Microsoft makes many products other then microsoft windows or microsoft backoffice.
Rather then trying to these products that are in direct compitition with linux.. why not actually create something that a linux user might use?
Like, "Microsoft Office!" While you can say what you want about Microsoft, Office is a VERY popular package. I personaly am a fan of word, dispite having open office installed and have tried using it exclusivly for about 9 months, I find I actually prefer microsoft word.
Microsoft, love 'em or hate 'em, is a software company who has in the past been contracted to design software for diffrent systems. They rather got their start by porting basic over to a number of diffrent machines.
While you can say what you will about microsoft, Office(tm) is indeed something that businesses are willing to pay for. If they can make Internet Exploder for solaris, they likely are able to actually to port over atleast Microsoft Word and Excel.
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1... who gets the money if you charge for email? Considering the amount of junk post I get I think spamming would continue even if a fee is involved. Hell I remember compu$erve back in 1982 when they charged roughly the same as normal postage for user to user e-mail. This seemed like a good deal cause it was faster. I got spam on that service dispite it costing roughly the same as postal rates.
And considering the topic was about a person who funded a spam operation via stolen credit cards and identy theft, a bogus paypal account isn't too hard to muster up.
2. I have to admit, this has some merit, the idea of using visual passwords and such. Ascii art though, so long as there was a program generating it, there can be a program to decode it. OCR is getting better by the day, beside, you can *assign* a staff at minium wage, who's purpose in life is to just decode visual passwords. Eventually you can get some system together that will decode faster based on a checksum.
Not that #2 isn't a spiffy idea, it just screams of being able to be circumvented.
Ok... i'm no geology expert... but i'm thinking this is a really bad idea.
A nuclear blast on the surface has proven to be done with minimal global harm, with the exception of radiation and minor fallout of radio active isotopes that humans are generally not exposed to, some found in nature... or rather, those dead places where no shit grows, some with a really short half life generally not something you'd want in your hair
Under ground testing has been done with minimal impact on the globe, just some radiation, not much fall out, but issues with radio active isotopes.
Volcanos are moderatly common place on this planet. Why the hell don't you just use a volcano to dump such a probe, rather then using a nuclear weapon to create one.
I'm not sure how one would penitrate the mantle I mean, a fast moving iron dart doesn't nessicarly seem practical, and generaly seems dangerious. I'd vote for a simple probe of the crust mantle layer first, just for common sence sake. I'd have serious concerns about planatary extension. Not to speak about the issue of affecting the temprature of the planatary core, but current theory sugests that the dinos died as a direct result of a meteor impact. While I don't know for a fact that creating a doorway to the earth's core would cause enough dust in the atmosphere to affect global climate. While I have no clue as to the effect I have this mental of a hole in the earth releasing magma and core material at escape velosity as a direct result of mater being compressed over millions of years.
While my concerns may have no scientific proof what so ever, I really think it's a bad idea for us with present technology to drill a hole in the planet, not when we don't have the ability to move. Try it on a diffrent planet for christ sake, while this means waiting for a more mature space program, I don't think this is a bad idea.
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While the war on drugs can be considered to be a waste of time, dispite what you do with the protocal, so long as there is a system of authorized e-mail, there will be spam.
As far as creating a system where only authorized people can send e-mail... well lots of luck... how do you determine who's authorized or not? Perhaps we *could* weed out any-old joe setting up a sendmail server on his local ISP, but what's to stop someone from using what is considered to be a legit authorized server to send spam?
I can see a system where an authorized MX record is required to accept e-mails, but I can't see a system that can "predict" what someone *will* do with a legit mail domain.
But I'd rather law enforcement actaually enforce spam laws and jail spammers. It has a higher chance of being a sucessess as spamming isn't so common place as domestic drug use, it's a hell of alot more public, and the evidence is available in the inboxes of millions.
As far as stopping spam from sealand, well the spamhaus project probally would have a greater chance of gaining success.
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It could be like the war on drugs, that convicted mass spammers loose access to equipment associated with the dealing of spam, which would include computers, software, a whole slew of goods that could be sold at auction to support local law enforcement, as well as compensate for those who lost valuable time reading thigns like, "7 million singles looking for you".
Isn't that what they do with other forms of computer crime anyway?
Hell, a search warrent alone would put a spam business down and out pending trial.
This is very much true. However, poetry's intended use is to be read, often times aloud. There seems to be no moral crucade nor any organization who claims to protects poets rights. The only issue with poetry typicaly is plagerism.
"If you must write poems and prose, the words you use should be your own Don't patronize or take on loan Because there's always someone somewhere, with a big nose, who knows Who'll trip you up and laugh when you fall" --The Smiths - Cemetary Gates
Poems are often times copyrighted works... generally you gain access to them via someone quoting a poet, or picking up a book of colective works. I.e. generally speaking you can actually buy a book with it.
Music on the otherhand... you generally can't actually buy song lyrics unless they are included in a particular release of an album. Music stores often times carry song sheets / song books, but these are usually full sheet music, typcialy a bit more information then the average joe is in the market for. The marketable product is something that you listen to, something recorded by a peformer / artist. Lyrics, unlike published poems, are not usually in it self the marketed product. Usually, they are provided free of charge on respective artists websites.
for example.... http://www.madonna.com/madonna/php/music.php?categ ory=singles&albumID=137&content=1
I think you'd have every chance to stand up in court and argue that making a backup copy of a CD you own is "fair dealing".
Agreed.... I see no copyright violation as the physical media is intended to be listened to. You physicaly own an album, cassette, 8-track, CD, or some other form of physical media. While a backup isn't in the best interest of the sellers of pre-recorded media, so long as the end user only permits one copy owned at one time.
The *concept* is basicly similar to what the SPA [http://www.siaa.net] says on the subject:
"A good rule of thumb to follow is one software package per computer, unless the terms of the license agreement allow for multiple use of the program."
"A "backup copy" can be used for "archival purposes only." This copy cannot be sold or distributed to another party without the consent of the copyright owner." --http://www.siia.net/piracy/faq/default.asp
While the SIAA / SPA primarly deals with computer software, the concept is pretty sound as far as protecting the rights of the copyright holder. This is a sound concept and shows some common sence. While not law... I can not see any reasons why copyright holders are harmed, provided I bought their material on any form of physical media, and provided that I do not lend out my copy *and* listen to it at the same time.
While store bought music doesn't have a EULA *yet*, it's intended use is to be listened to. An intresting way to protest this form of, "fair use" would be for everyone who makes a backup of their audio media to actually go via proper channels and ask for authorization.
In order to actually accept or reject requests of a planet of roughtly 6 billion people would require a massive staff. Assuming you don't count the header information nor the keystrokes required to respond to this level of requests, we're talking 11gigs of NO assuming everyone on the planet needed to make a copy of one album for whatever reason. This doesn't even take into account phone call requests, paper, and the time to actually contact each respective copyright holder and ask if it's OK. This would only serve to increase the cost of published media at NO benifit of artists, peformers, songwriters, etc...etc....
So, what you are saying is just as when I leave a 1/2 cup of coffee left uncleaned before I go on vacation, some obscure mold develops, a comit might be the galactic equilivent of someone who just needs to do dishes more often, and life can be percieved as a slime mold film that develops as a direct result of no one being around to clean up the organic trash?
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Changing the presentation layer doesn't mean large scale BBS systems are useless!
You are right now using what could be termed as a BBS system right now. Slashdot resembles old style discussion "electronic corkboards". While it's very much true, dialup BBSes are not practical in this day and age, many, depending on 3rd party support for the respective operating system, can be adapted to telnet, which, remarkably enough. An example of how an old style BBS system has been adapted for the 21century, see http://uncensored.citadel.org. Provides web and telnet based interfaces for your enjoyment and pleasure.
What we forget, while the presentation layer has evolved over the years, the underlaying application has not. People who created large databases of information need not nessicarly dispose of it, but rather adapt it to operate it on modern hardware.
