"How do you prove that the manufacturer of a product mentioned in a spam message actually had anything to do with the spamming?"
Excellent point. If the law were to fine a company simply because spam was sent with their name on it, it would be easy for a competitor to send out spam in the name of their competition. (example: CocaCola sends "Drink Pepsi!" spams).
This argument cannot be put in terms of absolutes. How can you judge what another's opinion of annoying should be? If you reserve for yourself to say that a "punch the monkey" ad is annoying, you must concede that to some people "text ads" are annoying.
I am a webmaster, and as such, hate all ad-blockers. I don't use one when I browse. Be that as it may, if you want to use one, go ahead.. But don't berate others when their opinions differ from yours.
p.s. This may sound like flame-bait, but there's actually a decent point if you look for it.
It is not as easy as that. It would be a simple matter for a company to not have any income, thereby making the fines even smaller than they are today.
They would probably do this the same way they can claim a loss on their taxes.
Gambling is not legal throughout the entire US. Others have raised the point that this sets a bad precident. This could be used to make anything that is internet-accessible legal anywhere.
Say you live in a state where gambling is illegal, and you login to a gambling site. Whose legal jurisdiction do you belong to? Do you belong to the same jurisdiction as the site you're visiting?
Take the statement: "I should be able to gamble online even if I am in a place where gambling online is illegal."
This statement could easily (in a legal sense) be turned into: "I should be able to _______ online even if I am in a place where _______ is illegal."
Why would things like viewing kiddie porn be any different?
It doesn't matter so much what this ruling allows in the short term, but it sets a very bad precident.
Actually, I'm not sure I ever received any spam reports against my server. But it was terrible getting whitelisted. They directed me to call a certain number that didn't work 1/2 the time, and I had to wait on hold for at least 30 minutes.
All to tell them that my server wasn't blocked. They told me it wasn't. I told them that was the error I was receiving. They told me my server wasn't on the list.
Eventually I mentioned that my server was in Rackshacks datacenter. Apparently they had banned a whole range of IP addresses, and their utilities didn't show if an IP were in that list.
So after a very frustrating conversation, they whitelisted me. Any way, I don't know how this helps you, but it feels good to vent!
Perhaps legitimate screw-ups should be eaten up by the person who made the mistake. While there are accidents which are truly unpreventable (Act of God, Force of nature, etc), many things could be prevented. I should have fixed the stairs before inviting my neighbor over. I should have been more careful before pulling out into somebodies new Mercedes.
Sometimes crap happens.
This post is mostly Devil's advocate, but I do think the mentality of entitlement has gotten out of hand. An example is the Native Americans continuing to demand (and win!) special treatment from the Government. While I don't think what our Gov't did to them was correct, I do know that it WAS in the past, and there's no way to go back to the way it was.
All insurance really does is protect you from losses that you couldn't (or don't want to) afford. The comment from the summary sounds sarcastic (as well as the "throw-your-money-away dept." tagline) but in reality in this sue happy world these types of policies are not a bad idea. Do you want to lose your business and livelihood over an honest mistake and some sue happy customer? A few hundred or thousand bucks for peace of mind is a small price to pay in this day and age.
The insurance cycle feeds itself. You're more likely to sue if you think you'll get a big payoff. Since your now more likely to get sued, you're more likely to get insurance.
This "peace of mind" comes at a high price to society. I'm not saying I personally know of a better solution for protecting your self from calamity, but a better way has to exist.
Don't forget that QWERTY was initially designed to slow down typists, due to the tendency of typewriters to jam if you typed too fast.
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While C can easily be insecure, it's still one of the fastest and most powerful languages. Other languages are powerful as well, but nobody benchmarks against Java as their base. The reason is because to do all that checking internally, you have overhead.
C does not have that overhead unless you add it. I don't think that adding another layer is the solution. I think better training of coders would help more. (Which is where a book like this comes in)
Slashdot Mirror
Can it be that somebody at the FTC actually reads slashdot?
"Outlook Positive"!]
Yes, but by the time it's (longhorn) released, it will be called Windows XP Service Pack 18, and will be classified as a stability release.
From the hidden press release:
The Sell processor will make us all rich!
"How do you prove that the manufacturer of a product mentioned in a spam message actually had anything to do with the spamming?"
Excellent point. If the law were to fine a company simply because spam was sent with their name on it, it would be easy for a competitor to send out spam in the name of their competition. (example: CocaCola sends "Drink Pepsi!" spams).
