Unfortunately, I know someone who works or worked for a spamming operation. They were awash in cash. Perhaps just a few big outfits are making money - who knows? But you'd have to think that, like the Nigerian 419 scammers, too many spammers are treading on each other's toes and destroying their own market.
Having been in the Esperanto movements in two countries (the USA and Australia) I can say that not only is what you say against the principles of the Esperanto movement, but real Esperantists are the exact opposite. Like most of my fellow Esperanto speakers I speak several other languages and love doing so. Esperanto is not designed or intended to replace national languages - it's an auxiliary language, simply designed to facilitate international communication. Even though it's not as widespread as some would like, it does serve its purpose - I've met many nice people from around the world.
Viruses are interesting. I once read an article about bacteriophage viruses - how in the Soviet Union they used them to treat bacterial infections instead of antibiotics. The Russian researcher said that if they didn't find a promising virus, they'd go down to the river, get a new bucket of water, and start looking again. This implies there are a lot of viruses out there to examine!
I think US$0.99 is already too much and is stifling the market. AU$1.69 (US$1.26) is ridiculous. Although I'm sure Apple lobbied for lower prices, the end result is robbery and I hope Australians vote with their feet. Why should the price discrepancy be so large between the two markets?
I wish the Slashdot-foretold Music Industry Apocalypse would hurry up and happen.
I've bought two licenses from Opera in the past, and I'm really pleased by this move. The more people use opera, the more I will benefit - web sites will be better tested in Opera, more plugins will get written, and Opera Software will be around longer! Plus I can encourage family and friends to swap without them having to see ads in their browser like some sort of P2P client.
As someone else pointed out, it wouldn't. But given the same processor architecture, and the ability of Apple to produce software like Rosetta, wouldn't a fast windows compatibality layer seem like a real possibility?
I'm not so enthusiastic about running OSX on any old PC - as countless people have pointed out, that would probably lead to serious stability issues. What does excite me though is the possibility of a Rosetta that runs Windows binaries on OSX at a decent speed, enabling me to make the switch away from Windows while still running the Windows applications that I need to for work or other reasons. Surely this has to be in the pipeline - I mean, who would stick with Windows because of the UI? If Apple can give people access to the Windows software catalog from OSX, things will get pretty interesting.
I went and bought this track (Kremlin Dusk), and found it far short of a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It sounds like a reasonably typical pop-ballad. Just a warning to the other suggestible readers.:)
Huh, funny, that's precisely what I do (I have my mail server run a spam filter and archive the mail before it gets forwarded on, too). I didn't think of setting up the gmail filter though - that's an excellent idea which I will implement immediately. Thanks.
I also use a private wiki. I have a ToDo topic which is my to do list, and as a bonus I keep any other information I need there. It's perfect. I even have a couple of cron jobs set up to copy my bookmarks over and so on, so it's a great information "home base" that I can get to from anywhere, even my smartphone. I use VQWiki.
I'm in the same situation as this guy, only I'm on the other side of the equation. My wife is playing City of Heroes all the time, and I'm getting neglected. It's kind of a weird feeling because we had fights a long time ago when I played too much Counterstrike, etc, now I know how it feels. There is something a bit disturbing about watching someone spend so many hours in a game, and it quickly becomes apparent that little things like going to bed at the same time, eating meals at the table, or watching an episode of Sealab 2021 together are really important.
So I have two suggestions: either cut back on the gaming a bit - for example, set aside certain nights to not play - or tell me your username and what server are you are on. I'll tell my wife, you guys can hang out together online, and I'll take your SO to a movie.
One usual reason why there will be separate installers for different OSs is just that - it's the installer. Things like desktop icons, start menu, which shell script to run, these things are platform dependent, whereas the application itself is pure java.
I second this wholeheartedly. My wife and I tend to have all sorts of problems finding a game to play together - I like RTS or shooters, she likes the Sims and so on - but NWN is great for the both of us. It's cooperative which is a nice bonus, to keep things smooth afterwards.:)
> Make it readable and non-technical. It's going to be screened by HR people, they're typically really bad with technical details.
