This is the RIAA. We now have your name. You stupidly gave yourself away! You also admitted that you are guilty! Stupid warez kiddies! MUHAHAHAHA!!! We don't even need your IP address or a subpoena! We looked up your name in the phone book, and now we know exactly where you live: South Tip, Antartica.... *thinks to self* Hey! That isn't in St. Louis!! *out loud* Oh... er, nevermind....
erm, Newflash right back: RTFA!! While the deal may have been approved, it hasn't been finalized. Microsoft is still in control of Slate. Couple of reasons for that: Big old MSN logo on Slate. It says so in the article: "(Slate and MSN are both owned by Microsoft.)"
It's biggest flaw (especially when mentioned on/.) is that it can't search Thunderbird. However, it still is in beta, and Google has shown a definite open-mindedness to including Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite in a final version. On their feedback page for Google Desktop search, the third generic suggestion is "Support Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird."
The Blaster worm, as the grandparent said, was primarily targeted to servers because it targeted only computers with a version of Windows that was NT based.
They make insane commisions solely based on their monopoly. Their fees are insane, especially after they killed their competition. Their costs are nil, but their revenues are huge.
I read your comment before I read the title: ebay is a monster
I thought at first you were talking about the newspapers. Your comment fits them perfectly.
"I think everyone should use the Complaint Form on the PTC website"
You bring out a very good point. It is not some faceless ultra-conservative, fundamentalist, far-right organization that is sending these complaints; it is people using their website to send complaints to the FCC!
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When will you support other languages?
We're not sure yet. But we're always interested in expanding our products into more languages, and hope to be able to offer you such services soon!
The high technology industry won 20,000 additional visas for skilled foreign workers
We don't need to worry about Microsoft and their counterparts. Their lobbyists do that for them; rather successfully too. Even as I speak, Congress is voting on this.
They only mirror the results because CNN adjusted them to remove this little embarrassment.
Wrong!
The whole concept of a poll involves the fact that there needs to be a correct sampling rate for each demographic. The raw exit poll data never changed. However as more and more demographic information (how many religious conservatives, environmentalists, multilateralists, anti-gay, etc, did show up) was gleaned from actual votes, they could more accurately weight their exit poll sampling.
Sampling is the reason that there is a margin of error in polling. If you knew ahead of time what the perfect sampling rate for each demographic is, you would have a 100% accurate poll.
Perhaps I did not explain my example very well. The customer in question was never a Verizon long distance customer!! Verizon had a monopoly on the local service. The LEC (Local Exchange Carrier) is the one that owns the copper lines into everyone's house. Therefore LD calls go over those lines. Therefore when you select your LD carrier, your LEC needs to know who that is so that they can route LD calls to the LD carrier's network. When the cust called Verizon to change LD carrier, they offered him service. What Verizon did was not "negotiation" by a long shot!
Also: I was not comparing incidents directly. I was using it as an example of unethical but not illegal behavior that is so prevalent.
I agree that what the person/companies in question did was/is despicable and it should be stopped/legislated against. My point is I don't think that it qualifies as fraud. You're right in that it probably could qualify as exortion, which is illegal.
"there now are more browsers that dont support microsoft standards than do."
That is irrelevant. There always has been a greater number of browsers that don't support IE standards; the question is market share. Now Firefox is getting a significant market share.
The question is whether or not SpyWiper removes other spyware. If it does remove other spyware, it is not fraud. I'm sure reference to the included spyware is buried in the EULA of SpyWiper. It is no different than Kazaa including spyware. Tricky yes, unethical yes; fraud, IMHO, no. The net is full of tricky, unethical offers.
Even brick & mortar is full of that kind of thing. I work in telecommunications. Verizon, when one of my customers called (the Local telco controls where the LD calls get routed; in this they have a virtual monopoly) them to switch to us, offered them a better deal. It was incredibly unethical. I consulted with my supervisor and some execs at the companies that we resell for and they all said the same thing, "It's unethical, but it's not illegal. There's nothing we can do about it."
