I got one today as well. Thought it was strange since I have an account on the web site, but I'm not actually a subscriber. Good to know that it's a mistake and that I'm not using that account for anything important. Hope they weren't hacked though.
They popped up on my Trillian Pro this morning when I fired it up. I thought, "that's annoying", right-clicked the group and picked "Delete...". They opened one more message box with some message that I ignored and that was it. No more bots.
The list is a little odd because they start with several memes that grew organically and caught on and then they started mentioning whole companies or sites. That Top 10 is really two lists.
In addition to goatse.cx, my new girlfriend and Bert Is Evil, which were already mentioned. I would add the Elian-Budweiser flash and the Metallica - Beer Good! Napster Bad! flash.
And who the hell would put Hampsterdance first? BTW, can anyone name the source of the music from Hampsterdance? Hint: I think it's from a Disney film.
There are already a lot of good comments about why people don't switch, but I think we're going to see some of it happening this year. I just spent several hours wiping out and re-installing a laptop here a work because it picked up some sort of browser hijack that we couldn't clear with Adaware, Spybot S&D or the new beta Microsoft spy removal.
I volunteer teach at the local library and have had several people ask me if I hire myself out to clean spyware problems.
I think the media frenzy over the halo effect of the iPod and the new, more affordable Mac Mini is warranted. I think Apple is well-positioned this year to take a decent amount of upgrade business away from M$ precisely because people are so fed up with viruses and spyware. My next purchase will almost certainly be a Powerbook or a Mac Mini.
One of our salespeople got some really tenacious spyware on his machine last week. We tried Spybot S&D, AdAware, HijackThis and then finally the new Beta Microsoft Anti-Spyware. I've been scoffing that it was a little ironic that the company who's responsible for Windows being so vulnerable has a lot of gall trying to peddle software to counteract the vulnerability.
Anyway, I digress. In order to download the Microsoft stuff, we had to do a "validation" which entailed entering our WinXP product code, followed by the name of the manufacturer of our laptop, the name of the place we bought it and one of those security codes in an image that you have to transcribe into a text box?!??! I'm surprised I didn't have to show proof of the Windows logo tattooed on my forehead.
BTW, despite notifications from every anti-spyware program that they had cleaned the machine of all spyware, none of them were able to get rid of it completely. None. We're going to have to re-format the whole damn box. In the meantime, I installed Firefox and told the guy only to use IE if he absolutely has to.
Badnarik believes that the federal income tax has no legal authority and that people are justified in refusing to file a tax return until such time as the IRS provides them with an explanation of its authority to collect the tax. He hadn't filed income tax returns for several years. He moved from California to Texas because of Texas' more liberal gun laws, but he refused to obtain a Texas driver's license because the state requires drivers to provide their fingerprints and Social Security numbers. He has been ticketed several times for driving without a license; sometimes he has gotten off for various technical legal reasons, but on three occasions he has been convicted and paid a fine. He also refused to use postal ZIP codes, seeing them as "federal territories."
He has written a book on the Constitution for students in his one-day, $50 seminar on the Constitution, but it is available elsewhere, including on Amazon.com. It features an introduction by Congressman Ron Paul and Badnarik's theory about taxes. His campaign website included a potpourri of right-wing constitutional positions, as well as some very unorthodox views on various issues. He proposed that convicted felons serve the first month of their sentence in bed so that their muscles would atrophy and they'd be less trouble for prison guards and to blow up the U.N. building on the eighth day of his administration, after giving the building's occupants a chance to evacuate. In one especially picturesque proposal, he wrote:
I would announce a special one-week session of Congress where all 535 members would be required to sit through a special version of my Constitution class. Once I was convinced that every member of Congress understood my interpretation of their very limited powers, I would insist that they restate their oath of office while being videotaped.
One assumes, although one cannot prove, that none of this is an exercise in irony. At any rate, these opinions were removed from the website shortly after he won the nomination, and they didn't come up when he visited state party conventions. Nor did his refusal to file tax returns, thereby risking federal indictment and felony arrest. While many of his closest supporters were aware of these issues, they were unknown to most LP members.
While proclaiming that Linux isn't ready for prime time based on the failings of one sound card install is a little far fetched, I can see where he's coming from. I've recently spent a few hours trying to get an admittedly crappy SoundBlaster 16 card to work with Debian Woody. It appears to be recognized on boot up, but I still don't get any sound.
However you want to spin it, from the end user perspective, it's a much simpler prospect to get basic functionality working with Windows XP (the Windows 95 comparison is a little silly, but I expect he's exaggerating to make a point). Playing MP3's and CDs on a PC is an expected behavior these days and should work without much effort. This simply isn't the case with many card/distro combinations. In retrospect, I probably should've gone with Red Hat/Fedora Project, but the recent changes in their business model had me a little skeptical.
