A "Cease and desist letter" means nothing in such a case.
I notice you used the past tense "we had" - so I'm assuming you took it down. If that's the case, I have some web space available... if its any good, maybe we should put it up and me our you can send them a F.U. letter.
Yeah, but all it gives to non-member is a preview (though I noticed that all the women are either born in Ontario or currently living there. Sort of like how Playboy used to get more models from BC than any other single state or province).
whether or not the young anchorwoman is wearing a skirt.
You mean they let her take it off while she's on air? Wow, talk about doing anything to boost the ratings.... Gee, I've gotta start getting my news off the TV again instead of the ne[tt].
This is the same reason DVDs of television shows are so popular. I want to watch it when I want.
You know, they used to sell this really neat thing - you can't find it in stores any more, but it allowed you-all to watch what you want, when you want to - for FREE. I think it was called a VCR... but its been so long since I've seen one...
Seriously, try buying a VCR nowadays - they're more expensive than dvd players.
Surely if they had a computer they could already print out a wikipedia article.
From the article:
He said content from the Web site may also be burned onto CDs and DVDs
... well, they better have a computer if they want the DVD version - I don't think its going to work in that older technological relic - the VCR.
may soon be available in print
Then again. probably not. When you see a quote like this:
"We are talking to several agents and publishers about what they would be interested in," Wales said of the book project.
... its like out-of-work movie stars who go on about how they're "in talks" for several roles, when what they really mean is "in talks for job as a waiter/waitress/bellhop/pool cleaner/etc".
You don't get it - you leave YOUR cell phone (with a dead battery) at your intended fall-guys' place. You take HIS cell phone. As for the voice mail, who cares? It means nothing - most people don't bring their cell phones everywhere (like in showers, etc), so it snot unusual to get voicemail b/c you didn't answer your phone.
You then swap the phone back for yours the next day. A few days later, when the cops come calling (to THEM), and they try to finger you, just say you don't know what they're talking about.
All the "evidence" points to them being in the other town, not you.
The whole point of this discussion is to show that, the more we rely on "tech" solutions, the more links in the chain, and the more likelyhood that we'll break a link when it comes to "proving" anything. You're always gonna need people!
The investigators? They wouldn't be calling until after the crive.
The person you switched phones with? If they didn't notice the switch, why would they call you from a land line (remember, the cell phone you left behind is non-functional)? If they did notice the switch, and called from a landline to THEIR cell phone, what's the problem? Its not like you're gonna answer it. Or, if you did, just apologize for the mixup, swap phones back, and deny ever talking to him - "it must have been his wife/ex/gf/s.o. calling him."
You're evidently not the kind of engineer we want in our moderate Judeo-Christian/Hindu/Buddah/Islamic society.
Of course not. I'm an atheist. (Or since this is slashdot, "I'm an atheist, you ignorant clod", or "In soviet russia, atheist engineers you" - oops, that WAS what happened:-)
Gee whiz, guess I'll take up writing crime novels.
So just swap phones for the night. If your phone is the same make and model (and you kill the battery on yours or put in a dud battery) chances are they won't even notice until the next day, when you show up and re-swap.
They won't think anything of it when the cops come calling inquiring about the dead bodies... and when they finally figure it out, it'll sound like they're trying to shift the blame.
or if you're REALLY paranoid, do one or more of these:
remove battery
wrap in tin foil
"forget it" in neighbours' car
So if you want to commit a crime and have an alibi, AND frame someone else:
leave your phone turned on at home but with the ringer off
get another phone, clone the sim card of the person you want to frame
just before its time to do the crime, borrow their phone to make a quick call, then TURN IT OFF!
go to the location where you
insert battery into cloned phone
do the nasty deed
make a call to your real cell phone, leave 20 sec of dead air.
remove battery from cloned phone
return home
"You" have never left home. "They" were at the scene of the crime. If their phone has roaming, and it was out of their primary area, their cell bill will "prove" they were there with the call to your phone. You==alibi, them==fucked.
Short answer: Because I don't write code to run on Windows.:-)
Long(er) answer: Because I've learned the hard way to:
buffer overruns: check my data sizes (including corner cases) before sticking arbitrary data into a buffer. If necessary, create an object to manage the buffer, and have it check automagically. That's what objects are for - hiding the details.
memory leaks: for every malloc, a free. Where it isn't all encapsulated in the function itself, make an object that handles that particular data type.
unforseen side effects: avoid bloat. Don't make swiss-army-knife classes. Don't use swiss-army-knife classes.
Apache has 2/3 of the server market, and its STILL a heck of a lot more secure than Microsoft IIS. According to your statement, Apache should be hacked a LOT more than IIS, since it has more market share, rather than the other way around.
The market share argument is BS FUD. Always has been. Always will be. Microsoft just doesn't have a corporate culture that encourages good coding practices over eye candy and feature bloat.
The whole point of the article was that bloggers are now having a big influence, and that the "traditional media" such as Forbes can't just slant things any more.
Sure, 99.9% of all blogs are irrelevent, but when you have millions of blogs out there, that 0.1% is still huge!
Yep, and Lyin' Lyons has ANOTHER link in there to yet another story about "Wno Is Pamela Jones?"
This is what I want to see:
Today: Forbes Goes After Bloggers
...
Tomorrow: Bloggers Go After Forbes
You'd think that one of these days they'd figure out that page views are not the only measurement of success, and not a good indicator of long-term viability.
Imagine how much more you'd receive if paper and delivery were free?
At least with snail mail spam, you know someone's invested some real coin to get it to you. When was the last time you received an offer for a Rolex, or a "warning - your mailbox has a virus" or a "get lots of porn for free" offer in your snail mail?
