"Cyberspace is a wondrous place, but we are quickly learning it can also be a dangerous place for the unwary," she said. "Con artists who once relied on telephone boiler rooms and mass mailings can now rip people off through Web sites and e-mail."
In a related news story, Fox reports that gullible people often get ripped off.
Ok, here's the thing. I strongly believe spam would go away if people would QUIT BEING STUPID. If they would just think for a minute and say hmm, it seems this magic Cancer cure is too good to be true. Why haven't I heard about it in other sources? Now, I will say that these bastards selling hope in the form of a cancer cure is genuinely despicable, and they need to share a room with Bubba for doing it. However, WISE UP PEOPLE!!!! Do you really think xsegry17l33t@yahoo.com is a viable businessman? Come on!
-5 redundant
check your facts please....
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"Still, SecurityFocus incident analyst Ryan Russell said the events of September 11th changed many citizens' minds.
"I think there is a lot less concern from the majority of people that they're going to be monitored," Russell told NewsFactor."
OK, now prove it. No one likes their communications being monitored. Has anyone actually gone out and ASKED people if they mind being monitored? Or is this more of the well, they don't seem to mind because they aren't bitching about it type of logic?
This cop-out crap about 9-11 changing the way everyone thinks of privacy is beginning to get extremely old. 9-11 was a national tragedy. Don't use it to slam dunk crap legislation down our throats...once you have gathered the wraith of enough people, then maybe you will listen. Most Americans are UN-EDUCATED on these matters. They also probably think that in order to be caught up in this, you need to be some militia-type with a bunch of ammo and automatic weapons to be investigated. Sad, really....
this is a great new technology. My employer has currently started development on a next generation of this amaxing tech: BoW+1C. Beak over Wing + 1 claw is amazingingly fast. Our benchmarks show your page rankings can be done using half the pigeons, with maximum results. In fact, one of our early adopters (Bobs House of Kink and Bubble Gum) has trippled his page hits in 3 hours using this technology. For more information, please browse our website: http://www.pow+1c.com You won't regret it!!!!
Got modded as redundant. I don't care about Karma, but how is it redundant? I don't have a yahoo account, but some friends do and I wanted to make them aware of this. Thanks
"Lee deBoer, former chief executive of Automatic Media, believes that the downturn in the Web is temporary. In the summer of 2000, his company bought Feed and Suck, two popular online magazines, and started Plastic.com, a Web site that allows users to filter interesting Web content for one another. After just a year, Mr. deBoer's company was forced to close its doors, killing both magazines and relinquishing Plastic.com to a group of investors. (The site still exists, run almost entirely by volunteers.)
Even after the bruising taken by his company, Mr. deBoer is not prepared to declare the Web dead. "We've taken a pause," he said, citing a tough advertising climate, a lagging economy and a seriousness that has infused society since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "But I don't think it's much more than a pause."
yeah, someone pull this guys head out of his ass. It's gonna be a long pause, as everyone I know is sick of the ads. Here's a newsflash Mr DeBoer: If you have good content, people will still hit your site. (Slashdot anyone?) If you have 17 pop-unders, flashing links (click now, you just won $500.00), etc., then you WILL FAIL. How and why are these people still trying so hard to use this out-dated crap model? You wanna know why the web is not being surfed as much?
PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE BULLSHIT that goes along with trying to get info.
"Sound travels well underwater, but sound is slow and can't handle the data transfer rate required for video."
I understand what they are trying to say, but they say it akwardly. How about, the speed of sound is slowed underwater, therefore isn't a viable option for what they are trying to do.
There, that's better. Next, Jake and Elwood huh? Good to know the Blues Brothers are still on film, especially after the not-very-good Blues Brothers 2000.;-)
Who came up with the idea of linking to a third world website? good grief, you know the telcos there can barely handle a slashdotting, much less a single website.
BTW, I am constantly amazed at the sheer stupidity of the people of this earth. Reminds me of the old vegas scam: I have a bunch of counterfit chips, you give me $1000-2000 for them, but since I can't go inside because I have been banned, you cash them for me while I take your money and run. Nifty...uninformed people often receive nasty wake-up calls...then they tend to be like the rest of us, wary and skeptical.
Re:How is this any different from MRE?
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MRE=Meal ready to eat. They are self heating, just add water. Not sure what all is in the heat tab that comes with them, but you can rip them open and shove them in a plastic water bottle or soda bottle, add water, wait a few, and BLAM!!! Instant fun for you and your friends. Just hope that "Charlie" isn't out there watching and recording your position.
As a side note, my AC friend here is right, MRE's can be painful...Let's leave it at that.
