My better idea: A network of pissed-off spam recipients. If I get a spam I contact someone on the network who lives near the spammer, and they go over and beat the shit out of them. Likewise, if there's a spammer in my area I'll go beat the shit out of them for you if you're on the network. Call us eMail Agents For Independent Action.
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You miss the point. You teach dspam what you do and don't want to see, so ultimately you decide.
Outlook is like what you fear; Microsoft decides what you will and won't see. I can add specific senders to the black and white lists (you click to add to the blacklist, but you have to type in an address to add it to the whitelist -- stupid MS shits), but Microsoft decides if I can see that attachment (if they think it's bad, it's gone and I can't recover it) or if this email's spam (it regularly discarded stuff from IBM Developer Works until I added them to my whitelist). With a tool like dspam I can regain control over what gets filtered (although I've found no way to turn off Outlook's attachment blocking).
The difference is that Hoover didn't care if what he learned wouldn't stand up in court, because he was only interested in blackmail to keep his job. Same with Nixon. Ashcroft wants to use what he learns in court, so he wants Congress to legalize the crap Jedger and Tricky D. used to pull.
He also doesn't want to bother with all that nasty detective work to decide whose phones to tap, he wants to read all the mail and listen to all the phone calls and sort it out later. Personally, I have no problem with this, as long as John Ashcroft's mail and phone calls are all made public so we can play, too.
I think of the various Linux distros as "forks" of whatever Linus himself runs. There are literally dozens of Linux forks. Too bad Linus doesn't release a distro, so we'd know what Linux is supposed to look like. If you sit down at a Linux system you have no idea what you're going to find. From a Systems Administration standpoint alone that makes *BSD a better choice for corporations with a large number of hosts, but Linux gets all the press.
I second that. Beyond that, are you open to games other than simulations? What about puzzle games or other educational games? I'm not familar with what's available for the Mac, but given their history in the classroom there must be a ton of educational stuff out there, and some of it may even be free.
It wasn't as good as I'd hoped. Certainly not worth moving Enterprise opposite Angel. And why put The Mullets between them? Why oh why do they think the SF/gamer crowd would watch that crap?
Since you're running a "crufty old P133" I'll assume this is not a corporate environment where your employer buys the software. So when you send them.sxw files they can download OOo for FREE to open them, but when they send you.doc files they're expecting you to pay Microsoft hundreds of dollars to open them. That makes you a nicer person.
The Discovery Channel only talks to producers? Then find one. A producer brings you access to the talent and equipment needed, but they need money, too. You say you have sponsors, so pretend they'll sponsor the video and go talk to producers.
Meanwhile, pretend you have a producer and go talk to sponsors. Whose sleeping bags are you using? Whose trucks are you using? There must be some equipment you're using that isn't sponsored -- ask those folks to pay for the video crew. Whose radios are you using? Your own? Great -- find a radio manufacturer and ask them to sponsor the video, leave your radios at home and use theirs. I'd say the radio makers have the most to gain from popularizing ham radio.
OK, so I've only worked at three of them, but all of the Fortune 500 companies I've worked at feel the same way about Open Source Software: There's no contract with the supplier, so there's nobody to sue if it doesn't work out.
Mind you, they never sue anybody when things don't work out. At best they switch vendors. What's worse, they figure they've already sunk $X into this stupid product so they have to make it work (because they don't have any money left to buy something else). And worst of all, they often pay the vendor even more money to fix whatever's wrong with the product they bought!
Bottom line, they just don't grok OSS. OSS won't take hold in corporate America until the people using OSS anyway eventually rise through the ranks to become the CTOs. Unfortunately, breaking corporate policy by running OSS anyway isn't a good way to rise through the ranks.
I never broke my word. My contract is with AT&T Broadband, not Comcast. Comcast changed the terms of service when they bought AT&T, but I never agreed to the change. This isn't the only thing they changed, either -- they lowered the storage for our web pages from 60Meg to 25Meg and they replaced our fixed IP address with DHCP. I have a signed contract, so they can't get away with that "you agreed to the change by continuing to use the service" crap, either. Maybe that's why they haven't "enforced" the VPN "ban".
The "no servers" rule was in effect when I signed up, so I'm OK with that, but these other changes are garbage.
Ah, that's the Catch-22. You must have a business account to use VPN on Comcast, but they don't offer business accounts. So we just VPN into work from home anyway. If Comcast ever catchs us, we'll sue their butts in Small Claims court, where they probably won't even show up (but if they do it would be interesting to hear their explanation). How in Hell can they enforce a Catch-22 clause? Or, more to the point, how in Small Claims Court can they enforce it?
EV1 paid 'protection' money to extortionists. Now the other extortionists will ooze out from under their rocks and try to hit up EV1 for a quick buck. Plus, protection money is never a one-time payment. Before long EV1 will have to raise their rates, either to cover this ever-increasing cost or to hire lawyers -- or both.
