You beat me to this one.
I would GLADLY use my CC over the internet before I would give it to a waiter, cashier, etc. There is little or no difference.
Do you have any idea of knowing what happens to those CC slips your local Mom & Pop restaurant process daily? About as much as you have of knowing what happens to your CC# once you buy something at amazon.com.
Why all the paranoia? 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other.
Put your faith in your CC company and their fraud prevention.
Why would Slashdot be sued for simply providing a link to a slanderous article?
hmm... maybe I should ask the *AA that question actually. They seem to be good at making links to Illegal files illegal as well;)
When I was downloading Firefox this morning on my 2nd machine, I had this funny feeling in my gut. Now I know why.. I WAS the 25millionth person!
Or maybe it was just gas....
Interesting..
I run a small ISP, and this is something I never even considered. Gonna try it out right now. If there IS any personal data in a log file on my servers, I would consider the safety equal to the trust of me and my few fellow admins, however I can help but think... ROOT KIT!
If you look ahead 15 years, this deal is going to expire.
This deal is going to last 5475 days, and we all know that is a long time.
This could be a very good deal for EA, but if it turns out to be a bad move, then it's not going to be good for EA.
*Find RFID, Replace Barcode*
Items have been tagged for awhile now, and have made shopping as well as plenty of other things, more efficient and less expensive.
http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/upccode.html
UPC was born on April 3, 1973, and guess what, I STILL don't have my barcode tattoo. Walmart is not making you implant an RFID tag to shop there, these are inanimate objects.
Put your tin foil hat on the shelf, before you have a heart attack.:)
I remember way back when, I could talk to my Star Trek Encylopedia.
I was actually real disappointed that I didn't have to say "Computer." before every command though.
If I find an old Apple mouse, I think I'll wire up a mouse into the bottom of it. "Hello, Computer...." "Just use the keyboard!"
This is the most Insightful post I've read on slashdot in a long time.
Nobody said that raising children is easy, and it's not the government's job to make it easier. In fact as far as TV is concerned, American parents have no idea how censored their television is! Many other foreign countries allow programs the FCC wouldn't DREAM of allowed on TV.
ALL new TVs sold in the U.S. have V-Chips now. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that is a law now.
THESE are the types of things these type of organizations should be after, not the outright censorship of television programs, but the TOOLS to help that parent AS THEY SEE FIT! As put in the parent post, it is THEIR job.
How long before the FCC starts getting letters from atheists about Joan of Arcadia, the #1 "Best" show by their list? I'm sure they don't like what it's teaching their childrens, if they are indeed choosing to raise them in their own beliefs. It's probably not the best example, but I think you get idea of what I'm trying to say.
Freedom of choice. If memory servers that is what our country was foundedon, and supossedly lives by.
Since blind people are probably not going to be allowed to drive this things, there will be plenty of jobs training dogs to drive this things for them!
Making jobs!
"No end game."
I've heard this said about Dark Age of Camelot as well, which I played for 3 years. In an MMORPG why do you WANT "end game."? PvP = end game. Phat lewts = end game. Crafting = end game. The depth of MMORPGs are what keeps them alive and people interested in playing them. Basically, the fact that there is no end game!
I'll still looking for that MMORPG where there is no level grind.. actually I think it's called Quake;)
http://www.emailias.com/learning/spam_facts.php
Do you think there is that much lost revenue from paper junk mail?
Junk snail mail is also a problem. Thank you Captain Obvious.
I don't see how that would hold it back.
It's fairly easy to add as a sendmail milter. Why make Spamassassin do all the work (IE: DNSBL) when sendmail can take care of business before Spamassassin?
\"or even by DDoS'ng known IRC servers themselves\"
It's not Dalnet's fault anymore than it's the fault of the person's zombied PC. Don't shoot the (packet) messenger!
Let's just all start DDoSing each other! It'll be like a TCP/IP Food Fight!
Interesting thought..
\"(or at least warn the user and attempt to disable invasive services)\"
I wouldn't warn the user, just SILENTLY patch/disinfect. They are just going to think scam if you "warn" them via email popup etc.
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You beat me to this one. I would GLADLY use my CC over the internet before I would give it to a waiter, cashier, etc. There is little or no difference. Do you have any idea of knowing what happens to those CC slips your local Mom & Pop restaurant process daily? About as much as you have of knowing what happens to your CC# once you buy something at amazon.com. Why all the paranoia? 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other. Put your faith in your CC company and their fraud prevention.
