...getting used to not receving a paper bill and remembering to look at the emails and not consider them spam. That was my problem initially. Now I'm fine with the process, find it to be a more immediate response. Instead of spending time signing the check, filling the blanks in the form, stuffing the envelope and ensuring all my details are where they should be, licking the stamp, and going to the post office, or out to my mailbox to wait a few days for the check to clear, I just type some fields, enter some data, click ok twice, and it's all done. Gotta love the simplicity.
Unfortunately some developers do not listen to their clients/fans when building the product, or they listen to the wrong clients/fans when they do add suggested features. So the article is worth a read for those who have not yet realized the flaws in the two examples I've mentioned.
For example, I worked at a job where we waited for 3 weeks before the T1 was in place. In the meantime, I used a dial-up AOL account, networked all the machines using a small hub, and ran proxy software off of the machine conected to AOL.
I may not have spelled the casino's name correctly, but if you know, the casino has a huge water fountain feature in front, programmed by computer to perform a 20 minute show. You could replicate this using the laser lights, some motors to dirct the beams, and build it inside a plexiglass box with smoke to show the laser lights.
This is a game in the traditional sense. You level through missions, gain money, buy gear, and as you progress you are awarded medals and trophies, and can gain access to better items.
As for social interactions, there are times when groups of people get togehter to huntdown aliens, run transport missions to help the affliation they are apart of, in addition to their clan, and work together to increase income for all.
This is quite possibly one of the more underrated games out there. Just would be nice if the developers had a larger staff and didn't run into the number of problems the game experiences.
That sucks up all that land for a retard game. I would love to see all golf played virtually, than some game you stand in a spot, smack it, and follow the ball. I've seen balls have more fun than that.
Awww those were the days. Big ole white computer to finally merge the console and the functionality of a computer for the family.
But alas, it doesn't. Would have been nice to have that plus the tivo-like features, but then the question would have been where to put it. But if they at least had a webtv-like terminal, for basic web surfing, then that would have been cool for the price.
Well it looks like we're running out of options....
How about carrier pigeon.... that doesn't sound good, too many points of failure: - needs to eat and could die of starvation (though they are air rats) - can be killed by too many things (and I thought a KILLALL command was bad) - could fly the other way.
Ok, how about smoke signals... wait, that won't work, too many points of failure: - windy days (you called but your message just seemed to drag, so I stopped looking) - looking in the wrong direction or not looking at all. (sorry I was on the other smokeline; or sorry had something in my eye) - interference from other smoke signals. way too many jokes can be applied here. - smoke and real fires might get confusing.
Ok ok, how about... two cups and a string. We can use titanium cups and silk spider webbing. Make the ultimate internet. Unforunately I do see the manifestation of audio blogs, and ppl's incessant wining. (ooh, my spouse doesn't cook, clean or wash, woe is me)
Message in a bottle? Nope, tidal currents may have a bottle floating for years before your message about what you want for dinner finally arrives.
Catapulting message bottles? Now that sounds like fun, until property damage occurs, and accidental deaths.
Well looks like we have no reliable way to send a message. I guess we'll just have to pretend we did and blame the other person.
I would only recommend setting up something to display a message after 30 minutes of trying, along with the 4 hour essage.
Once they get the 30min or 4 hour message, that should be sufficient for them to take action on their own. I would also suggest adding a message with a listing of possible reasons as to why the email is not going through. The last thing you want are users going to you about "why is it not going through, what did YOU screw up".
You can only do but so much. And email is not as reliable as other services. It's not regular mail, there's no certified letters.
This was back in 1998-2000, during the dot com boom. I worked for two agencies over that course of time. Both Barnesand noble.com and IBM.com were offering long term positions. Essentially, it's contract workers.
They supposedly save money by not paying taxes, and other things.
No solution is absolutely watertight, and I know it's not going to happen anytime soon, but the current suggestions mention will create an ongoing situation.
I create uber mailto style 1, a some time passes and I find it's no longer working. I create uber mailto style 2, a some time passes and I find it's no longer working. I create uber mailto style 3, a some time passes and I find it's no longer working. I create uber mailto style Nth, a some time passes and I find it's no longer working.....
The solutions here are not permanent fixes and the time and energy we spend in developing these quick fixes should be put to better use such as a more long term approach.
The issue isn't with the emails getting harvested. The issue is with a global infrastructure that uses an old policy of sending emails.
We need a new improved protocol that does a level of authentication at the host/isp level to say, this is a legitemate server with an emal from an acceptable user. All isps should be held up to a spam policy enforcement where if a user violates the policy, are automatically terminated, and their name, with evidence provided of course, is sent to a spammer list system to keep track of these individuals. If a spammer bounces around to a new isp, the isp can check the system and see if this person is listed.
This would require all ISPs to verify the user signing up for the account, and placing strict penalties on the user such as fines. If the right pieces are in place, we can see a substantial amount of email gone in a few years.
Unicode is not supported in all browsers, especially the older ones.
My experience and others....
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I worked for Barnesandnoble.com doing QA work. On sunday night at 9:30pm, I get a call from my rep at the temp agency (I had a perm position with BN.com). He tells me that BN is letting me go. I didn't have time to get a copy of the sunday paper to look at the classifieds because all the places were closed.
About 2 months later I get a job offer from IBM.com through a new agency, which I take. That week, I get a call from the rep from the previous agency askinng me to take a job with him at some company, and he would offer me more money than what IBM was offering. I told him no.
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Someone who worked with me at another dot com was asked to have a meeting with management around 3pm. They told her they had to let her go, immediately, but he's a two week serveance package. She then told them she had a new job lined up already that starts monday.
I was glad it worked out for her in that case because management was a bunch of dumb fudges which is fodder for a whole nother post.
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When I worked at IBM, during my first few weeks there, we had a small group of html monkeys, including myself there working on their redesign. One person wasn't doing well, and she was let go. Unforunately she wasn't told she was let go until she showed up monday morning to find someone in her seat. I knew as of that friday (3 days prior) she was being let go (because the project manager was cool with me and was a big mouth). Neighter him nor the temp agency had the respect to call her and tell her prior to monday.
She called the agency and had it verified. They asked her "what are you doing there, you don't work there anymore". Mind you the agency was sued by IBM later on due to their business practices.
Re:Not fired, more like... abandoned.
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MOD THIS ONE UP..
#6 is just too funny and appropriate for the setting.
The internet is a great wonderful thing.... I use it for the following: - Yellow Pages - Map to locations - News - Local Weather - Learning new technology
One thing I've come across is that not all subjects are available in equal formats... meaning that I can find a pleuthra of info on programming in almost any particular language, but I find some difficult in finding that same kind of info about plants of woodworking. The more technical and closely related to computers the subject, the more I find. But as I go from away from computers, the less I find, and less consistant the quality.
It will still be some time to before we have wonderful resources for major subjects online.
The Virtual Sandbox is what helped to make Quake into what it is today. If there weren't Mods developed by the fans, that extended the product, then quake would have been a lower class product.
Open Ending Game will finally bridge that gap between the fluidness you get from pen and paper rpgs, and computer gaming. Why should a game stop at a linear path? Isn't part of the appeal for games is the continued use of the game?
Imagine if you had a character for a game you've used for the past five years. That character went from little wimpy avatar to highly intelligent, agile, financially successful, heroic and receive many accolades in game play. It's something you could be proud of in a sense. This is what is currently possible with tabletop rpgs.
Open Ending gaming is the next logical step in gaming evolution. I'm waiting for the day where I can play a game where in one period of time, I was a space trader, next period I'm the head of a corporate empire, and the next I sit upon the high council in the game dynmics. That would make it more meaningful than just hitting level 50 and moving onto the next game.
Reminder, you must keep your day job and have real lives in order to continue to play these games.;=)
Your ISP hosting webspace, or getting a company who offers vanity domains to point to the url. There are other options than poluting the net with your url.
I'm especially surprised he hasn't thought about the sick pervs on the net.
Slashdot Mirror
...getting used to not receving a paper bill and remembering to look at the emails and not consider them spam. That was my problem initially. Now I'm fine with the process, find it to be a more immediate response. Instead of spending time signing the check, filling the blanks in the form, stuffing the envelope and ensuring all my details are where they should be, licking the stamp, and going to the post office, or out to my mailbox to wait a few days for the check to clear, I just type some fields, enter some data, click ok twice, and it's all done. Gotta love the simplicity.
