Nice one - I was hoping someone else would suggest him , as a trilogy I thought his series worked beautifully and I'm definitely with you on the petition , let me know where to sign up 'ebattison@yahoo.co.uk' . Another contender would be David Brin and his 'Uplift' series , they're well worth a look .
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Embarassingly I think you might be right , I've had a search round and can't find a link anywhere . Looks like I've been recycling 'common knowledge' as fact , sorry.
There was a recent case in the UK (although I can't find a link right now ) where a company was sending spam SMS messages that just read 'Call me' and a phone no. When people called - expecting someone they knew , they got a recording of a busy tone (encouraging them to call again) and were charged at premium rate . The spam co. were then taking a % of the take from the phone co. as with any premium rate service . This went on for some time before the regulator got to them.
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Its already been done once - The Passenger Pigeon was probably the most prolific bird species ever , flocks of them used to block out the sun , now they're all gone.
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and on a related note - Wheres my jetpack/flying car, its the 21st centuary dammit and in the 70's they promised!
Nice one - I was hoping someone else would suggest him , as a trilogy I thought his series worked beautifully and I'm definitely with you on the petition , let me know where to sign up 'ebattison@yahoo.co.uk' . Another contender would be David Brin and his 'Uplift' series , they're well worth a look . cheers Ed
http://www.vmyths.com is a good site , mostly about virus hoaxes but they also have some great (and funny) rants about the whole e-terrorism debate.
Embarassingly I think you might be right , I've had a search round and can't find a link anywhere . Looks like I've been recycling 'common knowledge' as fact , sorry.
There was a recent case in the UK (although I can't find a link right now ) where a company was sending spam SMS messages that just read 'Call me' and a phone no. When people called - expecting someone they knew , they got a recording of a busy tone (encouraging them to call again) and were charged at premium rate . The spam co. were then taking a % of the take from the phone co. as with any premium rate service . This went on for some time before the regulator got to them.
Its already been done once - The Passenger Pigeon was probably the most prolific bird species ever , flocks of them used to block out the sun , now they're all gone. Westgate