President Bush’s economic stimulus plan, which involved sending out checks of up to $1,200 to every taxpayer, has provided a boom to the online porn industry, according to market research. Research by the Adult Internet Market Research Company (AIMRCo) has found that since the checks were sent out there has been an uncharacteristic increase in spending for online pornography sites.According to Kirk Mishkin, head research consultant for AIMRCo, "Many of the sites we surveyed have reported 20-30 per cent growth in membership rates since mid-May when the checks were first sent out, and typically the summer is a slow period for this market." The checks were suppose to be used to provide a stimulus to the flagging US consumer sector but the research found many people were using them for a different kind of stimulation.
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Spent on driving to the pornstore?
the federal reserve can just make magic money magically appear we just clap our hands
debt? inflation? magic!
Lets make your national debt worse thanks to porn...
Secondly, UK has more to worry about debt as their population is 1/5 of the US and they have very comparable debt.
1 ) Get $1200
2 ) Buy $1200 of Porn
3 ) Place purchase in compatible media device
4 ) "Warm up"
5 ) Go to the sperm bank
6 ) Make a "Deposit"
7 ) Go have a cigarette
8 ) wash, rinse and repeat from #4
6 months down the line, you've got to be getting close to a profit!
Yes, I realize you're joking, but cigarettes alone are a joke in price.
Nope it's check. We spell lots of words differently then the Brits. I read it was because we wanted to break with them in many ways after our independence which happens to be today.
Check is the American spelling.
Cheque is the Canadian spelling.
I believe the word cheque was one of the few spellings created after the "creation" of American English by the British, and so Cheque should not be used in American English, however the use of the word Check is probably valid to some degree in Britisth English, however most spellings are becoming more trivial with globalisation - the main difference is British and American is pronounciation "rules".
On a side note, Cheque is probably deemed Canadian also, as the spelling "Cheque" by the British probably originates from French.
Probably, in Spanish "check" is "cheque" and Spanish and French are a derivation of Latin.
But my spanish dictionary says that it comes from "English cheque", so I guess that cheque was first?
You people (using an americanism here) dumb?
Keep the money and get it on bittorrent or rapidshare for nada!
Do yourself a favor and look up "stealing" on the Internet. See if it's what they call a "crime" and if so what implications that has.
Do yourself a favor and look up "stealing" on the Internet. See if it's what they call a "crime" and if so what implications that has.
Copyright infringement is not stealing because you do not deprive the owner of any property. Maybe you should look up the meaning of "stealing".
Whether or not the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material is a 'crime' is still up for debate. Morally ambiguous at best.
Do yourself a favor and look up "stealing" on the Internet. See if it's what they call a "crime" and if so what implications that has.
Hmmm... if i could steal the boobs or the whole actress, then im all for downloading...
Do yourself a favor and look up "stealing" on the Internet. See if it's what they call a "crime" and if so what implications that has.
Copyright infringement is not stealing because you do not deprive the owner of any property. Maybe you should look up the meaning of "stealing".
Whether or not the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material is a 'crime' is still up for debate. Morally ambiguous at best.
Ok so you want to talk definitions...
–noun
1. the act of a person who steals.
2. Usually, stealings. something that is stolen.
–adjective
3. given to or characterized by theft.
–noun
1. the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.
2. an instance of this.
3. Archaic. something stolen.
–noun, plural -cies.
1. practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
2. the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.: The record industry is beset with piracy.
3. Also called stream capture. Geology. diversion of the upper part of one stream by the headward growth of another.
–noun
1. the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 50 years after his or her death.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to copyrights.
3. Also, cop·y·right·ed. protected by copyright.
–verb (used with object)
4. to secure a copyright on.
noun
a violation of the rights secured by a copyright
Go read the definition of stealing again, you obviously missed the point entirely.
oh noez!
thats like almost important to anyone, not
i wish everytime economics or technology rendered an industry obsolete they could go down in a flurry of lawsuits and take everyone else with them.
yep stealing is stealing and maybe pointing at people and saying "thief!" will fix everything!
halliburton are the only ones laughing all the way to the bank, the $1200/$1500 is just a payoff to keep your mouths shut and vote republican again
If you're going to watch porn, you may as well steal it anyway.
not
... people still pay for porn .. just look on google for 'myfreepaysite'
I bought me a shiny new PC with my money, now even more free porn!
Our country has borrowed more money from China that we can never pay it back. hope someone here knows chinese to teach us.
People that spent good money on porn is why the housing market is the way it is, stupid people making stupid decisions.
Guess what this "research group" focuses on. That's right - the Adult Internet (that means pr0n folks!)
After an exhaustive internet search (at least 10 minutes) the ONLY reference to this group I found was for this "story."
For god's sake there isn't even a listing with their web address (www.AIMRCo.com - real impressive BTW).
I call BS on this.
Any increase in pr0n purchases is almost certainly directly resulting from increased GAS, FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT PRICES. Instead of taking a real girl out on a date and getting some, you lamers are staying home and WHACKIN!
Indeed.
Anyways, why to paid for pron where there are plenty of free sites around here?.
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