| > For crying out loud. There's also a third option: you're researching similar products because of an existing need, and you haven't heard of $ADVERTISING_COMPANY before you saw the ad, and they turn out to have a better product than competitors. Actually, I did address that, as part of the second case: "That may mean that you simply didn't know the product before and finding it was good for you" >> You were hacked and exploited >Yeah, that's not what either of those words mean. Late response for the record: you think you're in control of your mind and how it works. But advertisers are very ingenious in developing ways to make your mind behave in a manner you (the admin) does not want it to, in a sneaky way. A very good metaphor for it is hacking. Unfortunately, this is neither DefCon or a James Randi show, so they do not do it for fun. They explore this hack to take advantage from you (your system, if you will) for their profit and your damage. An exploit. I did not use "literally", but I refrained from using a more strong indicator of a figure of speech (eg, using "virtually") because I though I could engage in a better debate here then this. I still think I was right, but there are always exceptions. |