Obviously Google Watch is just taking cheap shots with little political ideology (not counting whatever stance they imagine could be exploited to force Google to direct traffic to their clients).
"Red-baiting" would be flamed today because the tactic is as outdated as Eleanor Roosevelt bashing, and many famous red-baiters were long ago discredited as dishonest opportunists (McCarthy, Nixon) or paranoid nutballs (John Birch Society).
That's really is about 25% of my calls. I've had the same number for 5 years, and seem to keep getting the same 2 or 3 people; each time it seems like they've never used telephones before. They "hello" and ask "Who is this?" -- mind you, they're calling me -- and then hang up without identifying themselves, or answering when I ask "What number are you dialing?" [mentally adding "idiot" to that].
I live alone so if they don't know me, it's a wrong number. These days I self-identify as "you've dialed the wrong number" [idiot].
Is retired Adm. John Poindexter indispensible to this project? That's like saying the monster one builds from grave robbings is simply incomplete without the brain of a confirmed felon.
I really wonder about the sincerity of legislators passing legislation that specifies how Poindexter shall not abuse the power he's given in the same law. Naivete doesn't explain it as well as plausible deniability.
They should either remove Poindexter, or just admit he has the keys to our bedrooms and can be expected to take photos.
384 kbps SDSL, no interruption in about 2 years of constant use by people quick to complain when anything goes wrong.
Speakeasy gave me a chance to try the 1.5/384 ADSL package alongside my SDSL -- sent me a 2nd modem and everything. Since uploads were more important to me than downloads, I decided to keep the SDSL (same price, but seemed more reliable that what I'd heard about ADSL). Held onto the ADSL past the 30 day trial period, but they credited me back for the whole period, without my asking.
Legal and voluntary remedies could work somewhat, in the short term, but ultimately the fix will have to be technological.
The "spam queen" was on NPR this morning (this link works but the audio's not available yet as I write this, and NPR might prefer you go thru npr.org, "audio archives" link).
She seems to be on a public relations campaign for spammers in general. She's not identifying a sponsor -- perhaps the the Direct Marketing Association (more here) -- but I doubt she'd deliberately attract so much attention without some reward. Maybe she's just drumming up more business this way. She made her usual claims that she never sends sex-related spam (i.e. porn or herbal viagra), never emails anyone without their permission, and advises listeners if they receive unwanted commercial email they can simply click the opt-out link included in each message. How very helpful.
Anyway, she reports there are more lawsuits in progress against anti-spam organizations, presumably including voluntary blackhole services. She identifies SpamCop as an unethical services because they allow anonymous reporting, and she argues she has the right to confront her accuser -- the interviewer, naive and non-confrontational, doesn't ask how she thought this right applied outside of a court trial, in a voluntary system (not to mention if "joe-jobs" are protected by the constitution). Actually he missed a lot of questions that would be obvious to the average/.-er.
Spammers are an organized, moneyed interest that is lobbying Congress in the US, and will presumably do the same in other countries where it serves them to do so. Spamming may be getting harder, but counteracting spam is also getting harder. ISP's in financial distress will tend to make business decisions to aid spammers in whatever way is still legal.
Email as we know it could become unworkable, and a new protocol may be necessary. As Aunt Tilly gets hooked by more email fraud, and receives more animated.GIF's of women having sex with farm animals, I think the incentive for most users to abandon traditional email will be there when the technology becomes available.
As long as I'm putting the Mozilla UserAgent string in people's server logs, I figure the hint's being made.
All my online banking via PFCU works for me in Mozilla (Windows & Linux). Site claims "optimized to work best with Microsoft Internet Explorer", but includes a Netscape icon. I'm guessing they need to encourage browsers that support reasonable encryption, and are choosing to keep it simple.
Note the dreaded browser detection code. Seems to pass Opera, Moz, IE & WebTV.
function VerifyBrowserType() { // *** BROWSER VERSION *** var is_major = parseInt(navigator.appVersion); var is_minor = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion); var is_nav = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1)); var is_nav35up = (is_nav && (is_major >= 4 || (is_major=3 && is_minor >=5))); var is_ie = (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1); var is_ie4up = (is_ie && (is_major >= 4)); //Check for IE 4.0 and up if (is_ie4up) { document.logon.BrowserType.value = "-1"; } else { //Check for Netscape 3.5 and up if (is_nav35up) { document.logon.BrowserType.value = "0"; } else { //Some other HTML 3.2 and Java Script 1.0 browser document.logon.BrowserType.value = "2"; }
(indentations made ugly to pass Lameness Filter)
I'm wondering if Credit Unions are more prone to pass the non-IE test because they have less $$ for flashy sites, and keep things simpler.
You gotta be kidding...it's not a "church"..especially not one worthy of capitalizing the word "church".....nothing more than a Cult after your $$$. Isn't it interesting how the members almost always seem to be very rich folks.
