What is keeping the software developers from implementing this in their email server software? Why can't an email server or email gateway resolve the mx record and verify the sender's domain? I'd pay for that feature.
When I started blocking email at the gateway based on subject, one particular spammer caused his system to retry it over and over again every five minutes or so. I took the IP address, did a whois, tracked down the company, called them and asked to speak to a technician to fix their problem.
I told them in no uncertain terms that I will no longer receive their email and I'd better not ever see his domain sending me email again. I told him that I despise spammers and I also told him "That's exactly what you are. If I see another spam from you, you'll be hearing from our lawyers."
It was all a bluff, but his tail got tucked between his legs. He apologized, not for sending us the mail, but for being a spammer and I haven't seen any from his IP again. Gotta love it.
I make it a point to make the telemarketer's job a living hell. I like doing my part to make the job so lousy that no one wants to do it. Telemarketing isn't a legitimate business, if you ask me. They should all be driven out of business. If you don't like it, don't call me.
I also get the name of the company and address and jot it down and ask to be placed on their do not call list. Just try calling me again.
I did this about four years ago. Now it seems they lost my information. As far as the DMA is concerned, I never opted out. I guess I'll have to get into the habit of sending in a new "Do Not Call" request every couple of years.
When I asked for written confirmation so this doesn't happen again, they said they don't provide it. So, in another 6 months if they decide to drop my name again, it's time to start over.
If, after you have participated in the Grace Period, your organization becomes the focus of a BSA investigation, BSA will not seek to impose penalties for any unauthorized copying that occurred before February 28, (unless your organization has already been informed that it is under investigation). If BSA contacts you, just show your Grace Period Participation Nuber and the software purchase receipts.
So, I can just purchase ONE license and you can't prosecute me any further? Good deal! But I suppose that will just bring a genuiune audit letter next year.
In the last year or two, I've heard radio commercials that basically just read that letter. I guess they thought they'd scare everyone in town as a group rather than send out individual letters. I seem to recall they also had another commercial that asked people whose employers had unlicensed software to call an 800 number. Thugs.
I have absolutely no problem with people/companies I deal with making a profit. However, charging $15+ for an audio CD is not "making a profit", it's "gouging the customer". This is like every auto company teaming up to buy laws to make changing your own oil illegal and then charging $100 for them to do it.
Can anything be done to make web-based ads more palatable?
Yes. You could make them match the content of the website the customer is visiting. Such as car ads if visiting a page comparing new vehicles or routers if visiting a page about the IT job market.
Make them take up a bit of screen real-estate while visiting the page rather than pop up in the customer's face.
Not difficult and not annoying. In fact, it could actually be helpful.
Your comment is definitely the best frame of mind to keep. However, since this has already happened, here's what I would do:
Compose an official-looking bill with whatever rate you feel you should be paid. At the bottom, add a discount line listing something like the "One-time goodwill discount" for the entire dollar amount. Current balance, zero. Include a note thanking them for their business and look forward to doing business with them again.
The real danger of diving to 20 feet isn't really the bends. Although it CAN happen after ascending from that depth, it would be considered rare. The real danger from a too-quick ascent would be from an air embolism. This is when the air in your lungs expands as you rise and you don't exhale. It's just like blowing up a balloon too far. Something has to give and you end up with a large bubble of air in your abdomen. Not pretty. (Yes, I'm a diver)
Actually, Windows Explorer attempts to contact IP address 207.46.226.40 which resolves as sa.windows.com. It tries doing this approximately every two weeks. I see it attempting it on September 18 & 30 and October 1 & 20. I believe it is trying to find updates to automatically install. The thing is, I've set Windows to NOT automatically update. I just double-checked that setting. So why is it trying to connect?
I used to believe people spend so much time on their cell phone because they can't stand being alone. Then I saw something that threw that idea out the window. I saw a group of "kids" around 16-18 years old walking through the mall. There were 3 boys and 3 girls. All 3 of the guys were talking on their respective cell phones while all 3 of the girls were beside their respective boyfriends. The only talking going on was into the phones. Hmm...you're with a couple of your friends and 3 girls and you spend your time on the phone? Stupid, obsessed, or trying to show off using what used to be a status symbol, but now only shows how tied down you are.
