Also under the proposed law, people who bring a video camera into a movie theater to make a copy of the film for distribution would be imprisoned for three years, fined or both.
Does that make it legal to make a copy of the film for personal use? Sweet!
(No, I didn't read either proposed bill. Yes, I'm joking. If I liked a movie enough, I'd buy the DVD.)
Apropos old computers, I've had a recent fixation on the Olivetti Video Display Terminal, which I saw in a book of Mario Bellini's industrial designs. It's probably just as well it hasn't shown up on eBay lately 'cause I sure don't have the space.
After looking at the fourth one I have to wonder why NASA hired Benny Hill to do such sensitive work. Ten bucks says that in five minutes, he's looking up someone's dress instead of brushing dirt off the solar dust.
It's just the opposite. I give lots of friends, acquaintances, and family my address. I just try to keep it away from anything that an email address-harvesting computer program could find.
One of your buddies will get an outlook virus, and spoof your address.
I mentioned that - it's only happened about half a dozen times in the year or so I've been doing this. When one of these viruses sends the address book to a spammer, I'm busted, I guess.
Or someone will "reply to all" and include a mailing list.
So far so good! I get plenty of emails from well-meaning friends and family letting me know their latest political concerns or jokes (which are sometimes one and the same...) but I can tolerate that level of "spam." It's the "Enl@rge Y0uuur Pen!s" variety I have managed to avoid almost entirely.
You still have to deal with your spam mailbox, so you might as well just make another folder in your mailbox and put your good mail there.
I agree with the hypothesis, and used to do what you describe in your conclusion. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think the reason I like having two separate addresses is that I access them in different ways - the old one via a web interface and the new one via a (different) web interface, a POP client, or command-line MUA. I think this changes my frame of mind somewhat when dealing with the two different accounts. Plus there's a certain satisfaction that none of the junk is even landing on my computer.
This sort of thing gets very personal, so I can totally understand wanting them in different folders as you suggested. I used to do it that way, but then when I felt like checking my mail, there would be a big pile of potential spam lurking in a couple of folders. It was hard to avoid the temptation to see what was there, which made checking my email much less enjoyable.
The way I do it now, it's a fairly different process to check the potential spam, so I only do it from time to time and don't get distracted by it when I'm reading my real email. (Or, as I mentioned in my original post, when I'm expecting something.)
I know they're functionally equivalent at some level, but having distinct access methods is actually a feature for me. It creates more separation between "checking my email" and "checking my spam".
The only spam I have received has been of the Outlook virus variety, where someone with my address in their address book sends spam pretending to be someone else in their address book. I didn't open the attachments, and don't use Windows anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered. I've received maybe half a dozen such emails in a couple of years. That's it.
Here are the reasons I think I've managed to avoid spam:
My new address is on a domain that I own, and the domain name is not a dictionary word, proper name, etc. So I think it's kept my domain "under the radar" of spammers.
My old address is the administrative contact for my domain.
My new address doesn't appear on my web site.
My new address doesn't appear on Usenet.
My new address doesn't go to any commercial interests.
I'm aware of several weaknesses of this approach - it's "security" through obscurity, people can't click a mailto: link on my site, and I have to maintain an account that receives spam, but the tradeoff is worth it to me. It's a little like wearing galoshes (rubbers, to those UK-ers) over nice shoes - a little more trouble, but it keeps my nice shoes clean, so I'm happy with the trade-off.
For example, when I place an order on a web site and it sends a confirmation, I know I can quickly find it among the spam and chuck the rest. I use a web-based email to scan those, so I never open the junk.
If anyone has any suggested improvements, I'm all ears.
When I was teaching calculus I made an exam where every answer was 2. I was sort of amused watching the students faces as they at first started doubting themselves, then slowly got the "joke."
Slashdot Mirror
Interesting observation from someone whose Slashdot nickname is "drinkypoo."
Which of course encourages a different kind of geek swelling.
I thought so too. Anyone tried this under Wine or Bochs or Virtual PC on Mac? I didn't see it in the Wine App DB.
Does that make it legal to make a copy of the film for personal use? Sweet!
(No, I didn't read either proposed bill. Yes, I'm joking. If I liked a movie enough, I'd buy the DVD.)
Apropos old computers, I've had a recent fixation on the Olivetti Video Display Terminal, which I saw in a book of Mario Bellini's industrial designs. It's probably just as well it hasn't shown up on eBay lately 'cause I sure don't have the space.
Hasn't obfuscated C already been perfected?
You can be pretty sure there will be another dupe^H^H^H^Hmention of this competition on Slashdot.
Andy Tanenbaum
Other than that, it's a lovely place to visit.
You got ripped off, buddy. My inket came with a lifetime supply of white ink.
Proof: Assume a cow that is topologically equivalent to a Klein bottle. The rest is left as an exercise for the butcher.
Maybe what you think is tasty wheat is actually tasty oatmeal, or tuna fish.
--Mouse
Has anyone ported Linux to this new chimpset?
I have a feeling this is what the legendary TPS report looks like. But they left off the cover sheet.
Which ones? These? These? Or these? Good idea. That way they won't hear you coming.
Reminds me of this recent Dilbert comic.
If there's one thing I've learned from working in high-tech
Based on your nickname, I would have guessed a different industry.
But what if the virus messes with that recovery system?
Why don't we non IE-users use the Slashdot effect for good? Let's all visit the evil site and soon it will be a steaming pile of rubble.
After looking at the fourth one I have to wonder why NASA hired Benny Hill to do such sensitive work. Ten bucks says that in five minutes, he's looking up someone's dress instead of brushing dirt off the solar dust.
It's just the opposite. I give lots of friends, acquaintances, and family my address. I just try to keep it away from anything that an email address-harvesting computer program could find.
One of your buddies will get an outlook virus, and spoof your address.
I mentioned that - it's only happened about half a dozen times in the year or so I've been doing this. When one of these viruses sends the address book to a spammer, I'm busted, I guess.
Or someone will "reply to all" and include a mailing list.
So far so good! I get plenty of emails from well-meaning friends and family letting me know their latest political concerns or jokes (which are sometimes one and the same...) but I can tolerate that level of "spam." It's the "Enl@rge Y0uuur Pen!s" variety I have managed to avoid almost entirely.
You still have to deal with your spam mailbox, so you might as well just make another folder in your mailbox and put your good mail there.
I agree with the hypothesis, and used to do what you describe in your conclusion. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think the reason I like having two separate addresses is that I access them in different ways - the old one via a web interface and the new one via a (different) web interface, a POP client, or command-line MUA. I think this changes my frame of mind somewhat when dealing with the two different accounts. Plus there's a certain satisfaction that none of the junk is even landing on my computer.
This sort of thing gets very personal, so I can totally understand wanting them in different folders as you suggested. I used to do it that way, but then when I felt like checking my mail, there would be a big pile of potential spam lurking in a couple of folders. It was hard to avoid the temptation to see what was there, which made checking my email much less enjoyable.
The way I do it now, it's a fairly different process to check the potential spam, so I only do it from time to time and don't get distracted by it when I'm reading my real email. (Or, as I mentioned in my original post, when I'm expecting something.)
I know they're functionally equivalent at some level, but having distinct access methods is actually a feature for me. It creates more separation between "checking my email" and "checking my spam".
The only spam I have received has been of the Outlook virus variety, where someone with my address in their address book sends spam pretending to be someone else in their address book. I didn't open the attachments, and don't use Windows anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered. I've received maybe half a dozen such emails in a couple of years. That's it.
Here are the reasons I think I've managed to avoid spam:
- My new address is on a domain that I own, and the domain name is not a dictionary word, proper name, etc. So I think it's kept my domain "under the radar" of spammers.
- My old address is the administrative contact for my domain.
- My new address doesn't appear on my web site.
- My new address doesn't appear on Usenet.
- My new address doesn't go to any commercial interests.
I'm aware of several weaknesses of this approach - it's "security" through obscurity, people can't click a mailto: link on my site, and I have to maintain an account that receives spam, but the tradeoff is worth it to me. It's a little like wearing galoshes (rubbers, to those UK-ers) over nice shoes - a little more trouble, but it keeps my nice shoes clean, so I'm happy with the trade-off.For example, when I place an order on a web site and it sends a confirmation, I know I can quickly find it among the spam and chuck the rest. I use a web-based email to scan those, so I never open the junk.
If anyone has any suggested improvements, I'm all ears.
When I was teaching calculus I made an exam where every answer was 2. I was sort of amused watching the students faces as they at first started doubting themselves, then slowly got the "joke."
Recent experience suggests that it will be a piece of sith.