Given how difficult it can be to pin down the physical location of an email address, what's to stop those of us from outside these states from signing up for their do-not-spam lists?
Obviously, the legal protections would be void... but any reduction in spam would be welcome. (On the longshot that the lists actually help)
We provide you with advertisements that match your interests to make your Internet experience more satisfying. We determine your interests by collecting information about what sites you visit on the Web. For example if you visit a travel Web site, we may present an advertisement that promotes the sale of airline tickets. These special offers and advertisements may be displayed using various browser enhancements and pop-up windows on Web sites you visit.
Standard Web log information and computer settings such as your IP addresses, browser type and versions, screen resolution, time zone selected and the version numbers of some of the software installed on your computer.
Information about Web sites you visit -- this information includes the Web sites address (URL), the amount of time spent at a Web site, and how you entered and exited a particular Web site.
By using the Xupiter software application we are able to create a profile that is used to select and deliver special offers and advertisements that we think might be of interest to you. This profile is stored on Xupiter servers and contains the following information:
Your Xupiter ID which is a numeric identifier that is generated by the Xupiter software application.
A historical record of content and advertisements delivered by Xupiter, and the response rate associated with the content and advertisements that was delivered to you through the Xupiter software application.
I think that qualifies as close enough to collecting personal information...
Does this mean each garage door manufacturer is going to come out with their own unique remote signal? Will we soon hear television ads proclaiming the new DoorUp2005 supports a 128bit encrypted remote to keep terrorists out of your garage?
What happens then if you lose your remote, and you can't get a replacement except by mail from the manufacturer? And if you open the door manually, circumventing the (now lost) encrypted remote, are you violating the DMCA?
Will this mean more highly encrypted garage door systems won't be able to be exported? After all, we wouldn't want terrorists and rogue nations to be able to protect their SUVs from the prying eyes of espionage!
Cheaper conspiracies...
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Well, at least the government will be able to retire all those expensive black helicopters! They were getting so cliche anyway...
The dog feces wasn't a bad idea, but it was done improperly.
It should have been mailed to him, packaged nicely, enclosed with a note that reads: "Here are the results of the survey form you submitted. You are receiving this fecal material because you agreed to "opt-in" with one of our partner affiliates. If you wish to discontinue receiving these fecal messages, please reply to the email address contained within the enclosed sample of dog feces."
The biggest problem I have with paying by the meg is the amount of crap that I wade through that I didn't request to download.
If I'm paying by the meg for my surfing, my ISP had better ensure that I don't get a single pop-up, or a single unsolicted email message. I'm NOT paying to subsidize someone to advertise to me.
Because the vast majority of people don't download ISOs, movies, or other huge pipe-cloggers, we shouldn't model the entire system after the few exceptions.
Bandwidth should be paid for by the provider of the content, not the receiver. Spammers should pay to send spam, rather than the reader paying for it. Companies that create massive shockwave web presentations for their products should pay for thier extravagance, not the guy who wants the specs on the product. Why should I pay by the meg to download patches to a faulty OS that I've already paid for? Let MS pay to distribute their fixes to their flawed product.
Bandwidth isn't free. But at least have the people with the control over the content be the ones to pay for the resource.
When the internet is advertising-free, THEN I'll be ready to pay by the meg.
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There's a much easier solution. Let the "free market" deal with them. A little "warning label" could be required on all their advertising.
Proud sponsor of the 2002 Iraqi Regime.
or...
Official supporter of Saddam Hussein in the 2002 Iraqi-American Military Games!
MS is asking a lot if they expect the Windows Community to save their bacon in the battle with Linux. The closed source model means the "Windows Community" is at best a bunch of individuals protecting their own interests and IP, and at worst, a bunch of spectators with no real input into the final product.
The Linux Community, on the other hand, is a true community... with the work and benefits of each person available to all the others. Improving the final product is the goal, not protecting IP.
MS has shut themselves out of a true "community" by their very stance on source code. Expecting that same powerless community to work for them now is like expecting your new intern to head up a disaster recovery effort.
