I create addresses specifically to receive mail from retailers I order from. For example: companynameorderjunk@mydomain.com.
I NEVER type these addresses anywhere, and they are not something a wide net spam sender would guess...
Over the last few years i have had about 4 situations where those very account specific addresses began receiving a LOT of spam.
The sites included Dell, and PCMall. The PCMall ones very primarily sexual in nature...
I have thought of every possible way they could have gotten that address, and a security breach seems like the only feasible way. I have never typed those addresses anywhere else (no forums, no re-use on other sites, etc...), have never had a virus or spyware on my machine (OSX, thank you very much), so there is really one source for those addresses, the companies internal database.
I am a fairly capable writer, and when the need arises to express a point clearly and with some creative use of language, I usually am up for the task.
havin said that, when i m on im im concenred about getting the point across quickly and with the least amout of keyboard travel as possible, spellin and grammar take a backseat to speed and more importntaly flow of conversation....
Ok, back into "refined mode". I do find it interesting that I don't bother to correct spelling while conversing on IM, particularly words like "teh -> the", "fro -> for", and "who - > how". I suppose context fills in the gaps and helps the conversation flow along.
...there are some really amazing oppurtunities for investing in Africa. I just sent a cashier's check for $12000 to Prince Oolando Bothsqanta to pay the minimal fees needed to free up his vast fortune from Swiss banks. In return, I will earn approximately $4 million dollars in the course of the next 12 months.
I'm not fond of gratitous sex and killing in video games. If you have to have it, fine, but the game should have some sort of warning on the front. Maybe "M" for mature? This code would prevent minors from buying the game, similar to "R" rated movies that contain sex/killing/raping/cussing.
Wait, they already have this "M" label?
Where is the problem? Either "M" games are getting rated "T", which is not the case here, or Wal-Mart, EB Games, etc are not enforcing the rating when they sell. Hardly a TakeTwo problem...
When I was 9 my dad reward my first ever all "A" report card with a Game Boy, this was about 16 years old.
My first games were:
Tetris (came with the system)
Baseball
Castlevania
Cosmotank
What amazes me is that, first of all, my old Game Still works, and secondly I still enjoy playing most of the games on my SP.
As far as new games go, my favorites for the SP include: Harvest Moon, Advance Wars 1 &2, and the new Metroid games.
This is bad news for me. Ore was already only available from three hexes, even less now. I guess I'll have to start embracing the longest road strategy. Dev cards are nice becuase nobody sees it coming!
I'm no video expert, but as far as I know, 1080i and 720p are the two main resolutions generally agreed upon in the high def standard. Don't ask me who ratifies that standard, because i don't know, probably a consortium of Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Pioneer, etc...
I am specing out a HTPC, and am amazed that there is only one option, the just released Fusion 3 (not sure of the company name), for PCI or AGP cards that can decode HDTV from a cable source (QAM).
From user feedback, it doesn't even seem to work that well. I know the new All In Wonder HD is out, but it only works with OTA (Over the air) signals, bleh...
Yeah, I understand that this was posted in the politics section, but when this section was announced I assumed we'd see stories about voting records on Spam legislation, Patriot Act news, and maybe a story or two about the candidates preferred computing platform, but this is just purely political BS. There's nothing tech about it, and reminds me of watching the stupid news on tv. Shame, shame.
While picking up some software to learn the basic vocabulary and grammatical structure of Arabic is probably a good idea, I would suggest another approach.
Poke around on the web and find some online chat groups for Arab-Americans or (Arab-AnyEnglishSpeakingNation) and explain your interest to converse in Arabic with someone. As long as they don't suspect you of working for the CIA (which I suppose they have every reason to) they would probably be glad to see people taking an interest in their culture and would serve as a "language buddy", engaging you in simple conversations to build up your skills. In return, you could help them with their English (or, in your case, German).
