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"I e-mailed back, saying 'Take me off your subscription list. I don't want this.' " And then Harold put a little bite in his request. "I wrote, 'I will charge you $25 per message as a reading fee,' " for every subsequent e-mail.
Harold says the fee was not just a threat; it was a reasonable charge for time and equipment. "I have to download the message, to find out it's junk and delete it. If you're using my download time, you are in effect using my services. During that time I can't use my computer, which is essential in my business."
OK, so apparently this dude thinks he's worth: ($25.00 / 2 seconds to download and identify a message) * (60 seconds / 1 minute) * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = $45,000.00 / hour.
Hell, I'll even subtract $1.00 (I'm rounding up mind you) for bandwidth and computing costs to handle the huge 2KB spams.
So, he thinks he's valued at $44,999.00 / hour. Much better.
We are working on useful projects while at the same time supporting good causes.
How much will your pile of money matter when you're dead; when the Earth ceases to exist; when your impulses and consumerism are rendered irrelevant?
All that will matter in the end, in the entire scheme of things, is how generous, thoughtful, and compassionate you were to others on this very Earth while you happened to exist here for a mere century or so. Wasting your time trolling in your suit while "working" the typical eight hour day is lending nothing to the human race. In fact, we'd all be better off if selfish, capitalistic pigs like yourself were never born in the first place.
You just better hope that an asteroid doesn't kill us all before you realize the faults of your current existence and fix them before it's too late.
I feel sorry for you in your current state, but I honestly hope that you'll change for the better.
Yet another reason to implement a multi-trillion dollar Star Wars Automated Missile Defense system. It's so easy to program that I'm sure we could have it shooting down nuclear weapons and asteroids SIMULTANEOUSLY!
...as is apparent at this site. The page includes a large table of data with a listing of meteorites that have hit man-made objects (or people/animals).
I read a comment on the page of the article that was insightful and I felt I should share it. The individual who wrote it is clearly not the most well-written guy in the world, but I think you get his point.
The sand-kicking six year olds at it again. And, don't give me any of that "rules are rules" crap, cuz that don't fly when you are talking about the convicted monopolist turned snitch. I can just see the tattle-tail doing trying to imitate the fake teary eyed look of Ballmer during his latest deposition. What do they teach first at the Redmond campus, foot-stomping or lying???
Sure, we do participate in a lot of Microsoft bashing here at Slashdot -- I'll admit that. But for Christ's sake, they deserve it.
The best way to think of a password is to conjure up a phrase that's random, but easy to memorize. Then, just use the first letter of each word as your password.
For example, if you're told to pick a password with at least six characters, you could randomly come up with: Dubya Doesn't Know A Goddamn Thing
Then, you'll have a good, random password (ddkagt) and you'll remember it, too.
If there are other restrictions (you need numbers, mix of upper/lower cases), just adjust your random phrase to coincide.
Why not just embed a fscking LCD screen into the cement tombstone along with a small camera to identify the age/sex of cemetary visitors? I mean, if you'll go low enough to engrave on the damn things, you might as well go one step further and dynamically change your ads to target specific individuals (i.e. 8-year old girl -- show an ad for the latest Mario game; 15-year old boy -- show an ad for the latest shoot-em-up game; etc...).
This seems amazingly appropriate right now after just reading that disgusting article (the article itself isn't disgusting, but Acclaim's advertising intentions are):
I've been targeted right out of the market.
I've had it. I can't take any more advertising. Television, radio, magazines, billboards, even the Internet for Christ's sake. Everywhere. Why do they keep targeting me? I never did anything to them. I don't even buy anything! They're wasting their time! Fast food makes me feel like shit, soft drinks make me dizzy, candy is disgusting, chips make my stomach hurt, I don't smoke, and any band that has ever been advertised anywhere sucks unequivocally. I eat tortillas and vegetables, I drink tap water. I ride my $40 bike for entertainment. I buy a new pair of Dickies at the army navy store every year and I get all my other clothes at Costco in 3-packs. My car works fine, I use my Internet connection for long distance, I've had the same boots for three years and re-sole them when they wear out. As far as booze goes, well, as long as it's wet...
"Besides being limited in size by FCC regulations, the 2.4-GHz band in which 802.11b products operate is becoming overcrowded. This is the same band that the long-awaited Bluetooth products, microwave ovens, some wireless speakers, and the latest wireless telephone handsets call home. Today's products already eke out all the performance they can within the band's regulatory structure, leaving very little bandwidth to accommodate next-generation needs such as video broadcasts and voice channels.
The most likely place for wireless expansion is the 5-GHz band. Its comparatively wide- open space could provide increased speed and better control over the quality of transmissions. Plans are afoot on both sides of the Atlantic to devise a suitable protocol for the 5-GHz band. Not surprisingly, the U.S. and Europe are pursuing two different and non-interoperable 5-GHz protocols."
Why should the Slashdot crew "fix" the page-widening problem?
The only people who read at -1 are trolls. Should the editors care if the Windows trolls and their Internet Explorer XP browsers don't render HTML correctly? Hell no. We don't want you wasting Slashdot's bandwidth and resources anymore than you trolls like Linux.
Effective today, all technology development and website activities around Blender will be frozen.
Are you implying that the classic Rob Malda films "Duckpins" and "Hamster Havoc" will be the last we see from this budding star in the animation business?
wyldchild37 writes "Through all the hype about 802.11b, I haven't seen too many real applications being talked about."
Huh? Yeah, no one's talking about using wireless because EVERYONE'S ALREADY USING IT. Christ, there's an article from 2000 that talks about how popular wireless on college campuses was getting two years ago. These days, it's almost the norm. There've been numerous articles posted to Slashdot about particular colleges using wireless and loving it.
Aside from 802.11b on college campuses, there are plenty of other applications. I hope I don't sound like I'm scolding you or something, it's just that you seem to be a bit out of the loop, which is fine:-)
No offense, Rob, but I don't want a "volatile, highly flammable liquid, C2H5OC2H5, derived from the distillation of ethyl alcohol with sulfuric acid and used as a reagent and solvent" on MY motherboard;-)
You could sort all of your company's machines into multiple bins based on which room they're in. Then, let's say you have two main rooms of machines -- one room will have machines with star or constellation names starting with A-K, the other, L-Z.
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I don't care about the money, I just want naturally bigger breasts.
monolinux
"I e-mailed back, saying 'Take me off your subscription list. I don't want this.' " And then Harold put a little bite in his request. "I wrote, 'I will charge you $25 per message as a reading fee,' " for every subsequent e-mail.
;-)
:: Worth Every Red Cent!
Harold says the fee was not just a threat; it was a reasonable charge for time and equipment. "I have to download the message, to find out it's junk and delete it. If you're using my download time, you are in effect using my services. During that time I can't use my computer, which is essential in my business."
OK, so apparently this dude thinks he's worth:
($25.00 / 2 seconds to download and identify a message) * (60 seconds / 1 minute) * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = $45,000.00 / hour.
Hell, I'll even subtract $1.00 (I'm rounding up mind you) for bandwidth and computing costs to handle the huge 2KB spams.
So, he thinks he's valued at $44,999.00 / hour. Much better.
Must be a really smart guy
m o n o l i n u x
I know that the KDE team uses DocBook,
:: All Day Long. All Day Strong.
for which there's a great guide (crash course)
that they encourage their writers to use.
m o n o l i n u x
We are working on useful projects while at the same time supporting good causes.
How much will your pile of money matter when you're dead; when the Earth ceases to exist; when your impulses and consumerism are rendered irrelevant?
All that will matter in the end, in the entire scheme of things, is how generous, thoughtful, and compassionate you were to others on this very Earth while you happened to exist here for a mere century or so. Wasting your time trolling in your suit while "working" the typical eight hour day is lending nothing to the human race. In fact, we'd all be better off if selfish, capitalistic pigs like yourself were never born in the first place.
