And me without my modpoints! Too bad this discussion wasn't yesterday.
Nice post. Not only did you get what he was TRYING to say (which some of the other people replying seemed to miss) but you also got why he missed his mark.
Selecting different cars gets you different stuff too, apparently. I selected a 2002 For Mustang and got a 4pk of tireminders. A 69 Chevelle, nothing. A 2000 Kia Sportage, two sets of tireminders.
If I were to do harm to Amazon's reputation, I could buy a spammers' email
list and find all "amazon@", "Bobscomputers@", "whatever@" addresses, and create a new list with all the company names interchanged.
The fact that those addresses got on the spammer lists to begin with means that Amazon's rep is already going in the toilet as far as I am concerned.
So, if I never did biz with Bobscomputers.biz but I got spam to Bobscomputers@mydomain.com then... guess what? I still won't be doing business with Bobscomputers.biz. And I have a good reason.
I followed your link to "myauto.tv" and upon loading their page I was greeted with an audio commercial. It was like a quick radio spot. At that point, I already thought "I don't like these people." heh. Maybe I'm getting too cynical.
I've never had the cart thing done to me. I don't think I'd do business with those folks. Apparently, that company is a member of the Better Business Bureau. Huh. Fancy that.
Spam Gourmet looks interesting, to be sure. I need to read more about it though. I always assumed those email addresses were essentially bitbuckets, but I want to recieve email at bobscomputers@mydomain.com if it's about my business BobsComputers.
I just recently skimmed the Spam Gourmet site and I see that it has some way to allow certain senders or legit mail. Plus some other advanced options. I will look more into it.
In the meantime, though, my domain name system + OS X Mail's built in spam filter (yay for adaptive latent semantic analysis) do a pretty good job.
I didn't mean to imply that it was an end-all-be-all solution to the problem for the average person. Just a decent electronic spam solution for me (or anyone else with their own domain name).
I'm up for any solution that gets them to leave us alone. heh.
Well, I can refuse to ever to business with Bob again. My friends will likely do the same. Will it stop Bob from doing it again? No. But it will make me feel a little better when I shop at "BillsComputers" next time.
The biggest problem with internet privacy issues in the past has been the lack of ability to track sources of information for advertisers - one had no idea whether advertiser XYZ got your address from Amazon.com or Bobscomputers.biz.
I have my own domain name. When I buy from bn.com, I use "bn@mydomain.com" and when I buy from Amazon, I use "amazon@mydomain.com". It's not a perfect system, by any means, but it does allow me a little bit of tracking. If I get spam for "Bobscomputers@mydomain.com", then Bobscomputers.biz is likely the culprit.
Salem Pax is the psuedonym of an Iraqi blogger. Predictably, his blog stopped getting updates when things got really nasty over there in March. There have been some (rather lengthy) updates since then though. I was glad to hear he wasn't a casualty.
Because after countless Slashdot discussions, it's a well-known fact that this community's biggest problem with the Mac platform is that the hardward is too darned fast.
Maybe if it had an earpiece (wireless?) it could work, but as is, no thanks.
I don't mean to be one of those RTFA-nazis... but did you even give it a quick skim? (The article says it will work with bluetooth headsets.) Honestly, I'm not trying to be a jerk about it... I'm just saying before you post a dismissive "No way" comment, you should maybe look to see what you are dismissing first.
...they are so anti-US on the moon. I think this is also what will eventually cause the Martians to invade. I mean, after they see how we treat our own moon...
I think Pudge's review explains a situation where VPC is better than a real PC:
My Windows needs are few. I am a perl developer; I work on perl and release perl software. Occasionally, I want to test on Windows. Further, I am a Slash developer, and sometimes our users complain about certain bugs that only show up on certain browsers, so I want to test that on Windows too. And every once in awhile, there is some software I need that is Windows-only.
If you only need the PC every rare once in a while, why take up the real estate/ethernet port/power/powerstrip socket/whatever? Then there's also those who might be working on PowerBooks or iBooks primarily.
I'd say it has it's uses. (Of course, since OSX came out, I am struggling for a reason to ever boot VPC into RedHat again. heh.)
Technology so often times is the reason why we're not more productive...
Misapplication of technology is not technology's fault.
In many cases, including your example, the problem is that people don't know when not use it. You probably wouldn't advocate getting rid of the online phone directory, right? The issue was that the manage in question picked the wrong tool (the directory) to solve the problem (getting the person in her office.)
