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Title: imagine my concern....
Post by: brainpause on Nov 09, 2003, 09:05 PM

...when I saw the following headline at CNN.com:

"FTC accuses pop-up maker of 'extortion'"

See the article below:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/11/07/microsoft.popup.reut/index.html (//%22http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/11/07/microsoft.popup.reut/index.html%22)

Larry

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Post by: GeneF on Nov 09, 2003, 09:22 PM

Very interesting

Thanks

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Post by: B-flat on Nov 10, 2003, 12:03 AM

Yes, just about what I expected. And, guess what? You guessed it, there was a popup while reading the site.:rolleyes:

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Post by: birol on Nov 10, 2003, 05:56 AM

Quote from: B-flatYes, just about what I expected. And, guess what? You guessed it, there was a popup while reading the site.:rolleyes:

It is human nature .... to exploit ...... to be greedy ...... sad :(

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Post by: brainpause on Nov 10, 2003, 06:06 AM

I thought Coleman and Fleetwood had fought enough that the FTC was stepping in, calling someone "extortionists." Then I thought, "Wow, that is bad for the RV industry." Then I read the article. :)

Larry

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Post by: birol on Nov 10, 2003, 06:13 AM

Quote from: brainpauseI thought Coleman and Fleetwood had fought enough that the FTC was stepping in, calling someone "extortionists." Then I thought, "Wow, that is bad for the RV industry." Then I read the article. :)

Larry

I read it in the newspaper, and it was a good reading. When I first saw your heading, I also thought, woow, this gotta be areal big ! Then I remembered the article, and read your post. Quite the nerve these people had. First exploiting the messenger(Not MSN messenger) service abd then trying to sell a product to prevent it from happening. It reeks of a shoddy car reparimen's practice ! Just a tecchie version, doesn't make it any better ...

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Post by: brainpause on Nov 10, 2003, 07:45 AM

BTW, I use a dandy free version of popupstopper.com at home and at work. It works great!

Larry

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Post by: B-flat on Nov 23, 2003, 02:04 PM

Some people use Mozilla as their browser and simply set it to block popups. That's another alternative that the geeks are promoting at seminars I have attended. I think you just go to mozilla.com to get your free download.

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Post by: birol on Nov 23, 2003, 02:39 PM

Quote from: B-flatSome people use Mozilla as their browser and simply set it to block popups. That's another alternative that the geeks are promoting at seminars I have attended. I think you just go to mozilla.com to get your free download.

Mozilla, Hmm, I sort of remember it ..... It was old and antiquated .... Does it still work ? (Just kidding).

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