I use pizza coupons all time from junk mail. I guess that makes me a bad person for supporting junk mail.
No, it doesn't. It's perfectly possible to have fun with junk mail. My favourite is to take the unwanted pre-printed credit card applications, put them through the shredder, stuff the resulting mess into the pre-paid envelope and post it back at the mailer's expense.
The thing is, that most of the headers seem to originate in the United States.
A few years ago (~1997), most of the spam in my inbox used to be largely from.tw and.ru domains. Now, virtually all of it (i.e. >>99%) originates from the US. I don't know whether that implies that Americans are just that much more unscrupulous than the rest of us (*ducks*:-D) but the sheer quantity of it is certainly limiting the usefulness of email.
I no longer bother trying to get spammers' ISPs to take action, since a lot of the junk is obviously sent out by home computers that have been zombied.
Okay, so when you work as an IT consultant, what do you use to... write your customer documentation, when everyone is in love with the "blows up like a suicide-bomber on a bad day" MS Word file format?
OK, I'll bite (and simultaneously reveal my age to the astute reader):
I was an "IT consultant" for some 16 years; in those days the term for my line of work was "contract systems programmer", and I chucked it in 1990. MS-Word barely existed.
But there were plenty of good ways (yes, even then) to get words on a page.
Now I've moved to a different field (molecular biology) and I still don't find myself hankering for Windows. I have no problem with those who prefer that OS: whatever rocks your boat. But to claim one _has_ to use Windows to get $JOB done is usually specious.
Oh, and a few of us dislike windows because it supports an illegal monopoly which has a well documented history of unethical and anti-competitive business strategies,
Indeed.
And if the submitter of the story had taken the trouble to read it, he might have noticed that nearly every link supplied points at Microsoft. Even the link supposedly referring to OpenOffice.org points at a Microsoft propaganda article.
Which might be why I always tend to be saddened by the disproportionate amount of activity in the games section of ticalc.org by comparison with the more useful projects.
but you can't tell me windows doesn't work for all intents and Purposes.
It might work, after a fashion, but whenever I am forced by circumstances to work with Windows, I rarely find the experience to be other than frustrating.
Am I the only reader of Slashdot who doesn't give a damn about games? I have used Linux exclusively since ~1997, and I don't miss Windows one bit. It did mean I had to apply some thought before purchasing hardware such as mobile phones, but it is not a hardship to insist that devices be OS-agnostic.
The point is that the judge is not partial (in theory) toward "busting the jerk"
No, the point here is that the bill has nothing to do with the judiciary at all. It is all about some moronic group of politicians trying to beat up the culture of fear in an attempt to seize extra-judiciary power.
Remember the old adage, "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM."? It's getting better, but to a certain extent it's true of Microsoft now.
Well, I'm old enough now (42) to remember a certain site in London, which had what was then a significant investment in Burroughs kit.
A certain newly recruited IT manager did indeed get the chop for recommending switching to IBM. I was contracting there at the time, and I remember thinking it served him right.
So what's wrong with those useful little coloured tags so thoughtfully provided by 3M?
OK, in my area (molecular biology) it is damn hard to find software of any kind that makes note-taking easy, since much of it involves diagrams which are much quicker when done with a pencil. Concentration spent on generating a diagram on a computer is far better spent on listening in the first place.
Some form of dictaphone might be useful, though; you could record lectures to your hard drive, and index them however you like.
You're probably right. I don't like the sound of his supposedly acting for Linux Australia, though. They are just an association, and have no more right to enforce a fee for use of the name Linux than I do.
My bank tried the same thing, and refused to cooperate with me at all.
My last bank (www.bankwest.com.au) tried that a few years ago. I walked into a branch at 3.55pm on a Friday (peak time with bells on) and closed every account I had with them, making a point of explaining why, loudly and clearly.
I am told they have since pulled up their game. Either they want your business or they don't.
OK, in linux-2.6.12.4 I get 87 instances of header or library files with that content. Needless to say, posting the output itself trips the lameness filter.
That setup looks nice. I would probably choose to pass all the functions of the gadgetry under the sofa to another server on my LAN, but what the hell, you've got an elegant solution, and my house might be a bit bigger than yours.
In other words, consider assembly code. Sure, it takes a bit of effort to learn, but it's still by far the best way to really get to grips with programming.
The book is clearly not intended to to appeal primarily to someone who is looking for a thriller. I have heard it mentioned that movie script-writers count on an American audience having an attention span in the order of fifteen seconds, but I won't dwell on how that is reflected in the quality of their work.
However, a novelist in command of his or her language should be able to count on a literate reader having an attention span greater than that of a flea.
I'm with you on the notion that KDE and Gnome are adding functions and such, but they are not half as polished as OSX.
OK, we'll have to agree to differ on that, since it's obviously a matter of perception. Personally, I've been a big fan of Gnome for many years, but I am no longer a zealot about it, since there have been times when one idiocy or another has led me to use other desktop environments.
Your comment about Gnome being waist-enhanced seems a bit below the belt, though.;-) There's actually very little difference between Gnome and KDE on that score, and it is positively sylph-like by comparison with Windows.
