-- ok then your [sic] infringing on my copyright! Could you as [sic] me next time before STEALING my comments for your own?
Nice quote by AOL:
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Funny
"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.
Maybe they look like good guys if you squint and turn your head a bit....
nope. They still look like Assholes On-Line.
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.
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.
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)
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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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)
Maybe they look like good guys if you squint and turn your head a bit....
nope. They still look like Assholes On-Line.
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?
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)
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