Slashdot Mirror
So tell them to fuck off.
A "Cease and desist letter" means nothing in such a case.
I notice you used the past tense "we had" - so I'm assuming you took it down. If that's the case, I have some web space available ... if its any good, maybe we should put it up and me our you can send them a F.U. letter.
Yeah, but all it gives to non-member is a preview (though I noticed that all the women are either born in Ontario or currently living there. Sort of like how Playboy used to get more models from BC than any other single state or province).
Must be something in the water ...
There are 3 major arguments:
You mean they let her take it off while she's on air? Wow, talk about doing anything to boost the ratings .... Gee, I've gotta start getting my news off the TV again instead of the ne[tt].
You know, they used to sell this really neat thing - you can't find it in stores any more, but it allowed you-all to watch what you want, when you want to - for FREE. I think it was called a VCR ... but its been so long since I've seen one ...
Seriously, try buying a VCR nowadays - they're more expensive than dvd players.
NBC Nightly News on the Internet, with POPOVERS !, PUPUNDERS !!, BANNER ADS !!! ADWORDS by GOOGLE !!!!
Yeah, I can see how TV would be more interesting .and productive ..
Perhaps they should rename it "dot dot dot pause dash dash dash pause dot dot dot.gnu"?
What the heck, never did like .NET or mono anyway.
So dotgnu.org confirms it - BSD died.
A snapshot - for when they have it fixed:
Then again. probably not. When you see a quote like this:
... its like out-of-work movie stars who go on about how they're "in talks" for several roles, when what they really mean is "in talks for job as a waiter/waitress/bellhop/pool cleaner/etc".Slow news day? Only time will [tt]ell
You don't get it - you leave YOUR cell phone (with a dead battery) at your intended fall-guys' place. You take HIS cell phone. As for the voice mail, who cares? It means nothing - most people don't bring their cell phones everywhere (like in showers, etc), so it snot unusual to get voicemail b/c you didn't answer your phone.
You then swap the phone back for yours the next day. A few days later, when the cops come calling (to THEM), and they try to finger you, just say you don't know what they're talking about.
All the "evidence" points to them being in the other town, not you.
The whole point of this discussion is to show that, the more we rely on "tech" solutions, the more links in the chain, and the more likelyhood that we'll break a link when it comes to "proving" anything. You're always gonna need people!
Who?
The investigators? They wouldn't be calling until after the crive.
The person you switched phones with? If they didn't notice the switch, why would they call you from a land line (remember, the cell phone you left behind is non-functional)? If they did notice the switch, and called from a landline to THEIR cell phone, what's the problem? Its not like you're gonna answer it. Or, if you did, just apologize for the mixup, swap phones back, and deny ever talking to him - "it must have been his wife/ex/gf/s.o. calling him."
You're evidently not the kind of engineer we want in our moderate Judeo-Christian/Hindu/Buddah/Islamic society.
Of course not. I'm an atheist. (Or since this is slashdot, "I'm an atheist, you ignorant clod", or "In soviet russia, atheist engineers you" - oops, that WAS what happened :-)
Gee whiz, guess I'll take up writing crime novels.
So just swap phones for the night. If your phone is the same make and model (and you kill the battery on yours or put in a dud battery) chances are they won't even notice until the next day, when you show up and re-swap.
They won't think anything of it when the cops come calling inquiring about the dead bodies ... and when they finally figure it out, it'll sound like they're trying to shift the blame.
So if you want to commit a crime and have an alibi, AND frame someone else:
- leave your phone turned on at home but with the ringer off
- get another phone, clone the sim card of the person you want to frame
- just before its time to do the crime, borrow their phone to make a quick call, then TURN IT OFF!
- go to the location where you
- insert battery into cloned phone
- do the nasty deed
- make a call to your real cell phone, leave 20 sec of dead air.
- remove battery from cloned phone
- return home
"You" have never left home. "They" were at the scene of the crime. If their phone has roaming, and it was out of their primary area, their cell bill will "prove" they were there with the call to your phone. You==alibi, them==fucked.Short answer: Because I don't write code to run on Windows. :-)
Long(er) answer: Because I've learned the hard way to:
It's not rocket science.
The market share argument is BS FUD. Always has been. Always will be. Microsoft just doesn't have a corporate culture that encourages good coding practices over eye candy and feature bloat.
That's easy. Yes. Next question?
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Why waste a grenade? Its a Ford. Just leave it for a while, and it will fall apart on its own.The whole point of the article was that bloggers are now having a big influence, and that the "traditional media" such as Forbes can't just slant things any more.
Sure, 99.9% of all blogs are irrelevent, but when you have millions of blogs out there, that 0.1% is still huge!
Yep, and Lyin' Lyons has ANOTHER link in there to yet another story about "Wno Is Pamela Jones?"
This is what I want to see:
You'd think that one of these days they'd figure out that page views are not the only measurement of success, and not a good indicator of long-term viability.
I liked it enough to repost it in my journal http://slashdot.org/~tomhudson/journal/120845
Maybe we're seeing the handiwork of Microsoft "Team 99". ... or Jeff Merkey AND Steve Ballmer have mod points ...
Imagine how much more you'd receive if paper and delivery were free?
At least with snail mail spam, you know someone's invested some real coin to get it to you. When was the last time you received an offer for a Rolex, or a "warning - your mailbox has a virus" or a "get lots of porn for free" offer in your snail mail?
They used the cost of postage as a spam filter.
If I could charge spammers the cost of a stamp for each spam I received, I'd be quite happy.