Florida is not renowned for being a forward thinking democratic part of the world at the moment, I'm afraid. Of course, I think that opt-out lists are dangerous. I'd be much more comfortable with opt-in lists.
We all know what spam is. It's unsolicited email. The headers are hacked. The people doing it are clueless. Many of them are criminals who are just out to make a fast buck. No one will ever convince me that this is a legitimate way to make money. Some days I think these fsckwits deserve a good public flogging - something that alarms my normally liberal sensibilities, ie., something is wrong here.
The government is necessary in some instances of life to instill a sense of control. The constant blathering about freedom on the internet will lead to the death of the beast unless we realise who we have to protect ourselves from (the bloody corporations who are trying to take over the net).
The government protects citizens from unscrupulous telephone solicitation, so why not expect the same for spammers?
As others have pointed out, I read technical manuals mostly when I learn a new language. In the past year I've bought PHP, Python and a recent Perl programming (from 1st to 3rd edition) manuals.
Now, of those three manuals none of their spines have barely been creased. The Php is creased a bit because I read (skimmed) it over a couple of pints one night.
I think GOOD online documentation is a much more useful tool for techies. I used the PHP, postgres docs a lot for a recent project but the browser interface leave soemthing to be desired. Good indices, table of contents, search, and a nice consistant interface would be a Good Thing. The LDP is a good start for things Linux.
Maybe an opensource pdf so that users could easily print out their own docs. But then again I hate pdf and when I have the choice will almost always use an HTML formatted doc over a pdf.
Save your quarters and buy a second hard drive then install Linux on that and dual boot the system between Windoze and linux. That is, if you can convince the parental technocracy to install a second hard drive on your xmas present.
When will all the littlesnot nosed twits keep thier collective mouths shut when someone asks an interesting question on Ask Slashdot?
Perhaps, just perhaps, this is a topic that might have wide interest and that the question is worth asking. And perhaps the answers are worth reviewing as well.
Jeebus christ this guy must have searched high and low when the answer is two words that were probably on the tip of 95% of/.ers.
One thing I'm sick and tired of hearing is the neverending chorus of PGP (GPG) users exclaiming why don't you just use PGP? Face it people, if this guy can't figure out that netscape messanger will solve his problem under linux then he's going to have a hell of a time with PGP. And since 99% of users are generally cluefree concerning matters of encryption the chance that his correspsondents also no nothing about PGP is fairly high.
Many people in Apple's target market aren't suited to 2+ button mice. Its not really a valid criticism -- Apple's serving Apple
customers.
Which is just another dumbfuck reason why Apple is doomed, regardless of the flurry of activity that follows Jobs periodic announcements.
I know dozens of previous apple users who just got fed up waiting for something to happen at apple. Now they've discovered, because they aren't idiots, that they can be just as productive in a Windoze environment or Linux/FreeBSD/etc.
The evil one, perhaps. I agree with the original poster concerning Memory Stick. Time will tell though, but I'd bet that eventually they will screw themselves over because of the Memory Stick, in the consumer market, for the same reasons that Beta was eclipsed by VHS. Buy devices with Compact Flash.
Now if only DVD weren't the betamax of this brave new world.
Actually I'm not sure about the G450 but I do know that the G400 does not really behave like two monitors on W2K which really defeats the whole purpose, IMNSHO. The G400 dual head cards combine two display cards into one, which means that the desktop in W2K, for example, stretches across both monitors. Their drivers can fool an app into maximising in the current display or have popups display over the current app but it's a hack in the sense that it completely ignores the new W2K multi-monitor API.
If you want true dual head, get two cards NOT a G400. And the best implementations of this that I've seen are one AGP and one PCI so this P4 bug doesn't really apply here.
You mean that they didn't hire Lucas to do the computer graphics for 80 million dollars. This series has stood up amazingly in terms of science - which is what's most important here not the quality of the bloody computer graphics in a, PBS for god's sake, miniseries. A lot of his writing for the series is based on earlier work like Brocha's Brain in which he deals with issues surrounding both current, at the time, science as well as pseudo science with aplomb but without being preachy. Most of that has stood the test of time and while it is showing some signs of age it is almost certainly going to remain relatively current for the next 50 years.
