Unfortunately, most people aren't so successful with filters, particularly if they cannot tolerate any false positives at all. Even for those who don't have their own mailservers, every decent ISP nowadays offers server-side filtering -- but it is far from perfect, and I doubt you'll find too many people who claim that filtering even comes close to eliminating the spam problem.
I note that the article doesn't mention false positives at all. It just mentions one false negative per 1000 emails. I would think that most people are far more concerned about keeping false positives at zero. If some spam gets through, that's a price they're willing to pay (assuming most gets filtered), as long as they still receive their "real" email.
What happens to Nextel customers with phones that operate on the frequencies that they just sold back to the feds? Do the customers now "get to" buy a new phone from Nextel (with a new two year service contract, I assume)? If so, it sounds like a windfall for Nextel.
Sure, let someone else use the VIN of my brand new "fix-er upper" that I got cheap at the junkyard. Does that mean he gets my tickets, too (assuming I can actually get the thing to go past the speed limit).
The problem with all of these suggested schemes is that they will require an update of all the code that uses VINs. As long as the code needs to be updated anyway, why not just fix it to do things right.
Also, there's NO WAY that there can be the same amount of code that uses VINs as there is that uses dates, and by definition, that code is at most 25 years old.
The problem with Y2K legacy code was that some of it dated back 40 years, with the source code missing. Back in the mid 60's, the disk drives of the time could hold about 30 Megs and cost about $600,000 in today's dollars. With the number of dates present in customer/employee records, sometimes cutting from 4 to 2 digit dates could cut almost 10% off your data storage costs. At the time, before people realized that the IBM 360 "family" of computers would really allow code to last, code was assumed to need complete re-writes every few years. Bad assumptions, stupid to allow the source code to get lost, sure, but NOT NEARLY AS BAD as DESIGNING a system to last a max of thirty years and suddenly "finding out" that you have made no accommodations for doing anything about it when the time is almost up.
According to the link above for H.R. 2929, it "Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prohibit the transmission of a spyware program to a covered computer (one used by a financial institution or the Federal Government)"
Unless the Federal Government is "using" my computer to track what I'm doing, it looks like my system isn't covered.
The how to start as a newbie page is still up. Whatever server they're using, it seems to have survived the test pretty well. Their comment:
UPDATE 9:48 --- from the kicking me while I'm down department We're being Slashdot'ed on top of the yahoo/CNN and matt pvrblogs traffic. No mas! No Mas! =) Glad to see the site get so much attention (but in one day?!) so that we can grow our home brew tivo community.
The reality is that, noone, including Linus Torvalds, can ever guarantee that code in the Linux kernel is free of counter ownership, or attribution claims.
And, of course, if you buy software, that does guarantee that it is free of "counter ownership"?
I guess that means that SCO is immediately going to drop their suit against IBM, given this new information.
The United States is the home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an internationally respected agency
And the United States Copyright Office is also an internationally respected agency, so when the "Star Registry" places a copy of their book there, it immediately gives you ownership to the "star" they named after you.
Is Darl going to be able to start shooting off his mouth again? Will we get a new laugh every few days as he makes outrageous claims, sues more people, contradicts himself publicly, etc.
I just can't wait. Perhaps they'll sue the penguin lovers society first, followed by 'all programmers', then on to some bizarre victims of their wrath.
Diesel actually contains more energy per gallon than gasoline, but it WAS cheaper due to lower demand. All those consumers buying more diesel changed the equation.
Actually, the equation is more complicated than that, since refiners can 'tweak' their output mix (heating oil, diesel, gasoline, kerosene, etc.) based on demand, but there is an optimal mix for a refinary, and 'tweaks' make the entire output more expensive, with the cost going to the consumers demanding the products that cause the extra costs.
I have used a game called CROBOTS to get people started with programming. It is a simple subset of a C compiler with a small game. You program a simple robot to compete with others, and immediately see the results on the screen.
Comes with sample 'robots' making it easy to start by looking at them and trying to make them 'better'... then watching the results on the screen.
I've used it to introduce people to programming for at least 10 years, and it's available for most platforms.
I started using CROBOTS, a pseudo C-language programming game to pass on to people who wanted to learn programming years ago. It's a small subset of C that allows you to control robots on a very simple battlefield. You can program rules for your robot and 'battle' other robots with instant visual feedback from your efforts.