Now, there is one problem, writing and reading a language is nothing like speaking it. For this, I can think of one good solution, buy a Mac, an iSight, and use the audio/video features of iChat!
This is an outrage, where am I supposed to get my stress balls, beeping rubber balls, and caffeinated mints from this year!!!
Is there a way to bypass the conference go right for the swag?
Yes, I play, a lot.
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I just won my weekly home game tournament last night, and stayed out till 5am with my buddies talking shop.
Poker is a blast, and being a huge fan I just back from Vegas a few days ago and was out there to play poker and to soak in all the excitement surrounding the WSOP. If you are consider poker to be a serious hobby of yours, first get ahold of Positively Fifth Street by James McManus, its an amazing book about poker, Las Vegas crime, and the WSOP, I read it one the way to Vegas, perfect timing, then go out to Vegas during the WSOP.
Here is a list of pros that I saw while on my trip, note that you will NOT see these folks on the strip, just in old downtown, just walk the floor of the Nugget (and check out the re-opened poker room!) and be sure of course to go upstairs in Binion's to see the "the big one" taking place.
people i saw:
james mcmanus tj cloutie phil ivey dave "devilfish" ulliot (played blackjack with him) jesus chris ferguson (met him) jonny chan (met him) scottie nyuewn kathy liebart larry flynt doyle brunson owner of the ballagio mel judith dutch boyd amir vahidi gus hanson simon trumper (beat him in a hand of 2-4)
didnt see: phil hellmuth howard lededer annie duke
Aside from that, I had a blast playing in some tournaments, I recommend the daily no-limit tourny at Sunset Station, it's off the strip and the locals make for some very challenging play.
If you are brand new to the game, I have a few pieces of advice:
1. Do not, do not, do not, learn to play online (learn the rules, fine, but not how to PLAY). Find a small home game in your area (there are several locators on the web) and learn there, the web is a really, really bad place to play poker for a few reasons. For one, if you are playing in the free "play money" games, there are always a few awful players that will call any bet (also known as call stations) these players will make there two pair on the board and sometimes win, leaving you, the new player to think that is the right play. Secondly, if you are playing in the "real money" games, there are going to be players a lot better than you, and you won't have fun learning because you will be focused on not losing your money, poker is not a defensive game.
2. Second piece of advice, never play for money online. Just don't. Don't do it. I play in a home game twice a week, $10 buy-in top three spots pay out, however that's really all I can play, because the game only happens twice a week, so theoretically the most I can lose in one week playing poker is $20. This is not the case online, you could play 24 hours straight, there are always games happening. I consider myself a strong player, I think I could PROBABLY do very well online and even make some money, but the risk of addiction and the fact that if I started I probably wouldn't want to stop has led me to choose to simply not play for a single penny online. I use the free games to brush up on my skills, but like I said before, its not even really that useful do to the low quality of play.
3. Have fun, if you're not having fun, or if you are playing with money that should be going to pay rent, stop playing, find a new hobby. When I walk into a poker game, i consider my buy-in gone, if I make money, fine, but I think of it as paying $10 to sit around and drink beer with my buddies and analyze strategy, whoop and holler at crazy all-ins and for those few hours, act like I am a master pyschologist, economist, and statistician all rolled into one.
for every time I heard about cheaper, more efficient solar cell, I could buy a solar powered calculator. Which is just about all I've seen solar power be good for at the consumer level.
In my experience, Amazon is almost ALWAYS the cheapest place to buy something, not because of their prices on items, but because of their free shipping on orders over $25.
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I create addresses specifically to receive mail from retailers I order from. For example: companynameorderjunk@mydomain.com.
I NEVER type these addresses anywhere, and they are not something a wide net spam sender would guess...
Over the last few years i have had about 4 situations where those very account specific addresses began receiving a LOT of spam.
The sites included Dell, and PCMall. The PCMall ones very primarily sexual in nature...
