The more typical answer is more along this interesting one I came across when trying to determine if some POS Netgear USB 802.11b adapter was supported under FreeBSD:
"Wireless networking over USB is not supported on FreeBSD." I suppose that's true. A bit rude, though.
Why is that considered rude? I get the impression that he is just stating a simple point to save you time. I'm not arguing or defending him. I'm genuinely interested.
A few airports are a LOT more cost effective than five thousand KMs of track.
I don't understand why that is. Wouldn't the cost of running the trains compensate for the cost of the tracks? As for the cost of the airports, I obviously can't say, because I wouldn't even know where to begin estimating. I always thought that such buildings were more expensive.
Thanks for the spelling correction. I've never been able to memorize it, until I noticed your usage of "deserted". It seems so obvious now.
Just so that we're on the same page, I made the spelling correction for him, because he asked for it. He probably didn't mean it, but I thought that it wouldn't hurt to make a simple correction. I value correct spelling quite a lot, so I thought that this correction was okay, & also, I appreciate your correction a lot. I'll probably never have to look up that word again.
I think that Maglev trains could be put in places where governments have control of the airline routings. If a busy airline route were replaced with the Maglev train, then perhaps there would be a greater market for it.
I must say, however, I feel really uncomfortable with the government stepping in to manage things like this. On the other hand, if people want the government to keep out, then the government should stop funding the airline industry, & let the airlines, cars, buses & trains compete on their own merits.
He was saying that it had a high up front cost, but not a long term cost, if I understand him correctly. People need to understand, that sometimes you can't afford to not take the most expensive option. It's just the way that it works.
I'm not criticizing people who take cheaper options. Cheaper options are good too. However, the most expensive option has its merits for some people.
I agree with you in that it is better to upgrade those tracks. I would rather have a lot of trains going fast than a few trains going super fast.
I've always wondered why Australia doesn't implement TGV, ICE, or Maglev. With that big dessert, they'd be able to cruise across it without any problems. I think that they would be able to get a significant amount of solar power & wind power to support the system.
Nobody is forcing you to use a valid e-mail address for those things.
Yes, agreed. I just wish that this was emphasized a bit more. When I started on the Internet serveral years ago, I didn't think in terms of having several email addresses. Maybe there were disclaimers. If so, I must have skimmed through really quickly.
I suppose that my view could be summarized as let people know using large text & force them to see it, or don't show their addresses.
People might argue that it's not the admin's or the group's fault, nor is it their responsibility, but you know what? Just as there is a sucker born every minute, there is also a uninformed non-technical user born every minute. If people want them to accidentally give out their address unknowingly, then the best solution is to do nothing. The way I see it, people are getting suckered in, & we are suffering as well.
To add to what you just said, I consider it a big invasion of privacy when I have 100 emails just wasting my time each day. I honestly wonder what kind of privacy the other fellows are trying to protect.
Do the other fellows post in newsgroups [or whatever they're called]? After all, if privacy is such a concern, then why doesn't somebody do something about that? Newsgroups constantly give out email addresses. My email accounts that receive the most spam come from addresses that were used in the newsgroups.
They do have this choice. They can go with Yahoo! who is implementing it now. If you're referring to business users, well, then too bad for management. The users just have to let the managers know that their email isn't getting through to certain people, or that they aren't receiving email from certain people.
I totally agree with you. Nobody has a right to force their (e)mail on us. If they want to send it, then great. That doesn't mean we have to accept it. They'll have to be content with send anonymous (e)mail to just the people who don't care.
I'm not implying that you're nosey, but from what I imagine, it must be easy to see where the previous owner surfed, & to be able to login to his favourite sites, since he probably selected a "remember me" feature. You'd probably have a lot of access to super private information. Like I said, I'm not implying that you're nosey. I just want to know how easy it is.
I love that game. I have some info that might interest some people.
The funnest part was using that old beater ship that you get @ the beginning, & seeing if you can balance the power usage between the shields & the guns. I managed to finish the game with that ship. Part of the trick is using the torpedos to give you more fire power; they don't drain the generators.
Another fun thing to do is to set the invulnerability mode to on, & then smash into those big good guy ships. I can't remember which ship it was, but it definitely wasn't the freighters, & you had to do a head on collision. Neither of you get destroyed.
An interesting thing that you can do is communicate with other pilots to let them know that you are on their side. This only works with some pilots. I'll let you figure out which 1s, so that I won't spoil it for you.
:^) Exactly. @ least that's why I have 1. I'm intending to get another disposable address, but this time, I'm intending to make the user name as long as possible using random letters. If the name is 128 characters long, then it becomes extremely difficult to find it with that type of attack where they start with AAAAAAA@wherever.foo. I don't know the name of it, but I'm sure you know what I mean.
Whats the difference? You still have to wade through it all if any important email is ever comming there.
Agreed, but @ least you won't have to wade through as much. I look @ the spam problem as something that must be attacked from several points.
1.) stop all of the spammers 2.) if #1 has failed, then @ least use secure email server software that validates the sender 3.) if #2 has failed, then @ least use filters on our own servers 4.) if #3 has failed, then @ least use filters on our own clients
There's more that we can do, but that's the gist of it. Having a disposable address, is an implementation of #4. We use that, so that when we aren't expecting anything important, then we can ignore the address completely, never expecting any email. If we don't expect anything important for 30 days, & we get a paltry 10 emails a day, then that's 300 emails that we don't have to wade through. I don't know about you, but to me, that sounds like a step in the right direction. As soon as I'm expecting email in that account again, I go & clear out the inbox without looking @ the spam, & I'm ready to go. It's not a clean solution, but it helps.
Exactly. I don't understand why people give out their regular addresses in this day & age. I have a semi-disposable address that I use for giving out to the untrusted public [& a few mailing lists] & only them. If I'm not expecting a reply, then I don't need to monitor or check it.
Of course, there is always www.spamgourmet.org.
In the end, I blame the email address owners & that organization.
I can't read those articles because it hurts too much to hear of the wickedness that goes on in our countries. Actually, for once I'm glad that Canada [my country] wasn't mentioned [@ least not in the 1st few paragraphs of the defense of bank failures].
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate what you've shown me, & I agree. I just need to not get all emotional about this right now. Maybe later.
Also, thanks for sharing your thoughts. It reminds me what I felt when I 1st read about legal tender. It just bothers me till no end.
If you've got suggestions on things that I could do combat legal tender & reserves, then by all means, let me know. Otherwise, I'm going to table this & try to finish off other projects in my life.
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As an economist, I will gladly discuss why the Federal Reserve is an abomination and must be abolished instantly.
What is the Federal Reserve? Why must it be abolished? I'm sure that my country & others have an exact equivalent, if not a similar equivalent, so it would probably be worth while for us to hear about this.
I think that you can do the same for BC. I wouldn't know, though, because I take transit & refuse to own a car. I might have to buy 1 in the future, but I'll fight it tooth & nail.
I have always found learning from mistakes, and conciencously avoiding making them, to be a better way to do things. 80% of mistakes are just bad planning.
Exactly. I can't imagine somebody making mistakes to become successful. Obviously, things don't always go as planned, but there should never be a plan to make mistakes on purpose. Our plans should help us deal with mistakes. If mistakes are valuable, then I'd be a multimillionare & a genious.
I admit though that I only skimmed through the story submission.
I heard that NASA buys XT processors on eBay. Can anybody verify this?
In keeping more with the discussion, maybe people should see if there are users in other countries that can make use of old computers? I hear people keep speaking about countries that can't afford the latest & greatest. Well, if they can afford the shipping, then they've got "free" computers.
There was another, very similar series, that included building up a simple BASIC game...does anyone remember that? (Hopefully I'm not just making it up...) I think it ws a scifi themed book, and depending on what choices you made the ending game would have slightly different features.
That's one thing that was cool about old school BASIC...you could do stuff like that.
I don't recall hearing about those. It'd be interesting to try to write stories like that. I'm pretty sure that you could use bash scripting. As far as I can guess, all you'd really need is a few unneeded loops & code blocks to throw readers off track, plus a generous use of echo & variables.
I was intending to write some stories. Maybe I'll try to incorporate something like that.
Hmm, I just thought of something. Maybe if you accomplish a mission, then your script will call wget to download Natalie Portman photos, but if you fail, then your script will call wget to download tubgirl or goatse.;^) Seriously, I'd keep G-rated. It would be cool to download secret codes to unlock certain doors in the story. If you don't download, you could always break a window.:^)
A-a-ah, yes. I can't believe that I forgot about that. It was so cool that they required us to enter it in. It was completely useless to the plot of the story, but it really made it cool. I must confess that I never entered it in, because I hate writing in books, but I appreciate that feature.
Likewise, there's probably not much of a market for an adventure driven puzzle game (Bomberman is a solid exception here).
I remember reading those books many years ago. In many ways they were like games in that you had to get to the correct ending [if I understand correctly]. There was 1 brand of books ["Be An Interplanetary Spy" or something like that], where you would have to make choices based on puzzles [ie: what goes in square B?] as well as adventure [ie: do you turn left or right?]. I think these "Be An Interplanetary Spy" books were excellent. I remember being really sad that they were no longer being sold.
I think that there is a market for these games that you speak of, since there was a market for the books. If they could only find a way of convincing people that these are better in the long run, then they'll be laughing all the way to the bank.
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Thanks for the spelling correction. I've never been able to memorize it, until I noticed your usage of "deserted". It seems so obvious now.
Just so that we're on the same page, I made the spelling correction for him, because he asked for it. He probably didn't mean it, but I thought that it wouldn't hurt to make a simple correction. I value correct spelling quite a lot, so I thought that this correction was okay, & also, I appreciate your correction a lot. I'll probably never have to look up that word again.
I think that Maglev trains could be put in places where governments have control of the airline routings. If a busy airline route were replaced with the Maglev train, then perhaps there would be a greater market for it.
I must say, however, I feel really uncomfortable with the government stepping in to manage things like this. On the other hand, if people want the government to keep out, then the government should stop funding the airline industry, & let the airlines, cars, buses & trains compete on their own merits.
He was saying that it had a high up front cost, but not a long term cost, if I understand him correctly. People need to understand, that sometimes you can't afford to not take the most expensive option. It's just the way that it works.
I'm not criticizing people who take cheaper options. Cheaper options are good too. However, the most expensive option has its merits for some people.
I agree with you in that it is better to upgrade those tracks. I would rather have a lot of trains going fast than a few trains going super fast.
I've always wondered why Australia doesn't implement TGV, ICE, or Maglev. With that big dessert, they'd be able to cruise across it without any problems. I think that they would be able to get a significant amount of solar power & wind power to support the system.
"Nishes" is spelt "niches".
I suppose that my view could be summarized as let people know using large text & force them to see it, or don't show their addresses.
People might argue that it's not the admin's or the group's fault, nor is it their responsibility, but you know what? Just as there is a sucker born every minute, there is also a uninformed non-technical user born every minute. If people want them to accidentally give out their address unknowingly, then the best solution is to do nothing. The way I see it, people are getting suckered in, & we are suffering as well.
To add to what you just said, I consider it a big invasion of privacy when I have 100 emails just wasting my time each day. I honestly wonder what kind of privacy the other fellows are trying to protect.
Do the other fellows post in newsgroups [or whatever they're called]? After all, if privacy is such a concern, then why doesn't somebody do something about that? Newsgroups constantly give out email addresses. My email accounts that receive the most spam come from addresses that were used in the newsgroups.
They do have this choice. They can go with Yahoo! who is implementing it now. If you're referring to business users, well, then too bad for management. The users just have to let the managers know that their email isn't getting through to certain people, or that they aren't receiving email from certain people.
