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• On the post: Excite@Home Pissed Off About PacBell Ads

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 02 May, 2000 @ 10:58am

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  What a bunch of babies. It's a known fact that cable speeds degrade with additional usage. Pac*Bell isn't saying anything new. Excite@Home should focus on their business, not an ad which is fairly true and on the mark. Plus, the ads are pretty funny...

• On the post: Stealing credit cards

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2000 @ 01:35pm

  Re: What?

  Yeah, I don't really give a crap. That's why I use credit cards.

• On the post: Spam Study

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2000 @ 01:43pm

  Re: Offers

  This type of article is exactly why people don't trust the Net. The media has constantly blown up stories about how privacy is an issue, and equating those privacy issues to ecommerce players. I'd be willing to bet an important part of my anatomy that it's not the Buy.com's of the world selling my email address. It's my posting on newsgroups, or being listed in public directories. It would be corporate suicide for major businesses to ever be in the business of selling their customers names.

• On the post: White House claims innocence

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2000 @ 01:59pm

  Re: Coverup

  If there really is email between Lewinsky and Curie, I say all the better that it was erased.

• On the post: Microsoft restructures

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2000 @ 10:21am

  Re: hypocrite

  My headline illustrated my point exactly. The point is that dramatic headlines cause people to read stories, and stories about Microsoft even more so in the tech industry.

• On the post: CDnow Feels Misunderstood

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2000 @ 05:48pm

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  It's definitely unfortunate, but the position they are in now is of their own doing. I used to use CDNow. Their problems were slow delivery, poor order tracking and only average pricing and high shipping costs. They never addressed most of these issues and instead became distracted with other failed revenue streams. On top of that the bastards send me email every damn week even though I have repeatedly told them to take me off the list. Maybe when they go out of business the emails will finally stop.

• On the post: Hack works around parental control software

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2000 @ 11:20am

  Re: I find your use of words a bit disturbing?

  Ok, although I'm not going to apologize for the note, I apologize if it offended anyone. My point is that parents have a tough time raising kids in today's information age. If they choose to use a tool to help them get a handle on the information on the Web, they shouldn't have to keep up on all the latest programs that work around that tool. That's just not fair to them. All it does is invite government intervention.

• On the post: Peapod Loses CEO, Investment

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2000 @ 03:17pm

  Re: No Subject Given

  I love Safeway. One of my favorite times of the year is during Passover. I can hang out in the Passover section at Safeway to meet girls...

• On the post: Peapod Loses CEO, Investment

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2000 @ 03:10pm

  Re: No Subject Given

  My reasoning is that every step we take with a company like Peapod or Webvan takes us one step farther away from ever having social interaction. One day, I'm gonna be able to sit in my apartment and never have to leave because everything can be done on the Internet. That may be great for some, but I think it's possibly one of the most dangerous side-effects of online communication. It allows people to hide from the world and others. Maybe I'm taking out my anger on Peapod, but specifically, I think that having bags and bags of groceries delivered based on shopping in virtual aisles is less efficient than just driving to Safeway.

• On the post: Peapod Loses CEO, Investment

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2000 @ 02:59pm

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  Peapod sucks. They've always sucked and they always will. Webvan sucks a little less, but the whole premise behind delivering groceries just doesn't get me excited.

• On the post: Fired for Publishing a Story on the Web

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2000 @ 02:58pm

  No Subject Given

  This guys an idiot. I'm glad he was fired.

• On the post: IKEA Pulls Spam Marketing Plan

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2000 @ 11:35am

  Re: It was NOT spam

  Than your friends are stupid.

• On the post: IKEA Pulls Spam Marketing Plan

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2000 @ 11:16am

  Re: It was NOT spam

  That's not the site's fault, Mike. If you don't like the mail your friends are sending you, deal with your friends. What IKEA is doing is the true sense of opt-in. Someone specifically told them to email you, they didn't just pull your name out of their ass.

• On the post: E-cards fail to come through

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2000 @ 02:09pm

  Re: Wait a sec...

  Yep, and I stand by my comments. The CEO of Toysrus.com didn't say something idiotic like they couldn't have anticipated the orders. He said they screwed up. The CEO of eGreetings.com's comments were ignorant.

• On the post: CNET to acquire mySimon for $700 million…

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2000 @ 09:08am

  MySimon and CNET

  Welcome to the family... :-)

• On the post: Toysrus.com CEO admits mistakes

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2000 @ 11:51am

  Re: Not that simple

  It's easy for us to sit on the side and say they should have figured out a way to not screw up. That's like saying people should figure out a way to avoid accidents. I'm not saying what they did was right. But, we learn from mistakes and I guarantee they have learned from theirs.

• On the post: Toysrus.com CEO admits mistakes

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2000 @ 11:02am

  Re: Not that simple

  Quite simply, they screwed up. No denying it. But, that doesn't mean they're a bad company. I deal with 100+ companies every day and they all screw up, no matter how good the intentions are. We're talking about a new businss model with new logistical issues. Everyone is learning as they go and Toysrus.com is no different.

• On the post: Class Action Suit Against Toysrus.com

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2000 @ 07:18pm

  No Subject Given

  This is absurd. Yeah, Toysrus.com f*cked up. That's life.

• On the post: MTV to save humanity

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 23 Dec, 1999 @ 11:31am

  No Subject Given

  This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Although, the chicks are hot.

• On the post: AT&T Wireless Tracking Stock

  

  Dan Miller ( profile ), 06 Dec, 1999 @ 01:46pm

  Re: If they could only get their act together

  My entire company uses AT&T phones that are registered in the New York area. We never can get through to them.

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