A whitelist approach can work, even for legit users not yet on your whitelist. They send you an email. Your server holds the mail and autoresponds, asking them to verify that they are a human -- using one of those little letters-on-a-blurry-background deals. That done, they are added to your whitelist and their original email goes through.
It's not profitable for spammers to sit around human-verifying 1,000,000 emails.
"Michael Moore appropriated the title... his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11"
Michael Moore does not produce documentaries. His works are the equivalent of a newspaper editorial -- they are works of biased opinion. Which is fine, as long as he advertises them as such. I could make a film about how great the Nazis were and what a great leader Hitler was, but should I call it a documentary? No. That's propaganda, as are Moore's "documentaries".
1 million gross, of course. Standard retail markup is 35%, so that's "only" $350,000 net. Then subtract overhead (power bill, wages, etc). So the profit is still a hefty chunk 'o' change but not quite as spectacular as $1M.
If you toss a $10 bill by itself, it doesn't go very far. The object is to not get too close to the (potential) mugger. Hopefully you can make good your escape while he's bending over to pick up your sacrificial cash.
Cool idea. One might combine it with Massad Ayoob's technique. "...he always carries a $10 bill wrapped around a matchbook, and tosses that to the mugger first."
...oh, and sorry if the above link offends anyone. It was the only reference to Ayoob and his matchbook that I could find online.
But it is devalued. Pretend there are one hundred people, one hundred dollars, and one hundred bananas in the world. If I counterfeit a dollar, then buy two bananas... somebody's going to go hungry.
I think the US government causes similiar problems when Greenspan and his pals ("the Fed") muck about with the economy by printing unbacked money. Coincidentally, a recent/. story covered some of these effects.
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"The best one can hope for is a 4gb compactflash, which is unacceptable."
WTF?! That's only what... 36 hours worth? I saw to you, wah.
Also, in many states it is not a crime to carry on-campus against university rules. You can be charged with criminal trespass only if you refuse to leave school property if you are found out. Check your states laws though, because in some states doing so can land you in the pokey.
Yes. If I was the admin at a large corporation such as HP, I might have password resets sent to the user's voicemail. And if the user didn't have a voicemail box or forgot their voicemail password, I would probably send it to the email or voicemail of their supervisor.
I didn't render my opinion on whether or not it did anything or improved the quality of life. I don't know enough about it to make that call; hence my post was worded precisely as it is.:)
Could be worse. My father bought an infrared cordless Logitech back in the 386 days. That thing would last maybe an hour, and you had to keep the IR windows perfectly lined up or you lost control... which was any time I moved to the left or right edge of the screen. I hated that mouse with a passion and to this day I don't know how he put up with it.
You know, being able to right-click a link and have an option to view the cached version of the target would be an awesome feature to add to the Google Toolbar.
The problem is the the Slashdotted servers have more traffic than *anticipated*. If your traffic normally only peaks as 256Kbps and your load average is.3, why would you spend the extra money on a full T1 and a faster CPU?
"If a notifier is requesting the status more often then it's allowed, then ban the ip for x minutes."
Except a business using NAT or a proxy will quickly have its IP banned because they have more than one employee using Gmail, thus driving up the polls-per-IP rate. Best to ban on a per-username basis. I think that would be quite effective.
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A whitelist approach can work, even for legit users not yet on your whitelist. They send you an email. Your server holds the mail and autoresponds, asking them to verify that they are a human -- using one of those little letters-on-a-blurry-background deals. That done, they are added to your whitelist and their original email goes through.
It's not profitable for spammers to sit around human-verifying 1,000,000 emails.
So, what kind of stick will Duke Nukem come on?
Troll? I'm not bashing Moore. I'm saying "documentaries" should be unbiased. Moores films are biased. If you think they're not, please do some research on the subject before judging me a Troll. Here are some links for you, Google hs more: http://slate.msn.com/id/2102723/ http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html
"Michael Moore appropriated the title ... his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11"
Michael Moore does not produce documentaries. His works are the equivalent of a newspaper editorial -- they are works of biased opinion. Which is fine, as long as he advertises them as such. I could make a film about how great the Nazis were and what a great leader Hitler was, but should I call it a documentary? No. That's propaganda, as are Moore's "documentaries".
