Because where they to simply allow everything through its not likley that admins would attribute it specifically to ORDB, they would simply assume it was new wave of spam that hasnt been detected and it wouldnt force them to modify their policies and remove the references to ORDB. Administrators dont exactly monitor the mail that makes it through, only the mail that doesnt. Having everything flagged as spam or simply "unknown" and quarantineing it forces the admins to actually look at and modify their configuration.
They arent being lost, simply being flagged as spam by the database. People will have to go into their respectave administration interface and "release" the mail and/or mark it as safe. Kind of a pain in the ass, but if your depending on a spam database that is over a year old, its not likley doing much for you anyway.
Pesonally, I wouldnt mind paying 15.99 or more for an album. However I do not feel that I am provided any value over any other method of distribution.
It the most simple of terms; Many modern albums come with roughly only 10 songs. I, like most tech savy individuals and likley most of the general public in the near future, feel simply that I am provided a better value downloading songs at less than $.99 cents apice resulting in more music for the same amount of money. One additional added benefit is that I get to pick and choose what I want to hear and am not paying for what I don't. In otherwords, I dont think its not the cost of the media itself, its the value provided therein. Most people would be willing to pay that price, given an incentive to do so, other than lining the record labels pockets.
Not to mention the fact that CDs are simply an ageing media, that is not only more difficult to carry, but offers signifigantly less storage value than modern flash based media players.
I think Trent Rezor, with his online release of his new album, Ghosts, has a refreshingly modular approach to music distrobution. I for one would like to see others follow the same path, and would definately be willing to pay for the added value.
You are confusing the law with the unethical and illegall activities of certain members and/or branches of the current government. Even under the patriot act, its not technically legal to simply tap a phone line or read someones email. There is still a thorough and detailed process by which all those actions "should" be tracked, including warrant and so forth.
The problem as it stands, is that in over half of the cases. The people involved in these investigations have compltely ignored the process. If you look at H.R.3162 (also known as the Patriot Act) it is simply a series of ammendments to existing law. As such somebody invovled in surveylance is still required to adhere to due process in regards to wire taps, subpoena of information, etc. However, somewhere along the line the powers that be thought it also gave them the right to completely ignore it using loopholes that may or may not have been intentional.
Ive always felt that I would revel in their confusion and intrigue with regards to the sometimes bizzare but often mundane and trivial course of my daily activities. Where I actually doing someting illegal it would be filtered through my random thought process and come out garbled and confusing, such that they likely wouldnt even know what to make of it.
In a odd, egotistical way, I would find it amusing even if I never saw the confusion it caused. Just to know that I was being watched would inspire me to no end to make it as difficult as possible to keep tabs. Yet somehow I know I would be endlessly entertained by it! lol It's like being in a movie star in the story of your own life.
Somebody watching me would honestly think Im completely insane.
You mention "predetermined destruction" which I agree is rather annoying limitation in almost all modern games. Personally at this point in time I would rather see a more interactive environment, than incredible graphics. What good is a beautifully rendered environment if you cant blow holes in it? I want to see realistic bullet holes, with the light shining through the wall or arms fall off when I mutilate some guy with a chain saw. I want to see water splash when I walk through it, or grass and leaves swaying naturally in the wind. And why cant I shoot the vase off the table for target practice? The damn thing seems to be bullet proof!
I think they need to be working more on the physics of the environment than making it all look pretty. Hardware like the PhysX card are a step in the right direction and I would like to see that trend continue.
I assisted with the setup of a top-secret homeland security monitoring center in Phoenix, AZ! haha Im sure a lot of us who have worked for, or as contractors, for government agencies have been involved in a lot of this type of work. The distinction is that none of us actually have all the details of what our work was going towards. Its just a little piece of the pie, so to speak.
We can speculate on what they are doing with this infrastructure, and we all know it exists, but most of us will never know the whole truth. From what I have seen however, I would go so far as to state that the government is not as far advanced and organized as people seem to think they are.
I don't understand how the bulk of you could be so naive. Maybe I'm just a bit cynical but you cant possibly comprehend enormity of 1.3 billion dollars until you have it. I woudl be willing to bet that there are people with their hands in this pot. I personally could care less about who, more power two them. Regardless, none of us have any grounds on which to deny that so this argument is essentially pointless.