You just better hope that an asteroid doesn't kill us all before you realize the faults of your current existence and fix them before it's too late.
I feel sorry for you in your current state, but I honestly hope that you'll change for the better.
Yet another reason to implement a multi-trillion dollar Star Wars Automated Missile Defense system. It's so easy to program that I'm sure we could have it shooting down nuclear weapons and asteroids SIMULTANEOUSLY!
:: PDFs Rule!
m o n o l i n u x
...as is apparent at this site. The page includes a large table of data with a listing of meteorites that have hit man-made objects (or people/animals).
PostScript, PDFs, Printing, Oh My!
I read a comment on the page of the article that was insightful and I felt I should share it. The individual who wrote it is clearly not the most well-written guy in the world, but I think you get his point.
The sand-kicking six year olds at it again. And, don't give me any of that "rules are rules" crap, cuz that don't fly when you are talking about the convicted monopolist turned snitch. I can just see the tattle-tail doing trying to imitate the fake teary eyed look of Ballmer during his latest deposition. What do they teach first at the Redmond campus, foot-stomping or lying???
Sure, we do participate in a lot of Microsoft bashing here at Slashdot -- I'll admit that. But for Christ's sake, they deserve it.
Linux -- Because You're Too Good For Those Other Crappy Kernels.
It should be noted that monolinux reported this story hours before pclinuxonline did. Gee, I wonder where they got it from?
r yid=40
http://monolinux.com/modules/news/article.php?sto
The best way to think of a password is to conjure up a phrase that's random, but easy to memorize. Then, just use the first letter of each word as your password.
:: Imagine There's No Windows(tm). It's Easy If You Try.
For example, if you're told to pick a password with at least six characters, you could randomly come up with: Dubya Doesn't Know A Goddamn Thing
Then, you'll have a good, random password (ddkagt) and you'll remember it, too.
If there are other restrictions (you need numbers, mix of upper/lower cases), just adjust your random phrase to coincide.
m o n o l i n u x
Jesus Christmas!
:: The Few, The Proud, The Linux Hackers.
Why not just embed a fscking LCD screen into the cement tombstone along with a small camera to identify the age/sex of cemetary visitors? I mean, if you'll go low enough to engrave on the damn things, you might as well go one step further and dynamically change your ads to target specific individuals (i.e. 8-year old girl -- show an ad for the latest Mario game; 15-year old boy -- show an ad for the latest shoot-em-up game; etc...).
m o n o l i n u x
This seems amazingly appropriate right now after just reading that disgusting article (the article itself isn't disgusting, but Acclaim's advertising intentions are):
:: Welcome To The Revolution.
I've been targeted right out of the market.
I've had it. I can't take any more advertising. Television, radio, magazines, billboards, even the Internet for Christ's sake. Everywhere. Why do they keep targeting me? I never did anything to them. I don't even buy anything! They're wasting their time! Fast food makes me feel like shit, soft drinks make me dizzy, candy is disgusting, chips make my stomach hurt, I don't smoke, and any band that has ever been advertised anywhere sucks unequivocally. I eat tortillas and vegetables, I drink tap water. I ride my $40 bike for entertainment. I buy a new pair of Dickies at the army navy store every year and I get all my other clothes at Costco in 3-packs. My car works fine, I use my Internet connection for long distance, I've had the same boots for three years and re-sole them when they wear out. As far as booze goes, well, as long as it's wet...
Read the rest here.
m o n o l i n u x
Sorry, here's the real link:2 6a%253D4126,00.asp
:: All Linux. No Ads.
http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%253D1711%25
m o n o l i n u x
This isn't that big of a deal.
:: The Critically Acclaimed New Linux Site. Ads Not Included.
"Besides being limited in size by FCC regulations, the 2.4-GHz band in which 802.11b products operate is becoming overcrowded. This is the same band that the long-awaited Bluetooth products, microwave ovens, some wireless speakers, and the latest wireless telephone handsets call home. Today's products already eke out all the performance they can within the band's regulatory structure, leaving very little bandwidth to accommodate next-generation needs such as video broadcasts and voice channels.
