[Info-vax] HP to axe 30,000 jobs to cut costs

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/18/2012 2:01 PM, John Wallace wrote:
> On May 18, 2:55 pm, Jan-Erik Soderholm<jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
> wrote:
>> Paul Sture wrote 2012-05-18 15:44:
>>
>>> http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/09411f3c-
>>> a054-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1vCHQVMBD
>>
>>> or tinyurl:
>>
>>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/7npqe4j
>>
>>> Ouch!
>>
>> "FT.com articles are only available to registered
>> users and subscribers"
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/17/hp_whitman_job_cuts_rumor/
>
> Go to Google, search for something in the article, click on the link
> and read *that article* only, no registration necessary. Bug ?
> Feature? Who cares, enjoy it while it lasts.

It works like this:
* the site want the Google hits so they allow Google in
* if people complain to Google that the link found via
   Google does not allow access to users then Google will
   blacklist the site
* so the site allows requests with Google as referrer

Arne