I got an email from a friend who I don't think has ever emailed me directly before (Moderated -1 suspicious).
What the hell, clicked on the link and a company I'd never heard of was asking if I wanted to install some code (Moderated -1 Dodgy)
I was intrigued though, so emailed the alleged source of my e-card, asking if she knew she had sent it, a while later (I guess she was having problems with her email) I got a reply that it was "a virus" (Mod. -1 Bad News).
Just for grins, did google search (no hits for the website or owning company mentioned on the certificate. Mod. -1 low page rank). Also whois told me the site had only been up a few days (-1, suspicious)
So, I never read the EULA, never installed the program, never had a problem. For entertainment value, not sure what is more fun, investigating the dodgy email or getting yuks from reading the EULA - the geek in me tends to the former.
For non geeks, RTF-EULA and enjoy!
If you have a phone in Europe it has a special dial code (07 something). If you call it it costs more than local or even long distance and now makes up a pretty large source of revenue.
(Fot those in EU US cell phones have regular numbers and are called at regular rates, often free from your local area code)
Because of this, you can practically get a phone for free with no contract, so this model has its up sides. Personally, I prefer the US approach, he who has the phone foots the (monthly) bill!
As of Monday, more than 75,000 tracks will be available for burning for 99 cents per track...
Perhaps we should wait and see how the website gets updated then - I would hope that the 10 songs per month limit is removed in place of a per-per-download. Plus I would only use it if you could do a proper download - none of this burn straight to CD nonsense.
Maybe the somebody will kindly duplicate this post on Monday (surely not) and we can all take another look.
They should have copyrighted the name. There is an alarmingly high number of me-too spin off companies that start there marketing pitch with "It works like that Seti@home project"...
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What the hell, clicked on the link and a company I'd never heard of was asking if I wanted to install some code (Moderated -1 Dodgy)
I was intrigued though, so emailed the alleged source of my e-card, asking if she knew she had sent it, a while later (I guess she was having problems with her email) I got a reply that it was "a virus" (Mod. -1 Bad News).
Just for grins, did google search (no hits for the website or owning company mentioned on the certificate. Mod. -1 low page rank). Also whois told me the site had only been up a few days (-1, suspicious)
So, I never read the EULA, never installed the program, never had a problem. For entertainment value, not sure what is more fun, investigating the dodgy email or getting yuks from reading the EULA - the geek in me tends to the former. For non geeks, RTF-EULA and enjoy!
(Fot those in EU US cell phones have regular numbers and are called at regular rates, often free from your local area code)
Because of this, you can practically get a phone for free with no contract, so this model has its up sides. Personally, I prefer the US approach, he who has the phone foots the (monthly) bill!
As of Monday, more than 75,000 tracks will be available for burning for 99 cents per track...
Perhaps we should wait and see how the website gets updated then - I would hope that the 10 songs per month limit is removed in place of a per-per-download. Plus I would only use it if you could do a proper download - none of this burn straight to CD nonsense.
Maybe the somebody will kindly duplicate this post on Monday (surely not) and we can all take another look.
Sorry if this has already been posted, but with the /. search function being bust , it makes it tricky to check!
They should have copyrighted the name. There is an alarmingly high number of me-too spin off companies that start there marketing pitch with "It works like that Seti@home project"...
You can contribute to a cure for cancer with a project managed by Oxford University's Dr. Graham Richards. This is currently in a second phase using LigandFit virtual screening software.Powered by Accelrys (scientific software) and United Devices (Global Metaprocessor). Link is here
Merchandising?
T-shirts?
CD's?
EOM