While this is offensive enough on cell phones, it would be a much tougher law to pass if the same thing were applied to PCs.
As evidence, look at the PentiumIII ID code Intel tried to push on us a few years ago. Uproar over that forced Intel to phase it out. People don't WANT to be tracked. They don't WANT their actions monitored.
Even more than being about modifications, it's about privacy. If we can portray it in that light, we stand a very good chance of fending off attacks like this.
Because.... by the time Microsoft really lets us know what's going on, it'll be too late to stop it.
The best way to prevent a major problem is to nip it in the bud, before it has a chance to become an insurmountable obstacle. The best way we can do that is by discussing what we DO know... or even what we THINK we know.
If Microsoft feels what we discuss is inaccurate, they are certainly free to shed more light on the project and enlighten us. On the other hand, if they keep us in the dark instead, maybe the conspiracies are justified....
It's easy to blame the media... because they're greedy folks just like people in every other money-making venture out there. Profits are their main goal. No one does it for the love anymore.
But it's not their fault.
It's our fault. They're in the business to make money. They do that by selling advertising. And the prices they get for selling advertising are determined by how many people are watching.
If we didn't watch, they wouldn't feed us this garbage. All they're doing is feeding us what we want. They're giving us loads and loads of the stuff we wanna see. We apparently LIKE to watch about sex scandals, missing wealthy attractive children, and celebrity deaths. Because they boost the ratings. And ratings mean money for the news sources.
If we want to change the media, it has to start with US. Don't like it? Don't WATCH it. Turn it off. If enough people do it, the ratings will suffer. The media will adapt, and feed us what we DO watch. Only when we reward responsible journalism, by watching it, will we get more of it.
This would be perfectly fair. As long as the record companies refund me the royalty fee for each cd I sell back to the store, since I am relenquishing my right to use the CD.
If they can bill for royalties for reselling a used CD (thus billing royalties twice for that CD), then the royalties aren't strictly tied to the ownership of the physical CD.
That should mean I could either legally keep the mp3s I burned from that CD, since I've already paid for the royalties, OR, they should refund me the royalty fee when I relenquish possession of the CD.
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He's finally working on a way to port the BSOD over to Linux and OSX for us!
Obviously, the legal protections would be void... but any reduction in spam would be welcome. (On the longshot that the lists actually help)
I think this is all a bunch of crap. I haven't had ANY problems with the capacitors on MY motherb(&%.. ^)*!~`. ^X^X^X
The marketing synergies with Viagra are awe inspiring...
HOW DOES Xupiter WORK?
We provide you with advertisements that match your interests to make your Internet experience more satisfying. We determine your interests by collecting information about what sites you visit on the Web. For example if you visit a travel Web site, we may present an advertisement that promotes the sale of airline tickets. These special offers and advertisements may be displayed using various browser enhancements and pop-up windows on Web sites you visit.
Standard Web log information and computer settings such as your IP addresses, browser type and versions, screen resolution, time zone selected and the version numbers of some of the software installed on your computer.
Information about Web sites you visit -- this information includes the Web sites address (URL), the amount of time spent at a Web site, and how you entered and exited a particular Web site.
By using the Xupiter software application we are able to create a profile that is used to select and deliver special offers and advertisements that we think might be of interest to you. This profile is stored on Xupiter servers and contains the following information:
Your Xupiter ID which is a numeric identifier that is generated by the Xupiter software application.
A historical record of content and advertisements delivered by Xupiter, and the response rate associated with the content and advertisements that was delivered to you through the Xupiter software application.
I think that qualifies as close enough to collecting personal information...
And that's how you can tell it's a sinking ship... the rats are leaving!
Sounds to me like you're trying to print orgasms instead of organisms....
What happens then if you lose your remote, and you can't get a replacement except by mail from the manufacturer? And if you open the door manually, circumventing the (now lost) encrypted remote, are you violating the DMCA?
Will this mean more highly encrypted garage door systems won't be able to be exported? After all, we wouldn't want terrorists and rogue nations to be able to protect their SUVs from the prying eyes of espionage!
