Amazon is a member of IronPort's Bonded Sender program. I think that speaks for itself - Amazon is certainly a spammer, which casts a shadow of doubt on the Bonded Sender program as well as all of IronPort.
Neat. I couldn't help noticing that Scoop and Slash are missing though, although PHPNuke is represented.. do they have any reason for that? Also Movable Type is missing but that isn't open source.
Those checkboxes have been there for like a year. Trust me, I remember clicking each one back then. It's stupid of them to do this, but at least they didn't reset them.
It's better because there's an XML library for every conceivable platform and because schemas provide automatic validation. It's trivial to validate XML against a schema, this takes a lot of time out of the development cycle. All it does is it lowers the bar to making applications interoperate. We're not talking about hand-writing XML although it's nice that it's human-readable in a pinch. We're talking about a standard data format that takes a lot of the legwork out of applications communicating with each other. That's all XML is. A binary format has none of these advantages.
It should be obvious (although these assumptions are dangerous when dealing with mindless Linux fanboys such as you) that I don't believe Windows "sucks donkey-balls," which is another subjective classification.
So Microsoft has crippled file systems, their policy on imaging sounds laughable to you, none of the disk imaging software is adequate for your discriminating tastes, and HOLY CRAP you just realized that you can't XCOPY a fucking modern operating system to another computer.
Why on earth are you sticking with a platform that you obviously despise? Your best solution seems to be, move to another platform already! Listen carefully, Linux is calling to you... You sound like the type of user who would rather use a platform he hates and constantly complain about it, instead of actually solving his own problems.
Your second best solution would be, write your own damn imaging software. Seriously if Ghost is so deficient it should be pretty easy to write better software, right?
The fact that Microsoft doesn't support disk imaging doesn't mean it isn't possible. Everyone does it, and by everyone I mean like 99% of fortune 500 companies. If they can all figure out how to use Ghost perhaps maybe YOU are doing something wrong? I've never had the problem you describe with Ghost, either.
Oh and finally? You're actually completely wrong. ASR along with backup software (such as Windows Backup) can completely restore your system from media in the event of a crash.
Verio doesn't blacklist spammers. Verio HOSTS spammers. Verio is friends with spammers. Verio has a long and storied history of supporting spammers, so I think it's far more likely that Verio got blacklisted and not the other way around. This guy should have switched ISPs but he completely misunderstood what happened here - he thinks that Verio is blocking him from viewing some random web site. What actually happened is Smart Mobs' ISP blacklisted Verio, probably with good reason.
/Jeremiah Akin, a 28-year-old computer programmer//It should be noted that Sequoia has referred to the Microsoft Platform as "...well known and understood by computer hackers..." You would think that if Sequoia says that the Windows operating system is well known and understood by hackers that they would not use it./
No, you'd think that a 28 year old computer programmer would know that it is a good thing for hackers to know and understand an operating system. That forces the manufacturer to deal with any issues - it's called full disclosure and every legitimate security expert advocates it. Look at this mess with Diebold - would you rather that hackers not "know and understand" Diebold's insecure code? Would that make you comfortable with voting on a Diebold?
You've shot your credibility there Jeremiah. Sounds like you a) had it in for Microsoft and b) they made you sign an attendance sheet early. Whoop de-doo.
You need to query a rights management server. Microsoft has a trial server set up but this is primarily intended for organizations to run their own server. The e-mail is encrypted and the rights management server has to provide you with the key before you can decrypt it.
Well that's why I said "unless it's harassment." Is a protest harassment? There are plenty of people who don't want to hear that, but it is not considered harassment. Can you stand on the street and tell people the world is ending? Of course you can.
That article is awful. Are there any details on what the court said and what its reasons were? Is this a final ruling? Court's don't just say, "I hereby block this, let's all go home." Was it a first amendment thing or a technicality, or what?
