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omguh

I'm pretty sure Lenovo's server boxes explode, as well as your computer. Don't try it at home kids.

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Re: omguh

Quite the contrary... if it will cause their sleazy computers to explode, kids, please try this at home... often....

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I think

It's probably not so much sleazy as just really incompetant HTML writing.

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Re: I think

It was meant to be sleazy, but was ruined(ie, fixed) by lazy poor HTML.

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Becoming more noticeable

Creative check-box building and marketing must be a new field as more and more sites I visit contain stupid choices.

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Sleazy as this too

When purchasing online from Tiger Direct, right after sending you a confirmation email, they send another right away that is titled to lead you to believe it is about your just made purchase and it is...

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They only do it because...

it works. Same reason spam is sent. If you send 100 Million spam and just .1% buy and it costs you .0001 cents per spam then you do the math.

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Article 11

There's a fairly simple, and very effective, way of countering such sleazy practices. Sign up at spamgourmet. (google it.) You will get exactly as many return emails as you want. So, if you need to get...

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Article 10

Along the same lines, fuck Opt-Out all together. Why do we as consumers have to OPT OUT of telemarkers faxing or calling us? Why aren't things like that Opt-In only, as in "Yes please I'd like 50 junk...

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Opt Out

I use Line 2 of my address for a code and then jot it down in a spreadsheet. todays code would be 103007a. Surprisingly, i get very little junk mail with codes on it. Even from the magazine folks send...

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Article 8

"Along the same lines, fuck Opt-Out all together. Why do we as consumers have to OPT OUT of telemarkers faxing or calling us? Why aren't things like that Opt-In only, as in "Yes please I'd like 50 junk...

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It's nothing.

I suspect that Lenovo isn't being sketchy. It just sounds like a web-page screw-up or, perhaps, a translation error.

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Re: No amount of laws or appeals to reason are goi

That's because we have this misplaced idea of the value of human life. If we had a law that put a bounty on spammers. If too many survive the bounty isn't high enough, and could be adjusted. Next law,...

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Article 5

You'd have to check both, if you check none, you are agreeing to get the emails.

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Software Vendors Do This Too

After loading some software, I am sometimes presented with a screen where the opt-in box is "conveniently" checked. If I uncheck it I am presented with a dire warning that I will no longer receive...

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Article 3

Please check here if you would like to avoid not getting email from us.

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Article 2

The message below is true The message above is false

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Article 1

This seems a little ridiculous. Is this site about find web page design flaws?

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Article 0

I'm not sure if this ever was an issue, but it certainly is no longer an issue. I went to the alleged offending site and checked both boxes. I got the error message shown below. Did the blog writer...

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omguh

I'm pretty sure Lenovo's server boxes explode, as well as your computer. Don't try it at home kids.

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