The Webby award site has dumbass javascript pop-up windows that link to the award winning web sites. Way to go people... take an award-winning web site and cram it into a 1/4 size pop-up for all the world to appreciate.
We, as a community, should put more efforts in the education of our politicians. They are the only people who can create and accept legislation which in the end will force judges to stop listening to a spammers whining.
That's not true. In civil cases such as this, you're always going to have loophole-jockeying regardless of the circumstances. The real way to deal with this is from a criminal point of view. We already have hundreds of laws on the books regulating spam. Even before that, most spammers violated numerous federal laws involving computer tampering. The problem is not that we need more laws. The problem is we need MORE RESOURCES dedicated towards law enforcement so they are equipped to enforce laws that are already on the books which are not being enforced.
The big argument that OptIn is using (and apparently with success) is that they are never being given the email addresses of those people who wish to opt out.
It's not SpamCop's responsibility to facilitate opt-out services, the vast majority of which are irrelevant in the first place. As a SpamCop member, the last thing I want are these people getting my e-mail address. It's much more likely they'll use it to harass those who report them, than remove them from their lists.
As for SpamCop working with agencies to stop spammers, it's a nice idea, but you first have to find any agencies that are capable, much less motivated to take action against spammers. At this point, there aren't any on any level.
You gotta love articles like this one, where these pundits compare two industries as if one is standing still. As if, open source software becomes dominant in the marketplace, traditional companies won't adapt and find a way to profit and change their business model. Nope. Not according to these guys.
If Linux becomes the standard over Windows, I'm sure domestic commercial software companies will just sit there and scratch their heads. They won't, for example, start bundling services and building new products around open source. Naw, there's no indication that this would happen. These companies will simply stop in their tracks like deer frozen in headlights and die and the entire tech industry will implode and we'll all be speaking Hindi.
That works, or you can just disable ActiveX in the 'Internet' security zone and enable it in the 'Trusted' zone; then add windowsupdate.com to the trusted zone.
My point exactly. It's a mess, with zones and other malarky that make no sense to the average user. And then you have to deal with an update to IE obliterating or superceding your settings.
The bottom line is that disabling ActiveX for the Internet proper would dramatically improve online security, but Microsoft has no intention of making the process easy without screwing up other critical elements. If users could easily disable ActiveX without creating various rulesets, they'd have a more difficult time shutting out competition from Java and Javascript and related competitive technologies.
One big problem is that Microsoft's custom security options are either vague or misleading. If you disable ActiveX, you can't run Windows Update, so you're left with leaving vulnerable systems enabled in places where you would prefer not. MS has a number of different names for different enabled/disabled features: active scripting, activeX, MicrosoftVM, data sources across domains... most people have no idea what this means. They can't merely say "disable Javascript", they have to bundle divergent services into misnamed categories making it difficult to figure out how to secure your browser or even what you're doing.
Internet Explorer's deliberately obtuse configuration interface is mostly responsible for this mess. Microsoft could add more options described in a more specific manner so users could make informed decisions over what features they want to enable/disable. Microsoft has apparently deliberately chosen to obfusicate their security options, specifically to avoid any user's finding easy ways to enable the more-secure non-Microsoft technology over the less-secure Microsoft "features."
Opened up an office in Zurich, interviewing people. McDonald's new chicken mcnuggets are actually pretty good
May 22, 2004
Worked very late today; also helped admin move some machines to the new location; local sandwich shop brought some roast beef po-boys
June 11, 2004
Our IPO went off today; stock jumped to $67/share; That new blonde we hired in the front office has begun flirting with me shamelessly.
July 27, 2004
Wolfgang Puck showed up in the offices today and made my favorite: Lobster & Truffle bisque with caviar. Though the Lobsters were only four pounders, I'll let it go this time.
Stupid contractors have missed another deadline for installing the penguin-shaped jacuzzi in the east wing. This is getting frustrating.
August 3, 2004
Got my new Lambourghini in and someone scuffed the ivory-trimmed dashboard! I'm having the dealership fire the salesguy and promise to deliver a new car within a week or I'll cancel the order for the Hummer as well.
Unfortunately, all the anti-unsolicited-fax laws, like much of the malarky the government passes that it expects to magically work, didn't. I ended up just disconnecting my fax line and I don't use faxes any more. E-mail file-attachments basically make faxes obsolete anyway, but it does suck that marketers ruined the whole thing. No more fax line for me.
The above was searching on "weight" - I thought ebay would also ID plural matches, but it doesn't, so here is the search on weights. The trick is to add it to your favorite searches and ebay can automatically e-mail you if something shows up - and you can narrow the search. It's pretty user-friendly if you ask me. Tha above search also is just NY,NY - you can probably expand the search in the area, add more keywords, etc.
I think the trend with pseudoscience is a reaction to the fact that mass media has basically given the populace attention-deficit-disorder.
Instead of teaching people about robotics we now have "robot war death matches". Instead of Paleontology we have the story of the lonely Velociraptor fighting for his life in an epic miniseries. Instead of archeology we have shows teasing the viewer over whether or not aliens from Mars built the Mayan temples. No more "scientific-themed" shows about weather, geography, or geology unless they involve tragic sinkings of famous ships, cars being blown through the air, the search for amazing lost treasure, or cities overrun by lava with frantic cameramen running for their lives.
