Doesn't seem to work with multiple messages selected, but I'd assume if there's not a plugin that'll allow you to do that already, one wouldn't be terribly difficult to write.
IE3 and IIRC early versions of IE4 also carried the "The Internet" icon title in the english version.
I was doing tech support at the time, and it wasn't uncommon to hear users complain "The Internet is broken!" when something was b0rked with IE. Some were completely amazed when told they could simply use Netscape instead... Sad but true.
That's my thoughts exactly, I've always had all the storage space I need, and it's hundreds of times bigger than Gmail, WHAT IS ALL THE FUSS ABOUT!?
Unless you've got a static IP (or good DDNS), and your ISP doesn't do port filtering, you can't get at that storage from just anywhere. Gmail's available from anywhere you've got a recent web browser.
Additionally, Gmail has pretty darned good search capabilities into that storage (it *is* Google, after all).
About the only thing I can really complain about Gmail is that it's so heavily reliant on Javascript. It'd be really nice if it worked through a text-based browser.
An office that currently uses MS Windows and Office is going to incur larger migration and retraining costs if they migrate to Linux and OO.org than if they upgrade to the next MS versions.
For "ground zero" year 1, this is true. But, for year 2, year 3, and so on, the migration and retraining costs are minimal (assuming they stay on linux), and there's *no* cost for software licenses for whatever new versions they *choose* to upgrade to.
That choice is important. MS site licenses frequently *require* updates to the latest released version. Not so for linux. Sure, a new revision of whatever distro may be released, but there's no obligation to upgrade. And if they choose to upgrade, the software itself is free.
So while the upfront cost of retraining/migration may be higher than the initial outlay for new MS releases, keep in mind that those MS costs are *recurring*, whereas the migration/retraining costs of switching to linux are one-time-only....the laws of vendodynamics suggest that a company that licenses from a vendor will upgrade with that same vendor, unless acted upon by an outside force.
Linux advocates need to explain to companies, what is this outside force and why is it significant?
Indeed, but the problem is that many linux advocates (and I'll admit I include myself in this group) get bogged down in rhetoric about Freedom, etc... when explaining this force. This is bad, because while the techs understand, the suits don't -- and dismiss our arguments as soapbox ravings.
The suits are concerned with wholly different things than the techs. We've got the tech side of things covered. What we need to do is put things in the terms that suits understand - and that's something a lot of techs either don't, or can't do. It's also something MS does *very* well.
Soapbox -- basically speaking up for your beliefs. Goes back to when in order to draw attention to themselves in a crowd (or angry mob) spokepeople would literally stand up on crates (some of which had been used to transport soap) to get their heads and shoulders up above the crowd.
Of course, the argument could also be made that in order for one to be taken seriously, they really should become acquainted with soap first, so as not to offend the folks they're trying to sway;P But I think the poster's sig was referring to the former.
Too true, but the engine itself showed a lot of promise. I think it'll just take the right folks and a lot of dedication to make something outstanding with it. Very much like NWN, actually.
Now that I'm thinking about it, there seems to be a trend in PC games to release what basically ammounts to an engine, a set of devtools, and a prebuilt "tech demo" game to show what can be done (some of which are quite good, others of which are quite poor). Seems like it started catching fire with the FPS games, then RTS (although they mostly just ammount to new maps in most cases), and now it's moving into the CRPG genres. (If only Bioware would release the BG engine and devtools...what fun could be had!)
It's the eyes. They put a LOT of detail into the eyes. Well, they put a lot of detail into pretty much everything except movement (which seemed a bit stilted and unrealistic), but I'm convinced that it was the eyes that did it. Haven't seen anything (other than the Animatrix short Square did) that compared.
You know, reading this discussion, I started doodling a little gadget to sit under the laptop, and raise it up just a bit on little inverted "feet" to get airflow underneath.
Kaizoku Fansubs have been doing an *excellent* job (IMHO of course) fabsubbing One Piece. I can't comment on the quality of the german dubbing...
