Forte Agent is what I use for email and newsreading. I'm pretty happy with it so far and have gotten 0 virii/worms. It doesn't render HTML, but I consider that a feature. I use it on an individual basis, so I can't intelligently talk about its use by a larger group. You can even download it for 30 days free to check it out.
You misspelled the message. It's supposed to be "BE SURE TO DRINK EURO VALTINE." American valtine is watered down, mass produced swill, completely inferior to quality German or Swiss valtine. However, the recent craft valtining movement is beginning to change that. I had an excellent wheat valtine from Pennsylvania the other night.
That university woulddn't happen to have been Purdue, would it? I remember the dorm radiators with 2 settings: "off" and "surface of the Sun". We used the windows as ad-hoc thermostats, too. Plus, the steam tunnels fueled many legends of secret paths from the dorms to the classrooms that didn't involve braving Midwestern winters.
Customer: I'd like a reservation for two people on the tenth.
You: Okay. How many nights?
Customer: Three.
You: Okay, I have you down in my book as wanting a reservation at the Megatel in East Nowhere for three nights on the tenth. Is that correct?
Customer: right.
You: Thank you.
Notice that you never actually said you were making a reservation. Just that they wanted to make one.
In the first place, it's not 20 words, it's 20 characters. In the second place, those 20 characters are simply the SHA signature of the offending message. I assume they key on some of the more constant headers and (possibly part of) the body of the text. By the very nature of digital sigs, it would be difficult (impossible?) to key on something like "any post with the word 'carroway' in it".
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A friend summed the issue up nicely when he said "Emacs would be a great operating system if it just had a decent text editor."
(and he's a die-hard emacs user)
These are Klingons. Shooting someone running through your field is considered a polite introduction. Now, the fact that we willingly eat corn (which rarely fights back at all) might cause them to hate us.
Actually, I make money off of my credit cards. I have one that give me 1% back for a $10/year fee. I pay for everything I can on that card and pay it off every month. Amount of fees I pay: $10/year. Amount of 1% kickback I get: about $100/year. Plus, I get to use their money for a month or so until the payment is due.
Then there's the 0% interest card I was offered. I put some of my other loans onto that card. When it comes due, I'll just pay it off. In the meantime, I get to use their money for free.
Credit cards are not evil. Using them unwisely is what is evil.
I imagine the plasma ball would very quickly expand and cool as soon as it broke out of containment. The hydrogen/helium would go up, not down, and just float around in the upper atmosphere, which is what H/He does. It would ruin the day of anyone standing close by, but it wouldn't eat the planet or anything.
Actually, if you are quite close to the reactor when it fails, you are in some serious trouble. The plasma inside the Torus is at a very high temperature (I thought it approached Solar temps, but cannot confirm this). If it spills all over you, you are dead. I assume any commercial reactor would be contained in some way to prevent accidents of this sort. You aren't going to have one of the current models in your living room to power the TV.
I'm not sure if this story is an UL or not (more fearful words you
will not hear online), but it's amusing anyway so I'll spread it
around.
It seems a number of years ago an idea was floated for getting
rid of nuclear waste by loading it onto a rocket and dumping it
into a decaying solar orbit. The waste lands in the sun and we
go on with our lives. Some groups protested this plan. They didn't
protest because the rocket could potentially blow up pre-orbit, they
protested because this plan would "make the sun radioactive".
It's not illegal, the casino's just don't like it. Since the casinos are private property, they simply ask anyone they suspect of card counting to leave the premises.
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Forte Agent is what I use for email and newsreading. I'm pretty happy
with it so far and have gotten 0 virii/worms. It doesn't render HTML, but I
consider that a feature. I use it on an individual basis, so I can't intelligently talk about its use by a larger group. You can even download it for 30 days free
to check it out.
See Agent Product Page for more information.
(disclaimer: I don't work for Forte, I'm just a satisfied customer.)
You misspelled the message. It's supposed to be "BE SURE TO DRINK
EURO VALTINE." American valtine is watered down, mass produced swill,
completely inferior to quality German or Swiss valtine. However, the
recent craft valtining movement is beginning to change that. I had an
excellent wheat valtine from Pennsylvania the other night.
That university woulddn't happen to have been Purdue, would it? I remember the dorm radiators with 2 settings: "off" and "surface of the Sun". We used the windows as ad-hoc thermostats, too. Plus, the steam tunnels fueled many legends of secret paths from the dorms to the classrooms that didn't involve braving Midwestern winters.
It depends on how you word your responses.
Customer: I'd like a reservation for two people on the tenth.
You: Okay. How many nights?
Customer: Three.
You: Okay, I have you down in my book as wanting a reservation at the Megatel in East Nowhere for three nights on the tenth. Is that correct?
Customer: right.
You: Thank you.
Notice that you never actually said you were making a reservation. Just that they wanted to make one.
(Warning: I'm a smart-ass, not a lawyer)
In the first place, it's not 20 words, it's 20 characters. In the second place, those 20 characters are simply the SHA signature of the offending message. I assume they key on some of the more constant headers and (possibly part of) the body of the text. By the very nature of digital sigs, it would be difficult (impossible?) to key on something like "any post with the word 'carroway' in it".
A friend summed the issue up nicely when he said "Emacs would be a great operating system if it just had a decent text editor."
(and he's a die-hard emacs user)
These are Klingons. Shooting someone running through your field is considered a polite introduction. Now, the fact that we willingly eat corn (which rarely fights back at all) might cause them to hate us.
>But an even bigger expense is the mission software. Modifications to the programming of
>the probe need to be codded.
And do you have any idea how much it costs to send that much fish into space? Why, the dill sauce alone runs into the millions.
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Actually, I make money off of my credit cards. I have one that give me 1% back for a $10/year fee. I pay for everything I can on that card and pay it off every month. Amount of fees I pay: $10/year. Amount of 1% kickback I get: about $100/year. Plus, I get to use their money for a month or so until the payment is due.
Then there's the 0% interest card I was offered. I put some of my other loans onto that card. When it comes due, I'll just pay it off. In the meantime, I get to use their money for free.
Credit cards are not evil. Using them unwisely is what is evil.
I imagine the plasma ball would very quickly expand and cool as soon as it broke out of containment. The hydrogen/helium would go up, not down, and just float around in the upper atmosphere, which is what H/He does. It would ruin the day of anyone standing close by, but it wouldn't eat the planet or anything.
Or perhaps not. IANAP.
Actually, if you are quite close to the reactor when it fails, you are in some serious trouble. The plasma inside the Torus is at a very high temperature (I thought it approached Solar temps, but cannot confirm this). If it spills all over you, you are dead. I assume any commercial reactor would be contained in some way to prevent accidents of this sort. You aren't going to have one of the current models in your living room to power the TV.
Someone call our galaxy's insurance agent, and be sure to get some
photos of the accident. I'd sure hate to be stuck with the
repair bill on this one.
I'm not sure if this story is an UL or not (more fearful words you
will not hear online), but it's amusing anyway so I'll spread it
around.
It seems a number of years ago an idea was floated for getting
rid of nuclear waste by loading it onto a rocket and dumping it
into a decaying solar orbit. The waste lands in the sun and we
go on with our lives. Some groups protested this plan. They didn't
protest because the rocket could potentially blow up pre-orbit, they
protested because this plan would "make the sun radioactive".
One is left simply stunned.
It's not illegal, the casino's just don't like it. Since the casinos are private property, they simply ask anyone they suspect of card counting to leave the premises.