Thanks for your comments troll. Nowhere in that statement did I actually imply that I did know what I was talking about. I simply stated it seemed like somebody was pumping up the fine a bit for personal gain. I could give flying rats ass who's doing it, my only interest pertains to where its going. Sure its a matter of public record; giving said amount of money to Charity A that is run by City Official B. Or wait, does this money go to fix public facilities? To pay, 100 dollars an hour for repairs that would normally cost $30? Surely you don't just accept that there is no corruption in any legal system? It is my personal opinion that fines like this should be thoroughly investigated, every time they are issued.
1.3 Billion dollars is a extremely large sum of money to be awarded in a legal case. Last time it was reported (though I may be mistaken) Microsoft didn't even have that much cash on hand. Off topic, I find it amusing that 1.3 billion dollars can be awarded for a anti-trust case, but only $25,000 dollars per incident (maybe its more now) can be fined when a oil company dumps tons of toxic waste in a lake somewhere and killing/mutating half the wild life. If the courts wanted to fine this much money they should be awarding it back to the the businesses that sustained losses due to Microsoft practices, though that seems a bit difficult does it not? Nevertheless, that money has to go somewhere and you simply can not argue that there are a few that stand to make a fortune off of this case.
I'm curious as to where that money is going to be going. 1.3 billion? Clearly some people are taking advantage of the situation in an effort to line their own pockets.
I think with a mainframe like that the real question is; will linux run it? Somehow I doubt there are any linux builds out there that will be supporting that kind of proprietary hardware.
A former Arizona governor used to wear tin foil hats and cover his windows with tin foil at the governors office (where I worked for a while). Everybody thought he was just crazy but apparently he knew something that we did not!
I bought BeOS, back in the R3 days and was very sad to see it go. Despite the lack of hardware support it truly was a revolutionary operating system, its multitasking capabilities were unmatched on the hardware at the time and I can only imagine what it might be like on modern hardware. I will definitely be keeping an eye on the progress of this project. Personally I would love to see this project gain some support from the music creation industry. Software like Traktor, and other DJ related software would run fantastically on this OS. BeOS was touted as a multimedia OS and it blew everything else out of the water at the time.
I use hotmail for signing up for stuff that I know is going to garner spam. Keeps my other inboxes clean while increasing load on Microsoft servers. So its only by a.00001% but it makes me feel better making microsoft deal with all that spam! haha
Is anybody actually surprised by this? Nevada prides itself on these laws that protect companies like that choose to incorporate there, they advertise it rather vigorously around here. Thousands of companies have been doing this for years, to consider only Microsoft would be neglecting the BILLIONS of unearned tax dollars every year from companies that incorporate in Nevada. Nevertheless, there is nothing illegal about this practice, though I wouldn't be surprised if there some federal laws instituted at some point adding additional requirements to such practices. The government is always looking to find ways make us pay.
They are not reserving it for YOU when you search, they reserve it such that it can not be registered by any other registrar. It could easily be snatched up by somebody else who was also registering it though NSI. How is that protecting customers? This is blatantly anti-competitive.
"a carefully maintained stash of information on other spammers that he can use to plea-bargain his way out of much of this."
We can only hope he does. If the information contains anything sufficient enough to bring charges against the others, maybe they might get whats coming to them as well.
The windows server 2008 core installation doesn't even include the binarys for the GUI all you get is the command line. Exchange and several other staple products have gone the same route. You can install the GUI on top of it if you so choose. See here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/servercore.mspx
My dreams seem to be preparing me for life as a superhero! I am often flying around, blowing stuff up, etc. And I can magically pull samurai swords and automatic weapons from my pocket! Explain that?
How would this explain wet dreams? haha
Hand counting it just as susceptible , if not more so, not only human error, but influence from shady politicians.
In my humble opinion, voting should be done electronically using open source software in a secure but open environment that can he checked by all those involved, including the voters. With the advent of PGP, Kerberos, and the multitude of other security mechanisms, there is no reason why this particular issue has been such an enormous point of contention.
I always love how so many of these companies involved in this sort of thing are always tied to certain politicians in some way shape or form. Could they be more obvious?
