Optascope.com? nope just go to parallax.com!
Vern Graner
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I have the nifty Parallax USB Oscilloscope (aka Optascope). While using it today, I attempted to try the "online support" from the HELP menu (or from within the help file itself) and it points my browser to "www.optascope.com" which is not a support site for Optascope, but rather a "redirector" portal (i.e. all it does it generate ad $$ for it's owner).
Looks like the legitimate owners of Optascope.com lost the site and it was snapped up by some jerks.
So, does anyone know the current, correct website for optascope support and/or software updates (besides our beloved parallax.com that is!)
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Vern
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Post Edited (Vern) : 12/13/2006 11:48:32 PM GMT
Looks like the legitimate owners of Optascope.com lost the site and it was snapped up by some jerks.
So, does anyone know the current, correct website for optascope support and/or software updates (besides our beloved parallax.com that is!)
?Vern
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Post Edited (Vern) : 12/13/2006 11:48:32 PM GMT
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·· The OptaScope and the Parallax USB Scope are one in the same now and all support can be found at the following link.· I hope this helps.· Take care.
http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/scope.asp
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
Vern
PS: Of course, I suggest that the software and the docs be updated to address the "bad" link. Consider for a moment the repercussions if the new owner of optascope.com decides to redirect all traffic to a hardcore "pr0n" site and a room full of students click the "online support" link!
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·· Thanks for the feedback.· There will be updated software and documentation available soon.· Take care.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
I am the CIO at a college. This actually happened to us some years ago! We had reserved .edu and I simply never thought of anything else. Well, after a while, someone complained that our site was full of VERY objectionable material. Of course, I checked it out from home and everything was fine and I went back to sleep.
The next day my webmaster told me that someone had bought the .com version and filled it full of stuff people might not want to see. Of course, the owner of the .com site was willing to sell it to us! We sued instead. It took about a week to get the site down with an injunction and then about two months to gain ownership of the site. (All out of court . . . lawyers are good for something, I guess.)
Your point is VERY valid!
--Bill
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