I don't usually do this, but MOD PARENT UP! I'm normally pretty anti-screensaver (I prefer to just turn my monitor off), but I'd make an exception for this one.
I recently spoke to my doctor about a vasectomy and he recommended continuing to use birth control for three months just to be absolutely certain there was nothing lingering in my system.
No, WinME was the last of the Win9x code base. It's line went 95 -> 98 -> ME -> scrap heap, while the other code base went NT -> 2000 -> XP. ME, and the 9x code base, was trashed with the release of XP.
Apples and oranges. You should have no expectation of privacy on a corporate network. Some companies already monitor web browsing and e-mail. How is this any different? You're using their equipement on their time. Sure it kinda sucks if it's happening to you, but then, you're supposed to be working, not chatting with your friends.
Someone please mod Mr. "I work for AOL, so you better listen to my massive years of experience" down, he didn't even read the story. The lady did pay her bill in this case. It was the ISP who made the accounting mistake and wrongfully turned off her account.
+1 Funny. Oops, I mean -5 Stupid.
According to Carter, Inter.net presented her with a $214 charge for 14 months of service that had gone unbilled because of an accounting error.
Please note that nowhere does she claim to have been over- or double-billed. She offered to pay half the money she owed for service that she knowingly used without paying for over a year. Work on your reading comprehension some, ok?
And what if, as in this case, the problem isn't your client being overdue at all, but your own ****-up? This ISP's costs should spike, by about the amount of damage that they did to this customer by screwing up.
RTFA. I quote:
According to Carter, Inter.net presented her with a $214 charge for 14 months of service that had gone unbilled because of an accounting error.
The ISP didn't mistakenly over-bill her or suspend her account for non-payment due to an error on their end. She hadn't paid for her service for 14 months. Their billing error was not billing her in this time. Meanwhile, she was enjoying the free ride. The fact that it went on for over a year clearly shows that she didn't bother bringing the error to their attention.
She got what she deserved, IMO. They should counter sue for the money she owes them plus court costs.
I went to a costume party the other night as a software pirate. I wore traditional pirate garb but was carrying a canvas bag labeled "w4r3z". The bag was full of CDs labeled "Photoshop 7", "Windows XP Professional", "Mac OS X 10.2", "Windows 2000 Server" and so on. I then let people at the party help themselves.
I'm still waiting for the responses from people when they find out that these CDs are all identical Debian install discs.
Guy who didn't read the article makes an uninformed M$ bash and gets modded to four...
The Microsoft line was the poster's sig. Check your Slashdot preferences, there's an option to include a "--" between post content and sig. I don't know why this isn't on by default, it eliminates mistakes like this.
(I added the "--" to my sig myself because it seems a lot of people don't have this enabled)
The maximum number of other computers that are permitted to simultaneously connect over the network to Windows NT Workstation 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, and Windows 2000 Professional is ten. This limit includes all transports and resource sharing protocols combined. This limit is the number of simultaneous sessions from other computers the system is permitted to host.
It's an artificial limitation. The idea is that if you need more simultaneous connections you should buy Win2k Server. In other words, MS wants you to spend more money.
These are the InfoWorld Robert X. Cringely's predictions, who isn't the same Cringely that does things for PBS. That Cringely is actually Mark C. Stephens [blancmange.net], who took the pen name with him when he left InfoWorld in 1995.
"I am not Robert X. Cringley," he said. "My name is Ryan. I inherited this column from the previous Robert X. Cringley, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from was not the real Robert X. Cringley, either. His name was Cummerbund. The real Cringley has been retired fifteen years and living like a king in Patagonia."
Rather than a new topic for Python, I'd rather see a Scripting topic. So, yeah, that means no cute Python icon, but it does put all the scripting issues in one place for people to select or ignore.
You mean like the current Developers section? True, it's a lot more than language related stories, but that's where you'll typically find them (except book reviews, which are usually in the Book Reviews section)
Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed.
Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
I had exactly the opposite problem. Earthlink has an address where you can forward spam, and every time you do, they send you an acknowledgement message!
What address are you sending it to? Spam originating outside Earthlink's network may be sent to junkmail@earthlink.net. This mailbox does not send an auto-response. You will get an auto-response if you send mail to abuse@earthlink.net (or variations, ie, abuse@corp.earthlink.net, etc), but you should only send mail to abuse if it originated on Earthlink's network.
Then I carefully read their web page about forwarding. The only people they are going after are the ones that use Earthlink's own facilities to send spam.
This is correct if you are referring to mail sent to abuse. What can Earthlink do about spam from a MSN (for example) user?
Mail sent to the junkmail address, on the other hand, is forwarded on to Brightmail who runs Earthlink's Spaminator. They will consider it for inclusion in their incoming mail filters. So this mail is being looked at, and something is being done with it (albiet not by Earthlink directly).
I think Round Table (SoCal) might do this too. Personally, I like cheddar cheese on pizza, eithe mixed with mozerella or sometimes just by itself. Don't knock it 'til you try it!
You are then welcome to pay UPS $11 to deliver a letter or small parcel in two days.
Of course the only reason it costs so much to have a letter delivered by UPS is because they aren't allowed to compete with the USPS. This means they can't charge competing rates for first class mail delivery.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't usually do this, but MOD PARENT UP! I'm normally pretty anti-screensaver (I prefer to just turn my monitor off), but I'd make an exception for this one.
I recently spoke to my doctor about a vasectomy and he recommended continuing to use birth control for three months just to be absolutely certain there was nothing lingering in my system.
