I run a newsletter for one type of craft that is popular among women over 50. A lot of them are having a hard time understanding the concept of a double opt-in, let alone adding something to the whitelist. A lot of the users are simply not computer savvy, and there is nothing wrong with that.
On top of that, I run a message board in the same niche. Last night, I received a spam complaint from Hotmail about a "reply notification" e-mail sent to one board member.
That person has been a member of the board for months and posted several hundred messages on the board. So I seriously doubt she decided that my board is spam all of the sudden, and then changed her mind (about 5 hours after I'd locked the account) and registered a new account so she could as why the old one isn't working.
Why did it happen? It's because she didn't add my sending address to a whitelist and one time Hotmail decided that my e-mail is spam and put it in the junk folder. And when she tried to empty her junk folder, she didn't notice that e-mail among a bunch of real spam. And so now, I have one more registered complaint with Hotmail.
Not a week goes by without me getting spam complaints from large providers via the feedback loop.
Is it my fault? No. Is it her fault? No. Yet, I'm pretty sure that my deliverabiliy rate to Hotmail will go down because of the complaints.
THe big boys aren't trying to solve the spam problem. They are ty
Absolute majority of spam now comes from desktops infected with mailing software.
So no, in this case, the spammer won't simply relay through the ISP's mail servers.
The reason they infect boxes in the first place is so that they can mail directly from all those IPs.
The reasoning in your link is really outdated.
Why would the US want anything to do with it? This is an issue between the UK and Russia. US is for strong sanctions against Iran over their nuclear program. Russia is against such sanctions. EU is somewhat-maybe-possibly...
On top of that, US is against the sale of air defense weapons to Iran, because it would obviously make it harder to invade.
So what do we have?
A big scare is started in Europe that involves "Russia" and "nuclear".
Given that an average person won't care for the difference between palladium and uranium -- they both sound scary, the timing of the whole thing is really weird.
It seems like a really dumb thing for the Russian government to do... at this time. Especially since all the time-tested methods for taking care of people like burglary or car accidents are as available as they ever were.
Now let's think who could benefit from this situation?
I submitted an "ask slashdot" about this exact matter in the middle of 2002 and it was rejected.
One more proof that the editors here are a bunch of nearsighted linux *-kiddies.
Java on the client is a pretty wierd idea. Very few sites have ever used Java. I don't think we will suddenly see a rush to switch from flash to Java on the basis that Microsoft will be shipping the latest version for the next year.
And why is java on the client-side so unpopular ?
Oh yeah, that's cause MS shipped old JVM with windows and that prevented people from using Swing in applets.
Sun is not going to recover now, it's too late. But the point is solid - MS hurt Sun by shipping old JVM.
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In fact, any two-letter combination should be a legal TLD.
Last time I checked, com, org, biz, info... had more than two letters in them. So following that logic, there should not be a limit to the number of letters either. And then let's let any shmuck with enough money buy his own tld. And then, let's create another root. That'll be fun.
He-he. That post is criminal !!!
I read the description and then got to the parent post and only after that, I went back and tried the bbc link just to check if the site is doing ok:)
The thread reminded me that tomorrow I have to visit client's location.
And that means waiting for the Q train on the 34th Street station.
Dammit, standing there in the heat and watching a few hundred people suffering just like yourself.
Truly depressing... a perfect fit for NYC.
- Why would a company hire a foreign worker ? - Cause they agree to work for less pay.
Why don't you agree to work for less pay ?? -... huh ?
There is a difference between not being able to find a job and not being able to find a job that pays more that it should.
P.S. Don't start with the qualification crap. I run a consulting firm that outsources development to Russia. No difference in skill level. There are good and bad programmers in every country.
I wouldn't exactly call our units system archaic, its rather simple once you understand the basis - the human body as compared to the basis of the metric system (base 10 and something involving the earths core or some such).
Actually base 10 - because people usually have 10 fingers.
Sun did the right thing.
What MS was trying to do is to get people to code in J++ (with all those extensions) and then prtty much make Java -> MS J++ and own it.
So there would be no java, but MS J++ left for the masses.
It's not like they never done anything like that with other technologies.
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The old programmers had it really tough. Imagine wanting to program in a high level, so you have to design and implement a high level language yourself.
Well, i'm pretty sure that... years from now someone will say: "The old programmers had it really tough. Imagine having to actually implement the stuff you need instead of just telling the computer what to do. And those visual component ide's must've been a nightmare to work with."
I disagree, Windows has only one advantage over Linux and that is games.
- Well, there are three reasons i'm not using linux or freebsd (actually freebsd would be my first pick, but that's not the point) for a workstation:
1) There is no Internet Explorer for X:)
I need it for my work, when I have to inspect what designers have done and I need to be able to see it exactly as our clients will.
2) Lack of support for foreign encodings (that's more of the X's problem but, still windows takes care of everything). And please, don't try telling my that everything works fine, I tried.
Compared to windows - X running under linux, freebsd or any *nix for that matter, is far behind.
And if one should note that the problem is neither with os not with X, but with the applications - well then think about the windows api where it takes little effort to make an app multilingual.....
Oh, yeah, and the reason #3 - "drag and drop", babe:) which will probably never happen in the X world. What is available now - is practically nothing.
lol, there always been the Rockefeller family (republicans) and the Kennedy family (democrats).