I totally agree with you. Nobody has a right to force their (e)mail on us. If they want to send it, then great. That doesn't mean we have to accept it. They'll have to be content with send anonymous (e)mail to just the people who don't care.
I'm not implying that you're nosey, but from what I imagine, it must be easy to see where the previous owner surfed, & to be able to login to his favourite sites, since he probably selected a "remember me" feature. You'd probably have a lot of access to super private information. Like I said, I'm not implying that you're nosey. I just want to know how easy it is.
I love that game. I have some info that might interest some people.
The funnest part was using that old beater ship that you get @ the beginning, & seeing if you can balance the power usage between the shields & the guns. I managed to finish the game with that ship. Part of the trick is using the torpedos to give you more fire power; they don't drain the generators.
Another fun thing to do is to set the invulnerability mode to on, & then smash into those big good guy ships. I can't remember which ship it was, but it definitely wasn't the freighters, & you had to do a head on collision. Neither of you get destroyed.
An interesting thing that you can do is communicate with other pilots to let them know that you are on their side. This only works with some pilots. I'll let you figure out which 1s, so that I won't spoil it for you.
1.) stop all of the spammers
2.) if #1 has failed, then @ least use secure email server software that validates the sender
3.) if #2 has failed, then @ least use filters on our own servers
4.) if #3 has failed, then @ least use filters on our own clients
There's more that we can do, but that's the gist of it. Having a disposable address, is an implementation of #4. We use that, so that when we aren't expecting anything important, then we can ignore the address completely, never expecting any email. If we don't expect anything important for 30 days, & we get a paltry 10 emails a day, then that's 300 emails that we don't have to wade through. I don't know about you, but to me, that sounds like a step in the right direction. As soon as I'm expecting email in that account again, I go & clear out the inbox without looking @ the spam, & I'm ready to go. It's not a clean solution, but it helps.
...you can also get a .tk 2nd level domain. If you are short on funds, then @ least you can still have the address point to you web site for $0.
http://www.tk/
Exactly. I don't understand why people give out their regular addresses in this day & age. I have a semi-disposable address that I use for giving out to the untrusted public [& a few mailing lists] & only them. If I'm not expecting a reply, then I don't need to monitor or check it.
Of course, there is always www.spamgourmet.org.
In the end, I blame the email address owners & that organization.
I can't read those articles because it hurts too much to hear of the wickedness that goes on in our countries. Actually, for once I'm glad that Canada [my country] wasn't mentioned [@ least not in the 1st few paragraphs of the defense of bank failures].
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate what you've shown me, & I agree. I just need to not get all emotional about this right now. Maybe later.
Also, thanks for sharing your thoughts. It reminds me what I felt when I 1st read about legal tender. It just bothers me till no end.
If you've got suggestions on things that I could do combat legal tender & reserves, then by all means, let me know. Otherwise, I'm going to table this & try to finish off other projects in my life.
I think that you can do the same for BC. I wouldn't know, though, because I take transit & refuse to own a car. I might have to buy 1 in the future, but I'll fight it tooth & nail.
I admit though that I only skimmed through the story submission.
I heard that NASA buys XT processors on eBay. Can anybody verify this?
In keeping more with the discussion, maybe people should see if there are users in other countries that can make use of old computers? I hear people keep speaking about countries that can't afford the latest & greatest. Well, if they can afford the shipping, then they've got "free" computers.
I'm so tempted to start as soon as I get some free time.
I was intending to write some stories. Maybe I'll try to incorporate something like that.
Hmm, I just thought of something. Maybe if you accomplish a mission, then your script will call wget to download Natalie Portman photos, but if you fail, then your script will call wget to download tubgirl or goatse.
A-a-ah, yes. I can't believe that I forgot about that. It was so cool that they required us to enter it in. It was completely useless to the plot of the story, but it really made it cool. I must confess that I never entered it in, because I hate writing in books, but I appreciate that feature.
I think that there is a market for these games that you speak of, since there was a market for the books. If they could only find a way of convincing people that these are better in the long run, then they'll be laughing all the way to the bank.