Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!att!cbnewsh!wcs From: wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Info on Lotus Marketplace Message-ID: <1990Dec10.014047.25211@cbnewsh.att.com> Date: 10 Dec 90 01:40:47 GMT References: Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Government Communications Lines: 20 In article , bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: > "Ringers" is the term you're looking for. They're also used in > dictionaries, almanacs etc, obscure, harmless, but false pieces of > information which can prove copying. Sometimes when you see what > appears to be an amusing "blooper" in a dictionary it's just a ringer > and was put there on purpose. One problem I have with the Lotus stuff is that I use a similar technique myself - the Time Magazine subscription goes to Time Stewart, the New York Magazine goes to NY Stewart, the MCI Mail freebie went to Richard Falken, etc. I'll ask them to get rid of references to the REAL people here, but I won't bother with the randoms. J. Fnord Stewart -- Pray for peace! Bill --- # Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