I'm just wondering how many of these things will end up gathering dust. I've seen too many "real" technologies that corporations buy and intentionally bury because it would destroy their line of business. One perfect example is the Star Trek-style hypospray. The way I understand it, a medical syringe maker bought the patent and isn't doing a thing with it. In short, if half of these things happen, I'll be extatic.
If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned____Tyler.
This is a similar marketing campaign as MCI had several years ago called "Friends and Family". You would give them the phone number of someone you call frequently and if they change their phone service to MCI, you get a better rate on phone calls to them. It's just a massive pyramid scheme.
The first volume was called "The Collected Adventures of Phil and Dixie" and the second just "Phil Foglio's What's New? 2". Funny thing is, I saw the first one on a table at a SF convention in Minneapolis several years ago (probably the time the first one came out). I instantly picked one up and handed the guy behind the table the money. I then looked at him and realized it was Phil himself! Of course he autographed it. Looking at the book right now, it's a 1st Edition! Still not as good as a friend's original of the first full-color What's New? I'm jealous of that one.
Unfortunately, the RIAA would argue that you don't have the right to download it just because you already bought it. They would argue that it isn't their fault you scratched your CD. "Think you can return your car because you got into an accident? Think not! Time to buy another one!"
This isn't bad, but please listen to the beta-testing company. We beta-test software. (Yes, we pay for it. I only wish it would be free. Don't ask...I didn't agree to it. I don't make the rules.) When one of our people called them with a problem, they stated "We've never had anyone complain about this problem." Of course our person said "I'm complaining now." The company couldn't get it through their skulls that there was indeed a problem. I guess they can't understand that someone has to be the first to complain about a new problem.
This would be a valid analogy only if Microsoft made computers.
In this analogy, Microsoft would make the compressor, HP or Dell would have made the refridgerator. The manufacturer of one component should have no say in what manufacturers are used for other components.
A Nimda hit is recorded on my machine every 3-9 minutes. If my computer is on, my incoming activity light is nearly solid.
I called Cox regarding not being able to download from the news server for the past 4 days and they claimed I had downloaded 6 gig and uploaded 2 gig over the previous 24 hours. D/L'ing 6 Gig in 24 hours wouldn't be difficult, but there isn't that much I WANT to d/l, plus the fact that I hadn't been able to d/l from the news server for several days and I NEVER post anything besides text messages, don't use anything resembling Kazaa, Gnutella, etc and don't run a server of any sort. Besides news, I browse the web for about 1 hour a day. I figure I use about 3 megs per day of Cox to Internet bandwidth. My machine was/is clean of any worm/virus. Of course, they couldn't tell me the protocol used or the destination of all the data.
We don't use Exchange or Outlook, but we still got infected by email viruses. Not as bad as other companies, but we always had a few if not a few dozen machines infected with practically every new virus (until the sigs were updated).
Now that we have NAV with automatic sig updates and an email gateway that also blocks all executable attachments, we've not had ONE infected machine. Now we feel it's safe to go to Exchange. Okay, I don't like it, but I don't make the decisions. I just get the privalige of making whatever they decide on work.
...is that they change your service without notifying the customer. One day I discovered that I no longer had Usenet service. I talked with a friend that said he "heard somewhere" Cox was limiting their customer's Usenet bandwidth. I checked their service agreement and it said nothing of the sort so I called them. They confirmed they changed it and it is on the acceptable use policy. When I looked, yes, there it was. One sentence in a several page policy.
My friend and I were/are considering starting a grass-roots effort to call Cox every day and ask what has changed in our service in the past day. I think if enough peolpe participated, they might see some advantage to notifying customers of changes in service.
I've told them over and over that I want to know what I'm paying for. The only way to keep up with it is to read the acceptable use policy every time I want to access the Internet or call them every time. First the upstream bandwidth cap, now the Usenet cap. What's next, only email and web service?
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What is keeping the software developers from implementing this in their email server software? Why can't an email server or email gateway resolve the mx record and verify the sender's domain? I'd pay for that feature.
When I started blocking email at the gateway based on subject, one particular spammer caused his system to retry it over and over again every five minutes or so. I took the IP address, did a whois, tracked down the company, called them and asked to speak to a technician to fix their problem.
