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One Peeeeved Python
30/09/2004 10:07 pmIzzie is finally going to get around to that Rodent Rant and had a whole bunch of tasty morsels of poisoned cheese in her arsenal. Or so she thought. A tasty juicy morsel one week is quite capable of slinking itself inside some stinking safe and cannot be rescued unless you REGISTER.
Just about any half decent rag in the land of Oz including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age has now adopted this user friendly policy. Oh silly Iz. If we had any idea - it has now got to the stage where if you see something interesting online, you virtually have to cut and paste the damn thing to be sure of having access to it.
At the rate this trend is going, soon the only accessible online newspapers will be the likes of The National Enquirer, The Daily Prophet and The Quibbler.
Iz does not buy the argument that the material is copyright and therefore you should register. Of course they have spent time and money chasing stories or clicking and pasting but the adverts are supposed to pay all those expenses. And this business about offering "a better online experience" Bullshit. They just want to grab our precioussss data. If Izzie could even be bothered registering, she is hardly going to tell them the truth. I mean - we could always use the wonderful services from the folks in Bug-me-not but why bother?
Why don't these buggers go the whole way and take EVERY single paper off the news stands and make them ALL subscription only? Adverts and all.
Just about any half decent rag in the land of Oz including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age has now adopted this user friendly policy. Oh silly Iz. If we had any idea - it has now got to the stage where if you see something interesting online, you virtually have to cut and paste the damn thing to be sure of having access to it.
At the rate this trend is going, soon the only accessible online newspapers will be the likes of The National Enquirer, The Daily Prophet and The Quibbler.
Iz does not buy the argument that the material is copyright and therefore you should register. Of course they have spent time and money chasing stories or clicking and pasting but the adverts are supposed to pay all those expenses. And this business about offering "a better online experience" Bullshit. They just want to grab our precioussss data. If Izzie could even be bothered registering, she is hardly going to tell them the truth. I mean - we could always use the wonderful services from the folks in Bug-me-not but why bother?
Why don't these buggers go the whole way and take EVERY single paper off the news stands and make them ALL subscription only? Adverts and all.