I must say that the apt package install system in Debian does outweigh my annoyance at my inability to get the soundcard working and the machine that I'm using is really for web project testing anyway.
Whether it's necessary or not, the manufacturers should make it easier. I own a Nokia 3560 cell phone and have been having problems with it shutting down randomly on it's own.
After searching newsgroups and web sites, I came to find out that it's a somewhat common problem that may or may not be fixed with a firmware upgrade. I decided that I'd like to give it a try and prepared to backup my phone only to find that I couldn't get the upgrade anywhere on my own. A check on Nokia's site shows that I can either send it in to them at my own expense or call them and try to use a local authorized dealer. Not wanting to lose the phone for 10 days and pay shipping, I called and got two locations here in Austin. I called the first who informed me that they had the firmware, but didn't have the special cable required. The second told me flatly that they couldn't do it.
So, why are these two places listed with Nokia if they won't perform the service and what the hell is the deal with needing a special cable? Why can't I just transfer the firmware upgrade to my phone via IR or bluetooth, run it and have it restart and apply the upgrade?
After all this, I've decided to live with the problem. Not very satisfying at all.
If you're looking for a better deal on eBay, search for the most common misspellings of the item that you're interested in. There's a very good chance that you'll find a few listings, especially on more common items. Those auctions will be getting less traffic which means a lower final price. I've done this several times and ended up with some really good deals.
Nothing like capitalizing on the ignorance of your fellow man.
The FM transmitter isn't a differentiator, it's available for any MP3 player (or any audio source for that matter). For instance, this one from Belkin. If it was built-in, that would definitely be a differentiating feature.
I've had one in Austin since November. I don't have much experience with TiVo, but from all indications, the Time Warner DVR is not as user friendly. It doesn't do as well with the season pass feature and it's kind of a pain to browse more than a day or two in advance to record something. I've had a few problems with shows not recording or only recording part. I've never lost everything and we've had some power outages. I've only had to shut the thing off and allow it to reset once.
I've been perfectly happy with the picture quality. In most cases, I don't notice much of a difference between the recorded and live pictures. I hardly ever record in the analog channels though. It's almost always the digital channels.
I think this service will ultimately act as a gateway to TiVo. Even with it's limitations and inferior UI, I love this thing. It's well worth the extra $10/month. Many of the things that TiVo lovers have been rhapsodizing about are competently handled with the TW DVR. Being able to record whenever you want or pause and come back is invaluable (especially being a parent of two small children). The feature I'm most in love with is being able to fast forward through commericals. There's three fast forward speeds. The fastest gets you through commercials in a few seconds. I find myself getting annoyed that I can't blaze through commercials when I'm watching live TV. As a consequence, I'm now recording most everything I want to watch instead of watching it live. I'm considering shelling out the dough to move to TiVo for the enhanced user experience, but I'm just not sure it's worth the extra money to me. There's also the alternative of building my own which I may still do. I'd really like to be able to increase the hard drive space and offload some programs to another hard drive or burn a DVD for archiving and it seems the only way to achieve these is through some of the open source options.
The article didn't have much to say, but it didn't take me on a nice walk down memory lane.
I remember that early bird special. I had totally forgotten about the weird cardboard display stand. I think I threw it away pretty quickly as it had no play value whatsoever. I remember waiting for the package and being ecstatic when it finally arrived. I believe they came packed in a styrofoam box (ahh, the 70's). As somebody mentioned earlier, I already had the landspeeder and that was the only vehicle available at the time. Anyway, I also remember the Boba Fett and Bossk mailaways, but decided to pass on those. If I had known how much that original package would be worth I wouldn't have subjected my R2D2 to hours of sitting in the bathtub. I think Luke's lightsaber was toast after the first few weeks. Sigh.
While I agree that the sequel will probably suck, I have to comment on this post.
In addition to what others have already pointed out, this person is chronologically challenged. Generation X is usually defined as being born in the mid-60's to the mid-70's. Spongebob didn't start airing until 1999. Being an "X'er" (and I hate that label), I saw Road Warrior in the theater at age 9. My son watches Spongebob. Before making generalizations, maybe you should get your dates right.
I work for a software startup that has been having all of the same problems that many other software startups are having right now. We've had two rounds of layoffs in the last 6 months.
I'm convinced that one of the reasons that I made the second cut is because I socialize with my co-workers outside of work. In the last round of layoffs, they let people go who, if you compared solely on experience and programming skills, should have been chosen over me. However, I think that personal interaction and communication skills are also very important, especially in a small company. My personal style and communication skill must've come through in some of the interactions with management and others at these social events outside of work. I'm not saying that you can get by solely on your drinking buddy skills, but a balance of both has served me well. You can't underestimate the power of making ties outside of work hours.
