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Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability

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On 2014-04-16, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 2014-04-16, tdk <forum.tdk@squte.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm absolutely unable to get to the Pando website 
>>
>> Works for me. Maybe your IP or country is blocked? Does it work
>> through a proxy?  http://hidemyass.com/ 
>>
>
> I'll give it a try.  Blocking IP addresses by geographical region is the
> stupidest idea ever for most stuff.  From here in Senegal I can't even
> get onto the Netflix webpage for example.  So much for buying mom and
> dad a subscription for Xmas.  F.U. Netflix! 

It ain't just out-of-the-way places like Senegal. I regularly have problems
ordering stuff for my Mother, who lives in the USA, from here in the UK.

"No, I do *not* have an effing ZIP code, OK!"

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[OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-04-15 16:57 -0500
  Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-16 11:10 +0000
    Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-04-16 07:04 -0500
      Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-16 13:44 +0000
        Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-16 17:52 +0000
        Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-04-17 09:51 +0000

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