I can try to sort this out with Joseph. I am looking for more info.
--Marsee
At 08:02 PM 6/9/2004 -0700, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
Here are two messages I recieved:
N + 102 Jun 09 Kevin Brantley ( 0.7K) A few more quick questions N + 103 Jun 09 Safari Books Online ( 0.5K) Disregard email request to
I'm wondering two things:
1. Did anyone else get these? 2. The address was some 3-letter .net domain, the type usually used by professional spam houses and scam artists.
The first one was asking me to fill out a survey about O'Reilly's Safari book program, indicating I'd signed up to evaluate it, and contained other text indicating something about their Microsoft section. The second was a "oops, you shouldn't have gotten that last email" message. Both emails had a "click here if you think you should not be getting this message."
If not actually from O'Reilly, people should be wary. If they actually are from O'Reilly, people should be aware that any corporation will collect any valuable data they can from you (it's all valuable!) any chance they get. You have no privacy and are forever doomed. Muahahaha *ahem* Sorry, got carried away there for a moment.
I did actually try Safari Books once upon a time, hoping to have a way to get books in a more accessible format. As you all know, I'm legally blind and dead tree books are a pain in the eye to read for any length of time. Once upon a time, it was possible with Safari Books to actually subscribe to their service and download the books. Too many people were doing that, though, so it's not really possible anymore. I gave up on it when I realized I'd need a live connection to read the books (wouldn't work with a laptop in a classroom or at some remote site) and found that the site was a real PITA to navigate.
I'd guess the latter problem has been resolved by now (they surely have revamped the website at least twice by now) and I've developed some new skills for doing things website owners don't want people to do, thereby making the former feasable as well, but I guess I've decided to hold out for a real way to buy the books in an electronic format, or somehow get at the electronic book for a small fee to cover bandwidth or media if you have the dead tree to prove you bought it or something. The latter would be the best of all worlds, but is unlikely in this world if mistrust and digital rights.
Too bad, my favorite O'Reilly books so far are the CD Bookshelf titles since the dead tree has often been a useful book, and all of the other useful ones are on CD. Just the rantings of one guy who can't see worth crap. =)
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