Your average person nowadays, can't seem to stomach "pure science", unless something involved isn't bleeding, exploding, covered with gold and diamonds, or posessed by a supernatural/alien presence.
If the price is good, I'm too suspicious to risk it. And it goes without saying that if the price isn't good I won't buy it.
That's your choice, and if you're ultra-conservative, it's a reasonable strategy, but no risk, no reward.
At present, I've been a member of eBay almost since its inception; I've probably purchased more than $100k worth of products online and never been ripped off. I've gotten quite a few tremendous bargains. The system has a lot of tools available (seller feedback, auction history, etc.) that can go a long way in determining the legitimacy of the transaction.
In addition to that, you have numerous common-sense factors that a wise buyer will take into consideration. The location of the seller (if they're in a foreign country known for questionable practices, that's a bad sign), the payment method (unwillingness to use payment methods that offer consumer protection such as credit cards or Paypal is a warning sign), unusual charges or elevated shipping costs, private auctions, misleading/contradictory descriptions of products, etc.
If anything, eBay offers a lot more substance with which to research the validity of a transaction than other mediums.
searching is rougher too - I go to look for anyone with weights for sale in upstate NY, and have to go through a billion diet pill and video things just to find the one item that almost is what I was looking for.
It sounds to me like you need to hone your research skills. Ebay's dominance in the market place means they have a lot more content that needs to be weighed through (no pun intended).
Ebay has an advanced searching system that allows you to build more complex queries to weed out what you're not looking for. Don't blame eBay if you don't know how to properly search for what you're looking for.
TechTV was a pretty honest network overall. They had no reservations about talking about products that sucked; they showed when their computers would crash and not pretend that everything was perfect. I suspect any new incarnation of the network will be yet another bland, sponsor-directed hour long lovefest. This is reason # 23,876 why Comcast needs to be boycotted.
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The Webby award site has dumbass javascript pop-up windows that link to the award winning web sites. Way to go people... take an award-winning web site and cram it into a 1/4 size pop-up for all the world to appreciate.
God works for Halliburton now. Haven't you heard?
Mac user pirates a 10kB OSX version of Word and gets all his stuff deleted.
Don't you think Slashdot is the last place where people need to be made aware of something like this?
Turning your boneheaded mistake into a security advisory isn't going to win you much respect here.
We, as a community, should put more efforts in the education of our politicians. They are the only people who can create and accept legislation which in the end will force judges to stop listening to a spammers whining.
That's not true. In civil cases such as this, you're always going to have loophole-jockeying regardless of the circumstances. The real way to deal with this is from a criminal point of view. We already have hundreds of laws on the books regulating spam. Even before that, most spammers violated numerous federal laws involving computer tampering. The problem is not that we need more laws. The problem is we need MORE RESOURCES dedicated towards law enforcement so they are equipped to enforce laws that are already on the books which are not being enforced.
The big argument that OptIn is using (and apparently with success) is that they are never being given the email addresses of those people who wish to opt out.
It's not SpamCop's responsibility to facilitate opt-out services, the vast majority of which are irrelevant in the first place. As a SpamCop member, the last thing I want are these people getting my e-mail address. It's much more likely they'll use it to harass those who report them, than remove them from their lists.
As for SpamCop working with agencies to stop spammers, it's a nice idea, but you first have to find any agencies that are capable, much less motivated to take action against spammers. At this point, there aren't any on any level.
You gotta love articles like this one, where these pundits compare two industries as if one is standing still. As if, open source software becomes dominant in the marketplace, traditional companies won't adapt and find a way to profit and change their business model. Nope. Not according to these guys.
If Linux becomes the standard over Windows, I'm sure domestic commercial software companies will just sit there and scratch their heads. They won't, for example, start bundling services and building new products around open source. Naw, there's no indication that this would happen. These companies will simply stop in their tracks like deer frozen in headlights and die and the entire tech industry will implode and we'll all be speaking Hindi.
That works, or you can just disable ActiveX in the 'Internet' security zone and enable it in the 'Trusted' zone; then add windowsupdate.com to the trusted zone.
My point exactly. It's a mess, with zones and other malarky that make no sense to the average user. And then you have to deal with an update to IE obliterating or superceding your settings.
The bottom line is that disabling ActiveX for the Internet proper would dramatically improve online security, but Microsoft has no intention of making the process easy without screwing up other critical elements. If users could easily disable ActiveX without creating various rulesets, they'd have a more difficult time shutting out competition from Java and Javascript and related competitive technologies.
One big problem is that Microsoft's custom security options are either vague or misleading. If you disable ActiveX, you can't run Windows Update, so you're left with leaving vulnerable systems enabled in places where you would prefer not. MS has a number of different names for different enabled/disabled features: active scripting, activeX, MicrosoftVM, data sources across domains... most people have no idea what this means. They can't merely say "disable Javascript", they have to bundle divergent services into misnamed categories making it difficult to figure out how to secure your browser or even what you're doing.