It's still a light-hearted, silly show (which some folks simply don't like) - and the art style definitely takes some getting used to. It's not for everyone, but I'll freely admit that I'm a fan ^^
Um... you don't think that little dot-bomb bust we had 4 years might have been responsible for the jump in unemployment we had then? Besides, unemployment in the USA has been going down, not up for the past few months now.
Two things the unemployment numbers don't address - Folks who have had their unemployment benefits run out on them before being able to find work, and "underemployment" - folks who have taken low-wage jobs (food service, retail sales, etc...) in an attempt to make ends meet, while they are still looking for employment in the field they are trained in. I know a good many folks in both situations, and the unemployment numbers simply don't take either case into account.
Cripple games so they stop working after a certain amount of time, or only work on a single game console....and I'd have to stop buying games completely. As it is, I generally tend to finish the games I buy 1-2 *years* after I actually buy them. Sometimes less, sometimes more (and sometimes never...)
The cycle generally goes:
Buy new game
Play 30-60% of new game
Other things need attention
Forget about game for 3-6 months
Look at game shelf..."Oh yeah, I really ought to complete that sometime..."
Other things need attention
Forget about game agaun for 3-6 months
Eventually pop it in again, finish it, and move it to the "finished" pile
If they only worked for 3 months or so, I'd hardly finish anything!
It's really hard to hate a movie where Jeff Jones gets to play the "Dark Overlord of the Universe". Of course once he becomes a giant crab/scorpion/thing, the whole thing falls apart;P
Just break the challenge down into it's component parts:
This event truly sucks.
Teams must provide a giant straw which reaches from the ground to Ratner's upper deck.
The team who can suck up a litre of water the fastest wins.
You provide the bucket.
So...the solution:
Agree.
Bring a big straw
Here's the kicker, they don't mention a distance here. They imply from the ground level to the upper deck, but it's not specifically touched upon. Technically one could lift a 1 litre bottle of water with some form of suction any distance, and have complied with the exact wording of the challenge. ^^ They don't say you need to use the straw you brought, either...only that you need to have one.
IIRC there was a similar controversy over Xenogears shortly after release in Japan, regarding the possibility of a US release. I remember reading articles saying "It'll never fly in the US..." and "The christian groups won't stand for it..."
You know what? Square released it over here anyway (thanks Square!), and there wasn't a lick of uproar in the mainstream media that I can remember. Then again, Xenogears was pretty much a niche game, as opposed to FF games that get tons of publicity.
Still have my Dreamcast in my entertainment center, and it still gets a lot of play (although admittedly not so much since I started playing FFXI, but that's another story entirely!).
Soul Calibur
Bangai-O
Skies of Arcadia
There's a few other titles too, but those three are the reason it's still hooked up (Even though the GC serves up SC2, and Skies could be replaced with Skies: Legends (why bother rebuying?), there is no replacement for the cheese and fun that is Bangai-O.)
I know how to use Vi, I think it's worth learning when you don't have anything else - but i'll be damned if I'm going to use Vi on a perminant basis if I am able to install something else.
Use Vi when you have no choice, use your favourite when you do.
Agree 100%.
If you do any *nix admin work at all, you're a fool to not know at least the basics of vi - because there *will* be times when that's all you have. But, those times will (hopefully) be few and far between, and 99% of the time, you can use whatever editor you prefer.
If you use your email address for *anything*, you'll eventually get on a spammer's list.
Send only to friends and family? Whoops -- your cousin Jane just sent you an e-card for your b-day. Guess what? The e-card company now has your address on a list (which will eventually be sold, resold, etc...).
Mom just sent you (and everyone else in her addressbook, and whatever addresses were on it to begin with) a copy of a chain letter! Guess what? One of those email addresses went to someone who's making a list!
Uncle Jim just got infected with the latest/greatest worm! Guess what? In addition to getting spammed "from" his address, you've most likely ended up on yet another list!
