It is (so far) a free service, and it works with your existing CGI scripts. It took the 4 guestbooks I monitor from 5 SPAMS per day to 0 within 20 minutes of setup and implementation.
The solution for "displaced workers" is distribution of "financial savings".
Let's say a robot saves the company $200,000 a year over human labor. (Once salary, health care, works comp, FICA is figured in.)
Take $100,000 of that, and divide it among the people displaced. Do that with all the robots that replace humans.
Start "applications" where you apply to get 10% of what a robot saves/makes for a company. Line up 4 or 5 of these, and you make a reasonable living.
I realize this plan needs some work, and doesn't quite sound sane, just yet... but it really isn't any different than people getting $1000 a year just for living in Alaska. (Whether they work or not.)
Well, maybe not ROCKED, per se, but they were pretty nice. On more than one occassion I've had to set up webcams for clients, and the wireless (expect for the power cord:-) X-10 cams fit the bill perfected. They were AWESOME.
I've had modules of theirs (for light switch control, etc.) for 15+ years now (originally bought at Radio Shack I think), and they still work great.
The whole pop-up ad thing, I'm sure, is "led astray by the treachery of others.":-)
An example. Some dipstick friends of mine thought it would be funny to sign me up for an opt-in mailing list for a local concert venue.
Since it was opt-in, I was shot an email telling me how to respond if I wanted to join. (This was a Yahoo group by the way.) If you aren't interested, don't respond, if you are interested, do respond, blah, blah. At no point did I initiate contact with Yahoo.
Also, I have several email accounts (including a hotmail account at the time) which I used for ALL (EVERY) email correspondents outside of work. No one, no where, no how had my work email address. It received 0 (zero) peices of spam per day, week,, month, year. (And had been so for a couple of years.)
2 weeks later, SPAM started to arrive. It was from "semi legitimate" retailers, but it was SPAM none the less, and only one company outside my work had my email address now.... Yahoo.
So, to make a long story short(er), I fired off a series of hateful assed emails to Yahoo, which first lead to run around and denial, and later lead to no further contact... but the SPAM stopped too.
So keep in mind, those privacy policies seem to only apply if you AGREE to their service. Otherwise all bets are off.
While I don't agree that the RIAA should be doing the teaching (It does open up too many opportunities to "brainwash") the fact is, downloading copyright material without the consent of the owner is ILLEGAL.
Period. End of story. There is nothing else to argue. You might was well walk in to Wal-Mart, stick a DVD in one jacket pocket, a CD in the other, and act amazed when they call the cops on you.
Do I agree with their methods? No. Do I agree with the artists right to get paid? Yes. Even if they are multi-millionaires. Because 9 times out of 10 they didn't start out rich. I've watched two local bands have record sales sink immediately after they showed up on Napster. Guys without labels to back them up, or gas in the van to perform all those "live shows" you all promise to go to if their music is free for the taking.
Stealing is stealing. You bitch when someone violates the GPL, this is no damn different.
I sent this link around to a few co-workers, which led them to respond with a few "oh yeah? Check this out!"
It amazes me our company makes any money. (We develop software.)
"The best one we've seen a couple times is when we ask someone to look for something on their desktop. 'I put an executable on your desktop, use that.' 'Only thing on my desktop is my phone and a legal pad"
"This reminds me of the call I had once... the person assured me she had rebooted her PC 3 times. I asked her to reboot once more... in about 2 seconds, she says "ok, its back up". I ask "which computer did you reboot?". She responded "the one sitting on my desk that I look at". I asked her: "what about the box sitting on the floor?". She said "Oh, I never use that one"."
"I had one last week; where I asked the local office admin to please reboot a desktop for me over in building T. She was unable to reboot the machine. Turns out she had mistaken a portable fan under the desk for a CPU..."
Bush is the closest to my political beliefs. HOWEVER, I am a very strong believer in democracy. If the people spoke, and the senate and house responded, Bush has no place vetoing it.
In some instances, I think veto is important, this is not one of them.
Kind of funny telling Bush to "pick his battles wisely.":-)
However, Clear Channel CEO Lowry Mayes and Bush Senior are personal friends. (Which probably puts a lot of campaign money from Lowry heading towards Bush Jr.)
I really hope he doesn't veto. I'd abstain before I'd vote for Dean.
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It is (so far) a free service, and it works with your existing CGI scripts. It took the 4 guestbooks I monitor from 5 SPAMS per day to 0 within 20 minutes of setup and implementation.
It rocks. http://www.junkeater.com
The solution for "displaced workers" is distribution of "financial savings".
Let's say a robot saves the company $200,000 a year over human labor. (Once salary, health care, works comp, FICA is figured in.)
Take $100,000 of that, and divide it among the people displaced. Do that with all the robots that replace humans.
Start "applications" where you apply to get 10% of what a robot saves/makes for a company. Line up 4 or 5 of these, and you make a reasonable living.
I realize this plan needs some work, and doesn't quite sound sane, just yet... but it really isn't any different than people getting $1000 a year just for living in Alaska. (Whether they work or not.)
Just a thought.