Unless some smart ass comes along and disproves general and special relativity:)
The toll free numbers never work anyway. Think about it, would anyone be foolish enough to spam a few hundred thousand people and then not expect to get a rash of calls from the thousands who are so rightly pished off about spam? Not bloody likely.
I'm getting a lot of spam from taiwan these days and there's not much one can do about it, short of a procmail filter to block everything from.tw. It seems to me though that international treaties could be established to go after countries that do not effectively deal with the problem -- assuming that the S7 countries could be convinced that it is a problem that should be dealt with -- then black-holing the entire.tw domain might be an effective way to get those behind.tw playing nice.
<disclaimer>
don't take this as a general indictment of the taiwanese, because that would be stoopid
</disclaimer>
Something like this has to be done though because it's pretty obvious that it's not going to happen voluntarily.
The rate of killing in Ireland is substantially less than that of 'Merica. I'd rather live in Ireland in an instant than be stuck in Dubya's American. Give me my gun . Fucking babies.
This is what I was asking myself... this thing doesn't look Mac'ish, it looks Explorer'ish. And what's with the giant ugly as buttfuck icons. Goddamn this thing is ugly.
And the reason why I turn off this behaviour in windoze (it's becoming harder though with subsequent windoze 'upgrades') is that it takes ages just to open and list the folders and files in a directory.
Of course, that could just be M$'s brute force approach to computing at work.
Similar to the technology involved when driving a car and talking on a cell phone (behaviour that is common but that I find abhorrent, driving a car, that is).
Since Al Gore invented the internet, I always assumed that he also invented the hyperlink. Al Gore? Who? He's the guy who just lost that election to the other guy (the one with his eyes too close together). Don't you think that Dubya's 3-finger victory/doubleu salute was just the cutest!
First of all, M$ didn't steal the gui from Apple. Apple had no claim to intellectual property over the gui since they didn't invent it. They did implement it before M$ but they sure as hell never invented it. Secondly Apple are the assholes in this one so there's no need to bring up M$. Apple is one of the worst companies out there in this regard and remains the reason why I avoid their shitty hardware.
Especially if it was a family search engine for porn. I'd use that. This site, theindex.com, is nearly useless. I've got absolutely no use for a search engine like this, although there might be some who would. What I wonder is why the fsck this guy would want slashdot opinions when it's obvious that/.ers would loathe a search engine that is so business oriented, not to mention butt fucking ugly.
I'm in windoze now, and I can say that it definitely loads more slowly than IE5.5. The delay in opening windows is almost annoying enough to prevent me from using it. The quality of the browsing experience (tm) offsets the delays. Be ready to close and open the beast regularly though because it still eats ram like a... a... ram eating app. With three browser windows and a mail window open I'm over 45MB now... just opened another window and it took about 8 steamboats... memory now at 47.5MB... it's almost enough from keeping me using. I'm so fscking sick of Netscape 4.7x though and I'm loathe to switch to IE so I guess I'll just stick wit it.
It didn't copy my stuff when I started, probably because my netscape profiles aren't stored in the usual location. One annoyance I did find was that you can import address books from Eudora, Outlook,... but not from Netscape. Exporting them from netscape in ldif format allowed me to import them, but this is a step that would confound most newbies.
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That would be a lonely list.
The government is necessary in some instances of life to instill a sense of control. The constant blathering about freedom on the internet will lead to the death of the beast unless we realise who we have to protect ourselves from (the bloody corporations who are trying to take over the net). The government protects citizens from unscrupulous telephone solicitation, so why not expect the same for spammers?
Now, of those three manuals none of their spines have barely been creased. The Php is creased a bit because I read (skimmed) it over a couple of pints one night.
I think GOOD online documentation is a much more useful tool for techies. I used the PHP, postgres docs a lot for a recent project but the browser interface leave soemthing to be desired. Good indices, table of contents, search, and a nice consistant interface would be a Good Thing. The LDP is a good start for things Linux.