Posted to a public mailing list? Yep - you're on a list. Doesn't matter if it was Harvester 1.0 or the new and improved Harvester 3.5.2b, you're on the list.
See, no matter what you do, no matter how closely you guard that email address - if you actually intend it to be used, it's eventually going to get on a spammer's list. And once you're on one list, you mightaswell be on them all (as spammers sell their lists to each other, or collect & trade, etc...)
Munging the address in a public archive does really only one thing: Prevent legitimate contact. Remember: If a human can decypher the email address, so can a harvester. Simple string replacement is easily coded around. "Coding" your email address only works until the harvesters have translation tables. Munging them severely makes it incredibly hard for an actual human to use your address. In short, you're spiting the forest for the trees.
Looking at my personal mail stats, I get roughly 90% spam on any given day. Most of it's not even in english (and although I can understand a bit of spoken Japanese, I certainly can't read it, let alone the vast ammount of Korean spam I receive). Sure, it sucks. But what can I do?
Well, for starters I filter on the server-side. SpamAssassin is the first line of defense. After training up the bayesian side of things, it catches roughly 90% of the spam I receive.
Second stage is a set of basic "sanity test" filters. Is it from someone I actually know (and is therefore whitelisted)? Is it actually "To" or "Cc" to a legitimate email address of mine? Attachments of known bad types? Headers added by known bulk-mailers? What does ClamAV have to say about it? (Yes, I started building this filter before I discovered SpamAssassin, so there's a bit of overlap) This weeds out around 50% of the remaining spam I get (5% of the total).
Third stage is Mozilla Thunderbird's bayesian filter, which once trained does a suprisingly good job of catching things that make it through the first two stages. I get about 1 or 2 a week that pass through all three stages - these get fed to both bayesian filters to be learned. The system isn't perfect, but it seems to work OK, until something better comes along. And anyone who needs to contact me can.
The other thing I do now (which I'd have done earlier, had I the resources) is give each company I do business with it's own address. While this doesn't cut the spam, it does allow me to track who's been selling my address, and who hasn't. Yahoo and Ebay (both previously mentioned in other threads) have been the main culprits thusfar, although there are a few smaller companies I've caught as having sold their email lists as well.
So, should we munge all email addresses beyond recognition in order to "stop" spam? I'd have to say no - as it prevents legitimate users from emailing you. Should we be extremely careful *who* we give our email addresses to, and *what* address we give out to them? Absolutely. Should we complain, *loudly* to companies whom we can catch selling our addresses to spammers, or worse, spamming us themselves. Absolutely.
The problem is not with this specific player, but with the problem that will occur if it is popular (or is viewed as popular by the higher-up as that DVD manufacturing companies).
First, one (RCA) does it.
Then they all do it (not wanting to lack features their competitor has).
Then they all do it by default.
Then they remove the ability to turn it off.
Censorship isn't in and of itself evil, but the potential for abuse is quite high, especially if the list of what will/will not be censored isn't publically reviewable. You won't know what's being censored. You'll only assume that it's "objectionable".
Censoring by choice is fine -- don't get me wrong -- but we need to be VERY careful, IMHO, that this doesn't lead (however slowly) into involuntary censorship -- that's where the potential for a huge problem lies. IMHO at least.
Likewise, when there are thousands of different unemployed people, competition drives wages down. If not for minimum wage, these wages would go waaay down. Look at England during the industrial revolution. Know your history.
England? Heck, look at the IT market in the US ofter the bubble burst! Thousands of unemployed IT workers, very few jobs. Didn't take long at all for the wages to come tumbling down, and the requirements to go shooting through the roof.
Tech support for an ISP? Pre-bubble: Any warm body with a modicum of technical aptitude, a willingness to learn, and the ability to put up with clueless end-users on the phone. Post-bubble: 4 year degree, and 10 years experience doing tech support minimum (preferably on the exact hardware the ISP in question uses). This for what is normally considered a pretty much entry-level position in the IT field.
