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AOL Sues Spammers
mabu writes "Prompted by what they're reporting as over eight million complaints and the result of over a billion inbound junk e-mails, according to this press release, America Online is now stepping up its battle against spam by initiating five lawsuits against over a dozen companies and individuals. Let's hope this is the beginning of a more aggressive effort on the part of ISPs to prove to their users that they are seriously interested in addressing this issue, and at its source. I've maintained that this has never been a freedom of speech issue. It's more an issue of mail relay hijacking, forging header information, and exploiting third-party networks and resources. Perhaps if more ISPs took action, we might see the backbone providers doing so as well?"
"You've got a summons!"
Argh!!!! Who do we hate more?! Spammers or AOL? Thank goodness MS isn't involved in this story or I'd be really perplexed.
"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance." - Thomas Sowell
AOL already has 5 more suits, wow, they're really piling them on, since just earlier today it was reported that they had five initial suits!
"I only speak the truth"
Karma: null(Mostly affected by an unassigned variable)
Can I sue AOL for spamming me with CDs and floppy disks for the last decade?
Okay, so we have established the fact Timmy and General Burrito don't read their own site, but what about the submitters!? I mean, for God's sake, we all stop dupes. Do you think it's somebody doing it on purpose? You know, seeing if they can get somebody to post a dupe just for fun? Actually, that could be a cool sport... You know, you'd have to get the timing just right (stalk Timmy, figure out when his wife's PMSing so that you can find out when he's most stressed out, etc.). Wow...*lightbulb goes on*
Update: (some future date) by T: Yes, it's a dupe.
Go to the previous posting of this article and repost a few of the +5's.
Instant Karma!!
I posted as AC now but I bet the first few +5's here will be from me!! HAHAHA
...it is a 'parallel post'.
Can we sue Taco & crew for posting duplicate stories? I wasted 5 minutes of time on this article. My time is billed at $100/hr. Taco owes me $8.33
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...ten zillion "free" AOLSummons CDs clogging up spammers' mailboxes and stuffed in their magazines. All AOL has to do is what they know best...
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
Perhaps I can help clarify the method of assigning an EQ (Evil Quotient) to an organization. As on Slashdot, a higher number is generally good.
.. for more than two business quarters: -2 .. but you have to actually pay for it: -3 .. specifically, non-extradition countries: -3
CEO has visible body piercings: +1
Company is profitable: +1
They make something you like: +2
CEO denounces another CEO with a 0 EQ: +1
Company allows wearing of sandals in office: +1
Company requires workers to actually work: -4
Company has more than 100 employees: -1
Board meetings are held in exotic locations: +2
Company changes name after "that incident": -2
Company makes the most popular products: -4
Company makes neat stuff you'd never buy: +3
I'm only hitting the major check-offs here.
I thought on Tuesdays we were supposed to hate AOL, and love the little ISPs.
Did somebody change the /. calendar again on me?
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