I tell you I am not paying a dime to watch T.V. or have broadband.
I wan't them to pay me. It's kind of like how I am buying a football stadium for a local multi-millionaire to bring money into our county.
The same logic should apply to the businees I bring to the web and cable t.v. I expect to be paid a minimum of $50.00 a month to participate in these activities.
A week or so I start getting all these emails from different mailbox administrators, etc. informing me that emails I was trying to send had invalid addresses.
I'm looking at them and it shows my address in the from area and it was mostly spam for beastiality sites. My wife went ballistic.
I got tons of them back as undeliverable. How many made it through? And now people think I was sending them spam for a porn site.
They were coming back to my wife's WIN98 machine, so she called MS. The help desk chick tells her "Someone else has a virus and it is sending out emails w/your address" So my wife says "What do I do?" and they tell her to update her virus definitions. My wife said, "But you just told me that the virus is not on my computer, someone else has it. Is there nothing that I can do?" the girl says "Well download new virus definitions and check for service packs"
I'm not sure about generational. I'm not old yet (I don't think so anyway) but I did grow up on cartoons. (I'm 33)
I did not think the animation on Beast Wars was low quality. I thought it was awesome. It wasn't Final Fantasy but it was pretty cool. But wat also hooked me was the story line and the characters. They were consistent in their behavior and had some interesting querks. I fealt like I got to 'know' them.
The original transformers was boxy and looked awful in my opinion. The only transformer I liked was the one that they ripped off from Robotech. (Now there was a great show)
I never could get into the original transformers. The animation was so bad -- but beast wars. That show was gorgeous. And the story line was completely cool for a kids show.
I would hurry home every afternoon to watch it. And there are still some episodes that I missed. If all the episodes of Beast Wars are available on DVD I would buy that in a heartbeat.
So I just had fun w/some posts that I think will get a few people riled up. Now I've got to go home-- so I can't reply to your angry responses until tomorrow.
So check back then if you can.
Hopefully somebody will be at least a little annoyed.
If they ran a story on those pants w/extra pockets for PDA's etc. you'd have a link to a site for fanny packs and pocket protectors.
That little POS from Casio doesn't come close to the incredible cool of a swiss time piece. Not to mention, quality, durability and the fact that it will look nice. (You know for that crowd that wears something other than a t-shirt and jeans to work or out)
Does that mean I should be able to find it in a vending machine here in the U.S.? 50 cents or so?
Not new? It is too- it is the first Tissot touch watch- that's pretty new.
What you saw for $4.00 US, 4 years ago was probably one of those plastic watches w/the sticker face that makes the hands look like they are moving when you tilt it. My daughter loves those.
My bat watch has a touch screen that does all those things, plus it can deploy a smoke screen, operate as a bat phone and remote control the batmobile. sheesh. And I didn't pay no $600 clams either.
yeah - no metaphore is perfect and I was trying to keep this one aimed more at what the virii did to the web sites.
Plus I was just thinking "How would you know they were there if they didn't do anything?"
One time I came home and my bike had been moved from the living room to the kitchen. Turns out the apartment people had given a carpet cleaning guy the wrong key and apartment number. When he saw my wife sleeping in the bedroom he left.
I was beside myself. That's a better example. No harm was done - but I reemed the girl in the office. I had been out getting my paycheck early that morning. If I had been home when that guy came in he would have had the snot scared out of him and I would have had to go through even more hassle of dealing w/the cops, etc. ( I sleep w/a gun by the bed - I wouldn't have shot him but I'd have held him there until the police arrived- regardless of what he said about being a cleaning guy)
but that story was awful long so I didn't put it in the post. The point is don't walk around w/your pants down, bent over because no one has done anything to you yet.
People should be glad the vulnerabilities were not exploited to a greater extent and keep on working to keep things secure.
