We're manipulated so often, it's hard not to see everything as a conspiracy.
Smart tags. Insidious things. I don’t want my web site’s content serving as advertising for someone else (like Nike, the sweatshop mavens; or Coca-cola, ardent haters of H20; or even Microsoft, the Redmond Menace.) There is a tag that is supposed, when inserted into a given web page, to disable Microsoft’s SmartTags on that page.
But…but…but…
What about smart tags that may be put into place by other companies? What about the rumour that this tag doesn’t even work? What if this is all part of some Redmondian experiment in social engineering: have a bunch of web designers put the tag in place, and Microsoft can see how far they can manipulate us?
And what if it’s all just a ruse, sort of a left-hand-waving distraction while the right-hand-.NET-initiative rolls ahead unimpeded?
Who knows. Tonight we could all go to sleep snug in our little beds, and wake up tomorrow and all immediately start riding brightly coloured bicycles with Windows XP logos and white rabbits on them.
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