What he's doing is installing basic run of the mill spyware that has ads for spyware removal software:
The FTC said the companies secretly installed the software on computers, causing systems to be overwhelmed by pop-up advertisements, and then sending them alarming messages saying they needed to buy "Spy Wiper" or "Spy Deleter" for $30.
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Those who were willing to go on record? *snicker, snicker*
This is the RIAA. We now have your name. You stupidly gave yourself away! You also admitted that you are guilty! Stupid warez kiddies! MUHAHAHAHA!!! We don't even need your IP address or a subpoena! We looked up your name in the phone book, and now we know exactly where you live: South Tip, Antartica.... *thinks to self* Hey! That isn't in St. Louis!! *out loud* Oh... er, nevermind....
Yes. Copernic.
erm, Newflash right back: RTFA!! While the deal may have been approved, it hasn't been finalized. Microsoft is still in control of Slate. Couple of reasons for that: Big old MSN logo on Slate. It says so in the article: "(Slate and MSN are both owned by Microsoft.)"
It's biggest flaw (especially when mentioned on /.) is that it can't search Thunderbird. However, it still is in beta, and Google has shown a definite open-mindedness to including Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite in a final version. On their feedback page for Google Desktop search, the third generic suggestion is "Support Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird."
Muhahahaha!! Can you say........ SLASHDOTTING!! 8}
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erm, Why is this modded troll? It should be insightful!
The Blaster worm, as the grandparent said, was primarily targeted to servers because it targeted only computers with a version of Windows that was NT based.
1. "Holland" is not a country; "The Netherlands" is a country.
2. This is not likely to have a large impact on what AMD is trying to accomplish because the Netherlands is not a large or populous country.
LOL! Now the bogus site says "System Under Update"
Isn't that copper-laced paint?
I read your comment before I read the title: ebay is a monster
I thought at first you were talking about the newspapers. Your comment fits them perfectly.
You can't have a definition of "decency" if you have "no sense of morality."
You bring out a very good point. It is not some faceless ultra-conservative, fundamentalist, far-right organization that is sending these complaints; it is people using their website to send complaints to the FCC!
When will you support other languages?
We're not sure yet. But we're always interested in expanding our products into more languages, and hope to be able to offer you such services soon!
We don't need to worry about Microsoft and their counterparts. Their lobbyists do that for them; rather successfully too. Even as I speak, Congress is voting on this.
What's even funnier than MS putting Google at the top, is the fact that Microsoft Corporation is fourth!
Correction: We used to.
That was before the 17th amendment made so that the Senate represented the people not the states.
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Wrong!
The whole concept of a poll involves the fact that there needs to be a correct sampling rate for each demographic. The raw exit poll data never changed. However as more and more demographic information (how many religious conservatives, environmentalists, multilateralists, anti-gay, etc, did show up) was gleaned from actual votes, they could more accurately weight their exit poll sampling.
Sampling is the reason that there is a margin of error in polling. If you knew ahead of time what the perfect sampling rate for each demographic is, you would have a 100% accurate poll.
Also: I was not comparing incidents directly. I was using it as an example of unethical but not illegal behavior that is so prevalent.
I agree that what the person/companies in question did was/is despicable and it should be stopped/legislated against. My point is I don't think that it qualifies as fraud. You're right in that it probably could qualify as exortion, which is illegal.
That is irrelevant. There always has been a greater number of browsers that don't support IE standards; the question is market share. Now Firefox is getting a significant market share.
Even brick & mortar is full of that kind of thing. I work in telecommunications. Verizon, when one of my customers called (the Local telco controls where the LD calls get routed; in this they have a virtual monopoly) them to switch to us, offered them a better deal. It was incredibly unethical. I consulted with my supervisor and some execs at the companies that we resell for and they all said the same thing, "It's unethical, but it's not illegal. There's nothing we can do about it."
What he's doing is installing basic run of the mill spyware that has ads for spyware removal software: