I think the system is really to protect the buyers and sellers not the robbed.
You see, if I buy a TV from a guy in the pub for £10 then the police can legitimately ask me "didn't you think that was too cheap in such suspicious circumstances" and if you ask "well, it did sound like a bargain" then you're pretty much setting yourself up for a "recieving stolen goods" rap, at the very least they would take it from you and put it in the evidence room (probably auctioning it off later to boot).
However, if you truthfully said "I got it for a song from the auction, it only cost my £1, it must have been my lucky day!" you will probably get a big smile and a pat on the back for your good fortune.
Now I'm an opt-in marketer and I make my money from selling access to the opt-ins. I rub shoulders with spammers and "fast and loose" is the attitude to personal information in these circles. The Euro opt-in legislation won't really affect them too much either, everybody opts-in to to something at somepoint, especially with a compelling carrot on the other side of the "Click here to activate your account" emails.
for which you need a mail server this is how smtp works:
%telnet your_isp 25 220 ok, go ahead helo I'm a spammer 250 helo MAIL FROM : <> 250 ok RCPT TO : <you@mail_address.com> 250 ok data 354 ok . to finish To: everyone@theinternet.com From: someone@hotmail.com Subject: viagra is great
for which you need a mail server this is how smtp works:
%telnet your_isp 25 220 ok, go ahead helo I'm a spammer 250 helo MAIL FROM : 250 ok RCPT TO : 250 ok data 354 ok . to finish To: everyone@theinternet.com From: someone@hotmail.com Subject: viagra is great
As each manufacturer customises the environment to suit their needs it will be interesting to see which are prepared to release their firmware under the GPL.
Surely it will be tricky to program for Linux embedded devices without some developer cutting and pasting some GPL source code along the line.
Ah well, it won't be my ass on the line anyway. I'll keep on using Inferno which seems to have a lot more technically interesting things going for it.
The original StarTrek was cowboys in space. It died the day they turned it into Science Fiction.
"What must have happened is a shift in the space time continuim" yawn
It must be a non story because there's nothing on here about it
All a big shame because I was really looking forward to being Nelix' apprentice and learning to fry insects in the MMORPG. Maybe I can be a space gardener instead!
Because auctions are part of the stolen property loop of old.
In the days before UV pens etc. it was nigh on impossible for anyone to know if an item they were being offered was stolen or not. This was a problem if your business was buying and selling used goods. And if you were a police force with a lot of recovered property for whom you have no identified owner. And if you wanted to buy something, it's a bit risky if your goods could turn out to be stolen because the goods are returned to the owner and you become out of pocket.
What was devised was the public auction with public viewing. It was your responsibility to visit auctions and see if any your stolen property was there and then discuss it with the auction house and from there a resolution could be reached.
Once purchased from an auction stolen property is deemed clean. It was the previous owners fault for not turning up at the publicly announced public auction.
Under this situation the privacy of the seller is not an issue, indeed, disclosure of the identity of the seller is of prime importance, only the privacy of the buyer is assured.
I've read through a lot of shitty closed source code, too.
Yes, my comments weren't directed as answering the question just challenging the assumption that "someone will see my code" instantly makes you a better programmer.
And your comments highlight it further, awful code is everywhere.
I can't really go along with the assumption that "a stranger might see it, so I'd better do it good" makes you an instantly better programmer than if you use the mantra "my co-workers & project manager will more than likely look at this code at some point and I rely on my reputation with them for my future, so I'd better do it good"
quality of a project = (quality of the programmers + quality of project management) - (time constraints + budget constraints)
Sometimes the garagistes beat the works, sometimes they don't.
so much effort is put into rootkits and escalating privileges, imagine a world where there are no privileges to escalate, where file creation is forever and incremented backups are built in complete with block level archiving (if the block is already in the archive then don't bother [& then imagine backing up 100 windows clients to it]). Add single sign-on for the whole network (where no passwords are ever even on the wire let alone in the clear) and a few other new ideas such as a regex replacement for the mess that is file association and it's ilk.
I'm not linux bashing but it is a truth that there will eventually be a paradigm shift.
If the shift from Windows to Linux succeeds then you'd better have one eye open for what will replace Linux and that will be upon you sooner if what you want from Linux is Windows without the cost.
As Dennis Ritchie said: unix retarded o/s development by 10 years linux retarded o/s development by 20 years
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you still get access to a physical desktop
unlike the X version where you get a fresh display
VNS shares the same display as the monitor, when you change user the VNC connection refuses to display anything but a black screen.
is what you need
thems mighty fine T-Rexs, but mah giant squid could tek im oot
Cassette!!! I mean, come on, I had to use cassette 20 years ago (I still have some tapes)
they degrade faster than floppies
My EQ subscription goes through on my business credit card so I'll be claiming back the VAT for that one.
Luckily for me, my customers will be paying it for me.
Thanks
could be, i got confused with that one
the basic premise stands though
and then the Sidewinder wasn't the best one
I've got 3 force-feedback wheels
The Logitech one on the PS2 is the best of the bunch though
I think the system is really to protect the buyers and sellers not the robbed.
You see, if I buy a TV from a guy in the pub for £10 then the police can legitimately ask me "didn't you think that was too cheap in such suspicious circumstances" and if you ask "well, it did sound like a bargain" then you're pretty much setting yourself up for a "recieving stolen goods" rap, at the very least they would take it from you and put it in the evidence room (probably auctioning it off later to boot).
However, if you truthfully said "I got it for a song from the auction, it only cost my £1, it must have been my lucky day!" you will probably get a big smile and a pat on the back for your good fortune.
and they come on DVD so more content for free = better value
no cd-keys to fanny about with either
better plan
Create a pile of domains with company A
Find companies B, C & D and offer to spam 500,000 valid mail addresses for 1c each about their products.