Bzzzzt. If you're applying for a technical job, such as developer, make your resume very technical. Languages, APIs, development tools, methodologies, the lot. I've hired quite a few developers and if I didn't see the acronyms I needed on there, forget it.
As a rule, HR will only do the first round of resume screening. This is where the cover letter helps, too.
Great, they screw us then profit from open source products like SAMBA. What an outrage.
I suggest all open source/free software authors add an extra restriction to their product, a license that prevents anyone at SCO using it. Something like this.
http://coljac.net/sco_license.html
(blah) 3. This software may not be modified or distributed by SCO for any purpose, including for commercial or non-commercial uses. SCO may not make this software available to third parties in either source or binary form either for sale or free download or by any other means, including bundling this software with another product. (etc)
I'm an emusic subscriber and I recommend it. The selection is actually really good - few really big names but thousands of cool and interesting artists. I've very much broadened my musical horizons thanks to emusic and as you say, no DRM hassles - good quality mp3s, as many as you like, do what you want with em.
That's not really true. Sure, TurboTax I'd have to update every year because the tax laws change, but if I'm making, say, a game, I need to rely on making nearly all my sales in the next few quarters, just like with a music CD or new movie. There's no "update" in a year unless I've made a whole new game. Software makers have much more of a vested interest in copy protection than the movie industry, I reckon; a pirated VCD doesn't compare to a good cinema.
Is there a web site out there that profiles a spammers/spamming organizations in a detailed, up-to-date manner? I'm thinking along the lines of "Spammers of the week", with their current network information, network history, names, physical addresses, working email addresses, etc.
It'd be a great way for the/. community to "actively confront" the problem at its source.
He didn't walk out of their office. He walked out of their lawyers' office.
In any case, your argument makes no sense. By your logic, if you locked your house up, but I was able to circumvent it reasonably easily, then your possessions are in the public domain and I'm free to walk out with them. "Shit happens". It's up to you to protect your property, not the police and the courts.
Although I suppose you know this already, and I'm taking the bait.
It's also not a trade secret if ANYONE outside the company or its suppliers knows the information. In this case, they did.
Rubbish. That information was not in the public domain - didn't you read the article? DirectTV went to extraordinary lengths to protect it, and being part of the sealed records of a court case doesn't mitigate that, otherwise every company who had a technical secret would be sued by their competitors.
The author of this story blurb makes it sound like he was arrested by G-Men for reverse-engineering his satellite dish, not for stealing priveleged information from a legal firm! Clearly a criminal act.
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Unfortunately, I know someone who works or worked for a spamming operation. They were awash in cash. Perhaps just a few big outfits are making money - who knows? But you'd have to think that, like the Nigerian 419 scammers, too many spammers are treading on each other's toes and destroying their own market.
This is exactly contrary to my experience.
Having been in the Esperanto movements in two countries (the USA and Australia) I can say that not only is what you say against the principles of the Esperanto movement, but real Esperantists are the exact opposite. Like most of my fellow Esperanto speakers I speak several other languages and love doing so. Esperanto is not designed or intended to replace national languages - it's an auxiliary language, simply designed to facilitate international communication. Even though it's not as widespread as some would like, it does serve its purpose - I've met many nice people from around the world.
Viruses are interesting. I once read an article about bacteriophage viruses - how in the Soviet Union they used them to treat bacterial infections instead of antibiotics. The Russian researcher said that if they didn't find a promising virus, they'd go down to the river, get a new bucket of water, and start looking again. This implies there are a lot of viruses out there to examine!
I wish the Slashdot-foretold Music Industry Apocalypse would hurry up and happen.
You can tell the people who learned everything they know about Java from reading /. flame wars.
Java is actually pretty quick these days.
I've bought two licenses from Opera in the past, and I'm really pleased by this move. The more people use opera, the more I will benefit - web sites will be better tested in Opera, more plugins will get written, and Opera Software will be around longer! Plus I can encourage family and friends to swap without them having to see ads in their browser like some sort of P2P client.
