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Verisign Ordered to Stop Deceptive Renewal Notices
Ummagumma writes: "CNN is running a story on how the courts have ordered Verisign to stop their deceptive 'renewal notices' to other registrars' customers. I've gotten a couple of these, and was smart enough to figure out what's going on, but this is a dirty practice, of borderline legality. Let's hope they get smacked down hard for this one..."
2 baby seals walk into a club
the constipated mathematician worked it out with a pencil
the bible says love thy neighbor like thyself. great, now i gotta jerk him off, too.
i come from a dumb family. my father worked in a bank. they caught him stealing pens.
i looked up my family tree and found out i was the sap.
"deceptive 'renewal notices'"
Oh, you mean like the dozen or so "helpful reminders" we get from every magazine subscription we own?
My favorite is when they send them 4 months in advance, letting me know that there is a distinct possibility of my life crumbling if I miss an issue.
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Yup, your right. I guess I should stop speed reading before replying. I shoulda just mentioned that slamming is already deemed illegal...
I cannot pardon this whoring. I'm sorry, but I just can't bring myself do it.
Perhaps someone can let me know why, when I submitted this exact story yesterday, it was quickly rejected:
* 2002-05-15 21:44:50 Verisign order to stop ads (articles,news) (rejected)
You just made yourself sound like a real fuckhead.
Software giant Microsoft is no longer allowed to describe its operating systems and Internet browsers as "secure".
No, you did.
It means this
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My monkey eats ass cheese while slashdot waits 2 minutes. 2 minutes for what? haha