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Well hopefully we arent using Vista in 2015 as that picture would suggest! haha
Because where they to simply allow everything through its not likley that admins would attribute it specifically to ORDB, they would simply assume it was new wave of spam that hasnt been detected and it wouldnt force them to modify their policies and remove the references to ORDB. Administrators dont exactly monitor the mail that makes it through, only the mail that doesnt. Having everything flagged as spam or simply "unknown" and quarantineing it forces the admins to actually look at and modify their configuration.
They arent being lost, simply being flagged as spam by the database. People will have to go into their respectave administration interface and "release" the mail and/or mark it as safe. Kind of a pain in the ass, but if your depending on a spam database that is over a year old, its not likley doing much for you anyway.
Pesonally, I wouldnt mind paying 15.99 or more for an album. However I do not feel that I am provided any value over any other method of distribution.
It the most simple of terms; Many modern albums come with roughly only 10 songs. I, like most tech savy individuals and likley most of the general public in the near future, feel simply that I am provided a better value downloading songs at less than $.99 cents apice resulting in more music for the same amount of money. One additional added benefit is that I get to pick and choose what I want to hear and am not paying for what I don't. In otherwords, I dont think its not the cost of the media itself, its the value provided therein. Most people would be willing to pay that price, given an incentive to do so, other than lining the record labels pockets.
Not to mention the fact that CDs are simply an ageing media, that is not only more difficult to carry, but offers signifigantly less storage value than modern flash based media players.
I think Trent Rezor, with his online release of his new album, Ghosts, has a refreshingly modular approach to music distrobution. I for one would like to see others follow the same path, and would definately be willing to pay for the added value.
http://www.dmoz.org/ This is nothing new, the concept/technology has been around for years.
You are confusing the law with the unethical and illegall activities of certain members and/or branches of the current government. Even under the patriot act, its not technically legal to simply tap a phone line or read someones email. There is still a thorough and detailed process by which all those actions "should" be tracked, including warrant and so forth.
The problem as it stands, is that in over half of the cases. The people involved in these investigations have compltely ignored the process. If you look at H.R.3162 (also known as the Patriot Act) it is simply a series of ammendments to existing law. As such somebody invovled in surveylance is still required to adhere to due process in regards to wire taps, subpoena of information, etc. However, somewhere along the line the powers that be thought it also gave them the right to completely ignore it using loopholes that may or may not have been intentional.
See http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8NOQV5G2&show_article=1 as an example
Ive always thought the same thing. haha
Ive always felt that I would revel in their confusion and intrigue with regards to the sometimes bizzare but often mundane and trivial course of my daily activities. Where I actually doing someting illegal it would be filtered through my random thought process and come out garbled and confusing, such that they likely wouldnt even know what to make of it.
In a odd, egotistical way, I would find it amusing even if I never saw the confusion it caused. Just to know that I was being watched would inspire me to no end to make it as difficult as possible to keep tabs. Yet somehow I know I would be endlessly entertained by it! lol It's like being in a movie star in the story of your own life.
Somebody watching me would honestly think Im completely insane.
You mention "predetermined destruction" which I agree is rather annoying limitation in almost all modern games. Personally at this point in time I would rather see a more interactive environment, than incredible graphics. What good is a beautifully rendered environment if you cant blow holes in it? I want to see realistic bullet holes, with the light shining through the wall or arms fall off when I mutilate some guy with a chain saw. I want to see water splash when I walk through it, or grass and leaves swaying naturally in the wind. And why cant I shoot the vase off the table for target practice? The damn thing seems to be bullet proof!
I think they need to be working more on the physics of the environment than making it all look pretty. Hardware like the PhysX card are a step in the right direction and I would like to see that trend continue.
I assisted with the setup of a top-secret homeland security monitoring center in Phoenix, AZ! haha Im sure a lot of us who have worked for, or as contractors, for government agencies have been involved in a lot of this type of work. The distinction is that none of us actually have all the details of what our work was going towards. Its just a little piece of the pie, so to speak.
We can speculate on what they are doing with this infrastructure, and we all know it exists, but most of us will never know the whole truth. From what I have seen however, I would go so far as to state that the government is not as far advanced and organized as people seem to think they are.
Yes I called you a troll. You all call it "flamebait", but It's amusing to watch you people clamor over each other to take a nibble.
