marketing messages do not always equal spam. For example, Apple sends me marketing messages all the time, and they're not spam.
also, in 'lay terms' (think you mean "layman's terms") 'spam' would be "sending you mail you don't ask for", and 'marketing messages' are not always 'spam'.
This can't be emphasized enough! I've seen plenty of people call emails from companies that they have a business relationship with "spam." Yet, these are the same people who don't bother to uncheck the "I do not wish to receive product information" checkboxes. In fact, I've watched a few people order things online and I've mentioned to them that they may want to uncheck that box. A few weeks later when I'm at their desk and they're complaining about receiving "spam" from LLBean or whoever, I remind them that they chose to receive those emails! Of course, there's real spam mixed in there too, but a lot of it is because of those little opt-out checkboxes that they decided they didn't want to uncheck...
The investigation began last October, when VoteHere, an electronic voting software company in Bellevue, reported that a hacker broke into its computer network. VoteHere founder and Chief Executive Officer Jim Adler says, "We didn't think it was a big deal."
And they want us to put our democracy in their hands??? Yikes!
I've often wondered if defragging and defrag utils are more of a placebo for people concernced with system performance. In my experience I've never noticed any perceivable difference after using a defrag util, on either OS8/9, OSX, 95, 98SE or XP. Then again, I've always made sure to have plenty of free space on my disks [and made sure they were fast enough] whenever I've done anything seriously disk intensive like multitrack audio...
On the Van Helsing movie site's front page, only one link actually goes to the movie's page. There's links for a video game, a cartoon, repackaged versions of old monster movies, and even Van Helsing merchandise.
I can't seem to get through to the Van Helsing site, but is there a link to Amazon or anywhere to purchase the Dracula book? And why did they change the name of the character from Abraham [named by Mr. Stoker after himself [Bram is short for Abraham]] to Gabriel?
And no, I haven't seen the film yet. Although I did finish reading Dracula last week, without realising that the two were related. Quite a good read...
when are they gonna make a movie based on zork? and i'm not talking fancy graphics or effects or anything. i wanna see huge text printed up on screen for two hours...
Thanks jgabby and ProfQuail. I remembered hearing FM was in there, but I wasn't aware that there was an intentional gap placed there for their use. It all makes sense now...
That in the first 3 sentences it states the "SCO the owner of UNIX" but the most interesting fact is at the bottom of the artice -- "Source: The SCO Group"
Yes, it's quite interesting and insightful that a press release put out by the SCO Group would have as it's source, get this, the SCO Group...[wtf are the mods smoking???]
. if back at the time of the dinosaurs all this carbon was in the air.. then how can be releasing it be the end of "life as we know it".. The Dinosaurs did quite well:)
You must remember, to a whole lot of people "life as we know it" means the end of humankind, not really the end of all life. What a silly solipsistic bunch we are...
I really dont see what the big fuss from some politicians about going to Mars. 500 years ago sailors went to the New World (risking their lives) with really no garunteed return on investments.
What about the possibilities of finding the shortcut to India, or the fabled Fountain of Youth(TM)? Sure, there weren't any guaranteed returns, but if they were successful then they certainly would've been well worth the investment...
Please oh please somone MOD ZOGGER'S COMMENT UP!!! I can't believe how many people are unaware of PNACs goals, let alone their call for the "Pearl Harbor" like attack on American soil, which IIRC was written in their first public document. I've shown their site to I don't know how many people, most of which dismiss it as a hoax (even the true Bush-haters). Believe me, IT IS NOT A HOAX. They very clearly spelled out their plans in 1997 (even earlier if you look into Wolfowitz's documents from the first Bush administration). All they needed was a puppet whose ass they could all shove their hands up, and boom - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Seriously, please look into it, read it, digest it, and think about it when it comes time to vote again...
See, it's where you place the punctuation. What he's really saying is "This is, like, nothing" meaning that to him and SCO, the Baystar thing doesn't have any affect at all. Or, at least I'm sure that's how SCO will try to spin this...
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marketing messages do not always equal spam. For example, Apple sends me marketing messages all the time, and they're not spam.
also, in 'lay terms' (think you mean "layman's terms") 'spam' would be "sending you mail you don't ask for", and 'marketing messages' are not always 'spam'.
This can't be emphasized enough! I've seen plenty of people call emails from companies that they have a business relationship with "spam." Yet, these are the same people who don't bother to uncheck the "I do not wish to receive product information" checkboxes. In fact, I've watched a few people order things online and I've mentioned to them that they may want to uncheck that box. A few weeks later when I'm at their desk and they're complaining about receiving "spam" from LLBean or whoever, I remind them that they chose to receive those emails! Of course, there's real spam mixed in there too, but a lot of it is because of those little opt-out checkboxes that they decided they didn't want to uncheck...
.com .net and .org are really all that matter.
