Well, submitting the mails may be interesting, but here's a (probably) even better idea.
1. Maintain a repository of scripts for offending webshops (can be based on SF, or distributed by P2P). Each of the scripts goes to post a complaint in BlueFrog-like manner. 2. Write an extension to Thunderbird (and maybe to others as well) that, when I click a "Junk" on a mail, goes and fires the corresponding complaint script. Alternatively, have a cron job for that. 3. ??? 4. Profit:)
Well, look, this is much less questionable than Blue Frog's approach - I'm actively and individually complaining on the spam I got. I don't have the registry of those who want to be exempted - just to annoy the spammers and drive them out of business. What the program actually supplies is automation of the complaint process, without which I, arguably, would not bother complaining - but if it's just one click, I may choose to do so!
I've wanted for a long time already to move my dad to Linux - I'm tired of maintaining his XP.
However, the only thing holding me back was the lack of support for photo management (and yes, I know about gimp and digikam. It may be good enough for me, but not good enough for my dad---he's no computer pro). He currently uses Photoshop Elements, but I bet he can do just as well with Picasa.
So, once Dapper goes gold, I'm reinstalling his comp to Linux.
And if this makes Adobe reconsider and release Linux versions of its software, the better.
Now my wife's father needs Autocad. I'd like to move him to Linux as well, I'm tired of his malware-infested machine, but unfortunately, there's no much hope Autodesk will move to support Linux any soon.
Kinda works: the editor window appears to be OK, and it is actually pretty fast (does it use 3D acceleration????)
However, the toolbar icons and menus don't show up at all, making them accessible only through tooltips. Completely unusable:(
Hopefully, somebody will fix some bugs, be it Google or Codeweavers.
I've been running Dapper since Flight 4 on my laptop. Impressive (while some things not working yet... bug reports submitted).
I've just updated, but haven't seen any changes today
Amusingly, this move may *hurt* the download statistics of Firefox, as more people get it for "free". Not to imply that less people use it though.
On the other hand, the browser usage stats could change significantly because of this policy.
Well, I'd hate to suggest such a low-tech measure here on Slashdot:), but what about getting a film camera and taking a snapshot. I don't believe there will ever be measures that will prevent a cheap plastic single-use film cam from taking a snapshot of the screen...
I happen to actually have asked a couple of vegetarians on this issue, and the answer was almost invariably that if no animal was killed for it, they'd have no problem eating it.
Still, that depends. I know one vegetarian who wouldn't eat meat because of her Buddhist background - and the fact that the meat is artificial wouldn't probably help her with it.
First, this "planned" status may take unnecessary long. After all, when they are serving the majority of potential visitors with the IE version, there's much less pressure to go and implement the alternate browsers.
Second, and more importantly, if they support all the browsers at the same time, that'll force them, at least to some extent, to make a standards-friendly implementation that will work on all the browsers.
However, if they do IE first, and all the others later, the original version will be full of non-standard IE-specific junk, and the Firefox version will be either ugly and half-functional, or will have to be developed from scratch.
Random checks, maybe. We have all bags checked on entry to every public place, and it does work - first of all since it deters the terrorist who knows that he's going to be checked and thus wouldn't probably even consider trying to get inside a mall.
Stop talking inconsistent rubbish. I hope people like you are never allowed to make the law, because whether you think you're right or not you and your ill thought out ideas are dangerous and are part of the problem.
Exemplary. I'm glad you didn't want me outright executed for my views (which you twisted beyond recognition by applying your own misconceptions to my words).
We need to stop giving them reasons to be terrorists in the first place.
Problem is, their reasons for being terrorists is not me living here - it's Iran and such paying them money to be terrorists.
The suicide bombers don't do it (solely) for ideological reasons - they do so because they are promised 72 virgins in heaven and their family is paid $20K for it later.
And more importantly, the people who send the suicide bombers are paid for this by terror-supporting countries. If they stop attacking us, they will be cut from their sources of funding, and will have to look for normal work, which is much more boring and pays significantly less.
So, honestly, I don't see how to stop giving them reasons to be terrorists.