While it may be flamebait to say "Church == Cult", I feel like anyone saying CoS is not a church should be accountable for explaining the difference (at least before they earn their "+1, Insightful"; more like "Troll" to me). It's a trivial task to list religious groups who...
profess beliefs that are strange and irrational,
suppress their opposition relentlessly,
cultivate and fleece wealthy believers.
While we're at it, the term "cult" is also loaded. It used to mean a small religious sect, but is now a scare term whose definition is flexible at the convenience of the accuser.
Robert Fripp, after years of expressing dissatisfaction with the music business, started (with help) an independent label where artists would keep the rights to their recordings; the label would profit (hopefully) on its percentage of sales. Fripp's intention was to create an "ethical" record company with a business model that others could follow, and that artists would perhaps flock to.
Fripp probably intended the company to be more a proof of concept than a cash cow; however, it was clearly intended to be a working and sustainable business.
The project was terminated April of 2002 as album sales had not begun to cover reasonable business expenses. Fripp details reasons for the failure to thrive in his online diary. Either this business model failed, or they were the wrong people for the right job.
Discipline Global Mobile still exists, now as just another artist-owned label marketing directly to existing fans.
USB is so ubiquitous now that a tiny USB device -- perhaps something you could hang off a keychain -- might be a better solution. Not as cheap as a smartcard, but most users wouldn't need more than one.
Smartcard readers are widely available, but I've never seen one installed on a PC in use (other than the PC I'm typing this on, and the Smartcard reader's unconfigured, maybe not even connected).
... black holes emit radiation due to some quantum occurrance near the event horizon (I guess). This happens? thinks I, going thru the early chapters, where quantum physics is mentioned briefly, but not enough that this new concept makes any more sense than "quantum = poof man like just outta nowhere". I wish someone had caught that cos it kinda blew the story for me. That said...
Hawking does an admirable (and concise) job of recapping scientific thought since ancient Greece, and explains principles such as the need for scientific theories to be falsifiable. This intro is really good for the science newbie and wasn't boring (in my opinion).
A lot of the book's detractors have expressed a problem with concepts such as "imaginary numbers" -- people who can't handle junior college math don't have a chance with physics. I wouldn't let that dissuade you from reading ABHoT.
For what it's worth, the movie is basicly about Hawking -- the man, the chair, the speech synthesizer -- and reduces the science to passing gee whizzery.
Not just embarrassment. The story would alert every cracker & kiddie that NBC was a giant turkey with a target sign on its ass. All at once, the night of the broadcast.
Brokaw wouldn't be able to check his email for weeks.
Nothing's stopping you. The problem isn't indivdual users being unable to make MP3s.
The problem is developers can't make available indefinite numbers of free downloads, and businesses can't distribute (for instance) free ISOs of Linux distros containing MP3 decoders.
People who use whatever MP3 software comes with Windows or Mac won't notice the difference -- -- it's only $0.75 out of a product costing hundreds of $$.
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"Red-baiting" would be flamed today because the tactic is as outdated as Eleanor Roosevelt bashing, and many famous red-baiters were long ago discredited as dishonest opportunists (McCarthy, Nixon) or paranoid nutballs (John Birch Society).
Uh, flame on, Wayne & Garth.
I live alone so if they don't know me, it's a wrong number. These days I self-identify as "you've dialed the wrong number" [idiot].
I really wonder about the sincerity of legislators passing legislation that specifies how Poindexter shall not abuse the power he's given in the same law. Naivete doesn't explain it as well as plausible deniability.
They should either remove Poindexter, or just admit he has the keys to our bedrooms and can be expected to take photos.
The Xentex Voyager is already available as far as I know. I covet the Linux version they claim they're developing drivers for. $5000 tho.
here's what we're talking about.
Incidentally, the code actually has a command line option to choose between 450 and 550.
I'd've voted for the guy if he were even slightly not a Republican.
Speakeasy gave me a chance to try the 1.5/384 ADSL package alongside my SDSL -- sent me a 2nd modem and everything. Since uploads were more important to me than downloads, I decided to keep the SDSL (same price, but seemed more reliable that what I'd heard about ADSL). Held onto the ADSL past the 30 day trial period, but they credited me back for the whole period, without my asking.
I'd recommend without hesitation.
The "spam queen" was on NPR this morning (this link works but the audio's not available yet as I write this, and NPR might prefer you go thru npr.org, "audio archives" link).
She seems to be on a public relations campaign for spammers in general. She's not identifying a sponsor -- perhaps the the Direct Marketing Association (more here) -- but I doubt she'd deliberately attract so much attention without some reward. Maybe she's just drumming up more business this way. She made her usual claims that she never sends sex-related spam (i.e. porn or herbal viagra), never emails anyone without their permission, and advises listeners if they receive unwanted commercial email they can simply click the opt-out link included in each message. How very helpful.