Do you know how a DNS wildcard works? Apparently not. There is a SINGLE record that resolves all nonexistent.com and.net addresses to Verisign's sitefinder. Although I'm sure Google's massive server farm can handle storing 10,000 addresses it won't even have to. As soon as it sees the domain resolves to the same address it can move on.
First, Verisign put an exclude: / in their robots.txt.
Second, do you really think Google doesn't know how to handle wildcards by now? Think about it for a second. Even Slashdot has a wildcard - anything dot slashdot.org goes to the homepage. Does Google index Slashdot an infinite amount of times? Of course not. Why should it be different for anything dot com?
That's true, I think we can expect TV's with an integrated PVR and descrambler. Although I'm not sure I'd want all those fragile parts integrated in the same unit. I guess decoder cards will come out but knowing the industry there is no way they will support Linux. Just like wireless chips they'll opt to have more versatile hardware on the card, and use closed source software to lock down the card's capabilities. It's cheaper for them and Linux isn't much of a target market. It would also be a backdoor for people to make their own PVR or cable box without a license.
You're right. We (Comcast users) are running the TV Guide software which is very, very slow. I've seen the DCT with the default software and it's not as fast as I'd like but it's much better than the TV Guide crap.
I'd be fine with the channel change time if it was multithreaded in some way. Like I could click through a bunch of channels without waiting for each one to completely register. Also, it is just as slow on analog channels which can be changed instantly.
TiVo is fine. You should be surprised to learn that the TiVo from DirecTV is a one box solution - it does the decryption and recording all by itself. TiVo is careful not to piss off the networks, cable providers, and FCC so they are able to market products like this. Hopefully they'll be able to release something like the combo unit for digital cable once it becomes standardized.
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Amazon is a member of IronPort's Bonded Sender program. I think that speaks for itself - Amazon is certainly a spammer, which casts a shadow of doubt on the Bonded Sender program as well as all of IronPort.
You mean I can't read Online, The Book while I'm online? HAHA +5 FUNNY!
Neat. I couldn't help noticing that Scoop and Slash are missing though, although PHPNuke is represented.. do they have any reason for that? Also Movable Type is missing but that isn't open source.
Those checkboxes have been there for like a year. Trust me, I remember clicking each one back then. It's stupid of them to do this, but at least they didn't reset them.
It's better because there's an XML library for every conceivable platform and because schemas provide automatic validation. It's trivial to validate XML against a schema, this takes a lot of time out of the development cycle. All it does is it lowers the bar to making applications interoperate. We're not talking about hand-writing XML although it's nice that it's human-readable in a pinch. We're talking about a standard data format that takes a lot of the legwork out of applications communicating with each other. That's all XML is. A binary format has none of these advantages.
Do they call each other "bitch" a lot at the high-powered firm where you doubtlessly work?
It should be obvious (although these assumptions are dangerous when dealing with mindless Linux fanboys such as you) that I don't believe Windows "sucks donkey-balls," which is another subjective classification.
Maybe because it is a "modern" OS (completely subjective term by the way), you dateless pathetic party-line Slashbot.
So Microsoft has crippled file systems, their policy on imaging sounds laughable to you, none of the disk imaging software is adequate for your discriminating tastes, and HOLY CRAP you just realized that you can't XCOPY a fucking modern operating system to another computer.
Why on earth are you sticking with a platform that you obviously despise? Your best solution seems to be, move to another platform already! Listen carefully, Linux is calling to you... You sound like the type of user who would rather use a platform he hates and constantly complain about it, instead of actually solving his own problems.
Your second best solution would be, write your own damn imaging software. Seriously if Ghost is so deficient it should be pretty easy to write better software, right?
The fact that Microsoft doesn't support disk imaging doesn't mean it isn't possible. Everyone does it, and by everyone I mean like 99% of fortune 500 companies. If they can all figure out how to use Ghost perhaps maybe YOU are doing something wrong? I've never had the problem you describe with Ghost, either.