On the one hand, disgusting piles of shit who look at little kids and do whatever it is they do absolutely disgusts me. I would prefer that they be locked away forever. Absolutely sickening topic.
On the other hand, once you start forcing ISPs to block access to sites, then the sheeple get used to it, and it becomes easier to do it again. And of course, it is almost always for a good reason, right? Mom and Dad in Middle America(TM) don't see past the "Oh, they want to block sickos from looking at naked children? Good." They don't realize what this can lead to.
Why is it that the minority always seems to be the most vocal, while the majority seem to sit back and just shake their head?
"What is Allconet? ALLCONET is our public Web site for Allegany County and consists of a partnership of four entities -- the Allegany County Library System, the Board of Education of Allegany County, the Allegany County Commissioners, and the City of Cumberland. ALLCONET is an innovative and creative approach to meeting the information needs of our schools and communities."...
...until you bastards go out there and slashdot them.
"In a telephone interview after the appearance, Heckenkamp's father, Thomas Heckenkamp, said his son is only trying to protect his rights . "They've overstepped their bounds, and they're keeping him from defending himself," he said."
yeah, and his clue meter is pegged at.0001
protecting his rights? Hmm, more like killing his chances.
Granted you have to dig quite a bit to find what you need, but it is all there. Everything you wanted to know, diagrams, how stuff connects to other devices, etc., all can be found there. I am not a Cisco employee, but I hit that site everyday during the course of my job.
Just curious, if you read this post, what exactly were you looking for? Specifics, not in general, maybe we can help you find what you are looking for.
"Too many of my execs (except, for some reason, the VP of Development) are engineers. This leads to a whole host of problems: Many of them tend think they're smarter than people in non-engineering roles. Pursuant to this, they don't think PR and marketing and sales are "hard" or really even "important". Again after #1, they're always right when in disagreement with marketing or sales guys. Most of them haven't developed in a decade+, so now they know just enough to be dangerous -- make micromanaging decisions about detailed subjects things they don't understand well enough, chase unnecessarily after bleeding edge tech, etc. Fail to understand that not everyone wants to always work 14 hours a day. Laugh off meetings, so that eventually nobody in the company knows what's going on.
As a result, nobody's heard of us (no marketing budget, no trade shows, no nothing) and nobody's buying our products (engineers tend to make lousy sales guys; despite what they might believe, nobody wants to listen to a 3-hour ridiculously detailed presentation on your product)."
Dude, lets paint the whole frigging "army" of engineers that have moved into management with one broad paint stroke. How about MANAGING them, rather than bitching like this. Don't like what they are doing? Get rid of them. Bring in someone who gets the whole picture. Don't bitch, you make the situation no better, AND you are publicly critizing them. You go boy.
"I think spammers should be forced to pay by donating an organ for each forged header."
nah, make em donate a piano. Baby Grand or something...*rim shot*
Ok, it's stupid, but what can you say about this? Cool, I hope they win, spammers suck, do people actually buy into these spam emails? Why isn't it illegal in all states/countries, etc.?
The horse is almost dead, I hope. We've beat it enough.
"The NEW.NET domain resolution component is a good example. This component is installed by a number of freely downloadable Windows programs on the Internet. "
When you install something for FREE from the internet, you can't assume it will work as you want it to. Also, just because it works on your machine does't mean it works on everyone elses. this is pretty redundant IMO.
I am sorry the software screwed up your IP stack, but can you seriously expect to get money from them in small claims court for free software? Nobody forced you to put it on your machine.
"The zlib library has been a fundamental open-source software component for almost a decade and can be found in almost every Linux and Unix system. That means the so-called "double free" flaw in the library may leave a hefty portion of Linux and Unix systems open to attack. Because it adopted some of the code, Microsoft apparently has made itself vulnerable to the flaw as well. "
Disclaimer: I am not a security weenie, so I don't know this for fact......*deep breath*....
If this is true, why is it only news for MS? It appears that Linux and Unix is also vulnerable. So why only set up the article as MS related?
Slashdot Mirror
"Cyberspace is a wondrous place, but we are quickly learning it can also be a dangerous place for the unwary," she said. "Con artists who once relied on telephone boiler rooms and mass mailings can now rip people off through Web sites and e-mail."
In a related news story, Fox reports that gullible people often get ripped off.
Ok, here's the thing. I strongly believe spam would go away if people would QUIT BEING STUPID. If they would just think for a minute and say hmm, it seems this magic Cancer cure is too good to be true. Why haven't I heard about it in other sources? Now, I will say that these bastards selling hope in the form of a cancer cure is genuinely despicable, and they need to share a room with Bubba for doing it. However, WISE UP PEOPLE!!!! Do you really think xsegry17l33t@yahoo.com is a viable businessman? Come on!
