As long as the paid placements are delineated as such (e.g. Google's paid listings) they may not be such a bad thing.
At least it's more upfront and honest than spamming the search engines which seems to be the other option and is wholly destructive to the utility and relevance of a particular search engine.
It amazes me that people are that stupid (or at least bored and over-credulous) that they call numbers for no other reason than they heard them in songs or see on movies.
Evidently this was such a problem in the USA that the famous '555' prefix was created and mandated to stop just this problem.
"guess what - you won't need it for 95% of the shots you want to make"
Guess what - you don't know what shots he wants to make. He might need it just because you don't. Your tastes are different.
I tend to agree with you that zooming in and out mid-shot usually isn't neccessary unless you want to induce motion sickness. That doesn't however mean you won't use your zoom capability to 'crop' the frame before you start recording and it should therefore not be summarily dismissed. Yup, the big boys also use that 'technique'.
Failing that, the Palestinians 'Arab Brethren' will just kick them out and use them as a bargaining tool against Israel (not giving two shits about the Palestinians of course).
The reason Israelis and Jews are allowed to protest is because it is a fundamental democratic right which Jews and Israelis hold sacred. The fact that people like you use that against them (comments about Rabbis protesting etc) shows a clear misunderstanding of Middle East Politics or a deliberate anti-Israel/anti-Jewish slant.
Indeed you will be hard pressed to even find left-wing or anti-Government protest in most of the Arab Middle East as this usually results in a heavy knock on the door in the middle of the night.
If you are responsible for a company's security, you should regularly search for wireless nodes within your organization which you are not aware of WHETHER OR NOT you are using wireless as policy.
I have been asked to assess companies and offered a wireless audit. They said "we don't use wireless". I checked anyway, and it turned out they DID have wireless (but didn't know about it) thanks to in one instance, a laptop acting as an AP and in another, a sysadmin who figured he'd plug in a wireless AP with built-in switch instead of a hub or switch, and wireless was turned on. This is all the more problematic as the laptop and wireless device were both inside the firewall and therefore represented a major hole.
Intruders may also leave wireless devices behind to save coming onto the site for subsequent eavesdropping. That is, they will bring your network to them rather than bringing themselves to your network.
In any case, fire up your stumbling application, a GOOD antenna and have a look around your own environment. You may be surprised what you see!
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This fails however if the time between password changes is greater than the probable time to brute-force (or other wordlist) crack the password file. Don't assume that crackers all use the same 'dictionary' i.e. wordlist.
Did you know that many 31337 hax0r cracking tools will straight away defeat the more lame methods for using complex passwords?
This includes swapping every known integer/alpha replacement (e=3 0=o l=7) e.g. If someone used h3110 as their password (i.e 'hello' in hax0r spelling) it wouldn't take any longer than a standard dictionary attack.
Having a single password changed every 30-60 days is not that difficult. IT becomes a problem where users have to maintain multiple passwords for multiple systems. This is even more dangerous for admins who have to maintain even more, and they are used to protect sensitive systems.
Subsequently, Kasparov created a positional advantage on the human side with a very strong finger pointed at the reset button to which Fritz didn't have an answer.
Let me see if I have this straight: The system is claimed to be much faster than comparable technology because it is running on "hardware", not software.
Riiiiight.... So what exactly is controlling the hardware? Lemme guess... A few lines of code, some syntax, some commands... You know... Software.
"Maybe if we put our system in a shiny box with cool LEDs instead of a rackable server like everyone else, we can call it breakthrough technology!"
Step 1: Reinvent the wheel.
Step 2: Patent it.......
etc.
For one or two emails, yes. Your answer is only referring to your personal experience with spam as a single email user. Now look at the bigger picture. You have never run an ISP though have you? Multipy the 'negligble cost' by tens of thousands of emails and it certainly DOES add up, no matter HOW little you are paying for bandwidth.
Consider that spammers may send your domain even millions of random emails e.g. aaa@yourdomain, aab@yourdomain etc. just to see which ones get through (i.e. don't bounce). Cost to them? Nothing. Cost to you? Plenty.
Even if you think this doesn't effect you, what happens when your ISP gets a major bandwidth bill? You end up paying for it.
The fact is, you should not have to pay for receiving someone's advertising yet you are, directly or not, and as such are being abused by the spammers whose activities require stronger legislation than this!
