I have received a total of 3 pieces of junk mail in the 5 years I've held the domains. Oddly one for for a corprate credit card. I have a separate email acount for the domains and it gets almost no spam.
I am curious--where are you located? Although the email address for my domain has been spammed out of existence, my other information (address, phone, etc) is correct. I don't get junk mail, however, my address and phone number are located in Japan. I would expect that domains in the US (notorious for snail-mail spam) would get a lot more junk mail.
Sigh. It always saddens me when great ideas and concepts are clouded by irresponsible speech. I think such a course would be a great benefit to students in Kansas. However, when someone (and professor of all people!) utters such uselessly degrading and unprofitable remarks, he destroys his own credibility. How many debates have decended into childish name-calling so that no-one is listening to anything that is being said? How many people, defending a just cause (such as environmentalism) have failed to pick their battles and have rabidly pursued a course to such an extreme as to alienate otherwise sympathetic folk?
C'mon, if you have something valuable to say or important to do, then say it or do it with prudence and wisdom at least!
I'm sure Amazon & their team of lawyers has covered their backs. Shouldn't he be suing the people who posted the comments? But then he couldn't milk a mulit-million dollar cash cow then, could he?
...is a derivative of the Linux/Slapper worm which also exists for BSD, just to be crossplatform.
Can someone help me out here? Isn't BSD supposed to be secure by default? And only when you know what you are doing are you able to loosen restrictions? So if, as the parent so kindly pointed out:
IF you run a specific kernel version with some special module
AND you run one of a couple specific versions of one package not installed by default
AND you have a very "generic" config on that package
AND you have some plugins enabled, but not configured for security
AND you are on a world routable IP address
AND you have some specific vulnerable scripts,
THEN you might need to take a look at if you are at risk.
How the HECK does this virus spread on BSD machines???!!!!!
The ability to do these things is probably the strength of China. Because the economy is run by the government, it has the ability to pursue these large-scale and exciting projects such as sending a man to the moon or creating ecological cities.
Every country has its strengths and weaknesses. I actually think these "ecological cities" are a fantastic idea, and I am very happy that someone is modelling them for future modification/reference. On the other hand, China has its own weaknesses (poverty of so many & massive industrial pollution to name two big ones), but I don't think these weaknesses should detract from what is fundamentally a great potential achievement.
Perhaps there are some history lessons you have missed. In the US we have in times of war temporarily restricted liberty.... I suspect that the hysteria and political differences are due to the US believing it is in a major war (War on Terror, not Irag)...
I think you made a good point about the US restricting rights during times of war and then reinstituting them. The problem now is that the nature of the "war" is different. It is not clearly defined, with an easily defined end-point. Rather, the nature of the "War on Terror" is quite vague, and as such can simply go on indefinitely. That means that any reactive or restrictive laws that are passed at the moment are likely to remain in place indefinitely. (Not to mention that law-enforcement loves new laws such as the Patriot Act because it allows them greater ease and less oversight with their regular cases as well.)
Yes its true that they had large wingspans. But I don't know if a comparison to a Spitfire is quite accurate. I mean, are we sure that pterasaurs were actually able to fly or did they just have advanced gliding abilities? In that case it would be more comparable to an ultralight, or a very large handglider.;-)
Basically, the real question is what is the purpose of a passport. If it is to track every individual, then this new measure is good. If it is merely a pass to travel, then these new measures definity step on civil liberties. I think the purpose behind things often gets confused, especially when such emotive issues such as safety are involved.
Well, that is exactly the point. Once Google loses a significant amount of market share, their innovation will most likely cease or slow down incredibly.
Honestly, Google isn't that great. It may be the best right now, but even two years without significant improvements, and it will not be worth using. I used to use Infoseek all the time, for example, but trying to use it now just makes it too difficult to locate what I am looking for.
Google is not perfect, but assuming their current algorithm will last forever is ridiculous. Indeed, I think that what makes Google great is that they keep changing it to make their search engine better.
Probably what webmasters will do if they want to restrict caches and robots, but if they want to allow browsing across the planets, is simply but a line or so in their robots.txt to do this.
However, then there is a problem with banks and other secure sites. I don't know. It looks like the whole structure/protocol will have to be recreated from scratch.
Does anyone have any ideas how one could use secure/dynamic content without an immense lag, or caching problems? Creating a special "secure cache" might be one possibility.
However, my guess is that sites which want security, etc, will simply host a mirror themselves on the various planets.
Actually, I've found that that having everything begin with "K" or "G" has really helped me as a new linux user. It helps me determine which programs function better under the KDE or the Gnome GUIs.
One problem is that it sets a precedent where ISPs are *expected* to simply hand over the information they have. It is not a big step for law enforcement officials to use corporations for easy information access, ostensibly for some noteworthy purpose such as "terrorist suspects" or what have you, but more usually for other matters.
Civil liberties are usually eroded by justifiable actions in a specific time or circumstance, and them broadening their usage until they become "normal."
I'm quite confident radioactive dating is very accurate in lab contitions. The amount of trace elements can be accurately determined, and based on the half-life, an age can be fairly accurately estimated.
