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Asking the Stupid Questions Since 1971
 Friday, March 29, 2002

I'll have more in this vein, but first there's a weekend to attend to.

5:31:20 PM #

"Content has never been king, it is not king now, and is unlikely to ever be king." —"Content is Not King," Andrew Odlyzko

5:30:50 PM #
categories: Industry, Media

Spam, spam, and more spam

The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (CAUCE) helpfully linked to 47 USC 227: "Restrictions on use of telephone equipment." Section (b)(1)(B) is the one I like, except for the big loophole. "It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States -

to initiate any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior express consent of the called party, unless the call is initiated for emergency purposes or is exempted by rule or order by the Commission under paragraph (2)(B);

4:28:28 PM # Google It!
categories: Law

I have a simple test for usability in a mail user agent (MUA). When I highlight text and reply, is only that text brought into the reply and quoted?

Every MUA I've used on Windows fails to do this. Is this impossible in the Microsoft world?

Perhaps Jud Spencer could inform the other groups at Microsoft how he did it with Claris Emailer, Outlook Express for Macintosh, and Entourage?

3:43:21 PM #
categories: Dear Microsoft, Messaging

Why can't Microsoft Outlook Express (for Windows) file messages to folders on an IMAP4 server? Because Outlook can.

2:52:16 PM #
categories: Dear Microsoft

Powell: Israel Will Not Harm Arafat. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday that Israel promised it will not harm Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during its assault on his compound in the West Bank, but does intend to isolate him. [AP World News]

<sarcasm>"Oh, yes, we just plan to blow up the building. We don't think anybody inside will be hurt."</sarcasm>

2:29:22 PM #

Do not call

Jenny points out that the FTC asks for comments on the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

Does anybody want to be called?

There may be an inappropriate precedent here, but I know I would appreciate it if the FTC would work from the assumption that nobody should be called unless they ask to be called. This would place the burden on the caller to locate people who want to be called, rather than on those of us who just want to be left alone.

9:50:32 AM # Google It!
categories: Law