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The True Story of Website Results

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the crass-are-always-greener dept.

Henry V .009 writes: "Salon is running a story on a dot.com called Website Results. Maybe you've heard of them. Viral Spyware makers. My God, these people are sick. Interview question: 'Imagine there's a peasant somewhere halfway across the world. If you could push a button and kill the person without getting caught, would you do it for a million dollars?' 'For them, it was yes, in a heartbeat.'"

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  1. Plot summary of Twilight Zone ep.: Spoilers! by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Spoiler space

    This is based off of memory, but I feel that I can sum up this story pretty well. A couple in financial straits is deciding what to do to pay the bills, when there is a knock at the door. In the doorway is a man with a box. On top of the box is a button. The man states that for a million dollars all they need do is press the button. The only hitch is that someone they don't know will die.

    The man leaves them with the box stating he'll be back when they decide what to do. The couple struggle with the decision. They examine the box and see no wires, just a button. The money would solve all their problems, but can they take a chance that someone would die if they press the button. After spending several days thinking about it, the couple finally presses the button, the rationale being that since they really don't know the person and they can't be sure they will die it's okay.

    Immediately, there's a knock at the door. The mysterious man is back with a briefcase of money. Inside, true to his word is a million dollars. As he takes the box back, the distressed couple asks if a person really died. Yes, he replied, but you have your million dollars.

    But what about the box? What is to become of it? "Oh, don't worry. I'm just going to give it to someone you don't know," he remarks and leaves.

  2. Strange bedfellows... by weave · · Score: 5, Interesting
    24/7 Media and Flowgo. Do some google searches for them.

    Look familiar?

    *********
    You've received this message because while visiting
    a 24/7 Media, Inc. partner website, you opted in to
    receive special online offers and discounts.
    *********

    ... it was sent to an e-mail address I only use in my internic whois records. Impossible for me to have opted-in, even if I did visit one of their member sites and was stupid enough to forget to uncheck something while registered. I never use that address anywhere except internic purposes...

    Flowgo is another one. I get loads of complaints from users who claim never to have opted-in to their junk lists.