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.eml, HTML, TXT
Formats:
Doesn't seem to work with multiple messages selected, but I'd assume if there's not a plugin that'll allow you to do that already, one wouldn't be terribly difficult to write.
Must agree on the corn. Steamed or grilled in the husk, shucked at the table, plenty of butter & salt. Mmm...
I for one welcome our...oh nevermind... ;P
"Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?"
;P
Oops...wrong series
IE3 and IIRC early versions of IE4 also carried the "The Internet" icon title in the english version.
I was doing tech support at the time, and it wasn't uncommon to hear users complain "The Internet is broken!" when something was b0rked with IE. Some were completely amazed when told they could simply use Netscape instead... Sad but true.
That's my thoughts exactly, I've always had all the storage space I need, and it's hundreds of times bigger than Gmail, WHAT IS ALL THE FUSS ABOUT!?
Unless you've got a static IP (or good DDNS), and your ISP doesn't do port filtering, you can't get at that storage from just anywhere. Gmail's available from anywhere you've got a recent web browser.
Additionally, Gmail has pretty darned good search capabilities into that storage (it *is* Google, after all).
About the only thing I can really complain about Gmail is that it's so heavily reliant on Javascript. It'd be really nice if it worked through a text-based browser.
An office that currently uses MS Windows and Office is going to incur larger migration and retraining costs if they migrate to Linux and OO.org than if they upgrade to the next MS versions.
...the laws of vendodynamics suggest that a company that licenses from a vendor will upgrade with that same vendor, unless acted upon by an outside force.
For "ground zero" year 1, this is true. But, for year 2, year 3, and so on, the migration and retraining costs are minimal (assuming they stay on linux), and there's *no* cost for software licenses for whatever new versions they *choose* to upgrade to.
That choice is important. MS site licenses frequently *require* updates to the latest released version. Not so for linux. Sure, a new revision of whatever distro may be released, but there's no obligation to upgrade. And if they choose to upgrade, the software itself is free.
So while the upfront cost of retraining/migration may be higher than the initial outlay for new MS releases, keep in mind that those MS costs are *recurring*, whereas the migration/retraining costs of switching to linux are one-time-only.
Linux advocates need to explain to companies, what is this outside force and why is it significant?
Indeed, but the problem is that many linux advocates (and I'll admit I include myself in this group) get bogged down in rhetoric about Freedom, etc... when explaining this force. This is bad, because while the techs understand, the suits don't -- and dismiss our arguments as soapbox ravings.
The suits are concerned with wholly different things than the techs. We've got the tech side of things covered. What we need to do is put things in the terms that suits understand - and that's something a lot of techs either don't, or can't do. It's also something MS does *very* well.
On that front, I think we can learn from them.
Just my $.02 ^^
Does Gmail do POP access? With Yahoo POPs, the free account can do that too.
Actually, what I'd *love* to see is IMAP instead of, or in addition to POP.
Still no Gmail account for me, though. I guess I don't know enough of the "right" folks.
Y'know, I really didn't think Hoshigami was *that* bad. A bit cumbersome, yes...but overall I thought it was pretty good. ::shrug::
Admittedly, it's no FFT or Disgaea, but it was entertaining for me.
Soapbox -- basically speaking up for your beliefs. Goes back to when in order to draw attention to themselves in a crowd (or angry mob) spokepeople would literally stand up on crates (some of which had been used to transport soap) to get their heads and shoulders up above the crowd.
;P But I think the poster's sig was referring to the former.
Of course, the argument could also be made that in order for one to be taken seriously, they really should become acquainted with soap first, so as not to offend the folks they're trying to sway
Too true, but the engine itself showed a lot of promise. I think it'll just take the right folks and a lot of dedication to make something outstanding with it. Very much like NWN, actually.
Now that I'm thinking about it, there seems to be a trend in PC games to release what basically ammounts to an engine, a set of devtools, and a prebuilt "tech demo" game to show what can be done (some of which are quite good, others of which are quite poor). Seems like it started catching fire with the FPS games, then RTS (although they mostly just ammount to new maps in most cases), and now it's moving into the CRPG genres. (If only Bioware would release the BG engine and devtools...what fun could be had!)
