Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 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 :-)
>


I don't have a website but I hope others see that post and give it a
try.  I wish we could see results for some of that, statistical of course. 

It reminds me of a time I won a TV.  I would have to go get it and it
was a day, maybe two, drive away from me.  The gas alone would cost more
than the TV would.  Plus I'd need at least one nights hotel.  To finally
end the nonsense I told the guy where to put his TV, sideways, not that
it mattered much back then. 

Some people think they can sell anything to everyone and then there is
Alan and me.  You to Neil.  ROFL 

Dale

:-)  :-)