How did you conclude that I make a life worth nothing? Life is sacred, and it's worth very much, first of all, my own (as yours is undoubtedly to you). I live less than 5 miles from the place of the last attack, dammit! For me, it's not something abstract thing going on at some obscure place. I wouldn't use the word "occasionally" for several guys a week that are currently caught with bombs in their belts.
And having my bag checked at the mall entrance is not that much throwing away my freedom (allowing the police to arrest me without evidence would be, but that's not what is happening over here). Note that I'm not saying it's OK to violate my rights, quite the opposite. If your country uses the fear of terrorists to justify privacy invasion, hell, fight that! But it doesn't mean that your country should not do anything against terrorists.
If you need police to enforce the law, do you declare that, as a result, the criminals win? Or maybe if you use a firewall, it means that hackers win? To this end, if the airports check passengers with metal detectors, does this mean that the terrorists win?
Fucked indeed. But if you think that just living in another part of the world makes you safe, think again. The terrorists currently find Israel the easiest target, especially thanks to politicians that justify any violence against Israel. But this will not stay forever, as the terror attacks in US and Europe show quite clearly.
On the other hand, I'm glad I don't live in China. I do have unfiltered Internet, I do have the right to visit any country that would accept me without arresting me just for having an Israeli passport, and I do have the right to say most anything I want. That right goes so far that Arab members of Israeli parliament (!!! compare with: Jewish members of Pakistani parliament or, say, Republican members of China parliament) regularly say things that would probably get them into jail in UK that same day.
And I'm SO glad I don't live in some African country, where I could be killed just because somebody had a spare bullet in his AK-47 and I just happened to pass by.
You get it all wrong. First of all, do you really think that we in Israel *enjoy* those security measures? I promise you we don't. And if you think I wouldn't want to get into a mall without having my bag searched and me scanned with a metal detector, you're wrong as well.
And these things do stop suicide bombers - remember the incident in Netaniya a couple of weeks ago. The bomber wanted to enter a mall, but was stopped short and exploded outside. The result - 2 killed instead of tens of people.
And now I want you to understand one thing. I don't want to turn US into Israel (but I would very much like to turn Israel into US). However, you put the blame at the wrong person - it is these terrorists that would like to turn all the US, UK, and Europe into Israel and much worse!
The terrorists don't win when we put security guards at each restaurant. They DO win, however, when you start blaming the victims for the security measures instead of those who commit these attacks.
1) You know what? Here in Israel, *everybody* gets their bags checked in every public place (including restaurants, malls, any building with public offices etc.). Moreover, all the cars are opened as well. And, sorry, you may think that this is government implementing draconian surveillance, but actually, it is a necessity.
2) While you are at it, why do you talk about Iraqis, and not some africans that are cutting down each other by thousands? And anyway, you dare blame the US for the death of Iraqi civilians? There are fcking terrorists bombing people there, and if you leave them alone, those same terrorists are eventually going to come near *your* home.
So, you may want to "stop using violence to justify more violence". Oh well. Let's see you talking after 10 more bombings in London and, say, Paris.
Er, and how *exactly* do you think a multi-kiloton impact can detect the presence of RNA/DNA? Sounds as easy as etching data bits on a hard disk surface with an axe.
Disgusting. (Yes I know I quote you slightly out of context, but just listen to yourself).
Ok, the guy showed his ignorance. Know what, I wasn't aware of that fact too, so what?
He actually took the facts he knows, did a 2+2, and arrived at an apparent contradiction. Good thinking! I am ashamed that I didn't arrive at same conclusion without knowing about the iron's stability. I'd dare to say that that's the way of thinking that advances science.
So, OK, he asked a question, and you happen to know the answer. Does not make him stupid. I know this is Slashdot and all, but he really gave you no reason to bash him.
A doctor is doing a morning checkup in a mental hospital and hears a mighty shouting. Only one guy is sitting silently. So the doctor asks him, "why is all the shouting here".
The guy replies, "They all want to be sin(x)".
