-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- An entity claiming to be Krenn wrote: : : It would be nice to have a list of actual products which are deemed : potential snake-oil. Such a list could be maintained anonymously : through a nym to avoid all the annoying legal problems with commenting : on another's product. Though truth is the best defense against libel : charges, it would be very annoying to be sued or some such by some : hairbrained snake-oil peddler. : I think a blacklist of that sort is inherently bad. I would much rather have the public be able to RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS of snake oil, rather than just be spoon fed a list of good products vs. bad products. Pardon the cliche, but if you give a man a fish ... etc, etc. mark - -- Mark Rogaski | Why read when you can just sit and | Member GTI System Admin | stare at things? | Programmers Local wendigo@gti.net | Any expressed opinions are my own | # 0xfffe wendigo@pobox.com | unless they can get me in trouble. | APL-CPIO -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMkAOhBz4pZwIaHjdAQEe9wf8D2Dhp1vcv1W4aOiugeNrJTp7FoDIb3yo 62sq44c/vlBX/Ph6InrHP6zHIKG1gx6ipt1NLXGWDZV0hWGrn9Eu7dIATqHjoyoM 9oFK8c00Rlg63o/FVl2XUHovfbPolqOBX24MRngqrsyWdOyqdShSwVPTH5ZBUj5I Pxp4BWjcjYqkfF7nKXaWitJs2wjaM4yYQ57UIe1Hm/SLLL2erxNfrveWN1VwrdyO N3QIuHfPWM3yi+UUJTOybOKLp+j07bgs+mLr2MT9JmYYrYZwtTEwLD4a6oueUZpN LLWaIS8vekEy7HSzhG7sPfo35v/aaKKWs739af3UgLd3HUdzmVvfgw== =YK3C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----