Unfortunately some developers do not listen to their clients/fans when building the product, or they listen to the wrong clients/fans when they do add suggested features. So the article is worth a read for those who have not yet realized the flaws in the two examples I've mentioned.
For example, I worked at a job where we waited for 3 weeks before the T1 was in place. In the meantime, I used a dial-up AOL account, networked all the machines using a small hub, and ran proxy software off of the machine conected to AOL.
I may not have spelled the casino's name correctly, but if you know, the casino has a huge water fountain feature in front, programmed by computer to perform a 20 minute show. You could replicate this using the laser lights, some motors to dirct the beams, and build it inside a plexiglass box with smoke to show the laser lights.
are they a mute?
Then you should look at jumpgate.
This is a game in the traditional sense. You level through missions, gain money, buy gear, and as you progress you are awarded medals and trophies, and can gain access to better items.
As for social interactions, there are times when groups of people get togehter to huntdown aliens, run transport missions to help the affliation they are apart of, in addition to their clan, and work together to increase income for all.
This is quite possibly one of the more underrated games out there. Just would be nice if the developers had a larger staff and didn't run into the number of problems the game experiences.
That sucks up all that land for a retard game. I would love to see all golf played virtually, than some game you stand in a spot, smack it, and follow the ball. I've seen balls have more fun than that.
We woud have more of our money if it were not for verisign.
It explains why they have called me 8 times since I've signed up for the Do Not Call List.
Awww those were the days. Big ole white computer to finally merge the console and the functionality of a computer for the family.
But alas, it doesn't. Would have been nice to have that plus the tivo-like features, but then the question would have been where to put it. But if they at least had a webtv-like terminal, for basic web surfing, then that would have been cool for the price.
Well it looks like we're running out of options....
How about carrier pigeon.... that doesn't sound good, too many points of failure:
- needs to eat and could die of starvation (though they are air rats)
- can be killed by too many things (and I thought a KILLALL command was bad)
- could fly the other way.
Ok, how about smoke signals... wait, that won't work, too many points of failure:
- windy days (you called but your message just seemed to drag, so I stopped looking)
- looking in the wrong direction or not looking at all. (sorry I was on the other smokeline; or sorry had something in my eye)
- interference from other smoke signals. way too many jokes can be applied here.
- smoke and real fires might get confusing.
Ok ok, how about... two cups and a string. We can use titanium cups and silk spider webbing. Make the ultimate internet. Unforunately I do see the manifestation of audio blogs, and ppl's incessant wining. (ooh, my spouse doesn't cook, clean or wash, woe is me)
Message in a bottle? Nope, tidal currents may have a bottle floating for years before your message about what you want for dinner finally arrives.
Catapulting message bottles? Now that sounds like fun, until property damage occurs, and accidental deaths.
Well looks like we have no reliable way to send a message. I guess we'll just have to pretend we did and blame the other person.
At least one thing we can be thankful for....
The USPS has prior art on delayed mail, so no patent can be taken by the inventors of SMTP or anyone else.
I would only recommend setting up something to display a message after 30 minutes of trying, along with the 4 hour essage.
Once they get the 30min or 4 hour message, that should be sufficient for them to take action on their own. I would also suggest adding a message with a listing of possible reasons as to why the email is not going through. The last thing you want are users going to you about "why is it not going through, what did YOU screw up".
You can only do but so much. And email is not as reliable as other services. It's not regular mail, there's no certified letters.
This was back in 1998-2000, during the dot com boom. I worked for two agencies over that course of time. Both Barnesand noble.com and IBM.com were offering long term positions. Essentially, it's contract workers.
They supposedly save money by not paying taxes, and other things.
No solution is absolutely watertight, and I know it's not going to happen anytime soon, but the current suggestions mention will create an ongoing situation.
I create uber mailto style 1, a some time passes and I find it's no longer working. I create uber mailto style 2, a some time passes and I find it's no longer working. I create uber mailto style 3, a some time passes and I find it's no longer working. I create uber mailto style Nth, a some time passes and I find it's no longer working.....
