Funny, I haven't any of this before, even with the ultra Pro-Bush media. The article above cites several articles, but you don't cite any. Do you have any info to back your claims up? If so, please post it.
This is stupid. It defeats the whole purpose of hating spam. While replying to one percent of my spam hypothetically would do what the OP claims, in order to do this I would need to read the spam.
I do not like reading spam.
I don't like looking at it at all. It's a huge pain in my ass to reveiw all my messages every day, so I can train my Bayesian filter on what's spam and what's not. Even reading the subject lines is more than I (and others I'm sure) want to do. We want the spam to go away, or at least be hidden from our view.
I think that if you have to interact with the spam, by reading and replying to it, the spammers have won...weather or not you buy anything from them. The bad thing about spam is not the scam that these scum perpetuate, it's the time and effort they make us constantly waste.
If it were email, the notice would say: "You have 2 days 34 minutes, before you no longer exist. Click here to renew your existance. Don't delay, renew today!"
Now why isn't this considered an invasion of privacy? Why should 'da man be able to tell when my drink needs to be refilled?
Yes, I'm being sarcastic, but at the same time, it's interesting to think about what innovations are welcomed as 'cool' by the slashdot crowd, and which are shunned as privacy invasions.
Do you only type sensitive information into public terminals running *Nix? Then you're a super-duper dolt because everyone knows you shouldn't type sensitive information into any public terminal anywhere, regardless of what OS it's running.
Nice try ate the Windows bashing, but you'll have to be more creative than that.
This would stop a keylogger application, but not a hardware logger between the keyboard and PS2 connector on the motherboard. They're small, and cheaper than software, and will work across any operating system.
The article mentions Jiang signing people up for accounts with GoToMyPC then then using their own machine to open bank accounts.
No, the article does not mention that. The article says that Jiang used a keylogged password to gain access to someone's home machine via GoToMyPC. He then took control of the machine and used it to open a bank account. Similar, but wrong enough to warrant correcting.
Well, I guess if the OPs aren't going to read the articles they submit, and the editors aren't going to read the articles they post, why should the rest of us read the articles we comment on? Let's just have one massive offtoipc flame-fest! Yay!
Uh, no. I did think, and read before I shot my mouth off. Perhaps you should as well:
"Within five minutes, if I can get hold of her, this will come to an end," said Gordon Pate of Dana Point, Calif., when told by The Associated Press that a federal subpoena had been issued over his daughter's music downloads.
Now granted, the article does not explicitly state that the subpoena was issued to the daughter, I'm assuming it was, since she is 23 years old. Likewise, the article equeally does not state that the subpoena was issued to the parents. Either way, I was correct to say that they were notified by the AP, not the RIAA.
Barnes, who used the Napster service until the music industry shut it down, said he rarely uses file-sharing software these days unless his grandson visits. The RIAA found songs on his computer by Marvin Gaye, Savage Garden, Berlin, the Eagles, Dire Straits and others.
Right. so tell me o wise one, how was the RIAA to know that it was the visiting grandson, and not the grandfather who the ISP account belongs to, that was downloading the music. Perhaps the RIAA should have a cutoff age, say 65. If an ISP account belongs to a person over 65, and that person account is shown to have pirated music, the RIAA will automatically assume that is was visiting grandchildren who downloaded the files, and subsequently drop the charges. How ludicrous!
Again, I was perfectly correct in my original claim that the subpoenas are targetted at the logical parties. As an ISP account holder, you are (or should be) accountable for the actions that the account participates in. It's funny how, when it comes to spam, we're all so fast to blame ISPs because hey, it's their network, so they're responsible for the spamming actions of their customers, right? But in these cases, when the RIAA rightfully issues a subpoena to the registeres account holder at the ISP, everyone starts bitching and moaning.
You have lept to several unwaranted conclusions and completely missed the point: that the 871 suppenas...
Uh, no. I (for the second time) have just proven all of my conclusions. And no, it's not 871 subpoenas, it was 911. If you actually read the article, you'd know that.