It's easy to program the robots, or experiment with making the sample robots included work 'better', and you can immediately 'see' your results.
I have given several people their intro to programming over may years by passing on a game/programming learning exercise called CROBOTS.
It's a very small/simple pseudo C-programming environment designed to control ascii 'robots' in battle, allowing you to 'see' your results and program your robot to do better in the battle. Very simple interface (the robots are '1' to '4' moving around on the screen), but people get into 'seeing' their results immediately and can learn the basics of writing a program, modifying the samples to make them 'better', etc. easily.
It has worked to start people into learning programming in a fun way.
I love how the forum at www.uer.ca responds to a slashdotting though. Their page begins with:
Welcome Slashdot readers!
Just so's y'all know, you folks are setting serious records for the number of individual users on the server at once (peaking around 1000 right now instead of the typical 80 or 100). Now, on to what you're probably looking for:
wait for those who know more than you to do the same, and read about it
The easy way to avoid having someone else break your encryption is to put some copyrite data in the files, then sue them into oblivion under the DMCA if anyone tries it:)
Actually, Darl has been silenced it seems. Just look at what it's done to their stock, no more "pump", and everyone seems to be dumping.
It's obvious that Darl has to be unmuzzled to again start suing more of their own customers, declare that donating code for free is unconstitunal, claim ownership of code written by others, etc. Otherwise, poor SCO is just going to tank at a 10%/week rate.
Aside from that, without Darl and the Iraqui Information Minister, the news just isn't all that funny any more.
Does anyone know what grade the first introductory programming classes are now offered in?
Not sure about now, but my first programming class was taught after school as an elective option by our math teacher in 10th grade... that was in 1965.
SCO as an organization didn't do this. One lazy person or group which was supposed to write documentation decided not to write their own.
So the correct procedure is to look at the issue and settle it without a big fuss?
IF SCO is leading by example, I would have thought that the proper way to address this issue would be for the publisher to sue every SCO user they could find who had unknowingly possessed the documentation in question, asking for a "license fee" equal to the entire amount of value in everything SCO has ever produced, not just the value of the infringing documentation.
Perhaps they could even get Baystar to sign on for their new "revenue model".
Back in the 70's, there was a company advertising a product that could "Stop Computer Downtime". The product turned out to be under floor water detectors.
I know of at least one "Power Seller" who deals exclusively in goods stolen from a single retail chain.
Have you reported this to eBay and the retail chain? I find it very unlikely that the retailer has not followed upon this problem if it exists.
It's much easier to shut down a seller doing this on eBay than it is to shut down the guy selling out of his trunk on the street. The openness of the eBay marketplace would seem to help to stop this kind of dealing, not encourage it.
suffice to say money was returned and stall keepers dealt with.
Pretty much like eBay deals with sellers who act irresponsibly.
Actually, with feedback and eBay policing both the buyers and sellers, it's a whole lot better buying on eBay than at a flea market, but the general business model is similar.
I've been burned a couple of times on eBay, and both of those sellers are now banned. It's a risk that I'm willing to take because I've saved tons of $$$$ and been able to easily buy products that are difficult to find elsewhere.
New oven... got one with a small scratch in the corner that I can hardly see... $600 less than buying it locally. New cook top... customer return for a small scratch in the glass (like I'm not going to scratch it the first time I use it)... $500 savings. Items like this are way too difficult to find without the marketplace that eBay provides.
And... people have been happy with my junk, too.
Trying to compare the service that eBay provides with that of a retailer like Sears is disingenuous. On eBay, I'm dealing with the actual seller, and eBay does provide lots of help if there is a problem.
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Even if someone took my card and tried to use it, they'd have to guess what zip code I'm from, which would be a real trick.
Unless maybe they looked in the phone book.
If it's asked for frequently, it would be easy for the crooks to get that info before trying to use the card. (And even if you're unlisted, how about whois databases, other info on the net, etc.)
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Good luck keeping your card inside your spiffy EMIF wallet while you're trying to pay. Since the clerk had your card when it got zapped, no special shielded wallet was about to protect it anyway.
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Unfortunately, most people aren't so successful with filters, particularly if they cannot tolerate any false positives at all. Even for those who don't have their own mailservers, every decent ISP nowadays offers server-side filtering -- but it is far from perfect, and I doubt you'll find too many people who claim that filtering even comes close to eliminating the spam problem.