Maybe an opensource pdf so that users could easily print out their own docs. But then again I hate pdf and when I have the choice will almost always use an HTML formatted doc over a pdf.
Defenestrate your cube to see the verity in this statement.
What the flying fuck is QVC? Details people!
Perhaps, just perhaps, this is a topic that might have wide interest and that the question is worth asking. And perhaps the answers are worth reviewing as well.
One thing I'm sick and tired of hearing is the neverending chorus of PGP (GPG) users exclaiming why don't you just use PGP? Face it people, if this guy can't figure out that netscape messanger will solve his problem under linux then he's going to have a hell of a time with PGP. And since 99% of users are generally cluefree concerning matters of encryption the chance that his correspsondents also no nothing about PGP is fairly high.
Shite.
Which is just another dumbfuck reason why Apple is doomed, regardless of the flurry of activity that follows Jobs periodic announcements.
I know dozens of previous apple users who just got fed up waiting for something to happen at apple. Now they've discovered, because they aren't idiots, that they can be just as productive in a Windoze environment or Linux/FreeBSD/etc.
BOFG
Now if only DVD weren't the betamax of this brave new world.
If you want true dual head, get two cards NOT a G400. And the best implementations of this that I've seen are one AGP and one PCI so this P4 bug doesn't really apply here.
Unless some smart ass comes along and disproves general and special relativity :)
I'm getting a lot of spam from taiwan these days and there's not much one can do about it, short of a procmail filter to block everything from .tw. It seems to me though that international treaties could be established to go after countries that do not effectively deal with the problem -- assuming that the S7 countries could be convinced that it is a problem that should be dealt with -- then black-holing the entire .tw domain might be an effective way to get those behind .tw playing nice.
<disclaimer>
don't take this as a general indictment of the taiwanese, because that would be stoopid
</disclaimer>
Something like this has to be done though because it's pretty obvious that it's not going to happen voluntarily.
Boycott Coke!
Report a Spammer Today!
Palms are overpriced and ugly. Get a compaq ipaq instead and put linux on it
The rate of killing in Ireland is substantially less than that of 'Merica. I'd rather live in Ireland in an instant than be stuck in Dubya's American. Give me my gun . Fucking babies.
And the reason why I turn off this behaviour in windoze (it's becoming harder though with subsequent windoze 'upgrades') is that it takes ages just to open and list the folders and files in a directory.
Of course, that could just be M$'s brute force approach to computing at work.
Boycott Coke!
Fuck it.
Fuck Apple. Fuck Jobs. He's the asshole here.
Happens all the time, welcome to the 'Mercan justice system. BTW, what's the gubmint gonna do about 'foreigners' who commit 'cyber crimes'?
... solved my problems with eye strain. Taking regular breaks is important as well, get up from the restraints and go for a walk.
Don't forget to mention their bullshit "synonym syntax(tm)" technology. This site shouldn't even qualify for mention on slashdot.
Especially if it was a family search engine for porn. I'd use that. This site, theindex.com, is nearly useless. I've got absolutely no use for a search engine like this, although there might be some who would. What I wonder is why the fsck this guy would want slashdot opinions when it's obvious that /.ers would loathe a search engine that is so business oriented, not to mention butt fucking ugly.
I'm in windoze now, and I can say that it definitely loads more slowly than IE5.5. The delay in opening windows is almost annoying enough to prevent me from using it. The quality of the browsing experience (tm) offsets the delays. Be ready to close and open the beast regularly though because it still eats ram like a ... a ... ram eating app. With three browser windows and a mail window open I'm over 45MB now ... just opened another window and it took about 8 steamboats ... memory now at 47.5MB ... it's almost enough from keeping me using. I'm so fscking sick of Netscape 4.7x though and I'm loathe to switch to IE so I guess I'll just stick wit it.
It didn't copy my stuff when I started, probably because my netscape profiles aren't stored in the usual location. One annoyance I did find was that you can import address books from Eudora, Outlook, ... but not from Netscape. Exporting them from netscape in ldif format allowed me to import them, but this is a step that would confound most newbies.