Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> The disclaimer at the bottom of the page is good for a laugh, and could be a > hint. > > http://www.gopherprotocol.com That is pretty boilerplate legal, actually. -- Will

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2019-Jun-10, at 11:11 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > I wouldn’t invest in an IoT buzzword company whose web page admits that the > products they are talking about don’t exist yet, headed by a non-engineer, > even without the fishy international money laundering smell. It’s interesting

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg via cctalk
William Donzelli via cctalk writes: > It is a real company, but if you look into the SEC papers, there is a > LOT of shady stuff there. Its sole job may be to move money in and out > of the Ukraine. I was going to shy away from those thoughts, but ... * a "new" startup, since 2009? * actual

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 07:56:29AM -0700, geneb via cctalk wrote: > Get a load of this: > http://www.gopherprotocol.com > > I pointed them to RFC 1436 in case they haven't been paying attention. The lousy page does not open in any of four browsers I tried (lynx, w3m, dillo, even firefox).

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
I wouldn’t invest in an IoT buzzword company whose web page admits that the products they are talking about don’t exist yet, headed by a non-engineer, even without the fishy international money laundering smell. It’s interesting how quickly you ferreted that out, William. I don’t have a clue

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread Eric Christopherson via cctalk
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 11:44 AM William Donzelli via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Well, you said you pointed out the RFC to them... > > Did the page not smell fishy to you? > > -- > Will > It looked/sounded like typical IoT marketing speak to me :) > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Oh, it is a legit company - the SEC filings could not faked on the government website. I went down a quick rabbit hole, and I saw things about the HQ being in Kiev, 1000 to 1 stock splits, and so forth. No one would ever invest in that company unless they specifically wanted weird things to

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, William Donzelli wrote: Well, you said you pointed out the RFC to them... Did the page not smell fishy to you? No more so than normal. They've got at least one "live" trademark going: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc=4802:o29p87.2.1 The dead

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Well, you said you pointed out the RFC to them... Did the page not smell fishy to you? -- Will On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 12:14 PM geneb via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, William Donzelli wrote: > > > It is a real company, but if you look into the SEC papers, there is a > > LOT of shady

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, William Donzelli wrote: It is a real company, but if you look into the SEC papers, there is a LOT of shady stuff there. Its sole job may be to move money in and out of the Ukraine. Interesting. I still don't see how I "fell" for something. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
It is a real company, but if you look into the SEC papers, there is a LOT of shady stuff there. Its sole job may be to move money in and out of the Ukraine. -- Will On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 12:01 PM geneb via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, William Donzelli wrote: > > > Wow, you fell

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, William Donzelli wrote: Wow, you fell hard... Eh? (don't top post!) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Wow, you fell hard... -- Will On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:56 AM geneb via cctalk wrote: > > Get a load of this: > http://www.gopherprotocol.com > > I pointed them to RFC 1436 in case they haven't been paying attention. > > I eagerly await their next protocols, IPX and TCP/IP! > > g. > > > -- >

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On June 10, 2019 at 9:56 AM geneb via cctalk wrote: > > > Get a load of this: > http://www.gopherprotocol.com > For me, the funniest part is the image of a PCB full of 16 pin 74LS chips in DIP packages -- that should REALLY change how people use "mobile" technology Will

Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread geneb via cctalk
Get a load of this: http://www.gopherprotocol.com I pointed them to RFC 1436 in case they haven't been paying attention. I eagerly await their next protocols, IPX and TCP/IP! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll