The US is not the only speaking nation out there, you know, Australia, Canada, England, Ireland all use it as well (funny that, England/English... )
That said, I don't think anti-US sentiment is really relevant when speculating as to which language will dominate in terms of content in the future.
For e-business, it'll come down to, as many have pointed out, the language that dominates the world's purse-strings. Given that precept, until the US economy collapses or is eclipsed, for a prolonged period of time, by another non-english speaking country, the commercial e-language will most likely remain english, due primarily to the language's existing momentum.
For personal site content, especially as computer literacy and access rates increase in the second and third world nations, people will most likely insist on using whatever language they are most confortable expressing themselves in, or which ever language best suits their target audience (I don't think a French lawn bowling asociation will really want to reach an english speaking audience, but a French LUG might...)
"To filter junk mail, they have to examine ALL of your e-mail. Granted in this case, they just examine the IP address, but it's just as easy to log stuff that passes through as stuff that doesn't"
Actually, ISPs do not have to check your mail at all. I am the de de facto abuse dept. for a small Canadian ISP (18,000 users or so) and I can tell you exactly how I go about dealing with spam, which, from talking to other sysadmins for other ISPs, is almost standard.
check the abuse mail account (or postmaster if there is no abuse account)
respond to client complaints, requesting the full mail (headers intact) be sent to you for analysis.
If the mail address is legitimate, deal directly with the spammer, failing that, talk to their ISP/carrier, inform the relevant party that you have received complaints, forwarding the SPAM if relevant.
If no action is taken by the other side, filter them, by address, domain, or net bloack, selecting the option that will have the least impact on your clients
Simple, and non-intrusive.
As to MAPS, while my ISP does not use the service, I'm all for any agency that helps pin down people who insist on harassing users. Some tools tend to be annoying to work with (Spamcop can be annoying to deal with since sometimes I'll get mail that has nothing to do with us directly...) while others can be very useful (MAPS, RBL, ORBS) and transparent, as far as the end-user is concerned. Hell, reporting open-relays that are spamming my clients sometimes makes me grin, and the clients get what they want: less spam.
I personally think that Harris, by engaging in tis legal action, is potentially damaging something that helps keep the customer satisfied.
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Who cares?
1 yard = 0.91 metres
[(328,491/3)*0.91]/1000 = 99.64227km
No matter how you cut it, the listed height is below 100km
why not do the conversion based on millimetres. Sure the values you play with seem much larger, but the end result is the same.
QNX was NOT developped by 3com, and I quote: &The Ontario, Canada-based company was founded 20 years ago as a real-time operating system vendor."
At least get you facts straight and make it look like you actually read and understood the article before you post.
The US is not the only speaking nation out there, you know, Australia, Canada, England, Ireland all use it as well (funny that, England/English... )
That said, I don't think anti-US sentiment is really relevant when speculating as to which language will dominate in terms of content in the future.
For e-business, it'll come down to, as many have pointed out, the language that dominates the world's purse-strings. Given that precept, until the US economy collapses or is eclipsed, for a prolonged period of time, by another non-english speaking country, the commercial e-language will most likely remain english, due primarily to the language's existing momentum.
For personal site content, especially as computer literacy and access rates increase in the second and third world nations, people will most likely insist on using whatever language they are most confortable expressing themselves in, or which ever language best suits their target audience (I don't think a French lawn bowling asociation will really want to reach an english speaking audience, but a French LUG might...)
Actually, ISPs do not have to check your mail at all. I am the de de facto abuse dept. for a small Canadian ISP (18,000 users or so) and I can tell you exactly how I go about dealing with spam, which, from talking to other sysadmins for other ISPs, is almost standard.
- check the abuse mail account (or postmaster if there is no abuse account)
-
respond to client complaints, requesting the full mail (headers intact) be sent to you for analysis.
-
If the mail address is legitimate, deal directly with the spammer, failing that, talk to their ISP/carrier, inform the relevant party that you have received complaints, forwarding the SPAM if relevant.
-
If no action is taken by the other side, filter them, by address, domain, or net bloack, selecting the option that will have the least impact on your clients
Simple, and non-intrusive.As to MAPS, while my ISP does not use the service, I'm all for any agency that helps pin down people who insist on harassing users. Some tools tend to be annoying to work with (Spamcop can be annoying to deal with since sometimes I'll get mail that has nothing to do with us directly...) while others can be very useful (MAPS, RBL, ORBS) and transparent, as far as the end-user is concerned. Hell, reporting open-relays that are spamming my clients sometimes makes me grin, and the clients get what they want: less spam.
I personally think that Harris, by engaging in tis legal action, is potentially damaging something that helps keep the customer satisfied.