Might be a work around if you can use the browser in iPhone and iPad if the integration with flash is tight enough and the iPhone/iPad OS doesn't recognize the process as flash due to the integration. So in other words the browser would have to mask the flash execution as some "other" software process not flash, essentially hiding it from the OS?
Right, sure sure here let me scan all my systems and send the list of the unresponsible items I have on it. It is so predictable, "well of course they agreed to install it and turned on autoupdate and the software just tracks ip usage, user location etc." data which most likely makes any user a prime candidate for scanning, searching for violations etc. What's in the future? More suits against 12 year old girls using file sharing software to get copies of Brittany Spears latest, yup definetly going after the worst of the worst.
I'm sorry to hear you had this experience. It may be that the former AT&T wireless used some third party e-marketing companies to send those emails and frequently these types of companies, although they claim legitimacy through selling their services to bigger "name" companies also use the same "modus aparendi" of spammers i.e. not honoring removal requests. Often the larger company doesn't closely monitor the "service" they've purchased and the e-mailer operates with impunity. Also make sure when you sign up for any service you buy to carefully read the "terms and conditions" that are part of your agreement. Most big cellular and ISP type services include a caveat that says in effect "if you establish a business relationship with us you agree to our right to send you messages about further offers etc". This is essentially their license to send you this email i.e. "you agreed to it"...lol They often will still have a way to request out of these emails but honoring those requests is a different matter as you are well aware by now. This has happened to me as well so I feel your pain, hopefully you won't have this problem with your new provider:)
Well, if you read the article on Salon they say: "The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warns that unsubscribe links are "often just a method for collecting valid addresses that are then sent other spam." The FTC has sent warning letters to at least 77 marketers for their failure to honor unsubscribe requests.
Sure, a few spammers might take your name off to avoid trouble. But to most, you're merely confirming that they've found a live one. Next thing you know, they'll have sold your e-mail address to other spammers as "validated" -- or, in other words, ready for spamming."
Why would a spammer ignore a "good" address? An ethical business would remove you when you click on these links but then spammers aren't ethical.
This has been true for years, click on the link and the spammer knows they have a good address and you've actually read their spam...Update that address and send em more!
Another issue with these over seas help desk deals that no one ever mentions is that once the american companies provide access to their customer databases to all the employees in foreign countries, your personal information is now available for missuse in a foreign land and at this point there is nothing you can do to stop it. Think of it any service you pay for ships their customer care over to india and all your billing info is there for the taking and you don't even know it. There are currently some lawmakers talking about putting some safety checks in place but at this point there are no such checks to make sure its ok with you that your personal/billing information is shared with foreign nationals.
No doubt "making" users of this device view commercials and somehow tracking who records what material is part of this scheme. What baffles me about products like this is they remove features I want, like namely the ability to FF past commercials in a recording, to record when and what I want without being monitored or tracked. Even if this product was free I wouldn't participate due to the monitoring that no doubt would be done by AOL/Time Warner.
Ringworld Idea and Halo
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Larry, I loved the book Ringworld, the whole idea of creating our own world always has appealed to me. I was wondering if you've ever seen the X-box game "Halo"? They obviously used your idea of a "ringworld" there, did the game designers ever talk with you and give you credit? I think your an amazing writer and to not give you credit is sad testimony to the plagerisms of our time.
What crap, I work for a company which provides connectivity to several cable providers and their customer bases are growning by thousands of subscribers per day. I find it interesting that this study says dialup speeds should be just fine, if thats true why would anyone pay for additional speed? Why would thousands of folks decide that they want to pay an extra $20 a month (at least) for something that ads no value to their internet experience? This study was probably done by a government group funded with taxpayer money, the conclusion is patently ridiculous. I connect with cable myself and all members of my family noticed the speed increase and loved it. If my family (kids and wife) had to go back to dial up they would be yelling, dad this is too slow! The study results obviously slipped by the bullshit filter.
Have you come to know and accept Cowboy Neal as your personal savior?
Accept a Free Ride to the Space Station Freedom?
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If your fans contributed the 20 million it takes to send a tourist into space, would you go? (of course you'd have to train in Russia and accept a ride on a Russian rocket!)
Links have been Slash dotted - too many users....
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Yes I had the same experience with Road Runner. The dude installed the software and answered all the prompts for me. They're "manager" software is required to access the systems that will let you add email addresses or start a homepage. Soon after install I wiped the system and reinstalled the OS without the software. This obiviously doesn't undo the damage already done but would prevent any spyware from keeping tabs on my surfing habbits etc.
Hmm...the key to this question is that the person posting it spells center....centre. Most probably it's in Jolly old England where broadband is probably as scarce as healthy food.
Here in NC (where I am located)First Union Bank uses this software and I believe they ended up going with some sort of advanced IDS system, that actually has some sort of counter-response to an attack built in. They did this because of just this situation where the OEM vendor couldn't get them patches quick enough, they basically let their systems become infected and stopped all non-authorized traffic going either way. Problem with this tactic is that although code red/nimda where relatively harmless the next version may not be so harmless and may take out there data center.
Why don't they just implant them in our bodies...
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Let's see they could implant a small transponder/gps unit, with the alcohol/illegal drug sensor and a small electrical shocking device so if we drink/eat/take anything deemed "illegal" we can be shocked immediately and immobilized for gestapo pickup and disposal. Numerical tattoos are so cliche anyway.
It's hard to believe sometimes the limited level of "net" intelligence most politicians seem to have these days, what the hell are they trying to do, put more school age kids in jail? Kid's are learning in school and they make mistakes, so let's put them in jail that should teach them! I'll bet this guy is an AOL user and is just all pissed off about those damn hackers sending him porn mail..jeesh.