Oh and finally? You're actually completely wrong. ASR along with backup software (such as Windows Backup) can completely restore your system from media in the event of a crash.
I've never seen these ads.. do you have a link? I'd be interested in seeing how they claim ht will make your computer more secure.
Verio doesn't blacklist spammers. Verio HOSTS spammers. Verio is friends with spammers. Verio has a long and storied history of supporting spammers, so I think it's far more likely that Verio got blacklisted and not the other way around. This guy should have switched ISPs but he completely misunderstood what happened here - he thinks that Verio is blocking him from viewing some random web site. What actually happened is Smart Mobs' ISP blacklisted Verio, probably with good reason.
/Jeremiah Akin, a 28-year-old computer programmer/ /It should be noted that Sequoia has referred to the Microsoft Platform as "...well known and understood by computer hackers..." You would think that if Sequoia says that the Windows operating system is well known and understood by hackers that they would not use it./
No, you'd think that a 28 year old computer programmer would know that it is a good thing for hackers to know and understand an operating system. That forces the manufacturer to deal with any issues - it's called full disclosure and every legitimate security expert advocates it. Look at this mess with Diebold - would you rather that hackers not "know and understand" Diebold's insecure code? Would that make you comfortable with voting on a Diebold?
You've shot your credibility there Jeremiah. Sounds like you a) had it in for Microsoft and b) they made you sign an attendance sheet early. Whoop de-doo.
You need to query a rights management server. Microsoft has a trial server set up but this is primarily intended for organizations to run their own server. The e-mail is encrypted and the rights management server has to provide you with the key before you can decrypt it.
Well that's why I said "unless it's harassment." Is a protest harassment? There are plenty of people who don't want to hear that, but it is not considered harassment. Can you stand on the street and tell people the world is ending? Of course you can.
Unless it's harassment, you're wrong. You have every right to speak to someone who doesn't want to listen.
That article is awful. Are there any details on what the court said and what its reasons were? Is this a final ruling? Court's don't just say, "I hereby block this, let's all go home." Was it a first amendment thing or a technicality, or what?
Do you know how a DNS wildcard works? Apparently not. There is a SINGLE record that resolves all nonexistent .com and .net addresses to Verisign's sitefinder. Although I'm sure Google's massive server farm can handle storing 10,000 addresses it won't even have to. As soon as it sees the domain resolves to the same address it can move on.
No, that won't work at all.
First, Verisign put an exclude: / in their robots.txt.
Second, do you really think Google doesn't know how to handle wildcards by now? Think about it for a second. Even Slashdot has a wildcard - anything dot slashdot.org goes to the homepage. Does Google index Slashdot an infinite amount of times? Of course not. Why should it be different for anything dot com?
That's true, I think we can expect TV's with an integrated PVR and descrambler. Although I'm not sure I'd want all those fragile parts integrated in the same unit. I guess decoder cards will come out but knowing the industry there is no way they will support Linux. Just like wireless chips they'll opt to have more versatile hardware on the card, and use closed source software to lock down the card's capabilities. It's cheaper for them and Linux isn't much of a target market. It would also be a backdoor for people to make their own PVR or cable box without a license.
OMGOMGOMG one response, you are TEH MAN!!!111
You're right. We (Comcast users) are running the TV Guide software which is very, very slow. I've seen the DCT with the default software and it's not as fast as I'd like but it's much better than the TV Guide crap.
I'd be fine with the channel change time if it was multithreaded in some way. Like I could click through a bunch of channels without waiting for each one to completely register. Also, it is just as slow on analog channels which can be changed instantly.
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TiVo is fine. You should be surprised to learn that the TiVo from DirecTV is a one box solution - it does the decryption and recording all by itself. TiVo is careful not to piss off the networks, cable providers, and FCC so they are able to market products like this. Hopefully they'll be able to release something like the combo unit for digital cable once it becomes standardized.