.edu, .gov, and .mil ones either. after all, what have they ever done for the internet?
yeah, we don't need those silly
I don't need anymore "hindsight"...I've got goatse for that!
Well, that explains why so much of spam is for penis enlargement products... :-p
The investigation began last October, when VoteHere, an electronic voting software company in Bellevue, reported that a hacker broke into its computer network. VoteHere founder and Chief Executive Officer Jim Adler says, "We didn't think it was a big deal."
And they want us to put our democracy in their hands??? Yikes!
I've often wondered if defragging and defrag utils are more of a placebo for people concernced with system performance. In my experience I've never noticed any perceivable difference after using a defrag util, on either OS8/9, OSX, 95, 98SE or XP. Then again, I've always made sure to have plenty of free space on my disks [and made sure they were fast enough] whenever I've done anything seriously disk intensive like multitrack audio...
On the Van Helsing movie site's front page, only one link actually goes to the movie's page. There's links for a video game, a cartoon, repackaged versions of old monster movies, and even Van Helsing merchandise.
I can't seem to get through to the Van Helsing site, but is there a link to Amazon or anywhere to purchase the Dracula book? And why did they change the name of the character from Abraham [named by Mr. Stoker after himself [Bram is short for Abraham]] to Gabriel?
And no, I haven't seen the film yet. Although I did finish reading Dracula last week, without realising that the two were related. Quite a good read...
By the time you figure out it sucks, there's $50 down the drain.
and don't forget the 20-30 bucks you threw at the movie. all in all, the franchise will have made 70-100 bucks off of you [assuming you have kids]...
when are they gonna make a movie based on zork? and i'm not talking fancy graphics or effects or anything. i wanna see huge text printed up on screen for two hours...
Thanks jgabby and ProfQuail. I remembered hearing FM was in there, but I wasn't aware that there was an intentional gap placed there for their use. It all makes sense now...
Doesn't the entire FM range fall between channels 6 and 7? Why aren't the TV stations getting pissed off at the FM stations???
That in the first 3 sentences it states the "SCO the owner of UNIX" but the most interesting fact is at the bottom of the artice -- "Source: The SCO Group"
Yes, it's quite interesting and insightful that a press release put out by the SCO Group would have as it's source, get this, the SCO Group...[wtf are the mods smoking???]
"... if we only can get a computer big enough?"
I thought this had already happened. And the answer was 42.
. if back at the time of the dinosaurs all this carbon was in the air.. then how can be releasing it be the end of "life as we know it".. The Dinosaurs did quite well :)
You must remember, to a whole lot of people "life as we know it" means the end of humankind, not really the end of all life. What a silly solipsistic bunch we are...
I really dont see what the big fuss from some politicians about going to Mars. 500 years ago sailors went to the New World (risking their lives) with really no garunteed return on investments.
What about the possibilities of finding the shortcut to India, or the fabled Fountain of Youth(TM)? Sure, there weren't any guaranteed returns, but if they were successful then they certainly would've been well worth the investment...
Please oh please somone MOD ZOGGER'S COMMENT UP!!! I can't believe how many people are unaware of PNACs goals, let alone their call for the "Pearl Harbor" like attack on American soil, which IIRC was written in their first public document. I've shown their site to I don't know how many people, most of which dismiss it as a hoax (even the true Bush-haters). Believe me, IT IS NOT A HOAX. They very clearly spelled out their plans in 1997 (even earlier if you look into Wolfowitz's documents from the first Bush administration). All they needed was a puppet whose ass they could all shove their hands up, and boom - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Seriously, please look into it, read it, digest it, and think about it when it comes time to vote again...
You'd better be careful when you pick up that pretty "female" prostitute in San Fierro.. :-p
Here come the "Soviet Russia" jokes.
Preemptively taken care of: from the in-soviet-russia dept
See, it's where you place the punctuation. What he's really saying is "This is, like, nothing" meaning that to him and SCO, the Baystar thing doesn't have any affect at all. Or, at least I'm sure that's how SCO will try to spin this...
Sure it's silly to quibble about a square centimeter of area; I'm just trying to quantify my aesthetic objection to skinnier paper...
are you sure it has nothing to do with it being what you're used to???
That make me happy my rolling paper is not metric
oh, i dunno...can't say i'd mind something rolled with a sheet of A0... @_@
SCO as an organization didn't do this. One lazy person or group which was supposed to write documentation decided not to write their own.
So, this is what happens when lawyers write the documentation then? Cos we all know that there are only lawyers working at SCO these days...
Wave a body part and get a drink?
All this ever does for me is get my ass tossed out of the bar. I guess it depends on exactly which body part you wave...
Hey, your username isn't inspired by the slowdive album of the same name is it?
:-p
*gazes at his shoes*
your choice. a slowdive album or a bridal shop in metairie, louisiana...
Can someone explain how "Wireless Firewire" is related to wired 1394, or how "Wireless USB" is related to USB...
Oh, you mean like being able to interoperate with their wired counterparts?