Anyway, she reports there are more lawsuits in progress against anti-spam organizations, presumably including voluntary blackhole services. She identifies SpamCop as an unethical services because they allow anonymous reporting, and she argues she has the right to confront her accuser -- the interviewer, naive and non-confrontational, doesn't ask how she thought this right applied outside of a court trial, in a voluntary system (not to mention if "joe-jobs" are protected by the constitution). Actually he missed a lot of questions that would be obvious to the average /.-er.
Spammers are an organized, moneyed interest that is lobbying Congress in the US, and will presumably do the same in other countries where it serves them to do so. Spamming may be getting harder, but counteracting spam is also getting harder. ISP's in financial distress will tend to make business decisions to aid spammers in whatever way is still legal.
Email as we know it could become unworkable, and a new protocol may be necessary. As Aunt Tilly gets hooked by more email fraud, and receives more animated .GIF's of women having sex with farm animals, I think the incentive for most users to abandon traditional email will be there when the technology becomes available.
In addition to the Vorbis poll option (keep reloading), an Ogg Vorbis support topic has been added to the Neuros forum section.
It annoys me a little that people who upload from me usually convert them to MP3. Their "loss", tho.
All my online banking via PFCU works for me in Mozilla (Windows & Linux). Site claims "optimized to work best with Microsoft Internet Explorer", but includes a Netscape icon. I'm guessing they need to encourage browsers that support reasonable encryption, and are choosing to keep it simple.
Note the dreaded browser detection code. Seems to pass Opera, Moz, IE & WebTV.
(indentations made ugly to pass Lameness Filter)I'm wondering if Credit Unions are more prone to pass the non-IE test because they have less $$ for flashy sites, and keep things simpler.
While it may be flamebait to say "Church == Cult", I feel like anyone saying CoS is not a church should be accountable for explaining the difference (at least before they earn their "+1, Insightful"; more like "Troll" to me). It's a trivial task to list religious groups who ...
- profess beliefs that are strange and irrational,
- suppress their opposition relentlessly,
- cultivate and fleece wealthy believers.
While we're at it, the term "cult" is also loaded. It used to mean a small religious sect, but is now a scare term whose definition is flexible at the convenience of the accuser.Sig may be flammible ...
Fripp probably intended the company to be more a proof of concept than a cash cow; however, it was clearly intended to be a working and sustainable business.
The project was terminated April of 2002 as album sales had not begun to cover reasonable business expenses. Fripp details reasons for the failure to thrive in his online diary. Either this business model failed, or they were the wrong people for the right job.
Discipline Global Mobile still exists, now as just another artist-owned label marketing directly to existing fans.
Smartcard readers are widely available, but I've never seen one installed on a PC in use (other than the PC I'm typing this on, and the Smartcard reader's unconfigured, maybe not even connected).
This is of course unfair because not sending warning is worse (and common practice), but I wouldn't expect a court case to go that way.
Hawking does an admirable (and concise) job of recapping scientific thought since ancient Greece, and explains principles such as the need for scientific theories to be falsifiable. This intro is really good for the science newbie and wasn't boring (in my opinion).
A lot of the book's detractors have expressed a problem with concepts such as "imaginary numbers" -- people who can't handle junior college math don't have a chance with physics. I wouldn't let that dissuade you from reading ABHoT.
For what it's worth, the movie is basicly about Hawking -- the man, the chair, the speech synthesizer -- and reduces the science to passing gee whizzery.
I sent requests for the iPod (listed above) and iTunes (not listed above) so I can trade Ogg's with my Mac friend.
Brokaw wouldn't be able to check his email for weeks.
Not to be a stickler, but the freely usable (and W3C-recommended) replacement for GIF is PNG. Like GIF, PNG is non-lossy compression. JPEG is lossy.
I'll be quiet now.
Now I too can scream "Death to MP3!".
The problem is developers can't make available indefinite numbers of free downloads, and businesses can't distribute (for instance) free ISOs of Linux distros containing MP3 decoders.
People who use whatever MP3 software comes with Windows or Mac won't notice the difference -- -- it's only $0.75 out of a product costing hundreds of $$.
- A free fixed point decoder has been announced.
- With version 1.0 out now, Vorbis is pretty solid for decoding. Ongoing development is expected to not break decoding functionality.
- Legal complications remain embarrassingly unresolved.
(Posting in Mozilla 1.1 from WinXP. Hope this works.)Supposedly the Ogg-on-a-Chip Project has a workable hardware design. I've not heard of anyone planning to build these tho.
Not as far as I can tell. Here's the source:
1ame.html is:It's all pretty harmless in Mozilla with the appropriate javascript disabled.