Then the doctor shouts to the patients "Hey, I'll now start integrating everybody, and your signs will change!"
Silence. Nobody wants to be a sin(x) anymore.
Next day, there's shouting again. The doctor asks the silent guy, "what's it now"? "Now they all want to be cos(x), replys the guy.
"I'll now start differentiating, your signs will change", shouts the doctor. Silence.
Then, the doctor turns suspiciously and asks the silent guy: "and why are you sitting here this silently?"
The guy says, "Ah, I don't care about all this. I'm e^x".
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Well, submitting the mails may be interesting, but here's a (probably) even better idea.
:)
1. Maintain a repository of scripts for offending webshops (can be based on SF, or distributed by P2P). Each of the scripts goes to post a complaint in BlueFrog-like manner.
2. Write an extension to Thunderbird (and maybe to others as well) that, when I click a "Junk" on a mail, goes and fires the corresponding complaint script. Alternatively, have a cron job for that.
3. ???
4. Profit
Well, look, this is much less questionable than Blue Frog's approach - I'm actively and individually complaining on the spam I got. I don't have the registry of those who want to be exempted - just to annoy the spammers and drive them out of business. What the program actually supplies is automation of the complaint process, without which I, arguably, would not bother complaining - but if it's just one click, I may choose to do so!
Should make an ebook which has a reasonable price, for a change. Now *that* would be a killer gadget. Any rumors of suchabeast?
I've wanted for a long time already to move my dad to Linux - I'm tired of maintaining his XP. However, the only thing holding me back was the lack of support for photo management (and yes, I know about gimp and digikam. It may be good enough for me, but not good enough for my dad---he's no computer pro). He currently uses Photoshop Elements, but I bet he can do just as well with Picasa. So, once Dapper goes gold, I'm reinstalling his comp to Linux. And if this makes Adobe reconsider and release Linux versions of its software, the better. Now my wife's father needs Autocad. I'd like to move him to Linux as well, I'm tired of his malware-infested machine, but unfortunately, there's no much hope Autodesk will move to support Linux any soon.
Kinda works: the editor window appears to be OK, and it is actually pretty fast (does it use 3D acceleration????) :(
Hopefully, somebody will fix some bugs, be it Google or Codeweavers.
However, the toolbar icons and menus don't show up at all, making them accessible only through tooltips. Completely unusable
I've been running Dapper since Flight 4 on my laptop. Impressive (while some things not working yet... bug reports submitted). I've just updated, but haven't seen any changes today
Are there packages for (K)Ubuntu available for it somewhere?
And while we are at it, are there [semi-]official Firefox 1.5 packages Ubuntu?
Amusingly, this move may *hurt* the download statistics of Firefox, as more people get it for "free". Not to imply that less people use it though.
On the other hand, the browser usage stats could change significantly because of this policy.
Well, I'd hate to suggest such a low-tech measure here on Slashdot :), but what about getting a film camera and taking a snapshot. I don't believe there will ever be measures that will prevent a cheap plastic single-use film cam from taking a snapshot of the screen...
Downloading them now...
I see the utility there... and it may server for a reduction in mumber of ads.
I don't see anything coming from Africa...
Still, that depends. I know one vegetarian who wouldn't eat meat because of her Buddhist background - and the fact that the meat is artificial wouldn't probably help her with it.
First, this "planned" status may take unnecessary long. After all, when they are serving the majority of potential visitors with the IE version, there's much less pressure to go and implement the alternate browsers.
Second, and more importantly, if they support all the browsers at the same time, that'll force them, at least to some extent, to make a standards-friendly implementation that will work on all the browsers.
However, if they do IE first, and all the others later, the original version will be full of non-standard IE-specific junk, and the Firefox version will be either ugly and half-functional, or will have to be developed from scratch.
Exemplary. I'm glad you didn't want me outright executed for my views (which you twisted beyond recognition by applying your own misconceptions to my words).
Problem is, their reasons for being terrorists is not me living here - it's Iran and such paying them money to be terrorists.