-5 redundant
"Still, SecurityFocus incident analyst Ryan Russell said the events of September 11th changed many citizens' minds.
"I think there is a lot less concern from the majority of people that they're going to be monitored," Russell told NewsFactor."
OK, now prove it. No one likes their communications being monitored. Has anyone actually gone out and ASKED people if they mind being monitored? Or is this more of the well, they don't seem to mind because they aren't bitching about it type of logic?
This cop-out crap about 9-11 changing the way everyone thinks of privacy is beginning to get extremely old. 9-11 was a national tragedy. Don't use it to slam dunk crap legislation down our throats...once you have gathered the wraith of enough people, then maybe you will listen. Most Americans are UN-EDUCATED on these matters. They also probably think that in order to be caught up in this, you need to be some militia-type with a bunch of ammo and automatic weapons to be investigated. Sad, really....
get them all on weakest link and let them have a go at each other....
"Why did you vote for RMS?"
"He smells bad."
thanks for shopping....Oh look, a big shiny thing!
D00d, this is so c00l. I heard aboot this on alt.pigeon-fisting. It's the real deal. Hard to uninstall though.
Beak over Wing?
this is a great new technology. My employer has currently started development on a next generation of this amaxing tech: BoW+1C. Beak over Wing + 1 claw is amazingingly fast. Our benchmarks show your page rankings can be done using half the pigeons, with maximum results. In fact, one of our early adopters (Bobs House of Kink and Bubble Gum) has trippled his page hits in 3 hours using this technology. For more information, please browse our website: http://www.pow+1c.com You won't regret it!!!!
Got modded as redundant. I don't care about Karma, but how is it redundant? I don't have a yahoo account, but some friends do and I wanted to make them aware of this. Thanks
Did yahoo send out an email telling everyone this had occured? Or is this a marketing ploy of some sort?
Inquiring geeks wanna know.....
Dude, calm down a bit. You have very valid points, but if you insult the eds like this, the chances of a bitch-slap are pretty high.
thanks, and have a good one.
ok, so clue me in then. I could use a laugh today.
thanks,
Em Emalb
"Lee deBoer, former chief executive of Automatic Media, believes that the downturn in the Web is temporary. In the summer of 2000, his company bought Feed and Suck, two popular online magazines, and started Plastic.com, a Web site that allows users to filter interesting Web content for one another. After just a year, Mr. deBoer's company was forced to close its doors, killing both magazines and relinquishing Plastic.com to a group of investors. (The site still exists, run almost entirely by volunteers.)
Even after the bruising taken by his company, Mr. deBoer is not prepared to declare the Web dead. "We've taken a pause," he said, citing a tough advertising climate, a lagging economy and a seriousness that has infused society since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "But I don't think it's much more than a pause."
yeah, someone pull this guys head out of his ass. It's gonna be a long pause, as everyone I know is sick of the ads. Here's a newsflash Mr DeBoer: If you have good content, people will still hit your site. (Slashdot anyone?) If you have 17 pop-unders, flashing links (click now, you just won $500.00), etc., then you WILL FAIL. How and why are these people still trying so hard to use this out-dated crap model? You wanna know why the web is not being surfed as much?
PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE BULLSHIT that goes along with trying to get info.
Ok first off...
;-)
"Sound travels well underwater, but sound is slow and can't handle the data transfer rate required for video."
I understand what they are trying to say, but they say it akwardly. How about, the speed of sound is slowed underwater, therefore isn't a viable option for what they are trying to do.
There, that's better. Next, Jake and Elwood huh? Good to know the Blues Brothers are still on film, especially after the not-very-good Blues Brothers 2000.
My work is done here.
fellas,
Who came up with the idea of linking to a third world website? good grief, you know the telcos there can barely handle a slashdotting, much less a single website.
BTW, I am constantly amazed at the sheer stupidity of the people of this earth. Reminds me of the old vegas scam: I have a bunch of counterfit chips, you give me $1000-2000 for them, but since I can't go inside because I have been banned, you cash them for me while I take your money and run. Nifty...uninformed people often receive nasty wake-up calls...then they tend to be like the rest of us, wary and skeptical.
YO!
I GOT NEXT!!!
*sound of ball boucing*
MRE=Meal ready to eat. They are self heating, just add water. Not sure what all is in the heat tab that comes with them, but you can rip them open and shove them in a plastic water bottle or soda bottle, add water, wait a few, and BLAM!!! Instant fun for you and your friends. Just hope that "Charlie" isn't out there watching and recording your position.
As a side note, my AC friend here is right, MRE's can be painful...Let's leave it at that.
