Steve Pilgrim:  "THE CREDIT CARD CAME OUT today and I purchased SpamAssassin Pro after a 14-day trial. I've learned a lot about spam just by using the product..." 

Stepford Citizen Syndrome: Top 10 Signs Your Neighbor is Brainwashed  [Adam Curry's Weblog] 

...an aluminum foil deflector beanie.  Thanks for this important link, Karlin (I think)... ;~]] 

Comet red-faced over website blunders.  An incorrectly priced handheld computer and a hi-fi went on sale on the Comet website this week but most customers will not receive their goods.  [BBC News | TECHNOLOGY]

Robin Bynoe, partner with law firm Charles Russell, argued that customers who have placed an order are legally entitled to the goods they ordered.

"An e-mail confirmation is a binding contract. I can't think of any way that Comet can't honour it," he said.

I'd say that just publishing the price, wrong or not, obligates Comet to honor it for anyone who purchased the product before the error was corrected.  What is it that makes businesses think consumers don't have the same rights online as they do offline? 

Sorry I was running late today, Loyd.  BTW, profoundly amusing works for me... ;~)) 

David Hasan points to something amusing at the bottom of Google's new world news page:  "This page was generated entirely by computer algorithms without human editors. No humans were harmed or even used in the creation of this page." 

Danish thief uses vacuum cleaner to steal jewelry displayed in shop window  [Google Headline News] 

MSNBC Blog Central.  MSNBC is continuing their foray into weblogs, and has now established Weblog Central...  [The Truth Laid Bear]

Excuse me, but there is nothing "cool" about a weblog, or a weblog about weblogs, that assaults its users with pop-under advertising... 

Record labels seek OK for online music sabotage.  "[Va. Repr. (d)] Boucher noted that overzealous copyright enforcers have already mistaken a photo entitled 'Portrait of Mrs. harrison williams 1943' for a song by former Beatle George Harrison, and demanded that Internet provider UUNet terminate the account of a customer who posted a book report on Harry Potter."  [not quite random] 

Blondes 'to die out in 200 years'.  A study by experts in Germany suggests people with blonde hair are an endangered species and will become extinct by 2202.  [Megarad Technologies] 

>>  A high school senior turning 18 next month who's still "searching for something to search for" is the interesting personality behind today's pick...  [Coolstop Daily Pick 9/27/02] 

September 2002

 


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