As far as I can figure out, the only people who would be "strongly interested in cryptography" would be cryptographers, terrorists, money launderers, and purveryors of kiddie porn. Call me nuts, but unless you fall into one of those groups, I don't see why the interest (paranoia) is warranted. I agree with the first poster. My cycles go to medicine. Whether or not it's commercial, I don't care. If my cycles help to invent a cure that I have to BUY somewhere down the line, I'll gladly buy it.
Like the subject says... screw the remake! I want the original! All of my 5 1/4" Kings Quest 1 disks went bad looong before CD burners were around, so I never got a chance to make a lasting copy of it. Anyone know where I can get the ORIGINAL?
So then you suggest we just blindly follow laws? Have you forgotten about the DMCA already? The "monopoly" laws are NOT fair. No more so than the music industry telling you what you can do with music that you bought. "Monopoly" laws are designed to punish successful companies.
As far as I can tell, at least this WOZ shit is part of the new tech bubble: wireless. Wireless is great and all, but the adoption rate of wireless usage, at least in the US, is incredibly low. People use cellphones, but only the super-geeks actively go beyond that to use a PDA, WAP, etc. There's a trememndous amount of hype around wireless* right now, and it seems like the gap between tech businesses spending on wireless* and actual consumer usage is even greater than the gap between dot-com spending and consumer usage of the Net.
Why in the hell did Oracle get stuck in the end? Oracle Certs are some of the most valuable out there, and they're fairly damn popular, too, with those who know what in the hell they're doing.
Well, I know that this is a karma killer, but what the hell. #1 on that list should've been Open Source Companies. It's an oxymoron. A whole slew of businesses trying to sell a product that people can get for free. Talk about stupid business!
This isn't really culture. It's a self-centered rehashing of more dot-com lemmings' experiences and thoughts about their pitiful jobs. It's a meeting place of people who have no lives outside of their jobs, and need someone else to rehash their miserable lives (jobs) with. Perhaps the people involved with this project would be happier if they just turned off the computer, both at home and work.
Adult webmasters have been doing this for years. It's very cute that somebody who's in the business of developing straight web sites "just discovered" this. You people are a real hoot.
Wrong. The only spam that comes from the US are from mom & pop outfits who are just trying it for the first time. 90% of all spam comes from organizations or individuals who know what they're doing. People who know what they're doing when it comes to spam don't have anything to do with the US... servers in Asia, incorporated in Bermuda, etc. A few US laws won't effect 'em one bit.
Amen. I wouldn't be taking unemployment now, but hell, I figure that I might as well while I'm looking. I didn't even know anything about it until someone mentioned it after I had been unemployed for 3 months. I would've rather paid less taxes in the first place, my employer paid less taxes (and could afford to pay me more... or be able to hire more people), so that I could've socked away more money myself, or I could have a job now (if hiring people wasn't so damned expensive due to taxes).
No, I never said that I wanted the government to protect me. I AM living off of money that I had put away for an occasion like this. You honestly think that I could LIVE on $400/week (before taxes)? ha!
My point is that the unemployment system as we know it is broken. It in no way actually encouages people to get a job or learn something new. Like I said, I'd LOVE to get a shitty $9/hour job to supplement my unemployment while I'm looking for real work (for both money, and for something to do). However, if I did this, I'd actually earn LESS than what I'm getting now from unemployment. In reality, what I get from unemployment plus some generic $9/hour job STILL wouldn't be even close to what I was making previously. Either the unemployment should be fixed, or it should be scrapped altogether.
As somebody currently collecting unemployment, I can say that it's bullshit. First of all, the "maximum" is ridiculously low. Secondly, unemployment benefits are taxed. Thirdly, you don't get to collect unemployment if you earn a fraction of your measly unemployment check. Meaning, I'm bored to tears. They want me to be employed. But, if I get a MINIMUM WAGE job while I'm waiting for a REAL job, then I'm ineligible for unemployment. In essence, instead of getting some grunt job while I'm waiting for a real job, I'm encouraged to stay COMPLETLELY unemployed. It's complete bullshit.
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Actually, I know people who DO spam, and it is VERY effetive for them. Actually, market forces DO apply. To get the point at which you can safely spam without being shut down by a provider, you have to spend a LOT of money to get tier 1 or 2 bandwidth, and a safe server. Any mom & pop shop that tries to spam is shut down sooner rather than later. But if you have the money to buy the right bandwidth in the right location, you still can make quite a bit of money spamming.
Actually, you're spot on. The adult industry figured this out several years ago. Text ads ALWAYS work better. As always, the non-adult industry is YEARS behind.
No. I don't like my job. I don't remember the last job I liked. But, like the subject says, who cares? "Work" by definition is generally something that you do for money. "Like" doesn't come into the equation. So what if your project is stupid? Do the paychecks bounce? If no, then shut up. Do your job however they tell you to do it, and be happy to have a job right now.
I don't understand IT people expecting to like their jobs. Do you think that 99% of the people on the planet "like" their jobs? No. Of course not. They do it to pay the bills. That's life. Grow up and deal with it.
Simplicity? XML is about as simple as you can get. XML is just straight text in tags similar to HTML. Of course, it's only go to do with data transfer, but XML is generally very simple. And for those people who don't know "data" from a hole in thr ground, there's no reason to use XML in the first place.
Not only are they not owned by MS, but if you ever read them, you'll notice that 90% of their tech articles are as rabidly anti-Microsoft as anything you'd find here in/.
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As far as I can figure out, the only people who would be "strongly interested in cryptography" would be cryptographers, terrorists, money launderers, and purveryors of kiddie porn. Call me nuts, but unless you fall into one of those groups, I don't see why the interest (paranoia) is warranted. I agree with the first poster. My cycles go to medicine. Whether or not it's commercial, I don't care. If my cycles help to invent a cure that I have to BUY somewhere down the line, I'll gladly buy it.
Like the subject says... screw the remake! I want the original! All of my 5 1/4" Kings Quest 1 disks went bad looong before CD burners were around, so I never got a chance to make a lasting copy of it. Anyone know where I can get the ORIGINAL?
So then you suggest we just blindly follow laws? Have you forgotten about the DMCA already? The "monopoly" laws are NOT fair. No more so than the music industry telling you what you can do with music that you bought. "Monopoly" laws are designed to punish successful companies.
As far as I can tell, at least this WOZ shit is part of the new tech bubble: wireless. Wireless is great and all, but the adoption rate of wireless usage, at least in the US, is incredibly low. People use cellphones, but only the super-geeks actively go beyond that to use a PDA, WAP, etc. There's a trememndous amount of hype around wireless* right now, and it seems like the gap between tech businesses spending on wireless* and actual consumer usage is even greater than the gap between dot-com spending and consumer usage of the Net.
One word: porn.
Another word: Millions.
rent one. Watch it at home with your laptop. Anyone typing on a laptop in a movie theater with me is gonna be short one laptop.
It may not have been a flop, but it certainly was a piece of shit aimed at 10 year old boys.
Why in the hell did Oracle get stuck in the end? Oracle Certs are some of the most valuable out there, and they're fairly damn popular, too, with those who know what in the hell they're doing.
Big difference... I make a profit. I'm already ahead of, what, 95% of all pure OSS companies?
Well, I know that this is a karma killer, but what the hell. #1 on that list should've been Open Source Companies. It's an oxymoron. A whole slew of businesses trying to sell a product that people can get for free. Talk about stupid business!
This isn't really culture. It's a self-centered rehashing of more dot-com lemmings' experiences and thoughts about their pitiful jobs. It's a meeting place of people who have no lives outside of their jobs, and need someone else to rehash their miserable lives (jobs) with. Perhaps the people involved with this project would be happier if they just turned off the computer, both at home and work.
