Therefore, it's fair to give them a "heads up", especially, say, if they've got a teen who's spending a lot of time online and ordering more stuff than you think he could afford, or similar situations... this merely provides a bit of awareness to the technologically naive.
If your teen has unrestricted use of a credit card, you're naive about a lot more than just technology.
At least, that was the case when I was a teenager with naive parents. They learned quick, though.
And in the spirit of not actually reading the material being discussed, you have completely missed the point of the post you replied to. The point was, if your teenage son/daughter is ordering lots of stuff online, it may not be a bad idea to check up on his/her IRC habits...
I would think that it would be difficult to gather that statistic without both heroin and marijuana use being legal. Since (I assume) most users would be unwilling to come forward for statistical purposes, it would be difficult to track marijuana users and their changing habits over a long term. Even if they did come forward, their usage patterns might be affected by the nature of the study.
On the other hand, it is relatively easy to assess what proportion of heroin users began with marijuana; at least among those that are arrested for heroin use or are willing to participate in a study.
"In the electronic world of the Internet, it's such a vast landscape and there's no way that the FBI and CIA or any law enforcement agency can be involved in watching over the shoulder of every Internet user," says Harrington. "Unfortunately, that's probably what it would have to take to prevent this sort of fraud."
I wonder if Chad Harrington has ever heard of Carnivore.
I wasn't commenting on the fact that they're oversubscribed on the bandwidth. That's a no-brainer. I was commenting on the style and the attitude of the post.
Or you could just do what Evolution has done and add a Create Rule From Message submenu to the right-click context menu. That's pretty much what the article is suggesting. In fact, it also has the Add Sender to Address Book that they suggested.
I think this guy has a great idea and I think it could be the start of an message dbase that every app could use for contact information too. I hate that every app has it's own contact information....
I wouldn't by the Nautilus submarine until at least version 1.04 - everything earlier never goes above.5 knots (surface, or submerged).
tux% dpkg -l nautilus Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hol d | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed- config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description
ii nautilus 1.0.6-4 file manager and graphical shell
Hmmm... the lameness filter seems to think some of the characters I tried to paste are 'junk'.
Well, fuck the lameness filter. You know, I'm getting really tired of Slashdot telling me that I'm 'lame'. Isn't that what moderation is supposed to do? That and it complaining when I take 12 seconds to respond to a post because I type too quickly.
Destined to those employees who only make excrement, the Office Throne comes with Computer, Lentium processor, access the Internet, telephone is clearly, fax. (the paper of the fax can be used to clean the cagadas ones)
I find this bit interesting: "Only NN honours this tag. Users of other browsers can cause severe irritation to Netscape users by enclosing the whole page in <blink>.. </blink> tags."
Also, contrary to popular belief, Linux is not really "free." How are large-scale licensing agreements to be worked out?
"Some of these things make us very uncomfortable," says Carey, who is trying to hammer out the details.
I don't understand how Linux could be much more "free". Maybe Forbes has a different definition of "free" than the rest of us?
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1. He meant 'sue the maker of the snooper software.' (That might appear to be quite a leap of reasoning, but is possible.)
Quoting the original post: Shouldn't I be able to sue the snooper software, as I did not ask for it and did not give any kind of authorization for it's installation into my system? To say nothing of the trespassing charges I'm going to bring against the snooper developer..
This would seem to imply that the "snooper software" first mentioned is a distinct entity from the "snooper developer" mentioned later. Now it's possible that 3. above is also true, and that the poster really meant the two to be the same but that just doesn't make sense here.
Besides, how could you sue a developer for the actions of someone who deliberately installed it with implied knowledge of its effects?
As for (2) above, I wouldn't trust your judgment in the matter, and while I may be (3) "new to this whole typewritten interactivity concept" (I have, after all, been doing this for less than 10 years), I have no proof that you aren't just as new or newer.
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Thank you for your comments, Mr Ellison.
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This reminds me of the old computer program "Core Wars." My ancient history is horribly rusty, but this whole concept goes back to one of the East Coast heavyweights (MIT? Harvard?) where the programmers would write self-replicating code fragments and set them loose overnight. The code was designed to multiply itself and destroy any other code it found. The winner was the one with the most code at the end of the run.
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Shouldn't I be able to sue the snooper software, as I did not ask for it and did not give any kind of authorization for it's installation into my system?
That doesn't make any sense. How can you sue a piece of software?
For those who are interested in reading a similar story of Canadian innovation that was stifled by its own government on similar grounds, you should read about the Avro Arrow, an idea ahead of its time.
Most Canadians should know the story, but it's still interesting nonetheless.
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If your teen has unrestricted use of a credit card, you're naive about a lot more than just technology.
At least, that was the case when I was a teenager with naive parents. They learned quick, though.
And in the spirit of not actually reading the material being discussed, you have completely missed the point of the post you replied to. The point was, if your teenage son/daughter is ordering lots of stuff online, it may not be a bad idea to check up on his/her IRC habits...
I would think that it would be difficult to gather that statistic without both heroin and marijuana use being legal. Since (I assume) most users would be unwilling to come forward for statistical purposes, it would be difficult to track marijuana users and their changing habits over a long term. Even if they did come forward, their usage patterns might be affected by the nature of the study.
On the other hand, it is relatively easy to assess what proportion of heroin users began with marijuana; at least among those that are arrested for heroin use or are willing to participate in a study.
"In the electronic world of the Internet, it's such a vast landscape and there's no way that the FBI and CIA or any law enforcement agency can be involved in watching over the shoulder of every Internet user," says Harrington. "Unfortunately, that's probably what it would have to take to prevent this sort of fraud."
I wonder if Chad Harrington has ever heard of Carnivore.
I wasn't commenting on the fact that they're oversubscribed on the bandwidth. That's a no-brainer. I was commenting on the style and the attitude of the post.
I'd just like to say that the preceding post provides a perfect justification for Slashdot users' opinions of cable Internet providers.
Hmmm... I find your ideas intriguing and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Quoth the webserver: Unable to connect to the database. Please email
This is either one of the quickest slashdottings on record, or something is fubar over there.
Or you could just do what Evolution has done and add a Create Rule From Message submenu to the right-click context menu. That's pretty much what the article is suggesting. In fact, it also has the Add Sender to Address Book that they suggested.
I think this guy has a great idea and I think it could be the start of an message dbase that every app could use for contact information too. I hate that every app has it's own contact information....
And just what exactly is the problem with LDAP?
I wouldn't by the Nautilus submarine until at least version 1.04 - everything earlier never goes above
Well, fuck the lameness filter. You know, I'm getting really tired of Slashdot telling me that I'm 'lame'. Isn't that what moderation is supposed to do? That and it complaining when I take 12 seconds to respond to a post because I type too quickly.
Where's the Linux version of Quicktime to view the movie with?
Here: Try this. Or maybe this is more to your liking.
But...it is dangerous, isn't it? Is it still FUD?
Posted by CmdrTaco on 16:13 Monday 01 April 2002
Shouldn't this kind of thing be posted before noon?
Hilarious, if not 100% decipherable.
It would be ironic, except for the fact that the blink tag was never in the HTML recommendation to begin with.
I find this bit interesting: "Only NN honours this tag. Users of other browsers can cause severe irritation to Netscape users by enclosing the whole page in <blink>
They could have been on the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack...
We don't need no water
Let the mutha-balrog burn
Burn mutha-balrog burn
Quoth the column:
Also, contrary to popular belief, Linux is not really "free." How are large-scale licensing agreements to be worked out?
"Some of these things make us very uncomfortable," says Carey, who is trying to hammer out the details.
I don't understand how Linux could be much more "free". Maybe Forbes has a different definition of "free" than the rest of us?
1. He meant 'sue the maker of the snooper software.' (That might appear to be quite a leap of reasoning, but is possible.)
Quoting the original post:
Shouldn't I be able to sue the snooper software, as I did not ask for it and did not give any kind of authorization for it's installation into my system? To say nothing of the trespassing charges I'm going to bring against the snooper developer..
This would seem to imply that the "snooper software" first mentioned is a distinct entity from the "snooper developer" mentioned later. Now it's possible that 3. above is also true, and that the poster really meant the two to be the same but that just doesn't make sense here.
Besides, how could you sue a developer for the actions of someone who deliberately installed it with implied knowledge of its effects?
As for (2) above, I wouldn't trust your judgment in the matter, and while I may be (3) "new to this whole typewritten interactivity concept" (I have, after all, been doing this for less than 10 years), I have no proof that you aren't just as new or newer.
Thank you for your comments, Mr Ellison.
This reminds me of the old computer program "Core Wars." My ancient history is horribly rusty, but this whole concept goes back to one of the East Coast heavyweights (MIT? Harvard?) where the programmers would write self-replicating code fragments and set them loose overnight. The code was designed to multiply itself and destroy any other code it found. The winner was the one with the most code at the end of the run.
It lives.
Shouldn't I be able to sue the snooper software, as I did not ask for it and did not give any kind of authorization for it's installation into my system?
That doesn't make any sense. How can you sue a piece of software?
Warwick Gets a Few More Wires
Am I the only one who thought of the movie Willow when they read this headline?
epenguin.org - Can You Feel It?
Sheesh! I hope that was posted to alt.warlord. That would be a pretty long signature.
epenguin.org - Believe It!
For those who are interested in reading a similar story of Canadian innovation that was stifled by its own government on similar grounds, you should read about the Avro Arrow, an idea ahead of its time.
Most Canadians should know the story, but it's still interesting nonetheless.
epenguin.org - Believe It!