I told them in no uncertain terms that I will no longer receive their email and I'd better not ever see his domain sending me email again. I told him that I despise spammers and I also told him "That's exactly what you are. If I see another spam from you, you'll be hearing from our lawyers."
It was all a bluff, but his tail got tucked between his legs. He apologized, not for sending us the mail, but for being a spammer and I haven't seen any from his IP again. Gotta love it.
I make it a point to make the telemarketer's job a living hell. I like doing my part to make the job so lousy that no one wants to do it. Telemarketing isn't a legitimate business, if you ask me. They should all be driven out of business. If you don't like it, don't call me.
I also get the name of the company and address and jot it down and ask to be placed on their do not call list. Just try calling me again.
I did this about four years ago. Now it seems they lost my information. As far as the DMA is concerned, I never opted out. I guess I'll have to get into the habit of sending in a new "Do Not Call" request every couple of years.
When I asked for written confirmation so this doesn't happen again, they said they don't provide it. So, in another 6 months if they decide to drop my name again, it's time to start over.
If, after you have participated in the Grace Period, your organization becomes the focus of a BSA investigation, BSA will not seek to impose penalties for any unauthorized copying that occurred before February 28, (unless your organization has already been informed that it is under investigation). If BSA contacts you, just show your Grace Period Participation Nuber and the software purchase receipts.
So, I can just purchase ONE license and you can't prosecute me any further? Good deal! But I suppose that will just bring a genuiune audit letter next year.
In the last year or two, I've heard radio commercials that basically just read that letter. I guess they thought they'd scare everyone in town as a group rather than send out individual letters. I seem to recall they also had another commercial that asked people whose employers had unlicensed software to call an 800 number. Thugs.
I have absolutely no problem with people/companies I deal with making a profit. However, charging $15+ for an audio CD is not "making a profit", it's "gouging the customer". This is like every auto company teaming up to buy laws to make changing your own oil illegal and then charging $100 for them to do it.
Can anything be done to make web-based ads more palatable?
Yes. You could make them match the content of the website the customer is visiting. Such as car ads if visiting a page comparing new vehicles or routers if visiting a page about the IT job market.
Make them take up a bit of screen real-estate while visiting the page rather than pop up in the customer's face.
Not difficult and not annoying. In fact, it could actually be helpful.
I bought Windows and I've been paying for it ever since.
Your comment is definitely the best frame of mind to keep. However, since this has already happened, here's what I would do:
Compose an official-looking bill with whatever rate you feel you should be paid. At the bottom, add a discount line listing something like the "One-time goodwill discount" for the entire dollar amount. Current balance, zero. Include a note thanking them for their business and look forward to doing business with them again.
The real danger of diving to 20 feet isn't really the bends. Although it CAN happen after ascending from that depth, it would be considered rare. The real danger from a too-quick ascent would be from an air embolism. This is when the air in your lungs expands as you rise and you don't exhale. It's just like blowing up a balloon too far. Something has to give and you end up with a large bubble of air in your abdomen. Not pretty. (Yes, I'm a diver)
Actually, Windows Explorer attempts to contact IP address 207.46.226.40 which resolves as sa.windows.com. It tries doing this approximately every two weeks. I see it attempting it on September 18 & 30 and October 1 & 20. I believe it is trying to find updates to automatically install. The thing is, I've set Windows to NOT automatically update. I just double-checked that setting. So why is it trying to connect?
I would have thought the same thing about Scrappy Doo, but look what they did in THAT movie! Hilarious!
I used to believe people spend so much time on their cell phone because they can't stand being alone. Then I saw something that threw that idea out the window. I saw a group of "kids" around 16-18 years old walking through the mall. There were 3 boys and 3 girls. All 3 of the guys were talking on their respective cell phones while all 3 of the girls were beside their respective boyfriends. The only talking going on was into the phones. Hmm...you're with a couple of your friends and 3 girls and you spend your time on the phone? Stupid, obsessed, or trying to show off using what used to be a status symbol, but now only shows how tied down you are.
Larry Purpuro, the former Republican National Committee deputy chief of staff, is founder and president of a political e-marketing firm.
