"E-mail is dead, period," declares Chris Pirillo, the Internet entrepreneur who distributes about 400,000 e-mail newsletters weekly. "I don't care what kind of legislation goes through, people aren't signing up for newsletters anymore. People are assuming that every e-mail publisher is a spammer."
I subscribe to the InternetNews daily newsletter and I heard about RSS through it. I guess Pirillo should be glad about that.
I'm not trolling but I'm pretty sure this has derived from the Asian countries and because of the large Asian population has been accepted.
I'm living in Singapore and you wouldn't believe the spots drivers feel it's appropriate to turn on their hazards and park. Even when their actions clearly cause traffic to backup they have no problems doing it and generally no one says a word.
Has anyone from Slashdot researched a home version of these wind turbines? Anything that would decrease monthly power bills involving a clean energy source is alright in my books.
If I were him I'd throw an over-sized muffler on it, a huge wing and some carbon fibre parts. Than offer bigger rims, lowering springs and an enormous stereo as aftermarket add ons.
They cited an example where several users, who are enjoying a fast 11Mbps connection because they're close to the hot spot, see their performance dramatically drop when a single user -- perhaps because he is further from the access point -- connects at a sluggish 1Mbps. In that case, the French experts said, all are punished for the sins of the one: those users once connected at 11Mbps will see their speeds dragged down to 1Mbps.
and shortly after the perpetrator was revealed he quickly surrendered.
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I'm 6'1", 165 lbs and exercise daily, that has nothing to do with it.
Some of the more unusual projects were developed by students Microsoft invited to participate in the research fair. Students from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands presented the idea of parents keeping in touch with grown children through special bowls with digital cameras in them.
A child could come home and put his keys in the bowl, which would take a picture of the keys and send the image to the parents' bowl. Parents could look into their bowls and feel comforted that their child is home safe.
Why not a motion activated web cam to tak stills of your child actually entering the house? Sometimes I think people look to hard for solutions they skip the most obvious ones.
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and it's hot and humid here 365 days a year. Do you think these guys would make a shirt out of this for me? I've constantly got the Norm Peterson sweat bra happening and it's getting embarrasing.
Ever noticed how some people can go on for paragraphs about something completely unrelated to the point at hand?
You've completely missed the point. If you've voted and the party of your choice does not win than criticize away! Say I told you so or jump up and down, the fact is that you've exercised your ballot. If you haven't voted either by choice or by submitting a blank ballot than quite simply you've forfeited your vote and it spreads the message of "I don't really care who gets voted in". If this is the case than keep your mouth shut because you had your chance to be heard.
That is it, plain and simple.
And you're part about prying your freedom of speech from your cold, dead fingers? Where did that come from? No one said that the citizens of Australia are restricted from rallying for their favorite canidate or voicing their opinions concerning who others should vote for.
Wow a choice! Gee a CHOICE of what to do after a violation of personal liberty mandates you be somewhere at a certain time, despite not having violated the personal rights of others! And yes, I am saying that the philosophy behind mandatory voting shares much with the philosophies behind various fascist, socialist, authoritarian and monarchistic systems.
The point is that they're still giving you a choice. You still have the option of casting a blank ballot. No one reads it and no one is holding gun to your head. I would agree with you if you didn't have this option or if you were handed a ballot with three choices and all contained the same name.
Are you seriously comparing the Australian Government to a communist one? Seriously, you're being unrealistic.
I think you have it backwards, most countries were it's not manditory to vote the majority of people that show up are cotton tops with noting better to do than to vote. They find that this is a perfectly good excuse to get their hair done and get out of the house.
Personally I like the idea of manditory voting. Call me nieve but I see it as a great opportuinity to teach school children about what's going on in their country right now and not what happened decades ago.
Yeah, the duty of the government is to protect the rights and well being of its citizens but it's also up to the citizens to protect each other.
Being required to vote is in the best interest of everyone in the country and it's a small price to pay. You can't tell me that you're life is so significant and hectic that you cannot accommodate casting your vote? Give me a break.
I truly believe that if you don't vote (or in an Australian citizen's case cast a blank ballot) you have no place to criticize politics or the actions of politicians until you do so.
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It's been done, I've had one for years.
"E-mail is dead, period," declares Chris Pirillo, the Internet entrepreneur who distributes about 400,000 e-mail newsletters weekly. "I don't care what kind of legislation goes through, people aren't signing up for newsletters anymore. People are assuming that every e-mail publisher is a spammer."
I subscribe to the InternetNews daily newsletter and I heard about RSS through it. I guess Pirillo should be glad about that.
I'm not trolling but I'm pretty sure this has derived from the Asian countries and because of the large Asian population has been accepted.
I'm living in Singapore and you wouldn't believe the spots drivers feel it's appropriate to turn on their hazards and park. Even when their actions clearly cause traffic to backup they have no problems doing it and generally no one says a word.