We have a distrobution network already setup. P2P and server based like apple's itunes. Rather then selling the media, sell the license to use it. A jewel case, CD label, and perhaps a bumpersticker saying *I bought this music*. Typicaly CD-Rs don't come with jewel cases, and jewel cases *ARE* a product that consumers are willing to buy.
Yes, I would be agree.... but how exactly do you make money off lyrics?
The only means I can think of are cases where someone likes the lyrics and wishes to either peform them, or use them for some comercial purpose. For example, "Born in the USA" was used to promote the Ronald Regan administration in both text and a sound bite. In theory, Bruce and other respective copyright holders should have been paid royalities. While I'm not a big Bruce fan, he is an artist, he's listed as the copyright holder, indeed peformed a popular version, and might have indeed wrote it.
The comercial value of lyrics among music consumers is very low, considering that the present cost per track via itunes is.99 cents for stuff they offer. Sometimes they are not included in the music you buy.
To this end, it would be far more practical allow the free trade of lyric databases, and provided a manatory link to the copyright holder. This way, should someone wish to use it for some comercial purpose, such as a presidental campain they can seek permision unlike Ronold Reagon.
In the mean time, lyric database search engines could *refer* you to an approperate URL who has an authorized copy of the music lyrics. Considering that places like "google" do not seem to be a focus of attack by the RIAA for textual infringement.
I will accept some spam from my ISP. It's rather a price i'm willing to pay, and I can always choose not to use their e-mail account (Actually I don't so this doesn't bug me). ISPs right or wrong do indeed have the right to make the rules, and i'm willing to live with that.
I will not accept SPAM from some place I bought flowers for someone from or other internet based gift shop. While I appricate the fact that I was a customer, and some people might enjoy this sorta promotional mailing, this should be an elective not a given right. But I can always setup a seperate hotmail account for this eventualy.
I will not order viagra online... i'm not in the market viagra, nor do I wish to see, "Gay Canadian Studs" nor am I seeking herbal meds for metapause(sp).
I will not order porn from the Adam and Eve catalog. MST3k the movie had this joke when doing their spoof on "This Island Earth". Enter a room filled with boxes, "Oh, must have been ordering from the Adam and Eve catalog again". I know some people who wanted some gag gifts, and were rather distressed by the multitude of free gifts. They have since moved, but the gifts are still comming. Thanks to this I got the joke.
That has to hurt, as from what i've been told for atleast broadband in australia, there are monthly megabyte caps, and per megabyte fees among major telcos.
This is something spammers don't take into account, there are some users who indeed pay per byte fees.
The MPAA wants to diverge technology, where the world is shifting tward a digital convergence.
Why the hell don't they just tax the media like they do with everything else that is considered to be primarly used for piracy? Select the most popular computer media, use it to publish their A/V media.
Well, the nice thing about DVHS comming out is the fact that there claims to be backwards compatability to SVHS, players that in the past have been most costly.
But, unfortunatly, isn't something likely to catch on, probally for the same reasons that consumer demand was never all that high for SVHS. And it's not like we don't have digital camcorders presently, which based on what i've observed, are used to download to a PC to make VCDs and DVDs, popular standards.
Now if a DVHS deck offered a nice firewire interface to the PC, and it could be used for analog vhs/svhs transfer to digital, then we'd have something trully spiffy, as one common complaint of VHS media is the fact it degrades. One common benifit of CD/DVD is the fact it tends to last a whole hell of alot longer, plus easy conversion to the *next* new format.
While not nessicarly the "speed" of tape, CD media {used loosely to refer to a 5 inch disk ) has alot of appeal to me. While not replacing tape by any means, it's attractive because of the ease of CD changers. A 3 disk changer, which I believe is the practical limit of a standard 1/2 height 5.25 inch device, easily becomes 108gig.
This idea is very attractive to me, not only for let's say backing up files and such, but cranking out copies of home movies.
