Re:Search engine spam is the key...
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The funny thing is that Google does this on its own sometimes, and not because people are manipulating it. I recently noticed that I've been getting a lot of hits from Google searches for "S635MP". I recently posted a deal for a S635MP motherboard w/ CPU for $5. (the deal is dead now, sadly, although there's one for $10)
Google saw that link, grabbed it, and for a while mae me the #1 search result for "S635MP", even above the manufacturer. I've since been moved to #2 by another site similar to my own, and we're both still above the manufacturer.
Now, I didn't TRY to do this. All I did was post a simple link in my forums. Google is filling itself up with spam.
Re:Google can't rest on its successes
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The problem with Yahoo is that it tries to do far too much. When I want go search for something, I just want a little box asking me what I want to search for - not a huge page with a million links on it and a few flash ads.
Uh, it was well spent, even if you DON'T factor in the drop in crime rate. Did you even read the headline where it said they saved $88 million in labor costs?
Basically, just because two things happen together doesn't mean that one caused the other.
For instance, when ice cream sales go up, crime goes up as well. Does this mean that ice cream causes crime? No, there's another factor that influences both of them - the temperature outside.
People tend to jump to conclusions a lot when, if they actually looked into the issue, they'd see that they're completely wrong.
I don't know about you, but I've never had any of those programs crash a 2k or XP machine. Sure, the APPLICATIONS may crash, but they never bring the OS down with it, which is what the issue here is.
The only actual system crashes I've gotten on my 2k or XP boxes were either hardware related (dying video card) or the couple times that I tried to play a corrupt.rm file.
Even when explorer crashes in 2k or XP, it just starts right up again.
You can set privileges on any current Windows box (2k, XP) as well. It's just that nobody knows enough to do it, cares enough to do it, or wants to sacrifice the flexibility that running as admin gives them.
If Linux got 95% desktop marketshare, I'm sure you'd have the exact same problem with any average-joe-user running as root because they didn't want to have to switch users whenever they want to install their newest spyware-enhanced cute little program.
I tend to think that Windows machines are more vulnerable simply because there are lots of people who pretty much have the OS installed, and fail to do anything in order to make sure the system is updated.
For all the desktops out there, I wonder how many people actually run Windows Update from time to time.
Let's face it. Windows has never been for the uber-geek. So logically, more systems are going to be hacked into when people with no security sense are managing systems.
Don't blame the operating system. Blame everyone who thinks they're a competent sysadmin, but really aren't.
You know your argument is invalid when you can make the exact same point for the other side.
Unbundling stuff would just make it infinitely harder for people who don't know anything about computers to actually DO anything on their computer.
So Joe Schmoe has a fresh new version of Windows XP installed, and he wants to watch a movie that he got on CD from a friend at work. So he puts the CD in the drive, follows the instructions to run it that his friend gave him, and gets an error message saying that the file isn't recognized.
He goes to e-mail his friend, and - oh shit, Outlook isn't installed, so he can't do that. Well, that's okay, because he has a webmail account through Yahoo. Oops, that doesn't work either, no Internet Explorer?
Well, at least he can play Solitaire while he's waiting, right? Not anymore...
Removing features is NOT a solution! If you want to beat MS, concentrate on adding features to your software, not making them cripple theirs.
If the person is in a private place, and the people who run the place have objections to it, then they and ONLY they have the right to do something about it.
If the person is in a public place, then NOBODY has a right to do anything.
They're in a public place, if they want to talk on a cell phone, it's their right. Hell, if they want to sit there whistling "It's a small world, after all" while banging on pans, they can do that too.
What makes people think that one person's silence is worth trampling on everyone else's rights to do the things they want to do? If they don't want to hear people talking, they can get earplugs.
Yes, but try to explain that to these people who think their temporary comfort is more important than the possible needs of anyone else around them.
While I could understand a church or movie theater doing it (as long as they inform the people going there that they are), people that just carry around jammers so they don't have to listen to others talking on the phone while they ride the train need to be shot. The world does not revolve around you!
Re:VW Golf with 50hp Boost
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From what I hear, Saab and Volvo turbo engines also see similar gains with a chip.
The problem with VB is that it makes everything too easy! You want to make a web browsing window in your application? Just drag the window, add a couple buttons, do one line of code for each button to make them do forward, back, reload, etc. Want to interface with a database? Just select which one you want to use and VB does the rest.
Once people get used to VB doing everything for them, they don't want to switch over to a more complicated language.
15,000 people downloading it 5 times each in order to make it seem like there are actually mac gamers out there. 15,000 sympathy downloads from PC users 10,000 people downloading the game accidentally on Kazaa when they clicked the wrong file while trying to download videos of Janet Jackson's breast.
Damn, is THAT who he is? I got that same 30 a day on my Yahoo account that I've never used to sign up for anything, and has never gotten any spam before.
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The funny thing is that Google does this on its own sometimes, and not because people are manipulating it. I recently noticed that I've been getting a lot of hits from Google searches for "S635MP". I recently posted a deal for a S635MP motherboard w/ CPU for $5. (the deal is dead now, sadly, although there's one for $10)
Google saw that link, grabbed it, and for a while mae me the #1 search result for "S635MP", even above the manufacturer. I've since been moved to #2 by another site similar to my own, and we're both still above the manufacturer.
Now, I didn't TRY to do this. All I did was post a simple link in my forums. Google is filling itself up with spam.
The problem with Yahoo is that it tries to do far too much. When I want go search for something, I just want a little box asking me what I want to search for - not a huge page with a million links on it and a few flash ads.