If people broke into my house one night and left after defacing my home, but didn't take or destroy anything - I'd still be pretty upset. And if it was because I'd left the front door open- I would really think about closing it and installing a lock (or locking it if there was already one that I had just left unlocked).
HIPPA is some legislation that has portions going into effect now and in the next few years. It requires those who handle medical information electronically to do so in a secure manner.
I work for a collection agency and since we collect for hospitals sometimes we have been looking at this. We were going to use PGP as clients have specifically mentioned that they require it. Now I am not sure what we will do. Much of what is available out there has restrictions on being used for business.
The movement towards being more secure information delivery seems slow but it is moving forward.
I am just real interested in seeing what kind of alternatives surface for businesses like ours.
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No what made it hard to read was the fact that the Brittish no nothing about the proper use of English.
I could barely read it, there were so many mispellings in the dumb thing.
And their colloquialisms are terrible, but that's a "different kettle of fish". Oh please.
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Greg the bunny is funny.
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No kidding. I've had this in the bat cave for like 20 years. At least.
The main antenna sits on top of the mansion.
Right after inventing cabeless cable, Alfred got to work on dehydrated water. Mmmmmm. very satisfying on a steamy day in the bat cave.
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I tell you I am not paying a dime to watch T.V. or have broadband.
I wan't them to pay me. It's kind of like how I am buying a football stadium for a local multi-millionaire to bring money into our county.
The same logic should apply to the businees I bring to the web and cable t.v. I expect to be paid a minimum of $50.00 a month to participate in these activities.
Until then - now way.
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Yes they do. The wire is created with an incredible new process that promises great strides in carbon nanotube technology.
The wires, invisible to the naked eye and miles in length are visible over major cities as a kind of brownish haze.
Really.
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A week or so I start getting all these emails from different mailbox administrators, etc. informing me that emails I was trying to send had invalid addresses.
I'm looking at them and it shows my address in the from area and it was mostly spam for beastiality sites. My wife went ballistic.
I got tons of them back as undeliverable. How many made it through? And now people think I was sending them spam for a porn site.
They were coming back to my wife's WIN98 machine, so she called MS. The help desk chick tells her "Someone else has a virus and it is sending out emails w/your address" So my wife says "What do I do?" and they tell her to update her virus definitions. My wife said, "But you just told me that the virus is not on my computer, someone else has it. Is there nothing that I can do?" the girl says "Well download new virus definitions and check for service packs"
The whole thing was rather humorous.
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I'm wondering if the space.com photo of "the mice" galaxies is the right picture.
Looks a lot like a cut from a film I watched in health class in the 6th grade.
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I'm not sure about generational. I'm not old yet (I don't think so anyway) but I did grow up on cartoons. (I'm 33)
I did not think the animation on Beast Wars was low quality. I thought it was awesome. It wasn't Final Fantasy but it was pretty cool. But wat also hooked me was the story line and the characters. They were consistent in their behavior and had some interesting querks. I fealt like I got to 'know' them.
The original transformers was boxy and looked awful in my opinion. The only transformer I liked was the one that they ripped off from Robotech. (Now there was a great show)
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I never could get into the original transformers. The animation was so bad -- but beast wars. That show was gorgeous. And the story line was completely cool for a kids show.
I would hurry home every afternoon to watch it. And there are still some episodes that I missed. If all the episodes of Beast Wars are available on DVD I would buy that in a heartbeat.
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History does not support your premise.
AT&T, Microsoft, the Rockefellers, and on and on.
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My company tries to save money all the time by doing things ourselves rather than buy some solution off the shelf.
They end up paying as much or more and taking twice as long. Problems come up - all the while the employees doing the work are on the clock.
As cheap as some pre-built systems come, I'd be willing to bet that doing it yourself and saving much would be unlikely.
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So I just had fun w/some posts that I think will get a few people riled up. Now I've got to go home-- so I can't reply to your angry responses until tomorrow.
So check back then if you can.
Hopefully somebody will be at least a little annoyed.
