Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No prob here. The requirement is registering. And there's certainly no requirement that you read that ads - just as there's no requirement that you not throw away those damn inserts in the Sunday paper, or the cards in magazines. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ken Firestone Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:37 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Magnum photo essay On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:23:10 -0400, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Sorry, Ken - My feeling is that if someone is concerned about having > their information used to spam them, they should simply stay away from > the site in question - not figure out a way to "steal" from it. > > While I am driven nuts by spam, I'll put up with it to have instant > access to most of the material in every major American newspaper. Were > it not for the net and newspaper websites, I'd only have reasonably > convenient access to a handful of papers - and I'd have to pay to get > them. Putting up with spam is a small price to pay to be able to get > the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, etc. > etc. etc. FREE. > Ok then, how do you feel about using a throwaway email address, but giving accurate demographics? And what about browsing with popup and adblockers on? -- ================================================ Ken Firestone, W3CAT Kerry-Courage under fire. kenf01@gmail.com Bush-Driving under the influence. kenf@speakeasy.net ================================================ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information