TV Commercials:
We've all seen the ad w/ a robot on a car assembly line going amuck. The operator says they need someone who can code in COBOL to fix it It never fails to remind me of my IT days. Even back then we didn't use it for programming robots. COBOL was a business processing language: readable and platform independent. It is true, though, that if a program is working, companies won't spend the money to have it rewritten into something more up-to-date. Even when they no longer employ anyone who knows the language.
I can't imagine why I'd buy Liberty Insurance. I often see their commercials featuring an emu or the Statue of Liberty in the background. For the entire commercial there will be only one sentence pertaining to their product - often that if you buy more policies w/ them, it will save you money. If that's the best they can come up w/ as a reason to use them, I'll pass.
My hearing must not be great since a health insurance commercial has a woman emphasizing that people they insure "...aren't a dollar sign. They aren't just another customer. They are a NUMBER." Figured no company would make an ad stating the absolute truth so I watched the commercial again and pretty sure she is saying "They are a MEMBER."
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