I think you were trying to post to a different Slashdot topic, "Which is the lesser of three evils?"
--trb
Nice quote by AOL:
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Anonymous Coward
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"The possibility exists in the future that we'll pursue this illegal activity on behalf of our members," he said.
lookit that pig out the window. It's got wings!
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SuperguyA1
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AOL is the good guys on/.?
That's it. I'm going home.
-- "as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee" - Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz.
(One man's humorous is another mans flamebait)
Re:lookit that pig out the window. It's got wings!
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Winged+Cat
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In other news, Satan went before the Board of Hell to request an emergency expansion of their salt budget, for the (still new in many demons' opinions) snow-fighting budget for the year has been entirely spent.
AOL is the good guys on/.?
Even the greatest evil is capable of taking a good role, when the role is in its direct self interest.
*laugh* Reminds me of a story of a friend of mine. He used to call up the operator and just chat away. Social engineering, or just boredom, I don't know. But according to him, one MCI operator said, "You know what AT&T stands for? Assholes That Trace." And MCI? Money Comin' In.
Maybe they look like good guys if you squint and turn your head a bit....
nope. They still look like Assholes On-Line.
News?
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Anonymous Coward
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Is it just me, or did that article at the end of the link seem just about totally content free?
From the story: A) Yahoo changed their spam prefs recently, everyone hated it. B) AOL did the same thing years ago. C) AOL sometimes hauls SPAMers into court, despite B.
What is the story here? News for Nerds, stuff that matters? Really?
We hate AOL Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
We like AOL Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and we alternate Sundays.
-- "I can't give you a brain, so I'll give you a diploma" - The Great Oz (blatently stolen sig)
AOL the good guys?
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CtrlPhreak
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There's no way that aol is the good guy when it comes to spam, they sell members emails for spam usage. I know mine was sold because I created a brand new screen name specifically to avoid spam (previous screen name gets like 10 spams an hour), and did nothing on it. AIM and web outside of aol itself and no chatting in it. And within 3 days I was getting spam. Now tell me my address was not stolen.
One question - was your AIM login showing up in the member directory? If so, there's no proof that AOL sold your e-mail address - somebody could have just as easily written a script that scans the directory for logins and sends e-mail to all of them, or a random smattering of them.
see, you're linking AIM and AOL together as if they're the same system. they are 2 separate things which are linked so that messages can come back and forth. The AOL directory only holds aol members who fill out profiles (I did not fill out a profile) and is not affiliated with AIM.
Re:AOL the good guys?
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Same thing happend to me with Hotmail. I use Hotmailn and Yahoo mail as my spam accounts, the ones I use to signup for newsletters, and contest etc. address I know are going to get spammed, Well I got a new hotmail account when this XP.Net crap ame out and within a week the box was full or crap. I never used the account, but they got it. Also I jsut love how I cant set spam from MSN to go drectly to the spam mailbox.
It's neither. It's a story about how AOL came under fire for changing its marketing policies, and how Yahoo isn't guilty of the same practice because they 'notified' their users (after the article came out, of course)
Unfortunately, it's got nothing to do with the settlement...
Re:Is it just me...
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The/. headline is about as informational as the linked story. Try this story instead:
There's something seriously wrong when AOL is referred to as "one of the good guys" regardless of circumstances.
-- To celebrate the occasion of my 1000th post, I will post no more forever on Slashdot. Goodbye.
A couple lawsuit/settlement details
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daoine
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The article doesn't say anything. There's a little more information in this CNet story though. Turns out they nailed a Florida based company, alleging that the company offered incentives for 3rd parties to transmit spam.
I have called them not once but thrice asking them to stop sending me tose damn things. I told them (truthfuly) that I do not own a compatible operating system, yet they keep sending them to me. I should make thier tech support walk me through installing it on linux.
I think that they posted only the second half of the article. Presumably an editorial accident. It's definately part of the CNet article, though.
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Why is Grand Theft Auto a much more serious crime than Reckless Driving?
Not to sound cynical, but...
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And exactly how does this differ from any other "Giant Corporation wins over Small Guy in court". I don't support the small guy in this case (the right people DID win), but I would hardly call it a surprising result. The trick is to get the Giant Corperations to fight on the side of the common good, which is what occurred here.
-Sou|cuttr
Your address was not stolen.
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There. I told you.
Quite frankly - because aol is SUCH a common domain name, a number of spammers use a dictionary file to make up addresses - if they bounce, it costs them nothing.
Did you use random letters/numbers, or were there common names/words/numbers in that email address - its very likely that if the latter is true, then it was just a random address generator.
I OWN a domain of my own. I know I'm not selling the addresses on my domain to anyone, yet some of the addresses here get spam - even though they've never been used except for internal mail.
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AOL's the good guys?
Notch one up for the good guys.
Would that be AOL, the spammers, or the lawyers?
ok then your [sic] infringing on my copyright! Could you as [sic] me next time before STEALING my comments for your own?
"The possibility exists in the future that we'll pursue this illegal activity on behalf of our members," he said.
AOL is the good guys on /.?
That's it. I'm going home.
"as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee" - Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz. (One man's humorous is another mans flamebait)
what good guys?
seriouslyexcited.net
Maybe they look like good guys if you squint and turn your head a bit....
nope. They still look like Assholes On-Line.
Is it just me, or did that article at the end of the link seem just about totally content free?
From the story:
A) Yahoo changed their spam prefs recently, everyone hated it.
B) AOL did the same thing years ago.
C) AOL sometimes hauls SPAMers into court, despite B.
What is the story here? News for Nerds, stuff that matters? Really?
which day is it? i can never keep track of when we hate AOL/TW and when we don't?
is there a $ cal -aol/tw that i don't know about?
There's no way that aol is the good guy when it comes to spam, they sell members emails for spam usage. I know mine was sold because I created a brand new screen name specifically to avoid spam (previous screen name gets like 10 spams an hour), and did nothing on it. AIM and web outside of aol itself and no chatting in it. And within 3 days I was getting spam. Now tell me my address was not stolen.
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Or does the article not talk at all about the spammer or the settlement, and instead just talk about what spam is?
There's something seriously wrong when AOL is referred to as "one of the good guys" regardless of circumstances.
To celebrate the occasion of my 1000th post, I will post no more forever on Slashdot. Goodbye.
The article doesn't say anything. There's a little more information in this CNet story though. Turns out they nailed a Florida based company, alleging that the company offered incentives for 3rd parties to transmit spam.
. . . stops sending me those damn CDs in the mail, then maybe I'll get excited about them winning a case against a spammer.
Al Qaeda has ninjas!
I think that they posted only the second half of the article. Presumably an editorial accident. It's definately part of the CNet article, though.
Why is Grand Theft Auto a much more serious crime than Reckless Driving?
And exactly how does this differ from any other "Giant Corporation wins over Small Guy in court". I don't support the small guy in this case (the right people DID win), but I would hardly call it a surprising result. The trick is to get the Giant Corperations to fight on the side of the common good, which is what occurred here.
-Sou|cuttr
There. I told you.
Quite frankly - because aol is SUCH a common domain name, a number of spammers use a dictionary file to make up addresses - if they bounce, it costs them nothing.
Did you use random letters/numbers, or were there common names/words/numbers in that email address - its very likely that if the latter is true, then it was just a random address generator.
I OWN a domain of my own. I know I'm not selling the addresses on my domain to anyone, yet some of the addresses here get spam - even though they've never been used except for internal mail.
http://quiz.ravenblack.net/blood.pl?3357354385