Problem is that the average person doesn't have any idea how to find the responsible party or to report the spam.
I'd love to see the next version of Outlook/Outlook Express include a spam button. Upon clicking the button, O/OE would parse the message header, lookup the source IP in WHOIS and contact all necessary parties to report the spam.
The only way for this to work is for MS to put in directly in Outlook/Outlook Express (or AOL putting it in). That is what the majority of users are using, and you can't expect them to know about or install a 3rd party utility.
Imagine how the admins at ISPs would react to a veritable flood of spam reports.
Remember, they aren't payed by how many people actually follow up on the spam they send, they get payed for the number of people they send their spam to
As much as everyone complains about spam, it's not going anywhere. The reason? It works. It's the same problem that all of the new invasive advertising (ads superimposed on football fields during games, etc) has.
As much as everyone complains about it, there are sufficient people who respond to the advertising and buy the products. As long as that happens, spam will continue.
I'm in the UK, so I've missed out on the switcher ads, and didn't understand all this huge fuss about her.
According to the interview, they held a lookalike contest for her in Holland. She seems to be bigger than the US. I've seen the ad, and I don't really get it. Of course, I don't get NSync or Britney Spears - maybe you have to be 15 to get it.
To think, we've moved into a society that has a need to protest virtual issues online. Even more interesting is that sometimes people seem more interested in these virtual issues than the ones that actually plaque society.
I think we need a mod for playing The Sims, that way I can control multiple characters inside The Sims, and I can have a bigger voice when there are critical issues that affect my fake, virtual life.
Excuse me, there is some sunlight creeping in the window, I have to go cover it up before it ruins my fantasy.
Is it just me or is it not possible to get the one on the right down to $199?? it says starting at $199, but when you go to "customize it" there is no option you can dumb down anymore, and it says $249... lame dell
My screen also says "Price before $50 mail in rebate".
Just wait... someone will release a Linux distro that runs on it, and you might even get a port of PicoGUI for it. $299 is a pretty good price for 400MHz/64MB device.
Hmm... if this was the way things really worked, many software companies (not just MS) would be out of business rather quickly.
They don't charge for service packs or security updates. Most software companies release patches and updates to fix bugs in software, and they do it for free.
You aren't in the real world I'm taking it? You are paid to work on the code. Not deliver a working product. Standard saleried work is a "best effort" type of affair rather than a "working product" type of affair.
I've been doing consulting for five years. If I'm called to fix a problem that is my fault, then I do not charge the client for that. If the problem is the result of something the client did, then I charge.
Doing it the other way, why not be a sloppy coder? That way you guarantee yourself future work. Don't bother documenting your work, either. That way, they'll have to call you.
I try to offer my clients a good service. Part of that is behaving in a way that I feel is honest. I think that my clients appreciate that and look forward to working with me in the future because of it.
A couple of months later, my old boss at the old customer rang me and told me about a bug in my coding that had come up in production.... Then my ex-boss simply refused to pay me - he seemed to think I had a moral obligation to fix any bugs.
Err, didn't they pay you to do it right the first time? Sounds like you didn't do it right. I'd say you have an obligation to deliver a working product.
I develop data driven applications for a living. It's not very easy to do that in Linux. Sure, I could use Perl, PHP, or something like that, but it'd be command line or web based, neither of which is desirable. Web based interfaces are good for some things, but not all things. Command line interfaces are good for nerds, not for users.
In Visual Basic, it is very easy to develop a data driven application, either for reporting or for data entry/maintenance. If you use Perl or Python, how do you develop the GUI? Tk? That's not very easy. In VB, you start out with a form, throw controls on it by dragging and dropping and throw some code around it. Does it make me a bad programmer that I like this? No. Does it make me less of a programmer? No. It makes me smart. My employer pays me for getting work done, not for beind idealistic. I can throw a recordset into Excel (the way the accounting department wants their reports) in 5 lines of code in VB, and I didn't have to wander all over CPAN to figure out how.
I also do some things in Magic. Yes, it runs on Linux, but most everything else we use doesn't so I don't use the Magic version of it. For data driven programs, nothing is faster than Magic. It's a whole different paradigm for programming, and it is one that I suggest you learn.
What about satellite users?
on
Review: EyeTV
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
I have Direct TV (and a DirecTivo). All of these computer tuning devices seem to support cable, but not satellite. Are there any devices/TV Tuner cards out there for satellite users (I assume the device/card would need an access card)?
This kind of crap is exactly what would NOT happen in a true capitalist system.
The flaw in your logic is assuming that consumers have any idea that this is happening and that they would therefore choose a competitor that was not doing this. The reality is that even if there was competition, all of the companies would be doing this because less than 1% of people would care if they did.
There is still time. Your elected representatives will pay attention to you, the American voters, only for the next 3 weeks or so. Mobilize if you can; otherwise suffer 2 more years of the same but please don't complain!.
