Re:Grounds for divorce.
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Spy v. Spy
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Heh. Well, if they don't trust their spouse's intentions about spying, there's still a problem there, so they should still walk out. It's still cut and dry.:)
Re:Yay, new way to waste time at work
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Nethack 3.4.0
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I've played nethack for about 6 years now. Just this week I got the amulet for the 3rd time ever. I ended up dying in the endgame, on the Air level. I did not know there are such easy ways to get out of creatures that "swallow" you.:-) Learn something new every day. Die every day, too, though.;)
'One bright spot for free software advocates: Any software that implements the standards must be "based on open source code." Hardware copy-protection schemes can remain proprietary.'
When is the code used in hardware no longer software?
Another problem with this is you have "freehosts" (aka Geocities and similar) where the child porn will end up. Maybe it'll be there an hour, but that might be enough for a Pennsylvania censor to see it and add the entire freehost to the list for a month.
"The law has the blessing of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Larry Frankel, the chapter's executive director, said someone whose material is cut off could seek a court hearing."
Isn't this contrary to the ACLU's positions on previous issues? I'd like to know the exact quote and the context.
Re:Anyone up for Zork: The Movie?
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Resident Evil
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How about Nethack? I'd definitely go. I can picture the title screen on the trailer. Just a big ol "@" with a date superimposed over it.
emusic.com and mp3.com will be required to include DRM information in their mp3s, to stay competitive if nothing else. Then the DRM filesystem will "know" if that particular file is legit or not.
You'd be surprised. The CC companies tend to side with the consumer in this sort of situation. The CC companies don't lose out, anyways - it's the merchants that take it in the ass.
I should add: the plan works like a cell phone. I get all sorts of crazy minute (3000 minutes total, 200 weekday, 2800 weekend (practically unlimited if you think about it)). It's a great value.
Oh, btw, there is an SSH client for the Pilot, which means I am now a portable sysadmin. Woo hoo.
"Asside from the fact that wireless (via cell modem for example) would cost too much"
Not really. I pay around $40/mo for my Sprint PCS wireless access (w/ the Sprint springboard adapter). It's quite excellent, and is ready for 3G, whenever it's deployed, for faster speed.
"Any US citizen who didn't comment on the "settlement" doesn't deserve to be able to bitch about the outcome."
This is similar to the mantra "if you don't vote, you can't complain" - it amazes me that people who say this think they're deciding anything for themselves when it comes to voting. It's clear that they are highly susceptable to outside influence (such as the one that implanted that statement so deeply into their minds). IMO, that is a far worse situation than someone choosing not to vote at all.
You have NOT opted in until you've confirmed your subscription via some unique generated URL or reply-to address. There's just no other practical way you can be sure your list only contains those that chose to opt-in.
If you're afraid to use confirmed opt-in, perhaps it is because you know most people aren't interested in the spam you already send out. Who knows though.
Postmastergeneral on groups.google.com shows many, many hits regarding their spam.
"1: Make Jar-Jar extremely kick-ass and very difficult to kill."
After seeing them do this time after time in EQ, and seeing the players succeed (by out-ubering each other, camping XP/loot spots, for this sole purpose), I'd be surprised if they didn't use this method.
"Developments like this really offer tremendous opportunities for creating a family for those who cannot have children the old fashioned way."
I'm of the opinion that if you can't have children "the old fashioned way", there's something actually physically wrong with either parent, or both. How would this affect their children's ability to reproduce themselves? Could this technology be "self-perpetuating" in a way?
I'm thinking that if we want something good to come out of this we may need to open our pockets to it. Otherwise they'll just get all of their money from the big players and continue to shaft us. 'course they'll probably still do that, but what's $5-25/year?
Those 100 different sites are all accessed differently, I'd bet, and the 5 that you know of that give you your exact lineup (why would you want anything else?) may or may not stick around forever. Plus, they're probably advertiser supported (unless you pay them a monthly fee, but why them and not TiVo?) so you'd be effectively stealing from them using their data.
"as long as product rely on a company for operation, those product's sales will be dismal. unless you sell the product for dirt or free and sell the service"
Yeah, like AT&T Cable's product. Dismal sales there. Uh huh..:)
1400 pieces of spam per day in 5 years makes sense to me. So far we're mainly getting spam from "illegitimate" sources. I get about 10-15 spams from the Herbal Viagras and Penis Enlargement and Mortgage Refinance guys, and 1-2 per week from so-called legitimate sources (mostly using pm0.net and similar. Awful company, that.)
Soon enough more legitimate companies will stop worrying about the negative impact of mass opt-out mailings - that's when we'll _really_ see the impact of spam.
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Heh. Well, if they don't trust their spouse's intentions about spying, there's still a problem there, so they should still walk out. It's still cut and dry. :)
I've played nethack for about 6 years now. Just this week I got the amulet for the 3rd time ever. I ended up dying in the endgame, on the Air level. I did not know there are such easy ways to get out of creatures that "swallow" you. :-) Learn something new every day. Die every day, too, though. ;)
Not to mention wire people in to the new 1000x faster distributed PS3 network!