So in conclusion, I'll turn your words back on you. You should think (and read!) before you shoot your mouth off.
That's all. Now you can go back to downloading MP3s
First of all the RIAA did not target people's parents. The RIAA is targetting the ISP's account holders, which is perfectly logical.
Second of all, the parent who was notified that their child was subpoened was NOT notified by the RIAA. They were notified by the Associated Press.
It says right there in the article that the RIAA didn't even know that people like the AP could get hold of that type of information.
So yeah, the RIAA is bad and evil, and so is Microsoft, and SCO and the other flavors of the month, but at least read the article before you comment, so you can get your facts right.
I use mine around the house as a small wireless computer. My favorite use is reading my email and surfing the web while I'm taking a dump. Seriously, as soon as I wake up in the morning, i grab my Cassiopeia from the cradle, and head to the can. While I'm doing my business, I get caught up on my email, and check the weather, etc. A full blown laptop would be cumbersome for me.
Another favorite use of mine is VNC from the sofa while I'm watching a movie. If my pager goes off while I'm in the middle of a movie, I don't even have to get up from the sofa to reboot a server.
I actually don't take my Cassiopeia out of the house often, but that's because first of all, I would lose my wireless connection away from my house, and second of all, it's too damn expensive and fragile.
Give me a durable PDA that I can accidentally drop on the ground without breaking and some sort of fast wireless connection that doesn't depend on my home internet connection, and make it less than $400 and I'll buy one.
"Since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, anti-aircraft missile batteries have been installed to protect buildings in Washington DC and other US cities."
Does this scare anyone else besides me? What's worse than a piloted aircraft being flown into a building? I would say that an unpiloted hunk of burning airplane is just as bad, if not worse.
Yes, but I'm sure you have to pay for this service, right?
The problem with that, it that your telco is playing both sides of the coin to make more more money. They all do. Here's how it works.
Telco to consumer: We've got this great new thing called Caller ID. With it, you can see who's calling before you answer the phone. It's only $2.00 per month
Telco to business: We've got this great new thing that will let you block your number from being displayed on caller ID. It's only $10.00 per month.
Telco to consumer: We've got this great new thing that lets you block calls from callers who block their caller ID data. It's only $5.00 per month.
I agree. I'm on Florida's DNC list as well. Before I got on the list, I received literally 10 sales calls a day. Just like you said, the very day they added me to the list, the calls stopped. All of them.
This is a really cool idea! It would be hilarious to hear some telemarketer try to have a conversastion with a good chat-bot.
Who knows, maybe it could spur innovation in the AI field.
Of course the hard part is making a good voice recognition engine. The text to speech part is easy.
Does anyone know how hard this would be with off the shelf software? I've got some old PCs and modems lying around, and I'd love to do this, but I'm no programmer, so there you go.
How about simply blocking incoming messages from people not on your "buddy" list? Every IM program I've ever used has this feature, and it's worked perfectly for me.
Was it a good idea? You're damn right it was. I am not responsible for providing work for these people. Sure I feel bad that someone will lose thier job because if this, but you know what? It's not my problem.
If I, as a telephone line "owner" play such an integral role in the success of thier business, then I ought to be paid for letting them call me...wait, that's a good idea!
Seroiusly though, it's bad that a lot of people will be out of work because of this, but that doesn't mean that I have to let them annoy and disturb me constantly just to make a buck.
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Funny, I haven't any of this before, even with the ultra Pro-Bush media. The article above cites several articles, but you don't cite any. Do you have any info to back your claims up? If so, please post it.
This is stupid. It defeats the whole purpose of hating spam. While replying to one percent of my spam hypothetically would do what the OP claims, in order to do this I would need to read the spam.
I do not like reading spam.
I don't like looking at it at all. It's a huge pain in my ass to reveiw all my messages every day, so I can train my Bayesian filter on what's spam and what's not. Even reading the subject lines is more than I (and others I'm sure) want to do. We want the spam to go away, or at least be hidden from our view.