The solutions here are not permanent fixes and the time and energy we spend in developing these quick fixes should be put to better use such as a more long term approach.
problem.
The issue isn't with the emails getting harvested. The issue is with a global infrastructure that uses an old policy of sending emails.
We need a new improved protocol that does a level of authentication at the host/isp level to say, this is a legitemate server with an emal from an acceptable user. All isps should be held up to a spam policy enforcement where if a user violates the policy, are automatically terminated, and their name, with evidence provided of course, is sent to a spammer list system to keep track of these individuals. If a spammer bounces around to a new isp, the isp can check the system and see if this person is listed.
This would require all ISPs to verify the user signing up for the account, and placing strict penalties on the user such as fines. If the right pieces are in place, we can see a substantial amount of email gone in a few years.
Because it would then be a waste of my time sending them p0rn. No screen reader can interpret the pics... yet. ;=)
Unicode is not supported in all browsers, especially the older ones.
I worked for Barnesandnoble.com doing QA work. On sunday night at 9:30pm, I get a call from my rep at the temp agency (I had a perm position with BN.com). He tells me that BN is letting me go. I didn't have time to get a copy of the sunday paper to look at the classifieds because all the places were closed.
About 2 months later I get a job offer from IBM.com through a new agency, which I take. That week, I get a call from the rep from the previous agency askinng me to take a job with him at some company, and he would offer me more money than what IBM was offering. I told him no.
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Someone who worked with me at another dot com was asked to have a meeting with management around 3pm. They told her they had to let her go, immediately, but he's a two week serveance package. She then told them she had a new job lined up already that starts monday.
I was glad it worked out for her in that case because management was a bunch of dumb fudges which is fodder for a whole nother post.
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When I worked at IBM, during my first few weeks there, we had a small group of html monkeys, including myself there working on their redesign. One person wasn't doing well, and she was let go. Unforunately she wasn't told she was let go until she showed up monday morning to find someone in her seat. I knew as of that friday (3 days prior) she was being let go (because the project manager was cool with me and was a big mouth). Neighter him nor the temp agency had the respect to call her and tell her prior to monday.
She called the agency and had it verified. They asked her "what are you doing there, you don't work there anymore". Mind you the agency was sued by IBM later on due to their business practices.
MOD THIS ONE UP..
#6 is just too funny and appropriate for the setting.
The internet is a great wonderful thing....
I use it for the following:
- Yellow Pages
- Map to locations
- News
- Local Weather
- Learning new technology
One thing I've come across is that not all subjects are available in equal formats... meaning that I can find a pleuthra of info on programming in almost any particular language, but I find some difficult in finding that same kind of info about plants of woodworking. The more technical and closely related to computers the subject, the more I find. But as I go from away from computers, the less I find, and less consistant the quality.
It will still be some time to before we have wonderful resources for major subjects online.
You make a wonderful point that developers will realize in time.
The Virtual Sandbox is what helped to make Quake into what it is today. If there weren't Mods developed by the fans, that extended the product, then quake would have been a lower class product.
;=)
Open Ending Game will finally bridge that gap between the fluidness you get from pen and paper rpgs, and computer gaming. Why should a game stop at a linear path? Isn't part of the appeal for games is the continued use of the game?
Imagine if you had a character for a game you've used for the past five years. That character went from little wimpy avatar to highly intelligent, agile, financially successful, heroic and receive many accolades in game play. It's something you could be proud of in a sense. This is what is currently possible with tabletop rpgs.
Open Ending gaming is the next logical step in gaming evolution. I'm waiting for the day where I can play a game where in one period of time, I was a space trader, next period I'm the head of a corporate empire, and the next I sit upon the high council in the game dynmics. That would make it more meaningful than just hitting level 50 and moving onto the next game.
Reminder, you must keep your day job and have real lives in order to continue to play these games.
There are other means such as .....
Your ISP hosting webspace, or getting a company who offers vanity domains to point to the url. There are other options than poluting the net with your url.
I'm especially surprised he hasn't thought about the sick pervs on the net.
joysticks.
Hmm a mirroring controller...
A mime controller? A monkey-see, monkey-do device?
Or some kinky sex gadget. hmmmm.