God I hope they put the source code for OS/2 up.. I could use a good laugh. ;)
Why would Slashdot be sued for simply providing a link to a slanderous article? hmm... maybe I should ask the *AA that question actually. They seem to be good at making links to Illegal files illegal as well ;)
When I was downloading Firefox this morning on my 2nd machine, I had this funny feeling in my gut. Now I know why.. I WAS the 25millionth person! Or maybe it was just gas....
So how did you all get WoW to run on Linux anyway? Is there a nethack style port that I'm missing? ;)
Sorry... *waves goodbye to his Karma*
IGE owns it not IGN.
Interesting.. I run a small ISP, and this is something I never even considered. Gonna try it out right now. If there IS any personal data in a log file on my servers, I would consider the safety equal to the trust of me and my few fellow admins, however I can help but think... ROOT KIT!
I'm a lazy geek ;)
If you look ahead 15 years, this deal is going to expire. This deal is going to last 5475 days, and we all know that is a long time. This could be a very good deal for EA, but if it turns out to be a bad move, then it's not going to be good for EA.
*Find RFID, Replace Barcode* Items have been tagged for awhile now, and have made shopping as well as plenty of other things, more efficient and less expensive. http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/upccode.html UPC was born on April 3, 1973, and guess what, I STILL don't have my barcode tattoo. Walmart is not making you implant an RFID tag to shop there, these are inanimate objects. Put your tin foil hat on the shelf, before you have a heart attack. :)
I remember way back when, I could talk to my Star Trek Encylopedia. I was actually real disappointed that I didn't have to say "Computer." before every command though. If I find an old Apple mouse, I think I'll wire up a mouse into the bottom of it. "Hello, Computer...." "Just use the keyboard!"
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/0 3/164257&tid=191&tid=14
"Now all I need is Duke Nukem Forever to be released and my life will be complete."
You sir, are proof that we can live for 1000 years!
and I feel fine.
This is the most Insightful post I've read on slashdot in a long time. Nobody said that raising children is easy, and it's not the government's job to make it easier. In fact as far as TV is concerned, American parents have no idea how censored their television is! Many other foreign countries allow programs the FCC wouldn't DREAM of allowed on TV. ALL new TVs sold in the U.S. have V-Chips now. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that is a law now. THESE are the types of things these type of organizations should be after, not the outright censorship of television programs, but the TOOLS to help that parent AS THEY SEE FIT! As put in the parent post, it is THEIR job. How long before the FCC starts getting letters from atheists about Joan of Arcadia, the #1 "Best" show by their list? I'm sure they don't like what it's teaching their childrens, if they are indeed choosing to raise them in their own beliefs. It's probably not the best example, but I think you get idea of what I'm trying to say. Freedom of choice. If memory servers that is what our country was foundedon, and supossedly lives by.
Since blind people are probably not going to be allowed to drive this things, there will be plenty of jobs training dogs to drive this things for them! Making jobs!
The point that open source = more bandwidth and better servers? Slashdot effect. Proof positive that open source is better!
"No end game." I've heard this said about Dark Age of Camelot as well, which I played for 3 years. In an MMORPG why do you WANT "end game."? PvP = end game. Phat lewts = end game. Crafting = end game. The depth of MMORPGs are what keeps them alive and people interested in playing them. Basically, the fact that there is no end game! I'll still looking for that MMORPG where there is no level grind.. actually I think it's called Quake ;)
I AM my ISP.. I haven't seen anything so far, automated or otherwise. Scare tatics. and I must admit I was shaking in my converse.
"Honey! Turn the TV off! I'm trying to download the lastest Linux Distro!"
http://www.emailias.com/learning/spam_facts.php Do you think there is that much lost revenue from paper junk mail? Junk snail mail is also a problem. Thank you Captain Obvious.
I don't see how that would hold it back. It's fairly easy to add as a sendmail milter. Why make Spamassassin do all the work (IE: DNSBL) when sendmail can take care of business before Spamassassin?
His response: "It's bullshit." Well what is he gonna do?! Admit it and get $250,000 bail money? ;)
\"or even by DDoS'ng known IRC servers themselves\" It's not Dalnet's fault anymore than it's the fault of the person's zombied PC. Don't shoot the (packet) messenger! Let's just all start DDoSing each other! It'll be like a TCP/IP Food Fight!
Interesting thought.. \"(or at least warn the user and attempt to disable invasive services)\" I wouldn't warn the user, just SILENTLY patch/disinfect. They are just going to think scam if you "warn" them via email popup etc.
to buy NYT and view ad.