What's that the purpose of Windows ME?
No, WinME was the last of the Win9x code base. It's line went 95 -> 98 -> ME -> scrap heap, while the other code base went NT -> 2000 -> XP. ME, and the 9x code base, was trashed with the release of XP.
Apples and oranges. You should have no expectation of privacy on a corporate network. Some companies already monitor web browsing and e-mail. How is this any different? You're using their equipement on their time. Sure it kinda sucks if it's happening to you, but then, you're supposed to be working, not chatting with your friends.
The lady did pay her bill in this case. It was the ISP who made the accounting mistake and wrongfully turned off her account.
+1 Funny. Oops, I mean -5 Stupid. Please note that nowhere does she claim to have been over- or double-billed. She offered to pay half the money she owed for service that she knowingly used without paying for over a year. Work on your reading comprehension some, ok?
RTFA. I quote:The ISP didn't mistakenly over-bill her or suspend her account for non-payment due to an error on their end. She hadn't paid for her service for 14 months. Their billing error was not billing her in this time. Meanwhile, she was enjoying the free ride. The fact that it went on for over a year clearly shows that she didn't bother bringing the error to their attention.
She got what she deserved, IMO. They should counter sue for the money she owes them plus court costs.
I went to a costume party the other night as a software pirate. I wore traditional pirate garb but was carrying a canvas bag labeled "w4r3z". The bag was full of CDs labeled "Photoshop 7", "Windows XP Professional", "Mac OS X 10.2", "Windows 2000 Server" and so on. I then let people at the party help themselves.
I'm still waiting for the responses from people when they find out that these CDs are all identical Debian install discs.
She was so great in Anal Adventures of Suzy Superslut.
Guy who didn't read the article makes an uninformed M$ bash and gets modded to four...
The Microsoft line was the poster's sig. Check your Slashdot preferences, there's an option to include a "--" between post content and sig. I don't know why this isn't on by default, it eliminates mistakes like this.
(I added the "--" to my sig myself because it seems a lot of people don't have this enabled)
From Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q122920.
(Warning: The page layout is broken in Mozilla)
It's an artificial limitation. The idea is that if you need more simultaneous connections you should buy Win2k Server. In other words, MS wants you to spend more money.
Really?
Including Tony Hawk?
Including Liza Richardson?
Including DJ Qbert?
Including Damon Wright?
You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means.
These are the InfoWorld Robert X. Cringely's predictions, who isn't the same Cringely that does things for PBS. That Cringely is actually Mark C. Stephens [blancmange.net], who took the pen name with him when he left InfoWorld in 1995.
"I am not Robert X. Cringley," he said. "My name is Ryan. I inherited this column from the previous Robert X. Cringley, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from was not the real Robert X. Cringley, either. His name was Cummerbund. The real Cringley has been retired fifteen years and living like a king in Patagonia."
Rather than a new topic for Python, I'd rather see a Scripting topic. So, yeah, that means no cute Python icon, but it does put all the scripting issues in one place for people to select or ignore.
You mean like the current Developers section? True, it's a lot more than language related stories, but that's where you'll typically find them (except book reviews, which are usually in the Book Reviews section)
You're welcome :)
anyone know any other completely offtopic pirate jokes that they would like to burn up some karma with?
Well, I posted this one yesterday.
Q: What do pirates use to copy movies?
A: CD-Arrrr
*ahem*
Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed.
Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
Heh.
More information on Projekt's stance can be found at:
http://www.projekt.com/projekt/audio.asp and
http://www.projekt.com/projekt/napster01.asp
It's worth noting that Sam Rosenthal is not only the label's owner, he's also a musician with a fairly large number of recorded albums of his own.
What about Slashdot in the role of the Guide?
Slashdot? No. The role of the Guide was made for E2.
Good idea. Too bad it's too late to mod this up some.
I had exactly the opposite problem. Earthlink has an address where you can forward spam, and every time you do, they send you an acknowledgement message!
What address are you sending it to? Spam originating outside Earthlink's network may be sent to junkmail@earthlink.net. This mailbox does not send an auto-response. You will get an auto-response if you send mail to abuse@earthlink.net (or variations, ie, abuse@corp.earthlink.net, etc), but you should only send mail to abuse if it originated on Earthlink's network.
Then I carefully read their web page about forwarding. The only people they are going after are the ones that use Earthlink's own facilities to send spam.
This is correct if you are referring to mail sent to abuse. What can Earthlink do about spam from a MSN (for example) user?
Mail sent to the junkmail address, on the other hand, is forwarded on to Brightmail who runs Earthlink's Spaminator. They will consider it for inclusion in their incoming mail filters. So this mail is being looked at, and something is being done with it (albiet not by Earthlink directly).
I think Round Table (SoCal) might do this too. Personally, I like cheddar cheese on pizza, eithe mixed with mozerella or sometimes just by itself. Don't knock it 'til you try it!
I was just thinking of that one while reading this. I may not agree with everything the Ecotopians did, but it's a fairly thought-provoking book.
For those who haven't read it:
Ecotopia
Ernest Callenbach
ISBN: 0553348477
Have you read Ecotopia Emerging? I've always meant to read that but I haven't thought about either book in years now. I wonder if I should pick it up.
You are then welcome to pay UPS $11 to deliver a letter or small parcel in two days.
Of course the only reason it costs so much to have a letter delivered by UPS is because they aren't allowed to compete with the USPS. This means they can't charge competing rates for first class mail delivery.