It always blows my mind how nerds who learn 15 different languages to move a number around in memory are suddenly baffled by the apostrophe. Perhaps because the English language is loosely coded, continually revised, and not strongly typed?
You should only get NDRs from your own ISP, as I undestand it. The other mail admins are being fooled by your spoofed return address, and should know better.
Unconvincing username? Check. Better than AC by a long shot.
Obscure referential sig? Check. Can't say. I disable sigs like many here. Who cares?
Playing to current popular/. groupthink? Check. Since when is that a hanging crime around Slashdot?
UID around the one million mark? Check. Again, who cares? Nobody decides when they will be born. Lots of high-UID's are brilliant contributors.
Do the world a favor and kill yourself. Any of us could take that advice, but you won't find many volunteers. How about yourself? Exactly what do you offer the world that your absence would be missed?
If you had intended to ask Mr. ScrewMaster whether he was willing to back up his beliefs with actions, it may have been clearer to the rest of us if you had been more specific. I think it was clear to everyone but you. But you may have the last word. Whatever...
Give me a break. I was originally intending to link to the section you C/P'ed, but decided the whole article was relevant and short enough to get the idea across. Just because you follow links and quote back stuff isn't very original. In fact, it is a bit hinky, whatever that means. I simply asked ScrewMaster if he wanted to "make a sacrifice for his ideals." I'm all for anyone making any sacrifice they dream up, but I take issue with those who call for others to do the dirty work. Thank you for seeing my point. I have no idea why I'm so cranky today, so I apologize for being terse. I'm not a madam or a lady, btw. ^_^
[...] They need to be found out and put away for a few years. On the other hand, if it was sponsored by the Chinese leadership it means they're attempting to extend their brand of censorship worldwide. In which case, they also need to be put away for a few years. Sir, I refer you to the concept Belling the Cat. If one found merit in your suggestion, how would you propose to carry it out? (takes a giant step backwards)
Lest we forget, Michio Kaku was a leading opponent of the Cassini mission to Saturn because it carried (I think) a small reactor. He was very noisy about it then, but since the launch went okay, haven't heard a peep from him. I agree he's devolved to gee-whiz physics and regularly delivers eye-candy w/ voiceover on the so-called "Science" channel.
>The downing of every non-US allied satellite, you mean.
Two points: a)since China has this capability, it's probably safe to assume the Russians do too. Each warring nation would try to blind the other. b)low orbit satellites like spy and GPS would be affected easily, but I believe the geostationary satellites (weather, communication) are at least 22,500 miles "up". Perhaps harder to down those birds; I can't speak to electronically blinding them, which has the safe effect.
Someone with knowledge is invited to illuminate us...
For single-user boxes, this is true. However, "Enable Globally" can be removed in NoScript/Options/General if you set up the machine for other folks in your circle/family who'd never dream of changing settings even if they knew how...
Looking down the road, I see this as small scale malice at first, but when there exists an all-inclusive DNA/ID database, it will be inevitable before someone gets the brilliant notion that no one owns their DNA, but borrows it from society's gene pool. This will bring about well-intentioned (or not) havoc in who decides what DNA is "beneficial" or better off culled? I'll be pushing up daisies long before that, thank Gaia...
from TFA:
U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon, a Republican whose Florida district includes the Kennedy Space Center, proposed extending the shuttles' lifetime to close the gap until their replacement ships, called Orion, are ready for their first manned flights in 2015. I think it is natural and logical Mr. Weldon takes this position. However, is crew safety being ignored in this calculation?
they don't want to be soiled by the petty filth of capitalism. Unless they've got their hooks in you. I signed up for a one-off inquiry on some merchandise (HDTVs). I had problems getting UN-subscribed and luckily the credit card I used was expiring. It's been ten months or so, and I *still* get email from them saying please come back. Ha. I offer this as my experience only.
My experience with the new Yahoo mail beta is limited (tried it, hated it, went back to old way), but I never had any crashes or blips when using it. Full disclosure: I use No-Script and only allow the minimum possible scripts and still function. Also, this is a Ubuntu 6.06 laptop, Firefox 2.0.0.11, so no Windows insight here. Good luck.
I'd blame the website before Firefox. Can't say about Vonage, but my online banking has been curtailed by the IE 'requirement' which seems to hide the frame(s) with clickable buttons which enable online transactions. I d/l'ed the WebDeveloper add-on or plug-in. Now I can right-click on the borders of hidden frames, select This Frame/Open in new tab and there is the good old page I used to see. The buttons are not "live" however, you must right-click desired function button, choose Copy Location and paste it into the address window, hit Enter. With this admittedly clumsy workaround, I save myself a trip to town. YMMV.
>And speculation is that the universe rotates too.
I'm curious. Wouldn't the universe have to be rotating in reference to something outside itself (paradox ensues)? Is there a grand centripetal force being detected or suspected that I seem to have missed in New Scientist and SciAm? Speculation by whom, I guess I'm wondering...
