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Credit Medic
by creditmedic＠earthlink.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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This method will require some work on your part. What's important to realize is how the Government and the CRAs (Credit Reporting Agencies) identify you and list all of your past and present credit information. Credit Medic will show you how to apply for new credit identification. This creates a whole new credit identity, that runs parallel (but never crosses) your existing credit. This program doesn't require that you repair your old credit file, although it's a good idea for many obvious reasons. This is your decision to make. Credit Medic isn't loaded with fluff or filler material. Everything in this kit is important! You will find out about rights that you probably didn't know you had. Remember, you deserve good credit. Follow the program carefully, and you will be successful! Credit Medic will give you a second chance for credit. It will also be your last chance. You must understand that you only get ONE (1) second chance. 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17 Dec '03

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by Ivestheis＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Internet Success Toolbox
by amainfo＠amazonmall.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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(no subject) Re: Premail (and Replay)
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anonymous #49812 wrote: > On 28 Jun 1998, Secret Squirrel wrote: > > > Also, remailer(a)replay.com appears to have been deleted. The 'remailer' > > user is unknown. > > That's correct. I don't know what happened. Oh, really?

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saving the world from a cancerous monopoly
by attila 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

there is only one _sane_ course of action against M$: divestiture --before Gates becomes the Hydra. to make it short: at 90% of the OS market, and 95% of the current office software (w/p, spreadsheet, database, etc) market worldwide, M$ _is_ in a position of total market dominance. the real issue is not the 90% of the OS market, it is the 95% (expected to grow to 98% before 2000) of the office s/w. the office software, available _only_ on M$ platforms creates a self-perpetuating juggernaut: no other OS can even begin to make market penetraton without the key product (office s/w) --and people are not willing to learn a new application-- that's just human nature. it will take two technical factors to make M$ subject to market pressures and responsive to further competitive innovation (and this involves extensive ongoing regulation and oversight which I consider anathema): 1. M$' base operating system must be fully defined; eg- the API interface must be made available to all. if the API is not a moving target, emulators can be written enabling native WinTel s/w to run correctly on other platforms (unix variants, OS/2, beos, apple, etc). the increasing CPU "horsepower" makes this approach at least feasible. 2. M$ must be required to port it's major products to other operating systems; it is worth noting that freeBSD, for instance, will run native binaries from Linux and SCO variants which simplifies on set. as a corollary, M$ must be required to support some of the non-Intel hardware ports such as freeBSD or Linux on Alpha (almost 5 years ago, Alpha was at the performance level of the current Intel 400 Mhz). M$ does support Word and Explorer on Apple, but major features were not ported in both instances --this is not acceptable. I am not in favour of the government meddling in the design or integration of M$ products... but: the Sherman Act, passed in 1890 is designed to level the playing field, not regulate/administrate. the real issue of the act is that it acts _in the interest of society_ to curtail monopolistic and anti-competitive actions and excesses --M$ certainly qualifies for the remedies far more than John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil did in 1908. Bill Gates, through his _total_ dominance of the desktop, (with exceptiom of a few of the hardheaded/stubborn who refuse to run _any_ M$ products (author included)) is using his cash cow, swollen by gouging the consumer, to acquire _significant_ interests in industries which use computers: cable networks, cellular networks, satellite networks, etc. and related industries dependent on communications: news (MSNBC), television, productions, etc. this horizontal and vertical spread of M$ is even more dangerous. Bill Gates is quickly approaching critical mass --Bill Gates could literally bring the world to its knees-- and Gates is a notorious control freak: there is Bill's way, there is Bill's way, there is... sorry, there is no other way. unless the DOJ shows some spine, particularly in light of the appeals court ruling dumping the injunction _and_ the special master (which is far more critical than the public perceives, which is why M$ went after Lessig), the DOJ is going to be in and out of court with M$ until M$ literally buys the government or intimidates the DOJ out of the deal. the scenario of forcing M$ to accommodate other OSs and hardware platforms might be workable, but Gates will not only fight it, but it will be a constant additional legal burden to force M$ to make the services available in a timely manner; in other words, the government will end up establishing an agency the size of the FCC just to regulate M$ the "controlled" monopoly (as Sen. Hatch threatened). nothing in American law says we can not have a regulated monopoly if it serves the public interest --AT&T provided superb and universal service for decades (many of us would love to have that service today), but AT&T did _not_ innovate in a timely manner at the market demand. and telephones are rather low tech compared to computers which have been subject to Grove's Law for two decades. M$ has not been a creative company --it is a marketing and control machine which acquires technology, often by less than socially acceptable means, and integrates it into M$' market offerings. credit must be given to M$ for making the PC ubiquitous, but that value starts to wear very thin with M$' current market domination. from the perspective of serving the future interests of our society, the only effective option for the DOJ is to litigate for the divestiture of M$ into several operating companies --and to prevent Bill Gates from owning or controlling more than one division --much on the line of the AT&T divestiture. anything less will mean continuing litigation and further dominance of Gates as he uses his enormous cash reserves to buy control in additional markets. likewise, the orders must prohibit Gates from further market horizontal and vertical "octopussing". the Sherman Act also permits market damages (M$' 50-80% gross profit margin certainly qualifies as gouging) --which are then trebled; that would put a cramp on Bill's $50 _billion_ net worth and probably force even further divestiture of his controlling stock interests. Gates' personality needs to be considered as a factor as he must control, totally control. it is not enough to be first in a market, he must be the only player in the market. Gates' tactics have been deplorable: his minions go forth to companies and say: "...we dont know whether to buy you out, or force you out..." and if the company is purchased, it is purchased for much less than potential or fair market value. Gates does not buy just the leader, he buys outright, or controls, _all_ of the players in an emerging technology so there will be no competition to the direction chosen for inclusion in the M$ product line --and the choice may not be the best choice... the market is stifled. unfortunately, Bill Gates is a cancer on society. it is the old story: deal with it today, or deal with it later when Gates has become an even more cash bloated and arrogant monster which has devoured more of societies' rights and destroyed even more of the worlds' technical infrastructure. Bill Gates is not going to mellow with age; if anything, he will get more difficult. the world will be in less of a shock knocking the pins out from under Gates now rather than later. attila out.... __________________________________________________________________________ go not unto usenet for advice, for the inhabitants thereof will say: yes, and no, and maybe, and I don't know, and fuck-off. _________________________________________________________________ attila__ On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Brian wrote: >> ...(Compared to Gates, Hannibal lacks vision...) >> >> I read a statistic yesterday (I think) that 90% >> of all PCs have Win95 installed, and Gates wants 90% of them to 'upgrade' >> to Win98. He has 90% of the WORLD market. And the Zionist theory people >> worry about 6% controlling 90%? What about one guy controlling 90% of the >> PC in the world? And stopping him is a restriction of his rights as defined >> by the American Constitution? During a debate on this, people happened to >> mention that the constitution was partially about resisting tyranny. Gates >> could bury ANYTHING DEEP into a new OS (remember the windows bomb joke that >> made the rounds a while back?), and no one would know. even then, people in >> businesses don't speak up, cause those who dissent, get fired. >> >> I think that Gates should be slowed down now, while the chance is still >> there, and (somehow) get some alternative, workable, opposition OS's up and >> running, yet are compatible with win95/98 as well. The only way forward is >> through both unity and diversity. >>

