From: Aaron Turner Date: 2010-08-23T13:29:34+09:00 Subject: Re: Help Support BING On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:00 PM, andrew mcelroy wrote: > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Caleb Clausen wrote: >> On 8/22/10, Aamir Khan wrote: >>> Help Support BING by Voting for it.. >> >> That's a microsoft product isn't it? Why would we want to help >> Microsoft? Most of us here are unixheads and hate them. >> >>> VOTE 45644 to 55555 >> >> WTF does this even mean? > > Probably SMS message 45644 to the number 55555? > >> >>> Users voting for BING will get gift hampers from Microsoft >> >> That sounds unethical to me. Uneconomical as well. MS is really gonna >> send a fruit basket to everyone who votes for their google wannabe? >> >> > We always knew Ballmer would drive MS into the ground. > This is likely a scam. Funny, when I read "gift hampers" I thought he meant the containers people put their dirty clothes in before they wash them. Oddly enough this wasn't a compelling enough "gift" for me to bother texting, but clearly the OP thinks I must be in the minority. Still not sure what I'd rather NOT have, a fruit basket or another clothes hamper. But yeah, scam. Same email (person/bot) asked people to txt the same codes for some other completely nonsensical reason. -- Aaron Turner http://synfin.net/         Twitter: @synfinatic http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & Windows Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.     -- Benjamin Franklin "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero"