I've run a site for "small time" music artists since 1998 and I've seen a bunch of sites come and go. When I first started, I actually hosted the files on my server. This gets very expensive with any amount of growth, however. After several months, I changed to a "link only" service. Unfortunately, there are only so many cheap/free places people can upload songs and link to, making broken links a constant problem.
Like others have said, CNet does a pretty good job with its sites, but I'm hoping they can actually provide a semi-permenant spot for small artists to house their music. If so, I'll do everything I can to promote it with my users.
Apparently they don't teach you how to spell in "colleage".:)
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I have worked for several major software companies, including Microsoft, as a co-op.
The standard practices at Microsoft do not include a lot of code review (even for a co-op). You could easily sneak stuff in there.
That being said, I'll wait until I see proof before I believe this one.
I have nothing to worry about, however. My standard practice is to never install a Microsoft OS until it has been "in the field" for -at least- a year:)
Police (and FBI, secret service, or whatever other law enforcement agency) make mistakes all the time.
Just because this mistake happened to involve a relatively new technology doesn't mean the technology itself is necessarily bad.
Who knows, maybe having these types of databases and face recognition software could actually -prevent- some mistakes by providing better leads to follow.
Mr. Katz actually makes a good point in this posting. "15-year-olds" (actually referring to high-school age kids in general) are very capable of doing amazing things. They also have the one component that most (working) adults do not -- Time. Lots of time. I can remember having so much time when I was that age that I recall even feeling -bored- at times.
I think the problem is that most kids that age aren't able to focus that incredible energy in a positive constructive manner. Some can (hence the exceptions mentioned), but most others tend to burn up the time doing largely unproductive things. Yes, video games can increase brain activity, reflexes, etc. but there's definately a limit to the returns. I certainly played way too many games, and could have done so much more if I'd spent the time doing something productive:)
Nonetheless, I think it has to be realized that this segment of the population is indeed highly capable. Perhaps there is some way to encourage people of this age to engage in more productive activities..
The only real thing stopping me from using Mozilla as a primary browser is its lack of support for secure connections. It simply won't connect to some bank and credit card sites.
I'll give it some credit. It now works (more or less) with my my two most frequently accessed accounts. But still, one of my primary bank accounts won't let me log in
What annoyed me most was reading the comments on the related bugs. Developers saying that ABC Webserver doesn't support the exact SSL specification here or there. That's life! Slight incompatibilities exist all over the internet. You have to work around them. Emailing the webmaster and having them upgrade their software is NOT the bug fix. Patch, kludge and work around the problem, please! Then, I can start using Mozilla instead of dumbass NS 4.78746372...
I've recently set up a filter system in Eudora that tends to filter out about 95% of spam. It also has the welcome effect of filtering out other things that aren't totally spam, but just as annoying (like mailouts from companies you've bought stuff from).
Do simply this: Send all mail not directly addressed to one of your email addresses to a Junk folder. (not directly to your trash since no filter is perfect) You'd be surprised how much spam is caught this way (most is BCC'd to many people at once).
The only bad thing about this is it will Junk legitimate mails that you are BCC'd on. However, I've found so far that most of these mails tend to be somewhat junky anyways:)
I run a medium-popularity website that has my email address all over it so I know about spam. (5-25/day) This method seems to really help.
Expanding to international markets could be difficult since they've chosen to use the American dollar as their "base" currency.
This means that international users would have to constantly be converting based on floating exchange rates.
I know for a fact that AllAdvantage.com had a real problem with this. They had to change their payment scheme to pay out in local currency.
I'm curious to see how they will deal with this. Hopefully they'll find a way around it. It looks like a great system. I'll sign up as soon as its available up here in The Great White North.
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Dumbass. To read binary newsgroups, you should be using a binary newsgroup reader.
Try (commercial) NewzBin or (free) Binary News Reaper (BNR2). Don't use Thunderbird or (shudder) Outlook Express.
I wrote up a lengthy analysis of the Rogers problem after I personally received "the letter".
I've run a site for "small time" music artists since 1998 and I've seen a bunch of sites come and go. When I first started, I actually hosted the files on my server. This gets very expensive with any amount of growth, however. After several months, I changed to a "link only" service. Unfortunately, there are only so many cheap/free places people can upload songs and link to, making broken links a constant problem.
Like others have said, CNet does a pretty good job with its sites, but I'm hoping they can actually provide a semi-permenant spot for small artists to house their music. If so, I'll do everything I can to promote it with my users.
Here's hoping...
For a summary, check out this list I made outlining some key differences between Canada and the United States.
Apparently they don't teach you how to spell in "colleage". :)
I have worked for several major software companies, including Microsoft, as a co-op.
:)
The standard practices at Microsoft do not include a lot of code review (even for a co-op). You could easily sneak stuff in there.
That being said, I'll wait until I see proof before I believe this one.
I have nothing to worry about, however. My standard practice is to never install a Microsoft OS until it has been "in the field" for -at least- a year
Police (and FBI, secret service, or whatever other law enforcement agency) make mistakes all the time.
Just because this mistake happened to involve a relatively new technology doesn't mean the technology itself is necessarily bad.
Who knows, maybe having these types of databases and face recognition software could actually -prevent- some mistakes by providing better leads to follow.
Mr. Katz actually makes a good point in this posting. "15-year-olds" (actually referring to high-school age kids in general) are very capable of doing amazing things. They also have the one component that most (working) adults do not -- Time. Lots of time. I can remember having so much time when I was that age that I recall even feeling -bored- at times.
:)
I think the problem is that most kids that age aren't able to focus that incredible energy in a positive constructive manner. Some can (hence the exceptions mentioned), but most others tend to burn up the time doing largely unproductive things. Yes, video games can increase brain activity, reflexes, etc. but there's definately a limit to the returns. I certainly played way too many games, and could have done so much more if I'd spent the time doing something productive
Nonetheless, I think it has to be realized that this segment of the population is indeed highly capable. Perhaps there is some way to encourage people of this age to engage in more productive activities..
The only real thing stopping me from using Mozilla as a primary browser is its lack of support for secure connections. It simply won't connect to some bank and credit card sites.
I'll give it some credit. It now works (more or less) with my my two most frequently accessed accounts. But still, one of my primary bank accounts won't let me log in
What annoyed me most was reading the comments on the related bugs. Developers saying that ABC Webserver doesn't support the exact SSL specification here or there. That's life! Slight incompatibilities exist all over the internet. You have to work around them. Emailing the webmaster and having them upgrade their software is NOT the bug fix. Patch, kludge and work around the problem, please! Then, I can start using Mozilla instead of dumbass NS 4.78746372...
I've recently set up a filter system in Eudora that tends to filter out about 95% of spam. It also has the welcome effect of filtering out other things that aren't totally spam, but just as annoying (like mailouts from companies you've bought stuff from).
:)
Do simply this: Send all mail not directly addressed to one of your email addresses to a Junk folder. (not directly to your trash since no filter is perfect) You'd be surprised how much spam is caught this way (most is BCC'd to many people at once).
The only bad thing about this is it will Junk legitimate mails that you are BCC'd on. However, I've found so far that most of these mails tend to be somewhat junky anyways
I run a medium-popularity website that has my email address all over it so I know about spam. (5-25/day) This method seems to really help.
Expanding to international markets could be difficult since they've chosen to use the American dollar as their "base" currency.
This means that international users would have to constantly be converting based on floating exchange rates.
I know for a fact that AllAdvantage.com had a real problem with this. They had to change their payment scheme to pay out in local currency.
I'm curious to see how they will deal with this. Hopefully they'll find a way around it. It looks like a great system. I'll sign up as soon as its available up here in The Great White North.