The greatest thing about an email by default is that it doesn't contain anything but text. Most decent email programs don't show graphics by default. NO decent email client will execute code unless you explicitly tell it to.
You'll notice this totally pushes any of the default MS clients out of the picture, except perhaps Outlook 2K7.
The term is more based on the workers woes. It's black for whoever works that day because it's the first day after thanksgiving that everyone except retail workers have off, and actually have a chance to do christmas shopping.
Price is not the issue with me, and I use gmail. They offer something that is not easy to get elsewhere.... a very nifty interface (that is accessible via nearly every browser known to man), a known stable company with multiple years of proven data retention abilities, a VERY quickly searchable email history, and the ability to store email indefinitely for years to have as a record. Add that on top of an enterprise-class spam filtering system, and an email delivery/recieve speed that is better than every other company I've been with. The ability to access my email from anywhere in the world, on any computer, is exactly what I have been looking for all of my life on the 'net. Since I no longer host a server at home (growing up tends to change things), long term data retention and availability is a big deal.
If there were a "professional" version, I'd pay for it just to make sure I keep the quality! I've even found the unobtrusive ads on the side helpful when searching for things in relation to an email. Besides, I don't use pounds.
It's interesting how differing everyone elses experience is with gmail in regards to spam. Once I switched to gmail a couple of years ago, my spam count dropped dramatically. I've all but given up on my hotmail account, and I keep it around simply because I use MSN Messenger and it comes by default with passport. I log in occasionally and I just have to laugh because I would definitely not keep up with the shear amount of BS in the inbox that is definitely called spam. (considering no one emails me there)
I'm not going to lie and say I get absolutely no spam on my gmail account, but I've actually pulled a more lax, who-gives-a-damn approach with it and I've probably gotten 4 spams in my inbox over the last week that didn't make it into the spam folder. I go through my spam folder daily to make sure there are no false positives, and it's usually less than 5 emails in there.
Not sure what I'm doing different, but I'm definitely going to keep doing it.
I hate to say it but the anonymous coward has a point... you could have just clicked on the "classic home" at the upper righthand corner which takes you right back to the original google page, until you choose to go to the igoogle page the same way. It's not ugly at all, and is totally customizable.
The "first" comment about pictures allows me with high accuracy to determine it is an American Civilian making the comment. Ignorance is not bliss it only makes you look stupid.
It's not ignorance, it's called a fucking joke. You've made yourself look stupid by what was referred to in the 80's as eurocentric behavior. Get over yourself.
(Kidding... I know that "American" drip coffee is considered horrible by most of the world. It was better than my "driving on the wrong side of the road joke, though.)
Considering that a majority of coffee beans used throughout the world comes from the Panamanian areas, I'd say that's in north America. Central America is not a continent, it's a designation. What you're referring to as "American" coffee must be the cheap swill that is sold on the bottom row of supermarkets that for some reason people buy. Heck, even 5 O'Clock brand coffee is better than that crap.
I'm afraid sniffing packets going across YOUR network interface is in no way illegal. At least not in the USA... not yet anyway. Otherwise it'd be illegal to reverse engineer protocols, or even use ethereal or whatever the hell it's called today. Thanks for playing.
As a person who has been on the receiving end of police stupidity, I'll just say that the idea of a cop having what amounts to a microwave emission device to just fire at a car that "won't stop" without a thought because they've been told it's "safe" scares the hell out of me.
Why? Because we don't know if it's safe, and we all know what happens to a police-issued item when they're told it's safe. Taser, anyone? Until I know 100% that my rights are going to be observed when I'm in that situation, I have problems with it. This is coming from a guy who has had a rifle from a helicopter pointed at him, with 5 cops surrounding, all based upon a description of "a guy in a hat, in a small car", and a car totally stripped for drugs in a back road of the country, while being yelled out. No, I don't fit any stereotype, I'm not a stoner, and I'm articulate, not mouthy with cops.
Well... then I wasn't. I found if you have balls and stand your ground, they back the hell off unless they know they have 100% ground to stand on. Only by studying law by myself and knowing my rights was I able to do this.
Most police in todays world are pieces of shit. If you are a cop, and don't feel you are a peice of shit, then you aren't in the major demographic. Just remember, the streets aren't like in the movie RoboCop, and the chases that happen(ed) in L.A. aren't at all as common as they'd make it out to be.
You obviously know nothing of pacemakers, then. Just because you have a pacemaker on doesn't mean you just barely move the rest of your life. You do have the ability of running, and everything else in life. Not everyone's heartrate goes up to 150 bpm when they reach for the mountain dew.
And to go along with their usual naming convention they'll call it "Microsoft Social Network"... wait til it's an abysmal failure then rename it to "Microsoft Live Friends & Family" and integrate it into the Windows profile somehow.
Dude, I'm 33 and not raising kids nor working too hard to have a life. It's probably best not to generalize. Yes, I'm in the IT industry. I'm a unix systems administrator level 2.
* Having a computer fire a weapon is a very very bad thing, One of the principles that was drummed into us was a human must always pull the trigger. Always. Computers can aim for you, make the tracking easier, calculate the numbers, whatever - anything but actually fire the weapon. That should always be done by a person with the correct training and authorisation.
You'd be right if the ceiling between the attic and the rest of the house was a gaseous environment that caused trouble going through it at high speeds, and your attic was a possible staging area for larger objects due to the weightless environment.
God I hate comparisons. You can compare anything to anything, and take everything out of context.
Sounds more to me like your trying to defuse what the guy said instead of listening to logical deduction. Why are you so in love with him? Would it not have been more prudent for him to say "It appears the SCO opposition was correct" instead of referring to them as "nerds"?
Since no one other than he has used that term in these proceedings. It's a thinly veiled attempt at humor, if it is humor, considering he's equating SCO to being the jocks, and the SCO defensive as "nerds".
Personally I think he's been watching way too many 80's movies, lately.
I know when I was in high school it was this way. I was jumped by the guy next to me at the lunch table, punched my forehead (of all places?) 3-5 times and I got suspended for 3 days along with him. they said I participated in it because I was pushing him off of me. That was ~15 years ago. Love for that to happen now....
I don't think that half of the morons on those things understand how fast they are. Seriously who on the road *needs* a GSXR 1000 ? Who can legally and safely use that kind of power? (On public roads, Autobahn excluded) Nobody.
There is a thing known as track day for those who have bikes that are meant to go that fast. No one *needs* more than 3 cylinders in a car, why do you need to go 80+ mph? a 3 cylinder should be enough for anyone. Who needs to go faster than 50-60 mph? It's the same argument. I have owned a Ninja 500r, FZ6, and R6. The later 2 displace exactly the same amount of fuel, and the first 100cc less. All 3 are good machines for basic transportation but it's obvious the FZ6 isn't designed for canyon-carving at track speeds.
If you are happy at 90 mph, by all means stay there... however, most any production bike in todays world (minus 600cc and less cruisers) see triple digits easily. It doesn't mean it sees it constantly, or even at all. But it has the power to. That power is used at low speeds, too.
I might be the only person in world who still uses Pine for email, but I prefer that to web based solutions, let alone something like Outlook...
pine -f {pop3-server.isp.com/pop3}
Welcome to the late 20th century.
Also, gmail offers pop3 service from your gmail account... so pine will pop from that, also. Granted your running a *nix of some form. Then again, you wouldn't want the shell account so badly if you did, so I guess I shouldn't just assume that since your a geek you run *nix.
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The greatest thing about an email by default is that it doesn't contain anything but text. Most decent email programs don't show graphics by default.
NO decent email client will execute code unless you explicitly tell it to.
You'll notice this totally pushes any of the default MS clients out of the picture, except perhaps Outlook 2K7.
