Anti-Spam Bill Killed In California

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Anti-Spam Bill Killed In California

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 2, 2003 @06:40AM from the potted-meat-product dept.

Craig Newmark (craigslist) writes "In California, we had a pretty good antispam bill proposed by Sen. Debra Bowen, which was killed yesterday. A pro-spammer bill, backed by the big media sites including Microsoft, passed through committee. Here's a quick round up. We're considering a big feedback campaign, based on conversation with staffers on what works for them, since they want to hear from constituents, as opposed to spam. More to come ..."

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No articles by michael means we all win by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-02 06:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

If there is a God he has been fired ... and Slashdot will reap the benefits TOOT SWEET
1. Re:No articles by michael means we all win by Trolling4Dollars · 2003-07-02 08:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Looks like you were correct. You were modded down. Seems like this isn't a safe subject to discuss. I still don't understand why though. I've brought it up a few times myself (not that I really care about either side of the argument) and each time was modded down. It doesn't make any sense. To me, it just seems that both parties are acting like vengeful geeks in the truest sense of the word.
  
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The Mandrake Boycott (Please Read) by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-02 06:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Dear fellow patriots: It is with great urgency and sincerity that I bring to your attention the Mandrake Boycott.
You may not be aware that Mandrake Linux is a French product. Indeed, you would never know because of their shallow attempts to conceal this fact. But a simple trip to the whois database can reveal the truth. Now, you and I would never spend our American dollars on French wine, and we would certainly never travel there. So, why should we support a French company? We shouldn't.
While talking out of one side of their mouth about peace and security, the French have been actively engaged with terrorist groups and terrorist nations to sabotage our efforts to secure our future. You can read about this here and here. The French have stabbed us in the back repeatedly and, driven by their jealousy of our great Nation, they have exposed themselves as the traitorus liars that we have always suspected. It is also widely known that Jacques Chirac was an active supporter and business partner of Saddam Hussein. This is well documented; you can learn more here and here.
The French are having a very difficult time because they are long past their colonial greatness and have descended to a chaotic socialist society of laziness and ineptitude. Rather than realistically assess their own blame and work to restore their own status, they seek to bring us down. They lash out at the great nations who now lead the world community. The French are a shallow people who resent with great bitterness those who saved them. In WW1 and WW2 we rescued the French after they surrended and allowed them to preserve their way of life. But who can forget that the French jeered and spit on our liberating forces, before the final shot had even been fired? For more information check here or here.
We must now teach the French a lesson, and it is for their own good. They should not bite the hand that saves them, for soon we may decide they are not worth saving anymore. Therefore I urge you to boycott Mandrake Linux. Of course it would not be American for me to tell you what to do. If you must use Mandrake, then use it. Simply do not pay for it.
Now that I have your attention, I would like to discuss the larger issue of Linux in general. It is time for us, fellow patriots, to look at our situation in the world on a global scale. Microsoft is an American company. Bill Gates started with nothing and built an empire. What is the problem here? We should be supporting American enterprise, not undermining it. The simple fact is that no true partiot would use Linux at all. In these hard times we must rally around our companies, our economy, and our president. If we let the 'Linux Community' have their way, we will all be at the mercy of the Germans making KDE, or the Japanese with their desktop. Do you plan to learn Japanese in the near future? You may have to, if we don't start poneying up to the bar and laying it down for our cause.

Thank you for your attention. I trust I have reached you with this message, and we all look forward to a world united under the flag of Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way.
1. Re:The Mandrake Boycott (Please Read) by Potent · 2003-07-02 07:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  I use and love Mandrake because it is an excellent product. Boycotting Mandrakesoft will do nothing to change French policy.
  
  Mandrake Linux was developed by people worldwide, including Americans. Boycotting that would hurt everybody.
  
  If the French product is superior, which in this case it is (versus your beloved Micro$oft), we are supposed to buy the inferior product just because it is American? That isn't patriotic, that is stupid.
  
  Red Hat is an American corporation, yet you don't mention them. Since Red Hat was also developed by people worldwide (including French people), are we also supposed to boycott them?
  
  God bless the U.S.A., German cars, and French operating systems :)
  
  You, sir, are an idiot.
  
  You wrote:
  "Dear fellow patriots: It is with great urgency and sincerity that I bring to your attention the Mandrake Boycott.
  
  You may not be aware that Mandrake Linux is a French product. Indeed, you would never know because of their shallow attempts to conceal this fact."
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2. Re:The Mandrake Boycott (Please Read) by Potent · 2003-07-02 07:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Dammit! Now that I think of it, you're probably right.
  
  You've gotta love Slahdot.
  
  hahahahaha!
  
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3. Re:The Mandrake Boycott (Please Read) by osu-neko · 2003-07-02 07:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Dear fellow patriots: It is with great urgency and sincerity that I bring to your attention the Mandrake Boycott.
  You may not be aware that Mandrake Linux is a French product. [...]
  One quick way to tell an idiot from a patriot is that the latter doesn't automatically assume you'll feel the same way they do about a particular issue just because you happen to be a patriot.
  Of course, I use Debian, but I wish Mandrake well. Viva la Mandrake!
  
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Re: Victory by DrWho520 · 2003-07-02 06:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Another victory for Hormel in upholding the good name of Spam. Damn them for even considering an antiSpam bill.

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CIrcular Linking by sully67 · 2003-07-02 07:03 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Arrrrgh, the top link from the link to the roundup is to the slashdot story that links to the roundup that links to the ....
Soylent spam ... is ... PEOPLE! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-02 07:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Seriously, though, michael will never be fired because Taco knows that is what the majority of his readers want... and Taco has too much disdain for his readership to give them what they want. Hell, he'd promote michael if that didn't mean he'd lose his job.
LOL M$ OMG HAHAHA LOLOLOL YOU SAID M$ by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-02 07:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic

YOU SAID M$ HAHAH LOL OMG
Re:Another language Nazi emerges... by ulmanms · 2003-07-02 07:36 · Score: 1, Offtopic

-1 Pedantic
LOL by biggknifeparty · 2003-07-02 07:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

this is a joke right...? I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic. French stuff is the best. Lacoste apparel rules. French wine is the best. Perrier is the best. Peuguot rocks. Michelin rocks. VIVE LA FRANCE! =P