BTW, when you voiced your disappointment, what was EV1's reply?
Uhhh, I don't get it. What is he 'Slashvertising'? His web site isn't mentioned. He's not pushing his new host -- he hasn't got one. I don't understand your problem, nor do I understand the moderation it got.
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My better idea: A network of pissed-off spam recipients. If I get a spam I contact someone on the network who lives near the spammer, and they go over and beat the shit out of them. Likewise, if there's a spammer in my area I'll go beat the shit out of them for you if you're on the network. Call us eMail Agents For Independent Action.
Outlook is like what you fear; Microsoft decides what you will and won't see. I can add specific senders to the black and white lists (you click to add to the blacklist, but you have to type in an address to add it to the whitelist -- stupid MS shits), but Microsoft decides if I can see that attachment (if they think it's bad, it's gone and I can't recover it) or if this email's spam (it regularly discarded stuff from IBM Developer Works until I added them to my whitelist). With a tool like dspam I can regain control over what gets filtered (although I've found no way to turn off Outlook's attachment blocking).
What about the ISPs who cater to spammers? AOL and MSN are not the only ISPs, you know.
GNU/HURD is begging, alright. Begging for developers, begging for users, begging to be noticed. Does anyone actually use it? Even these guys don't.
He also doesn't want to bother with all that nasty detective work to decide whose phones to tap, he wants to read all the mail and listen to all the phone calls and sort it out later. Personally, I have no problem with this, as long as John Ashcroft's mail and phone calls are all made public so we can play, too.
I think of the various Linux distros as "forks" of whatever Linus himself runs. There are literally dozens of Linux forks. Too bad Linus doesn't release a distro, so we'd know what Linux is supposed to look like. If you sit down at a Linux system you have no idea what you're going to find. From a Systems Administration standpoint alone that makes *BSD a better choice for corporations with a large number of hosts, but Linux gets all the press.
I don't know the episode titles, but Spike joins the show in this current season and really livens things up. I'm going to miss it when it goes.
I second that. Beyond that, are you open to games other than simulations? What about puzzle games or other educational games? I'm not familar with what's available for the Mac, but given their history in the classroom there must be a ton of educational stuff out there, and some of it may even be free.
It wasn't as good as I'd hoped. Certainly not worth moving Enterprise opposite Angel. And why put The Mullets between them? Why oh why do they think the SF/gamer crowd would watch that crap?
Since you're running a "crufty old P133" I'll assume this is not a corporate environment where your employer buys the software. So when you send them .sxw files they can download OOo for FREE to open them, but when they send you .doc files they're expecting you to pay Microsoft hundreds of dollars to open them. That makes you a nicer person.
I suddenly see the need for Bush's space-based weapons systems!
Meanwhile, pretend you have a producer and go talk to sponsors. Whose sleeping bags are you using? Whose trucks are you using? There must be some equipment you're using that isn't sponsored -- ask those folks to pay for the video crew. Whose radios are you using? Your own? Great -- find a radio manufacturer and ask them to sponsor the video, leave your radios at home and use theirs. I'd say the radio makers have the most to gain from popularizing ham radio.
Have you talked to the ARRL about this?
Mind you, they never sue anybody when things don't work out. At best they switch vendors. What's worse, they figure they've already sunk $X into this stupid product so they have to make it work (because they don't have any money left to buy something else). And worst of all, they often pay the vendor even more money to fix whatever's wrong with the product they bought!
Bottom line, they just don't grok OSS. OSS won't take hold in corporate America until the people using OSS anyway eventually rise through the ranks to become the CTOs. Unfortunately, breaking corporate policy by running OSS anyway isn't a good way to rise through the ranks.
I read Slashdot.
"Now check out this PostgreSQL stuff, where you get something for nothing."
Uh, thanks for the "Funny" moderation, but I was serious.
The "no servers" rule was in effect when I signed up, so I'm OK with that, but these other changes are garbage.
"Hey, boss, Microsoft gave you nothing for something. Now check out this OOo stuff, where you get something for nothing."
The real trick is to get their customers^h^h^hsuckers to renew the "nothing for something" contracts!
Ah, that's the Catch-22. You must have a business account to use VPN on Comcast, but they don't offer business accounts. So we just VPN into work from home anyway. If Comcast ever catchs us, we'll sue their butts in Small Claims court, where they probably won't even show up (but if they do it would be interesting to hear their explanation). How in Hell can they enforce a Catch-22 clause? Or, more to the point, how in Small Claims Court can they enforce it?
Microsoft screwing their customers? How is this news?
Nobody ever bought an EV1. GM leased them exclusively. When the lease is up you must give it back; no option to buy.
BTW, when you voiced your disappointment, what was EV1's reply?
Uhhh, I don't get it. What is he 'Slashvertising'? His web site isn't mentioned. He's not pushing his new host -- he hasn't got one. I don't understand your problem, nor do I understand the moderation it got.