Yeah, it is getting a little past center, but it was labeled Off Topic. ;-)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Champion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off Topic: AdAware > > Shall we start talking religion next? Or is there maybe another forum for > our ethics. > > > > At 10:52 AM 6/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >Just my personal view on Kazaa, etc. I have never downloaded a single, > >FREE copyrighted song and > >never plan to do so. > >I think everyone should be paid for their efforts unless they specifically > >wish to share it in the > >truest sense. > > > >Songs, Software, whatever. I just can't rationalize it. No matter how > >you present it within the > >context of "Sharing". > > > >If I'm listening to a song or CD that another person has purchased and I'm > >not sitting in that > >person's living room listening to the song on their stereo or I haven't > >taken their CD to my home > >to listen on my stereo, then it isn't shared, it's stolen. Period. > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:57 AM > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off Topic: AdAware > > > > > > > My mistake along these lines was the "weatherbug" software touted by a > > > local TV station, which sits on your task bar and chirps when there is a > > > weather bulletin, and lets you bring up any forecast you want. It also > > > installs "gator," which manages lots of pop-up ads and tracks web activity. > > > > > > Kazaa music download software has made computers virtually unusable > > > for three of my clients. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:31:42 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > >Thanks to EVERYONE for the talk so far. I will be forwarding the relevant > > > clips to my > > > >client. Especially the ones about downloading screen saver programs. > > > Everytime I went > > > >there she was showing off the latest screen saver she had downloaded! > > > Parrots, ocean tides, > > > >anything to make her think she was on vacation! Well -- welcome home!! > > > > > > >She was also excited that she had downloaded an executable that > > > showed the date in the > > > >taskbar. I thought that the text displayed looked real cheesy and > > > unprofessional. Bet that > > > >was a problem to, you think? > > > > > > > > > > Dan Champion > P.O. Box 223 > Grandville, MI. 49428-0223 > www.championsolutions.net > >
