I'm getting seriously fed up of this. You are not paying even in the same ballpark of the actual cost of supplying your full connection's worth of bandwidth for an entire month.
Yet the telcos make shitloads of money every month.
Granted, I can see there are opportunities for abuse here, but if the owners of dynamic dns domains don't properly police their "customers" and spammers and/or other malicious websites start using it, then Google has every right to blacklist the entire domain.
Countries have been banned from sites, email, IRC channels and so on with this argument.
Just so you know, some ISPs have defacto monopolies in their countries, and everyone there get the same domain. Any idiot that say 'let ban *.il, or *.es, because I got 10 spam messages from there' should be fired on the spot.
In fact, if he works at google whoever hired him should be fired, too.
Yeah, the emails with "CONFIDENTIAL" in the subject line from other officials in her administration really screamed "Not official government business" to me, too.
It's good to get personal stuff on a personal account, but it still looks much like she was doing some public work using that personal account too.
Even if that was true, you would need some evidence *first* and then get access (by getting a warrant) to the email account.
Let me put it another way: Suppose this "hacker" got illegal access to another 15 email accounts and found nothing there - he was a bit lucky with Palin. If he didn't find anything useful, there wouldn't be a story about his break-in... yet 15 people would have had their privacy invaded by an idiot with no right to do so.
So tell me, if events had happened this way (which would be in fact be the case), what should happen now?
Invading one's privacy just to see if there's anything interesting is illegal, and with good reason. And honestly, I hope Palin gets away with _everything_ that could be in those emails, so next time people who don't like a specific politician play fair.
The whole reason Palin is using Yahoo instead of government sponsored email is that any email sent through those channels is archived for a Very Long Time as a matter of public record
Not that I like her, but everyone's entitled to having personal accounts which should be respected.
If she used her.gov account for everything some people would be complaining about her usage of public resources to email her family.
Now, about what was found in the yahoo account: Obviously it would inadmissible in court, but it's very useful to her enemies anyway. Which I find disgusting.
They are just saying 'OK, Spore hurt too much and the customers are making too much noise. Let's use a smaller dick with the next game'.
What they should do is be honest and describe the limitations in the box.
-Warning: Zero resale value. -This game can only be installed 5 times.
-This game will refuse to run when other applications are running or installed.
-Some applications will be installed to verify playing rights. These applications will be running even when the game is not.
Would that hurt sales? If they think they are offering a reasonable 'compromise' then they should just do it, and no one will have a reason to complain.
If they think it would be suicidal to do it, then they know they are still fucking their customers. So expect no sympathy.
And then what? Your post is one of the many that suggest that he's going to need to pay a programmer. Ideas are cheap, but it takes skills, bla bla...
Well, this is slashdot, many of us are involved in open source projects as a hobby and/or professional applications to earn a living. I'm sure some are even really good programmers.
Yet how many of our incredible projects or ideas are succesful, even once they are functional?
I think this guy needs a lot more than a programmer:
- A good business plan, if he intends to make money at some point.
- If he doesn't really expect this to make money he doesn't need a programmer - he needs a marketing guru that can get a programmer excited about the idea. He also needs to understand that a programmer working for free does whatever the fuck he wants to do. So the OP can forget about 'designing' shit.
- Assuming his stuff needs an internet connection, there are other costs. How's going to pay for the server(s), bandwidth, etc? The free programmer that is already working for free?
Honesty, what the OP needs is not a programmer, is Santa's email address.
42% did not know and could not exclude a breach, reflecting on the number of organizations that could potentially be breached without anyone knowing after the fact.
It'd say they sample is based on 42% of IT professionals and 58% of PR people.
Not everywhere. In Spain there must be some merit to the claim... if it doesn't make sense at all they send you home (ie the court can reject your filling).
If your boss needs an immediate answer, he should walk over and talk to you, or pick up the phone.
Yes, because a phone call is less of an interruption than a quick email. In fact a phone call is likely to interrupt if not annoy other people as well, and anyway if my boss calls me I'm going to say 'I'll check it and get back to you' anyway (my boss doesn't call to ask the time).
