ZD Publications has earned my ire. Years ago, I got a promo "get a free issue and a mouse pad". I needed a mousepad so I filled out the card and sent it in. The first thing I got in the mail was a bill for a year's subscription, nearly a month later I finally recieved the free mag (the new month's issue was already on the stands), and they NEVER sent the promised mousepad. Needless to say, I didn't subscribed since they did not honor their end of the bargin, but did that stop ZD Publications? Noooooo. For years I recieved bills from them for a magazine subscription. And after that, threatening letters from their legal department. I think it was close to eight years before the bills and threats finally stopped arriving in the mail. Buy a magazne from them? Not even if they were the only publisher on the planet. You can bet they WILL sell your info to as many as they can. And those companies will, in turn, sell it as well.

 Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things!  ; )