Adult webmasters have been doing this for years. It's very cute that somebody who's in the business of developing straight web sites "just discovered" this. You people are a real hoot.
Those that maintain SMTP servers MUST begin to charge appropriate rates for bulk mail.
Little problem with that... I run SMTP servers on most of my boxes for development, testing, etc. SMTP servers don't have anything to do with ISP's.
Wrong. The only spam that comes from the US are from mom & pop outfits who are just trying it for the first time. 90% of all spam comes from organizations or individuals who know what they're doing. People who know what they're doing when it comes to spam don't have anything to do with the US... servers in Asia, incorporated in Bermuda, etc. A few US laws won't effect 'em one bit.
You have friends?
They already do that.
Amen. I wouldn't be taking unemployment now, but hell, I figure that I might as well while I'm looking. I didn't even know anything about it until someone mentioned it after I had been unemployed for 3 months. I would've rather paid less taxes in the first place, my employer paid less taxes (and could afford to pay me more... or be able to hire more people), so that I could've socked away more money myself, or I could have a job now (if hiring people wasn't so damned expensive due to taxes).
No, I never said that I wanted the government to protect me. I AM living off of money that I had put away for an occasion like this. You honestly think that I could LIVE on $400/week (before taxes)? ha!
My point is that the unemployment system as we know it is broken. It in no way actually encouages people to get a job or learn something new. Like I said, I'd LOVE to get a shitty $9/hour job to supplement my unemployment while I'm looking for real work (for both money, and for something to do). However, if I did this, I'd actually earn LESS than what I'm getting now from unemployment. In reality, what I get from unemployment plus some generic $9/hour job STILL wouldn't be even close to what I was making previously. Either the unemployment should be fixed, or it should be scrapped altogether.
As somebody currently collecting unemployment, I can say that it's bullshit. First of all, the "maximum" is ridiculously low. Secondly, unemployment benefits are taxed. Thirdly, you don't get to collect unemployment if you earn a fraction of your measly unemployment check. Meaning, I'm bored to tears. They want me to be employed. But, if I get a MINIMUM WAGE job while I'm waiting for a REAL job, then I'm ineligible for unemployment. In essence, instead of getting some grunt job while I'm waiting for a real job, I'm encouraged to stay COMPLETLELY unemployed. It's complete bullshit.
Actually, I know people who DO spam, and it is VERY effetive for them. Actually, market forces DO apply. To get the point at which you can safely spam without being shut down by a provider, you have to spend a LOT of money to get tier 1 or 2 bandwidth, and a safe server. Any mom & pop shop that tries to spam is shut down sooner rather than later. But if you have the money to buy the right bandwidth in the right location, you still can make quite a bit of money spamming.
Every half-competent IT staffer in the country understands the value in free products ranging from IE to gcc.
True. Too bad most IT Staffers don't make buying decisions. Business people do. And in the rest of the non-IT world, you get what you pay for.
Actually, you're spot on. The adult industry figured this out several years ago. Text ads ALWAYS work better. As always, the non-adult industry is YEARS behind.
No. I don't like my job. I don't remember the last job I liked. But, like the subject says, who cares? "Work" by definition is generally something that you do for money. "Like" doesn't come into the equation. So what if your project is stupid? Do the paychecks bounce? If no, then shut up. Do your job however they tell you to do it, and be happy to have a job right now.
I don't understand IT people expecting to like their jobs. Do you think that 99% of the people on the planet "like" their jobs? No. Of course not. They do it to pay the bills. That's life. Grow up and deal with it.
Simplicity? XML is about as simple as you can get. XML is just straight text in tags similar to HTML. Of course, it's only go to do with data transfer, but XML is generally very simple. And for those people who don't know "data" from a hole in thr ground, there's no reason to use XML in the first place.
Not only are they not owned by MS, but if you ever read them, you'll notice that 90% of their tech articles are as rabidly anti-Microsoft as anything you'd find here in /.