I note that the article doesn't mention false positives at all. It just mentions one false negative per 1000 emails. I would think that most people are far more concerned about keeping false positives at zero. If some spam gets through, that's a price they're willing to pay (assuming most gets filtered), as long as they still receive their "real" email.
What happens to Nextel customers with phones that operate on the frequencies that they just sold back to the feds? Do the customers now "get to" buy a new phone from Nextel (with a new two year service contract, I assume)? If so, it sounds like a windfall for Nextel.
Sure, let someone else use the VIN of my brand new "fix-er upper" that I got cheap at the junkyard. Does that mean he gets my tickets, too (assuming I can actually get the thing to go past the speed limit).
The problem with all of these suggested schemes is that they will require an update of all the code that uses VINs. As long as the code needs to be updated anyway, why not just fix it to do things right.
Also, there's NO WAY that there can be the same amount of code that uses VINs as there is that uses dates, and by definition, that code is at most 25 years old.
The problem with Y2K legacy code was that some of it dated back 40 years, with the source code missing. Back in the mid 60's, the disk drives of the time could hold about 30 Megs and cost about $600,000 in today's dollars. With the number of dates present in customer/employee records, sometimes cutting from 4 to 2 digit dates could cut almost 10% off your data storage costs. At the time, before people realized that the IBM 360 "family" of computers would really allow code to last, code was assumed to need complete re-writes every few years. Bad assumptions, stupid to allow the source code to get lost, sure, but NOT NEARLY AS BAD as DESIGNING a system to last a max of thirty years and suddenly "finding out" that you have made no accommodations for doing anything about it when the time is almost up.
According to the link above for H.R. 2929, it "Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prohibit the transmission of a spyware program to a covered computer (one used by a financial institution or the Federal Government)"
Unless the Federal Government is "using" my computer to track what I'm doing, it looks like my system isn't covered.
The how to start as a newbie page is still up. Whatever server they're using, it seems to have survived the test pretty well. Their comment:
UPDATE 9:48 --- from the kicking me while I'm down department We're being Slashdot'ed on top of the yahoo/CNN and matt pvrblogs traffic. No mas! No Mas! =) Glad to see the site get so much attention (but in one day?!) so that we can grow our home brew tivo community.
The reality is that, noone, including Linus Torvalds, can ever guarantee that code in the Linux kernel is free of counter ownership, or attribution claims.
And, of course, if you buy software, that does guarantee that it is free of "counter ownership"?
I guess that means that SCO is immediately going to drop their suit against IBM, given this new information.
The United States is the home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an internationally respected agency
And the United States Copyright Office is also an internationally respected agency, so when the "Star Registry" places a copy of their book there, it immediately gives you ownership to the "star" they named after you.
Right?
More like they need a week to figure out how to spin the story on Baystar and RBC.
Is Darl going to be able to start shooting off his mouth again? Will we get a new laugh every few days as he makes outrageous claims, sues more people, contradicts himself publicly, etc.
I just can't wait. Perhaps they'll sue the penguin lovers society first, followed by 'all programmers', then on to some bizarre victims of their wrath.
It was kind of a kick in the teeth.
It was kind of supply and demand.
Diesel actually contains more energy per gallon than gasoline, but it WAS cheaper due to lower demand. All those consumers buying more diesel changed the equation.
Actually, the equation is more complicated than that, since refiners can 'tweak' their output mix (heating oil, diesel, gasoline, kerosene, etc.) based on demand, but there is an optimal mix for a refinary, and 'tweaks' make the entire output more expensive, with the cost going to the consumers demanding the products that cause the extra costs.
Oops...I couldn't find it after I posted, and posted again.
My bad.
I have used a game called CROBOTS to get people started with programming. It is a simple subset of a C compiler with a small game. You program a simple robot to compete with others, and immediately see the results on the screen.
... then watching the results on the screen.
Comes with sample 'robots' making it easy to start by looking at them and trying to make them 'better'
I've used it to introduce people to programming for at least 10 years, and it's available for most platforms.
Either Gogle for it (lots of varients available), of look at http://www.ioprogrammo.it/crobots/home.php
I started using CROBOTS, a pseudo C-language programming game to pass on to people who wanted to learn programming years ago. It's a small subset of C that allows you to control robots on a very simple battlefield. You can program rules for your robot and 'battle' other robots with instant visual feedback from your efforts.
It's easy to program the robots, or experiment with making the sample robots included work 'better', and you can immediately 'see' your results.
