I carry phones from Sprint and Verizon and they both get spammed several times a day. Neither carrier has any way to block spam messages... I never, ever use SMS or text messaging myself... and I'd get rid of this "feature" if I could.
Actually Verizon does have some blocking mechanisms. If you don't use the e-mail gateway features, you can turn them off. Log in to "My Account," pick Messaging->Text Messaging, and find the Preferences link. Under there is a section for "Text Blocking" that lets you turn a lot of that off.
...and don't realize they should go through a red light to clear the roadway
Can you back that up with an official source? As I understood it, regular traffic is NEVER to go through a red light (excusing the right turn exception and such). Only emergency vehicles are supposed to do that. In the one instance I recall where the intersection was blocked, the ambulance went for the right turn lane (since they could get out of the way), then pulled straight through the clear intersection from there.
Granted this is anecdotal, but I remember many years ago one of those emergency-type shows (like "Rescue 911" or the like) they addressed this question, and that was what they said on there. Of course a TV show does not the law make, so I'm genuinely interested to see this proven wrong if it is.
Would covering the router ports with a note that indicates a required login to set it up be out of the question here?
They are getting there. A Linksys I recently picked up had a label over the ports reminding you to RUN CD FIRST. I'm assuming their CD will do things like change passwords and turn on encryption (wouldn't know since I prefer to do that manually).
Now if only those evaluations really meant something...
They do, at some schools. I remember this lousy Physics prof; everyone trashed him in the review. He was on probation the next semester, and fired the one after that.
courier is terrible. it's imap implementation is completely broken
You know, I've heard this claim before, but I've never seen it backed up with how Courier is broken. I use it at home and work, and it seems to work just fine for my purposes. Can you elaborate on this brokenness?
That's why every time I design a Kill-bot, I make sure that it has a pre-programmed kill limit.
That's a good idea! That way, all you have to do is send wave after wave of your own men after it. Once it reaches it's limit it'll shut down. Ingenious!
Getting dirt into the connector is probably fatal. That sounds harsh. Do they actually send someone round to do a hit or do you get electrocuted or somesuch?
No no no... remember, most optical connections use a laser. When you try to plug in the dirty connector, the laser reflects off the dirt toward you, instantly vaporizing you.
so if someone wanted to start digging into BSD, which one would you recommend?
All three are rather approachable. FreeBSD is generally regarded as having the most "mass market" appeal, while NetBSD and OpenBSD are felt to aim for particular niches ("run everywhere" and "be really really secure," respectively).
I'm a FreeBSD user myself, but I've dabbled with OpenBSD a bit. No NetBSD experience to speak of.
You could of course bitch about cellphone manufacturers not building multi-technology phones (GSM, CDMA, etc chipsets all in the same phone), but you'd have to take that up with the manufacturers, not the cellular network providers.
Random musing... I've wondered why the manufacturers haven't done that. Is it because the additional costs brought on by the non-compatible technologies would make the phone prices too high? Or could it be because they feel (or know) the carriers wouldn't sell them since they aren't locked to specific networks?
...he spent a lot of time on the phone trying to convince them to just go arrest the guy, and that he wasn't going to tell them his name.
I had always interpreted the policy of asking for your name as a way to cut down on prank calls. Some kid calling up trying to arrange a surprise visit from a cop for someone is more likely to bail out if they ask for his name (even though they could give a fake... it's a prank call, the people doing this usually aren't so bright). Do you/your uncle know if he had given his name there would actually be some way for the driver to obtain it?
(Not that I support the police for essentially ignoring the report, nor do I think your uncle should have somehow felt compelled to give his name.)
If this user is using Adblock to screen out annoying advertisements, he is creating an unauthorized derivative work analogous to skipping television commercials. By the letter of copyright law, this practice would most likely be seen as an infringing use.
Waitaminute. Hasn't it already been found non-infringing to skip commercials? Did this guy just defeat his own argument?
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I'm still hankering for tab completion in SFTP myself... maybe someday.
My personal favorite is FAPP (FreeBSD, Apache, PostgreSQL, Perl).
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What's so funny?
Actually Verizon does have some blocking mechanisms. If you don't use the e-mail gateway features, you can turn them off. Log in to "My Account," pick Messaging->Text Messaging, and find the Preferences link. Under there is a section for "Text Blocking" that lets you turn a lot of that off.
...and don't realize they should go through a red light to clear the roadwayCan you back that up with an official source? As I understood it, regular traffic is NEVER to go through a red light (excusing the right turn exception and such). Only emergency vehicles are supposed to do that. In the one instance I recall where the intersection was blocked, the ambulance went for the right turn lane (since they could get out of the way), then pulled straight through the clear intersection from there.
Granted this is anecdotal, but I remember many years ago one of those emergency-type shows (like "Rescue 911" or the like) they addressed this question, and that was what they said on there. Of course a TV show does not the law make, so I'm genuinely interested to see this proven wrong if it is.
They are getting there. A Linksys I recently picked up had a label over the ports reminding you to RUN CD FIRST. I'm assuming their CD will do things like change passwords and turn on encryption (wouldn't know since I prefer to do that manually).
They do, at some schools. I remember this lousy Physics prof; everyone trashed him in the review. He was on probation the next semester, and fired the one after that.
... amongst them hash of subroutines is best ^_^That's disgusting!
Yet intriguing...
What, you mean like sendmail?
You know, I've heard this claim before, but I've never seen it backed up with how Courier is broken. I use it at home and work, and it seems to work just fine for my purposes. Can you elaborate on this brokenness?
No, your terms were correct. He was making a pun. Think of how the term "discharge" could be applied to the male sex organ and you'll get it.
Wait, isn't that the point?
After me. ;)
Bah... you must be new here. I'm sure you missed at least one.
That's a good idea! That way, all you have to do is send wave after wave of your own men after it. Once it reaches it's limit it'll shut down. Ingenious!
I should hope if they are knowledgeable enough to want their router configured that way they would also know to change the password from the default.
No no no... remember, most optical connections use a laser. When you try to plug in the dirty connector, the laser reflects off the dirt toward you, instantly vaporizing you.
All three are rather approachable. FreeBSD is generally regarded as having the most "mass market" appeal, while NetBSD and OpenBSD are felt to aim for particular niches ("run everywhere" and "be really really secure," respectively).
I'm a FreeBSD user myself, but I've dabbled with OpenBSD a bit. No NetBSD experience to speak of.
I'd imagine that's why they asked for 13:00 (10:00 PT), not 12:00 (9:00 PT).
Random musing... I've wondered why the manufacturers haven't done that. Is it because the additional costs brought on by the non-compatible technologies would make the phone prices too high? Or could it be because they feel (or know) the carriers wouldn't sell them since they aren't locked to specific networks?
I believe the children are our future... unless we stop them now!
...he spent a lot of time on the phone trying to convince them to just go arrest the guy, and that he wasn't going to tell them his name.I had always interpreted the policy of asking for your name as a way to cut down on prank calls. Some kid calling up trying to arrange a surprise visit from a cop for someone is more likely to bail out if they ask for his name (even though they could give a fake... it's a prank call, the people doing this usually aren't so bright). Do you/your uncle know if he had given his name there would actually be some way for the driver to obtain it?
(Not that I support the police for essentially ignoring the report, nor do I think your uncle should have somehow felt compelled to give his name.)
Poetic moderation at it's best... I love the fact this is currently marked "redundant."
Waitaminute. Hasn't it already been found non-infringing to skip commercials? Did this guy just defeat his own argument?
Mine always called it "math," showing an obvious failing in the reading and writing areas.
And worse yet, by replying to this article you've blocked a chance at using them!