From: "Michael Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Oscar Plameras wrote: > > You may register it is free. > > You have the choice. So, don't worry too much ! > > You have to supply your e-mail address, demographic information > (country, zip code, age, sex; household income, industry, job title, job > function, and must agree to the terms of their Subscriber Agreement. > I wonder Oscar, have you actually read their "Subscriber Agreement" ? > Its at the very bottom of the page in smaller font where you click > "submit". Come on Oscar fess up, you didnt read it did you :-) > I have read the agreement actually. I trust NYTimes. They are a known quantity. > I have made a personal decision not to subscribe to any of these places > that request such information and I suggest that ppl do read those > agreements. What happens if the place files for Chap 11 in the States; > who will then buy the company; what will they do with your information? > It happens. I can get all the news I want from 'freeer' sources. > This is the good thing about the internet. It offers you alternative choices. > > Also just a short paragraph included from the article would help > sluggers here to decide if they wanted to click on it - especially if > they are on a dialup from home. These news sites are notorious for > bandwidth sucking. Again, my policy is not to color the info that is available with my own interpretation and so it is 'telling it as it is' policy. You make your own judgement about news sites and I will not criticise you for that but I do not unless I am certain. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