I am flabbergasted that someone would even suggest that a huge business or a political body would do something as underhanded as this.
Headline: Business pays off politicians, was anyone surprised?
Uh, it was well spent, even if you DON'T factor in the drop in crime rate. Did you even read the headline where it said they saved $88 million in labor costs?
Basically, just because two things happen together doesn't mean that one caused the other.
For instance, when ice cream sales go up, crime goes up as well. Does this mean that ice cream causes crime? No, there's another factor that influences both of them - the temperature outside.
People tend to jump to conclusions a lot when, if they actually looked into the issue, they'd see that they're completely wrong.
paper clips, the little umbrellas that get put in tropical drinks
Only if you're talking about Jackie Chan.
I don't know about you, but I've never had any of those programs crash a 2k or XP machine. Sure, the APPLICATIONS may crash, but they never bring the OS down with it, which is what the issue here is.
.rm file.
The only actual system crashes I've gotten on my 2k or XP boxes were either hardware related (dying video card) or the couple times that I tried to play a corrupt
Even when explorer crashes in 2k or XP, it just starts right up again.
You can set privileges on any current Windows box (2k, XP) as well. It's just that nobody knows enough to do it, cares enough to do it, or wants to sacrifice the flexibility that running as admin gives them.
If Linux got 95% desktop marketshare, I'm sure you'd have the exact same problem with any average-joe-user running as root because they didn't want to have to switch users whenever they want to install their newest spyware-enhanced cute little program.
I tend to think that Windows machines are more vulnerable simply because there are lots of people who pretty much have the OS installed, and fail to do anything in order to make sure the system is updated.
For all the desktops out there, I wonder how many people actually run Windows Update from time to time.
Let's face it. Windows has never been for the uber-geek. So logically, more systems are going to be hacked into when people with no security sense are managing systems.
Don't blame the operating system. Blame everyone who thinks they're a competent sysadmin, but really aren't.
You know your argument is invalid when you can make the exact same point for the other side.
It even says third party software accounts for a lot of the Linux hacks.
... and third party software accounts for the vast majority of Windows crashes, but that doesn't stop people from calling Windows unstable.
Macs are only the most secure because nobody cares enough about breaking into them to find vulnerabilities.
"Yay, now I can, uhh, remotely run photoshop?"
Exactly!
Unbundling stuff would just make it infinitely harder for people who don't know anything about computers to actually DO anything on their computer.
So Joe Schmoe has a fresh new version of Windows XP installed, and he wants to watch a movie that he got on CD from a friend at work. So he puts the CD in the drive, follows the instructions to run it that his friend gave him, and gets an error message saying that the file isn't recognized.
He goes to e-mail his friend, and - oh shit, Outlook isn't installed, so he can't do that. Well, that's okay, because he has a webmail account through Yahoo. Oops, that doesn't work either, no Internet Explorer?
Well, at least he can play Solitaire while he's waiting, right? Not anymore...
Removing features is NOT a solution! If you want to beat MS, concentrate on adding features to your software, not making them cripple theirs.
If the person is in a private place, and the people who run the place have objections to it, then they and ONLY they have the right to do something about it.
If the person is in a public place, then NOBODY has a right to do anything.
Okay, how about this then: People have the right to talk on their cell phone in a public place. Jamming the call impedes on THEIR rights.
Nice try, though.
They're in a public place, if they want to talk on a cell phone, it's their right. Hell, if they want to sit there whistling "It's a small world, after all" while banging on pans, they can do that too.
What makes people think that one person's silence is worth trampling on everyone else's rights to do the things they want to do? If they don't want to hear people talking, they can get earplugs.
Yes, but try to explain that to these people who think their temporary comfort is more important than the possible needs of anyone else around them.
While I could understand a church or movie theater doing it (as long as they inform the people going there that they are), people that just carry around jammers so they don't have to listen to others talking on the phone while they ride the train need to be shot. The world does not revolve around you!
From what I hear, Saab and Volvo turbo engines also see similar gains with a chip.
Definitely computer screen.
It has one MAJOR advantage: ctrl-f. I hate trying to find something I need in a stack of papers.
The problem with VB is that it makes everything too easy! You want to make a web browsing window in your application? Just drag the window, add a couple buttons, do one line of code for each button to make them do forward, back, reload, etc. Want to interface with a database? Just select which one you want to use and VB does the rest.
Once people get used to VB doing everything for them, they don't want to switch over to a more complicated language.
Microscope: Basics and Beyond (50 pages; 20.7 Mbytes)
This can only end in a webserver crying.
So why would it make sense to spend more money in making these reductions? Why not just give the standard package? I'm missing something here
Very simple.
User buys XP Lite, uses it for a while, and then decides he needs all the functionality. User then buys XP Home/Pro.
They have now bought two copies of the OS. Money++ for Microsoft.
It actually breaks down like this:
15,000 people downloading it 5 times each in order to make it seem like there are actually mac gamers out there.
15,000 sympathy downloads from PC users
10,000 people downloading the game accidentally on Kazaa when they clicked the wrong file while trying to download videos of Janet Jackson's breast.
Sega is Japanese. They need no crack to think up strange games.
Some of the games that get released over there are CRAZY, but still do well.
So... it actually worked fine. You were just unwilling to comply with the conditions it worked in.
Damn, is THAT who he is? I got that same 30 a day on my Yahoo account that I've never used to sign up for anything, and has never gotten any spam before.
"Opt In" my ass.