Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!mcdchg!ddsw1!zane From: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Info on Lotus Marketplace Message-ID: <1990Dec14.004404.1671@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 14 Dec 90 00:44:04 GMT References: Reply-To: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) Distribution: comp Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL Lines: 25 In article bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: > >From: spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) >> You can bet that Lotus will put plenty of entries in the >>database which ultimately get back to them. This is a common practice >>when you own a mailing list to keep track of who is using it. There >>is a term for it which slips my mind. > >"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. > >It's a reliable way to catch mailing list theft. It's a neat method. Can you give examples of a dictionary ringer? How would they work? -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM