While the movie they made out of Balzac's story was visually stunning, what was the deal with changing a panther (if I recall correctly) named Mignonne into a leopard named Simoom? Not to mention they dropped the ``A'' from the title.. grumble.
If you read the actual bill, you'll see that non profit organizations are exempt from having to put the ``ADV:'' tag on their messages. Even if that wasn't the case, it's not considered unsolicited email if you've subscribed to the list.
But what's even more interesting is that politicians and non-profit groups must do the same as well.
Uh, no. Maybe you should REAL the bill before commenting on it.
(4) IT SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE FOR ANY PERSON THAT SENDS A COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE TO FAIL TO USE THE EXACT CHARACTERS "ADV:" (THE CAPITAL LETTERS "A", "D", AND "V", IN THAT ORDER, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A COLON) AS THE FIRST FOUR CHARACTERS IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF AN UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE UNLESS THE SENDER:
(a) IS A TAX EXEMPT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; OR (b) IS A POLITICAL OR POLLING ORGANIZATION; OR (c) IS AN ORGANIZATION USING ELECTRONIC MAIL TO COMMUNICATE EXCLUSIVELY WITH ITS MEMBERS; OR (d) IS AN ORGANIZATION USING ELECTRONIC MAIL TO COMMUNICATE EXCLUSIVELY WITH ITS EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS, OR BOTH; OR (e) HAS A CURRENT OR PRIOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RECIPIENT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 6-2.5-102 (1).
Basically, Katz says stupid things and he says them badly.
You know, if people like you would take the time to consider that maybe, just maybe, your own opinions and views aren't necessarily the correct ones, nor shared by everyone else...
Try this: Put a ``in my opinion'' in front of statements like that, and maybe you won't be viewed as a self-righteous, narrowminded individual.
At least that's my opinion, be it right, wrong, pink, purple or sitting on the damn moon waving a little green flag.
That's why Ford Motor's announcement announcement last week was potentially the most significant technology news in years, vastly more important than the river of hype about mergers and IPOs. Ford will offer each of its 350,000 employees worldwide, from factory workers in India to designers in Michigan, a high-speed desktop computer, a color printer and unlimited Internet access for just $5 a month. This announcement was potentially the most significant technology news in years, vastly more important than the river of hype about mergers, IPOs and stock prices.
C'mon, doesn't anyone actually READ this before it gets posted?
That's interesting.. I worked part time in a computer store's repair/upgrade department from '96-'98, and during my two years there I only ever saw ONE WD hard drive fail. Seagate HDs were returned left and right, and it was rather common that we'd open a new Seagate box and the damn thing wouldn't even spin when connected.
In my experience (not much hardware lately since I switched careers to programming) the Seagate SCSI drives are rock solid while their IDE drives suck, and WD has been the exact opposite.
An 18 month old article that has the word ``Linux'' in it, with the context being that he's NOT going to mess with it... scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Really.
``The goal is to simplify people's lives by reducing the amount of time they must spend preparing meals'' they say... c'mon. Reducing the amount of time? How long does it take to read the fargin' instructions on a package? Turn a dial?
``"It does all the thinking," Daniel said. '' Proving that in the eyes of Samsung, people are simply too stupid to use a regular microwave oven.
Really, if they wanted this to be for consumer convenience only; how difficult would it be to have a second bar code that contains the basic cooking requirements encoded, and use that rather than connecting to the 'net and report your eating habits to some giant database?
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I don't even *own* a microwave oven.:-) Cooking is a nice artform.
I know this is a tad off-topic, but since a buncha crypto people are bound to read this -- last I read about PGP, you could only use it if you were an american citizen. Does this still hold true? I'm a permanent resident in the US but not a citizen; if PGP isn't available for me, what alternatives do I have? TIA.
Just wondering -- I, personally, thought ``The 13th Floor'' was far more intriguing and thoughtful, while ``Matrix'' just came across as more of an action flick.
BTW, the book ``The 13th Floor'' was based on is one of the most interesting sci-fi stories I've ever encountered (Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galoyue), highly recommended!
Maybe people will start questioning things now...
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Maybe once everyone can see that the pictures on their telly in the corner don't even match up with the view they get when they drive to walk down the same street they'll start to seek other points of view on a story. Maybe people will start to WAKE UP.
That's an interesting comment; could it be that maybe the newsmedia are shooting themselves in the foot, so to speak, with this new technology? Up until now, it's been fairly difficult to tell when the truth/actual event has been modified to suit the media's idea of what attracts viewers/readers...however, if you can actually, with your own eyes, see the differences (e.g. ``hey, that house wasn't there when I drove past last week!''), maybe it'll trigger a general disbelief in what the media presents. Then again, maybe not.
Anyone want to make a bet on how long it'll take before Big Brother tries to use this technique to enforce mandatory blocking of ``inappropriate'' content on any TV in a public area?:-)
Hey, both of my kids were conceived despite the pill for one, and a condom for the other. Those things aren't 100% effective you know.
Hey dammit, let me be delusional if I choose to!;-) I know they aren't 100% effective, but I suspect quite a few kids are conceived because people don't take the proper precautions, that's all.:-) I've been lucky so far.;-)
Why do people have kids in the first place, when they're so often not capable of the emotional investment that's so important in the upbringing of the kids? Are the just enamoured with the idea of having children, but absolutely clueless when it comes to how to raise them? Or, could it be that they do have an idea of what's needed, but either don't want to exert the effort, or expect somebody/something else to fill in for them?