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You're right. It should not make headlines that you would wear that geeky thing every freaking day.
Did you wear the same t-shirt w/it every day too? Let me guess- the one that says "Got root?"
Take the calculator off-- Go buy a watch and a shirt with a collar. Go out to a nice restaurant.
Seriously- try it.
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If they ran a story on those pants w/extra pockets for PDA's etc. you'd have a link to a site for fanny packs and pocket protectors.
That little POS from Casio doesn't come close to the incredible cool of a swiss time piece. Not to mention, quality, durability and the fact that it will look nice. (You know for that crowd that wears something other than a t-shirt and jeans to work or out)
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$100 canadian.
Does that mean I should be able to find it in a vending machine here in the U.S.? 50 cents or so?
Not new? It is too- it is the first Tissot touch watch- that's pretty new.
What you saw for $4.00 US, 4 years ago was probably one of those plastic watches w/the sticker face that makes the hands look like they are moving when you tilt it. My daughter loves those.
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No kidding.
My bat watch has a touch screen that does all those things, plus it can deploy a smoke screen, operate as a bat phone and remote control the batmobile. sheesh. And I didn't pay no $600 clams either.
And I've had it since '79!
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No kidding I've been playing NWN in the bat cave since it came out on my Nintendo 64!
I've got the SEGA Genesis version too!
These guys are so slow.
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Tell me this thing is not made in India and part of a plot to take over the world.
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yeah - no metaphore is perfect and I was trying to keep this one aimed more at what the virii did to the web sites.
Plus I was just thinking "How would you know they were there if they didn't do anything?"
One time I came home and my bike had been moved from the living room to the kitchen. Turns out the apartment people had given a carpet cleaning guy the wrong key and apartment number. When he saw my wife sleeping in the bedroom he left.
I was beside myself. That's a better example. No harm was done - but I reemed the girl in the office. I had been out getting my paycheck early that morning. If I had been home when that guy came in he would have had the snot scared out of him and I would have had to go through even more hassle of dealing w/the cops, etc. ( I sleep w/a gun by the bed - I wouldn't have shot him but I'd have held him there until the police arrived- regardless of what he said about being a cleaning guy)
but that story was awful long so I didn't put it in the post. The point is don't walk around w/your pants down, bent over because no one has done anything to you yet.
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People should be glad the vulnerabilities were not exploited to a greater extent and keep on working to keep things secure.
If people broke into my house one night and left after defacing my home, but didn't take or destroy anything - I'd still be pretty upset. And if it was because I'd left the front door open- I would really think about closing it and installing a lock (or locking it if there was already one that I had just left unlocked).
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That new fleet is a huge piece of the puzzle and I hope the people who are buying up their stock are not in it for the long haul.
Due to their small size and the fact that they have brand new aircraft- their maintenance costs are incredibly low compared to others.
As the fleet ages and grows - this is going to go away. You wont be hiring jet mechanics for $9.00 an hour and they can't telecommute.
The more hours you put on an air frame- the more expensive it gets to keep it in the air.
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This is so true and such a good point that rarely comes up in discussions of online payment security.
People are perfectly comfortable handing over there credit card and letting it out of their site for extended periods of time.
Just think about when you use your credit card at a gas station. Some of those franchise owners are not the most reputable people.
The list goes on and on.
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HIPPA is some legislation that has portions going into effect now and in the next few years. It requires those who handle medical information electronically to do so in a secure manner.
I work for a collection agency and since we collect for hospitals sometimes we have been looking at this. We were going to use PGP as clients have specifically mentioned that they require it. Now I am not sure what we will do. Much of what is available out there has restrictions on being used for business.
The movement towards being more secure information delivery seems slow but it is moving forward.
I am just real interested in seeing what kind of alternatives surface for businesses like ours.
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That's not just Funny -- that's freakin hilarious.
You sir, may be a comedic genius. Or are you insane?
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The birth of what?