I think that if you have to interact with the spam, by reading and replying to it, the spammers have won...weather or not you buy anything from them. The bad thing about spam is not the scam that these scum perpetuate, it's the time and effort they make us constantly waste.
If you're talking about high end, you forgot to mention Campy Record / Chorus
Warning:
Your computer is broadcasting an "IP Address" which others can use to track your activity on the Internet.
Gimme a break. This is every bit as lame as the above message we've all received as popup spam.
If it were email, the notice would say:
"You have 2 days 34 minutes, before you no longer exist. Click here to renew your existance. Don't delay, renew today!"
Turnout may have been 100%, but what's the point when your choices have been hand-picked by your "liberators".
Now why isn't this considered an invasion of privacy? Why should 'da man be able to tell when my drink needs to be refilled?
Yes, I'm being sarcastic, but at the same time, it's interesting to think about what innovations are welcomed as 'cool' by the slashdot crowd, and which are shunned as privacy invasions.
Tealwarrior, you're a class act.
Admitting when you're wrong or made a mistake is a rare trait around here.
Do you only type sensitive information into public terminals running *Nix? Then you're a super-duper dolt because everyone knows you shouldn't type sensitive information into any public terminal anywhere, regardless of what OS it's running.
Nice try ate the Windows bashing, but you'll have to be more creative than that.
This would stop a keylogger application, but not a hardware logger between the keyboard and PS2 connector on the motherboard. They're small, and cheaper than software, and will work across any operating system.
The article mentions Jiang signing people up for accounts with GoToMyPC then then using their own machine to open bank accounts.
No, the article does not mention that. The article says that Jiang used a keylogged password to gain access to someone's home machine via GoToMyPC. He then took control of the machine and used it to open a bank account. Similar, but wrong enough to warrant correcting.
Well, I guess if the OPs aren't going to read the articles they submit, and the editors aren't going to read the articles they post, why should the rest of us read the articles we comment on? Let's just have one massive offtoipc flame-fest! Yay!
Uh, no. I did think, and read before I shot my mouth off. Perhaps you should as well:
"Within five minutes, if I can get hold of her, this will come to an end," said Gordon Pate of Dana Point, Calif., when told by The Associated Press that a federal subpoena had been issued over his daughter's music downloads.
Now granted, the article does not explicitly state that the subpoena was issued to the daughter, I'm assuming it was, since she is 23 years old. Likewise, the article equeally does not state that the subpoena was issued to the parents. Either way, I was correct to say that they were notified by the AP, not the RIAA.
Barnes, who used the Napster service until the music industry shut it down, said he rarely uses file-sharing software these days unless his grandson visits. The RIAA found songs on his computer by Marvin Gaye, Savage Garden, Berlin, the Eagles, Dire Straits and others.
Right. so tell me o wise one, how was the RIAA to know that it was the visiting grandson, and not the grandfather who the ISP account belongs to, that was downloading the music. Perhaps the RIAA should have a cutoff age, say 65. If an ISP account belongs to a person over 65, and that person account is shown to have pirated music, the RIAA will automatically assume that is was visiting grandchildren who downloaded the files, and subsequently drop the charges. How ludicrous!
Again, I was perfectly correct in my original claim that the subpoenas are targetted at the logical parties. As an ISP account holder, you are (or should be) accountable for the actions that the account participates in. It's funny how, when it comes to spam, we're all so fast to blame ISPs because hey, it's their network, so they're responsible for the spamming actions of their customers, right? But in these cases, when the RIAA rightfully issues a subpoena to the registeres account holder at the ISP, everyone starts bitching and moaning.
You have lept to several unwaranted conclusions and completely missed the point: that the 871 suppenas...
Uh, no. I (for the second time) have just proven all of my conclusions. And no, it's not 871 subpoenas, it was 911. If you actually read the article, you'd know that.
So in conclusion, I'll turn your words back on you. You should think (and read!) before you shoot your mouth off.
