Also, I'm on board with the fire thing, but nailing fingers is more time than I'm willing to dedicate to torture. Let's just stick to killing them with fire - Simple, cheap, clean, and effective.
Well if you insist.:)
Seriously though, some tougher penalties are needed for spammers, but we'd never find the guy to get the money. Also, for every spammer you kill, you create a vacuum for someone to take their place. Something needs to be done to shut these organizations down from within, and damage the skillset of the people employed there.
First, I recommend everyone get a plan with free SMS.
Still, I agree with the parent.
Can you imagine if every spam email that came into your account cost you 10 cents?
Since killing them with fire is not enough of a punishment for these spammers, according to mark72005, I propose we find some other cruel way to kill these spammers for their horrible act of racking up unwanted charges for text messages.
We could nail their fingers to a wall for one month per SMS they sent out? So for every 1mil messages... that's a finger, and with the time added, considering most of these guys spammed well over 9000 people... they are really gonna be in for a world of hurt, until they eventually die, hanging from their fingers.
Now of course if these are run of the mill companies trying to promote their products by simply telling you about it on the phone, then they are telemarketers and technically not spammers, so they will likely walk away from this, unless justice exists?
Nah, it's too easy to doubt justice, with all the evidence that it does not exist. Of course these defendants will come up with a great defense and cost taxpayers more money than they will lose from the publicity generated by a big court case.
Oh my god!! But you are TRULY a superior being!! thank you for letting everyone else read your wise words and become in touch with your delicate intellect
No problem, any time. I aim to please. I enjoy helping you cute furry little maggots, from time to time.
Also, the choice of ignoring a sarcastic tone, to further one's agenda, is always recommended.
Your logic is shallow and deflective. It was also predicted that you would troll me for my UID, because you are an obvious troll, and therefore you are obvious. Did you know that obvious is a synonym for stupid?
I have never professed to be the beta tester who originally owned this account. I have also posted numerous comments professing to my wanting a small piece of Slashdot history because I happen to love this website, along with most of the regular users here.
But my comment was not about me. It was about you being a huge douchebag for posting on a dead man's account.
Your lack of respect for this community is now obvious and very distasteful. Please close your account.
Anyway, there is no evidence that enough of us can get into space fast enough to make a difference on Earth. See here [antipope.org] for an elaboration.
Distance, in space, is irrelevant. History will prove me correct, and while you may not wish to open your mind to accept my statements, perhaps someone else will.
I can recall this Star Trek episode where people on a planet never aged, but the horror of it was that because nobody died, the planet filled up with people so that no beauty could flourish.
Medical discoveries like this one, by increasing the level of reproduction rates in stem cells by a factor of 100, remind me that eventually humanity will cure death. However, unlike that fateful society on that distant memory of a Star Trek episode, we have INFINITE stars and potential to flourish outside of our known universe, and therefore we should not fear immortality.
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I think the difficulty with finding the right (and current) info is a reason that people come away with the impression you've got.
There were some features of Drupal that I really loved, but could not extend. I remember being mixed up between what people on the forum were saying, when much of it was not bound to a particular build or release so it was indeed out of date and then you have much time wasted spinning your wheels, instead of just knowing a particular answer, fast.
I think this kind of thing happens when the driving producers behind these big complicated projects fail to connect with trustworthy marketing & development people; because the trust isn't there, things are kept sketchy by the originators -- so that the original people are valued and required. They maintain their control over the project through obscurity, in certain areas.
But if what you're saying is correct, it's very likely that they are finally getting somewhere, and perhaps deserve a second glance.
Drupal and the CMS.
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I like Drupal. I've used it many times and have always thought of it as one of the better CMS packages available.
What I would like to see, would be a more freeing kind of extensibility, so that I could whip up fast plugins that would behave in a very reliable and systematic manner. I've tried to extend it in the past but have always preferred how easily Wordpress reacts to new code. The Wordpress docs and forums appear to have a faster method of making information available to developers.
However, if I was planning a brochure-based website that would have some fresh content from time-to-time, I would not object to Drupal, but only if I was certain that I would never have to extend the core mechanics of what they offer... it's simply too unpredictable (at least as of this past August, which is when I last fiddled with it).
Sorry to disappoint you, but -- inb4 "He Bought it on Ebay."
I first visited Slashdot when UIDs were in the low 1000's, so I have a lot of time invested in this website. I've read plenty of Rolly's posts and while I didn't agree with all of them, I always enjoyed his perspective.
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mfh--> mother fucking hillbilly? He doesn't want to be your bro and I don't blame him. And, for the records, he was MODDED DOWN.
Roland was green-lit approximately 500 times for front page news on Slashdot, and he will be remembered for his love of technology. People like you will not be remembered in such a way, because your whole meme is insipid -- it really offers nothing.
Roland Piquepaille - Mod Him Way Up, IMHO
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I liked his whit, and charming methods of describing things to the readers of this website. He truly embodied what can best be described one of the pioneers of the Slashdot effect. Some people trolled him pretty hard, but he was and will always be remembered as interesting, insightful, funny and underrated.
Roland, may the god(s) of whatever religion you believed in, forever mod you up.
But it's also happy because this talent now can embrace NEW PROJECTS. Think of the cool stuff that is to come! These employees just need to dust themselves off and start something bold.
Slashdot Mirror
This means your chance of getting into MIT just decreased by over 9000%.