If it's a matter of just bridging a circut trace in order to reconise an xp chip vs an mp chip, isn't there perhaps external to the chip layer solution?
Either via a motherboard mod.... or CPU socket adapter.
I ask because the value of the XP chips starts at about $123 per unit (OEM) , where the motherboard starts at roughly $160 per unit. I'd rather modify a motherboard then a pair of chips. Motherboards are bigger, though surface mount, more able to accept wires rather then silver paint.
I remember also that Apple had a LCIII, pardon me if I don't remember the exact speed specs, but the motorola chip used was rated for a higher speed then the clock chip was set too. I remember some deal at apple, they didn't really want the LCIII to compeat with some other lightly higher end 68030 mac, so they just popped in a slower crystal.
There are lots of cases in the computer industry where companies release a high end product, and dummy up the low end product dispite being the exact same thing. I *guess* it's better for marketing allowing the sales people to say, "oh you don't want to spend so much, we have a slightly lower end version".
The only similar case I can think of is where a website published the home numbers and addresses of people who worked for a collection agency, which this is generally accepted as being wrong. No one wants to get phone calls related to work while home, but at the same time, the list maintainer might be justified providing contact information for people who make harrassing phonecalls.
But your ignorance is understandable. I don't know of anycase in law, american or otherwise, where it was considered inapproperate to post a list of mail server IP addresses. I mean, I would guess that the suit is based on the simple fact that any spam list maintainer does indeed do *damage* to spammer companies, which is exactly what they are trying to do. But the only logical connection I can think of are cases of slander/liable where the plantif only needs to prove that damages were done, and the defendant needs to prove that statments made are accurate.
Ok... so spamhaus.org publishes IP addresses of this spammer.... and is wrong for doing so?
I'm sorta vague on the law aspect here, but near as I see it... EMarketersAmerica.org sends out mail. This goes without saying they are using some form of a sendmail server. Given this IP address of their mail server is typicaly given out everytime they send mail, how do they feel they can successfuly sue someone for publishing this information.
I can see why they would be *annoyed* by the simple fact that it is now possible to block spam, but what can you do? If spamhaus.org was publishing the home addresses of people who send the spam, that would be wrong, but IP addresses of sendmail servers? I would think that any mail admin would have the right to organize lists of any *legit* mail server, let alone any mail server who clearly violates respective policies of respective ISPs.
Private people are granted some rights to privacy, but that tends to go out the window for a business. There are presently no issues I'm aware regarding a list of UPS stations, USPS stations, or FedEX stations. Mailadmins atleast traditionaly looked at the headers of mail to help diagnose problems, and ususally this info available via whois records.
So, at least in my minds eye, there shouldn't be a trully anonymous mailserver.
Rather then operating mechanical switches, I see the future, it will all be digital controled from a central console. No longer will you need to get up to turn on the light, you can do so from the convienence of your keyboard.
If you want a snack, just access the approperate access gateway, wether it be the fridge door or cupboard, open it from your centralized location, and poof.
It would only be a 10 - 25 meter walk at most, depending on the size of your place, and location of your centralized gateway. Just imagine, need some cream for your coffee, march to the PC, open the fridge, go to fridge, march back to PC, close fridge. Oh, forgot the sugar, march back to the pc, open cupboard, get sugar, and march back to pc, close cupboard.
You mean there is an application for that pile of PS/2 floppy drives? You know the ones, strong, stirty, 2.88meg, and can't work on a standard pc worth a darn.
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I know exactly what you mean.
There is a place local to me that does sell old teac pulls from systems. While the color is not *high-tech white* as found on modern systems, more of a skin tone ugly color, they work.
I've had to actually buy floppy drives once or twice, not to replace the teac models I own, but rather for systems who just didn't have them, and my experence has been just like yours. Crap crap crap.
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Microsoft makes many products other then microsoft windows or microsoft backoffice.
Rather then trying to these products that are in direct compitition with linux.. why not actually create something that a linux user might use?