'One bright spot for free software advocates: Any software that implements the standards must be "based on open source code." Hardware copy-protection schemes can remain proprietary.'
When is the code used in hardware no longer software?
It's not the removal of child pornography, it's legislated filtering of the Internet. There is a vast difference.
Another problem with this is you have "freehosts" (aka Geocities and similar) where the child porn will end up. Maybe it'll be there an hour, but that might be enough for a Pennsylvania censor to see it and add the entire freehost to the list for a month.
"The law has the blessing of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Larry Frankel, the chapter's executive director, said someone whose material is cut off could seek a court hearing."
Isn't this contrary to the ACLU's positions on previous issues? I'd like to know the exact quote and the context.
How about Nethack? I'd definitely go. I can picture the title screen on the trailer. Just a big ol "@" with a date superimposed over it.
Ah, but the amendment doesn't *give* you that freedom, the amendment recognizes the freedom as self-evident (as I understand it anyways)
emusic.com and mp3.com will be required to include DRM information in their mp3s, to stay competitive if nothing else. Then the DRM filesystem will "know" if that particular file is legit or not.
You'd be surprised. The CC companies tend to side with the consumer in this sort of situation. The CC companies don't lose out, anyways - it's the merchants that take it in the ass.
I should add: the plan works like a cell phone. I get all sorts of crazy minute (3000 minutes total, 200 weekday, 2800 weekend (practically unlimited if you think about it)). It's a great value.
Oh, btw, there is an SSH client for the Pilot, which means I am now a portable sysadmin. Woo hoo.
"Asside from the fact that wireless (via cell modem for example) would cost too much"
Not really. I pay around $40/mo for my Sprint PCS wireless access (w/ the Sprint springboard adapter). It's quite excellent, and is ready for 3G, whenever it's deployed, for faster speed.
Or he could just use the built-in features of his mail program to do authentication, no hacking necessary.
"Any US citizen who didn't comment on the "settlement" doesn't deserve to be able to bitch about the outcome."
This is similar to the mantra "if you don't vote, you can't complain" - it amazes me that people who say this think they're deciding anything for themselves when it comes to voting. It's clear that they are highly susceptable to outside influence (such as the one that implanted that statement so deeply into their minds). IMO, that is a far worse situation than someone choosing not to vote at all.
Plainly:
You have NOT opted in until you've confirmed your subscription via some unique generated URL or reply-to address. There's just no other practical way you can be sure your list only contains those that chose to opt-in.
If you're afraid to use confirmed opt-in, perhaps it is because you know most people aren't interested in the spam you already send out. Who knows though.
Postmastergeneral on groups.google.com shows many, many hits regarding their spam.
The GBA would be a niec platform for MAME, too, probably. 'course, then you're even more illegal than before. :-)
"1: Make Jar-Jar extremely kick-ass and very difficult to kill."
:)
After seeing them do this time after time in EQ, and seeing the players succeed (by out-ubering each other, camping XP/loot spots, for this sole purpose), I'd be surprised if they didn't use this method.
(Or method #4)
What are these "slots" you speak of?
I wonder if TiVo has any stats they could send Fox that might help show how many people actually watch it even with the crazy scheduling issues.
"Developments like this really offer tremendous opportunities for creating a family for those who cannot have children the old fashioned way."
I'm of the opinion that if you can't have children "the old fashioned way", there's something actually physically wrong with either parent, or both. How would this affect their children's ability to reproduce themselves? Could this technology be "self-perpetuating" in a way?
And thus will not get a single dime of my money. Too bad, because it sounded so good.
I'm thinking that if we want something good to come out of this we may need to open our pockets to it. Otherwise they'll just get all of their money from the big players and continue to shaft us. 'course they'll probably still do that, but what's $5-25/year?
Those 100 different sites are all accessed differently, I'd bet, and the 5 that you know of that give you your exact lineup (why would you want anything else?) may or may not stick around forever. Plus, they're probably advertiser supported (unless you pay them a monthly fee, but why them and not TiVo?) so you'd be effectively stealing from them using their data.
:)
"as long as product rely on a company for operation, those product's sales will be dismal. unless you sell the product for dirt or free and sell the service"
Yeah, like AT&T Cable's product. Dismal sales there. Uh huh..
What was so great that three of them won the contest? It's not on the press release, the COSI site, nor on IBM's winners list.
1400 pieces of spam per day in 5 years makes sense to me. So far we're mainly getting spam from "illegitimate" sources. I get about 10-15 spams from the Herbal Viagras and Penis Enlargement and Mortgage Refinance guys, and 1-2 per week from so-called legitimate sources (mostly using pm0.net and similar. Awful company, that.)
Soon enough more legitimate companies will stop worrying about the negative impact of mass opt-out mailings - that's when we'll _really_ see the impact of spam.