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There is a very annoying development recently.
Large animated advertisement (sometimes on train
station
platforms) on train station platform.
While small posters can be glanced at occasionally.
These
ones are impossible to avoid, since you are physically
facing the direction to wait
for the train station.
Banning it is, is not likely to happen.
But a logic could be, if we get free or cheaper
TV/Youtube
etc... from watching advertisement...
shouldn't we get free or at least discounted tickets from
being forced to see these massive obnoxious electronic
advertisement signs?
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Fare revenue: $1B based on 0.5B trips.
Advertising revenue $25M. |
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I was gonna mention "and that's gross, not net: out of the $25M comes salaries, wages and expenses, materials cost to make the posters and buswraps, and increased maintenance to clean up the grafitti and the abuse advertising attracts", but seein' as it's only 2.5% gross, it's hardly worth the bother. |
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So, all in, for the privilege of seeing advertising a couple hours a day in the cattle cars, the traveller saves 2-3c per trip. wut a bargoon. |
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maybe a cookie or candy instead? |
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It would be irresponsible of me to mention that: |
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(a) You can buy 10W laser diodes on eBay for a few
pounds |
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(b) There are plenty of instructions on how to build
these into hand-held super-power laser pointers |
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(c) Such a laser pointer, if well-collimated (or
carefully focussed) and aimed steadily* at an LED
billboard, will quickly (<10s) destroy that pixel and,
sometimes, an entire row or column. |
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*for example, by bracing it against a convenient pillar
or lamp-post |
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I never contribute to anything that isn't properly
apostrophized. |
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The laser pointer could be used to burn apostrophes on
bill-boards. |
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A roll of anarchist posters and a pot of good glue is quicker and more effective. |
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//A roll of anarchist posters and a pot of good glue// |
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Perhaps, but one of the features of illuminated,
animated billboards is that they tend to be
conspicuous, even at night. The odds of your being
able to erect a ladder, climb it, paste a poster over
the billboard, and climb down again without being
noticed are quite slim. |
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A high-power laser pointer can be used quite
discreetly. |
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