Well if you insist. :)
Seriously though, some tougher penalties are needed for spammers, but we'd never find the guy to get the money. Also, for every spammer you kill, you create a vacuum for someone to take their place. Something needs to be done to shut these organizations down from within, and damage the skillset of the people employed there.
First, I recommend everyone get a plan with free SMS.
Still, I agree with the parent.
Since killing them with fire is not enough of a punishment for these spammers, according to mark72005, I propose we find some other cruel way to kill these spammers for their horrible act of racking up unwanted charges for text messages.
We could nail their fingers to a wall for one month per SMS they sent out? So for every 1mil messages... that's a finger, and with the time added, considering most of these guys spammed well over 9000 people... they are really gonna be in for a world of hurt, until they eventually die, hanging from their fingers.
AND THEN we burn them.
Are you a spammer?
Find them guilty and kill them with fire.
Now of course if these are run of the mill companies trying to promote their products by simply telling you about it on the phone, then they are telemarketers and technically not spammers, so they will likely walk away from this, unless justice exists?
Nah, it's too easy to doubt justice, with all the evidence that it does not exist. Of course these defendants will come up with a great defense and cost taxpayers more money than they will lose from the publicity generated by a big court case.
Remind me never to play cards with AC -- he cheats.
No problem, any time. I aim to please. I enjoy helping you cute furry little maggots, from time to time.
Also, the choice of ignoring a sarcastic tone, to further one's agenda, is always recommended.
Your logic is shallow and deflective. It was also predicted that you would troll me for my UID, because you are an obvious troll, and therefore you are obvious. Did you know that obvious is a synonym for stupid?
I have never professed to be the beta tester who originally owned this account. I have also posted numerous comments professing to my wanting a small piece of Slashdot history because I happen to love this website, along with most of the regular users here.
But my comment was not about me. It was about you being a huge douchebag for posting on a dead man's account.
Your lack of respect for this community is now obvious and very distasteful. Please close your account.
Digg and/or Reddit are that way -----------------
I find it very tasteless and absolutely revolting that you would continue to post on a fake Roland account, after his recent passing.
Spoken like someone who has never had a doctor save their life, or the life of a family member.
Also, nice sig - good to see I'm e-famous still.
We need to get these guys working on the Slashdot Effect, next.
I guess the thought police have ruled that speaking about grand timeless concepts is illegal now. I'm sorry to have bothered you.
> History will prove you a loony.
Not before history proves you to be unread in science.
Distance, in space, is irrelevant. History will prove me correct, and while you may not wish to open your mind to accept my statements, perhaps someone else will.
I can recall this Star Trek episode where people on a planet never aged, but the horror of it was that because nobody died, the planet filled up with people so that no beauty could flourish.
Medical discoveries like this one, by increasing the level of reproduction rates in stem cells by a factor of 100, remind me that eventually humanity will cure death. However, unlike that fateful society on that distant memory of a Star Trek episode, we have INFINITE stars and potential to flourish outside of our known universe, and therefore we should not fear immortality.
There were some features of Drupal that I really loved, but could not extend. I remember being mixed up between what people on the forum were saying, when much of it was not bound to a particular build or release so it was indeed out of date and then you have much time wasted spinning your wheels, instead of just knowing a particular answer, fast.
I think this kind of thing happens when the driving producers behind these big complicated projects fail to connect with trustworthy marketing & development people; because the trust isn't there, things are kept sketchy by the originators -- so that the original people are valued and required. They maintain their control over the project through obscurity, in certain areas.
But if what you're saying is correct, it's very likely that they are finally getting somewhere, and perhaps deserve a second glance.
I like Drupal. I've used it many times and have always thought of it as one of the better CMS packages available.
What I would like to see, would be a more freeing kind of extensibility, so that I could whip up fast plugins that would behave in a very reliable and systematic manner. I've tried to extend it in the past but have always preferred how easily Wordpress reacts to new code. The Wordpress docs and forums appear to have a faster method of making information available to developers.
However, if I was planning a brochure-based website that would have some fresh content from time-to-time, I would not object to Drupal, but only if I was certain that I would never have to extend the core mechanics of what they offer... it's simply too unpredictable (at least as of this past August, which is when I last fiddled with it).
Sorry to disappoint you, but -- inb4 "He Bought it on Ebay."
I first visited Slashdot when UIDs were in the low 1000's, so I have a lot of time invested in this website. I've read plenty of Rolly's posts and while I didn't agree with all of them, I always enjoyed his perspective.
Roland was green-lit approximately 500 times for front page news on Slashdot, and he will be remembered for his love of technology. People like you will not be remembered in such a way, because your whole meme is insipid -- it really offers nothing.
I liked his whit, and charming methods of describing things to the readers of this website. He truly embodied what can best be described one of the pioneers of the Slashdot effect. Some people trolled him pretty hard, but he was and will always be remembered as interesting, insightful, funny and underrated.
Roland, may the god(s) of whatever religion you believed in, forever mod you up.
RIP, bro.
Yes, there was no profit here. The least the kid could have done was to hold these twits hostage for some consulting fees!! /sarcasm
Twits!
This is an obvious Twin Peaks reference, which is apt, considering how surprising it is to see a manufacturer mine our sales receipts for information.
A retail outlet must obtain consent from you to give your personal information to a third party, and no clear consent was given in this case.
This is a job for that quirky Special Agent Dale Cooper, who possibly moonlights for the EFF.
You need one, dude.
I know it's sad.
But it's also happy because this talent now can embrace NEW PROJECTS. Think of the cool stuff that is to come! These employees just need to dust themselves off and start something bold.