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(to look for something specific try the search above or the archives to the right)Thursday, September 28, 2006
Thinkall.com are scamming SOBs
thinkall.com is using open source software on cds to bait and switch people into paying when they think they are getting something for free. Much of the information on their website is false. They claim that they will send a cd that you only have to pay shipping for(which is probably overpriced for shipping in the first place), but after you get the cd they give you 10 days to send it back or they charge you. Only if you look at their terms of use can you see that afterwards they will send you more cds every month and charge you ridiculous prices.
Their about page states:
"We have assembled these one-of-a-kind software collections through special licensing and distribution agreements with some of the best-in-the-industry software companies in the U.S., Canada and around the world. These companies have received many industry honors and awards for the software products available on our CD collections. "
They may have some non-open source software on the cds but all the software I could identify was open source. They don't make it easy to figure out where the software really comes from though.
I am certain that at least some of the things they are doing is against the law. The way they are distributing the software may not be allowed the software licenses. At the very least they are not giving credit where it is due.
Furthermore, all of that software can probably be downloaded for free from the internet. A few software packages I recognized are Openoffice.org, scribus, frozen bubble, pengus, supertux, circuslinux...
People like this make me sick. I hope someone shuts them down.
Here is another post about it, with links to other posts about it.
Their about page states:
"We have assembled these one-of-a-kind software collections through special licensing and distribution agreements with some of the best-in-the-industry software companies in the U.S., Canada and around the world. These companies have received many industry honors and awards for the software products available on our CD collections. "
They may have some non-open source software on the cds but all the software I could identify was open source. They don't make it easy to figure out where the software really comes from though.
I am certain that at least some of the things they are doing is against the law. The way they are distributing the software may not be allowed the software licenses. At the very least they are not giving credit where it is due.
Furthermore, all of that software can probably be downloaded for free from the internet. A few software packages I recognized are Openoffice.org, scribus, frozen bubble, pengus, supertux, circuslinux...
People like this make me sick. I hope someone shuts them down.
Here is another post about it, with links to other posts about it.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
I want this KWORLD HDTV Tuner
I want this Kworld atsc-110
My current tv card has very poor support from most PVR programs, and it can't do Digital. This one can do both digital and analog and it's among the cheapest that can do that at about $60-80
Anyone want to buy it for me? Or maybe give me a job to buy it.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1632017&CatId=1427
My current tv card has very poor support from most PVR programs, and it can't do Digital. This one can do both digital and analog and it's among the cheapest that can do that at about $60-80
Anyone want to buy it for me? Or maybe give me a job to buy it.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1632017&CatId=1427
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