They may have acted on their behalf, but were note directed by MS to take this action. It's like hiring a contractor to fix the roof on your home, only to find out the contractor went crazy and burned your neighbors house down. Are you responsible for his actions?
Let's not forget the unions. Oh, and the requirement to hire from underpriviledged (i.e., women and/or minority owned) vendors.
I worked for the NY Transit Authority. I started working on the MetroCard project shortly after the initial rollout of the first 69 stations (and no, I didn't make that number up). The stories I could tell...
You're comparing a research project built by scientists whose sole motivation is scientific reasearch with the creation of a govenment sponsered "utility" company. BIG difference.
Oh no, not that. Always resist creating yet another government agency to do what the free markey won't. Government agencies are not motivated to make a profit, and are therefore slow to innovate. The government is the biggest and worst monopoly of them all. I know, I used to work for the MTA.
There's no denying that advertising works to a degree, but it's not measured very well. Who is to say radio ads are any more effective than banner ads? I personally ignore both. And while I do know all the words to the Budwiser theme song and I find their commercials amusing, they in no way motivate me to buy the pisswater that they call a beer.
Why the heck are so many groups trying so hard to preserve a form of advertising that no one pays attention to?
I swear, if the Internet didn't boom so quickly, banner ads might still have been looked upon as a viable outlet for advertising. I mean really, what makes banner ads so much worse than radio ads? I ignore radio and TV ads just as easily by changing the channel. The only advertising worth a damn was the small posters on the railroad. I'll be damnned if each and every one of those ads weren't burned into my memory from staring at them during my hour commute each way, 5 days a week.
What steps have you taken to prevent spam from entering your ISP's email system? Do you recommend any kind of spam filtering software to your customers that implements Bayesian filtering? If not, why?
I don't know whether to be happy about anything that promotes Linux gaming, or disappointed that people are being asked to work on a commercial project without a salary.
RedHat...IBM...And this is different from that way Linux itself is promoted, how?
I like the idea that "personal" information needs to be secure and the mishandling of it could lead to a lawsuit (only if there are damages). However, what constitutes "personal" information? A phone number? SSN? Address? If I inadvertantly gave the stalker directions to this person's house, am I liable?
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So...how do they know it's dust from a star? Sounds like a lot of assumptions are being made.
How the heck do they know that the dust is from a whole 'nother solar system?
The BSA acted on the behalf of Microsoft.
They may have acted on their behalf, but were note directed by MS to take this action. It's like hiring a contractor to fix the roof on your home, only to find out the contractor went crazy and burned your neighbors house down. Are you responsible for his actions?
Microsoft had nothing to do with this. This should be a YRO article.
Let's not forget the unions. Oh, and the requirement to hire from underpriviledged (i.e., women and/or minority owned) vendors.
I worked for the NY Transit Authority. I started working on the MetroCard project shortly after the initial rollout of the first 69 stations (and no, I didn't make that number up). The stories I could tell...
You're comparing a research project built by scientists whose sole motivation is scientific reasearch with the creation of a govenment sponsered "utility" company. BIG difference.
Oh no, not that. Always resist creating yet another government agency to do what the free markey won't. Government agencies are not motivated to make a profit, and are therefore slow to innovate. The government is the biggest and worst monopoly of them all. I know, I used to work for the MTA.
FGL!
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/business/27FCC.
There's no denying that advertising works to a degree, but it's not measured very well. Who is to say radio ads are any more effective than banner ads? I personally ignore both. And while I do know all the words to the Budwiser theme song and I find their commercials amusing, they in no way motivate me to buy the pisswater that they call a beer.
Who says youhave to click the banner ad in order for it to be effective? Did you click the TV ad?
Why the heck are so many groups trying so hard to preserve a form of advertising that no one pays attention to?
I swear, if the Internet didn't boom so quickly, banner ads might still have been looked upon as a viable outlet for advertising. I mean really, what makes banner ads so much worse than radio ads? I ignore radio and TV ads just as easily by changing the channel. The only advertising worth a damn was the small posters on the railroad. I'll be damnned if each and every one of those ads weren't burned into my memory from staring at them during my hour commute each way, 5 days a week.
Who do they think they are? Congressmen?! No loophole for you!
>That's why I run this.
What steps have you taken to prevent spam from entering your ISP's email system? Do you recommend any kind of spam filtering software to your customers that implements Bayesian filtering? If not, why?
Already done.
FP for FARK!
How is this different from what MAME does?
I don't know whether to be happy about anything that promotes Linux gaming, or disappointed that people are being asked to work on a commercial project without a salary.
RedHat...IBM...And this is different from that way Linux itself is promoted, how?
Doh! There goes my refund! It's back to open-source communism for us all. What a sad day.
What's wrong with this? Now maybe we can finally get a PlayStation emulator built into Windows.
Go on. It's good for the economy.
Just because he used email instead of cold calling little old ladies in a rest home, this makes it "news for nerds?"
Did he at least use Linux to send out the spam? Come on, give us some reason to care about this article.
I wonder how long before this can be done real time enough to really make this useful.
Define "useful."
An unprofitable Internet company buys another unprofitable business company! Who says the Internet boom was over?
I like the idea that "personal" information needs to be secure and the mishandling of it could lead to a lawsuit (only if there are damages). However, what constitutes "personal" information? A phone number? SSN? Address? If I inadvertantly gave the stalker directions to this person's house, am I liable?