If something is urgent, I get my butt out of my chair and walk over to the person who has the info.
There's a difference between 'urgent' and 'as soon as you can'. I don't expect people to get out from a meeting to answer an email, and I think everyone's entitled to take a piss without being called on their cell. However, if they are on their desk and not doing something really urgent, I appreciate that they don't have long email checking cycles.
By the way, I never email non work stuff to work addresses. I do have friends at work of course but if I send them something that is not related to work I use their personal addresses.
So people who check their email every five minutes waste 8 1/2hours a week
This argument is essentially flawed: It does not take into account the time *saved* by checking the email every five minutes.
If I get an email from my boss he might need an immediate answer, otherwise it is *his* time (more expensive) that is wasted if he needs an answer before he can do something.
And this also applies for my colleagues.
Plus since I don't have to idle while they answer, I make up for that 'wasted' time the article mentions.
Please don't listen to this crap, if you don't want to waste time on email just ignore those powerpoints with music and flowers, but do read the work emails as soon as possible.
So seriously - unless you trust that your email server has secured every possible hole in every possible layer of their stack, stick to TLS/SSL encrypted imap/pop3/smtp. Now, I'm not saying these are perfect, but email protocols are just simpler.
Your solution only works if
webmail+storage at google
is more secure than
smtp/pop over tls + storage at a typical user's HD
which I'm pretty sure is a bad assumption.
If ready means that everyone has at least one digital receiver (built-in or external) then no. People tend to delay non essential purchases these days, and a digital receiver won't be essential until the analog shutdown actually takes place.
So just do it already, people will run to get get the decoders the next day.
While these 'power users' are sharing three-gig movies and playing online games, poor granny is twiddling her thumbs waiting for Ancestry.com to load.
I think poor granny needs her computer and/or internet service checked or upgraded.
I'm one of those 'power user' and even when I'm maxing out my pipe with non-interactive* stuff I still get good browsing speeds. I don't see how my downloading habits can affect granny but not me.
*interaction starts once the download has completed, so it's irrelevant here.
I thought UK and decent prices was a contradiction in terms, but I compared their prices with the ones here (Spain) and they are close... makes me worry a bit.
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Yet the telcos make shitloads of money every month.
Until you happen to admin a major mail provider I couldn't care less.
Countries have been banned from sites, email, IRC channels and so on with this argument.
Just so you know, some ISPs have defacto monopolies in their countries, and everyone there get the same domain. Any idiot that say 'let ban *.il, or *.es, because I got 10 spam messages from there' should be fired on the spot.
In fact, if he works at google whoever hired him should be fired, too.
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Go ahead and give it a try.
Even if that was true, you would need some evidence *first* and then get access (by getting a warrant) to the email account.
Let me put it another way: Suppose this "hacker" got illegal access to another 15 email accounts and found nothing there - he was a bit lucky with Palin. If he didn't find anything useful, there wouldn't be a story about his break-in... yet 15 people would have had their privacy invaded by an idiot with no right to do so.
So tell me, if events had happened this way (which would be in fact be the case), what should happen now?
Invading one's privacy just to see if there's anything interesting is illegal, and with good reason. And honestly, I hope Palin gets away with _everything_ that could be in those emails, so next time people who don't like a specific politician play fair.
Not that I like her, but everyone's entitled to having personal accounts which should be respected.
.gov account for everything some people would be complaining about her usage of public resources to email her family.
If she used her
Now, about what was found in the yahoo account: Obviously it would inadmissible in court, but it's very useful to her enemies anyway. Which I find disgusting.
another great recommendation indeed... why don't you post the amazon link, with the partner ID?
I was going to bitch, but I guess the sentence is true no matter what 'this country' means.
Sounds great, like getting a book on storage media and having 50 pages about punch cards.
For when you take the book to the toilet?
What other books do you recommend?
See Annex A :-)
Sorry, no. I could be *BUYING* a license (plus physical media) which are then mine to resell.