So the government was always controlled by the companies(people in those companies) and everything has always been done in their interest.
so gates (the Kennedy family, lol) won't make USA fail in 20 years:)
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Is the chick in question at least hot?
Anybody got a pic?
ROFL. I don't see why the point of the article is so hard to grasp, but here is the explanation of the logic:
Google discards those clicks voluntarily. If they hadn't, they could be charging the advertisers for each such click, and would be making more money.
The logic is not bogus.
I run a newsletter for one type of craft that is popular among women over 50.
A lot of them are having a hard time understanding the concept of a double opt-in, let alone adding something to the whitelist. A lot of the users are simply not computer savvy, and there is nothing wrong with that.
On top of that, I run a message board in the same niche.
Last night, I received a spam complaint from Hotmail about a "reply notification" e-mail sent to one board member.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/1408.page
That person has been a member of the board for months and posted several hundred messages on the board.
So I seriously doubt she decided that my board is spam all of the sudden, and then changed her mind (about 5 hours after I'd locked the account) and registered a new account so she could as why the old one isn't working.
Why did it happen? It's because she didn't add my sending address to a whitelist and one time Hotmail decided that my e-mail is spam and put it in the junk folder. And when she tried to empty her junk folder, she didn't notice that e-mail among a bunch of real spam. And so now, I have one more registered complaint with Hotmail.
Not a week goes by without me getting spam complaints from large providers via the feedback loop.
Is it my fault? No. Is it her fault? No.
Yet, I'm pretty sure that my deliverabiliy rate to Hotmail will go down because of the complaints.
THe big boys aren't trying to solve the spam problem. They are ty
Absolute majority of spam now comes from desktops infected with mailing software. So no, in this case, the spammer won't simply relay through the ISP's mail servers. The reason they infect boxes in the first place is so that they can mail directly from all those IPs. The reasoning in your link is really outdated.
http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/index.lasso
How hard is that?
And if all major providers did it, then zombie spam would die out pretty quickly.
I submitted an "ask slashdot" about this exact matter in the middle of 2002 and it was rejected.
One more proof that the editors here are a bunch of nearsighted linux *-kiddies.
...Pig's shit rules this world...
Nice to know I'm not alone :)
And why is java on the client-side so unpopular ?
Oh yeah, that's cause MS shipped old JVM with windows and that prevented people from using Swing in applets. Sun is not going to recover now, it's too late. But the point is solid - MS hurt Sun by shipping old JVM.
hmm...yeah... Talk about code maturity.
Last time I checked, com, org, biz, info ... had more than two letters in them. So following that logic, there should not be a limit to the number of letters either. And then let's let any shmuck with enough money buy his own tld. And then, let's create another root. That'll be fun.
I must be one of those bums that nobody want's to deal with :)
Can't even get onto the "general consumer" list.
Oh I'm so sad.
He-he. That post is criminal !!! I read the description and then got to the parent post and only after that, I went back and tried the bbc link just to check if the site is doing ok :)
The thread reminded me that tomorrow I have to visit client's location. And that means waiting for the Q train on the 34th Street station. Dammit, standing there in the heat and watching a few hundred people suffering just like yourself. Truly depressing... a perfect fit for NYC.
- Cause they agree to work for less pay.
Why don't you agree to work for less pay ?? ... huh ?
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There is a difference between not being able to find a job and not being able to find a job that pays more that it should.
P.S. Don't start with the qualification crap. I run a consulting firm that outsources development to Russia. No difference in skill level. There are good and bad programmers in every country.
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Alison: What can I do for you?
Bcc: Do you do anal
Alison: Yeah I do a lot of anal.
Bcc: How much
Alison: How much can you spare?
Actually base 10 - because people usually have 10 fingers.
Sun did the right thing.
What MS was trying to do is to get people to code in J++ (with all those extensions) and then prtty much make Java -> MS J++ and own it. So there would be no java, but MS J++ left for the masses.
It's not like they never done anything like that with other technologies.
mod the parent up. LOL
still up and running...
I take my hat off, not every law firm's site can handle slashdot headline.
And it's only the 14th today :)
Well, i'm pretty sure that ... years from now someone will say: "The old programmers had it really tough. Imagine having to actually implement the stuff you need instead of just telling the computer what to do. And those visual component ide's must've been a nightmare to work with."
I disagree, Windows has only one advantage over Linux and that is games. - Well, there are three reasons i'm not using linux or freebsd (actually freebsd would be my first pick, but that's not the point) for a workstation: 1) There is no Internet Explorer for X :)
I need it for my work, when I have to inspect what designers have done and I need to be able to see it exactly as our clients will.
2) Lack of support for foreign encodings (that's more of the X's problem but, still windows takes care of everything). And please, don't try telling my that everything works fine, I tried.
Compared to windows - X running under linux, freebsd or any *nix for that matter, is far behind.
And if one should note that the problem is neither with os not with X, but with the applications - well then think about the windows api where it takes little effort to make an app multilingual. ....
Oh, yeah, and the reason #3 - "drag and drop", babe :) which will probably never happen in the X world. What is available now - is practically nothing.
lol, there always been the Rockefeller family (republicans) and the Kennedy family (democrats). So the government was always controlled by the companies(people in those companies) and everything has always been done in their interest. so gates (the Kennedy family, lol) won't make USA fail in 20 years :)