This is a bunch of things that have been bugging the hell of me, and I know it is bugging the hell out of many others -- and what I find funny, it seems the people behind it could care less yet they want to make an attempt to "better the world," in most cases and in other, "get in to it for themselves".
COMMERCIALS.
Last night I was watching "Death Warrant" on USA, and switching between that to another show that was on another channel to avoid the COMMERCIALS that seem to be growing every day. However, "Death Warrant" was scheduled to end at 04:00 AM EST, and guess what? The movie was cut off at 03:00 AM EST (no where near the end of the movie,) for INFOMERCIALS.
What the hell is that all about? So, I turned off USA and switched back to TBS and the same thing happened on TBS that happened on USA. Now, here is the funny thing. I was talking to my mom about it and she was laughing and said, "Now you know how I felt when I was watching a movie on TNT the other night!".
OK, now here is where something has got to be done! All the channels have commercials that at one point used to be anywhere between 3-4 commercials every 5 minutes or so; now it seems it has grown to 5-8 commercials every 3-4 minutes; sometimes there are more commercials then there is the actual movie.
20 years ago, I could say there was no commercials that had to do with erectial disfunctions, or yeast infections, although there were commercials for P.M.S, and you also have commercials for just about every damn thing known to man and woman; allergies, infections, flu, cold, diseases, along with other things -- and you all know the problems that can result:
- may cause sinus infections, bleeding from [insert body parts here], inability to sleep or stay awake, may cause vomiting, [add about 1000 other problems] as a result of using [product]. Contact your doctor if any of these problems occur or occur for more than [#] of days.
I am sorry, but half of those problems would prevent me from even touching the damn drug in the first place. Needless to say, does anyone know where or when they will have a drug that will take care of the commercials and infomercials? Hell, I wouldn't care if it caused me to not be able to walk anymore, or talk, as long as I can watch a movie without it being interrupted, especially so damn rudely like the other night.
The ELECTIONS for Mayor or President this time around has been at an all-time-worst in history, according to the news and I agree completely. Certain channels, specially the important ones, you see something that has to do with with someone not doing what they say, not doing their job or how they're going to correct this, etc. It is all just a scheme to blow smoke up everyone's rear end and say, "I won!" at the end. Although there have been quite a few in history that have done more then the other, and have done almost everything they said, but you know politics are like humans, far from perfect. And there is a commercial just about every other commercial and almost instantly the very first commercial to start, related to elections and who is putting who down, who is winning, or has done what, etc.
ONLINE ADVERTISING.
This is almost the same as the advertising you see on television, except, it's non-stop and very much more constant then on television. Take a look at MySpace as an example, advertising is all over the place, the same with Yahoo!, America Online, and millions of other services.
Granted, they help keep the services free, and allow the services to remain free -- but has anyone ever heard of "excessive" or "excessiveness"? I surf the web all day and all night (practically as long as I am awake,) and I see the Google AdSense, and other advertising schemes.
And now the adware/spyware authors are implementing their unwanted software by using this type of method, besides installing it on to your system with or without your consent. Now I must say, and there are several others who agree, that the use of adware/spyware should be illegal and as such, should be prosecuted to the maximum extent by law. I mean, if you think about it, if any person attacks your computer, breaks in to your computer, your network, or otherwise, the person in question can go directly to jail for computer theft, possibly damaging property, etc.
This is the same if someone broke in to your house, but they'd be charged with Breaking and Entering ("B&E",) and it seems the charges for one is more harsh then the other. Just recently, on Craig's List someone had posted an ad, saying "help yourself" somewhere in the message, that the person was moving or something (this is something I heard on the news the other day,) and well, the house was cleaned out and it was not the person who placed the ad.
Anyway, back to the online advertising. Do we really need to be bombarded with 100,000,000,000 or more advertisements while we're surfing a site? I do not think we do, and infact, a lot of people refuse to return to the site after an excessive amount unless the service is really damn good. But that is my opinion; I know I actually became a member of America Online again since they went "free", but guess what -- I hardly use America Online due to all the advertising, the lack of the services they used to offer as a paid service, all of the "requirements" now in order to obtain a service such as the Chat Rooms, you need a valid credit card to confirm you're 18 years of age or older (or where you live, "legal age",) and such. I will be 30 very soon, and I refuse to use a CC with America Online to confirm my age, I was a member there a couple of times, but usually left them because of one thing or another -- and the America Online client has become bloated; the amount of stuff America Online installs is insane.
The AOL installation should be more custom to the "advanced" users who do not wish to install a load of software when they may already have protection, a secure network, a secure system, etc. Plus, AOL has loads of advertisements all over the place, and no matter where you go, you are bombared with advertisements.
There is however a couple tricks that you could apply to bypass the advertisements online, but it requires a lot of updating on your end; which I will not go in to details with. Here is a question, but not a serious question: Are computers and the internet really becoming faster, or are they becoming slower?
Think about these; (i) The internet is infact becoming faster, and more and more people are going broadband and highspeed; and as a result it seems more advertising is coming as a result. (ii) The computers are becoming faster and faster every day, and as a result more and more viruses are being created, to turn your "innocent system" in to a "zombie", a "server" or something where you may be sending files to other individual(s) without knowing it, and could be sued for it. (iii) The adware and spyware scene is growing, and this as well as viruses can slow your system down; so you think about those. (I recommend having good anti-adware/spy applications installed, keep your system up to date, a good anti-virus scanner installed, and from time to time even use the online anti-virus scanners.
PEDOPHILES.
There are laws that protect people from being stalked by another individual, or a group of individuals, and these laws apply to online as well.
There are laws that protect people from being abused by another individual, or a group of individuals who physically and verbally abuse them, and these laws apply online as well.
There are laws that protect people from sexual abuse, sexual harassment, exposing themselves in a manner considered inappropiate, especially if it is a child or a group of children.
My question here is, when an adult who is sexually attracted to young children gets in to trouble with the law, and becomes a criminal and therefore has a criminal record against them, and labeled as a pedophile, the rights that the adult has become very restricted and limited. These include, but are not limited to the following:
(i). being limited and prohibited from entering play grounds and other areas nearby a playground, including environments where children might be such as McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut, and other places.
(ii). not being allowed or prohibited from teaching classes, or to perform other educational classes that may have children around.
(iii). limited, restricted or prohibited from living in a neighborhood where children might be living, playing around, etc.
(iv). limited, restricted or prohibited from accessing the internet where children might be located. This includes Internet Relay Chat ("IRC,") Paltalk, Yahoo!, Microsoft Messenger, America Online Instant Messenger ("AIM,") as well as MySpace, and others.
Now, how can a pedophile or a possible pedophile get away with putting up a web site containing information on how not to get caught, providing pictures and other content for both existing and new pedophiles, get away with it? OK, you might wonder and ask yourself, "How can they get away with that?!?!" it's quite simple. According to the POLICE, the person in question does not have a criminal record.
But yet, if you are attempting to lure children from where they may, to your house for sexual activities, and you get caught, you're automatically in trouble. Do you see where I am going with this? I hope so, because it is one disgusting subject, and I cannot believe that this actually exists.