It's the eyes. They put a LOT of detail into the eyes. Well, they put a lot of detail into pretty much everything except movement (which seemed a bit stilted and unrealistic), but I'm convinced that it was the eyes that did it. Haven't seen anything (other than the Animatrix short Square did) that compared.
You know, reading this discussion, I started doodling a little gadget to sit under the laptop, and raise it up just a bit on little inverted "feet" to get airflow underneath.
Now I see I wasn't the only one. Very cool. ^^
Kaizoku Fansubs have been doing an *excellent* job (IMHO of course) fabsubbing One Piece. I can't comment on the quality of the german dubbing...
It's still a light-hearted, silly show (which some folks simply don't like) - and the art style definitely takes some getting used to. It's not for everyone, but I'll freely admit that I'm a fan ^^
Um... you don't think that little dot-bomb bust we had 4 years might have been responsible for the jump in unemployment we had then? Besides, unemployment in the USA has been going down, not up for the past few months now.
Two things the unemployment numbers don't address - Folks who have had their unemployment benefits run out on them before being able to find work, and "underemployment" - folks who have taken low-wage jobs (food service, retail sales, etc...) in an attempt to make ends meet, while they are still looking for employment in the field they are trained in. I know a good many folks in both situations, and the unemployment numbers simply don't take either case into account.
The cycle generally goes:
If they only worked for 3 months or so, I'd hardly finish anything!
It's really hard to hate a movie where Jeff Jones gets to play the "Dark Overlord of the Universe". Of course once he becomes a giant crab/scorpion/thing, the whole thing falls apart ;P
Whats more this probability is never equal zero so there is a slight chance that you can find that particle anyware in the universe.
;P
Which, of course, was the basis for Douglas Adams' Infinite Improbability Drive. Just give it a really hot cup of tea, and you're all set
So...the solution:
- Agree.
- Bring a big straw
- Here's the kicker, they don't mention a distance here. They imply from the ground level to the upper deck, but it's not specifically touched upon. Technically one could lift a 1 litre bottle of water with some form of suction any distance, and have complied with the exact wording of the challenge. ^^ They don't say you need to use the straw you brought, either...only that you need to have one.
- Bring a bucket of any size.
;PIIRC there was a similar controversy over Xenogears shortly after release in Japan, regarding the possibility of a US release. I remember reading articles saying "It'll never fly in the US..." and "The christian groups won't stand for it..."
You know what? Square released it over here anyway (thanks Square!), and there wasn't a lick of uproar in the mainstream media that I can remember. Then again, Xenogears was pretty much a niche game, as opposed to FF games that get tons of publicity.
There's a few other titles too, but those three are the reason it's still hooked up (Even though the GC serves up SC2, and Skies could be replaced with Skies: Legends (why bother rebuying?), there is no replacement for the cheese and fun that is Bangai-O.)
I know how to use Vi, I think it's worth learning when you don't have anything else - but i'll be damned if I'm going to use Vi on a perminant basis if I am able to install something else.
Use Vi when you have no choice, use your favourite when you do.
Agree 100%.
If you do any *nix admin work at all, you're a fool to not know at least the basics of vi - because there *will* be times when that's all you have. But, those times will (hopefully) be few and far between, and 99% of the time, you can use whatever editor you prefer.
If you use your email address for *anything*, you'll eventually get on a spammer's list.
Send only to friends and family? Whoops -- your cousin Jane just sent you an e-card for your b-day. Guess what? The e-card company now has your address on a list (which will eventually be sold, resold, etc...).
Mom just sent you (and everyone else in her addressbook, and whatever addresses were on it to begin with) a copy of a chain letter! Guess what? One of those email addresses went to someone who's making a list!
Uncle Jim just got infected with the latest/greatest worm! Guess what? In addition to getting spammed "from" his address, you've most likely ended up on yet another list!
