Pony means crap, it's rhyming slang for pony and trap ("Don't buy that PC, it's a load of old pony"). Saying "I want a pony" would mean that you'd be pointed in the direction of the bathroom.
To be fair though, this phrase is only used in London and the south-east, if you were up north you won't have heard it.
Pony is also racing slang for 25 pounds.
Ain't English easy?
Too right. I know of people who have similarly been affected within minutes. Judging by some of the people I have met in PC stores, I doubt whether some of the 'technical' staff could spell critical update, let alone install one. The lack of security awareness out there is scandalous.
PS Don't say you want a pony in Britain - it means something very different.
And the British Labour party is very, very chummy with Microsoft. Bill Gates has been a visitor to Number 10 (the PM's house) many times and there have been some very 'favourable' licensing deals.
Looks like some Microsoft's lobbying has paid off.
I'm also wary of laws that are indiscriminate about spam. Is all unsolicited mail bad?
For example, say some tickets for a popular sports event or music concert were made available on the day of the event. Or perhaps, cheap airline seats were made available.
A vendor really only has the choice of email to promote this availability. As a potential customer, I would be mightily pissed off if I was told that I'd lost the chance of getting a ticket for the big World Cup game because of anti-spamming laws
Obviously, the porn. penis extensions, Nigerian spam etc are intrusive and clog up mailboxes, but how does one frame the law to distinguish between 'good' spam and 'bad' spam?
That's not quite true. Without being too lawyerish about this, the price offered is considered as an invitation to treat and NOT a contract, offering to buy at this price is an acceptance of this offer but is still not a contract.
However, if the shop (in this case Amazon) accepts this then a contract has been made. There was a similar case, where a webiste put cheap TVs and were deluged with buyers. In that case, the automatic responses were deemed to have legally agreed the price so the electrical store had to honour the agreement and flog the TVs for a £1 (or whatever).
If in this case, Amazon has sent a "Thank you for your order message" that could serve as agreeing to contract.
Whatever happens - it will be the lawyers who win.
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Pony means crap, it's rhyming slang for pony and trap ("Don't buy that PC, it's a load of old pony"). Saying "I want a pony" would mean that you'd be pointed in the direction of the bathroom. To be fair though, this phrase is only used in London and the south-east, if you were up north you won't have heard it. Pony is also racing slang for 25 pounds. Ain't English easy?
Too right. I know of people who have similarly been affected within minutes. Judging by some of the people I have met in PC stores, I doubt whether some of the 'technical' staff could spell critical update, let alone install one. The lack of security awareness out there is scandalous. PS Don't say you want a pony in Britain - it means something very different.
And the British Labour party is very, very chummy with Microsoft. Bill Gates has been a visitor to Number 10 (the PM's house) many times and there have been some very 'favourable' licensing deals. Looks like some Microsoft's lobbying has paid off.
For example, say some tickets for a popular sports event or music concert were made available on the day of the event. Or perhaps, cheap airline seats were made available.
A vendor really only has the choice of email to promote this availability. As a potential customer, I would be mightily pissed off if I was told that I'd lost the chance of getting a ticket for the big World Cup game because of anti-spamming laws
Obviously, the porn. penis extensions, Nigerian spam etc are intrusive and clog up mailboxes, but how does one frame the law to distinguish between 'good' spam and 'bad' spam?
That's not quite true. Without being too lawyerish about this, the price offered is considered as an invitation to treat and NOT a contract, offering to buy at this price is an acceptance of this offer but is still not a contract. However, if the shop (in this case Amazon) accepts this then a contract has been made. There was a similar case, where a webiste put cheap TVs and were deluged with buyers. In that case, the automatic responses were deemed to have legally agreed the price so the electrical store had to honour the agreement and flog the TVs for a £1 (or whatever). If in this case, Amazon has sent a "Thank you for your order message" that could serve as agreeing to contract. Whatever happens - it will be the lawyers who win.
What's a physiatrist? It sounds vaguely dirty.