Re: poster printing

Sandy,
A message was posted by the same person <john stone (*
johnstone1001@yahoo.com*)>
on August 7.
This is the text of that message:
<< Hey y'all - I was doing some surfing this weekend and found this website
that compares photo printing services http://www.printrates.com thought it
would interest the rest of you here. i am using ofoto and snapfish mostly
for my stuff and I am kind of happy with it. >>
Draw your own conclusions.
Regards,
Tom

On 8/28/05, Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu> wrote:
>
> Your point is very well made.
>
> As you say, the original poster may return and clarify his intention,
> but my initial reaction to it from the outset was that it was most
> likely disguised advertising SPAM. I see this kind of thing all the
> time on the web.
>
> And regardless, the message was entirely off-topic for this list,
> which is dedicated to discussions of alternative photography.
>
> Sandy.
>
>
>
>
> >RE: "The e-mail was not Spam, but a polite and honest question, even
> >if naive and/or misplaced."
> >
> >I'm not certain one can so quickly assert quilt or innocence with
> >these types of messages. On one hand it takes some effort to join the
> >list, so the SPAM isn't so effortless. On the other hand, the newest
> >phenomenon to emerge on the Internet is just this type of unethical
> >usage known as "comment spam" which seeks to drive page ranking stats
> >higher on a given site in order to appear nearer the top of Google
> >(and other's) search list. It has become the latest bad boy (& girl)
> >behaviour on the web and it mostly seen on BLOG sites. One of my
> >favorites (film and culture) BLOG sites has suffered recently from
> >these innocuous comments which ALWAYS have links to other sites, which
> >ALWAYS are unrelated in any way to the BLOG content.
> >
> >Unless the original poster returns to clarify, I would have to be very
> >suspicious of this post. HELL, I'M JUST VERY SUSPICIOUS OF
> >EVERYTHING...
> >
> >
> >Darryl Baird
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Judy Seigel [mailto:jseigel@panix.com]
> >Sent: Sat 8/27/2005 11:11 PM
> >To: Kerik
> >Cc: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca;
> >alt-photo-process-error@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: RE: poster printing
> >
> >
> >The following is uncalled for and mistaken, not to mention
> >gratuitously
> >vulgar. It does no credit to either the writer or the list, in fact is
> >
> >degrading to both.
> >
> >The e-mail was not Spam, but a polite and honest question,
> >even if naive and/or misplaced.
> >
> >Where are the vigilant & valiant "list minders" and other concerned
> >list
> >citizens so energetic in defending the list from "the left"? What
> >about
> >from "left field"?
> >
> >What is kerik@kerik smoking?
> >
> >J.
> >
> >On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Kerik wrote:
> >
> >> Great. Now we get spam to the listserve.
> >>
> >> Well John, since you asked, I can think of a much better place for
> >you to
> >> stick this message...
> >>
> >>
> >> From: john stone [mailto:johnstone1001@yahoo.com]
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:15 AM
> >> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> >> Subject: poster printing
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I just bought a new camera 8MP and I am so excited to start
> >shooting
> >> photos. Now that I have enough pixels I want to make posters out of
> >the good
> >> ones and I have looked at http://www.printrates.com for prices for
> >20X30
> >> prints and I see it varies from like $10 to almost $30 - what a
> >difference!
> >> any suggestions for a which of the cheaper services is also good
> >quality?
> >> lilke pephoto.com <http://pephoto.com> is cheapest at around $10 but
> any experience with
> >them?
> >>
> >> I hope this is the right forum for this if not i'd like to know
> >where a
> >> better place is.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _____
> >>
> >> Start <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34442/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs>
> >your
> >> day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
> >>
> >>
>

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