Incidentally, I'm using "reactionary" in the sense of "being conservative" -- such references to the Bible, a book which though beautifully written is nonetheless a difficult source for either moral or intellectual discussion, smack of hysteria. Having a "very real concern" doesn't really mean anything -- I might be worried that aliens are employing these ids to catalogue us all and thus find appropriate mates for their martian daughters, but it doesn't make it my views any better considered.
Wait, I think people are missing the important thing here. What do martian women look like? I mean, do you have any pictures or anything?
Finally, tons and tons of CDs, unless they appear as ISO images in your mailbox, are Junk Mail, not spam.
GAH! Don't say something like that out in public where AOL might hear you. By the time I get home from work, my email in-box is going to be at least 640mb larger now.
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Woah. You actually take the seat with you? That's pretty hardcore.
And me without my modpoints! Too bad this discussion wasn't yesterday.
Nice post. Not only did you get what he was TRYING to say (which some of the other people replying seemed to miss) but you also got why he missed his mark.
+1 Insightful
I thought about getting a copy in Korea too, but I'm not too big on foreign films.
Yup. Two sets of "tireminders".
Selecting different cars gets you different stuff too, apparently. I selected a 2002 For Mustang and got a 4pk of tireminders. A 69 Chevelle, nothing. A 2000 Kia Sportage, two sets of tireminders.
e-vil.
So, if I never did biz with Bobscomputers.biz but I got spam to Bobscomputers@mydomain.com then... guess what? I still won't be doing business with Bobscomputers.biz. And I have a good reason.
So...
uh...
Ok.
I followed your link to "myauto.tv" and upon loading their page I was greeted with an audio commercial. It was like a quick radio spot. At that point, I already thought "I don't like these people." heh. Maybe I'm getting too cynical.
I've never had the cart thing done to me. I don't think I'd do business with those folks. Apparently, that company is a member of the Better Business Bureau. Huh. Fancy that.
Spam Gourmet looks interesting, to be sure. I need to read more about it though. I always assumed those email addresses were essentially bitbuckets, but I want to recieve email at bobscomputers@mydomain.com if it's about my business BobsComputers.
I just recently skimmed the Spam Gourmet site and I see that it has some way to allow certain senders or legit mail. Plus some other advanced options. I will look more into it.
In the meantime, though, my domain name system + OS X Mail's built in spam filter (yay for adaptive latent semantic analysis) do a pretty good job.
I didn't mean to imply that it was an end-all-be-all solution to the problem for the average person. Just a decent electronic spam solution for me (or anyone else with their own domain name).
I'm up for any solution that gets them to leave us alone. heh.
Well, I can refuse to ever to business with Bob again. My friends will likely do the same. Will it stop Bob from doing it again? No. But it will make me feel a little better when I shop at "BillsComputers" next time.
I can imagine a couple. Talk radio being one.
Salem Pax is the psuedonym of an Iraqi blogger. Predictably, his blog stopped getting updates when things got really nasty over there in March. There have been some (rather lengthy) updates since then though. I was glad to hear he wasn't a casualty.
Heh. Exactly.
Because after countless Slashdot discussions, it's a well-known fact that this community's biggest problem with the Mac platform is that the hardward is too darned fast.
...they are so anti-US on the moon. I think this is also what will eventually cause the Martians to invade. I mean, after they see how we treat our own moon...
Slashdot
Metanews for Nerds? Stuff that will eventually matter?
I think it's just because people just love to talk about Apple.
Batboy isn't fighting in IRAQ. Don't be silly.
John Ashcroft is using Batboy and batboy clones to secretly spy on the American public.
Even if he wasn't lying, even if this wasn't the Weekly World News...
He should still be busted. Stock gains through timetravel would be unethical for the same reason insider trading is illegal.
"I bumped my head while entering the bath"
I don't actually speak Japanese but I have several friends who do. I think that they would translate the above sentence like:
"SHIMATTA!"
I think Pudge's review explains a situation where VPC is better than a real PC: If you only need the PC every rare once in a while, why take up the real estate/ethernet port/power/powerstrip socket/whatever? Then there's also those who might be working on PowerBooks or iBooks primarily.
I'd say it has it's uses. (Of course, since OSX came out, I am struggling for a reason to ever boot VPC into RedHat again. heh.)
Heh. No matter how many times you post it, I think you're still out numbered.
Technology so often times is the reason why we're not more productive...
Misapplication of technology is not technology's fault.
In many cases, including your example, the problem is that people don't know when not use it. You probably wouldn't advocate getting rid of the online phone directory, right? The issue was that the manage in question picked the wrong tool (the directory) to solve the problem (getting the person in her office.)
Wait, I think people are missing the important thing here. What do martian women look like? I mean, do you have any pictures or anything?