That's all. Now you can go back to downloading MP3s
First of all the RIAA did not target people's parents. The RIAA is targetting the ISP's account holders, which is perfectly logical.
Second of all, the parent who was notified that their child was subpoened was NOT notified by the RIAA. They were notified by the Associated Press.
It says right there in the article that the RIAA didn't even know that people like the AP could get hold of that type of information.
So yeah, the RIAA is bad and evil, and so is Microsoft, and SCO and the other flavors of the month, but at least read the article before you comment, so you can get your facts right.
The real address for the president is:
al.gore@whitehouse.gov
I use mine around the house as a small wireless computer. My favorite use is reading my email and surfing the web while I'm taking a dump. Seriously, as soon as I wake up in the morning, i grab my Cassiopeia from the cradle, and head to the can. While I'm doing my business, I get caught up on my email, and check the weather, etc. A full blown laptop would be cumbersome for me.
Another favorite use of mine is VNC from the sofa while I'm watching a movie. If my pager goes off while I'm in the middle of a movie, I don't even have to get up from the sofa to reboot a server.
I actually don't take my Cassiopeia out of the house often, but that's because first of all, I would lose my wireless connection away from my house, and second of all, it's too damn expensive and fragile.
Give me a durable PDA that I can accidentally drop on the ground without breaking and some sort of fast wireless connection that doesn't depend on my home internet connection, and make it less than $400 and I'll buy one.
Why oh why did I waste all my mod points earlier?
Good post, my main man.
"Since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, anti-aircraft missile batteries have been installed to protect buildings in Washington DC and other US cities."
Does this scare anyone else besides me? What's worse than a piloted aircraft being flown into a building? I would say that an unpiloted hunk of burning airplane is just as bad, if not worse.
Yes, but I'm sure you have to pay for this service, right?
The problem with that, it that your telco is playing both sides of the coin to make more more money. They all do. Here's how it works.
Telco to consumer: We've got this great new thing called Caller ID. With it, you can see who's calling before you answer the phone. It's only $2.00 per month
Telco to business: We've got this great new thing that will let you block your number from being displayed on caller ID. It's only $10.00 per month.
Telco to consumer: We've got this great new thing that lets you block calls from callers who block their caller ID data. It's only $5.00 per month.
What's next?
I agree. I'm on Florida's DNC list as well. Before I got on the list, I received literally 10 sales calls a day. Just like you said, the very day they added me to the list, the calls stopped. All of them.
This is a really cool idea!
It would be hilarious to hear some telemarketer try to have a conversastion with a good chat-bot.
Who knows, maybe it could spur innovation in the AI field.
Of course the hard part is making a good voice recognition engine. The text to speech part is easy.
Does anyone know how hard this would be with off the shelf software? I've got some old PCs and modems lying around, and I'd love to do this, but I'm no programmer, so there you go.
It may help the environment, but it will still hurt the environment more than if that paper was never cut from the trees in the first place.
How about simply blocking incoming messages from people not on your "buddy" list? Every IM program I've ever used has this feature, and it's worked perfectly for me.
Was it a good idea? You're damn right it was. I am not responsible for providing work for these people. Sure I feel bad that someone will lose thier job because if this, but you know what? It's not my problem.
If I, as a telephone line "owner" play such an integral role in the success of thier business, then I ought to be paid for letting them call me...wait, that's a good idea!
Seroiusly though, it's bad that a lot of people will be out of work because of this, but that doesn't mean that I have to let them annoy and disturb me constantly just to make a buck.
This is a great idea, for those of us who can connect a PC to their phone.
One problem, for me anyway, is that almost every telemarketing call I get shows up on caller ID as Unknown Name / Unknown Number.
Really?
Do yourself a favor and lift that optical mouse (or any mouse) off the table. Then move it to another part of the table and put it down.
The pointer on the screen didn't really move too much huh?
So no, an optical mouse really has no idea whrere it is at all.