Awwww, but I want it now!!!
"A notorious spammer, based in New Zealand, who had his name and other personal info released first in a national newspaper, and then on the web...
National New Zealand Newspaper?? That's commonly known as a flyer.
Just kidding. I actually know a lot of Kiwis and they're all pretty passionate about whatever they're doing. I'm not surprised at the result.
Doesn't seem worth the hassel. By saving a few pennies a year it'll only take 500 years to make back the money on the parts.
Has anyone from Slashdot researched a home version of these wind turbines? Anything that would decrease monthly power bills involving a clean energy source is alright in my books.
That's the greatest thing about working for a telecom or ISP. It's never our fault!!!
$521 million in damages.
Personal cheque?
"It was a scary experience when we got to the South Australian border and had a power supply in the PC fail," said Arya.
Sounthern Australia border?? I would assume that all that water wouldn't be good for them either.
If I were him I'd throw an over-sized muffler on it, a huge wing and some carbon fibre parts. Than offer bigger rims, lowering springs and an enormous stereo as aftermarket add ons.
He'd sell alot more that way.
Sponsored by the X Prize Foundation in St. Louis, the contest aims to accelerate the development of low-cost spaceships for travel and commerce.
if they had to lunch their ship from that kick ass arch they have there.
They cited an example where several users, who are enjoying a fast 11Mbps connection because they're close to the hot spot, see their performance dramatically drop when a single user -- perhaps because he is further from the access point -- connects at a sluggish 1Mbps. In that case, the French experts said, all are punished for the sins of the one: those users once connected at 11Mbps will see their speeds dragged down to 1Mbps.
and shortly after the perpetrator was revealed he quickly surrendered.
I'm 6'1", 165 lbs and exercise daily, that has nothing to do with it.
Some of the more unusual projects were developed by students Microsoft invited to participate in the research fair. Students from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands presented the idea of parents keeping in touch with grown children through special bowls with digital cameras in them.
A child could come home and put his keys in the bowl, which would take a picture of the keys and send the image to the parents' bowl. Parents could look into their bowls and feel comforted that their child is home safe.
Why not a motion activated web cam to tak stills of your child actually entering the house? Sometimes I think people look to hard for solutions they skip the most obvious ones.
and it's hot and humid here 365 days a year. Do you think these guys would make a shirt out of this for me? I've constantly got the Norm Peterson sweat bra happening and it's getting embarrasing.
Ever noticed how some people can go on for paragraphs about something completely unrelated to the point at hand?
You've completely missed the point. If you've voted and the party of your choice does not win than criticize away! Say I told you so or jump up and down, the fact is that you've exercised your ballot. If you haven't voted either by choice or by submitting a blank ballot than quite simply you've forfeited your vote and it spreads the message of "I don't really care who gets voted in". If this is the case than keep your mouth shut because you had your chance to be heard.
That is it, plain and simple.
And you're part about prying your freedom of speech from your cold, dead fingers? Where did that come from? No one said that the citizens of Australia are restricted from rallying for their favorite canidate or voicing their opinions concerning who others should vote for.
Wow a choice! Gee a CHOICE of what to do after a violation of personal liberty mandates you be somewhere at a certain time, despite not having violated the personal rights of others! And yes, I am saying that the philosophy behind mandatory voting shares much with the philosophies behind various fascist, socialist, authoritarian and monarchistic systems.
I AM a Libertarian nut job.
Why am i not surprised. It's tin foil hat time.
The point is that they're still giving you a choice. You still have the option of casting a blank ballot. No one reads it and no one is holding gun to your head.
I would agree with you if you didn't have this option or if you were handed a ballot with three choices and all contained the same name.
Are you seriously comparing the Australian Government to a communist one? Seriously, you're being unrealistic.
Go outside, the world misses you.
I think you have it backwards, most countries were it's not manditory to vote the majority of people that show up are cotton tops with noting better to do than to vote. They find that this is a perfectly good excuse to get their hair done and get out of the house.
Personally I like the idea of manditory voting. Call me nieve but I see it as a great opportuinity to teach school children about what's going on in their country right now and not what happened decades ago.
Yeah, the duty of the government is to protect the rights and well being of its citizens but it's also up to the citizens to protect each other.
Being required to vote is in the best interest of everyone in the country and it's a small price to pay. You can't tell me that you're life is so significant and hectic that you cannot accommodate casting your vote? Give me a break.
I truly believe that if you don't vote (or in an Australian citizen's case cast a blank ballot) you have no place to criticize politics or the actions of politicians until you do so.
Just my $0.02.
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Hmmmm. Now where have I heard that before?
You could be heading for a booting.
if they programmed this robot to do the robot.
I wonder if he'd adopt me?