Author: Brian Thomas
Date: 20:33:58 01/15/04
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Thanks for the heads up. I was watching a show a few months back (can't quite remember, 20/20, 60 minutes, something like that) and they discussed "undercover" advertisers. Very clever some of the schemes they'll use. On January 15, 2004 at 21:35:59, Mike Byrne wrote: >To All CCC Memebers: > >We toasted Swartz on January 7th and Caissa signed on the very next day. > >Even though the IPs are different, the HTTP_USER_AGENT for both of them is >identical: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; YComp 5.0.2.6) > >For the entire year there were only 6 that were identical to that of the 1000's >of signups. > >The email address that Caissa uses directs one to a site that is sponsored by >Chess Central and only Chess Central sells product there. > >Gary Swartz posted 9 times before he was toasted: >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=315282 >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=333630 >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=333733 >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=333777 >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=335464 >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=340382 >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=340455 >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=340497 >http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=340597 > >All but one was a flagrant advertisement for either Chess Central or Chess >Exchange. > >Swartz had as his username and city: >User name: ChessMagic >City: San Antonio TX > >Caissa has as his username and city: >User name: ChessBrain >City: Texas > >Please boycott Chess Central and Chess Exchange for violating and totally >disrespecting our Charter. > >Please report any repeated posts promoting Chess Central or Chess Exchange. >Anyone posting a post that promotes Chess Central or Chess Exchange will >permanently banned without any warning. This organization is willfully >violating our charter for their own financial gain. > >Thank You. > >Michael Byrne
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