[eug-lug]Question: video email
A friend of mine sent me this link to a new pyramid scheme: http://www.vmdirect.com/ It requires Java (preferably 1.4.2). Here's a video email from him: http://www.vmdirect.com/dvmuser/viewemail.jspx?ClientUser=8a81b283-fb5f520f-00fb-5f74b9e1-016csent=200403rcpt=8a81b283-fb5f520f-00fb-5f74bb4f-016e if anyone cares to look (again, ya gotta have Java installed). I took a quick look for RFC's regarding video email but it looks like I could easily spend the rest of the day learning about this. I'm betting that someone on the list already knows. I don't get involved in pyramid schemes, but I'm curious about the tech and whether there are RFCs coming down the pike that already cover this type of stuff. I suppose that my friend will make a small pile of money. I doubt that he'll make significant money over the long term, but I always seem to underestimate people's capacity for stupidity. Maybe, as he predicts, next year there really will be a million people paying $5 a month for the ability to send video emails. Whatever. I'd just like to hear everyone else's take on this. Ken -- ..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.. -- Samuel Adams ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]Question: video email
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 12:04:07PM -0800, Ken Barber wrote: I suppose that my friend will make a small pile of money. I doubt that he'll make significant money over the long term, but I always seem to underestimate people's capacity for stupidity. Maybe, as he predicts, next year there really will be a million people paying $5 a month for the ability to send video emails. Whatever. I'd just like to hear everyone else's take on this. Well, people still pay for M$ products, because they think there is no alternative. Goes for a lot of things atually, people paying for what they can have for free. As far as RFCs on video email, there seem to be lots in the works, but I don't see too many implementations of these RFCs. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
