First link: one of the pages that require flash and IE, and whatever else. I don't have flash anyway. Second link: go to the index page. It doesnt seem to need IE anymore. Third: "This page requires Internet Explorer to function properly. If you are not using Internet Explorer, then you are not vulnerable to this sort of dialer program." Enough said. Forth: college support page, where you can download a program to let a support individual take over your computer. Fifth: another IE security page; those with low security settings on IE can have the CD drawer eject.
So, in the first 5 pages, two might require IE, one doesn't appear to need it anymore, and two demonstrate security holes in IE.
(First off, the author's point is that *nix is, by its very nature, more secure.)
Another reason for the greater viruses for Windows would be motivation. Simply take a look at Microsoft. A convicted monopoly, seeking (as far as I can tell) to control the world, and generally not-very-nice people.
Compare this with Mac. The icon of the counter-culture, and known for doing things the 'right way', they are simply cool.
Next, compare with Linux. A distributed project, with versions existing for almost all users, and the option to create your own if you dislike all of them.
With both Mac and Linux, there is little or no reason to hate those behind it, and so damage their work. With Windows, this is quite easy.
(There is confusion in the phrase (eg) "a 25 percent increase in their sentences if they hijack e-mail accounts or steal personal data -- including financial and medical records and digital photographs. Convicted virus and worm authors face a 50 percent increase." as only one or both could be used")
The following is as conservative as I could make it, while still following the letter of the law: 20 years * 150% * 200% * 200% * 150% = 180 years to life.
This is a liberal as I could make it: 20 years * 125% * 150% * 150% * 200% * 200% * 150% = 337.5 years to life.
The other question with these devices is how much they would lead to deconditioning of elderly patients. Exercise really IS good for you, and keeps your muscles strong through stimulus and use... anything that isn't used enough WILL atrophy. That's one of the reasons for "rehab" centers that have grown up, primarily to act as a bridge between hospitalization and home. Some elderly patients are so deconditioned after a long hospital stay (eg. for pneumonia or urinary tract infection) that they require physical therapy and reconditioning before they are able to go home and function. This device might lead people to become totally dependent upon it.
What is to prevent gradually decreasing the strength of the supports? Instead of physical therapy, the patient, in many cases, could just resume their life; reducing the power provided by the suit as they get stronger.
Another use for this invention, that is not mentioned in the article, but may be even more suited to it, would be recovery from spending time in space.
Some German dialer operators who had a really big spam problem half a year ago are actually trying to hire people to fight against spam they are getting on their own
Now, what kind of people could they be hiring? They could either be those who try to avoid violent conflict, or those who cherish violent conflict.
no wonder, their domains were about the first to be spambaited massively in Usenet newsgroups and on WWW sites.
I like the idea of disguising or masking your e-mail address, although I think using HTML characters or a "Human readable" equivalent is something that spammers will easily be able to circumvent if the practice becomes widespread. They don't bother now because not many people do it.
Another way of looking at this: Spammers hope to contact stupid people. Stupid people don't do stuff like post their email address in the form user (at) domain (dot) com. Anyone disguising their email address is 1) not likely to buy any products from spam, and 2) likely to try to do something bad to the spammer.
The easy way would be to simply physically remove the tag, then switch it with someone else. See how the store reacts to you wearing 5 pairs of socks, or other "unusual" combinations.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but to me PNG's only feature worth using (in the real world) is alpha.
Actually, I believe you are doing something wrong. What I think is happening is that you are comparing 256 color.gifs to truecolor.pngs. This is a common mistake.
What would really be more effective in assuring the Australian people don't think impure thoughts would be to implement the Orwellian idea of removing certain words from their vocabulary, such as "freedom," "liberty," etc. Hey, it worked with "Fosters."
That is a great idea. Here in the United States, we did the same thing with "greffidale", "mezawat", and "Jiokilb". Thanks to their absence, (and a little help from the airborne LSD virus) no one except us remembers the great Dreflord rebellion of 1941.
You know that they're just trying to find some way to make it look like typing "ls" on a Linux shell gives you a BSOD.
Well, under most versions of Linux, it is very easy to get a BSOD (Black Screen of Death) upon typing "ls". In fact, "ls" returns a black screen with unusual lines on it more often than not.
That's the best curse you can come up with? Try reading some Shakespeare, or try making them up: (made up quickly)
Begone from this phone, thou ill-bred piece of donkey excrement; may the fleas of a thousand camels infest the armpits of you and all others who dare disturb the rest of the master vampire Greflord;...
There is another purpose to having this available than just reading it on a screen.
Lets say you are a book publisher, and you're looking to make money. You can take this information, print it out, sell it cheap, and still make a 4) profit.
Take a look as some of the classics (if you have any) you have on your shelf. Some of them will undoubtedly have prices in the range of $0.50 or $1.00. These books would benefit from this.
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First link: one of the pages that require flash and IE, and whatever else. I don't have flash anyway.
Second link: go to the index page. It doesnt seem to need IE anymore.
Third: "This page requires Internet Explorer to function properly. If you are not using Internet Explorer, then you are not vulnerable to this sort of dialer program." Enough said.
Forth: college support page, where you can download a program to let a support individual take over your computer.
Fifth: another IE security page; those with low security settings on IE can have the CD drawer eject.
So, in the first 5 pages, two might require IE, one doesn't appear to need it anymore, and two demonstrate security holes in IE.
Just doing the math:
Basic: 4.004 cents/mp3
Plus: 4.336 cents/mp3
Premium: 6.000 cents/mp3
Something seems backwards here.
(First off, the author's point is that *nix is, by its very nature, more secure.)