My real gripe with OS X is that I always get the feeling that Apple are putting obstacles in my path when I want to customise the interface, and I find the windowing system horrible beyond belief.
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No, it doesn't. It's perfectly possible to have fun with junk mail. My favourite is to take the unwanted pre-printed credit card applications, put them through the shredder, stuff the resulting mess into the pre-paid envelope and post it back at the mailer's expense.
A few years ago (~1997), most of the spam in my inbox used to be largely from .tw and .ru domains. Now, virtually all of it (i.e. >>99%) originates from the US. I don't know whether that implies that Americans are just that much more unscrupulous than the rest of us (*ducks* :-D) but the sheer quantity of it is certainly limiting the usefulness of email.
I no longer bother trying to get spammers' ISPs to take action, since a lot of the junk is obviously sent out by home computers that have been zombied.
OK, I'll bite (and simultaneously reveal my age to the astute reader):
I was an "IT consultant" for some 16 years; in those days the term for my line of work was "contract systems programmer", and I chucked it in 1990. MS-Word barely existed.
But there were plenty of good ways (yes, even then) to get words on a page.
Now I've moved to a different field (molecular biology) and I still don't find myself hankering for Windows. I have no problem with those who prefer that OS: whatever rocks your boat. But to claim one _has_ to use Windows to get $JOB done is usually specious.
Indeed.
And if the submitter of the story had taken the trouble to read it, he might have noticed that nearly every link supplied points at Microsoft. Even the link supposedly referring to OpenOffice.org points at a Microsoft propaganda article.
Which might be why I always tend to be saddened by the disproportionate amount of activity in the games section of ticalc.org by comparison with the more useful projects.
It might work, after a fashion, but whenever I am forced by circumstances to work with Windows, I rarely find the experience to be other than frustrating.
Am I the only reader of Slashdot who doesn't give a damn about games? I have used Linux exclusively since ~1997, and I don't miss Windows one bit. It did mean I had to apply some thought before purchasing hardware such as mobile phones, but it is not a hardship to insist that devices be OS-agnostic.
No, the point here is that the bill has nothing to do with the judiciary at all. It is all about some moronic group of politicians trying to beat up the culture of fear in an attempt to seize extra-judiciary power.
Well, I'm old enough now (42) to remember a certain site in London, which had what was then a significant investment in Burroughs kit.
A certain newly recruited IT manager did indeed get the chop for recommending switching to IBM. I was contracting there at the time, and I remember thinking it served him right.
You mean TECO?:-D
So what's wrong with those useful little coloured tags so thoughtfully provided by 3M?
OK, in my area (molecular biology) it is damn hard to find software of any kind that makes note-taking easy, since much of it involves diagrams which are much quicker when done with a pencil. Concentration spent on generating a diagram on a computer is far better spent on listening in the first place.
Some form of dictaphone might be useful, though; you could record lectures to your hard drive, and index them however you like.
You're probably right. I don't like the sound of his supposedly acting for Linux Australia, though. They are just an association, and have no more right to enforce a fee for use of the name Linux than I do.
My last bank (www.bankwest.com.au) tried that a few years ago. I walked into a branch at 3.55pm on a Friday (peak time with bells on) and closed every account I had with them, making a point of explaining why, loudly and clearly.
I am told they have since pulled up their game. Either they want your business or they don't.
OK, in linux-2.6.12.4 I get 87 instances of header or library files with that content. Needless to say, posting the output itself trips the lameness filter.
And more importantly, with millions of posts, what percentage of them have any real value, and how do busy people find that .001%?
I'm not so sure why anyone would consider Slashdot to be able to offer any insight on that one.
*ducks* :-D
That setup looks nice. I would probably choose to pass all the functions of the gadgetry under the sofa to another server on my LAN, but what the hell, you've got an elegant solution, and my house might be a bit bigger than yours.
Heh... reminds me of the days when a friend of mine had a Honeywell DPS7 in his living-room, sharing space with a half-assembled Triumph Trophy. :-)
That's probably because nobody has yet come up with a convincing artificial stupidity.
:-D
In other words, consider assembly code. Sure, it takes a bit of effort to learn, but it's still by far the best way to really get to grips with programming.
I'm aware of that, but OUP don't call it the Oxford comma. What I said stands.
However, a novelist in command of his or her language should be able to count on a literate reader having an attention span greater than that of a flea.
"Feersum Endjinn" is a great book. Also, in a roughly similar vein (language-wise), "Riddley Walker" by Russell Hoban...
A misnomer, I believe, since I have only heard that expression from Americans.
Well said. Not the most accessible of texts, to be sure (to be sure ;-)) but worth putting the effort and time in.
OK, we'll have to agree to differ on that, since it's obviously a matter of perception. Personally, I've been a big fan of Gnome for many years, but I am no longer a zealot about it, since there have been times when one idiocy or another has led me to use other desktop environments.
Your comment about Gnome being waist-enhanced seems a bit below the belt, though. ;-) There's actually very little difference between Gnome and KDE on that score, and it is positively sylph-like by comparison with Windows.
My real gripe with OS X is that I always get the feeling that Apple are putting obstacles in my path when I want to customise the interface, and I find the windowing system horrible beyond belief.