Like, "Microsoft Office!" While you can say what you want about Microsoft, Office is a VERY popular package. I personaly am a fan of word, dispite having open office installed and have tried using it exclusivly for about 9 months, I find I actually prefer microsoft word.
Microsoft, love 'em or hate 'em, is a software company who has in the past been contracted to design software for diffrent systems. They rather got their start by porting basic over to a number of diffrent machines.
While you can say what you will about microsoft, Office(tm) is indeed something that businesses are willing to pay for. If they can make Internet Exploder for solaris, they likely are able to actually to port over atleast Microsoft Word and Excel.
1... who gets the money if you charge for email? Considering the amount of junk post I get I think spamming would continue even if a fee is involved. Hell I remember compu$erve back in 1982 when they charged roughly the same as normal postage for user to user e-mail. This seemed like a good deal cause it was faster. I got spam on that service dispite it costing roughly the same as postal rates.
And considering the topic was about a person who funded a spam operation via stolen credit cards and identy theft, a bogus paypal account isn't too hard to muster up.
2. I have to admit, this has some merit, the idea of using visual passwords and such. Ascii art though, so long as there was a program generating it, there can be a program to decode it. OCR is getting better by the day, beside, you can *assign* a staff at minium wage, who's purpose in life is to just decode visual passwords. Eventually you can get some system together that will decode faster based on a checksum.
Not that #2 isn't a spiffy idea, it just screams of being able to be circumvented.
Ok... i'm no geology expert... but i'm thinking this is a really bad idea.
A nuclear blast on the surface has proven to be done with minimal global harm, with the exception of radiation and minor fallout of radio active isotopes that humans are generally not exposed to, some found in nature... or rather, those dead places where no shit grows, some with a really short half life generally not something you'd want in your hair
Under ground testing has been done with minimal impact on the globe, just some radiation, not much fall out, but issues with radio active isotopes.
Volcanos are moderatly common place on this planet. Why the hell don't you just use a volcano to dump such a probe, rather then using a nuclear weapon to create one.
I'm not sure how one would penitrate the mantle I mean, a fast moving iron dart doesn't nessicarly seem practical, and generaly seems dangerious. I'd vote for a simple probe of the crust mantle layer first, just for common sence sake. I'd have serious concerns about planatary extension. Not to speak about the issue of affecting the temprature of the planatary core, but current theory sugests that the dinos died as a direct result of a meteor impact. While I don't know for a fact that creating a doorway to the earth's core would cause enough dust in the atmosphere to affect global climate. While I have no clue as to the effect I have this mental of a hole in the earth releasing magma and core material at escape velosity as a direct result of mater being compressed over millions of years.
While my concerns may have no scientific proof what so ever, I really think it's a bad idea for us with present technology to drill a hole in the planet, not when we don't have the ability to move. Try it on a diffrent planet for christ sake, while this means waiting for a more mature space program, I don't think this is a bad idea.
While the war on drugs can be considered to be a waste of time, dispite what you do with the protocal, so long as there is a system of authorized e-mail, there will be spam.
As far as creating a system where only authorized people can send e-mail... well lots of luck... how do you determine who's authorized or not? Perhaps we *could* weed out any-old joe setting up a sendmail server on his local ISP, but what's to stop someone from using what is considered to be a legit authorized server to send spam?
I can see a system where an authorized MX record is required to accept e-mails, but I can't see a system that can "predict" what someone *will* do with a legit mail domain.
But I'd rather law enforcement actaually enforce spam laws and jail spammers. It has a higher chance of being a sucessess as spamming isn't so common place as domestic drug use, it's a hell of alot more public, and the evidence is available in the inboxes of millions.
As far as stopping spam from sealand, well the spamhaus project probally would have a greater chance of gaining success.
It could be like the war on drugs, that convicted mass spammers loose access to equipment associated with the dealing of spam, which would include computers, software, a whole slew of goods that could be sold at auction to support local law enforcement, as well as compensate for those who lost valuable time reading thigns like, "7 million singles looking for you".
Isn't that what they do with other forms of computer crime anyway?