My personal opinion (and regard it as such) is that (here we go again) the parents lack the responsibility more than anything else. Really, how many parents these days do you think spend a considerable amount of time seeking advice from others (not necessarily their own parents, but friends that may be successful parents), reading about parenting (after having screened the literature, of course; there's plenty of bad advice out there), talking to their children, etc etc... I dare say that the parents who take the time to do these, and other, things are in the minority.
So, I honestly wonder: What's the driving force behind people having kids only to ignore their upbringing? Family pressure? That babies are cute? The need for some form of immortality? By accident (hey, using a condom is a really hard thing to remember, ya know)? Because society demands it?
This link provides some information; the company these guys started is located here in Atlanta, and has a website, but I cannot remember the name of it.
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Well, if you were playing Madonna albums it was probably trying to commit suicide. :-)
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Even if that wasn't the case, it's not considered unsolicited email if you've subscribed to the list.
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Uh, no. Maybe you should REAL the bill before commenting on it.
(4) IT SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE FOR ANY PERSON THAT SENDS A COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE TO FAIL TO USE THE EXACT CHARACTERS "ADV:" (THE CAPITAL LETTERS "A", "D", AND "V", IN THAT ORDER, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A COLON) AS THE FIRST FOUR CHARACTERS IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF AN UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE UNLESS THE SENDER:
(a) IS A TAX EXEMPT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; OR
(b) IS A POLITICAL OR POLLING ORGANIZATION; OR
(c) IS AN ORGANIZATION USING ELECTRONIC MAIL TO COMMUNICATE EXCLUSIVELY WITH ITS MEMBERS; OR
(d) IS AN ORGANIZATION USING ELECTRONIC MAIL TO COMMUNICATE EXCLUSIVELY WITH ITS EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS, OR BOTH; OR
(e) HAS A CURRENT OR PRIOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RECIPIENT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 6-2.5-102 (1).
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You know, if people like you would take the time to consider that maybe, just maybe, your own opinions and views aren't necessarily the correct ones, nor shared by everyone else...
Try this: Put a ``in my opinion'' in front of statements like that, and maybe you won't be viewed as a self-righteous, narrowminded individual.
At least that's my opinion, be it right, wrong, pink, purple or sitting on the damn moon waving a little green flag.
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C'mon, doesn't anyone actually READ this before it gets posted?
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In my experience (not much hardware lately since I switched careers to programming) the Seagate SCSI drives are rock solid while their IDE drives suck, and WD has been the exact opposite.
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``Here's a story about this guy trying to port Linux to...''
And, immediately following...
``Hey, how about a Beowulf cluster of these things???''
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That's absolutely ridiculous! Everyone knows that rodents don't have bar codes. ;-)
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``The goal is to simplify people's lives by reducing the amount of time they must spend preparing meals'' they say... c'mon. Reducing the amount of time? How long does it take to read the fargin' instructions on a package? Turn a dial?
``"It does all the thinking," Daniel said. '' Proving that in the eyes of Samsung, people are simply too stupid to use a regular microwave oven.
Really, if they wanted this to be for consumer convenience only; how difficult would it be to have a second bar code that contains the basic cooking requirements encoded, and use that rather than connecting to the 'net and report your eating habits to some giant database?
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I don't even *own* a microwave oven. :-) Cooking is a nice artform.
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BTW, the book ``The 13th Floor'' was based on is one of the most interesting sci-fi stories I've ever encountered (Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galoyue), highly recommended!
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That's an interesting comment; could it be that maybe the newsmedia are shooting themselves in the foot, so to speak, with this new technology? Up until now, it's been fairly difficult to tell when the truth/actual event has been modified to suit the media's idea of what attracts viewers/readers...however, if you can actually, with your own eyes, see the differences (e.g. ``hey, that house wasn't there when I drove past last week!''), maybe it'll trigger a general disbelief in what the media presents. Then again, maybe not.
Food for thought, though.
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Hey dammit, let me be delusional if I choose to! ;-) I know they aren't 100% effective, but I suspect quite a few kids are conceived because people don't take the proper precautions, that's all. :-) I've been lucky so far. ;-)
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Why do people have kids in the first place, when they're so often not capable of the emotional investment that's so important in the upbringing of the kids? Are the just enamoured with the idea of having children, but absolutely clueless when it comes to how to raise them? Or, could it be that they do have an idea of what's needed, but either don't want to exert the effort, or expect somebody/something else to fill in for them?
My personal opinion (and regard it as such) is that (here we go again) the parents lack the responsibility more than anything else. Really, how many parents these days do you think spend a considerable amount of time seeking advice from others (not necessarily their own parents, but friends that may be successful parents), reading about parenting (after having screened the literature, of course; there's plenty of bad advice out there), talking to their children, etc etc... I dare say that the parents who take the time to do these, and other, things are in the minority.
So, I honestly wonder: What's the driving force behind people having kids only to ignore their upbringing? Family pressure? That babies are cute? The need for some form of immortality? By accident (hey, using a condom is a really hard thing to remember, ya know)? Because society demands it?
What do you think? -pf
This link provides some information; the company these guys started is located here in Atlanta, and has a website, but I cannot remember the name of it.
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