You shouldn't have just 'skimed' through the article. I did adress this. The passphrase is NOT like a password. They do not need to remember it on the fly, and they don't need to use it often. They only need it when initally sending an e-mail. Any replies will still have the passphrase in the subject line.
I suggested keeping the passphrase in one of the fields in their address book.
if I want email from certain companies then they won't remember it
I also suggested automatically passing e-mail from e-mail addresses when necessecary. It's not a good idea to do so for individual's e-mail addresses, but you are not likely to be getting spam or viruses from companies. Just make sure you minimize the number of addresses passed through unchecked. Otherwise, spammers and e-mail viri may just spoof a source address (like support@microsoft.com) that many people allow through.
You see, the problem with white-list style systems is that it can be automatically circumvented. And it will be circumvented as soon as enough people use it that it makes a dent in spam.
And for those that don't know, all it takes is one piece of e-mail getting through to notify the spammer that you are alive and reading your e-mail.
What I want to know is where the hell are the lawmakers and the courts on this one? The senate's too busy going outside to say the pledge...get the hell back in the building and vote on some anti-spam laws!
Yes! By all means, everyone should VOTE DOWN every spam law.
I would rather use technology to get rid of spam (and faxes, and phone calls) than have any more internet activity made illegial.
Hell, it's not like it is hard to filter spam from your e-mail. I wrote a how-to about it, and even posted it to Slashdot. Check it at:
http://slashdot.org/~ryancooley/journal/9467
and, since we're on the subject of spam, check out my document on web/e-mail information leaks that can tell spamers, and other people, some things you don't want them to know: http://slashdot.org/~ryancooley/journal/9470
With Gigabit over Cat-5, and 10-Gbit in the works, that's as fast as I'll need to my workstations for a long long time. I certainly wouldn't recomend fiber to the workstation, unless you've got a hard shell on it, and your workstations are anchored to the desks! Fiber is far too fragile.
For the backbone? Go fiber, of course!
And servers? If you don't need the extremely high bandwidth, distances and reliability of fiber to your servers (or don't like the price tag), don't hesitate about going with copper.
One thing I like to note about fiber v. copper...
You need to get new copper cabling almost everytime the speed of the network increases. With fiber, the fiber doesn't change, just the lasers/LEDs at the ends. So, fiber is nice in that regard, but the fiber NICs/modules are still quite a bit more expensive than copper equivalent... Then again, more hubs and switches are needed with copper than fiber, so you save a little money that way, if you go with fiber.
The advantages and disadvantages of each can even out. I'd say go with copper anywhere fiber is too fragile, and, if you aren't scared by the initial costs, go with fiber everywhere else.
I find it absolutely amazing that I get moderated down for an on-topic post, while your off-topic post stays at +1. Life may not be fair, but slashdot is worse...
Hearing news like this bugs me to no end! First off we have the Linux kernel, Gnome, GNU, and tons of software developed on the wholly anti-commercial GNU/GPL all scurrying for commercial support.
Is no one else bothered by this at all? First we say 'screw comercialization' then we say 'invest in out project'. I could understand this from BSDs which have a commercial-friendly licenses, but little funding. But GNU is essentially spitting in the face of corporations, so why are they so desperate for corporate funding? It's like Apple asking Intel for a donation of millions.
Well thanks for the informative and insightful post. That was useful.
I can say for a fact that, after getting sample cells from one organ, we can grow the rest of the organ in labratories. It's common pratice with simple things like fat, skin, cartilage, and very often bone marrow.
Growing complex organs has been done, but it is not pratical currently.
(Saying, "No you're wrong" does not constitute an arguement)
What's wrong with one becomming the standard? Nobody seems to be pissed about the fact that Hayes compatible modems have become the standard. Nobody was unhappy when all sound cards were soundblaster compatible and DOS games only needed one driver. Nobody complains that SQL is universal. Nobody complains that all floppy disks don't need drivers. Nobody complains that all CD-ROMs are ATAPI compatible. What's so evil about the idea that all video cards use the compatible interfaces?
My point is, if we load a bunch of APIs on top of APIs like happens with Gnome Applications all the time, our systems will act like Windows 2000, taking up several Gigs, running slow as hell, and buggy as hell. If all Gnome apps simply used GTK+ instead of the Gnome libraries, they would be better, faster, and compatible. Similiarly, if we have a bunch of APIs for video, applications will such CPU and video power with no particular advantages. Hell, if Quake 3 works fine on Linux, then why do we need any more APIs than we have already?
We have the technology to grow hearts in jars, just as we have the technology to grow clones. I never said it was easy or cheap.
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I once bought a 'force feedback' device that 'puts you in the game' and 'lets you feel the punches' and so on. After I spent a good deal of money on it and got it home... I found out it was a subwoofer in a backpack. In other words, don't believe the hype!
Just because you have a disco light that responds to your game, doesn't mean you will be 'emmersed' in the game. In fact, it just means you'll have something to distract you from the game.
Spare body parts can already be grown without the need to clone a human. Just look at the mouse with an ear on it's back...
Statements like 'I want a clone so it'll do my work while I'm in Hawaii' are quite idiotic. You only clone the physical appearance, not the mind. Think of having a clone of yourself about the same as adopting a child that looks like you. Do your children do your job while you vacation? None that I've seen. They will mow your lawn, but somehow, the frustration involved in rasing a kid that looks like you, just doesn't seem worth it to me. And personally, I'm glad to see that stupid ideas are being outlawed! There's absolutely no good reason to make a human clone, other than a novelty, and I'll stand by that.
You missed my point... I use Windows while I'm at work myself (some of the time) but just because I'm working on a Windows machine doesn't change the fact that I'm a bg time BSD user.
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I'd like to know how exactly you think I've used it incorrectly.
Well, I'd be happy if it worked in Opera. I think the fact that it open's links in a new window is not allowing it to properly get document.selection but I could be wrong.
I can tell you don't know your networking too well.
Just because UDP doesn't check for dropped frames, doesn't mean much. Higher and lower layers do duplicate error checking. And if that is not sufficient, you could impliment even more error checking in the application.
What ever happened to the video game companies anyhow?
What did we have before PSX came out? Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, NeoGeo, 3DO... It used to be that Video Game companies made the video game machines... Now it seems that the video game companies are the only ones NOT comming up with consoles.
And while I'm at it... it seems Nintendo cares less about the established market, and has their own monopoly on the portable game market... GB color, a game boy you tilt to control the game, etc. If the Virtual Boy was in color they'd have already taken over in the not-yet-existant future 3D market. I think it's good that nintendo is forward looking, rather than complacent.
Either have a motion sensor that trigers the camera to start recording, and send an alarm a few seconds later...
Or have the camera on always, but deletes any video footage more than a day old, and just have the motion sensor triger an audible alarm/notify authorities.
An idea thrown around is to arm unmanned planes with long wings, solar panels, and have them fly across to upper atmosphere for months at a time, acting more like a satelite than a plane...
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I suggested keeping the passphrase in one of the fields in their address book. I also suggested automatically passing e-mail from e-mail addresses when necessecary. It's not a good idea to do so for individual's e-mail addresses, but you are not likely to be getting spam or viruses from companies. Just make sure you minimize the number of addresses passed through unchecked. Otherwise, spammers and e-mail viri may just spoof a source address (like support@microsoft.com) that many people allow through.
Has no-one read my how-to on spam/e-mail viri blocking? It is the only bullet-proof way to filter e-mails you want, from ones you don't.
It's at: http://slashdot.org/~ryancooley/journal/9467
You see, the problem with white-list style systems is that it can be automatically circumvented. And it will be circumvented as soon as enough people use it that it makes a dent in spam.
And for those that don't know, all it takes is one piece of e-mail getting through to notify the spammer that you are alive and reading your e-mail.
Read the article about that information leak at: http://slashdot.org/~ryancooley/journal/9467
I would rather use technology to get rid of spam (and faxes, and phone calls) than have any more internet activity made illegial.
Hell, it's not like it is hard to filter spam from your e-mail. I wrote a how-to about it, and even posted it to Slashdot. Check it at:
http://slashdot.org/~ryancooley/journal/9467
and, since we're on the subject of spam, check out my document on web/e-mail information leaks that can tell spamers, and other people, some things you don't want them to know:
http://slashdot.org/~ryancooley/journal/9470
Knowledge, and technology goes much further.
Here is the howto I wrote, which allows anyone to never get a virus, or a single piece of spam again.
http://slashdot.org/~ryancooley/journal/9467
With Gigabit over Cat-5, and 10-Gbit in the works, that's as fast as I'll need to my workstations for a long long time. I certainly wouldn't recomend fiber to the workstation, unless you've got a hard shell on it, and your workstations are anchored to the desks! Fiber is far too fragile.
For the backbone? Go fiber, of course!
And servers? If you don't need the extremely high bandwidth, distances and reliability of fiber to your servers (or don't like the price tag), don't hesitate about going with copper.
One thing I like to note about fiber v. copper...
You need to get new copper cabling almost everytime the speed of the network increases. With fiber, the fiber doesn't change, just the lasers/LEDs at the ends. So, fiber is nice in that regard, but the fiber NICs/modules are still quite a bit more expensive than copper equivalent... Then again, more hubs and switches are needed with copper than fiber, so you save a little money that way, if you go with fiber.
The advantages and disadvantages of each can even out. I'd say go with copper anywhere fiber is too fragile, and, if you aren't scared by the initial costs, go with fiber everywhere else.
I find it absolutely amazing that I get moderated down for an on-topic post, while your off-topic post stays at +1. Life may not be fair, but slashdot is worse...
No
You probably don't even work in a unix-oriented shop,
Yes.
Nor is your job to convince VC's that they should buy into a unix system.
Not usually,but occasionally, in fact, I do.
If it was, you'd probably have the forsight to realize that making use of your own system MIGHT help your sales pitch.
On workstations? I'm sure BSDi uses their own OS on their servers, which is what they are trying to convince people to use BSDi for.
BSDi has never had a mainframe product
BSDi is designed to (and does) run on everything from tiny embedded systems to the big iron.
Bitch and complain all you want but you can't change the facts.
Hearing news like this bugs me to no end! First off we have the Linux kernel, Gnome, GNU, and tons of software developed on the wholly anti-commercial GNU/GPL all scurrying for commercial support.
Is no one else bothered by this at all? First we say 'screw comercialization' then we say 'invest in out project'. I could understand this from BSDs which have a commercial-friendly licenses, but little funding. But GNU is essentially spitting in the face of corporations, so why are they so desperate for corporate funding? It's like Apple asking Intel for a donation of millions.
I think of lung cancer like AIDS. No cure is need because it was the choice of the individual ro put themselves at considerable risk.
Well thanks for the informative and insightful post. That was useful.
I can say for a fact that, after getting sample cells from one organ, we can grow the rest of the organ in labratories. It's common pratice with simple things like fat, skin, cartilage, and very often bone marrow.
Growing complex organs has been done, but it is not pratical currently.
(Saying, "No you're wrong" does not constitute an arguement)
What's wrong with one becomming the standard? Nobody seems to be pissed about the fact that Hayes compatible modems have become the standard. Nobody was unhappy when all sound cards were soundblaster compatible and DOS games only needed one driver. Nobody complains that SQL is universal. Nobody complains that all floppy disks don't need drivers. Nobody complains that all CD-ROMs are ATAPI compatible. What's so evil about the idea that all video cards use the compatible interfaces?
My point is, if we load a bunch of APIs on top of APIs like happens with Gnome Applications all the time, our systems will act like Windows 2000, taking up several Gigs, running slow as hell, and buggy as hell. If all Gnome apps simply used GTK+ instead of the Gnome libraries, they would be better, faster, and compatible. Similiarly, if we have a bunch of APIs for video, applications will such CPU and video power with no particular advantages. Hell, if Quake 3 works fine on Linux, then why do we need any more APIs than we have already?
We have the technology to grow hearts in jars, just as we have the technology to grow clones. I never said it was easy or cheap.
I once bought a 'force feedback' device that 'puts you in the game' and 'lets you feel the punches' and so on. After I spent a good deal of money on it and got it home... I found out it was a subwoofer in a backpack. In other words, don't believe the hype!
Just because you have a disco light that responds to your game, doesn't mean you will be 'emmersed' in the game. In fact, it just means you'll have something to distract you from the game.
Spare body parts can already be grown without the need to clone a human. Just look at the mouse with an ear on it's back...
Statements like 'I want a clone so it'll do my work while I'm in Hawaii' are quite idiotic. You only clone the physical appearance, not the mind. Think of having a clone of yourself about the same as adopting a child that looks like you. Do your children do your job while you vacation? None that I've seen. They will mow your lawn, but somehow, the frustration involved in rasing a kid that looks like you, just doesn't seem worth it to me. And personally, I'm glad to see that stupid ideas are being outlawed! There's absolutely no good reason to make a human clone, other than a novelty, and I'll stand by that.
You missed my point... I use Windows while I'm at work myself (some of the time) but just because I'm working on a Windows machine doesn't change the fact that I'm a bg time BSD user.
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mainframe (mnfrm)
n. Computer Science
A large, powerful computer, often serving several connected terminals.
I'd like to know how exactly you think I've used it incorrectly.
Well, I'd be happy if it worked in Opera. I think the fact that it open's links in a new window is not allowing it to properly get document.selection but I could be wrong.
Now how the hell can this be considered off topic? Maybe not funny, but certainly on-topic.
I can tell you don't know your networking too well.
Just because UDP doesn't check for dropped frames, doesn't mean much. Higher and lower layers do duplicate error checking. And if that is not sufficient, you could impliment even more error checking in the application.
With a multicast network... I could broadcast an entire DVD movie once, and EVERYONE could get it. I don't see why this hasn't caught on yet.
Mac OS X is bloated, incomplete, slow, and unstable... Does that sound anything like NeXT?
XFce is small, quick, intuative, and completly functional. Now what does that remind you of?
So you're saying you don't "tilt the game boy to control the game" ?
What ever happened to the video game companies anyhow?
What did we have before PSX came out? Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, NeoGeo, 3DO... It used to be that Video Game companies made the video game machines... Now it seems that the video game companies are the only ones NOT comming up with consoles.
And while I'm at it... it seems Nintendo cares less about the established market, and has their own monopoly on the portable game market... GB color, a game boy you tilt to control the game, etc. If the Virtual Boy was in color they'd have already taken over in the not-yet-existant future 3D market. I think it's good that nintendo is forward looking, rather than complacent.
Well, one of two things would work nicely...
Either have a motion sensor that trigers the camera to start recording, and send an alarm a few seconds later...
Or have the camera on always, but deletes any video footage more than a day old, and just have the motion sensor triger an audible alarm/notify authorities.
I personally use the first.
An idea thrown around is to arm unmanned planes with long wings, solar panels, and have them fly across to upper atmosphere for months at a time, acting more like a satelite than a plane...
I use them... Sorry that I don't have any numbers to offer you.