That's what makes spam profitable cos you never need to see B, C, or D again. They already think "gee, I get so much spam it *must* work for someone".
I used to make web sites thinking being a webmaster would lead to a life of luxury.
Then I read Content is not King by Andrew Odlyzko
Now I'm an opt-in marketer and I make my money from selling access to the opt-ins. I rub shoulders with spammers and "fast and loose" is the attitude to personal information in these circles. The Euro opt-in legislation won't really affect them too much either, everybody opts-in to to something at somepoint, especially with a compelling carrot on the other side of the "Click here to activate your account" emails.
for which you need a mail server :
this is how smtp works
%telnet your_isp 25
220 ok, go ahead
helo I'm a spammer
250 helo
MAIL FROM : <>
250 ok
RCPT TO : <you@mail_address.com>
250 ok
data
354 ok . to finish
To: everyone@theinternet.com
From: someone@hotmail.com
Subject: viagra is great
http://get.viagra.com
.
250 ok
quit
221 bye
for which you need a mail server :
this is how smtp works
%telnet your_isp 25
220 ok, go ahead
helo I'm a spammer
250 helo
MAIL FROM :
250 ok
RCPT TO :
250 ok
data
354 ok . to finish
To: everyone@theinternet.com
From: someone@hotmail.com
Subject: viagra is great
http://get.viagra.com
.
250 ok
quit
221 bye
As each manufacturer customises the environment to suit their needs it will be interesting to see which are prepared to release their firmware under the GPL.
Surely it will be tricky to program for Linux embedded devices without some developer cutting and pasting some GPL source code along the line.
Ah well, it won't be my ass on the line anyway. I'll keep on using Inferno which seems to have a lot more technically interesting things going for it.
CE has long been a term for Certified Electronics in Europe.
A bit like FCC ratings, most of our electronics goods have a little C/E sticker on them or have it embossed in the shell.
Windows CE was a confusing brand name here because of this. You would almost think it was done on purpose.
Imagine Philips releasing a set of products called "Philips Approved FCC"
it is what powers the progress meter
for(i=0; i<100;) {
printf(" %2d\r", ++i);
sleep(1000);
}
printf("Done\n");
The original StarTrek was cowboys in space.
It died the day they turned it into Science Fiction.
"What must have happened is a shift in the space time continuim" yawn
It must be a non story because there's nothing on here about it
All a big shame because I was really looking forward to being Nelix' apprentice and learning to fry insects in the MMORPG. Maybe I can be a space gardener instead!
Because auctions are part of the stolen property loop of old.
In the days before UV pens etc. it was nigh on impossible for anyone to know if an item they were being offered was stolen or not. This was a problem if your business was buying and selling used goods. And if you were a police force with a lot of recovered property for whom you have no identified owner. And if you wanted to buy something, it's a bit risky if your goods could turn out to be stolen because the goods are returned to the owner and you become out of pocket.
What was devised was the public auction with public viewing. It was your responsibility to visit auctions and see if any your stolen property was there and then discuss it with the auction house and from there a resolution could be reached.
Once purchased from an auction stolen property is deemed clean. It was the previous owners fault for not turning up at the publicly announced public auction.
Under this situation the privacy of the seller is not an issue, indeed, disclosure of the identity of the seller is of prime importance, only the privacy of the buyer is assured.
I've read through a lot of shitty closed source code, too.
Yes, my comments weren't directed as answering the question just challenging the assumption that "someone will see my code" instantly makes you a better programmer.
And your comments highlight it further, awful code is everywhere.
I can't really go along with the assumption that
"a stranger might see it, so I'd better do it good"
makes you an instantly better programmer than if you use the mantra
"my co-workers & project manager will more than likely look at this code at some point and I rely on my reputation with them for my future, so I'd better do it good"
quality of a project = (quality of the programmers + quality of project management) - (time constraints + budget constraints)
Sometimes the garagistes beat the works, sometimes they don't.
I've read through a lot of shitty open source code
When you can't code above your level how will you ever improve it?
I tidy up for guests but the place is still scruffy cos I just don't have the money / incentive to spruce it up further.
he has a Magic The Gathering card trading site
cutting-edge-cards.com
One of my favourite items there are original framed artworks of the Magic cards, I have a couple myself much to the envy of some of my kids friends 8)
maybe
on windows anyway
: .org
I'll have to wait for my erstwhile FreeBSD packager
gnome [at] FreeBSD [is not dying]
to keep up 8)
user level servers are the right direction
the superuser is pretty evil
so much effort is put into rootkits and escalating privileges, imagine a world where there are no privileges to escalate, where file creation is forever and incremented backups are built in complete with block level archiving (if the block is already in the archive then don't bother [& then imagine backing up 100 windows clients to it]). Add single sign-on for the whole network (where no passwords are ever even on the wire let alone in the clear) and a few other new ideas such as a regex replacement for the mess that is file association and it's ilk.
Think Hurd will ever be there?
As you may have gathered there's no need to imagine
I'm not linux bashing but it is a truth that there will eventually be a paradigm shift.
:
If the shift from Windows to Linux succeeds then you'd better have one eye open for what will replace Linux and that will be upon you sooner if what you want from Linux is Windows without the cost.
As Dennis Ritchie said
unix retarded o/s development by 10 years
linux retarded o/s development by 20 years
they had the adaptive edge of being an open infrastructure.
Only once Compaq reverse engineered the BIOS to sell PC clones.
If the IBM PC was released today with DCMA & Software patents then the clones would never see the light of day.
Some of us can remember Apricot IBM Compatibles that weren't.
The success of the PC was down to "Runs Lotus 1-2-3" not the ISA bus.