I don't understand how the bulk of you could be so naive. Maybe I'm just a bit cynical but you cant possibly comprehend enormity of 1.3 billion dollars until you have it. I woudl be willing to bet that there are people with their hands in this pot. I personally could care less about who, more power two them. Regardless, none of us have any grounds on which to deny that so this argument is essentially pointless.
Thanks for your comments troll. Nowhere in that statement did I actually imply that I did know what I was talking about. I simply stated it seemed like somebody was pumping up the fine a bit for personal gain. I could give flying rats ass who's doing it, my only interest pertains to where its going. Sure its a matter of public record; giving said amount of money to Charity A that is run by City Official B. Or wait, does this money go to fix public facilities? To pay, 100 dollars an hour for repairs that would normally cost $30? Surely you don't just accept that there is no corruption in any legal system? It is my personal opinion that fines like this should be thoroughly investigated, every time they are issued. 1.3 Billion dollars is a extremely large sum of money to be awarded in a legal case. Last time it was reported (though I may be mistaken) Microsoft didn't even have that much cash on hand. Off topic, I find it amusing that 1.3 billion dollars can be awarded for a anti-trust case, but only $25,000 dollars per incident (maybe its more now) can be fined when a oil company dumps tons of toxic waste in a lake somewhere and killing/mutating half the wild life. If the courts wanted to fine this much money they should be awarding it back to the the businesses that sustained losses due to Microsoft practices, though that seems a bit difficult does it not? Nevertheless, that money has to go somewhere and you simply can not argue that there are a few that stand to make a fortune off of this case.
I'm curious as to where that money is going to be going. 1.3 billion? Clearly some people are taking advantage of the situation in an effort to line their own pockets.
I think with a mainframe like that the real question is; will linux run it? Somehow I doubt there are any linux builds out there that will be supporting that kind of proprietary hardware.
A former Arizona governor used to wear tin foil hats and cover his windows with tin foil at the governors office (where I worked for a while). Everybody thought he was just crazy but apparently he knew something that we did not!
I bought BeOS, back in the R3 days and was very sad to see it go. Despite the lack of hardware support it truly was a revolutionary operating system, its multitasking capabilities were unmatched on the hardware at the time and I can only imagine what it might be like on modern hardware. I will definitely be keeping an eye on the progress of this project. Personally I would love to see this project gain some support from the music creation industry. Software like Traktor, and other DJ related software would run fantastically on this OS. BeOS was touted as a multimedia OS and it blew everything else out of the water at the time.
I use hotmail for signing up for stuff that I know is going to garner spam. Keeps my other inboxes clean while increasing load on Microsoft servers. So its only by a .00001% but it makes me feel better making microsoft deal with all that spam! haha
Is anybody actually surprised by this? Nevada prides itself on these laws that protect companies like that choose to incorporate there, they advertise it rather vigorously around here. Thousands of companies have been doing this for years, to consider only Microsoft would be neglecting the BILLIONS of unearned tax dollars every year from companies that incorporate in Nevada. Nevertheless, there is nothing illegal about this practice, though I wouldn't be surprised if there some federal laws instituted at some point adding additional requirements to such practices. The government is always looking to find ways make us pay.
They are not reserving it for YOU when you search, they reserve it such that it can not be registered by any other registrar. It could easily be snatched up by somebody else who was also registering it though NSI. How is that protecting customers? This is blatantly anti-competitive.
"a carefully maintained stash of information on other spammers that he can use to plea-bargain his way out of much of this." We can only hope he does. If the information contains anything sufficient enough to bring charges against the others, maybe they might get whats coming to them as well.
The windows server 2008 core installation doesn't even include the binarys for the GUI all you get is the command line. Exchange and several other staple products have gone the same route. You can install the GUI on top of it if you so choose. See here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/servercore.mspx
My dreams seem to be preparing me for life as a superhero! I am often flying around, blowing stuff up, etc. And I can magically pull samurai swords and automatic weapons from my pocket! Explain that? How would this explain wet dreams? haha
Hand counting it just as susceptible , if not more so, not only human error, but influence from shady politicians. In my humble opinion, voting should be done electronically using open source software in a secure but open environment that can he checked by all those involved, including the voters. With the advent of PGP, Kerberos, and the multitude of other security mechanisms, there is no reason why this particular issue has been such an enormous point of contention. I always love how so many of these companies involved in this sort of thing are always tied to certain politicians in some way shape or form. Could they be more obvious?