Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> They used to charge us furriners for looking at the NY Times > website, so when you signed up, Beverly Hills 90210 was always > a good fallback address....! I've lived in Tokyo for the last six years, and I can assure you that I have *never* had to pay for access to their site. And I didn't have to lie on their form, either. > My feeling is - you ain't getting nuffink for free - my name's > M. Mouse, and yes, I do live in Disney World. Well, I guess there's free and then there's free, eh? They *are* providing access to their sole commodity, last I checked. In exchange, they'd like a little demographic data. Sounds like a fair trade to me... these folks aren't spamming, if that's what you're afraid of... they just want to sell advertisements... it's how they pay their photogs (though, off topic, it sounds like they're catching some well- deserved flak on that issue, right now). Regards, jbm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html