The term is more based on the workers woes.
It's black for whoever works that day because it's the first day after thanksgiving that everyone except retail workers have off, and actually have a chance to do christmas shopping.
It's mutated alot through the years.
Price is not the issue with me, and I use gmail.
They offer something that is not easy to get elsewhere.... a very nifty interface (that is accessible via nearly every browser known to man), a known stable company with multiple years of proven data retention abilities, a VERY quickly searchable email history, and the ability to store email indefinitely for years to have as a record.
Add that on top of an enterprise-class spam filtering system, and an email delivery/recieve speed that is better than every other company I've been with.
The ability to access my email from anywhere in the world, on any computer, is exactly what I have been looking for all of my life on the 'net. Since I no longer host a server at home (growing up tends to change things), long term data retention and availability is a big deal.
If there were a "professional" version, I'd pay for it just to make sure I keep the quality! I've even found the unobtrusive ads on the side helpful when searching for things in relation to an email.
Besides, I don't use pounds.
It's interesting how differing everyone elses experience is with gmail in regards to spam.
Once I switched to gmail a couple of years ago, my spam count dropped dramatically. I've all but given up on my hotmail account, and I keep it around simply because I use MSN Messenger and it comes by default with passport. I log in occasionally and I just have to laugh because I would definitely not keep up with the shear amount of BS in the inbox that is definitely called spam. (considering no one emails me there)
I'm not going to lie and say I get absolutely no spam on my gmail account, but I've actually pulled a more lax, who-gives-a-damn approach with it and I've probably gotten 4 spams in my inbox over the last week that didn't make it into the spam folder. I go through my spam folder daily to make sure there are no false positives, and it's usually less than 5 emails in there.
Not sure what I'm doing different, but I'm definitely going to keep doing it.
Thankfully you aren't correct.
I hate to say it but the anonymous coward has a point... you could have just clicked on the "classic home" at the upper righthand corner which takes you right back to the original google page, until you choose to go to the igoogle page the same way.
It's not ugly at all, and is totally customizable.
The "first" comment about pictures allows me with high accuracy to determine it is an American Civilian making the comment. Ignorance is not bliss it only makes you look stupid.
It's not ignorance, it's called a fucking joke.
You've made yourself look stupid by what was referred to in the 80's as eurocentric behavior.
Get over yourself.
(Kidding... I know that "American" drip coffee is considered horrible by most of the world. It was better than my "driving on the wrong side of the road joke, though.)
Considering that a majority of coffee beans used throughout the world comes from the Panamanian areas, I'd say that's in north America.
Central America is not a continent, it's a designation.
What you're referring to as "American" coffee must be the cheap swill that is sold on the bottom row of supermarkets that for some reason people buy.
Heck, even 5 O'Clock brand coffee is better than that crap.
I'm afraid sniffing packets going across YOUR network interface is in no way illegal.
At least not in the USA... not yet anyway.
Otherwise it'd be illegal to reverse engineer protocols, or even use ethereal or whatever the hell it's called today.
Thanks for playing.
That would explain why SELinux isn't widely used.
Not everyone is an electrical engineer in the tech industry.
I'm disappointed how few true Unix people appear to be on slashdot anymore...
As a person who has been on the receiving end of police stupidity, I'll just say that the idea of a cop having what amounts to a microwave emission device to just fire at a car that "won't stop" without a thought because they've been told it's "safe" scares the hell out of me.
Why?
Because we don't know if it's safe, and we all know what happens to a police-issued item when they're told it's safe. Taser, anyone?
Until I know 100% that my rights are going to be observed when I'm in that situation, I have problems with it. This is coming from a guy who has had a rifle from a helicopter pointed at him, with 5 cops surrounding, all based upon a description of "a guy in a hat, in a small car", and a car totally stripped for drugs in a back road of the country, while being yelled out.
No, I don't fit any stereotype, I'm not a stoner, and I'm articulate, not mouthy with cops.