You (or someone) have already paid to download it. Blocking something at your firewall or mail server is convenient however doesn't avoid you actually paying download charges.
One of the main arguments against spam is that unlike 'conventional' paper-based junk-mail, the cost of spam is borne by the recipient, not the sender. This consists of the time taken to process the mail (be that reading and/or deleting it) as well as the cost in data transfer to download it.
Legislation mandating (as is the case here) that senders preface spam by adding "ADV: in the first four characters in the subject line or ADV: ADLT if it contains adult material" miss the point. The user has already paid for the download. If you multiply that small figure by the millions of spam emails sent it adds up considerably!
This is no better than allowing thieves to come into your home and steal your valuables as long as they wear a loud coloured shirt advising they are a burglar.
"I am really tired of seeing PDA's that are being crammed into a phone. It really doesn't work. The phone ends up being to big, and the PDA is barely usable."
Au Contraire mon ami. As a Treo 270 user I can safely say the PDA is EXACTLY as usable as a Palm (because it is one) and the phone is not as big as carrying a Palm and a small Nokia.
Indeed, the principal advantage of a phone with an integrated PDA (and a REAL one, not a dodgy calendar application) is that PDA's beeping to tell you to be somewhere are no use if they are in your car or on your desk. Thanks to devices like the Treo, you can carry them with you EVERYWHERE. As a result, they start to REALLY make a difference in your organisational (correct spelling yankee!) ability. Although your brain DOES go a bit mushy without the hardware support. My Treo's alarm wakes me up each morning but nowadays I have to look at the screen to be reminded WHY I have to get out of bed each day.
Beep beep beep beep.... Whu?...Beep beep beep....Arrgh...Snooze...whack...snooze....Go to work....D'oh...
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Bad dresser?
As long as the paid placements are delineated as such (e.g. Google's paid listings) they may not be such a bad thing.
At least it's more upfront and honest than spamming the search engines which seems to be the other option and is wholly destructive to the utility and relevance of a particular search engine.
Wordperfect $35
Extra modules $15
No #@$%#$*& paperclip.... Priceless
It amazes me that people are that stupid (or at least bored and over-credulous) that they call numbers for no other reason than they heard them in songs or see on movies.
Evidently this was such a problem in the USA that the famous '555' prefix was created and mandated to stop just this problem.
Remember the scene from "Last Action Hero" ?
Try THIS.
Guess what - you don't know what shots he wants to make. He might need it just because you don't. Your tastes are different.
I tend to agree with you that zooming in and out mid-shot usually isn't neccessary unless you want to induce motion sickness. That doesn't however mean you won't use your zoom capability to 'crop' the frame before you start recording and it should therefore not be summarily dismissed. Yup, the big boys also use that 'technique'.
Even if I accept your point, it's all well and good, BUT, when such a culture tries to forcibly impose itself on another... That's a problem.
Look up some articles on Militant Islam.
You're right. They just shoot them.
Shouting slogans and waving placards is a principle of democratic protest. Democracy however is totally absent in the middle east (save for Israel).
In 1970, Jordan shot thousands of Palestinians. Not a slogan in sight.
Failing that, the Palestinians 'Arab Brethren' will just kick them out and use them as a bargaining tool against Israel (not giving two shits about the Palestinians of course).
The reason Israelis and Jews are allowed to protest is because it is a fundamental democratic right which Jews and Israelis hold sacred. The fact that people like you use that against them (comments about Rabbis protesting etc) shows a clear misunderstanding of Middle East Politics or a deliberate anti-Israel/anti-Jewish slant.
Indeed you will be hard pressed to even find left-wing or anti-Government protest in most of the Arab Middle East as this usually results in a heavy knock on the door in the middle of the night.
If you are responsible for a company's security, you should regularly search for wireless nodes within your organization which you are not aware of WHETHER OR NOT you are using wireless as policy.
I have been asked to assess companies and offered a wireless audit. They said "we don't use wireless". I checked anyway, and it turned out they DID have wireless (but didn't know about it) thanks to in one instance, a laptop acting as an AP and in another, a sysadmin who figured he'd plug in a wireless AP with built-in switch instead of a hub or switch, and wireless was turned on. This is all the more problematic as the laptop and wireless device were both inside the firewall and therefore represented a major hole.
Intruders may also leave wireless devices behind to save coming onto the site for subsequent eavesdropping. That is, they will bring your network to them rather than bringing themselves to your network.