Internet Explorer's deliberately obtuse configuration interface is mostly responsible for this mess. Microsoft could add more options described in a more specific manner so users could make informed decisions over what features they want to enable/disable. Microsoft has apparently deliberately chosen to obfusicate their security options, specifically to avoid any user's finding easy ways to enable the more-secure non-Microsoft technology over the less-secure Microsoft "features."
May 11, 2004
Opened up an office in Zurich, interviewing people.
McDonald's new chicken mcnuggets are actually pretty good
May 22, 2004
Worked very late today; also helped admin move some machines to the new location; local sandwich shop brought some roast beef po-boys
June 11, 2004
Our IPO went off today; stock jumped to $67/share; That new blonde we hired in the front office has begun flirting with me shamelessly.
July 27, 2004
Wolfgang Puck showed up in the offices today and made my favorite: Lobster & Truffle bisque with caviar. Though the Lobsters were only four pounders, I'll let it go this time.
Stupid contractors have missed another deadline for installing the penguin-shaped jacuzzi in the east wing. This is getting frustrating.
August 3, 2004
Got my new Lambourghini in and someone scuffed the ivory-trimmed dashboard! I'm having the dealership fire the salesguy and promise to deliver a new car within a week or I'll cancel the order for the Hummer as well.
August 4, 2004
Quit Google. Joined the World Poker Tour.
Unfortunately, all the anti-unsolicited-fax laws, like much of the malarky the government passes that it expects to magically work, didn't. I ended up just disconnecting my fax line and I don't use faxes any more. E-mail file-attachments basically make faxes obsolete anyway, but it does suck that marketers ruined the whole thing. No more fax line for me.
The above was searching on "weight" - I thought ebay would also ID plural matches, but it doesn't, so here is the search on weights. The trick is to add it to your favorite searches and ebay can automatically e-mail you if something shows up - and you can narrow the search. It's pretty user-friendly if you ask me. Tha above search also is just NY,NY - you can probably expand the search in the area, add more keywords, etc.
weight/exercise equipment in New York
The seller's ebay ID is "bearsuits2" - I guess he's not the only one in the lucrative bear suit marketplace.
not at all.. I did the same thing... the darn girl has more distinct ways to be referenced than a variable in C.
I see Zuse is a current nominee, so I was in error thinking he was omitted.
Where is Lady Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer?
She was already inducted
Stewart Brand?? (Co-founder (with Larry Brilliant) of The WELL online service (1985))
Where's Ward Christensen, creator of the first BBS? (CBBS, 1978)
Where's Tom Jennings, creator of Fidonet?
I think the trend with pseudoscience is a reaction to the fact that mass media has basically given the populace attention-deficit-disorder.
Instead of teaching people about robotics we now have "robot war death matches". Instead of Paleontology we have the story of the lonely Velociraptor fighting for his life in an epic miniseries. Instead of archeology we have shows teasing the viewer over whether or not aliens from Mars built the Mayan temples. No more "scientific-themed" shows about weather, geography, or geology unless they involve tragic sinkings of famous ships, cars being blown through the air, the search for amazing lost treasure, or cities overrun by lava with frantic cameramen running for their lives.
Your average person nowadays, can't seem to stomach "pure science", unless something involved isn't bleeding, exploding, covered with gold and diamonds, or posessed by a supernatural/alien presence.
If the price is good, I'm too suspicious to risk it. And it goes without saying that if the price isn't good I won't buy it.
That's your choice, and if you're ultra-conservative, it's a reasonable strategy, but no risk, no reward.
At present, I've been a member of eBay almost since its inception; I've probably purchased more than $100k worth of products online and never been ripped off. I've gotten quite a few tremendous bargains. The system has a lot of tools available (seller feedback, auction history, etc.) that can go a long way in determining the legitimacy of the transaction.
In addition to that, you have numerous common-sense factors that a wise buyer will take into consideration. The location of the seller (if they're in a foreign country known for questionable practices, that's a bad sign), the payment method (unwillingness to use payment methods that offer consumer protection such as credit cards or Paypal is a warning sign), unusual charges or elevated shipping costs, private auctions, misleading/contradictory descriptions of products, etc.
If anything, eBay offers a lot more substance with which to research the validity of a transaction than other mediums.
searching is rougher too - I go to look for anyone with weights for sale in upstate NY, and have to go through a billion diet pill and video things just to find the one item that almost is what I was looking for.
It sounds to me like you need to hone your research skills. Ebay's dominance in the market place means they have a lot more content that needs to be weighed through (no pun intended).
Ebay has an advanced searching system that allows you to build more complex queries to weed out what you're not looking for. Don't blame eBay if you don't know how to properly search for what you're looking for.
Neat idea, but they said the same thing about the Metric system, and that still hasn't happened yet.
"nuclear security"
TechTV was a pretty honest network overall. They had no reservations about talking about products that sucked; they showed when their computers would crash and not pretend that everything was perfect. I suspect any new incarnation of the network will be yet another bland, sponsor-directed hour long lovefest. This is reason # 23,876 why Comcast needs to be boycotted.
but Old Slashdot Stories seem to never decay.