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Might be a work around if you can use the browser in iPhone and iPad
if the integration with flash is tight enough and the iPhone/iPad OS doesn't recognize the process
as flash due to the integration. So in other words the browser would have to mask the flash execution as some "other" software process not flash,
essentially hiding it from the OS?
Looks like the links been slashdotted :)
Right, sure sure here let me scan all my systems and send the list of the unresponsible items I have on it. It is so predictable, "well of course they agreed to install it and turned on autoupdate and the software just tracks ip usage, user location etc." data which most likely makes any user a prime candidate for scanning, searching for violations etc. What's in the future? More suits against 12 year old girls using file sharing software to get copies of Brittany Spears latest, yup definetly going after the worst of the worst.
Why not move the entire company over there? They'd be doing us all a favor.
I'm sorry to hear you had this experience. It may be that the former AT&T wireless used some third party e-marketing companies to send those emails and frequently these types of companies, although they claim legitimacy through selling their services to bigger "name" companies also use the same "modus aparendi" of spammers i.e. not honoring removal requests. Often the larger company doesn't closely monitor the "service" they've purchased and the e-mailer operates with impunity. Also make sure when you sign up for any service you buy to carefully read the "terms and conditions" that are part of your agreement. Most big cellular and ISP type services include a caveat that says in effect "if you establish a business relationship with us you agree to our right to send you messages about further offers etc". This is essentially their license to send you this email i.e. "you agreed to it"...lol They often will still have a way to request out of these emails but honoring those requests is a different matter as you are well aware by now. :)
This has happened to me as well so I feel your pain, hopefully you won't have this problem with your new provider
What service are you trying to "unsubscribe" from just out of curiosity?
Well, if you read the article on Salon they say:
"The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warns that unsubscribe links are "often just a method for collecting valid addresses that are then sent other spam." The FTC has sent warning letters to at least 77 marketers for their failure to honor unsubscribe requests.
Sure, a few spammers might take your name off to avoid trouble. But to most, you're merely confirming that they've found a live one. Next thing you know, they'll have sold your e-mail address to other spammers as "validated" -- or, in other words, ready for spamming."
Why would a spammer ignore a "good" address?
An ethical business would remove you when you click on these links but then spammers aren't ethical.
This has been true for years, click on the link and the spammer knows they have a good address and you've actually read their spam...Update that address and send em more!
Another issue with these over seas help desk deals that no one ever mentions is that once the american companies provide access to their customer databases to all the employees in foreign countries, your personal information is now available for missuse in a foreign land and at this point there is nothing you can do to stop it. Think of it any service you pay for ships their customer care over to india and all your billing info is there for the taking and you don't even know it. There are currently some lawmakers talking about putting some safety checks in place but at this point there are no such checks to make sure its ok with you that your personal/billing information is shared with foreign nationals.
No doubt "making" users of this device view commercials and somehow tracking who records what material is part of this scheme. What baffles me about products like this is they remove features I want, like namely the ability to FF past commercials in a recording, to record when and what I want without being monitored or tracked. Even if this product was free I wouldn't participate due to the monitoring that no doubt would be done by AOL/Time Warner.
Larry, I loved the book Ringworld, the whole idea of creating our own world always has appealed to me. I was wondering if you've ever seen the X-box game "Halo"? They obviously used your idea of a "ringworld" there, did the game designers ever talk with you and give you credit? I think your an amazing writer and to not give you credit is sad testimony to the plagerisms of our time.
What crap, I work for a company which provides connectivity to several cable providers and their customer bases are growning by thousands of subscribers per day. I find it interesting that this study says dialup speeds should be just fine, if thats true why would anyone pay for additional speed? Why would thousands of folks decide that they want to pay an extra $20 a month (at least) for something that ads no value to their internet experience? This study was probably done by a government group funded with taxpayer money, the conclusion is patently ridiculous. I connect with cable myself and all members of my family noticed the speed increase and loved it. If my family (kids and wife) had to go back to dial up they would be yelling, dad this is too slow! The study results obviously slipped by the bullshit filter.
Have you come to know and accept Cowboy Neal as your personal savior?
If your fans contributed the 20 million it takes to send a tourist into space, would you go?
(of course you'd have to train in Russia and accept a ride on a Russian rocket!)
Cant see the links but I would love to comment!
Yes I had the same experience with Road Runner. The dude installed the software and answered all the prompts for me. They're "manager" software is required to access the systems that will let you add email addresses or start a homepage. Soon after install I wiped the system and reinstalled the OS without the software. This obiviously doesn't undo the damage already done but would prevent any spyware from keeping tabs on my surfing habbits etc.
Hmm...the key to this question is that the person posting it spells center....centre. Most probably it's in Jolly old England where broadband is probably as scarce as healthy food.
Here in NC (where I am located)First Union Bank uses this software and I believe they ended up going with some sort of advanced IDS system, that actually has some sort of counter-response to an attack built in. They did this because of just this situation where the OEM vendor couldn't get them patches quick enough, they basically let their systems become infected and stopped all non-authorized traffic going either way. Problem with this tactic is that although code red/nimda where relatively harmless the next version may not be so harmless and may take out there data center.
Let's see they could implant a small transponder/gps unit, with the alcohol/illegal drug sensor and a small electrical shocking device so if we drink/eat/take anything deemed "illegal" we can be shocked immediately and immobilized for gestapo pickup and disposal. Numerical tattoos are so cliche anyway.
It's hard to believe sometimes the limited level of "net" intelligence most politicians seem to have these days, what the hell are they trying to do, put more school age kids in jail? Kid's are learning in school and they make mistakes, so let's put them in jail that should teach them! I'll bet this guy is an AOL user and is just all pissed off about those damn hackers sending him porn mail..jeesh.