Not sure why it matters, but some specific brand of Similac baby formula... something about a small chance of bugs parts being in the mix. We haven't used any formula in over 6 months, so it's a moot point. If we had the bad stuff, the baby drank it already. Just more protein I guess.
Eric On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 11:22 AM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > >Er….. um ……. What was the product? > > > > > > > > > >N > > > > > > > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ERIC P. CHARLES >Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 7:50 AM >To: Pieter Steenekamp >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [FRIAM] You Have 0 Friends [why Facebook is evil] > > > > > > > > > >> > > >This seems on topic: >I got an automated call the other day from a company telling me that there is a recall on one of their products. More specifically, records from my grocery store (presumably data stored in connection with my rewards card) indicated that I had purchased their product between 3 and 18 months previously. It was a little cool, and a little creepy at the same time. > >Eric > >On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 07:23 AM, Pieter Steenekamp <<#>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If a grocery store offers to sell you a bread for a dollar, do you > > > accuse them of forcing you to give you a dollar? Then why do you accuse > > > Facebook of forcing you to do anything? If you don't like it, simply > > > don't open an account with them. If you don't buy bread then you die, so > > > I would rather accuse the grocery store of forcing me to part with my > > > dollar. If you don't open a Facebook account, at least you don't die. > > > > > > Pieter > > > > > > On 2010/09/26 09:03 AM, Jochen Fromm wrote: > > > > No, it is not ridiculuos, it is serious. > > > > I think the Facebook phenomenon rises a number of interesting questions: > > > > Who are you? What is the core of a person? Why is social media so > > > > successful? > > > > When does a company become evil? > > > > > > > > Social media and social networks are > > > > a hot trend, maybe because people feel > > > > increasingly isolated in a digital and > > > > urbanized world. Erich Fromm says in "The Art of Loving": > > > "The deepest > > > > need of man is to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of > > > > his aloneness." All social networks exploit this need. > > > > For example a social network for books like GoodReads or Shelfari > > > > connects you to readers with similar interests. > > > > Facebook is special. It claims to connect > > > > you to the people you already know. > > > > The problem is: > > > > > > > > a) You probably have multiple circles of > > > > friends, and these friends belong to different > > > > areas: family, job, hobby, sports, etc. > > > > Facebook allows you only to have one > > > > circle of friends and one single identity, your physical identity > > > > characterized by your real name and your real photo. Since the > > > > identity forms the core of a person, it reduces you to your physical > > > > appearance. > > > > If you are not good looking or if you have > > > > no friends, like the shy nerdy student Kip Drordy in the video, then > > > > Facebook classifies you as a loser. It denies you > > > > to be what you want to be, but the declaration > > > > of independence says: "all Men are created equal, they are endowed > > > > [..] with certain unalienable Rights, among these are Life, Liberty > > > > and the pursuit of Happiness." > > > > It does not mention the right to have a > > > > Facebook profile. > > > > > > > > b) To connect you to your friends, a company must own your private > > > data. > > > > Facebook forces you to reveal your private data, to give up your > > > > privacy. Would > > > > you tell the government who your friends > > > > are, where you have been, what you are doing? > > > > Then why do you tell it to a private company? > > > > Should our private life and our private data belong to a company at > > > > all? The people who think Facebook is evil say no. This is similar to > > > > the question of Microsoft a few years ago: should our Operating > > > > System, the Operating System of our computers, belong to a company? > > > > The people who think Microsoft is evil say no. > > > > > > > > Contrary to Twitter, Facebook forces you to give up your privacy: "We > > > > will connect you to your friends > > > > (if you give us your private data)". > > > > and reduces you to your physical appearance > > > > "We will connect you to your friends > > > > (if you tell us what you are doing > > > > right now and how you look like)" > > > > That's why Facebook is evil. > > > > > > > > -J. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Alfredo Covaleda To: The Friday > > > > Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Saturday, September 25, > > > > 2010 10:58 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] You Have 0 Friends > > > > > > > > So funny. > > > > > > > > My Facebook profile has more friends than me. Isn't is ridiculous? > > > > > > > > Alfredo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at <http://www.friam.org> > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at <http://www.friam.org> > > > > > > > > > > >Eric Charles > >Professional Student and >Assistant Professor of Psychology >Penn State University >Altoona, PA 16601 > > > > > > > > ============================================================ >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > Eric Charles Professional Student and Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State University Altoona, PA 16601
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