According to the report opting out of spam emails actually works by and large. What I would like to know, is whether this means that the company (that now knows your email address is valid) just stops sending spam, or if they also do not onsell your private details to other spammers.
My hunch is that while they may stop sending spam, they could put you on a list and sell your email address to other marketers. I don't think the report looked into that.
"Despite the fact that the WHOIS database is publicly accessible, our project received just a single spam message to an address that was in WHOIS for six months."
So while there was only one, it is very different to there being none at all.
From the article: A major transformation occured in 1990 when the circles became complex pictograms composed of straight lines, angles and spiral rings (see Barbury Castle formation below right).
Or was it simply the widespread adoption of global positioning systems that allowed people to make much more complex designs? I know where I'd put my money.
Ice Age's tend not to last millions of years. The last one only lasted about 120,000 years. But if you are interested in whether an Ice Age could result from global warming, here is a link that my interest: www.whoi.edu/home/about/whatsnew_abruptclimate.htm l.
I wasn't trying to suggest the web would start talking to us, but I wonder whether it could have a collective vibe that trickles from any part of the WWW to any other part. An understanding among all web users that this vibe exists. A form of consciousness, that is different to what we already utilise. I would also dispute your single point of actualisation. Some people cannot talk, but still have full consciousness. Some people have almost no working senses at all, but are still conscious. I don't think the point of actualisation is the point, it is the element of understanding. I am no philosopher though, any input from anyone else would sure be welcomed, especially someone with a philosophy major.
People may think this is a ridiculous question, but perhaps one that needs to be asked. First to put it in context. Inside most human brains are about a billion connections that communicate to a greater and lesser extent to those synapses directly in contact with them. The collective 'noise' from the electrical charges between the synapses somehow gives form to human consciousness. The electrical energy helps store memories and a bunch of other things, too. I read an article once by an Australian author Peter Goldsworthhy (if anyone is interested it is in his book Navel Gazing) that pondered whether or not China could collectively gain a consciousness, based on the same principle. (A billion people, all in contact with those around them, much as synapses are). I don't know how many people are connected to the web, but using a healthy dose of hope and suspending disbelief, does anyone have any ideas on whether or not the web can gain a consciousness?
Nice to see that people are still out there chipping away at making Gnutella a smooth P2P network. It sure as hell needed some work. I haven't had to use Gnutella since KaZaA was released, but I would be interested in the opinions of anyone who has used Gnutella recently.
Quoth the article: "'Uh oh,' he writes. 'I have to wonder if 'concrete actions' is code for 'massive #@%!$ing lawsuits'." What the hell is "#@%!$ing" supposed to mean? Too many letters to be code for "fucking lawsuits". Could it be "annoying lawsuits"? Any ideas?
In Australia there is one overwhelmingly dominant phone carrier - Telstra. If you have a single number to dial to also send someone e-mail, then they will no doubt try to charge people for a phone call, whereas you can currently send as many e-mails as you want once you have an internet connection. This will mean that get more revenue. After all, their last profits were down to a few hundred million.
I really think it's fantastic that JPL has been commercialised. Now, perhaps they can get on with some real research. If they must monitor El Nino, McDonalds can pay them to find out how it will effect grain production on their farms. Coca Cola can hire them to do some proper science, and see if they can't work out how to finally put their billboard in space they once aspired to.
Great news for all those who seek knowledge in it's purest form. I think it was Newton who theorized that: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction on the stock exchange." Something like that any way.
I don't like the idea of having to give the NYT my personal details to be able to access the article. Instead of reading it now, I think I'll just wait until it becomes available on one of the many P2P applications.
Computer voting is already happening in Australia. It occurred for the first time on October 20, 2001 in the Australian Capital Territory. You can see a summary of what happened here, and see the technical description here.
Acording to the article is uses "regular tap water". As someone who has been to Russia, let me tell you, their tap water is mostly dark brown, and probably contaminated with radiation. Maybe that explains all these unusual properties. If you want to see a real experiment, try this with Australian water.
How is this possible? I remember reading about a meteorite that hit a dam in Australia a few years ago. It evaporated the lake, and when scientists sifted through the mud, the meteorite was only the size of a marble.
Remembering my high school physics, all things of the same mass will fall through the earth at the same speed, assuming they are aeorodynamically equivalent, beccause they have the same terminal velocity.
This girl's foot would be pulverised if it was hit by some space junk of that size that had just fallen through earth's atmosphere. It seems obvious that this is not a meteorite at all. If it was, she would probably only have one leg. The only slim possibility I can imagine, is if the meteorite was so full of bubbles that it came to earth with the characteristics of foam. Unlikely given the photo they have shown.
I would like to point out that someone with the hearing of a dog would still be unable (in my opinion) to tell the difference between something burned at 128, and something burned at 192. My real problem with burning above 128 is that some CDs don't allow you to play them if they are burned above 128.