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I had a lot of the same requirements, mainly that I wanted to be able to step into JSPs from servlets and other classes. I've been pretty happy with Forte 3.0. Yes it's slow and a resource hog and it is also somewhat buggy. However, for the price, FREE. It kicks butt on any of the other options like JBuilder.
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I just got this:
Dear New York Times Reader,
You may have received an e-mail today from The New York Times with the subject line “Important information regarding your subscription."
This e-mail was sent by us in error. Please disregard the message. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
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I got one today as well. Thought it was strange since I have an account on the web site, but I'm not actually a subscriber. Good to know that it's a mistake and that I'm not using that account for anything important. Hope they weren't hacked though.
I've got a post on this over at Metroblogging Austin. It's a blemish on a supposedly enlightened tech town.
They popped up on my Trillian Pro this morning when I fired it up. I thought, "that's annoying", right-clicked the group and picked "Delete...". They opened one more message box with some message that I ignored and that was it. No more bots.
That's what I was looking for. You win a prize! Or something...
The list is a little odd because they start with several memes that grew organically and caught on and then they started mentioning whole companies or sites. That Top 10 is really two lists.
In addition to goatse.cx, my new girlfriend and Bert Is Evil, which were already mentioned. I would add the Elian-Budweiser flash and the Metallica - Beer Good! Napster Bad! flash.
And who the hell would put Hampsterdance first? BTW, can anyone name the source of the music from Hampsterdance? Hint: I think it's from a Disney film.
Check out Metroblogging LA for a lot more on the line. They really broke the story and continue to cover it.
You forgot:
- name of war rocket dispatched to bring back Flash Gordon's body.
There are already a lot of good comments about why people don't switch, but I think we're going to see some of it happening this year. I just spent several hours wiping out and re-installing a laptop here a work because it picked up some sort of browser hijack that we couldn't clear with Adaware, Spybot S&D or the new beta Microsoft spy removal.
I volunteer teach at the local library and have had several people ask me if I hire myself out to clean spyware problems.
I think the media frenzy over the halo effect of the iPod and the new, more affordable Mac Mini is warranted. I think Apple is well-positioned this year to take a decent amount of upgrade business away from M$ precisely because people are so fed up with viruses and spyware. My next purchase will almost certainly be a Powerbook or a Mac Mini.
One of our salespeople got some really tenacious spyware on his machine last week. We tried Spybot S&D, AdAware, HijackThis and then finally the new Beta Microsoft Anti-Spyware. I've been scoffing that it was a little ironic that the company who's responsible for Windows being so vulnerable has a lot of gall trying to peddle software to counteract the vulnerability.
Anyway, I digress. In order to download the Microsoft stuff, we had to do a "validation" which entailed entering our WinXP product code, followed by the name of the manufacturer of our laptop, the name of the place we bought it and one of those security codes in an image that you have to transcribe into a text box?!??! I'm surprised I didn't have to show proof of the Windows logo tattooed on my forehead.
BTW, despite notifications from every anti-spyware program that they had cleaned the machine of all spyware, none of them were able to get rid of it completely. None. We're going to have to re-format the whole damn box. In the meantime, I installed Firefox and told the guy only to use IE if he absolutely has to.
Huge jump in those with broadband Internet? No wonder I can't get any work done this holiday over my parents' cable modem. Stupid holiday downloaders.
From the linked article:
While proclaiming that Linux isn't ready for prime time based on the failings of one sound card install is a little far fetched, I can see where he's coming from. I've recently spent a few hours trying to get an admittedly crappy SoundBlaster 16 card to work with Debian Woody. It appears to be recognized on boot up, but I still don't get any sound.
However you want to spin it, from the end user perspective, it's a much simpler prospect to get basic functionality working with Windows XP (the Windows 95 comparison is a little silly, but I expect he's exaggerating to make a point). Playing MP3's and CDs on a PC is an expected behavior these days and should work without much effort. This simply isn't the case with many card/distro combinations. In retrospect, I probably should've gone with Red Hat/Fedora Project, but the recent changes in their business model had me a little skeptical.
I must say that the apt package install system in Debian does outweigh my annoyance at my inability to get the soundcard working and the machine that I'm using is really for web project testing anyway.
Yes, they're only 5 minutes.
Whether it's necessary or not, the manufacturers should make it easier. I own a Nokia 3560 cell phone and have been having problems with it shutting down randomly on it's own.
