OT - 5 Big Co's Against Spyware

[Helen]

Five major Internet companies; Yahoo, America Online (AOL), Cnet Networks, Verizon
Communications and Computer Associates International, have announced a program to weed out
advertisers who infect computers with stealth computer code, that generates endless pop-up ads,
monitors personal data and generally impairs computer performance.

The stealth code, known as spyware, adware or trackware, is generally delivered to people's
computers via e-mail, through programs that consumers download, or simply by visiting a Web
site.





The program dubbed "Trusted Download Program", aims at setting tougher criteria for makers of
spyware and adware.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174300561

 

[ben]

Well,this is a great news for us as internet users,but let me remind
you that this is bad news about the economy.That means less revenues
for dot.com businesses.And this affect us too.in certain
way...inflation will go up.

 

[John Corliss]

Well,this is a great news for us as internet users,but let me remind
you that this is bad news about the economy.That means less revenues
for dot.com businesses.And this affect us too.in certain
way...inflation will go up.

I disagree, Ben. When advertisers start showing some responsibility and
self restraint, consumers will start paying more attention to
advertising and perhaps even stop bothering with blocking it.

Regardless, I don't really appreciate having to view advertisements for
products in which I have absolutely NO interest. As a result, my system
is set up so that I can block ALL advertising when surfing... if I want.

--
Regards from John Corliss
My current killfile: aafuss, Chrissy Cruiser, Slowhand Hussein, BEN
RITCHEY and others.
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware,
PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware,
viruses or warez please.

 

[Daniel Mandic]

Well,this is a great news for us as internet users,but let me remind
you that this is bad news about the economy.That means less revenues
for dot.com businesses.And this affect us too.in certain
way...inflation will go up.

Hi Ben!



I would go well with 2400 baud "Rockwell" and Eight Inch discs.




Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Mike Bourke]

Hi Ben!



I would go well with 2400 baud "Rockwell" and Eight Inch discs.




Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

2400 baud? Like lightning! I remember when one of the local banks first went
online, they were providing 600-baud modems!

Mike Bourke

 

[Daniel Mandic]

2400 baud? Like lightning! I remember when one of the local banks
first went online, they were providing 600-baud modems!

Mike Bourke

Hi Mike!


No, this was a great MoDem, already with V.42bis Compression, but only
2400 (I think V.17 or V.24). V32bis is 14400, which is not so bad. ISDN
is much better, faster login.

My first contact (1984) was a 300baud MoDem, but at this time I did´nt
have a proper HC to connect such a thing, also the costs for MoDeming
were at this time horrible. I remember a fee of 3000 bucks , with
the 2400.






Best regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Gary R. Schmidt]

Mike Bourke wrote:
[SNIP]

2400 baud? Like lightning! I remember when one of the local banks first went
online, they were providing 600-baud modems!

Newbie! :-> I started out when 300-baud acoustic couplers were all the
rage, which was rather like using two cans and piece of string!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

 

[Mike Bourke]

Mike Bourke wrote:
[SNIP]

2400 baud? Like lightning! I remember when one of the local banks first went
online, they were providing 600-baud modems!

Newbie! :-> I started out when 300-baud acoustic couplers were all the
rage, which was rather like using two cans and piece of string!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

Not a newbie - I was using computers before modems were available at all! I
started back in 1976.....

Mike

 

[Daniel Mandic]

Not a newbie - I was using computers before modems were available at
all! I started back in 1976.....

Mike

What was this? ;-)

An i4004?



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Lou]

What was this? ;-)

An i4004?

Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

First Intel chip. Or close to it.

Lou

 

[me]

Mike Bourke wrote:
[SNIP]

2400 baud? Like lightning! I remember when one of the
local banks first went
online, they were providing 600-baud modems!

Newbie! :-> I started out when 300-baud acoustic
couplers were all the rage, which was rather like using
two cans and piece of string!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

Not a newbie - I was using computers before modems were
available at all! I started back in 1976.....

Mike

Yeah, sure. You might add that "them days" the timesharing
services were still using carrier pidgeons. :-/

J

 

[Mike Bourke]

What was this? ;-)

An i4004?



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

Canon (I think) programmable desktop calculator which used program cards to
load Fortran programs 25 characters at a time. My "Space Invaders"-inspired
program was the hit of the math's class in '78; it displayed each row of the
display and players had to remember where the invaders were when it got to
the "action display".

Mike

 

[Richard Steinfeld]

ben wrote:
I disagree, Ben. When advertisers start showing some responsibility and
self restraint, consumers will start paying more attention to
advertising and perhaps even stop bothering with blocking it.

Regardless, I don't really appreciate having to view advertisements for
products in which I have absolutely NO interest. As a result, my system
is set up so that I can block ALL advertising when surfing... if I want.

Exactly.
I keep obtrusive advertising out of my life because it's mentally tiring
to me to keep filtering it out.

I take John's approach, too: block all of it (The Proxomitron works well
for me). Some companies just don't seem to get it -- aggressive
advertising can backfire, at least, in my case. For example, I stopped
shopping at supermarkets that play audio ads in the store, and I told
them. The truth is that since they started this, they lost over $100,000
of my business. And Albertson's just stepped up their barrage by
installing big advertising screens in the produce departments and
smaller ones aimed right at you on the checkout line -- all with voiceovers.

Well, they can harrass their customers all they want; meanwhile my
money's going to Target, Costco, and friendly local grocers. It's
important to let them know. Maybe they'll get it.

Richard