On the one hand, disgusting piles of shit who look at little kids and do whatever it is they do absolutely disgusts me. I would prefer that they be locked away forever. Absolutely sickening topic.
On the other hand, once you start forcing ISPs to block access to sites, then the sheeple get used to it, and it becomes easier to do it again. And of course, it is almost always for a good reason, right? Mom and Dad in Middle America(TM) don't see past the "Oh, they want to block sickos from looking at naked children? Good." They don't realize what this can lead to.
Why is it that the minority always seems to be the most vocal, while the majority seem to sit back and just shake their head?
"What is Allconet?
ALLCONET is our public Web site for Allegany County and consists of a partnership of four entities -- the Allegany County Library System, the Board of Education of Allegany County, the Allegany County Commissioners, and the City of Cumberland. ALLCONET is an innovative and creative approach to meeting the information needs of our schools and communities."...
...until you bastards go out there and slashdot them.
How about my contact lenses? Will they get messed up by this?
Nothing like a piece of melting plastic in your eye to wake you up. I highly recommend it.
start spouting off the infamous AYBABTU?
Ok, had to get it out of the way early..while we are at it:
I'm afraid I can't let you do that Dave.
Danger! Danger Will Robinson! Danger!!
Imagine a beowulf Cluster of Natalie Portman pouring hot grits over a few of these?
Any other ones I missed?
"In a telephone interview after the appearance, Heckenkamp's father, Thomas Heckenkamp, said his son is only trying to protect his rights . "They've overstepped their bounds, and they're keeping him from defending himself," he said."
.0001
yeah, and his clue meter is pegged at
protecting his rights? Hmm, more like killing his chances.
Cisco Connection Online is the bomb.
Granted you have to dig quite a bit to find what you need, but it is all there. Everything you wanted to know, diagrams, how stuff connects to other devices, etc., all can be found there. I am not a Cisco employee, but I hit that site everyday during the course of my job.
Just curious, if you read this post, what exactly were you looking for? Specifics, not in general, maybe we can help you find what you are looking for.
I wasn't referring to Joel, Senior AC. Thanks for your assumption I didn't read the post.
ta-ta for now. And get a login, will ya?
From the article:
"Too many of my execs (except, for some reason, the VP of Development) are engineers. This leads to a whole host of problems: Many of them tend think they're smarter than people in non-engineering roles. Pursuant to this, they don't think PR and marketing and sales are "hard" or really even "important". Again after #1, they're always right when in disagreement with marketing or sales guys. Most of them haven't developed in a decade+, so now they know just enough to be dangerous -- make micromanaging decisions about detailed subjects things they don't understand well enough, chase unnecessarily after bleeding edge tech, etc. Fail to understand that not everyone wants to always work 14 hours a day. Laugh off meetings, so that eventually nobody in the company knows what's going on.
As a result, nobody's heard of us (no marketing budget, no trade shows, no nothing) and nobody's buying our products (engineers tend to make lousy sales guys; despite what they might believe, nobody wants to listen to a 3-hour ridiculously detailed presentation on your product)."
Dude, lets paint the whole frigging "army" of engineers that have moved into management with one broad paint stroke. How about MANAGING them, rather than bitching like this. Don't like what they are doing? Get rid of them. Bring in someone who gets the whole picture. Don't bitch, you make the situation no better, AND you are publicly critizing them. You go boy.
"I think spammers should be forced to pay by donating an organ for each forged header."
nah, make em donate a piano. Baby Grand or something...*rim shot*
Ok, it's stupid, but what can you say about this? Cool, I hope they win, spammers suck, do people actually buy into these spam emails? Why isn't it illegal in all states/countries, etc.?
The horse is almost dead, I hope. We've beat it enough.
"The NEW.NET domain resolution component is a good example. This component is installed by a number of freely downloadable Windows programs on the Internet. "
When you install something for FREE from the internet, you can't assume it will work as you want it to. Also, just because it works on your machine does't mean it works on everyone elses. this is pretty redundant IMO.
I am sorry the software screwed up your IP stack, but can you seriously expect to get money from them in small claims court for free software? Nobody forced you to put it on your machine.
"The zlib library has been a fundamental open-source software component for almost a decade and can be found in almost every Linux and Unix system. That means the so-called "double free" flaw in the library may leave a hefty portion of Linux and Unix systems open to attack. Because it adopted some of the code, Microsoft apparently has made itself vulnerable to the flaw as well. "
Disclaimer: I am not a security weenie, so I don't know this for fact......*deep breath*....
If this is true, why is it only news for MS? It appears that Linux and Unix is also vulnerable. So why only set up the article as MS related?
*bash MS* bash bash bash....it's popular right?