In any case, fire up your stumbling application, a GOOD antenna and have a look around your own environment. You may be surprised what you see!
This fails however if the time between password changes is greater than the probable time to brute-force (or other wordlist) crack the password file. Don't assume that crackers all use the same 'dictionary' i.e. wordlist.
Did you know that many 31337 hax0r cracking tools will straight away defeat the more lame methods for using complex passwords?
This includes swapping every known integer/alpha replacement (e=3 0=o l=7) e.g. If someone used h3110 as their password (i.e 'hello' in hax0r spelling) it wouldn't take any longer than a standard dictionary attack.
Having a single password changed every 30-60 days is not that difficult. IT becomes a problem where users have to maintain multiple passwords for multiple systems. This is even more dangerous for admins who have to maintain even more, and they are used to protect sensitive systems.
I can't WAIT to see AOL users shoving Ethernet cables into their power socket.
"You've got Bzzzztttttaaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhh"
"a new technology which allows synthesized singers to sing"
I suspect Milli Vanilli, BROS, Christina, Brittney and N*sync may be suing for prior art.
And ye shall all bow at the Altar of Shiny Blinkiness
Subsequently, Kasparov created a positional advantage on the human side with
a very strong finger pointed at the reset button to which Fritz didn't have an answer.
Riiiiight.... So what exactly is controlling the hardware? Lemme guess... A few lines of code, some syntax, some commands... You know... Software.
"Maybe if we put our system in a shiny box with cool LEDs instead of a rackable server like everyone else, we can call it breakthrough technology!"
Step 1: Reinvent the wheel.
Step 2: Patent it.......
etc.
For one or two emails, yes. Your answer is only referring to your personal experience with spam as a single email user. Now look at the bigger picture. You have never run an ISP though have you? Multipy the 'negligble cost' by tens of thousands of emails and it certainly DOES add up, no matter HOW little you are paying for bandwidth.
Consider that spammers may send your domain even millions of random emails e.g. aaa@yourdomain, aab@yourdomain etc. just to see which ones get through (i.e. don't bounce). Cost to them? Nothing. Cost to you? Plenty.
Even if you think this doesn't effect you, what happens when your ISP gets a major bandwidth bill? You end up paying for it.
The fact is, you should not have to pay for receiving someone's advertising yet you are, directly or not, and as such are being abused by the spammers whose activities require stronger legislation than this!
You (or someone) have already paid to download it. Blocking something at your firewall or mail server is convenient however doesn't avoid you actually paying download charges.
One of the main arguments against spam is that unlike 'conventional' paper-based junk-mail, the cost of spam is borne by the recipient, not the sender. This consists of the time taken to process the mail (be that reading and/or deleting it) as well as the cost in data transfer to download it.
Legislation mandating (as is the case here) that senders preface spam by adding "ADV: in the first four characters in the subject line or ADV: ADLT if it contains adult material" miss the point. The user has already paid for the download. If you multiply that small figure by the millions of spam emails sent it adds up considerably!
This is no better than allowing thieves to come into your home and steal your valuables as long as they wear a loud coloured shirt advising they are a burglar.
Uh huh... Next year's challenge: A rickshaw mounted solar powered shower and soap.
I mean REALLY.... I fart in your general direction...
Mel Brooks is hardly young.
Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!
The only thing I still can't figure out is how they got Keanu to act!
"I am really tired of seeing PDA's that are being crammed into a phone. It really doesn't work. The phone ends up being to big, and the PDA is barely usable."
Au Contraire mon ami. As a Treo 270 user I can safely say the PDA is EXACTLY as usable as a Palm (because it is one) and the phone is not as big as carrying a Palm and a small Nokia.
Indeed, the principal advantage of a phone with an integrated PDA (and a REAL one, not a dodgy calendar application) is that PDA's beeping to tell you to be somewhere are no use if they are in your car or on your desk. Thanks to devices like the Treo, you can carry them with you EVERYWHERE. As a result, they start to REALLY make a difference in your organisational (correct spelling yankee!) ability. Although your brain DOES go a bit mushy without the hardware support. My Treo's alarm wakes me up each morning but nowadays I have to look at the screen to be reminded WHY I have to get out of bed each day.
Beep beep beep beep.... Whu?...Beep beep beep....Arrgh...Snooze...whack...snooze....Go to work....D'oh...