Would that be the hammer of a slug gun? (Dangerous things, especially those banana slug throwers.)
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A great page to make us realize that even a dialup Internet connection is a great improvement over what our forebears were accustomed to just a generation or two ago."
Well, when you're out in the rural-like and out of TP, let's see how much good that "page" does you. Sears & Roebuck Co. made many people happy back then with their catalog.:^)
In some ways, postal catalog sales were a forerunner of electronic commerce. Imagine, business that just needed communications and shipping!
Once the big boys are finished this one, the next match in the War of the One Patent will be midget wrestling:
Patent could be worth billions Legal fight ahead. Tiny Longueuil firm sparks firestorm in New Zealand with warnings to pay up
faces stiff resistance.
After years of struggles, Edward Pool's tiny, little-known Longueuil firm is hoping to finally start cashing in on controversial patents he says should give it royalties on every international e-commerce transaction.
Lax, outdated U.S. patent laws are stifling innovation in Canada's small technology companies, lawyers warn. And experts say the managers of smaller companies may want to consider whether fighting these laws is worth their time and money.
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Not that spammers would ever be willing to pay tax for email to Minnesota, but I can imagine some whiners claiming that because the email was taxed, it would be illegal to block or filter it in any way.
(Checks computer specs) Nope, nothing about it being government property or a marketing channel. However, if someone said that skipping commercials is theft, someone will say this. (But I really had to go to the washroom, honest!)
According to The Rules, they have at least five sets:
69. Keep a set of books listing those activities of the Evil Overlord that
would be a credit to Gandhi. Show these records to anyone who cares to see
them.
70. Keep a second set of books that lists the activities in the first set
of books, plus those activities that look fishy at a cursory glance, but
on closer examination are perfectly within the letter of the law, or maybe
just bend it a little. Show these books to auditors who aren't fooled by
the first set of books, and then only when the Evil Overlord has no choice
but to allow examination. Keep them a bit untidy so that anyone looking at
them will think you were caught with your pants down.
71. Keep a third set of books, listing everything the Evil Overlord is up
to. Show these books to the Evil Overlord when he wants to see them. Show
them to nobody else. Store them in thermite-packed cabinets so that they
can be destroyed with extreme speed.
72. Keep a fourth set of books, listing the locations and passwords for
the bulk of the Evil Overlord's loot, including the Plundered Crown
Jewels. Use this information to bargain for your miserable cowardly life
when the Hero defeats the Evil Overlord.
73. Keep a fifth set of books, listing the locations and passwords for a
small portion of the Evil Overlord's loot, in the form of unmarked and
untraceable cash. Use this information to set yourself up for retirement
after the Evil Overlord is overthrown.
Microsoft's new security software will block all these problems, nothing to worry about!
Sample logs:
Confidential bidness offer! *Blocked*!
Get big and stupid! *Blocked*!
Zombie Worm Update *Blocked*!
Linux distro mailing list [11/18] *Blocked*!
Our initial research showed that people were willing to tolerate commercials of certain amount of length in return for crystal-clear free (or very inexpensive) long-distance calls.
I have bad news about the BBS world of FidoNet too.
Ooh! Can I inform the music industry? "Your business model is faulty in the current world." "Your mamas dress you funny." Wait, stick around, I'll inform you lots more!
One bullet that they're missing from the page is the high "buy in" cost for a SOHO developer to develop.NET applications. It's all right for companies that can write-off a grand per developer every year or two, but that's a big bite for the little guy.
It used to be that you could develop apps with the best of them for a couple hundred. (I don't mind paying for tools, but if in one environment I don't have to, and in the other I can't afford to... [And a pirate copy isn't really an option.])
"
An Austrian architecture firm has designed a high-tech monument and grave
site concept to be available to clients in the United States beginning
this summer.The design combines earth, water and light with stainless
steel, solar cells and an LED display reminiscent of a calculator."
LEDs are kind of tacky. I'd go for wide-screen and surround sound.
You could also call 1-800-FOR-TRUTH, but that's the $cientology number they tried to scam with on 9/11, so I wouldn't count on finding any truth there. (Hubbard said that he's been to Heaven twice, but he said he was almost hit by a train on Venus so you might want to be a bit critical of his stories.)