I have thought of every possible way they could have gotten that address, and a security breach seems like the only feasible way. I have never typed those addresses anywhere else (no forums, no re-use on other sites, etc...), have never had a virus or spyware on my machine (OSX, thank you very much), so there is really one source for those addresses, the companies internal database.
anyone else experience this before?
I am a fairly capable writer, and when the need arises to express a point clearly and with some creative use of language, I usually am up for the task.
havin said that, when i m on im im concenred about getting the point across quickly and with the least amout of keyboard travel as possible, spellin and grammar take a backseat to speed and more importntaly flow of conversation....
Ok, back into "refined mode". I do find it interesting that I don't bother to correct spelling while conversing on IM, particularly words like "teh -> the", "fro -> for", and "who - > how". I suppose context fills in the gaps and helps the conversation flow along.
...there are some really amazing oppurtunities for investing in Africa. I just sent a cashier's check for $12000 to Prince Oolando Bothsqanta to pay the minimal fees needed to free up his vast fortune from Swiss banks. In return, I will earn approximately $4 million dollars in the course of the next 12 months.
I'll let you know how it turns out!
I'm not fond of gratitous sex and killing in video games. If you have to have it, fine, but the game should have some sort of warning on the front. Maybe "M" for mature? This code would prevent minors from buying the game, similar to "R" rated movies that contain sex/killing/raping/cussing.
Wait, they already have this "M" label?
Where is the problem? Either "M" games are getting rated "T", which is not the case here, or Wal-Mart, EB Games, etc are not enforcing the rating when they sell. Hardly a TakeTwo problem...
He's very strange, but you can't deny that he was the brains behind Apple's beginnings.
What amazes me is that, first of all, my old Game Still works, and secondly I still enjoy playing most of the games on my SP.
As far as new games go, my favorites for the SP include: Harvest Moon, Advance Wars 1 &2, and the new Metroid games.
This is bad news for me. Ore was already only available from three hexes, even less now. I guess I'll have to start embracing the longest road strategy. Dev cards are nice becuase nobody sees it coming!
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. -Ben
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
C.S. Lewis
I'm no video expert, but as far as I know, 1080i and 720p are the two main resolutions generally agreed upon in the high def standard. Don't ask me who ratifies that standard, because i don't know, probably a consortium of Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Pioneer, etc...
Because if I can crawl out of a sewage filed sinkhole and download new Slackware ISO's in under a minute, you may have yourself a deal.
I'd just wear those glasses with the bulging eyeballs on the front. Just try to stop me from sleeping while I'm driving!
What next!?!?!? No sleeping in class?!?!? How far can this narcophobia extend!
For every page of insightful content thou shall have 7-8 pages of advertising thinly disguised as "tech updates" or "cutting edge information"!
I am specing out a HTPC, and am amazed that there is only one option, the just released Fusion 3 (not sure of the company name), for PCI or AGP cards that can decode HDTV from a cable source (QAM).
From user feedback, it doesn't even seem to work that well. I know the new All In Wonder HD is out, but it only works with OTA (Over the air) signals, bleh...
There goes my dream of a HD PVR....
Yeah, I understand that this was posted in the politics section, but when this section was announced I assumed we'd see stories about voting records on Spam legislation, Patriot Act news, and maybe a story or two about the candidates preferred computing platform, but this is just purely political BS. There's nothing tech about it, and reminds me of watching the stupid news on tv. Shame, shame.
While picking up some software to learn the basic vocabulary and grammatical structure of Arabic is probably a good idea, I would suggest another approach.
Poke around on the web and find some online chat groups for Arab-Americans or (Arab-AnyEnglishSpeakingNation) and explain your interest to converse in Arabic with someone. As long as they don't suspect you of working for the CIA (which I suppose they have every reason to) they would probably be glad to see people taking an interest in their culture and would serve as a "language buddy", engaging you in simple conversations to build up your skills. In return, you could help them with their English (or, in your case, German).
