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From: Jim on 19 Dec 2009 06:00 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > > > Then what do you call it, > > > if you don't want to call it > > > by it's customary name? > > > > 'Spyware' certainly *isn't* the customary name for what that is. > > > > I don't think that there is a customary name for it, probably because > > it's so trivial. > > So 'spyware' will have to do, No, 'unwanted header information' is what it is. > > Jan > > PS I hope you will agree his is objectionable behaviour. Not especially, no. Half the threads in this group start with "I'm having trouble with <foo> and I'm running Mac OS X version <bar>". It's hardly giving out your credit card information, is it? > Suppose you visit another uk.comp.sys.mac regular > who you didn't know personally yet, for some reason. > > That person next post a message to uk.comp.sys.mac > 'I want you all to know that Peter C. drives > a bright red 1999 Peugeot 205'. > (or something like it) > > Would you approve of such behaviour? It's a moot point since that's nothing like this. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: J. J. Lodder on 19 Dec 2009 10:57 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Then what do you call it, > > > > if you don't want to call it > > > > by it's customary name? > > > > > > 'Spyware' certainly *isn't* the customary name for what that is. > > > > > > I don't think that there is a customary name for it, probably because > > > it's so trivial. > > > > So 'spyware' will have to do, > > No, 'unwanted header information' is what it is. > > > > > Jan > > > > PS I hope you will agree his is objectionable behaviour. > > Not especially, no. Half the threads in this group start with "I'm > having trouble with <foo> and I'm running Mac OS X version <bar>". It's > hardly giving out your credit card information, is it? You clearly don't understand the difference between giving and taking, Jan
From: Jim on 19 Dec 2009 11:22 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > Not especially, no. Half the threads in this group start with "I'm > > having trouble with <foo> and I'm running Mac OS X version <bar>". It's > > hardly giving out your credit card information, is it? > > You clearly don't understand > the difference between giving and taking, I repeat: it's not exactly giving away your credit card details. Take a look at some other headers from other newsreaders, especially Mozilla. MacSOUP is not exactly alone here. If someone knows what OS you're using then...er...help me out here? And for now consider your point duly noted. And please, given that that's now the case, stop whining about it like a 12 year old girl. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: J. J. Lodder on 19 Dec 2009 17:02 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > Not especially, no. Half the threads in this group start with "I'm > > > having trouble with <foo> and I'm running Mac OS X version <bar>". It's > > > hardly giving out your credit card information, is it? > > > > You clearly don't understand > > the difference between giving and taking, > > I repeat: it's not exactly giving away your credit card details. It doesn't matter what it's about. Taking things without permission is wrong, Jan
From: Duncan Kennedy on 19 Dec 2009 16:57
In message <1jazbyy.l2opsh1lyvdfN%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> writes >J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > >> > Not especially, no. Half the threads in this group start with "I'm >> > having trouble with <foo> and I'm running Mac OS X version <bar>". It's >> > hardly giving out your credit card information, is it? >> >> You clearly don't understand >> the difference between giving and taking, > >I repeat: it's not exactly giving away your credit card details. > >Take a look at some other headers from other newsreaders, especially >Mozilla. MacSOUP is not exactly alone here. If someone knows what OS >you're using then...er...help me out here? > FWIW there is at least one well used web statistics facility that several of my clients use that records the OS of the visitor along with a great deal more. -- Duncan K Downtown Dalgety Bay |