It's a commercial selling one of the writers' services.
I'm just wondering how many of these things will end up gathering dust. I've seen too many "real" technologies that corporations buy and intentionally bury because it would destroy their line of business. One perfect example is the Star Trek-style hypospray. The way I understand it, a medical syringe maker bought the patent and isn't doing a thing with it. In short, if half of these things happen, I'll be extatic.
The warning reads as follows:
If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned____Tyler.
This is a similar marketing campaign as MCI had several years ago called "Friends and Family". You would give them the phone number of someone you call frequently and if they change their phone service to MCI, you get a better rate on phone calls to them. It's just a massive pyramid scheme.
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The first volume was called "The Collected Adventures of Phil and Dixie" and the second just "Phil Foglio's What's New? 2". Funny thing is, I saw the first one on a table at a SF convention in Minneapolis several years ago (probably the time the first one came out). I instantly picked one up and handed the guy behind the table the money. I then looked at him and realized it was Phil himself! Of course he autographed it. Looking at the book right now, it's a 1st Edition! Still not as good as a friend's original of the first full-color What's New? I'm jealous of that one.1309 4th St. S.E.
Minneapolis MN 55414-2029.
Unfortunately, the RIAA would argue that you don't have the right to download it just because you already bought it. They would argue that it isn't their fault you scratched your CD. "Think you can return your car because you got into an accident? Think not! Time to buy another one!"
This isn't bad, but please listen to the beta-testing company. We beta-test software. (Yes, we pay for it. I only wish it would be free. Don't ask...I didn't agree to it. I don't make the rules.) When one of our people called them with a problem, they stated "We've never had anyone complain about this problem." Of course our person said "I'm complaining now." The company couldn't get it through their skulls that there was indeed a problem. I guess they can't understand that someone has to be the first to complain about a new problem.
This would be a valid analogy only if Microsoft made computers.
In this analogy, Microsoft would make the compressor, HP or Dell would have made the refridgerator. The manufacturer of one component should have no say in what manufacturers are used for other components.
A Nimda hit is recorded on my machine every 3-9 minutes. If my computer is on, my incoming activity light is nearly solid.
I called Cox regarding not being able to download from the news server for the past 4 days and they claimed I had downloaded 6 gig and uploaded 2 gig over the previous 24 hours. D/L'ing 6 Gig in 24 hours wouldn't be difficult, but there isn't that much I WANT to d/l, plus the fact that I hadn't been able to d/l from the news server for several days and I NEVER post anything besides text messages, don't use anything resembling Kazaa, Gnutella, etc and don't run a server of any sort. Besides news, I browse the web for about 1 hour a day. I figure I use about 3 megs per day of Cox to Internet bandwidth. My machine was/is clean of any worm/virus. Of course, they couldn't tell me the protocol used or the destination of all the data.
Huff, huff....sheesh...okay, I'll take a breath.
It just pi$$e$ me off.
The Groupwise Client already does this. I agree, it's great!
We don't use Exchange or Outlook, but we still got infected by email viruses. Not as bad as other companies, but we always had a few if not a few dozen machines infected with practically every new virus (until the sigs were updated).
Now that we have NAV with automatic sig updates and an email gateway that also blocks all executable attachments, we've not had ONE infected machine. Now we feel it's safe to go to Exchange. Okay, I don't like it, but I don't make the decisions. I just get the privalige of making whatever they decide on work.
...is that they change your service without notifying the customer. One day I discovered that I no longer had Usenet service. I talked with a friend that said he "heard somewhere" Cox was limiting their customer's Usenet bandwidth. I checked their service agreement and it said nothing of the sort so I called them. They confirmed they changed it and it is on the acceptable use policy. When I looked, yes, there it was. One sentence in a several page policy.
My friend and I were/are considering starting a grass-roots effort to call Cox every day and ask what has changed in our service in the past day. I think if enough peolpe participated, they might see some advantage to notifying customers of changes in service.
I've told them over and over that I want to know what I'm paying for. The only way to keep up with it is to read the acceptable use policy every time I want to access the Internet or call them every time. First the upstream bandwidth cap, now the Usenet cap. What's next, only email and web service?