.... and wayback is sponsored, amongst others, by the library of congress. The archive itself a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit. See 17 U.S.C. SECTION 108(a)(3) for more information.
Strange that such a complaint would appear within a group expousing that "information wants to be free.":)
I'm wary of all these new 82-button controllers with orgasm mode. Andhere'swhy.
AOL cancel operators
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· Score: 5, Interesting
AOL removed online cancelation because it was, well, easy. This was brought up during the lawsuits aginst them over the busy signals a few years ago. Currently you have to call to cancel, and the person you'll speak to receives a paid bonus if they convince you not to cancel. They usually offer another free month or point out that you could just call back on the exact day your bill cycles. That's why Katz got hung up on, the person was upset at loosing pay.
Good to see "signal" after a a fan of "noise"
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I just read how this turkey (btw that's Barry Dennis, 410-591-1900) loves spam. Sheesh. We need more projects like this to combat the village idiots out there.
Unlike that 'distance learning' and other quackery, unconscious learning is possible. The brain can so some very wacky things that you aren't always fully aware of.
Makse Sense, they sold their Web Directory
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AOL Buying Up Blogs
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Although nothing probably beats Custer's Revenge, there's a list of best/worst awards sites here. (don't mind the MSN stuff, the ODP is pulling a 4/1 joke).
I'm a librarian. It is the most difficult time in history to do library research. There are hundreds of overlapping commercial databases out there, each with their own coverage, interface, and search engines.
Students used to locating information with Google are appalled at the steps it takes to locate a scholarly journal. You need to browse a list of subject databases, search them, then locate a printed copy of the journal via our catalog (a growing but still small percent of journals are available online).
Someday searching the various literary databases may be as easy as Google, but in the meantime there are drastic capitalist impediments to making it easy to do library research.
... so ask a Librarian if you ever need help...
The Wheel Turns...
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There will *always* be a cycical contest between hackers and security, and search engine spammers and opitmizers are no exception.
It should be emphasized that these spamming vulnerabilities of search engines are almost entirely due to their automated nature. Efforts to present search results not just based on author-presented data, such as the frequency, positioning, and proximity of search terms, but with also somehow computing more objective data based on the source domain of the indexed file, how often searchers choose the link, and especially a sophisticated type of citation analysis that charts authoritative pages and hubs by counting the number of links pointing to a page, do hold promise for offering more relevant search results (Brin & Page, 1998; Chakrabarti, et. al., 1999; Notess, 1999). It is reasonable to assume, however, that no matter how sophisticated the spamming countermeasures adopted by automated indexes become, new ways of fooling the machines could be crafted. Some amount of human editorial power therefore seems necessary.
- From a paper I wrote back when Google seemed impervious to spamming (early 1999).
"In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock." - Orson Welles (1915-1985)
Reminds me of the Digital Divide issue. Despite the current administration's voodoo statictics, it's getting worse, video streaming Commodore 64s from Afghanistan notwithstanding.
You could throw people if you were on top of them. You could play Vega or Chun Li and just leap over your opponent, hit the throw button, and toss them down. It made the game pretty simple to beat, and fun to own people who were bugging you.
Did you read the update on the page, or are you just parroting the previous +5 post on this?
Since this was first brought up a few days ago, the Scientology volunteer editor at the Open Directory Project, an upstream content provider for Google, was fired.
Column A This is yet another reason why China scares me. Anyone upset over the American jingoism since 9/11 and during the Olympics should be blown away by the scope of Chinese nationalism, to say nothing of their singularly ass backwards system of medicine, politics, human rights, spam filtering, etc..
Column B Kudos for this country for pushing the scientific frontiers of medical benefits to mankind. This forward-thinking is yet another sign of the benefits of not being caught up in corrupt fundamenalist political wackos. But since China's rich cultural heritage spanks the USA in longevity by about, oh, a factor of ten, it shouldn't be surprising where they're headed - it's only a matter of time before this technically advanced economic powerhouse dominates the globe.
"I went over and told a CompUSA guy, but he looked at me like I was clueless," Webb said.
Can't say I'm stunned. Most employees are either like this or the Dilbert electronic salesman that pays to work at the store. Or better...
Comic Book Guy: I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fibre-optic T-1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatable with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration? Homer: (pause) Can I have some money now?
Slashdot Mirror
But that's old news ("Google has also cut access to one or two pages cited in Deutsche Bahn's request letter").
.... and wayback is sponsored, amongst others, by the library of congress. The archive itself a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit. See 17 U.S.C. SECTION 108(a)(3) for more information.
:)
Strange that such a complaint would appear within a group expousing that "information wants to be free."
