Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

[Alan McKinnon]

On 26/01/2017 03:52, Dale wrote:
> Taiidan@×××.com wrote:
>> On 01/25/2017 05:03 AM, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
>>
>>> The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an
>>> invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the
>>> download.
>>>
>>> I was using iced-tea at one stage but found the android sdk didn’t work
>>> well with it - is there a less objectionable java source than oracle
>>> that has a compatible java?
>>>
>>> BillK
>> "Why does radio-shack ask for your phone number why you buy batteries!"
>>
>> Always good to not put up with this crap, I like to feed them
>> obviously fake information when I need something from a place that
>> insists on doing this.
>>
>> I purchased some hardware (at a physical store with cash none the
>> less) recently and the cashier asked for my information and was
>> annoyingly insistent[1] so I gave them "John Smith at 123 1st Street"
>> as she audibly sucked her teeth.
>>
>> The more people put up with this stuff the more bad things will happen
>> - two police officers recently were murdered in france because a
>> terrorist got their address off the internet and paid them a visit.
>>
>> [1]I presume they get a bonus for how many marketing
>> emails/information they collect.
>>
>>
>
> It's also good to have a email address that you rarely if ever check.  I
> have one with the words spam, junk and such in it.  I like the looks I
> get when I give it to them.  Generally, they not happy.   Thing is, if I
> need to confirm something, I can login and confirm it.  It is a valid
> email addy, I just rarely check it.
>
> It's odd just how much info they want just so we can be a customer.
> Some act like we owe them something.


If you own your own domain and sign up for say a bank account at
Citibank, give your address as

i.have.just.been.spammed.by.citibank@×××××××××××.net

and you will never see spam from that institution :-)
I have it on good authority (from friends working there) that local
banks etc "grep -v" anything that remotely matches their own name or
domain when selling^Wsharing lists with spammers^Wpartners...


Now if I can just get my own employer to get it too. Got another of
these phone calls today:

Them: Hi Alan! I'm calling from XYZ mobile network to offer you a great
deal!!
Me: I work for XYZ mobile network
Them: Oh. Our special has great call rates!
Me: All my calls are free
Them: You get a great phone at a great discount...!
Me: I have a top-flight company phone as a tool of trade, plus a
notebook, plus a modem plus 2 x 24" hires screens
Them: Errrr ... how about a great deal for you wife?
Me: The company gives me a second SIM for my spouse, same benefits

Srsly, that happened. And some people have no idea when they are driving
down Hopeless Street :-)

-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com