Well, maybe not ROCKED, per se, but they were pretty nice. On more than one occassion I've had to set up webcams for clients, and the wireless (expect for the power cord :-) X-10 cams fit the bill perfected. They were AWESOME.
:-)
I've had modules of theirs (for light switch control, etc.) for 15+ years now (originally bought at Radio Shack I think), and they still work great.
The whole pop-up ad thing, I'm sure, is "led astray by the treachery of others."
I thought everyone pretty much knew that the Chinese Embassy wasn't an accident.
F117 parts were there when it was "accidentally" bombed.
He's a multi-billionaire.
:-)
I guess I need to work for a company where 6'3 is the tallest.
Amen. What a great machine.
I think the last real code I wrote was on the C-64.
:-)
36 and obsolete.
be George Costanza screaming "Security Now!!!! SECURITY NOW!!!!"?
do you mean "Increasing your capital expense budget by 50+ percent"?
I can get Dell's tricked out, for the price of ONE Powerbook. And I don't have to teach anyone how to use the Mac equivilent of anything.
Mac makes an awesome product, but with IT budgets shrinking, now isn't the time to "Go Mac".
I doubt it.
An example. Some dipstick friends of mine thought it would be funny to sign me up for an opt-in mailing list for a local concert venue.
Since it was opt-in, I was shot an email telling me how to respond if I wanted to join. (This was a Yahoo group by the way.) If you aren't interested, don't respond, if you are interested, do respond, blah, blah. At no point did I initiate contact with Yahoo.
Also, I have several email accounts (including a hotmail account at the time) which I used for ALL (EVERY) email correspondents outside of work. No one, no where, no how had my work email address. It received 0 (zero) peices of spam per day, week,, month, year. (And had been so for a couple of years.)
2 weeks later, SPAM started to arrive. It was from "semi legitimate" retailers, but it was SPAM none the less, and only one company outside my work had my email address now.... Yahoo.
So, to make a long story short(er), I fired off a series of hateful assed emails to Yahoo, which first lead to run around and denial, and later lead to no further contact... but the SPAM stopped too.
So keep in mind, those privacy policies seem to only apply if you AGREE to their service. Otherwise all bets are off.
Somehow that seems appropriate.
will say "Made In China"?
I figured it was too easy.
There has to be a better way than the current solution.
Why can't they just put big infrared projectors behind the screen? Wouldn't that knock out 99% of the CCD camcorders?
I have (re)read the article, and am no longer scratching my ass in ignorance.
You, however, are still an asshat.
But does this make it any different than a "gag order" a judge might put on a trial or investigation?
Really?
They aren't being threatened. The stuff that is being requested isn't that "private". It's not a search warrant is being held over their head.
Sorry gang, no violation of the 1st here. Move along.
We SHOULD be able to do the same in schools.
While I don't agree that the RIAA should be doing the teaching (It does open up too many opportunities to "brainwash") the fact is, downloading copyright material without the consent of the owner is ILLEGAL.
Period. End of story. There is nothing else to argue. You might was well walk in to Wal-Mart, stick a DVD in one jacket pocket, a CD in the other, and act amazed when they call the cops on you.
Do I agree with their methods? No. Do I agree with the artists right to get paid? Yes. Even if they are multi-millionaires. Because 9 times out of 10 they didn't start out rich. I've watched two local bands have record sales sink immediately after they showed up on Napster. Guys without labels to back them up, or gas in the van to perform all those "live shows" you all promise to go to if their music is free for the taking.
Stealing is stealing. You bitch when someone violates the GPL, this is no damn different.
First the X-Box/Linux challenge, now a free OS pre-installed on your hard drive.
I sent this link around to a few co-workers, which led them to respond with a few "oh yeah? Check this out!"
It amazes me our company makes any money. (We develop software.)
"The best one we've seen a couple times is when we ask someone to look for something on their desktop.
'I put an executable on your desktop, use that.'
'Only thing on my desktop is my phone and a legal pad"
"This reminds me of the call I had once... the person assured me she had rebooted her PC 3 times. I asked her to reboot once more... in about 2 seconds, she says "ok, its back up". I ask "which computer did you reboot?". She responded "the one sitting on my desk that I look at". I asked her: "what about the box sitting on the floor?". She said "Oh, I never use that one"."
"I had one last week; where I asked the local office admin to please reboot a desktop for me over in building T. She was unable to reboot the machine. Turns out she had mistaken a portable fan under the desk for a CPU..."
Sign some guestbooks that publish email addresses. The guestbook.pl script from Matt's Script Archive seems to attract them.
I pretty much disagree with everything Dean says.
:-)
Bush is the closest to my political beliefs. HOWEVER, I am a very strong believer in democracy. If the people spoke, and the senate and house responded, Bush has no place vetoing it.
In some instances, I think veto is important, this is not one of them.
Kind of funny telling Bush to "pick his battles wisely."
Full Disclosure: Me too.
However, Clear Channel CEO Lowry Mayes and Bush Senior are personal friends. (Which probably puts a lot of campaign money from Lowry heading towards Bush Jr.)
I really hope he doesn't veto. I'd abstain before I'd vote for Dean.
And let me add, I've never seen a larger collection of funny posts in my life. I laughed so hard at some of these, I've pissed my ergo chair.