a) We obviously need a reliable and mandatory handshaking system which verifies the senders domain and possibly email a/c before accepting a message.
b) because for some obscure reason politicians don't want to tread on the toes of the marketing industry, other systems should be put in place:
i)All marketing emails should contain Name and address of the company involved, the marketing company involved and any other intermediaries.
ii)The emails should all originate from a valid email address using either the marketing company's domain or the client's domain.
iii)Marketing companies must not be allowed to outsource any email campaigns outside their own country, i.e. all the emails must originate from the same country. Perhaps make it even more stringent and restrict email campaigns from targetting any country other than your own..
Oh well, atleast we have equal rights...so nobody will read your email either.
hehe - well put:)
I definitely don't understand what kinda clout these 'marketing' companies have in DC/wherever, that they are able to block any 'definitive' legislation against spam - something the majority of the populace will welcome with open arms.. Someone should make it a prime election issue:P
It's not as if it's the call-center industry where thousands of jobs are bound to be affected..
I don't get it. I don't believe Politicians were in mind when the term 'common-sense' was coined:S
I think it might help if politicians are shown bandwidth costs and statistics on the amount of bandwidth spam consumes in a day. They obviously either don't use email, or are hardened viagra/penile extension fans:/
Besides that, I've found that spam doesn't annoy me as much anymore [My blood pressure levels don't shoot up as much] - I've subconsciously accepted that it's now a fact of life and automatically delete any that escape my filters:S
How is this viewed by everyone? What do these guys actually do?
From what I can tell they just go around posting link after link all over the Internet to boost a website's pagerank.. And I've noticed a lot of them like to bombard wikis and newsgroups/fora with random links etc.
I only get five type of spam, viagra/penile length/prescriptions, mortgage/loans/creditcards, 419/earn $25000 daily, porn/dating service, virii/trojans/scams - banking etc.
I'm not including tricky spam like Real etc. where you actually give them your email address involuntarily..
This just sounds like "propietary/custom" written software rather than "situation" software, albeit combined with a certain degree of marketability predetermined during design, which is usually not the case.
It also outlines something similar to the "Google vs. Yahoo" design debate, where Google has gone with the "The user has come here to search, so lets let him search the fastest and the quickest", while Yahoo has gone with "Search is just one of our products - lets give the user a ton of options and draw him to use Yahoo! for all his needs.."
Basically, situation software just sounds like a repititious new-fangled jargon to me..
Only if this hardware is running his software...:S But I dare say that he's close to the truth though.. While open source will be the norm, I can't see large scale releases of free software still around in about 10 years time.. Some action is bound to be taken on it due to the intense lobbying that is taking place as we speak to do just that..
I find it rather pathetic when everybody jumps at everything that might offer some sort of alternative to a M$ product/format. Esp. when it is Apple. I daresay that had M$ not been as successful as they are today, it would be Apple getting it in the arse everytime they incline themselves at angles greater than 5 degrees. I'm no M$ flag-carrier, but I find it annoying when people dislike Microsoft, but support another company full of equally insitutional techno-babble:S
Apple make way too expensive computers that usually are more hype than anything else.. Their software is very expensive, ugly and buggy.. They too take their customers for a ride, and can be just as obnoxious a company as their lost brethren over at M$..
There's no need for yet another propietary (?) format in the market (esp. one associated with Quicktime:S), and those who invest in it for the sole reason that it is not a M$ product need to be tarred and feathered..:S People should plainly not support anything even remotely associated with DRM - boycott 'em all, just the same way as everyone should boycott anything vaguely associated with biometrics..
Where are open standards when you need them?
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I'd say that the boom is not at all over, but is still progressing... The basic idea is that the personal computer is just getting smaller and more personal every year. iPods, cellphones, digital cameras and PDAs will all be amalgamated into something like a smartphone (which is well on it's way in this respect). Re: Consoles.. I think that the basic selling point of consoles is that
a) You don't need to buy a PC b) It offers cheap multiplayer gaming without need for internet access (which is also possible now).
But I don't believe that console games offer any better an experience than a PC game. As broadband takes over, PC's become cheaper, and it gets to the stage that every person needs to have one, the two reasons stated above will also be nullified.
Regardless, I don't think that the PC gaming industry is withering at all. In fact, with untapped (commercially) markets in countries such as India and China (which are PC-rich), I'd say the PC gaming boom is yet to take place..
Security/privacy concerns aside, I personally believe that RFID is another in a series of technologies that I term as "Frenetic and lazy tech". While I'm sure that there are many wonderful and groundbreaking practical uses (for e.g. in medicine etc.), once these technologies find their way into our daily lives, it's just going to be one more way for all of us to cut down on social interaction, exercise, etc. etc.
With everybody in this generation expecting everything to be done "now, right now and right from where my arse is parked", RFID's aren't exactly going to help. Already, the current generation isn't one known for it's patience. I shudder to think what people in 30-40 years time are going to be like.
As an aside, it would be interesting to see what positions (of employment) have pretty much completely disappeared in the last 40 years. Switchboard operators, "shoe-shiners" etc. and now it seems supermarket checkout staff as well..
They are both similar formats. But SVG is a nightmare compared to Flash, if you are a developer. Comparing an SVG document to swf source code is like comparing Word generated XML to notepad XML:S
I believe that SVG doesn't have sound support as yet.
How about letting the recipients of your emails know that they have subscribed to this. If need be put this line right at the top of hte email.. Alternatively add this to the subject.. something along the lines of: [{companyname} subscribed newsletter]
Try to make it obvious for them, and similarly for the AOL "minder" who checks them.
Unplug monitor and speakers; Stick a NIC in it, and use PC as your mp3/pr0n server or anything else you'd care to do. If you have to start these adverts yourself, write a script for it... In fact your don't need the keyboard or mouse either...
Free monitor anyone?
This is all assuming that there is some inherent system that disallows formatting, yada yada yada..
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a) We obviously need a reliable and mandatory handshaking system which verifies the senders domain and possibly email a/c before accepting a message.
b) because for some obscure reason politicians don't want to tread on the toes of the marketing industry, other systems should be put in place:
i)All marketing emails should contain Name and address of the company involved, the marketing company involved and any other intermediaries.
ii)The emails should all originate from a valid email address using either the marketing company's domain or the client's domain.
iii)Marketing companies must not be allowed to outsource any email campaigns outside their own country, i.e. all the emails must originate from the same country. Perhaps make it even more stringent and restrict email campaigns from targetting any country other than your own..
and so on..
hehe - well put :)
I definitely don't understand what kinda clout these 'marketing' companies have in DC/wherever, that they are able to block any 'definitive' legislation against spam - something the majority of the populace will welcome with open arms.. Someone should make it a prime election issueIt's not as if it's the call-center industry where thousands of jobs are bound to be affected..
I don't get it. I don't believe Politicians were in mind when the term 'common-sense' was coinedI think it might help if politicians are shown bandwidth costs and statistics on the amount of bandwidth spam consumes in a day. They obviously either don't use email, or are hardened viagra/penile extension fans :/
Besides that, I've found that spam doesn't annoy me as much anymore [My blood pressure levels don't shoot up as much] - I've subconsciously accepted that it's now a fact of life and automatically delete any that escape my filtersHow is this viewed by everyone? What do these guys actually do?
From what I can tell they just go around posting link after link all over the Internet to boost a website's pagerank.. And I've noticed a lot of them like to bombard wikis and newsgroups/fora with random links etc.
Is that pretty much it?
Yep same blank patch here...
The search box works fine for me.. perhaps look under the googlebar options bit on the extreme left?
I don't think it's got anything to do with the ice itself.. They just don't want to freeze their nads off :P
Sounds very much like the Medical Mood Ring.
myfavouriteboss@myfavouritecompany.com is what I tend to do ;)
With click-happy guys like this feller on the Internet, nothing surprises me anymore.. Need is no longer a necessity ;P
I only get five type of spam, viagra/penile length/prescriptions, mortgage/loans/creditcards, 419/earn $25000 daily, porn/dating service, virii/trojans/scams - banking etc.
I'm not including tricky spam like Real etc. where you actually give them your email address involuntarily..
Is this why I keep seeing a million "Please buys animated smileys from us" popups all over the place? :S
This just sounds like "propietary/custom" written software rather than "situation" software, albeit combined with a certain degree of marketability predetermined during design, which is usually not the case.
It also outlines something similar to the "Google vs. Yahoo" design debate, where Google has gone with the "The user has come here to search, so lets let him search the fastest and the quickest", while Yahoo has gone with "Search is just one of our products - lets give the user a ton of options and draw him to use Yahoo! for all his needs.."
Basically, situation software just sounds like a repititious new-fangled jargon to me..
It would be more interesting if googlecache cached your emails ;) Wives checking husbands checking mistresses...
fun fun fun
Only if this hardware is running his software... :S But I dare say that he's close to the truth though.. While open source will be the norm, I can't see large scale releases of free software still around in about 10 years time.. Some action is bound to be taken on it due to the intense lobbying that is taking place as we speak to do just that..
Sounds like an arsonists' boot camp :S
I find it rather pathetic when everybody jumps at everything that might offer some sort of alternative to a M$ product/format. Esp. when it is Apple. I daresay that had M$ not been as successful as they are today, it would be Apple getting it in the arse everytime they incline themselves at angles greater than 5 degrees. I'm no M$ flag-carrier, but I find it annoying when people dislike Microsoft, but support another company full of equally insitutional techno-babble :S
Apple make way too expensive computers that usually are more hype than anything else.. Their software is very expensive, ugly and buggy.. They too take their customers for a ride, and can be just as obnoxious a company as their lost brethren over at M$..
There's no need for yet another propietary (?) format in the market (esp. one associated with Quicktime :S), and those who invest in it for the sole reason that it is not a M$ product need to be tarred and feathered .. :S People should plainly not support anything even remotely associated with DRM - boycott 'em all, just the same way as everyone should boycott anything vaguely associated with biometrics..
Where are open standards when you need them? </rant>I'd say that the boom is not at all over, but is still progressing... The basic idea is that the personal computer is just getting smaller and more personal every year. iPods, cellphones, digital cameras and PDAs will all be amalgamated into something like a smartphone (which is well on it's way in this respect). Re: Consoles.. I think that the basic selling point of consoles is that
a) You don't need to buy a PC
b) It offers cheap multiplayer gaming without need for internet access (which is also possible now).
But I don't believe that console games offer any better an experience than a PC game. As broadband takes over, PC's become cheaper, and it gets to the stage that every person needs to have one, the two reasons stated above will also be nullified.
Regardless, I don't think that the PC gaming industry is withering at all. In fact, with untapped (commercially) markets in countries such as India and China (which are PC-rich), I'd say the PC gaming boom is yet to take place..
Security/privacy concerns aside, I personally believe that RFID is another in a series of technologies that I term as "Frenetic and lazy tech". While I'm sure that there are many wonderful and groundbreaking practical uses (for e.g. in medicine etc.), once these technologies find their way into our daily lives, it's just going to be one more way for all of us to cut down on social interaction, exercise, etc. etc.
With everybody in this generation expecting everything to be done "now, right now and right from where my arse is parked", RFID's aren't exactly going to help. Already, the current generation isn't one known for it's patience. I shudder to think what people in 30-40 years time are going to be like.
As an aside, it would be interesting to see what positions (of employment) have pretty much completely disappeared in the last 40 years. Switchboard operators, "shoe-shiners" etc. and now it seems supermarket checkout staff as well..
This sounds like something concocted at theonion.com
Will do mate.. :)
Cheers
Well if you had a choice between buying the re-release and the original, which would you buy? :S
:)
Regardless, this re-release is for the big screen and not a DVD issue.
I believe that re-releases cater to fans of the movie and also to introduce the movie to a newer and fresher age group.
I'm yet to see any of the monty python movies, so personally I'm looking forward to it
Sounds eeriely like a movie script minus Erin Brockovich..
They are both similar formats. But SVG is a nightmare compared to Flash, if you are a developer. Comparing an SVG document to swf source code is like comparing Word generated XML to notepad XML :S
I believe that SVG doesn't have sound support as yet.
How about letting the recipients of your emails know that they have subscribed to this. If need be put this line right at the top of hte email.. Alternatively add this to the subject.. something along the lines of :
[{companyname} subscribed newsletter]
Try to make it obvious for them, and similarly for the AOL "minder" who checks them.
Unplug monitor and speakers; Stick a NIC in it, and use PC as your mp3/pr0n server or anything else you'd care to do. If you have to start these adverts yourself, write a script for it... In fact your don't need the keyboard or mouse either... Free monitor anyone? This is all assuming that there is some inherent system that disallows formatting, yada yada yada..