The most likely place for wireless expansion is the 5-GHz band. Its comparatively wide- open space could provide increased speed and better control over the quality of transmissions. Plans are afoot on both sides of the Atlantic to devise a suitable protocol for the 5-GHz band. Not surprisingly, the U.S. and Europe are pursuing two different and non-interoperable 5-GHz protocols."
Read the rest here.
m o n o l i n u x
http://bitkeeper.com/Products.BitKeeper.html
;-)
:: All Linux. No ads.
If it's good enough for Linus & friends, it's good enough for me
MONOLINUX.com
GNU people never give up with your open-source GNUmor, do you?
:: Five Years Later Than Taco. Five Times Better Than /.
monolinux.com
What are you talking about? It's well-known that the comments aren't worth shit according to the people who run this site.
:: If You Don't Click Here, The Terrorists Have Already Won
(Go ahead, fanboys, mod me down. You know it's true.)
m o n o l i n u x
- Hacking The Rio Receiver
:: Join Today To Get A UID < 100!
- Setting up a Linux machine as a server for the RR
- Code for the Rio Receiver to exercise LCD, IR remote, audio, and a GPL MP3 player
- There are a few other sections on the above website as well; anyone with a RR or considering purchasing one should check it out.
MONOLINUX
Why should the Slashdot crew "fix" the page-widening problem?
:: I Eat Trolls For Breakfast.
The only people who read at -1 are trolls. Should the editors care if the Windows trolls and their Internet Explorer XP browsers don't render HTML correctly? Hell no. We don't want you wasting Slashdot's bandwidth and resources anymore than you trolls like Linux.
MONOLINUX
Effective today, all technology development and website activities around Blender will be frozen.
:: Get Your GNU On
Are you implying that the classic Rob Malda films "Duckpins" and "Hamster Havoc" will be the last we see from this budding star in the animation business?
Surely you jest!
MONOLINUX
wyldchild37 writes "Through all the hype about 802.11b, I haven't seen too many real applications being talked about."
:-)
:: The Safe-Haven For Linux Power Users
Huh? Yeah, no one's talking about using wireless because EVERYONE'S ALREADY USING IT. Christ, there's an article from 2000 that talks about how popular wireless on college campuses was getting two years ago. These days, it's almost the norm. There've been numerous articles posted to Slashdot about particular colleges using wireless and loving it.
Aside from 802.11b on college campuses, there are plenty of other applications. I hope I don't sound like I'm scolding you or something, it's just that you seem to be a bit out of the loop, which is fine
MONOLINUX
Well, they're using Solaris 2.5.1, which initially came with SMI-8.6.
:: Imagine There's No Windows. It's Easy If You Try.
They have upgraded since that original version, however.
The latest Sendmail version for Solaris 2.5.1 was 8.8.8 plus a Sun patch, so hopefully they got rid of any and all potential problems.
MONOLINUX
No offense, Rob, but I don't want a "volatile, highly flammable liquid, C2H5OC2H5, derived from the distillation of ethyl alcohol with sulfuric acid and used as a reagent and solvent" on MY motherboard ;-)
:: We Prefer Having The Right To Manage Our Own Freakin' Media Files, Thank You
MONOLINUX
There's no need to manually Google Whack anymore.
:: Imagine There's No Windows. It's Easy If You Try.
Check out this project on Freshmeat: http://freshmeat.net/projects/googlewhacker/
MONOLINUX
Stars (constellations, too)!
n ames.html
:-)
:: Imagine There's No Windows. It's Easy If You Try.
You could sort all of your company's machines into multiple bins based on which room they're in. Then, let's say you have two main rooms of machines -- one room will have machines with star or constellation names starting with A-K, the other, L-Z.
Here's a helpful listing: http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/starnames/star
So, you would know automatically which room to head to if someone called for help saying that "Orion" just crashed
MONOLINUX