Hmm - If they're planning to run a system with a large number of users it doesn't give you much confidence when their site gets slashdotted so quickly...
With the advent of the web customer service has taken a downturn. Sure some companies have good net presence but others use a web site as something to hide behind. You can see details of their products but just try to ask a question about them. Take Logitech - they won't let you ask questions until you've actually bought something from them and have your product serial number.
Of course another thing that grates is when the web site is down or broken and their hold tape informs you that you can use their site for all your needs!
I agree. I have spent a lot of money with Amazon over the past couple of years and have found them good with dealing with any complaints or queries I have. The best thing you can do is send an e-mail to Amazon explaining that you can no longer do business with a company that uses such tactics. A simple polite e-mail should do the trick. If they get enough people voting with their feet...
But the problem is not that you may be recorded at the point of sale! If every document you write is stamped with that serial number then they can be linked to your machine and therefore you. Its exactly the same problem with the GUID's in word documents.
Nice little gem: GO-Joe GO-Joe(TM) is the world's first thin server-based solution for accessing Unix and Linux applications, from virtually any Java-enabled desktop or device...
I picked the wrong time to try StarOffice - just as I download it sun rip up the whole site and trash the news groups, great support guys! (Seems to hang on Deb potato)
I believe there are large potential dangers with the current trend of integrating all the different applications running under an OS. If MS hadn't provided such an easy way for applications to access the mail system (MAPI) then the Melissa virus wouldn't have been possible...
I understand that this is also due to Word's macro handling but my point is that the number of possible holes will get larger.
Slashdot Mirror
SuSE, SuSE, SuSE...
Simple & Easy - more than you could ask...
Hmm - If they're planning to run a system with a large number of users it doesn't give you much confidence when their site gets slashdotted so quickly...
Of course another thing that grates is when the web site is down or broken and their hold tape informs you that you can use their site for all your needs!
Ok - who's going to build some clustering software using IR comm's...?
Why not provide a facility on /. to mirror the page? Could be automatic...
- Dale
I agree. I have spent a lot of money with Amazon over the past couple of years and have found them good with dealing with any complaints or queries I have. The best thing you can do is send an e-mail to Amazon explaining that you can no longer do business with a company that uses such tactics. A simple polite e-mail should do the trick. If they get enough people voting with their feet...
thanks,
- Dale
But the problem is not that you may be recorded at the point of sale! If every document you write is stamped with that serial number then they can be linked to your machine and therefore you. Its exactly the same problem with the GUID's in word documents.
Nice little gem:
GO-Joe
GO-Joe(TM) is the world's first thin server-based solution for accessing Unix and Linux applications, from virtually any Java-enabled desktop or device...
These guys should really look at VNC.
I picked the wrong time to try StarOffice - just as I download it sun rip up the whole site and trash the news groups, great support guys! (Seems to hang on Deb potato)
I believe there are large potential dangers with the current trend of integrating all the different applications running under an OS. If MS hadn't provided such an easy way for applications to access the mail system (MAPI) then the Melissa virus wouldn't have been possible...
I understand that this is also due to Word's macro handling but my point is that the number of possible holes will get larger.
Friend of a friend who knows the designer said the bit about phoning the police started as a joke! It was originally only meant as fitness aid...