Hell, a search warrent alone would put a spam business down and out pending trial.
Lyrics are basically poems
g ory=singles&albumID=137&content=1
This is very much true. However, poetry's intended use is to be read, often times aloud. There seems to be no moral crucade nor any organization who claims to protects poets rights. The only issue with poetry typicaly is plagerism.
"If you must write poems and prose, the words you use should be your own
Don't patronize or take on loan
Because there's always someone somewhere,
with a big nose, who knows
Who'll trip you up and laugh when you fall" --The Smiths - Cemetary Gates
Poems are often times copyrighted works... generally you gain access to them via someone quoting a poet, or picking up a book of colective works. I.e. generally speaking you can actually buy a book with it.
Music on the otherhand... you generally can't actually buy song lyrics unless they are included in a particular release of an album. Music stores often times carry song sheets / song books, but these are usually full sheet music, typcialy a bit more information then the average joe is in the market for. The marketable product is something that you listen to, something recorded by a peformer / artist. Lyrics, unlike published poems, are not usually in it self the marketed product. Usually, they are provided free of charge on respective artists websites.
for example.... http://www.madonna.com/madonna/php/music.php?cate
I think you'd have every chance to stand up in court and argue that making a backup copy of a CD you own is "fair dealing".
Agreed.... I see no copyright violation as the physical media is intended to be listened to. You physicaly own an album, cassette, 8-track, CD, or some other form of physical media. While a backup isn't in the best interest of the sellers of pre-recorded media, so long as the end user only permits one copy owned at one time.
The *concept* is basicly similar to what the SPA [http://www.siaa.net] says on the subject:
"A good rule of thumb to follow is one software package per computer, unless the terms of the license agreement allow for multiple use of the program."
"A "backup copy" can be used for "archival purposes only." This copy cannot be sold or distributed to another party without the consent of the copyright owner." --http://www.siia.net/piracy/faq/default.asp
While the SIAA / SPA primarly deals with computer software, the concept is pretty sound as far as protecting the rights of the copyright holder. This is a sound concept and shows some common sence. While not law... I can not see any reasons why copyright holders are harmed, provided I bought their material on any form of physical media, and provided that I do not lend out my copy *and* listen to it at the same time.
While store bought music doesn't have a EULA *yet*, it's intended use is to be listened to. An intresting way to protest this form of, "fair use" would be for everyone who makes a backup of their audio media to actually go via proper channels and ask for authorization.
In order to actually accept or reject requests of a planet of roughtly 6 billion people would require a massive staff. Assuming you don't count the header information nor the keystrokes required to respond to this level of requests, we're talking 11gigs of NO assuming everyone on the planet needed to make a copy of one album for whatever reason. This doesn't even take into account phone call requests, paper, and the time to actually contact each respective copyright holder and ask if it's OK. This would only serve to increase the cost of published media at NO benifit of artists, peformers, songwriters, etc...etc....
So, what you are saying is just as when I leave a 1/2 cup of coffee left uncleaned before I go on vacation, some obscure mold develops, a comit might be the galactic equilivent of someone who just needs to do dishes more often, and life can be percieved as a slime mold film that develops as a direct result of no one being around to clean up the organic trash?
Changing the presentation layer doesn't mean large scale BBS systems are useless!
You are right now using what could be termed as a BBS system right now. Slashdot resembles old style discussion "electronic corkboards". While it's very much true, dialup BBSes are not practical in this day and age, many, depending on 3rd party support for the respective operating system, can be adapted to telnet, which, remarkably enough. An example of how an old style BBS system has been adapted for the 21century, see http://uncensored.citadel.org. Provides web and telnet based interfaces for your enjoyment and pleasure.
What we forget, while the presentation layer has evolved over the years, the underlaying application has not. People who created large databases of information need not nessicarly dispose of it, but rather adapt it to operate it on modern hardware.
Don't bother making the CD.
