Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉Sept. 06--Most are familiar with the insurance company commercial on television that features an attractive young woman who believes that if it's on the Internet, it has to be true.She tells a friend that she has just been swept off her computer screen by a charming Frenchman.And here he comes now, eager and ready for his date powered by the Internet.The obvious question in this scenario is: Is this guy really French?He appears to have stopped on the way to this date to browse through a Dumpster. He seems to be about as French as Paris, Texas.As the eager and attractive young woman strolls off with the alleged Frenchman, most viewers would express concern for the well-being of the female.Here's what I think happens. It's the woman running a con game on the poor slob, and not the other way around. Once out of camera range, she pins him against a fence and mugs him, leaving him roughed up in a pile of leftovers.The Internet is often a field of illusion.Get smart: The technological miracle of the week is the Dick Tracy watch, the smart watch, the world on your wrist for about $300.The smart watch will enable the wearer to get messages, take pictures, and drive through more red lights.Whereas it might seem to some to be technology for technology's儲存sake, the smart watch could improve manners. Instead of somebody rudely looking down at a smartphone during person-to-person conversation, the smart watch screen is so small that the wearer will have to bring it to eye-level and near the nose to see who is asking what's up.Smartphone, smart glasses, smart television, smart pad, smart watch, dumb weekends alone.Convicted in a free trial: The best Internet con ever is the free trial for a short period of time.Free nutritional supplement, free credit check, free trial subscription, simply click here.But opting out is like a game of Where's Waldo's Phone Number?No matter how big-time a website appears, the home office can be in the back of a station wagon in Curacao.The Contact Us phone number is seldom the opt-out phone number.To get out of a free trial, you might have to know a 37-digit account number that you didn't even know you had.In a conversation today, my attempt to cancel a free trial featured this request numerous times, "Please, I beg you, don't hang up."Before you take anything free, chart the road to cancellation.Out there on the Internet, they want your money.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉
- Sep 07 Sat 2013 14:13
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