You can honestly say that? My elected officials will pay attention to me only during election season, and I'm not supposed to complain? Screw that. Democracy only works if you don't pay attention to what happens. We have the DMCA, the Patriot Act, corporate tax breaks out the wazoo, and politicians who are essentially puppets for the companies who paid to have them elected. You're right, I shouldn't complain.
Maybe that has more to do with only ever having sex with one person? They don't have any better or worse sex to compare their current sex with.
If you asked non Christians who had only slept with one person, I'm sure you'd get higher rates of satisfaction in that segment of people as well.
I believe it has a lot to do with the level of commitment in your relationship and the emotional depth to which you expose yourself to your partner. You could argue that Christians are more devoted to their spouse due to their following of the teachings in the Bible that guide them to be more devoted and to give more of themselves to their spouses.
Two disclaimers:
I don't believe that making this argument says that non-Christians can't have good marriages - I just think it goes to the likelihood of a strong emotional foundation. (Non Christians can have very good, strong marriages - don't misinterpret what I am saying.)
Christians may vary. Just because someone is a Christian does not make them perfect. Likewise, it does not make them a better spouse. Christianity provides them with a good foundation from which to work.
This game plays like the old dave mirra games, but with more plot thrown into each stage ( pimps yelling at their employees, monkeys throwing poo, dogs fornicating)
err... i think you might be reading your book wrong. you might wanna go back and have a look at it again.
Go read Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs, depending on your Bible). There is plenty about sex in there. You can find plenty of copies of the Bible on the Internet if you don't have a copy.
Hundreds of people in Colorado and 7 surrounding states have reported seeing "fireballs" in the night sky. They are described as being 10 to 15 times larger than a normal shooting star and bluish in color. Two people even claimed to see one land, but it has yet to be found.
I would love to have a scheduling server at home for the family. We have a busy family life and keeping up with everyones schedules would be so much easier if it were in a centralized place.
Have you looked at Open Web Mail? I've used it for myself, and it is easy to set up and use. It has calendaring features and offers web based email access as well.
Slashdot Mirror
Problem is that the average person doesn't have any idea how to find the responsible party or to report the spam.
I'd love to see the next version of Outlook/Outlook Express include a spam button. Upon clicking the button, O/OE would parse the message header, lookup the source IP in WHOIS and contact all necessary parties to report the spam.
The only way for this to work is for MS to put in directly in Outlook/Outlook Express (or AOL putting it in). That is what the majority of users are using, and you can't expect them to know about or install a 3rd party utility.
Imagine how the admins at ISPs would react to a veritable flood of spam reports.
Remember, they aren't payed by how many people actually follow up on the spam they send, they get payed for the number of people they send their spam to
That's not always true. Read this article (previously posted on Slashdot).
As much as everyone complains about spam, it's not going anywhere. The reason? It works. It's the same problem that all of the new invasive advertising (ads superimposed on football fields during games, etc) has.
As much as everyone complains about it, there are sufficient people who respond to the advertising and buy the products. As long as that happens, spam will continue.
I'm in the UK, so I've missed out on the switcher ads, and didn't understand all this huge fuss about her.
According to the interview, they held a lookalike contest for her in Holland. She seems to be bigger than the US. I've seen the ad, and I don't really get it. Of course, I don't get NSync or Britney Spears - maybe you have to be 15 to get it.
To think, we've moved into a society that has a need to protest virtual issues online. Even more interesting is that sometimes people seem more interested in these virtual issues than the ones that actually plaque society.
I think we need a mod for playing The Sims, that way I can control multiple characters inside The Sims, and I can have a bigger voice when there are critical issues that affect my fake, virtual life.
Excuse me, there is some sunlight creeping in the window, I have to go cover it up before it ruins my fantasy.
Is it just me or is it not possible to get the one on the right down to $199??
it says starting at $199, but when you go to "customize it" there is no option you can dumb down anymore, and it says $249... lame dell
My screen also says "Price before $50 mail in rebate".
Just wait... someone will release a Linux distro that runs on it, and you might even get a port of PicoGUI for it. $299 is a pretty good price for 400MHz/64MB device.
Hmm... if this was the way things really worked, many software companies (not just MS) would be out of business rather quickly.
They don't charge for service packs or security updates. Most software companies release patches and updates to fix bugs in software, and they do it for free.
You aren't in the real world I'm taking it? You are paid to work on the code. Not deliver a working product. Standard saleried work is a "best effort" type of affair rather than a "working product" type of affair.
I've been doing consulting for five years. If I'm called to fix a problem that is my fault, then I do not charge the client for that. If the problem is the result of something the client did, then I charge.
Doing it the other way, why not be a sloppy coder? That way you guarantee yourself future work. Don't bother documenting your work, either. That way, they'll have to call you.