What started off as a lame joke got me downmodded and started the longest thread in my posting history. I thank you and the others for illuminating my ignorance, and wish to assure everyone that I do not encourage the theft of others' intellectual property. I often use Wikipedia and have given money to the project. I so wish I hadn't hit the Submit button the first time, and am only posting my apologies now (in spite of the déjà vu feeling) to set the record straight. (Full Disclosure: "déjà vu" was copied and pasted from Wikipedia)
Perhaps an imaginative programmer out there will develop a "De-Plagiarize" application and port it to all platforms. Paste the text or graph into the box and out pops a perfect paraphrase. (Profit?)
Interesting. I've been on the list for four years, but knew little of the back-story on the DNC Registry until just now. The section(s) in the link appear to illuminate the mechanism by which changes in implementation of the law are made:
The Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003 (Public Law No. 108-10, was H.R. 395 of the 108th Congress) was sponsored by Representatives Billy Tauzin and John Dingell and signed into law by President George W. Bush on March 11, 2003. This law establishes the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry in order to facilitate compliance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991." Complaints concerning telemarketing calls to homes and personal cell phones can be made to the Federal Communications Commission[6] and the Federal Trade Commission[7]. Note that both of these federal agencies are agencies of limited resources; the more succinct, specific, and complete a complaint, the greater the chance that it will be acted upon.
The Federal Communications Commission has created rules implementing the National Do-Not-Call Implementation Act. These rules are codified at the Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, Section 64.1200.[8] The rules should be consulted in order to determine whether a particular incident violated the rules and can result in enforcement.
In order to create an actionable complaint pursuant to FCC rules, an individual with a home phone or a personal cell phone is required to specify details of the infraction to the FCC. Typically this includes facts such as when the call occurred, the phone number called, the calling organization, the goods or services being marketed, whether the caller has any exemption status. Details of these rules can be found on the FCC's complaint form.[9] As I see it, the devil is in the details; Congress Acts, and the FCC makes the rules. Who's running the show? The FTC or FCC? I'm too lazy to go read Section 64.1200, title 47 at the Code of Federal Regulations. I realize all are sock-puppets of Darth Cheney... I just don't want to be bothered by strangers at all! 8)
Another bummer: these registries only apply to marketers. Charities use the same tactics (Out of Area in CallerID, call more-or-less daily, and won't leave a message). I don't care who is bothering me for cash. All they get is a request to be removed from the call list. (I have nothing against NGOs/charities. If I wish to donate, I can find my own suitable organization without prodding.)
I was over fifty when I got my account on Slashdot, late last century. I've noticed a Peanut Gallery of snotty young pukes that are present in almost every discussion. So what? In spite of that, there is wheat in the chaff, but it takes patience to find it. I hope your comment:
As this thread continues I am hoping many more positive posts will outweigh the negative comments I have seen so far otherwise I will have to re-consider participating in Slashdot. You, at 37, seem wise beyond your years, and I hope for the sake of like-minded Slashdotters that you stick around. Slashdot is the closest thing to social networking I'd ever consider. Who wants to hang around a bunch of self-absorbed misfits, anyway? </Irony> BTW, your use of asterisks for stressed words takes me back to the halcyon days of text-only... Bravo!
summary >Google's trademark policy allows any trademark holder to request that its marks not be used in ads; and MoveOn.org had made such a request.
I'll venture to guess that things we never imagined needing trademarking will now be. And it boils down to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, since so many issues that matter languish while the fabric of our nation frays ever faster. Can't we stop the food-fight long enough to make issues like this moot?
Slashdot Mirror
(I'm sympathetic to your pet peeve, though...)
This story was preceded less than a month ago:
https://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/08/2258246
I had a bunch of these back then, now they are happening again. Here is some information about the subject.
http://spamlinks.net/prevent-secure-backscatter.htm
You should only get NDRs from your own ISP, as I undestand it. The other mail admins are being fooled by your spoofed return address, and should know better.
Obscure referential sig? Check. Can't say. I disable sigs like many here. Who cares? Playing to current popular
(yes, I fed the troll. Got my Irish up...)
Give me a break. I was originally intending to link to the section you C/P'ed, but decided the whole article was relevant and short enough to get the idea across. Just because you follow links and quote back stuff isn't very original. In fact, it is a bit hinky, whatever that means. I simply asked ScrewMaster if he wanted to "make a sacrifice for his ideals." I'm all for anyone making any sacrifice they dream up, but I take issue with those who call for others to do the dirty work.
Thank you for seeing my point. I have no idea why I'm so cranky today, so I apologize for being terse.
I'm not a madam or a lady, btw. ^_^
(takes a giant step backwards)
Lest we forget, Michio Kaku was a leading opponent of the Cassini mission to Saturn because it carried (I think) a small reactor. He was very noisy about it then, but since the launch went okay, haven't heard a peep from him. I agree he's devolved to gee-whiz physics and regularly delivers eye-candy w/ voiceover on the so-called "Science" channel.
