Guest Bertie the Bunyip Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in news:9jfPi.4103$y21.3807@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net: > Right or worng, you're still a fruitcake! Smoooch! Bertie > The user's network (USENET) is a huge collection of noncommercial > unmoderated forums for discussion of every topic known to man (and > woman). Many newsgroups, like this (comp.speech.users), are for users > discussing speech recognition and providing technical help to other > users. > > Advertising a commercial web site here is prohibited. Microphone > sellers like Martin Markoe should show respect for other sellers and > regular users of speech-recognition by following the rules: > > ... in the body of your post, do not include a link to a commercial > web site if you have any commercial interest in that web site, that > includes complementary (tit-for-tat) microphone and speech-recognition > product vendor web sites. > > ... if you include a signature, keep it to four lines or less. > > ... you may include links to your commercial web site in a signature. > > Otherwise, a spammer like Martin Markoe gets into a dispute with a > competing vendor and starts littering his posts with links to his > commercial web site. That abuse of this unmoderated USENET discussion > group frustrates other vendors and annoys speech-recognition users. > > Commercial web site operators are welcome to offer help, but we have > limitations on advertising here on the unmoderated USENET in order to > keep the discussion focused on users and to keep it from > disintegrating into a commercial dogfight. > > > > Martin Markoe (from eMicrophones, Inc) harasses and stalks others, and > he violates the privacy of innocent people who have nothing to do with > his malicious practices. By itself, Martin Markoe's willingness to > push microphones on disabled users (whose problems usually have > nothing to do with a microphone) provides insight into Martin's > malicious character. > > Anyone can express his (or her) opinion here on USENET, but > advertising is not allowed except in groups specifically labeled for > selling things like forsale and marketplace . > > Following are a few quotes to help illustrate the annoyance and > frustration spam from Martin Markoe (of eMicrophones, Inc) can cause > for users seeking help in this speech users group and why advertising > is prohibited here. > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/3becc9fa6c340ffc? > > You are not a technologist. You sell microphones. > > Marty, how come whenever someone disagrees with you, you get into this > high school urinating contest mode? Actually I can't find your > credentials anywhere either, except as a guy selling something. > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/473a2b3f9dd6a0f0? > > Man you really are full of yourself! Just leave me alone. I asked you > a question. Silly me, I wanted to know what I was buying before I > bought it. How absurd! I then get email after email after email from > you telling me that you won't answer my question and trying to justify > it. Lets cut the crap. You won't answer my question. I won't buy from > you. So now go away and let me get USEFUL information from someone who > will be honest with me instead of evasive, devisive and insulting! > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/d256b8b7563712e9? > > More importantly I am not here touting my business. A position which > makes anything you say suspect, doesn't it. > > I have been watching this group for a long time and you have managed > to turn it into the eMicrophones, Inc. mail list. Almost no one with > expertise posts here any longer. > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/6014c0e38032578f? > > Is anyone else beyond annoyed with the two pathetically desperate > "small business owners" that have driven this group into the ground? > > I subscribed 6 months ago hoping to learn something about the > "state-of-the-art" in voice recognition from the user's perspective. > > All I've managed to learn is that most users are apparently being > ripped off by over-charging slimy weaseloid microphone hawkers. > > Martin Markoe and Mr. "speaktoyourpc.com", I beg you to consider the > number of potential customers you're pissing off before you further > demonstrate your witlessness by posting again. Your childish > King-of-the-Group games should've stopped a loooong time ago. > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/3b57c2d47a1d5994? > > Well said...Refreshing. > > [That in response to the prior message.] > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/ce73180162c1d199? > > ... dealing with you on the newsgroups is not an easy thing and most > always turns into some type of flaming war. > > ... you do get into fights with many regarding microphones and you do > wave your website around more often than necessary and you don't > always tell the truth about competitive products. > > I didn't respond because I simply did not want to get into another > fight which is the reason my posts have been very light in the last > few months. > > Here are my qualifications. Certified and trained for Philips > SpeechMagic, IBM ViaVoice, IBM Medspeak, Kurzweil VoiceMed, Dragon > NaturallySpeaking Enterprise & L&H VoiceXpress... So please, don't > call me a "Charlatan" because it is simply not true. > > And believe me when I tell you that some users actually get better > recognition from $20 headsets than with $100 headsets. > > I see vendors posting all the time and as long as you are not a member > of the newsgroup, there aren't constant one-up battles. > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/ba6cc5fd879272fd? > > After getting caught with his pants down regarding his so called > privacy policy, Martin continues to make a complete ass out of > himself. > > With this pattern of behaviour, the next step is usually > stalking--email stalking (... to menacingly spread deceit) > > [Martin Markoe does that.] > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/84f362b69d93a460? > > ... you don't see the authors in all the newsgroups in a constant > battle. Only with you Marty. > > I have seen posts from you that link to as many as 8 direct links to > your website (all in one post) and your signatures fall within 5 or 10 > lines long. In my book, that's called SPAMMING. > > ... about 2 weeks ago, you claimed to have sold thousands of GN MPA > Satellites. I know for a fact that is not true. > > Guess what Marty.... I have a life. I don't have time to live on the > newsgroups as you do. > > This is the 2nd time you have mentioned me being moderated on user > groups. Last time, you apologized about confusing me with someone > else. YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL MARTY MARKOE. > > Marty, your constant abuse on these newsgroups... must come to an end. > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.speech.users/msg/5585a5e972b1cc1c? > > I give up. I've dealt with delusional people like you before, and it > leads to nowhere... you continue attacking people who are FAR more > experienced and qualified than you, not to mention professional. > > See also: > "Martin Markoe" <martin emicrophones.com> > ... <martin speechcontrol.com> > ... <mmarkoe optonline.net> > "Michael Mendick" <michael emicrophones.com> > billyrichbroker yahoo.com > > > > > > > Path: > newsdbm02.news.prodigy.net!newsdst02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com! newsc > on02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com! nntp.gi > ganews.com!postnews.google.com!22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com!not-for- mail > From: "mmarkoe optonline.net" <mmarkoe optonline.net> > Newsgroups: free.usenet,rec.aviation.piloting > Subject: John Doe - Professional Spammer > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:29:26 -0700 > Organization: http://groups.google.com > Lines: 390 > Message-ID: <1192022966.776817.64640 22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> > References: <1191463474.680109.123040 19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com> > <1191520123.950733.246940 w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> > <1191521212.449288.127490 r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> > <Xns99BF75D2FE930AvSvcs 216.168.3.50> <up0Oi.2626$y21.1166 > newssvr19.news.prodigy.net> <Xns99C278641BA04pissupropeeh > 207.14.116.130> <HFAOi.5267$4V6.2961 newssvr14.news.prodigy.net> > NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.119.117.84 Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > X-Trace: posting.google.com 1192022966 25338 127.0.0.1 (10 Oct 2007 > 13:29:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com > NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:29:26 +0000 (UTC) > In-Reply-To: <HFAOi.5267$4V6.2961 newssvr14.news.prodigy.net> > User-Agent: G2/1.0 > X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; > SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) > Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com Injection-Info: > 22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.119.117.84; > posting-account=ps2QrAMAAAA6_jCuRt2JEIpn5Otqf_w0 Bytes: 13586 > Xref: prodigy.net free.usenet:1706 rec.aviation.piloting:603933 > X-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:29:29 EDT > (newsdbm02.news.prodigy.net) > > <snipped Martin Markoe's maliciousness> > Quote
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