They are just saying 'OK, Spore hurt too much and the customers are making too much noise. Let's use a smaller dick with the next game'.
What they should do is be honest and describe the limitations in the box.
-Warning: Zero resale value.
-This game can only be installed 5 times.
-This game will refuse to run when other applications are running or installed.
-Some applications will be installed to verify playing rights. These applications will be running even when the game is not.
Would that hurt sales? If they think they are offering a reasonable 'compromise' then they should just do it, and no one will have a reason to complain.
If they think it would be suicidal to do it, then they know they are still fucking their customers. So expect no sympathy.
And then what? Your post is one of the many that suggest that he's going to need to pay a programmer. Ideas are cheap, but it takes skills, bla bla...
Well, this is slashdot, many of us are involved in open source projects as a hobby and/or professional applications to earn a living. I'm sure some are even really good programmers.
Yet how many of our incredible projects or ideas are succesful, even once they are functional?
I think this guy needs a lot more than a programmer:
- A good business plan, if he intends to make money at some point.
- If he doesn't really expect this to make money he doesn't need a programmer - he needs a marketing guru that can get a programmer excited about the idea. He also needs to understand that a programmer working for free does whatever the fuck he wants to do. So the OP can forget about 'designing' shit.
- Assuming his stuff needs an internet connection, there are other costs. How's going to pay for the server(s), bandwidth, etc? The free programmer that is already working for free?
Honesty, what the OP needs is not a programmer, is Santa's email address.
PS. While we are at it, here's a damn good open source project that needs a decent marketing guy.
It'd say they sample is based on 42% of IT professionals and 58% of PR people.
Actually I was just thinking of one specific country where such cases have a chance of succeeding.
Not everywhere. In Spain there must be some merit to the claim... if it doesn't make sense at all they send you home (ie the court can reject your filling).
-if Scylla was like a pizza, all we got's a slice.
Reading will only be possible in the Mysterious future!
"It worked! The LHC was turned on this morning and has been shown to have worked"
Here'sproof.
Work email should have decent round-trip times.
Yes, because a phone call is less of an interruption than a quick email. In fact a phone call is likely to interrupt if not annoy other people as well, and anyway if my boss calls me I'm going to say 'I'll check it and get back to you' anyway (my boss doesn't call to ask the time).
There's a difference between 'urgent' and 'as soon as you can'. I don't expect people to get out from a meeting to answer an email, and I think everyone's entitled to take a piss without being called on their cell. However, if they are on their desk and not doing something really urgent, I appreciate that they don't have long email checking cycles.
By the way, I never email non work stuff to work addresses. I do have friends at work of course but if I send them something that is not related to work I use their personal addresses.
This argument is essentially flawed: It does not take into account the time *saved* by checking the email every five minutes.
If I get an email from my boss he might need an immediate answer, otherwise it is *his* time (more expensive) that is wasted if he needs an answer before he can do something.
And this also applies for my colleagues.
Plus since I don't have to idle while they answer, I make up for that 'wasted' time the article mentions.
Please don't listen to this crap, if you don't want to waste time on email just ignore those powerpoints with music and flowers, but do read the work emails as soon as possible.
Your solution only works if
webmail+storage at google
is more secure than
smtp/pop over tls + storage at a typical user's HD which I'm pretty sure is a bad assumption.
If the blind guy had mod points he'd be looking for the braille key for -1 pathetic right now...
If ready means that everyone has at least one digital receiver (built-in or external) then no. People tend to delay non essential purchases these days, and a digital receiver won't be essential until the analog shutdown actually takes place.
So just do it already, people will run to get get the decoders the next day.
I think poor granny needs her computer and/or internet service checked or upgraded.
I'm one of those 'power user' and even when I'm maxing out my pipe with non-interactive* stuff I still get good browsing speeds. I don't see how my downloading habits can affect granny but not me.
*interaction starts once the download has completed, so it's irrelevant here.
I thought UK and decent prices was a contradiction in terms, but I compared their prices with the ones here (Spain) and they are close... makes me worry a bit.