Yes, they did to that, but they did not ask any other company to be a part of the hoax and their website was only one layer deep. If you clicked on any one of the links on the fake site it took you to a real SEC info page about how you could have just been scammed.
It looks like, from posts prior to this one, that the company really/is/ a scam.
This is a good point. For the general public to switch to another bookstore would require the new store to match all of the current functionality of Amazon plus have more discounts and better overall pricing. I don't see that happening anytime soon.
I don't know if this applies or not, but what about the rise in popularity of Google?
Clearly they came in late, after all the other search engines were established, but they ate up market share and eye balls because they were (and are) better.
So I could imagine that there are some Amazon-killers out there or that at least there could be...
Are you kidding? Now a days he would be sued because someone had patented the method of distributing torn paper products for measurment of the yeild of nuclear devices.
Ok, Andre The Giant has a posse has been around since his death. I don't think anyone's really making any money off of this. Though it is sad to see a cool sub-culture phenom turn into such a corporate-esce device.
I've been using mozilla since the M17 days, so I can say for sure it's come a very very long way. 1.0 is going to be a fantastic release, given the current state of the nightly builds. I'd say hold off on mozilla until 1.0 if bandwidth is a problem (i.e. dialup) but if you can download 0.9.9 relativly quickly, do it now and never look back.
Since 0.9.4, mozilla users have had the ability to block onload and unload pop-ups/unders. I've had zero problems with this. It doesn't block pop-ups you request, just the ones you don't.
I've not seen a popup in months and months. It's fantastic.
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Yes, they did to that, but they did not ask any other company to be a part of the hoax and their website was only one layer deep. If you clicked on any one of the links on the fake site it took you to a real SEC info page about how you could have just been scammed.
/is/ a scam.
It looks like, from posts prior to this one, that the company really
For a typical slashdot user, the part where you have to give money to someone else for goods or services...
:)
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http://www.google.com/options/netscape6.html
That's much more slick in my mind and works great for mozilla.
But there is http://eye.box.sk so I guess that qualifies. :)
How the hell can you work 9/11 into a discussion of where your idle cpu time goes? Are you a troll or just stupid?
yow...this guy must be running a webserver over dialup if he's been /.'ed this quick
Why would you want to stop with just a chicken in a turkey? If you put a chicken inside a duck first, it tastes a lot better:
Turducken to the rescue.
Yes, I've had one and yes, they do taste great.
I emailed Rob about it. I guess I should have dug further and emailed you. I've seen flash ads for "iAnywhere".
I'd buy a subscription but they lied with the new ad types and have pushed Flash ads in here anyway so I won't subscribe to get rid of the ads.
:)
That's a decent Catch-22 I figure
This is a good point. For the general public to switch to another bookstore would require the new store to match all of the current functionality of Amazon plus have more discounts and better overall pricing. I don't see that happening anytime soon.
:)
It's nice to hope though
I don't know if this applies or not, but what about the rise in popularity of Google?
Clearly they came in late, after all the other search engines were established, but they ate up market share and eye balls because they were (and are) better.
So I could imagine that there are some Amazon-killers out there or that at least there could be...
Or mirror a site that /. links to :)
They'll take away my Dew when they pry it from my cold, dead, still-shaking hands.
Besides, Mountain Dew reduces your sperm count, so it keeps those bastard children away!
"molten sand"
:)
you mean glass?
Are you kidding? Now a days he would be sued because someone had patented the method of distributing torn paper products for measurment of the yeild of nuclear devices.
An interesting article on K5
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/15/72154/506
talks about how now Google bombing is even more effective with this release.
Ok, Andre The Giant has a posse has been around since his death. I don't think anyone's really making any money off of this. Though it is sad to see a cool sub-culture phenom turn into such a corporate-esce device.
Given the replies I've seen, I don't see the choir sitting around here.
I'll give my karma to needly folks like you.
I've been using mozilla since the M17 days, so I can say for sure it's come a very very long way. 1.0 is going to be a fantastic release, given the current state of the nightly builds. I'd say hold off on mozilla until 1.0 if bandwidth is a problem (i.e. dialup) but if you can download 0.9.9 relativly quickly, do it now and never look back.
Since 0.9.4, mozilla users have had the ability to block onload and unload pop-ups/unders. I've had zero problems with this. It doesn't block pop-ups you request, just the ones you don't.
I've not seen a popup in months and months. It's fantastic.
Are you kidding? Without that, michael is just a two-bit hack with nothing to contribute.
Oh wait...
Ha! I must have missed that update by good 'ole Mikey. What a joke he is; that's just pathetic.
Did you figure that out all by yourself or did you have a group of monkeys up all night for that one?
[bad rip off of "Usual Suspects"]
:P
ha! that's good. when in doubt kick MS with a 4/1 joke :)
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that was perplexed by this.
How the hell does one program a machine to not fall apart when trips down the stairs or get's kicked by the kids?
I chalk it up to the morons at Fox..."we're infotainment not news damnit"...News.