Re: pray daily
Any particular reason this time, or just on general principle? -adam On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Anonymous wrote: > > We must all pray daily that someone will kill Bush ASAP.
Re: How to Stop Telemarketers...
I've heard through the grapevine that it is illegal in the US (ie, federally) to telemarket to cell phones(on the same logic that makes it illegal to send spam-faxes, it consumes the receiver's resouces, and probably just about as effective). Google, sadly, does little to resolve the issue, since the internet contradicts itself a good bit on this particular topic(as it is wont to do). Anyone know for certain? -adam On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Harmon Seaver wrote: > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:53:04 -0600 > From: Harmon Seaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to Stop Telemarketers... > >Tim mentioned cell phones and the lack of telemarketing calls on his, but > really that's only because, at this point at least, the cellphone number lists > haven't been sold. This might change in the near future, as several wireless > providers have been considering selling their subscriber lists. >It's hard to see how they could do this, however, since, unlike landline > calls -- annoying enough -- spam calls to your cellphone would cost *you* money. > > -- > Harmon Seaver > CyberShamanix > http://www.cybershamanix.com
Re: What good are smartcard readers for PCs
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Steve Furlong wrote: > No, that won't do it. People could still spread their dissentious ideas > by telephone, and photocopy the intellectual property of content > providers. We need to ban electricity, then the problem goes away... But then wouldn't all those lecherous pirates just copy works by hand or, *gasp*, transcribe them with typewriters? And musicians(and labels) can be deprived of their well-deserved income with nothing more than a musical instrument! I mean, yeah, sure, banning unlicensed pencils, pens, paper, typewriters, or musical instruments good first step, but the copyright problem will not be solved until we can close the optical hole. We must not allow unlicensed, non-copy-protecting optical sensors(like "eyes") if we're to maintain the solvency of the Content Economy. And if the content economy becomes unsolvent, the economic devastation would be unparalleled! The damage to the american economy at large would be horrific. Clearly, only a terrorist would want to possess unlicensed eyes. -adam