Now, there is one problem, writing and reading a language is nothing like speaking it. For this, I can think of one good solution, buy a Mac, an iSight, and use the audio/video features of iChat!
one of the Slashdot authors writes a truly hillarious story title, this one is one of them....
i recommend the california white.
and yes, i live there.
This is an outrage, where am I supposed to get my stress balls, beeping rubber balls, and caffeinated mints from this year!!!
Is there a way to bypass the conference go right for the swag?
I just won my weekly home game tournament last night, and stayed out till 5am with my buddies talking shop.
Poker is a blast, and being a huge fan I just back from Vegas a few days ago and was out there to play poker and to soak in all the excitement surrounding the WSOP. If you are consider poker to be a serious hobby of yours, first get ahold of Positively Fifth Street by James McManus, its an amazing book about poker, Las Vegas crime, and the WSOP, I read it one the way to Vegas, perfect timing, then go out to Vegas during the WSOP.
Here is a list of pros that I saw while on my trip, note that you will NOT see these folks on the strip, just in old downtown, just walk the floor of the Nugget (and check out the re-opened poker room!) and be sure of course to go upstairs in Binion's to see the "the big one" taking place.
people i saw:
james mcmanus
tj cloutie
phil ivey
dave "devilfish" ulliot (played blackjack with him)
jesus chris ferguson (met him)
jonny chan (met him)
scottie nyuewn
kathy liebart
larry flynt
doyle brunson
owner of the ballagio
mel judith
dutch boyd
amir vahidi
gus hanson
simon trumper (beat him in a hand of 2-4)
didnt see:
phil hellmuth
howard lededer
annie duke
Aside from that, I had a blast playing in some tournaments, I recommend the daily no-limit tourny at Sunset Station, it's off the strip and the locals make for some very challenging play.
If you are brand new to the game, I have a few pieces of advice:
1. Do not, do not, do not, learn to play online (learn the rules, fine, but not how to PLAY). Find a small home game in your area (there are several locators on the web) and learn there, the web is a really, really bad place to play poker for a few reasons. For one, if you are playing in the free "play money" games, there are always a few awful players that will call any bet (also known as call stations) these players will make there two pair on the board and sometimes win, leaving you, the new player to think that is the right play. Secondly, if you are playing in the "real money" games, there are going to be players a lot better than you, and you won't have fun learning because you will be focused on not losing your money, poker is not a defensive game.
2. Second piece of advice, never play for money online. Just don't. Don't do it. I play in a home game twice a week, $10 buy-in top three spots pay out, however that's really all I can play, because the game only happens twice a week, so theoretically the most I can lose in one week playing poker is $20. This is not the case online, you could play 24 hours straight, there are always games happening. I consider myself a strong player, I think I could PROBABLY do very well online and even make some money, but the risk of addiction and the fact that if I started I probably wouldn't want to stop has led me to choose to simply not play for a single penny online. I use the free games to brush up on my skills, but like I said before, its not even really that useful do to the low quality of play.
3. Have fun, if you're not having fun, or if you are playing with money that should be going to pay rent, stop playing, find a new hobby. When I walk into a poker game, i consider my buy-in gone, if I make money, fine, but I think of it as paying $10 to sit around and drink beer with my buddies and analyze strategy, whoop and holler at crazy all-ins and for those few hours, act like I am a master pyschologist, economist, and statistician all rolled into one.
Having said all that; I'm All-In.
One person in California hardly qualifies as a "general consumer", but I appreciate the thought.
for every time I heard about cheaper, more efficient solar cell, I could buy a solar powered calculator. Which is just about all I've seen solar power be good for at the consumer level.
...until you can show me even a login screen.
In my experience, Amazon is almost ALWAYS the cheapest place to buy something, not because of their prices on items, but because of their free shipping on orders over $25.
Heck hey, Go Royals! I BELIEVE! Let just hope we can find a good replacement for Beltran after the Yanks or Sox scoop him up next year...