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Comment Re:vCard support yet? (Score 1) 272

by rlinkbass on Friday December 11, 2009 @02:52PM (#30405252) Attached to: Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released

Not sure, but More Functions For Address Book fixed that for me on TB 2.

Doesn't seem to work on TB3 - your addresses are still there but the preview pane and the card fields are all blank. Disable MFFAB and everything comes back. At least for me - upgraded from TB2 to TB3 on Ubuntu (via ubuntuzilla)

Jammie Thomas May Face RIAA Trial Alone 143

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 16, 2009 @05:12AM from the suspicious-timing dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "With her trial coming up on June 15th, Jammie Thomas has received a motion by her lawyer to withdraw from the highly publicized case, Capitol Records v. Thomas. Ms. Thomas said in a written declaration (PDF) obtained from her by her lawyer that she was not opposed to the lawyer's withdrawal, and waived any hearing on the matter. The court papers submitted by the lawyer (PDF) also indicated that the RIAA was not opposed to the withdrawal — i.e. it graciously consented to Ms. Thomas having no legal representation — but was opposed to any continuance (i.e. the RIAA wants to make sure that Ms. Thomas does not have sufficient time to find other legal representation, or to prepare to handle the trial herself, or to enable new counsel to prepare to handle the trial). Nice of them."

FTC Targets Massive Car Warranty Robocall Scheme 361

Posted by Soulskill on Friday May 15, 2009 @10:02PM from the hopefully-with-bombs dept.

coondoggie writes "Robocalls are a scourge, and the Federal Trade Commission today took action against one outfit by asking a federal court to shut down companies that have been bombarding consumers with hundreds of millions of allegedly deceptive robocalls in an effort to sell vehicle service contracts. According to the FTC, the robocalls have prompted tens of thousands of complaints from consumers who are either on the Do Not Call Registry or asked not to be called. Five telephone numbers associated with the defendants have generated a total of 30,000 Do Not Call complaints. Consumers received the robocalls at home, work, and on their cell phones, sometimes several times in one day. Businesses, government offices and even 911 dispatchers also have been subjected to the calls, the FTC said." Reader powerlord points out that another such company, not named in the FTC filing, raised the ire of thousands of internet-goers, who struck back by rickrolling the company's voice mail and digging up personal information on the company's president.

Comment Link to City of Wilson Public Affairs Manager Blog (Score 1) 417

by rlinkbass on Wednesday April 29, 2009 @09:28AM (#27758399) Attached to: US ISPs Using Push Polling To Stop Cheap Internet

In case this wasn't already posted: http://savencbb.wordpress.com/
Brian Bowman, Public Affairs Manager for the City of Wilson, NC is keeping everyone up to date with the city's point of view.

Comment Re:It used to be your rights end where mine begin (Score 3, Informative) 1082

by rlinkbass on Thursday September 28, 2006 @09:22AM (#16227921) Attached to: Traveler Detained for Anti-TSA Message

Yes, but the other thing here is that, as far as I know, this is not TSA policy. This sounds like an overly reactive and possibly power tripping PERSON. NOT the US government.

Then why the periodic recording broadcast through the terminal in Houston reminding passengers that any negative comments or jokes directed at TSA personnel will result in arrest? I was totally shocked on hearing this on a recent layover there. But then, that's Texas...

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