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SNET: Plans for internet banks in Australia, says Ernst & Young
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton) Subject: SNET: Plans for internet banks in Australia, says Ernst & Young Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 03:04:23 +1200 To: snetnews(a)world.std.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List Plans for internet banks in Australia, says Ernst & Young Sydney, Sept 9 AAP - Offshore and local companies have strategic plans to establish stand alone Internet banks in Australia to compete with the existing banking network, financial services consultants Ernst & Young said today. Ernst & Young partner Andrew Keene, who specialises in technology strategy for financial institutions, said the international consulting firm was aware of both overseas and domestic companies with plans for internet banks. "There are some plans that we are aware of," Mr Keene told reporters. "I believe most of the plans are formative." He declined to name the companies. Ernst & Young yesterday released its latest report on technology in banking and financial services, with more t0 of the world's largest financial institutions in 26 countries participating in the seventh global study. Entitled Electronic Commerce and Connecting to the Customer, the report analyses the technology spending plans of banks, insurance companies, asset management and brokerage institutions in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. The report found that technology spending priorities of Australia's financial institutions to develop new customer channels have been surpassed by the "more immediate issues" of mergers and acquisitions, the millennium bug and the Euro. Kevin Hall, the national leader of Ernst & Young's Australian financial services consulting group, said that the new spending priorities "have meant that spending on the critical area of improved customer services has been delayed". He said that the report found that financial institutions are "anticipating heavy increases" in technology spending, with technology budgets rising 14 percent in calendar 1998, tapering off to six percent by 2001. "But while spending rates will decline over time, the actual budget amounts will continue to increase, with actual budgets project to double between 1992 and 2000," he said. However, technology budgets are predominantly being spent on mandated projects such as computer upgrades to avoid the Year 2000 software date problem. The survey also found that only 12 percent of Australian institutions believed that the internet will help them retain customers and business, compared to 47 percent of US respondents and 34 percent of European respondents. Russell Ives, a data warehouse specialist at the firm, said that Australian banks view Internet services such as electronic commerce or e-commerce as cost-saving devices whereas US banks used it to "focus on retaining customers". "The great opportunity that exists for financial institutions in Australia is to refocus their e-commerce strategy towards customer retention," said Mr Hall, adding that some institutions are "unsure how to use" e-commerce. Australian financial institutions are also behind their overseas counterparts in integrating customer data to develop sophisticated knowledge of customer needs to enhance the cross-selling of products and target services. "Nobody has really integrated its completely," Mr Hall said of Australian financial institutions. Mr Ives said that banks have to advance data integration rapidly, especially when it comes to refocusing e-commerce strategies on customer retention. Overseas banks such as Wells Fargo, Bank of Montreal and ING Bank are some of the leaders in e-commerce and internet. "So our conclusion is that the most effective financial institutions will develop alliances to deliver electronic commerce," Mr Keene said. AAP pjg 10/09/98 08-09NZ © New Zealand Press Association -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com -> Posted by: jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton)

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prototype slot-machine
by sameer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I've written up a slot-machine thing for ecash, very experimental, very buggy, not very slick, (i'd like to get the technical bugs worked out before i put a fancy wrapper on it) and i'd *like* to announce it here for testing, but I'm worrying about gambling laws.. any thoughts? -- sameer Voice: 510-601-9777 Community ConneXion FAX: 510-601-9734 The Internet Privacy Provider Dialin: 510-658-6376 http://www.c2.org/ (or login as "guest") sameer(a)c2.org

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Re: DigiCash releases protocol specs!
by Andrew Loewenstern 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> By popular request, DigiCash is releasing the protocol specs. Three cheers to DigiCash, Mark Twain, and Lucky! andrew

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Hat3 gr0ups
by goddesshera＠juno.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

could any kind soul please repost the message on hate groups and how mentioning the founding fathers constitutes a hateg roup. thanks This message was automatically remailed. The sender is unknown, unlogged, and nonreplyable. Send complaints and blocking requests to <goddesshera(a)juno.com>.

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