This argument cannot be put in terms of absolutes. How can you judge what another's opinion of annoying should be? If you reserve for yourself to say that a "punch the monkey" ad is annoying, you must concede that to some people "text ads" are annoying.
I am a webmaster, and as such, hate all ad-blockers. I don't use one when I browse. Be that as it may, if you want to use one, go ahead.. But don't berate others when their opinions differ from yours.
p.s. This may sound like flame-bait, but there's actually a decent point if you look for it.
"...or, in the event of a catastrophic failure of the Ursus Mark VI, last words."
What's the point if it doesn't even guarantee my safety?!
Phew! I thought I was in for a bad time..
You think the fan that cools your motherboard is not magnetic? Think again.
Even the motor in your hard drive is magnetic.
You just don't have to worry, because the magnetic fields are not very strong.
It is not as easy as that. It would be a simple matter for a company to not have any income, thereby making the fines even smaller than they are today.
They would probably do this the same way they can claim a loss on their taxes.
I know some people who have WAY too much time on their hands..
Finally, a first post that's relevant.. What is this, april fools day?
I once heard a joke whose punchline was something like your signature. Do you know the entire joke?
Gambling is not legal throughout the entire US. Others have raised the point that this sets a bad precident. This could be used to make anything that is internet-accessible legal anywhere.
Say you live in a state where gambling is illegal, and you login to a gambling site. Whose legal jurisdiction do you belong to? Do you belong to the same jurisdiction as the site you're visiting?
Take the statement: "I should be able to gamble online even if I am in a place where gambling online is illegal."
This statement could easily (in a legal sense) be turned into: "I should be able to _______ online even if I am in a place where _______ is illegal."
Why would things like viewing kiddie porn be any different?
It doesn't matter so much what this ruling allows in the short term, but it sets a very bad precident.
Actually, I'm not sure I ever received any spam reports against my server. But it was terrible getting whitelisted. They directed me to call a certain number that didn't work 1/2 the time, and I had to wait on hold for at least 30 minutes.
All to tell them that my server wasn't blocked. They told me it wasn't. I told them that was the error I was receiving. They told me my server wasn't on the list.
Eventually I mentioned that my server was in Rackshacks datacenter. Apparently they had banned a whole range of IP addresses, and their utilities didn't show if an IP were in that list.
So after a very frustrating conversation, they whitelisted me. Any way, I don't know how this helps you, but it feels good to vent!
640k should be enough for anybody
Because it can be an enterprise level solution for free.
"How come Homer and Krusty look like clones?"
It was to show the irony that Bart did not respect Homer, while at the same time idolizing Krusty (essentially the same person).
I live near SLC and was looking for a cheaper way to get HDTV..
I just hope these guys pickup cartoon network soon.
You learn something new everyday...
Thank you, anonymous stranger!
It's so true! All the linux products I know of (and I don't know of many.. hence the marketing problems) are all targeted at the geek community.
This is not a very large market, and we're the pickiest of users, mostly because each of us thinks we can do it better.
They are contributing brand awareness..
Perhaps legitimate screw-ups should be eaten up by the person who made the mistake. While there are accidents which are truly unpreventable (Act of God, Force of nature, etc), many things could be prevented. I should have fixed the stairs before inviting my neighbor over. I should have been more careful before pulling out into somebodies new Mercedes.
Sometimes crap happens.
This post is mostly Devil's advocate, but I do think the mentality of entitlement has gotten out of hand. An example is the Native Americans continuing to demand (and win!) special treatment from the Government. While I don't think what our Gov't did to them was correct, I do know that it WAS in the past, and there's no way to go back to the way it was.
The insurance cycle feeds itself. You're more likely to sue if you think you'll get a big payoff. Since your now more likely to get sued, you're more likely to get insurance.
This "peace of mind" comes at a high price to society. I'm not saying I personally know of a better solution for protecting your self from calamity, but a better way has to exist.
Don't forget that QWERTY was initially designed to slow down typists, due to the tendency of typewriters to jam if you typed too fast.
While C can easily be insecure, it's still one of the fastest and most powerful languages. Other languages are powerful as well, but nobody benchmarks against Java as their base. The reason is because to do all that checking internally, you have overhead.
C does not have that overhead unless you add it. I don't think that adding another layer is the solution. I think better training of coders would help more. (Which is where a book like this comes in)