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   Justin to Justin   
   Re: Even "Lightning UK!" is smarter than   
   25 Jan 11 23:43:23   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: justin@nobecauseeihatespam.org   
      
   "Hadron"  wrote in message news:iho71f$vpr$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
      
   "Justin"  writes:   
      
   > Oh noes!  What should I do?  Obviously the ask.com toolbar is so awesome   
   > and   
   > useful, people have to be tricked into installing it.   
   > Maybe users shouldn't even have a right to decide what is installed on   
   > their   
   > machines.  After all, users don't have a right to decide which Windows   
   > license   
   > is installed on which PC.   
   > What do you think?   
   > If only there was an OS manufactured by a company that didn't allow this.   
   >   
   > http://www.imagebam.com/image/49713a116773551   
      
      
   What part of "you did have a choice" confuses you Just "in"?   
      
      
   Somebody who isn't paying attention, or has a momentary lapse will install   
   that crapware.   
   I wonder how much of a kickback Ask gives Lightning.   
      
   Here's one for Bing.   
   Even the freeware kiddies are getting in on it!   
   CDBurnerXP.   
      
   Interesting how Windows is the only OS where this happens.   
      
   http://www.imagebam.com/image/b4b9d0116778992   
      
   CDBurnerXP recommends it!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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