After searching newsgroups and web sites, I came to find out that it's a somewhat common problem that may or may not be fixed with a firmware upgrade. I decided that I'd like to give it a try and prepared to backup my phone only to find that I couldn't get the upgrade anywhere on my own. A check on Nokia's site shows that I can either send it in to them at my own expense or call them and try to use a local authorized dealer. Not wanting to lose the phone for 10 days and pay shipping, I called and got two locations here in Austin. I called the first who informed me that they had the firmware, but didn't have the special cable required. The second told me flatly that they couldn't do it.
So, why are these two places listed with Nokia if they won't perform the service and what the hell is the deal with needing a special cable? Why can't I just transfer the firmware upgrade to my phone via IR or bluetooth, run it and have it restart and apply the upgrade?
After all this, I've decided to live with the problem. Not very satisfying at all.
If you're looking for a better deal on eBay, search for the most common misspellings of the item that you're interested in. There's a very good chance that you'll find a few listings, especially on more common items. Those auctions will be getting less traffic which means a lower final price. I've done this several times and ended up with some really good deals.
Nothing like capitalizing on the ignorance of your fellow man.
The FM transmitter isn't a differentiator, it's available for any MP3 player (or any audio source for that matter). For instance, this one from Belkin. If it was built-in, that would definitely be a differentiating feature.
Sales will really pick up once we can get the Pusher and Shover robots.
May have already been mentioned, but I found this, on BoingBoing.
I've had one in Austin since November. I don't have much experience with TiVo, but from all indications, the Time Warner DVR is not as user friendly. It doesn't do as well with the season pass feature and it's kind of a pain to browse more than a day or two in advance to record something. I've had a few problems with shows not recording or only recording part. I've never lost everything and we've had some power outages. I've only had to shut the thing off and allow it to reset once.
I've been perfectly happy with the picture quality. In most cases, I don't notice much of a difference between the recorded and live pictures. I hardly ever record in the analog channels though. It's almost always the digital channels.
I think this service will ultimately act as a gateway to TiVo. Even with it's limitations and inferior UI, I love this thing. It's well worth the extra $10/month. Many of the things that TiVo lovers have been rhapsodizing about are competently handled with the TW DVR. Being able to record whenever you want or pause and come back is invaluable (especially being a parent of two small children). The feature I'm most in love with is being able to fast forward through commericals. There's three fast forward speeds. The fastest gets you through commercials in a few seconds. I find myself getting annoyed that I can't blaze through commercials when I'm watching live TV. As a consequence, I'm now recording most everything I want to watch instead of watching it live. I'm considering shelling out the dough to move to TiVo for the enhanced user experience, but I'm just not sure it's worth the extra money to me. There's also the alternative of building my own which I may still do. I'd really like to be able to increase the hard drive space and offload some programs to another hard drive or burn a DVD for archiving and it seems the only way to achieve these is through some of the open source options.
The article didn't have much to say, but it didn't take me on a nice walk down memory lane.
I remember that early bird special. I had totally forgotten about the weird cardboard display stand. I think I threw it away pretty quickly as it had no play value whatsoever. I remember waiting for the package and being ecstatic when it finally arrived. I believe they came packed in a styrofoam box (ahh, the 70's). As somebody mentioned earlier, I already had the landspeeder and that was the only vehicle available at the time. Anyway, I also remember the Boba Fett and Bossk mailaways, but decided to pass on those. If I had known how much that original package would be worth I wouldn't have subjected my R2D2 to hours of sitting in the bathtub. I think Luke's lightsaber was toast after the first few weeks. Sigh.
While I agree that the sequel will probably suck, I have to comment on this post.
In addition to what others have already pointed out, this person is chronologically challenged. Generation X is usually defined as being born in the mid-60's to the mid-70's. Spongebob didn't start airing until 1999. Being an "X'er" (and I hate that label), I saw Road Warrior in the theater at age 9. My son watches Spongebob. Before making generalizations, maybe you should get your dates right.
Yeah, I've heard from friends that this disc won't play on PS2. If that's your only DVD player, you're SOL on this one.
I work for a software startup that has been having all of the same problems that many other software startups are having right now. We've had two rounds of layoffs in the last 6 months.
I'm convinced that one of the reasons that I made the second cut is because I socialize with my co-workers outside of work. In the last round of layoffs, they let people go who, if you compared solely on experience and programming skills, should have been chosen over me. However, I think that personal interaction and communication skills are also very important, especially in a small company. My personal style and communication skill must've come through in some of the interactions with management and others at these social events outside of work. I'm not saying that you can get by solely on your drinking buddy skills, but a balance of both has served me well. You can't underestimate the power of making ties outside of work hours.
I had a lot of the same requirements, mainly that I wanted to be able to step into JSPs from servlets and other classes. I've been pretty happy with Forte 3.0. Yes it's slow and a resource hog and it is also somewhat buggy. However, for the price, FREE. It kicks butt on any of the other options like JBuilder.