I have ad.doubleclick.net pointed to 0.0.0.0 in my HOSTS file, so I just get a connection refused message (5 of 'em on that page).
Does anyone know how to get Mozilla to NOT show the connection refused dialog ? I like not seeing the ads, and I love being invisible to Doubleclick, but the error message are getting old.
Daddy's clue meter wrapped around the left-hand peg.
Of course, there's always the off chance that something else is going on that hasn't been reported on. But in this case, Occam's Razor says that stupidity is hereditary.
Your second point is debatable/valid, but I'd want to check on the "legislative intent" on that one; maybe you already have.
As to the first, besides being a vaguely ad hominem attack, read the article before flaming. From the Reuters article:
"Citing internal Microsoft memos, the nine states also said that in 2000 and 2001 Microsoft pressured Dell Computer Corp. into dropping plans to offer the open-source Linux operating system on some machines it sells."
That is clear evidence, clear enough for the purposes of a short slashdot comment anyway. It'd be a lot more clear if we saw excerpts from the email or, better yet, the whole document(s) the states are citing.
By the way, accusing me of advocating lynch law is a bitch move. Say it to my face and I'd spit between your feet and walk away.
If there wasn't any pressure on Dell from Microsoft, why... then I'm a Republican !
This is pretty clear evidence of anti-competitive behavior. My guess is that that 34 states still going after Microsoft are going to have a field day with this. They do have documents to prove the allegation.
Note from the Reuters article: "Webb [Microsoft attorney] said the states' proposals... were designed to benefit Microsoft's competitors."
Golly Mr. Webb, an antitrust remedy is supposed to help the competitors who were harmed, that's the whole point !
I really hate seeing criminals whining about their punishment, yank their bleeding charter. oh wait, they're chartered in Delaware - it'll never happen.
I once had a tech support call from a woman whose kids had installed AOL 5.0. Naturally, it trashed DialUp Networking real bad. And she could only get into medical databases by dialing one of our modems.
I apologized on behalf of all the computer-savvy people everywhere and advised her that there were already class-action suits in progress.
And, if you never saw an EULA for the spyware they cannot indemnify themselves in any way. In that case, any action for damages would have a clear playing field. You just have to prove damages.
The $50 per email comes from California's anti-spam law. AB 17538.45, section 5, sub f, sub 2. They might even get attorney's fees out of it (section 5, sub f, sub 2)
I sincerely hope it does. I can't run Return to Castle Wolfenstein succesfully if I've had Mozilla.98 open since the last restart. Fixing that would be a big help to my daily computing.
So tell me when (date and time) and where (precise URL, something that will load if I click on it) where I allegedly opted-in.
Or you're a spammer in my book.
I visit a lot of websites, but I have a good memory. If I think I haven't heard of you before, I probably haven't. If I signed up at an "affiliated" site of yours, mention it. Or you're a spammer.
Get the picture ?
Maybe not. Let's put it this way. If I haven't heard of you, how can your email possibly not be unsolicited ? If you obtained my address through a legitimate partnership, you should actually be advertising the fact that YOU have at least some connection with a site I actually bothered to register for.
Any email marketer who isn't trumpeting his affiliations either a) doesn't have any or b) is an idiot (drawing conclusions from the fact that I see very few legitimate, or even identifiable, affiliate emails is left as an exercise).
The legitimate affiliate emails that I do get don't get sent to spamcop and the FCC, unlike the unsolicited stuff per my definition above.
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Did you pirate it through an Earthlink connection ? Either client or server will do for extra irony points.
Does anyone know how to get Mozilla to NOT show the connection refused dialog ? I like not seeing the ads, and I love being invisible to Doubleclick, but the error message are getting old.
Another quick fix: drop the offending sites from your route tables.
0) Hire Cowboy Neal as his next attorney.
Of course, there's always the off chance that something else is going on that hasn't been reported on. But in this case, Occam's Razor says that stupidity is hereditary.
But that may be far too cynical for even a slashdot
As to the first, besides being a vaguely ad hominem attack, read the article before flaming. From the Reuters article:
"Citing internal Microsoft memos, the nine states also said that in 2000 and 2001 Microsoft pressured Dell Computer Corp. into dropping plans to offer the open-source Linux operating system on some machines it sells."
That is clear evidence, clear enough for the purposes of a short slashdot comment anyway. It'd be a lot more clear if we saw excerpts from the email or, better yet, the whole document(s) the states are citing.
By the way, accusing me of advocating lynch law is a bitch move. Say it to my face and I'd spit between your feet and walk away.
It's back ! Somethign weird must have happened deep within the bowels of Slashcode.
This is pretty clear evidence of anti-competitive behavior. My guess is that that 34 states still going after Microsoft are going to have a field day with this. They do have documents to prove the allegation.
Note from the Reuters article: "Webb [Microsoft attorney] said the states' proposals
Golly Mr. Webb, an antitrust remedy is supposed to help the competitors who were harmed, that's the whole point !
I really hate seeing criminals whining about their punishment, yank their bleeding charter. oh wait, they're chartered in Delaware - it'll never happen.
You might as well just email the site admin and announce that you're attacking his/her system. It'll obscure the details, but will alert the admins.
I'll settle for having Gates' testimony be webcast, and watching it from Mozilla !
heh, eTrade uses a six-character maximum password. Right, SIX is the MAX. They're a brokerage for chrissake !
I apologized on behalf of all the computer-savvy people everywhere and advised her that there were already class-action suits in progress.
And, if you never saw an EULA for the spyware they cannot indemnify themselves in any way. In that case, any action for damages would have a clear playing field. You just have to prove damages.
So MoFo.com is going for the amx the law will allow, they might even get attorney's fees out of it (Section 5, sub f, sub 2).
A friend of mine works there, I'll have to ask him how they stood up to a slashdotting.
I sincerely hope it does. I can't run Return to Castle Wolfenstein succesfully if I've had Mozilla .98 open since the last restart. Fixing that would be a big help to my daily computing.
I'm not sure if this is +1 Insightful, or +1 Funny. Either way, good post and good night !
If it's the first four answers to a multiple-choice test then the plaintext has been encoded.
That must explain its power over its more serious fanatics.
You mean Unix ? Is that the model you're talking about ?
Gnucleus support multiple sources and resuming interrupted transfers (if you can find the host again).
And the original poster had better knock and remind me of the privacy policy. If I find someone else in my home, the cops get called.
Or you're a spammer in my book.
I visit a lot of websites, but I have a good memory. If I think I haven't heard of you before, I probably haven't. If I signed up at an "affiliated" site of yours, mention it. Or you're a spammer.
Get the picture ?
Maybe not. Let's put it this way. If I haven't heard of you, how can your email possibly not be unsolicited ? If you obtained my address through a legitimate partnership, you should actually be advertising the fact that YOU have at least some connection with a site I actually bothered to register for
Any email marketer who isn't trumpeting his affiliations either a) doesn't have any or b) is an idiot (drawing conclusions from the fact that I see very few legitimate, or even identifiable, affiliate emails is left as an exercise).
The legitimate affiliate emails that I do get don't get sent to spamcop and the FCC, unlike the unsolicited stuff per my definition above.