I think AOL Mail is a great idea for AOL--but that's just because I work for their competition!
Rules like this come from Execs who are out of touch with the day-to-day working procedures. I'm sure the Admins of the top execs at Time-Warner simply print out any important email for them and have it waiting in a nice yellow folder that sits on their desks as they come in. (Or is waiting for them in their corporate jet.)
I used to work for a Large Software Company whose IS department FORBID anyone from using any version of Windows other than Windows 95 (this was several years ago.) If they discovered NT on a machine, they'd reformat it. The trouble is--the ENGINEERS were supposed to make the products work on NT as well, but the company wouldn't support PCs running that operating system. Of course the execs in charge (who didn't program computers since the days of punch cards) had NO CLUE as to what the problem was.
...the B1tch mentioned in that article who whined because she had to use a machine running the Windows operating system when she got a job at Microsoft (instead of her precious Macintosh.)
They should have slapped her silly, until she stopped thinking different!
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You are absolutely right.
A confirmation message that gives a "click here to opt off" of the mailing list is NOT ACCEPTABLE and should be OUTLAWED.
I happen to own a domain that, unfortunately, is very similar to a very popular free email site. Without my filter script, I get THOUSANDS of UCEs a day sent there.
Many of them are messages like "Thank you for signing up for the whatever newsletter. If you don't want to receive these, click here." Of course, since I filter these out, I never see them and even more mail comes in.
Today, I got 3,547 emails to all accounts on this domain, and many of them are from "reputable" companies who don't confirm mailing list requests.
If it were up to me, the execs at companies who do this would get locked up for a long, long, time.
The article said that he had advanced "programming" skills, but gave no evidence of such.
Has he written any well-known software? Wrote programs to solve problems for his school?
All I know is he knows how to download 'spl01tz and cause havoc.
While it's sad that a troubled youth dies, it's not that sad. And they shouldn't say he had computer programming skills that were unusual for a boy his age without providing any examples.
We had it jammed down our pieholes that when Apple started making fanless computers, that it "was no big fucking deal, bitches" and why don't you worry about getting 3-fucking button mice instead and you Mac users give a shit about the stupidest things...blah blah blah
Thanks for playing, but your idea is wrong.
You're better off with a case that can direct a flow of air over the parts. Taking the cover off
will result in less airflow over the CPU and may increase the temperature.
Of course, many PC cases are poorly designed in terms of airflow anyway. Commercial equipment tends to equalize component height so that air can hit all the components equally.
For one thing, the technology for TRANSMITTING and RECEIVING over the SAME ANTENNA at the SAME TIME on two frequencies that were close togehter was much BIGGER in the 60's.
Us old-timers used to use large tuned cavities ("duplexers") to accomplish this.
Today it's done with signal processing and computer controlled active filters.
A preocupation with homosexuals (remember that iniatiative?) Let's not start the homosexual debate here...let's just all agree that Colorado is obsessed with them
I used to upgrade my PC every 12 months or so, but it's been quite some time since my last CPU upgrade. (I did get some of those new IBM 75GB hard drives, though!)
Fact is, 500MHz Pentium III is still fast enough for most things, even folks like me who do real (i.e., programming) work on their computers and not just browsing the web for p0rn.
In fact, the only times I which I had a faster processor is when I'm encoding video from my cam-corder.
Has anyone actually made money on a non-sex community site?
Even in this post-Dotcom era, I still hear folks talking about community, user-to-user chat (Microsoft called me today to take a survey about adding chat(!) to the msdn.microsoft.com web site), and other things, and I'm still unconvinced that these are worthwhile business ventures.
I worked for Grumman Aerospace 10 years after the Luner Module (LEM) project, with Grumman had done. After seeing and working with the engineers there, I was convinced that they would not be capable of making a functional lunar module.
It's non invasive! What if they just hired a couple of trained policemen to stand at the gates to see if there are any troublemakers they recognize? Would that be wrong?
It's interesting that they're doing this. I had the Bright Idea of making a product that OCRs every auto licence plate that goes down my street. If there's a problem (like a burglary or other crime), we can see what cars drove by that day. Should be possible to do by now, and if they've got face recognition technology, they're probably well beyond this!
Leave, and the company won't fall apart. I don't care if you are the CTO.
Companies waste too much time pandering to employees who threaten to leave. My policy has always been firm--if an employee talks publicly about leaving, I show him the door.
You leaving the company would be like taking my fist out of a bucket of water--there will be no hole where my fist was.
