Not the same vibe at all. Real commercials are meticulously crafted
to stimulate specific regions in the brains of ''consumers'' who have
been carefully cultivated to respond to the stimulus, since they were
small children. They are often insulting the very same people they
are motivating. That should tell you something.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:34:58 -0600, gray-beard
wrote:

Yes I have.
What do you think HBO is doing when they show you ten or so previews
between the movies? That's right those are COMMERCIALS.
Also why do you think they show previews of films that are in theaters
now or are coming out soon? You guessed it, more COMMERCIALS.
It's ALL about the money. The more they make, the more they want and
they will do whatever it takes to get yours.

Dave wrote:
Ever heard of HBO?

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:36:24 -0400, "Robert"
wrote:


Yeah. These kids don't remember Olden Tymes, when cable was being
born.

"Do what? You want me to _pay_ to watch commercials? That's like paying
twice!"

"No, you don't understand - cable will be commercial-free!"

Hah.