"Olav Bergesen" <ola@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> "Judson McClendon" <judmc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Bart Lateur" <bart.lateur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>>
>>>>The only thing we
>>>>asked of our customers in return was a confirmation of their contact
>>>>information. Their name. Their address. Their telephone and email
>>>>address, so we could be certain our records were up-to-date, and that
>>>>we were actually providing a new compler to a person who had actually
>>>>purchased the prior version.
>>>
>>> People are not required to even have a phone. So your requirement of
>>> filling in a phone number is asking for false data.
>>
>> If you read Bob's comments, he said that, for online update downloads,
>> the phone number was compared against the one on file. I assume from
>> that statement that if you did not have a phone number when you
>> purchased the product, and you entered none on the download page, it
>> would match.
>>
>> Anyway, how many people do you know who download software from
>> the internet and do not have a phone? :-)
>
> Broadband? I'm not using any phone line for my internet connection.
You know Olav, for a while I just thought you were only extremely rude
and insensitive. But now I'm beginning to think you're also stupid. I said
*nothing* about using a phone line for Internet access. My point was
that any person who is "connected" enough to have Internet access and
a compiler to run a compiler on will also be "connected" enough to
have a phone line. I know lots of people who have Internet access
without a landline telephone, but all of them have cell phones or VOIP.
The people reading these newsgroups only know you from what you
write here. Up to this point, what you've written makes you look like a
ranting childish idiot. There's no doubt that you're ranting. But if
you're
not a childish idiot, and do not want people to think that you are, then
stop acting like one. For one thing, start paying attention to what others
have written before responding with foolish rants that obviously miss
the point, as you did above, and have done so many times before.
And try to make reasonable, responsive posts instead of blathering
rants. Finally, try to use a little courtesy. If you actually tried it,
you
would find that people (at least people other than yourself) respond
much better to calm, reasoned, well articulated argument that considers
the other person's points and addresses them, than to foolish, angry
tirades that entirely ignore the other person's valid objections.
--
Judson McClendon judmc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove zero)
Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
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