As someone else pointed out, it wouldn't. But given the same processor architecture, and the ability of Apple to produce software like Rosetta, wouldn't a fast windows compatibality layer seem like a real possibility?
I'm not so enthusiastic about running OSX on any old PC - as countless people have pointed out, that would probably lead to serious stability issues. What does excite me though is the possibility of a Rosetta that runs Windows binaries on OSX at a decent speed, enabling me to make the switch away from Windows while still running the Windows applications that I need to for work or other reasons. Surely this has to be in the pipeline - I mean, who would stick with Windows because of the UI? If Apple can give people access to the Windows software catalog from OSX, things will get pretty interesting.
I went and bought this track (Kremlin Dusk), and found it far short of a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It sounds like a reasonably typical pop-ballad. Just a warning to the other suggestible readers. :)
Could use some enhancement of their proofreading "permormance".
Huh, funny, that's precisely what I do (I have my mail server run a spam filter and archive the mail before it gets forwarded on, too). I didn't think of setting up the gmail filter though - that's an excellent idea which I will implement immediately. Thanks.
It's the anti-fraud statute. I mean, duh - lying to get money from someone is the very definition of fraud.
I also use a private wiki. I have a ToDo topic which is my to do list, and as a bonus I keep any other information I need there. It's perfect. I even have a couple of cron jobs set up to copy my bookmarks over and so on, so it's a great information "home base" that I can get to from anywhere, even my smartphone. I use VQWiki.
So I have two suggestions: either cut back on the gaming a bit - for example, set aside certain nights to not play - or tell me your username and what server are you are on. I'll tell my wife, you guys can hang out together online, and I'll take your SO to a movie.
One usual reason why there will be separate installers for different OSs is just that - it's the installer. Things like desktop icons, start menu, which shell script to run, these things are platform dependent, whereas the application itself is pure java.
Star Control II rules forever. Finally, a use for technology I can get excited about - to make SCII more accessible.
I don't usually post comments like this, but Jesus Christ, you sad fucks!
I second this wholeheartedly. My wife and I tend to have all sorts of problems finding a game to play together - I like RTS or shooters, she likes the Sims and so on - but NWN is great for the both of us. It's cooperative which is a nice bonus, to keep things smooth afterwards. :)
Bzzzzt. If you're applying for a technical job, such as developer, make your resume very technical. Languages, APIs, development tools, methodologies, the lot. I've hired quite a few developers and if I didn't see the acronyms I needed on there, forget it.
As a rule, HR will only do the first round of resume screening. This is where the cover letter helps, too.
Great, they screw us then profit from open source products like SAMBA. What an outrage.
I suggest all open source/free software authors add an extra restriction to their product, a license that prevents anyone at SCO using it. Something like this.
http://coljac.net/sco_license.html
(blah)
3. This software may not be modified or distributed by SCO for any purpose, including for commercial or non-commercial uses. SCO may not make this software available to third parties in either source or binary form either for sale or free download or by any other means, including bundling this software with another product.
(etc)
That's not really true. Sure, TurboTax I'd have to update every year because the tax laws change, but if I'm making, say, a game, I need to rely on making nearly all my sales in the next few quarters, just like with a music CD or new movie. There's no "update" in a year unless I've made a whole new game. Software makers have much more of a vested interest in copy protection than the movie industry, I reckon; a pirated VCD doesn't compare to a good cinema.
It'd be a great way for the /. community to "actively confront" the problem at its source.
In any case, your argument makes no sense. By your logic, if you locked your house up, but I was able to circumvent it reasonably easily, then your possessions are in the public domain and I'm free to walk out with them. "Shit happens". It's up to you to protect your property, not the police and the courts.
Although I suppose you know this already, and I'm taking the bait.
Rubbish. That information was not in the public domain - didn't you read the article? DirectTV went to extraordinary lengths to protect it, and being part of the sealed records of a court case doesn't mitigate that, otherwise every company who had a technical secret would be sued by their competitors.
The author of this story blurb makes it sound like he was arrested by G-Men for reverse-engineering his satellite dish, not for stealing priveleged information from a legal firm! Clearly a criminal act.