The suicide bombers don't do it (solely) for ideological reasons - they do so because they are promised 72 virgins in heaven and their family is paid $20K for it later.
And more importantly, the people who send the suicide bombers are paid for this by terror-supporting countries. If they stop attacking us, they will be cut from their sources of funding, and will have to look for normal work, which is much more boring and pays significantly less.
So, honestly, I don't see how to stop giving them reasons to be terrorists.
And having my bag checked at the mall entrance is not that much throwing away my freedom (allowing the police to arrest me without evidence would be, but that's not what is happening over here). Note that I'm not saying it's OK to violate my rights, quite the opposite. If your country uses the fear of terrorists to justify privacy invasion, hell, fight that! But it doesn't mean that your country should not do anything against terrorists.
If you need police to enforce the law, do you declare that, as a result, the criminals win? Or maybe if you use a firewall, it means that hackers win? To this end, if the airports check passengers with metal detectors, does this mean that the terrorists win?
You're more than 1000x more likely to die in a car accident than you are to be killed in a robbery. Does this mean that robbers should be tolerated?
Speaking of that, whose children did US run over with tanks to deserve 9/11?
Not to mention that the idea of Israelis running Palestinian children over with tanks is pure bullshit.
On the other hand, I'm glad I don't live in China. I do have unfiltered Internet, I do have the right to visit any country that would accept me without arresting me just for having an Israeli passport, and I do have the right to say most anything I want. That right goes so far that Arab members of Israeli parliament (!!! compare with: Jewish members of Pakistani parliament or, say, Republican members of China parliament) regularly say things that would probably get them into jail in UK that same day.
And I'm SO glad I don't live in some African country, where I could be killed just because somebody had a spare bullet in his AK-47 and I just happened to pass by.
And these things do stop suicide bombers - remember the incident in Netaniya a couple of weeks ago. The bomber wanted to enter a mall, but was stopped short and exploded outside. The result - 2 killed instead of tens of people.
And now I want you to understand one thing. I don't want to turn US into Israel (but I would very much like to turn Israel into US). However, you put the blame at the wrong person - it is these terrorists that would like to turn all the US, UK, and Europe into Israel and much worse!
The terrorists don't win when we put security guards at each restaurant. They DO win, however, when you start blaming the victims for the security measures instead of those who commit these attacks.
2) While you are at it, why do you talk about Iraqis, and not some africans that are cutting down each other by thousands? And anyway, you dare blame the US for the death of Iraqi civilians? There are fcking terrorists bombing people there, and if you leave them alone, those same terrorists are eventually going to come near *your* home.
So, you may want to "stop using violence to justify more violence". Oh well. Let's see you talking after 10 more bombings in London and, say, Paris.
Checked the originating address - FSCKing students from India!
Er, and how *exactly* do you think a multi-kiloton impact can detect the presence of RNA/DNA? Sounds as easy as etching data bits on a hard disk surface with an axe.
Ok, the guy showed his ignorance. Know what, I wasn't aware of that fact too, so what?
He actually took the facts he knows, did a 2+2, and arrived at an apparent contradiction. Good thinking! I am ashamed that I didn't arrive at same conclusion without knowing about the iron's stability. I'd dare to say that that's the way of thinking that advances science.
So, OK, he asked a question, and you happen to know the answer. Does not make him stupid. I know this is Slashdot and all, but he really gave you no reason to bash him.
A doctor is doing a morning checkup in a mental hospital and hears a mighty shouting. Only one guy is sitting silently. So the doctor asks him, "why is all the shouting here".
The guy replies, "They all want to be sin(x)".
Then the doctor shouts to the patients "Hey, I'll now start integrating everybody, and your signs will change!"
Silence. Nobody wants to be a sin(x) anymore.
Next day, there's shouting again. The doctor asks the silent guy, "what's it now"? "Now they all want to be cos(x), replys the guy.
"I'll now start differentiating, your signs will change", shouts the doctor. Silence.
Then, the doctor turns suspiciously and asks the silent guy: "and why are you sitting here this silently?"
The guy says, "Ah, I don't care about all this. I'm e^x".