I can just see the "and what if this was IIS, how would you be commenting with snide remarks" trolls now.
>The increased popularity of DVDs over VHS is bound to improve Linux mindshare and marketshare.
Yes, and Spiderman is an allegory for our post-911 globalism. Quit trying to Katz-connect everything. Who the hell watches movies on computers?
When works pass into the public domain
Growth rate of the public domain
Not whoring, at 50, yadda yadda, just thought this may be useful
I'm wary of all these new 82-button controllers with orgasm mode. And here's why.
AOL removed online cancelation because it was, well, easy. This was brought up during the lawsuits aginst them over the busy signals a few years ago. Currently you have to call to cancel, and the person you'll speak to receives a paid bonus if they convince you not to cancel. They usually offer another free month or point out that you could just call back on the exact day your bill cycles. That's why Katz got hung up on, the person was upset at loosing pay.
I just read how this turkey (btw that's Barry Dennis, 410-591-1900) loves spam. Sheesh. We need more projects like this to combat the village idiots out there.
This comment is probably too late to be noticed, but more reviews can be found here and here.
Unlike that 'distance learning' and other quackery, unconscious learning is possible. The brain can so some very wacky things that you aren't always fully aware of.
... to Microsoft.
Although nothing probably beats Custer's Revenge, there's a list of best/worst awards sites here. (don't mind the MSN stuff, the ODP is pulling a 4/1 joke).
... because it is so good.
...
I'm a librarian. It is the most difficult time in history to do library research. There are hundreds of overlapping commercial databases out there, each with their own coverage, interface, and search engines.
Students used to locating information with Google are appalled at the steps it takes to locate a scholarly journal. You need to browse a list of subject databases, search them, then locate a printed copy of the journal via our catalog (a growing but still small percent of journals are available online).
Someday searching the various literary databases may be as easy as Google, but in the meantime there are drastic capitalist impediments to making it easy to do library research.
... so ask a Librarian if you ever need help
There will *always* be a cycical contest between hackers and security, and search engine spammers and opitmizers are no exception.
It should be emphasized that these spamming vulnerabilities of search engines are almost entirely due to their automated nature. Efforts to present search results not just based on author-presented data, such as the frequency, positioning, and proximity of search terms, but with also somehow computing more objective data based on the source domain of the indexed file, how often searchers choose the link, and especially a sophisticated type of citation analysis that charts authoritative pages and hubs by counting the number of links pointing to a page, do hold promise for offering more relevant search results (Brin & Page, 1998; Chakrabarti, et. al., 1999; Notess, 1999). It is reasonable to assume, however, that no matter how sophisticated the spamming countermeasures adopted by automated indexes become, new ways of fooling the machines could be crafted. Some amount of human editorial power therefore seems necessary.
- From a paper I wrote back when Google seemed impervious to spamming (early 1999).
"In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock."
- Orson Welles (1915-1985)
... you mean 90% of people aren't actually the above average drivers they think they are?!
Reminds me of the Digital Divide issue. Despite the current administration's voodoo statictics, it's getting worse, video streaming Commodore 64s from Afghanistan notwithstanding.
You could throw people if you were on top of them. You could play Vega or Chun Li and just leap over your opponent, hit the throw button, and toss them down. It made the game pretty simple to beat, and fun to own people who were bugging you.
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>FYI his post wasn't redundant
Yes it was, coward. If you're going to whore with this method, at least stay signed in to defend your tactics.
[Insert your own Spaceballs the Flamethrower joke here]
Ug, a 2D web directory is confusing enough.
Did you read the update on the page, or are you just parroting the previous +5 post on this?
Since this was first brought up a few days ago, the Scientology volunteer editor at the Open Directory Project, an upstream content provider for Google, was fired.
For bringing this to the limelight.
More.
Column A
This is yet another reason why China scares me. Anyone upset over the American jingoism since 9/11 and during the Olympics should be blown away by the scope of Chinese nationalism, to say nothing of their singularly ass backwards system of medicine, politics, human rights, spam filtering, etc..
Column B
Kudos for this country for pushing the scientific frontiers of medical benefits to mankind. This forward-thinking is yet another sign of the benefits of not being caught up in corrupt fundamenalist political wackos. But since China's rich cultural heritage spanks the USA in longevity by about, oh, a factor of ten, it shouldn't be surprising where they're headed - it's only a matter of time before this technically advanced economic powerhouse dominates the globe.
Can't say I'm stunned. Most employees are either like this or the Dilbert electronic salesman that pays to work at the store. Or better...
Comic Book Guy: I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fibre-optic T-1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatable with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration?
Homer: (pause) Can I have some money now?