We have a distrobution network already setup. P2P and server based like apple's itunes. Rather then selling the media, sell the license to use it. A jewel case, CD label, and perhaps a bumpersticker saying *I bought this music*. Typicaly CD-Rs don't come with jewel cases, and jewel cases *ARE* a product that consumers are willing to buy.
Yes, I would be agree.... but how exactly do you make money off lyrics?
.99 cents for stuff they offer. Sometimes they are not included in the music you buy.
The only means I can think of are cases where someone likes the lyrics and wishes to either peform them, or use them for some comercial purpose. For example, "Born in the USA" was used to promote the Ronald Regan administration in both text and a sound bite. In theory, Bruce and other respective copyright holders should have been paid royalities. While I'm not a big Bruce fan, he is an artist, he's listed as the copyright holder, indeed peformed a popular version, and might have indeed wrote it.
The comercial value of lyrics among music consumers is very low, considering that the present cost per track via itunes is
To this end, it would be far more practical allow the free trade of lyric databases, and provided a manatory link to the copyright holder. This way, should someone wish to use it for some comercial purpose, such as a presidental campain they can seek permision unlike Ronold Reagon.
In the mean time, lyric database search engines could *refer* you to an approperate URL who has an authorized copy of the music lyrics. Considering that places like "google" do not seem to be a focus of attack by the RIAA for textual infringement.
I will accept some spam from my ISP. It's rather a price i'm willing to pay, and I can always choose not to use their e-mail account (Actually I don't so this doesn't bug me). ISPs right or wrong do indeed have the right to make the rules, and i'm willing to live with that.
I will not accept SPAM from some place I bought flowers for someone from or other internet based gift shop. While I appricate the fact that I was a customer, and some people might enjoy this sorta promotional mailing, this should be an elective not a given right. But I can always setup a seperate hotmail account for this eventualy.
I will not order viagra online... i'm not in the market viagra, nor do I wish to see, "Gay Canadian Studs" nor am I seeking herbal meds for metapause(sp).
I will not order porn from the Adam and Eve catalog. MST3k the movie had this joke when doing their spoof on "This Island Earth". Enter a room filled with boxes, "Oh, must have been ordering from the Adam and Eve catalog again". I know some people who wanted some gag gifts, and were rather distressed by the multitude of free gifts. They have since moved, but the gifts are still comming. Thanks to this I got the joke.
That has to hurt, as from what i've been told for atleast broadband in australia, there are monthly megabyte caps, and per megabyte fees among major telcos.
This is something spammers don't take into account, there are some users who indeed pay per byte fees.
Charlton Heston, as Moses in the 10 Commandments. That bit where he parts the red sea is pretty damn spetacular. Definatly on par with yoda i'd say.
The MPAA wants to diverge technology, where the world is shifting tward a digital convergence.
Why the hell don't they just tax the media like they do with everything else that is considered to be primarly used for piracy? Select the most popular computer media, use it to publish their A/V media.
My mistake, i'm not an expert on vintage macs.... but never the less a good example of a product that was dummied up for the sake of marketing.
"Buy this IIci, not this lame IIsi. It's got expandability and a 25% faster clock".
Well, the nice thing about DVHS comming out is the fact that there claims to be backwards compatability to SVHS, players that in the past have been most costly.
But, unfortunatly, isn't something likely to catch on, probally for the same reasons that consumer demand was never all that high for SVHS. And it's not like we don't have digital camcorders presently, which based on what i've observed, are used to download to a PC to make VCDs and DVDs, popular standards.
Now if a DVHS deck offered a nice firewire interface to the PC, and it could be used for analog vhs/svhs transfer to digital, then we'd have something trully spiffy, as one common complaint of VHS media is the fact it degrades. One common benifit of CD/DVD is the fact it tends to last a whole hell of alot longer, plus easy conversion to the *next* new format.
While not nessicarly the "speed" of tape, CD media {used loosely to refer to a 5 inch disk ) has alot of appeal to me. While not replacing tape by any means, it's attractive because of the ease of CD changers. A 3 disk changer, which I believe is the practical limit of a standard 1/2 height 5.25 inch device, easily becomes 108gig.