Posted to a public mailing list? Yep - you're on a list. Doesn't matter if it was Harvester 1.0 or the new and improved Harvester 3.5.2b, you're on the list.
See, no matter what you do, no matter how closely you guard that email address - if you actually intend it to be used, it's eventually going to get on a spammer's list. And once you're on one list, you mightaswell be on them all (as spammers sell their lists to each other, or collect & trade, etc...)
Munging the address in a public archive does really only one thing: Prevent legitimate contact. Remember: If a human can decypher the email address, so can a harvester. Simple string replacement is easily coded around. "Coding" your email address only works until the harvesters have translation tables. Munging them severely makes it incredibly hard for an actual human to use your address. In short, you're spiting the forest for the trees.
Looking at my personal mail stats, I get roughly 90% spam on any given day. Most of it's not even in english (and although I can understand a bit of spoken Japanese, I certainly can't read it, let alone the vast ammount of Korean spam I receive). Sure, it sucks. But what can I do?
Well, for starters I filter on the server-side. SpamAssassin is the first line of defense. After training up the bayesian side of things, it catches roughly 90% of the spam I receive.
Second stage is a set of basic "sanity test" filters. Is it from someone I actually know (and is therefore whitelisted)? Is it actually "To" or "Cc" to a legitimate email address of mine? Attachments of known bad types? Headers added by known bulk-mailers? What does ClamAV have to say about it? (Yes, I started building this filter before I discovered SpamAssassin, so there's a bit of overlap) This weeds out around 50% of the remaining spam I get (5% of the total).
Third stage is Mozilla Thunderbird's bayesian filter, which once trained does a suprisingly good job of catching things that make it through the first two stages. I get about 1 or 2 a week that pass through all three stages - these get fed to both bayesian filters to be learned. The system isn't perfect, but it seems to work OK, until something better comes along. And anyone who needs to contact me can.
The other thing I do now (which I'd have done earlier, had I the resources) is give each company I do business with it's own address. While this doesn't cut the spam, it does allow me to track who's been selling my address, and who hasn't. Yahoo and Ebay (both previously mentioned in other threads) have been the main culprits thusfar, although there are a few smaller companies I've caught as having sold their email lists as well.
So, should we munge all email addresses beyond recognition in order to "stop" spam? I'd have to say no - as it prevents legitimate users from emailing you. Should we be extremely careful *who* we give our email addresses to, and *what* address we give out to them? Absolutely. Should we complain, *loudly* to companies whom we can catch selling our addresses to spammers, or worse, spamming us themselves. Absolutely.
Just my $.02.
The problem is not with this specific player, but with the problem that will occur if it is popular (or is viewed as popular by the higher-up as that DVD manufacturing companies).
First, one (RCA) does it.
Then they all do it (not wanting to lack features their competitor has).
Then they all do it by default.
Then they remove the ability to turn it off.
Censorship isn't in and of itself evil, but the potential for abuse is quite high, especially if the list of what will/will not be censored isn't publically reviewable. You won't know what's being censored. You'll only assume that it's "objectionable".
Censoring by choice is fine -- don't get me wrong -- but we need to be VERY careful, IMHO, that this doesn't lead (however slowly) into involuntary censorship -- that's where the potential for a huge problem lies. IMHO at least.
Likewise, when there are thousands of different unemployed people, competition drives wages down. If not for minimum wage, these wages would go waaay down. Look at England during the industrial revolution. Know your history.
England? Heck, look at the IT market in the US ofter the bubble burst! Thousands of unemployed IT workers, very few jobs. Didn't take long at all for the wages to come tumbling down, and the requirements to go shooting through the roof.
Tech support for an ISP? Pre-bubble: Any warm body with a modicum of technical aptitude, a willingness to learn, and the ability to put up with clueless end-users on the phone. Post-bubble: 4 year degree, and 10 years experience doing tech support minimum (preferably on the exact hardware the ISP in question uses). This for what is normally considered a pretty much entry-level position in the IT field.