>The downing of every non-US allied satellite, you mean.
Two points:
a)since China has this capability, it's probably safe to assume the Russians do too. Each warring nation would try to blind the other.
b)low orbit satellites like spy and GPS would be affected easily, but I believe the geostationary satellites (weather, communication) are at least 22,500 miles "up". Perhaps harder to down those birds; I can't speak to electronically blinding them, which has the safe effect.
Someone with knowledge is invited to illuminate us...
>they then promptly pick "Enable Globally"
For single-user boxes, this is true. However, "Enable Globally" can be removed in NoScript/Options/General if you set up the machine for other folks in your circle/family who'd never dream of changing settings even if they knew how...
Faint hope, I realize.
>But what you really have to be afraid of [...]
Looking down the road, I see this as small scale malice at first, but when there exists an all-inclusive DNA/ID database, it will be inevitable before someone gets the brilliant notion that no one owns their DNA, but borrows it from society's gene pool. This will bring about well-intentioned (or not) havoc in who decides what DNA is "beneficial" or better off culled? I'll be pushing up daisies long before that, thank Gaia...
Is this what you were referring to? Sorta similar.
I offer this as my experience only.
Downloadable for Linux, Mac, and the other one:
http://sagemath.org/
My experience with the new Yahoo mail beta is limited (tried it, hated it, went back to old way), but I never had any crashes or blips when using it. Full disclosure: I use No-Script and only allow the minimum possible scripts and still function. Also, this is a Ubuntu 6.06 laptop, Firefox 2.0.0.11, so no Windows insight here. Good luck.
I'd blame the website before Firefox. Can't say about Vonage, but my online banking has been curtailed by the IE 'requirement' which seems to hide the frame(s) with clickable buttons which enable online transactions. I d/l'ed the WebDeveloper add-on or plug-in. Now I can right-click on the borders of hidden frames, select This Frame/Open in new tab and there is the good old page I used to see. The buttons are not "live" however, you must right-click desired function button, choose Copy Location and paste it into the address window, hit Enter. With this admittedly clumsy workaround, I save myself a trip to town. YMMV.
>And speculation is that the universe rotates too.
I'm curious. Wouldn't the universe have to be rotating in reference to something outside itself (paradox ensues)? Is there a grand centripetal force being detected or suspected that I seem to have missed in New Scientist and SciAm?
Speculation by whom, I guess I'm wondering...
Thanks for the groaner... I could hear Mel Blanc (RIP) in your joke!
What started off as a lame joke got me downmodded and started the longest thread in my posting history. I thank you and the others for illuminating my ignorance, and wish to assure everyone that I do not encourage the theft of others' intellectual property. I often use Wikipedia and have given money to the project. I so wish I hadn't hit the Submit button the first time, and am only posting my apologies now (in spite of the déjà vu feeling) to set the record straight. (Full Disclosure: "déjà vu" was copied and pasted from Wikipedia)
Perhaps an imaginative programmer out there will develop a "De-Plagiarize" application and port it to all platforms. Paste the text or graph into the box and out pops a perfect paraphrase.
(Profit?)
Complaints concerning telemarketing calls to homes and personal cell phones can be made to the Federal Communications Commission[6] and the Federal Trade Commission[7]. Note that both of these federal agencies are agencies of limited resources; the more succinct, specific, and complete a complaint, the greater the chance that it will be acted upon.
The Federal Communications Commission has created rules implementing the National Do-Not-Call Implementation Act. These rules are codified at the Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, Section 64.1200.[8] The rules should be consulted in order to determine whether a particular incident violated the rules and can result in enforcement.
In order to create an actionable complaint pursuant to FCC rules, an individual with a home phone or a personal cell phone is required to specify details of the infraction to the FCC. Typically this includes facts such as when the call occurred, the phone number called, the calling organization, the goods or services being marketed, whether the caller has any exemption status. Details of these rules can be found on the FCC's complaint form.[9] As I see it, the devil is in the details; Congress Acts, and the FCC makes the rules. Who's running the show? The FTC or FCC? I'm too lazy to go read Section 64.1200, title 47 at the Code of Federal Regulations. I realize all are sock-puppets of Darth Cheney... I just don't want to be bothered by strangers at all! 8)
Another bummer: these registries only apply to marketers. Charities use the same tactics (Out of Area in CallerID, call more-or-less daily, and won't leave a message). I don't care who is bothering me for cash. All they get is a request to be removed from the call list.
(I have nothing against NGOs/charities. If I wish to donate, I can find my own suitable organization without prodding.)
BTW, your use of asterisks for stressed words takes me back to the halcyon days of text-only... Bravo!
summary >Google's trademark policy allows any trademark holder to request that its marks not be used in ads; and MoveOn.org had made such a request.
I'll venture to guess that things we never imagined needing trademarking will now be. And it boils down to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, since so many issues that matter languish while the fabric of our nation frays ever faster.
Can't we stop the food-fight long enough to make issues like this moot?