Comments on: Library, bumper-sticker shop... what's the difference? http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: filmaficionado http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/#comment-5113 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:32:05 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/#comment-5113 Doesn't the bad grammar ever bother you ? Based on that alone I would immediately discard a message. Doesn't the bad grammar ever bother you ?
Based on that alone I would immediately discard a message.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/#comment-4604 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:55:03 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/#comment-4604 I just got another one of these, this time even more similar to a message from a real human - actually, similar enough that I think it may actually BE from a real human, so I'll anonymise it: <blockquote>From: Jane Doe To: rutterd@optusnet.com.au Subject: Suggestion for broken link on http://www.dansdata.com/aeropress.htm Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:55:07 -0500 (CDT) Hello, My husband and I noticed on your one page (http://www.dansdata.com/aeropress.htm), you link to a coffee history page "five hundred years", http://www.telusplanet.net/public/coffee/history.htm, but the page doesn't exists anymore. We've found this really useful the history of coffee article and I thought it would be a great replacement or at least a good addition, (http://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/lib/history-of-coffee.htm) . I think others will find it beneficial also. Hope my suggestion is helpful :) Thanks, hope all is well! Jane and John Doe</blockquote> There are two suspicious things in this e-mail. One is that the suggested replacement link is, once again, valid content that's been wedged into some random commercial site that would fit perfectly in a standard link-scheme spam. The other is that the e-mail was sent to me at my old Optus e-mail address, which you can find on dansdata.com if you really look, but is also on my <i>domain registration</i>, which is where many robo-scams harvest addresses. When I wrote <a href="http://www.dansdata.com/aeropress.htm">that review</a>, the Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coffee">History of Coffee</a> article <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coffee">didn't exist yet</a> (or it existed, but was just a stub). Now, the Wikipedia article is the obvious choice for repairing that link, so that's what I've done. Sorry, QualityLogoProducts.com! I just got another one of these, this time even more similar to a message from a real human - actually, similar enough that I think it may actually BE from a real human, so I'll anonymise it:

From: Jane Doe
To: rutterd@optusnet.com.au
Subject: Suggestion for broken link on http://www.dansdata.com/aeropress.htm
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:55:07 -0500 (CDT)

Hello,

My husband and I noticed on your one page (http://www.dansdata.com/aeropress.htm), you link to a coffee history page "five hundred years", http://www.telusplanet.net/public/coffee/history.htm, but the page doesn't exists anymore. We've found this really useful the history of coffee article and I thought it would be a great replacement or at least a good addition, (http://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/lib/history-of-coffee.htm) . I think others will find it beneficial also.

Hope my suggestion is helpful :)

Thanks, hope all is well!

Jane and John Doe

There are two suspicious things in this e-mail. One is that the suggested replacement link is, once again, valid content that's been wedged into some random commercial site that would fit perfectly in a standard link-scheme spam. The other is that the e-mail was sent to me at my old Optus e-mail address, which you can find on dansdata.com if you really look, but is also on my domain registration, which is where many robo-scams harvest addresses.

When I wrote that review, the Wikipedia History of Coffee article didn't exist yet (or it existed, but was just a stub). Now, the Wikipedia article is the obvious choice for repairing that link, so that's what I've done.

Sorry, QualityLogoProducts.com!

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/#comment-4476 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:15:16 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/#comment-4476 So it does! HD version <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Sita_Sings_the_Blues">only 4Gb</a>! So it does! HD version only 4Gb!

]]> by: peridot http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/#comment-4473 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:21:58 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/04/library-bumper-sticker-shop-whats-the-difference/#comment-4473 archive.org also contains the wonderful <a href="http://www.sitasingstheblues.com">Sita Sings the Blues</a>, which as the result of a copyright brangle has been released under a Creative Commons license. Go see it! archive.org also contains the wonderful Sita Sings the Blues, which as the result of a copyright brangle has been released under a Creative Commons license. Go see it!

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