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Rules like this come from Execs who are out of touch with the day-to-day working procedures. I'm sure the Admins of the top execs at Time-Warner simply print out any important email for them and have it waiting in a nice yellow folder that sits on their desks as they come in. (Or is waiting for them in their corporate jet.)
I used to work for a Large Software Company whose IS department FORBID anyone from using any version of Windows other than Windows 95 (this was several years ago.) If they discovered NT on a machine, they'd reformat it. The trouble is--the ENGINEERS were supposed to make the products work on NT as well, but the company wouldn't support PCs running that operating system. Of course the execs in charge (who didn't program computers since the days of punch cards) had NO CLUE as to what the problem was.
They should have slapped her silly, until she stopped thinking different!
A confirmation message that gives a "click here to opt off" of the mailing list is NOT ACCEPTABLE and should be OUTLAWED.
I happen to own a domain that, unfortunately, is very similar to a very popular free email site. Without my filter script, I get THOUSANDS of UCEs a day sent there.
Many of them are messages like "Thank you for signing up for the whatever newsletter. If you don't want to receive these, click here." Of course, since I filter these out, I never see them and even more mail comes in.
Today, I got 3,547 emails to all accounts on this domain, and many of them are from "reputable" companies who don't confirm mailing list requests.
If it were up to me, the execs at companies who do this would get locked up for a long, long, time.
Take a pill!
Has he written any well-known software? Wrote programs to solve problems for his school?
All I know is he knows how to download 'spl01tz and cause havoc.
While it's sad that a troubled youth dies, it's not that sad. And they shouldn't say he had computer programming skills that were unusual for a boy his age without providing any examples.
What's next? You'll tell me that:
- we never went to the moon
- there are secret codes in Shakespear
- Uri Geller can bend spoons
- Coffee enemas cure cancer (and sharks don't get cancer)
What a load of POPPYCOCK! You guys are just dotcom DOOFUSES!
...if he had died at the age of 42.
Why are all mac users so goddammed GAY?
You should have paid attention in science class!
Thanks for playing, but your idea is wrong. You're better off with a case that can direct a flow of air over the parts. Taking the cover off will result in less airflow over the CPU and may increase the temperature.
Of course, many PC cases are poorly designed in terms of airflow anyway. Commercial equipment tends to equalize component height so that air can hit all the components equally.
...is HOT!
Wow! Thanks Pat! I'm going to start using that! Now my life is complete.
...with garbage collection.
Us old-timers used to use large tuned cavities ("duplexers") to accomplish this.
Today it's done with signal processing and computer controlled active filters.
John and Patsy Ramsey
A preocupation with homosexuals (remember that iniatiative?) Let's not start the homosexual debate here...let's just all agree that Colorado is obsessed with them
Kids that shoot up their schools
Alexis Carrington Colby
Any more?
I'm glad I'm not one of those Linux script-kiddie-unix-guru-wanabe losers, and use a real UN*X!
Fact is, 500MHz Pentium III is still fast enough for most things, even folks like me who do real (i.e., programming) work on their computers and not just browsing the web for p0rn.
In fact, the only times I which I had a faster processor is when I'm encoding video from my cam-corder.
Even in this post-Dotcom era, I still hear folks talking about community, user-to-user chat (Microsoft called me today to take a survey about adding chat(!) to the msdn.microsoft.com web site), and other things, and I'm still unconvinced that these are worthwhile business ventures.
that you're using an IP sharing device?
I worked for Grumman Aerospace 10 years after the Luner Module (LEM) project, with Grumman had done. After seeing and working with the engineers there, I was convinced that they would not be capable of making a functional lunar module.
I've almost forgot that, for the past year or so I've been using a banner ad blocker!
I don't even see the Slashdot banner ads anymore. Good riddance!
It's interesting that they're doing this. I had the Bright Idea of making a product that OCRs every auto licence plate that goes down my street. If there's a problem (like a burglary or other crime), we can see what cars drove by that day. Should be possible to do by now, and if they've got face recognition technology, they're probably well beyond this!
We don't care about microsoft because we use Macs or RedHat Linux
But look, Microsoft is having internet problems. Let's all gloat and get big erections and jerk off thinking about it!
But since we're cool slashdot readers with our Gay Macintoshes or 37337 RedHat Linux boxes we really don't care do we?
Companies waste too much time pandering to employees who threaten to leave. My policy has always been firm--if an employee talks publicly about leaving, I show him the door.
You leaving the company would be like taking my fist out of a bucket of water--there will be no hole where my fist was.
Go!
Still it's cool! Kind of like Disney's animatronic Mr. Lincoln, only in fish form!