Check out http://www.ioprogrammo.it/crobots/home.php or Google for it (available for many environments). I first used in in MS/DOS over 10 years ago.
I have given several people their intro to programming over may years by passing on a game/programming learning exercise called CROBOTS.
It's a very small/simple pseudo C-programming environment designed to control ascii 'robots' in battle, allowing you to 'see' your results and program your robot to do better in the battle. Very simple interface (the robots are '1' to '4' moving around on the screen), but people get into 'seeing' their results immediately and can learn the basics of writing a program, modifying the samples to make them 'better', etc. easily.
It has worked to start people into learning programming in a fun way.
Google for it (several versions are available) or look at http://www.ioprogrammo.it/crobots/home.php
It's available for many environments (I started using it in MS/DOS over 10 years ago).
I love how the forum at www.uer.ca responds to a slashdotting though. Their page begins with:
Welcome Slashdot readers!
Just so's y'all know, you folks are setting serious records for the number of individual users on the server at once (peaking around 1000 right now instead of the typical 80 or 100). Now, on to what you're probably looking for:
wait for those who know more than you to do the same, and read about it
The easy way to avoid having someone else break your encryption is to put some copyrite data in the files, then sue them into oblivion under the DMCA if anyone tries it:)
Actually, Darl has been silenced it seems. Just look at what it's done to their stock, no more "pump", and everyone seems to be dumping.
It's obvious that Darl has to be unmuzzled to again start suing more of their own customers, declare that donating code for free is unconstitunal, claim ownership of code written by others, etc. Otherwise, poor SCO is just going to tank at a 10%/week rate.
Aside from that, without Darl and the Iraqui Information Minister, the news just isn't all that funny any more.
Does anyone know what grade the first introductory programming classes are now offered in?
... that was in 1965.
Not sure about now, but my first programming class was taught after school as an elective option by our math teacher in 10th grade
I assume now, kids can start earlier than that.
SCO as an organization didn't do this. One lazy person or group which was supposed to write documentation decided not to write their own.
So the correct procedure is to look at the issue and settle it without a big fuss?
IF SCO is leading by example, I would have thought that the proper way to address this issue would be for the publisher to sue every SCO user they could find who had unknowingly possessed the documentation in question, asking for a "license fee" equal to the entire amount of value in everything SCO has ever produced, not just the value of the infringing documentation.
Perhaps they could even get Baystar to sign on for their new "revenue model".
I love the promises of advertising.
Back in the 70's, there was a company advertising a product that could "Stop Computer Downtime". The product turned out to be under floor water detectors.
I know of at least one "Power Seller" who deals exclusively in goods stolen from a single retail chain.
Have you reported this to eBay and the retail chain? I find it very unlikely that the retailer has not followed upon this problem if it exists.
It's much easier to shut down a seller doing this on eBay than it is to shut down the guy selling out of his trunk on the street. The openness of the eBay marketplace would seem to help to stop this kind of dealing, not encourage it.
suffice to say money was returned and stall keepers dealt with.
... got one with a small scratch in the corner that I can hardly see ... $600 less than buying it locally. New cook top ... customer return for a small scratch in the glass (like I'm not going to scratch it the first time I use it) ... $500 savings. Items like this are way too difficult to find without the marketplace that eBay provides.
... people have been happy with my junk, too.
Pretty much like eBay deals with sellers who act irresponsibly.
Actually, with feedback and eBay policing both the buyers and sellers, it's a whole lot better buying on eBay than at a flea market, but the general business model is similar.
I've been burned a couple of times on eBay, and both of those sellers are now banned. It's a risk that I'm willing to take because I've saved tons of $$$$ and been able to easily buy products that are difficult to find elsewhere.
New oven
And
Trying to compare the service that eBay provides with that of a retailer like Sears is disingenuous. On eBay, I'm dealing with the actual seller, and eBay does provide lots of help if there is a problem.
Even if someone took my card and tried to use it, they'd have to guess what zip code I'm from, which would be a real trick.
Unless maybe they looked in the phone book.
If it's asked for frequently, it would be easy for the crooks to get that info before trying to use the card. (And even if you're unlisted, how about whois databases, other info on the net, etc.)
Good luck keeping your card inside your spiffy EMIF wallet while you're trying to pay. Since the clerk had your card when it got zapped, no special shielded wallet was about to protect it anyway.