Great, now I'm going to need an occult contact manager to keep track of people after they're gone. (Phone numbers? Probably not. Do they have fax in hell? Where else? Hobbies? I don't want to know. Favourite drink? Ask that dead greek, not Sisyphus, same section.)
Do spammers know about this yet? I thought that there was one definite solution to spam, but with this I could get 419 spam direct from dead "nigerians" and not just all their friends and relatives.
They should do this for voice messages too. Did you think that "voice mail hell" was just an expression?
Slashdot Mirror
Theft of telecommunications obviously, that's worse than murder!
I guess that open WiFi router didn't have the Belken auto-anti-pr0n nagger eh?
Would that be the hammer of a slug gun? (Dangerous things, especially those banana slug throwers.)
In some ways, postal catalog sales were a forerunner of electronic commerce. Imagine, business that just needed communications and shipping!
Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War of the Worlds. 1978, so it's probably older than you are.
OooooooLaaaaaaaah!
He wasn't so much fired or kicked out so much as top-down-sized.
Lax, outdated U.S. patent laws are stifling innovation in Canada's small technology companies, lawyers warn. And experts say the managers of smaller companies may want to consider whether fighting these laws is worth their time and money. [snip]
California could explore this option too.
(Checks computer specs) Nope, nothing about it being government property or a marketing channel. However, if someone said that skipping commercials is theft, someone will say this. (But I really had to go to the washroom, honest!)
69. Keep a set of books listing those activities of the Evil Overlord that would be a credit to Gandhi. Show these records to anyone who cares to see them.
70. Keep a second set of books that lists the activities in the first set of books, plus those activities that look fishy at a cursory glance, but on closer examination are perfectly within the letter of the law, or maybe just bend it a little. Show these books to auditors who aren't fooled by the first set of books, and then only when the Evil Overlord has no choice but to allow examination. Keep them a bit untidy so that anyone looking at them will think you were caught with your pants down.
71. Keep a third set of books, listing everything the Evil Overlord is up to. Show these books to the Evil Overlord when he wants to see them. Show them to nobody else. Store them in thermite-packed cabinets so that they can be destroyed with extreme speed.
72. Keep a fourth set of books, listing the locations and passwords for the bulk of the Evil Overlord's loot, including the Plundered Crown Jewels. Use this information to bargain for your miserable cowardly life when the Hero defeats the Evil Overlord.
73. Keep a fifth set of books, listing the locations and passwords for a small portion of the Evil Overlord's loot, in the form of unmarked and untraceable cash. Use this information to set yourself up for retirement after the Evil Overlord is overthrown.
Sample logs:
Confidential bidness offer! *Blocked*!
Get big and stupid! *Blocked*!
Zombie Worm Update *Blocked*! Linux distro mailing list [11/18] *Blocked*!
Second to .NET's security? I have a bad feeling about this...
I have bad news about the BBS world of FidoNet too.
Ooh! Can I inform the music industry? "Your business model is faulty in the current world." "Your mamas dress you funny." Wait, stick around, I'll inform you lots more!
And now they're going to try and use the DMCA to get Slashdot to release your personal information so they can fire you. D'OH!
It used to be that you could develop apps with the best of them for a couple hundred. (I don't mind paying for tools, but if in one environment I don't have to, and in the other I can't afford to... [And a pirate copy isn't really an option.])
"Gee Brain, wadda ya want to do tonight?"
"Same thing we do every night Pinky: work on Big Science's 20 year plan."
Don't worry--most people will have challenge/response spam filters. ;^P
You could also call 1-800-FOR-TRUTH, but that's the $cientology number they tried to scam with on 9/11, so I wouldn't count on finding any truth there. (Hubbard said that he's been to Heaven twice, but he said he was almost hit by a train on Venus so you might want to be a bit critical of his stories.)
Well, Mr Blank, it was close but you're going to heaven. *beep*! Whoops, one last entry. Uh-oh.
Do spammers know about this yet? I thought that there was one definite solution to spam, but with this I could get 419 spam direct from dead "nigerians" and not just all their friends and relatives.
They should do this for voice messages too. Did you think that "voice mail hell" was just an expression?
If you use the GPL, does that mean the game has Open Sourcery?