This idea is very attractive to me, not only for let's say backing up files and such, but cranking out copies of home movies.
If it's a matter of just bridging a circut trace in order to reconise an xp chip vs an mp chip, isn't there perhaps external to the chip layer solution?
Either via a motherboard mod.... or CPU socket adapter.
I ask because the value of the XP chips starts at about $123 per unit (OEM) , where the motherboard starts at roughly $160 per unit. I'd rather modify a motherboard then a pair of chips. Motherboards are bigger, though surface mount, more able to accept wires rather then silver paint.
I remember also that Apple had a LCIII, pardon me if I don't remember the exact speed specs, but the motorola chip used was rated for a higher speed then the clock chip was set too. I remember some deal at apple, they didn't really want the LCIII to compeat with some other lightly higher end 68030 mac, so they just popped in a slower crystal.
There are lots of cases in the computer industry where companies release a high end product, and dummy up the low end product dispite being the exact same thing. I *guess* it's better for marketing allowing the sales people to say, "oh you don't want to spend so much, we have a slightly lower end version".
The only similar case I can think of is where a website published the home numbers and addresses of people who worked for a collection agency, which this is generally accepted as being wrong. No one wants to get phone calls related to work while home, but at the same time, the list maintainer might be justified providing contact information for people who make harrassing phonecalls.
But your ignorance is understandable. I don't know of anycase in law, american or otherwise, where it was considered inapproperate to post a list of mail server IP addresses. I mean, I would guess that the suit is based on the simple fact that any spam list maintainer does indeed do *damage* to spammer companies, which is exactly what they are trying to do. But the only logical connection I can think of are cases of slander/liable where the plantif only needs to prove that damages were done, and the defendant needs to prove that statments made are accurate.
Ok... so spamhaus.org publishes IP addresses of this spammer.... and is wrong for doing so?
I'm sorta vague on the law aspect here, but near as I see it... EMarketersAmerica.org sends out mail. This goes without saying they are using some form of a sendmail server. Given this IP address of their mail server is typicaly given out everytime they send mail, how do they feel they can successfuly sue someone for publishing this information.
I can see why they would be *annoyed* by the simple fact that it is now possible to block spam, but what can you do? If spamhaus.org was publishing the home addresses of people who send the spam, that would be wrong, but IP addresses of sendmail servers? I would think that any mail admin would have the right to organize lists of any *legit* mail server, let alone any mail server who clearly violates respective policies of respective ISPs.
Private people are granted some rights to privacy, but that tends to go out the window for a business. There are presently no issues I'm aware regarding a list of UPS stations, USPS stations, or FedEX stations. Mailadmins atleast traditionaly looked at the headers of mail to help diagnose problems, and ususally this info available via whois records.
So, at least in my minds eye, there shouldn't be a trully anonymous mailserver.
Rather then operating mechanical switches, I see the future, it will all be digital controled from a central console. No longer will you need to get up to turn on the light, you can do so from the convienence of your keyboard.
If you want a snack, just access the approperate access gateway, wether it be the fridge door or cupboard, open it from your centralized location, and poof.
It would only be a 10 - 25 meter walk at most, depending on the size of your place, and location of your centralized gateway. Just imagine, need some cream for your coffee, march to the PC, open the fridge, go to fridge, march back to PC, close fridge. Oh, forgot the sugar, march back to the pc, open cupboard, get sugar, and march back to pc, close cupboard.
Modern convience at it's finest!
You mean there is an application for that pile of PS/2 floppy drives? You know the ones, strong, stirty, 2.88meg, and can't work on a standard pc worth a darn.
I know exactly what you mean.
There is a place local to me that does sell old teac pulls from systems. While the color is not *high-tech white* as found on modern systems, more of a skin tone ugly color, they work.
I've had to actually buy floppy drives once or twice, not to replace the teac models I own, but rather for systems who just didn't have them, and my experence has been just like yours. Crap crap crap.