1 million gross, of course. Standard retail markup is 35%, so that's "only" $350,000 net. Then subtract overhead (power bill, wages, etc). So the profit is still a hefty chunk 'o' change but not quite as spectacular as $1M.
If you toss a $10 bill by itself, it doesn't go very far. The object is to not get too close to the (potential) mugger. Hopefully you can make good your escape while he's bending over to pick up your sacrificial cash.
The point of 'backing' is to limit the supply of money. Gold is limited. Unbacked money would be fine if they quit varying the supply of it so much.
You forgot the catchy tune. And the ????? step. In Japan.
Oh, I don't know. I'm just whining about problems I have no idea how to solve. ;) However, this looks interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_economics.
"All US currency (and the same in most countries) is unbacked"
:)
Precicely my point. They shouldn't be able to create wealth out of thin air.
"The whole reason they 'mess' with it is so they can regulate the economy.. which is supposed to be a good thing."
I know. But it may cause as many problems as it solves.
Cool idea. One might combine it with Massad Ayoob's technique. "...he always carries a $10 bill wrapped around a matchbook, and tosses that to the mugger first."
...oh, and sorry if the above link offends anyone. It was the only reference to Ayoob and his matchbook that I could find online.
"Nobody else is deprived of their money"
/. story covered some of these effects.
But it is devalued. Pretend there are one hundred people, one hundred dollars, and one hundred bananas in the world. If I counterfeit a dollar, then buy two bananas... somebody's going to go hungry.
I think the US government causes similiar problems when Greenspan and his pals ("the Fed") muck about with the economy by printing unbacked money. Coincidentally, a recent
"The best one can hope for is a 4gb compactflash, which is unacceptable."
WTF?! That's only what... 36 hours worth? I saw to you, wah.
"It comes in PINTS?! - ROTK"
How embarrasing. Your sig quote is from FOTR, not ROTK. Oops!
Have you forgotten how Ford Prefect modified his towel? Safety pin your key to one corner!
With the new law, Utah State no longer has any say the matter. So, there's at least one!
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Also, in many states it is not a crime to carry on-campus against university rules. You can be charged with criminal trespass only if you refuse to leave school property if you are found out. Check your states laws though, because in some states doing so can land you in the pokey.
Aye, spent too long mucking out the bilges, did ye?
Yes. If I was the admin at a large corporation such as HP, I might have password resets sent to the user's voicemail. And if the user didn't have a voicemail box or forgot their voicemail password, I would probably send it to the email or voicemail of their supervisor.
"It doesn't work, it doesn't even help."
:)
I didn't render my opinion on whether or not it did anything or improved the quality of life. I don't know enough about it to make that call; hence my post was worded precisely as it is.
Many cities add it to the water supply on the theory that it prevents cavities in teeth.
This subject has been visited on Slashdot before.
I just right-clicked a link and whaddya know, the IE version does too! How embarrasing.
Could be worse. My father bought an infrared cordless Logitech back in the 386 days. That thing would last maybe an hour, and you had to keep the IR windows perfectly lined up or you lost control... which was any time I moved to the left or right edge of the screen. I hated that mouse with a passion and to this day I don't know how he put up with it.
You know, being able to right-click a link and have an option to view the cached version of the target would be an awesome feature to add to the Google Toolbar.
A FEW more users?! You must be new here. ;)
.3, why would you spend the extra money on a full T1 and a faster CPU?
The problem is the the Slashdotted servers have more traffic than *anticipated*. If your traffic normally only peaks as 256Kbps and your load average is
"If a notifier is requesting the status more often then it's allowed, then ban the ip for x minutes."
Except a business using NAT or a proxy will quickly have its IP banned because they have more than one employee using Gmail, thus driving up the polls-per-IP rate. Best to ban on a per-username basis. I think that would be quite effective.