I try to offer my clients a good service. Part of that is behaving in a way that I feel is honest. I think that my clients appreciate that and look forward to working with me in the future because of it.
A couple of months later, my old boss at the old customer rang me and told me about a bug in my coding that had come up in production. ... Then my ex-boss simply refused to pay me - he seemed to think I had a moral obligation to fix any bugs.
Err, didn't they pay you to do it right the first time? Sounds like you didn't do it right. I'd say you have an obligation to deliver a working product.
Depending on where you are, $200 per hour may be ridiculously low.
If you live in one of these areas, please let me know where it is!
If she feels that she doesn't need to pay, inform her that you certainly can undo the work you did.
That can be construed as a threat. A threat will get you nowhere.
I develop data driven applications for a living. It's not very easy to do that in Linux. Sure, I could use Perl, PHP, or something like that, but it'd be command line or web based, neither of which is desirable. Web based interfaces are good for some things, but not all things. Command line interfaces are good for nerds, not for users.
In Visual Basic, it is very easy to develop a data driven application, either for reporting or for data entry/maintenance. If you use Perl or Python, how do you develop the GUI? Tk? That's not very easy. In VB, you start out with a form, throw controls on it by dragging and dropping and throw some code around it. Does it make me a bad programmer that I like this? No. Does it make me less of a programmer? No. It makes me smart. My employer pays me for getting work done, not for beind idealistic. I can throw a recordset into Excel (the way the accounting department wants their reports) in 5 lines of code in VB, and I didn't have to wander all over CPAN to figure out how.
I also do some things in Magic. Yes, it runs on Linux, but most everything else we use doesn't so I don't use the Magic version of it. For data driven programs, nothing is faster than Magic. It's a whole different paradigm for programming, and it is one that I suggest you learn.
I have Direct TV (and a DirecTivo). All of these computer tuning devices seem to support cable, but not satellite. Are there any devices/TV Tuner cards out there for satellite users (I assume the device/card would need an access card)?
This kind of crap is exactly what would NOT happen in a true capitalist system.
The flaw in your logic is assuming that consumers have any idea that this is happening and that they would therefore choose a competitor that was not doing this. The reality is that even if there was competition, all of the companies would be doing this because less than 1% of people would care if they did.
Can someone simply explain the meaning of NP Hard and NP Complete?
There is still time. Your elected representatives will pay attention to you, the American voters, only for the next 3 weeks or so. Mobilize if you can; otherwise suffer 2 more years of the same but please don't complain!.
You can honestly say that? My elected officials will pay attention to me only during election season, and I'm not supposed to complain? Screw that. Democracy only works if you don't pay attention to what happens. We have the DMCA, the Patriot Act, corporate tax breaks out the wazoo, and politicians who are essentially puppets for the companies who paid to have them elected. You're right, I shouldn't complain.
If you asked non Christians who had only slept with one person, I'm sure you'd get higher rates of satisfaction in that segment of people as well.
I believe it has a lot to do with the level of commitment in your relationship and the emotional depth to which you expose yourself to your partner. You could argue that Christians are more devoted to their spouse due to their following of the teachings in the Bible that guide them to be more devoted and to give more of themselves to their spouses.
Two disclaimers:
This game plays like the old dave mirra games, but with more plot thrown into each stage ( pimps yelling at their employees, monkeys throwing poo, dogs fornicating)
If you want to call that plot...
err ... i think you might be reading your book wrong.
you might wanna go back and have a look at it again.
Go read Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs, depending on your Bible). There is plenty about sex in there. You can find plenty of copies of the Bible on the Internet if you don't have a copy.
I would play twice the current $13/month for the TiVo service. It really is worth it!
Err, my TiVo service is billed through DirecTV, and I only pay $5/month for it.
Hundreds of people in Colorado and 7 surrounding states have reported seeing "fireballs" in the night sky. They are described as being 10 to 15 times larger than a normal shooting star and bluish in color. Two people even claimed to see one land, but it has yet to be found.
Jim, have you been near the Kool-Aid again?
I would love to have a scheduling server at home for the family. We have a busy family life and keeping up with everyones schedules would be so much easier if it were in a centralized place.
Have you looked at Open Web Mail? I've used it for myself, and it is easy to set up and use. It has calendaring features and offers web based email access as well.
I buried myself in a few selected open source technologies
Care to specify?
Okay, so you seriously think that never ever in the future existence of this state, will they extend the rail to the *state capital*?
I absolutely think that the rail will not be going to Tallahassee. There won't be anyone riding on it. Tallahassee is just too small.
Dont they have some sports team up there? Wouldn't, say, a couple thousand people want to watch the games each weekend?
There are only 7 or so home games for FSU in the entire year.
The only real options for this wasted rail are Tampa, Orlando, Jax, and Miami. Ft Lauderdale/WPB could be a pit stop on the way to Miami.