Another reason for the greater viruses for Windows would be motivation. Simply take a look at Microsoft. A convicted monopoly, seeking (as far as I can tell) to control the world, and generally not-very-nice people.
Compare this with Mac. The icon of the counter-culture, and known for doing things the 'right way', they are simply cool.
Next, compare with Linux. A distributed project, with versions existing for almost all users, and the option to create your own if you dislike all of them.
With both Mac and Linux, there is little or no reason to hate those behind it, and so damage their work. With Windows, this is quite easy.
You really want to know?
(There is confusion in the phrase (eg) "a 25 percent increase in their sentences if they hijack e-mail accounts or steal personal data -- including financial and medical records and digital photographs. Convicted virus and worm authors face a 50 percent increase." as only one or both could be used")
The following is as conservative as I could make it, while still following the letter of the law:
20 years * 150% * 200% * 200% * 150% = 180 years to life.
This is a liberal as I could make it:
20 years * 125% * 150% * 150% * 200% * 200% * 150% = 337.5 years to life.
Is today opposite day?
No.
Actually, they only need to hunt down the second-to-last filesharer. ;-)
The other question with these devices is how much they would lead to deconditioning of elderly patients. Exercise really IS good for you, and keeps your muscles strong through stimulus and use... anything that isn't used enough WILL atrophy. That's one of the reasons for "rehab" centers that have grown up, primarily to act as a bridge between hospitalization and home. Some elderly patients are so deconditioned after a long hospital stay (eg. for pneumonia or urinary tract infection) that they require physical therapy and reconditioning before they are able to go home and function. This device might lead people to become totally dependent upon it.
What is to prevent gradually decreasing the strength of the supports? Instead of physical therapy, the patient, in many cases, could just resume their life; reducing the power provided by the suit as they get stronger.
Another use for this invention, that is not mentioned in the article, but may be even more suited to it, would be recovery from spending time in space.
Or. . .
.
.Err, where did you put the money?
SCO: You are going to have to pay a license to use linux because otherwise you will be illegally using software that we wrote.
Linux User: OK, which lines did you write?
SCO: I'm not telling.
Linux User: I'm paying.
SCO: Thank you. . .
SCO: . .
Linux User: I'm not telling.
And what is that thing hanging off the left side?
*Squints*
I think it's duct tape.
Reminds me of how I get people to try Pheonix/Mozilla/Firebird/K-Meleon.
"It blocks popups."
"When can you install it?"
Some German dialer operators who had a really big spam problem half a year ago are actually trying to hire people to fight against spam they are getting on their own
Now, what kind of people could they be hiring? They could either be those who try to avoid violent conflict, or those who cherish violent conflict.
no wonder, their domains were about the first to be spambaited massively in Usenet newsgroups and on WWW sites.
Violent. Obviously violent.
*Click*
.
.
Please wait. .
C:\>DELTREE WINDOWS
Please wait. .
Internet Explorer deleted. Please reboot.
I like the idea of disguising or masking your e-mail address,
although I think using HTML characters or a "Human readable"
equivalent is something that spammers will easily be able to
circumvent if the practice becomes widespread. They don't bother now
because not many people do it.
Another way of looking at this:
Spammers hope to contact stupid people. Stupid people don't do stuff like post their email address in the form user (at) domain (dot) com. Anyone disguising their email address is
1) not likely to buy any products from spam, and
2) likely to try to do something bad to the spammer.
Eh, you don't need to go to so much trouble. Just take some holy water and sprinkle it on your computer.
The smoke is the sign that the daemons have been destroyed.
Keep in mind that since you own all of the items you would be wearing, a good lawyer could get you:
Insult and injury,
Defamation of character,
Mental anguish,
Other stuff.
Have a couple precedents set, and you could make a good career out of it.
Besides, that was just one example. See if you can get the store to think you're carrying a few coats under your t-shirt.
The easy way would be to simply physically remove the tag, then switch it with someone else. See how the store reacts to you wearing 5 pairs of socks, or other "unusual" combinations.
As a response to the parent and the response.
.gifs to truecolor .pngs. This is a common mistake.
There is no reason left but MSIE to use GIFs.
One word: animation.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but to me PNG's only feature worth using (in the real world) is alpha.
Actually, I believe you are doing something wrong. What I think is happening is that you are comparing 256 color
You didn't get the memo, did you.
.
After March 17, we. .
Actually, maybe I shouldn't say that. Just talk to your local ruler, and ask him for a copy of memo 23.
That is a great idea. Here in the United States, we did the same thing with "greffidale", "mezawat", and "Jiokilb". Thanks to their absence, (and a little help from the airborne LSD virus) no one except us remembers the great Dreflord rebellion of 1941.
Well, under most versions of Linux, it is very easy to get a BSOD (Black Screen of Death) upon typing "ls". In fact, "ls" returns a black screen with unusual lines on it more often than not.
Well, that will be taken care of with holodecks. Unless of course, you consider Mortal Kombat on the holodeck to be boring.
That's the best curse you can come up with? Try reading some Shakespeare, or try making them up: (made up quickly)
...
Begone from this phone, thou ill-bred piece of donkey excrement; may the fleas of a thousand camels infest the armpits of you and all others who dare disturb the rest of the master vampire Greflord;
There is another purpose to having this available than just reading it on a screen.
Lets say you are a book publisher, and you're looking to make money. You can take this information, print it out, sell it cheap, and still make a
4) profit.
Take a look as some of the classics (if you have any) you have on your shelf. Some of them will undoubtedly have prices in the range of $0.50 or $1.00. These books would benefit from this.
Public Domain textbooks?
http://www.nongnu.org/fcp/
Free Curriculum Project, textbooks free in GPL sense.
They don't actually have any books yet, just as a warning.
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