Well, at least the government will be able to retire all those expensive black helicopters! They were getting so cliche anyway...
Hey! Maybe they can team up to deliver the mail....
If sound could REALLY cool things down, my wife could single-handedly counteract global warming. Yap, yap, yap.....
Didn't anyone warn you about trying to web surf and check your email at the same time on Windows?
Considering how will it handles multiple tasks compared to Linux, this might be appropriate anyway!
It should have been mailed to him, packaged nicely, enclosed with a note that reads: "Here are the results of the survey form you submitted. You are receiving this fecal material because you agreed to "opt-in" with one of our partner affiliates. If you wish to discontinue receiving these fecal messages, please reply to the email address contained within the enclosed sample of dog feces."
Then, send him some more.
If I'm paying by the meg for my surfing, my ISP had better ensure that I don't get a single pop-up, or a single unsolicted email message. I'm NOT paying to subsidize someone to advertise to me.
Because the vast majority of people don't download ISOs, movies, or other huge pipe-cloggers, we shouldn't model the entire system after the few exceptions.
Bandwidth should be paid for by the provider of the content, not the receiver. Spammers should pay to send spam, rather than the reader paying for it. Companies that create massive shockwave web presentations for their products should pay for thier extravagance, not the guy who wants the specs on the product. Why should I pay by the meg to download patches to a faulty OS that I've already paid for? Let MS pay to distribute their fixes to their flawed product.
Bandwidth isn't free. But at least have the people with the control over the content be the ones to pay for the resource.
When the internet is advertising-free, THEN I'll be ready to pay by the meg.
Proud sponsor of the 2002 Iraqi Regime.
or...
Official supporter of Saddam Hussein in the 2002 Iraqi-American Military Games!
Celebrity endorsements work!
The Linux Community, on the other hand, is a true community... with the work and benefits of each person available to all the others. Improving the final product is the goal, not protecting IP.
MS has shut themselves out of a true "community" by their very stance on source code. Expecting that same powerless community to work for them now is like expecting your new intern to head up a disaster recovery effort.
That should give anthropologists something to think about in a few thousand years when they find his burial site.
A circa 21st century human buried in full plate armor with a sword. Maybe we should also have buried an explanation along with him.
As evidence, look at the PentiumIII ID code Intel tried to push on us a few years ago. Uproar over that forced Intel to phase it out. People don't WANT to be tracked. They don't WANT their actions monitored. Even more than being about modifications, it's about privacy. If we can portray it in that light, we stand a very good chance of fending off attacks like this.
The best way to prevent a major problem is to nip it in the bud, before it has a chance to become an insurmountable obstacle. The best way we can do that is by discussing what we DO know... or even what we THINK we know.
If Microsoft feels what we discuss is inaccurate, they are certainly free to shed more light on the project and enlighten us. On the other hand, if they keep us in the dark instead, maybe the conspiracies are justified....
When using these chips, it's referred to as OverCLUCKING!
But it's not their fault.
It's our fault. They're in the business to make money. They do that by selling advertising. And the prices they get for selling advertising are determined by how many people are watching.
If we didn't watch, they wouldn't feed us this garbage. All they're doing is feeding us what we want. They're giving us loads and loads of the stuff we wanna see. We apparently LIKE to watch about sex scandals, missing wealthy attractive children, and celebrity deaths. Because they boost the ratings. And ratings mean money for the news sources.
If we want to change the media, it has to start with US. Don't like it? Don't WATCH it. Turn it off. If enough people do it, the ratings will suffer. The media will adapt, and feed us what we DO watch. Only when we reward responsible journalism, by watching it, will we get more of it.
Ummm.... I think they already have.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/14/172023 1&tid=109
If they can bill for royalties for reselling a used CD (thus billing royalties twice for that CD), then the royalties aren't strictly tied to the ownership of the physical CD.
That should mean I could either legally keep the mp3s I burned from that CD, since I've already paid for the royalties, OR, they should refund me the royalty fee when I relenquish possession of the CD.
Now, instead of meaning it ships with no viruses, it means they include them at no extra charge!