Well... then I wasn't.
I found if you have balls and stand your ground, they back the hell off unless they know they have 100% ground to stand on. Only by studying law by myself and knowing my rights was I able to do this.
Most police in todays world are pieces of shit. If you are a cop, and don't feel you are a peice of shit, then you aren't in the major demographic. Just remember, the streets aren't like in the movie RoboCop, and the chases that happen(ed) in L.A. aren't at all as common as they'd make it out to be.
You obviously know nothing of pacemakers, then.
Just because you have a pacemaker on doesn't mean you just barely move the rest of your life. You do have the ability of running, and everything else in life.
Not everyone's heartrate goes up to 150 bpm when they reach for the mountain dew.
And to go along with their usual naming convention they'll call it "Microsoft Social Network"... wait til it's an abysmal failure then rename it to "Microsoft Live Friends & Family" and integrate it into the Windows profile somehow.
Wow... I read this and just have to ask... are you *trying* to be sarcastic? :)
Just curious, otherwise your just being a clueless idiot
Dude, I'm 33 and not raising kids nor working too hard to have a life.
It's probably best not to generalize.
Yes, I'm in the IT industry.
I'm a unix systems administrator level 2.
* Having a computer fire a weapon is a very very bad thing, One of the principles that was drummed into us was a human must always pull the trigger. Always. Computers can aim for you, make the tracking easier, calculate the numbers, whatever - anything but actually fire the weapon. That should always be done by a person with the correct training and authorisation.
;)
Two words: Patriot Missile
You'd be right if the ceiling between the attic and the rest of the house was a gaseous environment that caused trouble going through it at high speeds, and your attic was a possible staging area for larger objects due to the weightless environment.
God I hate comparisons. You can compare anything to anything, and take everything out of context.
Sounds more to me like your trying to defuse what the guy said instead of listening to logical deduction.
Why are you so in love with him?
Would it not have been more prudent for him to say "It appears the SCO opposition was correct" instead of referring to them as "nerds"?
Since no one other than he has used that term in these proceedings. It's a thinly veiled attempt at humor, if it is humor, considering he's equating SCO to being the jocks, and the SCO defensive as "nerds".
Personally I think he's been watching way too many 80's movies, lately.
I know when I was in high school it was this way.
I was jumped by the guy next to me at the lunch table, punched my forehead (of all places?) 3-5 times and I got suspended for 3 days along with him.
they said I participated in it because I was pushing him off of me.
That was ~15 years ago. Love for that to happen now....
Except for one thing... this isn't open source.
I don't think that half of the morons on those things understand how fast they are. Seriously who on the road *needs* a GSXR 1000 ? Who can legally and safely use that kind of power? (On public roads, Autobahn excluded) Nobody.
There is a thing known as track day for those who have bikes that are meant to go that fast.
No one *needs* more than 3 cylinders in a car, why do you need to go 80+ mph? a 3 cylinder should be enough for anyone. Who needs to go faster than 50-60 mph? It's the same argument.
I have owned a Ninja 500r, FZ6, and R6. The later 2 displace exactly the same amount of fuel, and the first 100cc less. All 3 are good machines for basic transportation but it's obvious the FZ6 isn't designed for canyon-carving at track speeds.
If you are happy at 90 mph, by all means stay there... however, most any production bike in todays world (minus 600cc and less cruisers) see triple digits easily. It doesn't mean it sees it constantly, or even at all. But it has the power to.
That power is used at low speeds, too.
I might be the only person in world who still uses Pine for email, but I prefer that to web based solutions, let alone something like Outlook...
pine -f {pop3-server.isp.com/pop3}
Welcome to the late 20th century.
Also, gmail offers pop3 service from your gmail account... so pine will pop from that, also.
Granted your running a *nix of some form.
Then again, you wouldn't want the shell account so badly if you did, so I guess I shouldn't just assume that since your a geek you run *nix.
title says it all....
you're a quick one...