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According to the report opting out of spam emails actually works by and large.
What I would like to know, is whether this means that the company (that now knows your email address is valid) just stops sending spam, or if they also do not onsell your private details to other spammers.
My hunch is that while they may stop sending spam, they could put you on a list and sell your email address to other marketers. I don't think the report looked into that.
What it actually said was:
"Despite the fact that the WHOIS database is publicly accessible, our project
received just a single spam message to an address that was in WHOIS for six
months."
So while there was only one, it is very different to there being none at all.
So what about the gap between the two prime numbers 1 and 2? It would seem that there is not only one pair of primes with such a small gap.
Remind me not to get you to do my encryption.
From the article:
A major transformation occured in 1990 when the circles became complex pictograms composed of straight lines, angles and spiral rings (see Barbury Castle formation below right).
Or was it simply the widespread adoption of global positioning systems that allowed people to make much more complex designs? I know where I'd put my money.
Ice Age's tend not to last millions of years. The last one only lasted about 120,000 years.m l.
But if you are interested in whether an Ice Age could result from global warming, here is a link that my interest:
www.whoi.edu/home/about/whatsnew_abruptclimate.ht
I wasn't trying to suggest the web would start talking to us, but I wonder whether it could have a collective vibe that trickles from any part of the WWW to any other part. An understanding among all web users that this vibe exists. A form of consciousness, that is different to what we already utilise.
I would also dispute your single point of actualisation. Some people cannot talk, but still have full consciousness. Some people have almost no working senses at all, but are still conscious. I don't think the point of actualisation is the point, it is the element of understanding. I am no philosopher though, any input from anyone else would sure be welcomed, especially someone with a philosophy major.
People may think this is a ridiculous question, but perhaps one that needs to be asked. First to put it in context. Inside most human brains are about a billion connections that communicate to a greater and lesser extent to those synapses directly in contact with them. The collective 'noise' from the electrical charges between the synapses somehow gives form to human consciousness. The electrical energy helps store memories and a bunch of other things, too.
I read an article once by an Australian author Peter Goldsworthhy (if anyone is interested it is in his book Navel Gazing) that pondered whether or not China could collectively gain a consciousness, based on the same principle. (A billion people, all in contact with those around them, much as synapses are). I don't know how many people are connected to the web, but using a healthy dose of hope and suspending disbelief, does anyone have any ideas on whether or not the web can gain a consciousness?
Nice to see that people are still out there chipping away at making Gnutella a smooth P2P network. It sure as hell needed some work. I haven't had to use Gnutella since KaZaA was released, but I would be interested in the opinions of anyone who has used Gnutella recently.
Quoth the article:
"'Uh oh,' he writes. 'I have to wonder if 'concrete actions' is code for 'massive #@%!$ing lawsuits'."
What the hell is "#@%!$ing" supposed to mean? Too many letters to be code for "fucking lawsuits". Could it be "annoying lawsuits"? Any ideas?
In Australia there is one overwhelmingly dominant phone carrier - Telstra.
If you have a single number to dial to also send someone e-mail, then they will no doubt try to charge people for a phone call, whereas you can currently send as many e-mails as you want once you have an internet connection. This will mean that get more revenue. After all, their last profits were down to a few hundred million.
Great news for all those who seek knowledge in it's purest form. I think it was Newton who theorized that: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction on the stock exchange." Something like that any way.
I don't like the idea of having to give the NYT my personal details to be able to access the article. Instead of reading it now, I think I'll just wait until it becomes available on one of the many P2P applications.
Computer voting is already happening in Australia. It occurred for the first time on October 20, 2001 in the Australian Capital Territory. You can see a summary of what happened here, and see the technical description here.
Acording to the article is uses "regular tap water". As someone who has been to Russia, let me tell you, their tap water is mostly dark brown, and probably contaminated with radiation. Maybe that explains all these unusual properties.
If you want to see a real experiment, try this with Australian water.
How is this possible? I remember reading about a meteorite that hit a dam in Australia a few years ago. It evaporated the lake, and when scientists sifted through the mud, the meteorite was only the size of a marble.
Remembering my high school physics, all things of the same mass will fall through the earth at the same speed, assuming they are aeorodynamically equivalent, beccause they have the same terminal velocity.
This girl's foot would be pulverised if it was hit by some space junk of that size that had just fallen through earth's atmosphere.
It seems obvious that this is not a meteorite at all. If it was, she would probably only have one leg. The only slim possibility I can imagine, is if the meteorite was so full of bubbles that it came to earth with the characteristics of foam. Unlikely given the photo they have shown.
I would like to point out that someone with the hearing of a dog would still be unable (in my opinion) to tell the difference between something burned at 128, and something burned at 192. My real problem with burning above 128 is that some CDs don't allow you to play them if they are burned above 128.