial error I made in my last post. The poster almost certainly actually said, “Think Different” instead of “Resist.” That basically changes the entire meaning of the ad. When I saw the ad I made a note on a receipt in my pocket that said, “Resist – Cesar Chavez – Apple Ad.” My apologies.

I realize that most of the posts on this page are in support of Apple in some shape or another. This one is not. I saw an Apple ad on a billboard a few days ago. It was simplistic, featuring only one word, “resist.” Behind that it had a big picture of Cesar Chavez. Then the Apple logo next to it. I understand the logic behind it, but its just inappropriate. Why not paste a picture of Che Guevara and have it say “revolution.” There’s a very superficial correlation. Either the advertisers who made the ad had very little understanding of who Cesar Chavez was, or they assumed that we don’t.

Note: I looked for the ad online and couldn’t find it. If anyone knows where I can find it, please let me know.

*EDITORS NOTE* — Thats because the poster you are refering to does not say “Resist” it says “Think Different”… That’s quite a different Ad from the one you are explaining and kind of nulls the point, doesn’t it? See the actual Ad here. Let me know how wrong I am by emailing me (808).


César Chávez founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 and built it into the United Farm Workers of America. Chávez organized the formerly powerless migrant farm workers of California and forced growers to pay better wages and provide better working conditions for workers. He effectively used the boycott to achieve his aims. In 1968 he produced his first nationwide boycott of grapes, and later lettuce, which helped change the bargaining position of the California farm workers.

I’d say thats “Thinking Different” ….