However, how accurate are field conditions? Minerals move and change over such a large period of time, so how does one know when one has a representative ratio of (say) tungsten-182 and hafnium-182? A you pointed out, it was the sampling techniques that were flawed in the original estimate. How does one show that the techniques used in this sample (and others) are accurate?
Hmm. It does raise questions about the accuracy of radioactive dating. Does anyone know what methods are in place to prove the accuracy of such radioactive dating techniques?
Talk to your employer. This (simple) solution is often overlooked. It is obvious that the whole counter offer thing is bothering you. So talk to your employer and say that you really enjoy working where you are, and would love to take the counter offer, but that you are concerned about being laid off.
Try have a frank conversation, and ask if he sees it as a long term solution. Maybe if you talk to him about it, you can come up with a situation where you get a decent salary, and they view you as a loyal employee.
Just my 2 cents.
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Sigh. It always saddens me when great ideas and concepts are clouded by irresponsible speech. I think such a course would be a great benefit to students in Kansas. However, when someone (and professor of all people!) utters such uselessly degrading and unprofitable remarks, he destroys his own credibility. How many debates have decended into childish name-calling so that no-one is listening to anything that is being said? How many people, defending a just cause (such as environmentalism) have failed to pick their battles and have rabidly pursued a course to such an extreme as to alienate otherwise sympathetic folk?
C'mon, if you have something valuable to say or important to do, then say it or do it with prudence and wisdom at least!
I'm sure Amazon & their team of lawyers has covered their backs. Shouldn't he be suing the people who posted the comments? But then he couldn't milk a mulit-million dollar cash cow then, could he?
The ability to do these things is probably the strength of China. Because the economy is run by the government, it has the ability to pursue these large-scale and exciting projects such as sending a man to the moon or creating ecological cities.
Every country has its strengths and weaknesses. I actually think these "ecological cities" are a fantastic idea, and I am very happy that someone is modelling them for future modification/reference. On the other hand, China has its own weaknesses (poverty of so many & massive industrial pollution to name two big ones), but I don't think these weaknesses should detract from what is fundamentally a great potential achievement.
Yes its true that they had large wingspans. But I don't know if a comparison to a Spitfire is quite accurate. I mean, are we sure that pterasaurs were actually able to fly or did they just have advanced gliding abilities? In that case it would be more comparable to an ultralight, or a very large handglider. ;-)
Basically, the real question is what is the purpose of a passport. If it is to track every individual, then this new measure is good. If it is merely a pass to travel, then these new measures definity step on civil liberties. I think the purpose behind things often gets confused, especially when such emotive issues such as safety are involved.
Well, that is exactly the point. Once Google loses a significant amount of market share, their innovation will most likely cease or slow down incredibly.
Honestly, Google isn't that great. It may be the best right now, but even two years without significant improvements, and it will not be worth using. I used to use Infoseek all the time, for example, but trying to use it now just makes it too difficult to locate what I am looking for. Google is not perfect, but assuming their current algorithm will last forever is ridiculous. Indeed, I think that what makes Google great is that they keep changing it to make their search engine better.
A simple solution is to check a robots.txt file or similar. If there is none, it should be legal to grab prices online.
However, if through such a file, someone disallows price leeching, then people should respect that and be liable if they ignore those instructions.
Hmmm... This got me thinking.
Probably what webmasters will do if they want to restrict caches and robots, but if they want to allow browsing across the planets, is simply but a line or so in their robots.txt to do this. However, then there is a problem with banks and other secure sites. I don't know. It looks like the whole structure/protocol will have to be recreated from scratch.
Does anyone have any ideas how one could use secure/dynamic content without an immense lag, or caching problems? Creating a special "secure cache" might be one possibility.
However, my guess is that sites which want security, etc, will simply host a mirror themselves on the various planets.
Just a couple of musings..
Actually, I've found that that having everything begin with "K" or "G" has really helped me as a new linux user. It helps me determine which programs function better under the KDE or the Gnome GUIs.
One question is whether the $20,000 for the stamp is merely an additional cost, or if it includes the cost of transporting a kilogram or so of cargo.
It looks like a good method for space-based experiments, at least until a cost-effective private alternative is created.
One problem is that it sets a precedent where ISPs are *expected* to simply hand over the information they have. It is not a big step for law enforcement officials to use corporations for easy information access, ostensibly for some noteworthy purpose such as "terrorist suspects" or what have you, but more usually for other matters.
Civil liberties are usually eroded by justifiable actions in a specific time or circumstance, and them broadening their usage until they become "normal."
The Japanese do use the yyyy-mm-dd system.
I suppose I wasn't clear in my earlier post.
I'm quite confident radioactive dating is very accurate in lab contitions. The amount of trace elements can be accurately determined, and based on the half-life, an age can be fairly accurately estimated.
However, how accurate are field conditions? Minerals move and change over such a large period of time, so how does one know when one has a representative ratio of (say) tungsten-182 and hafnium-182? A you pointed out, it was the sampling techniques that were flawed in the original estimate. How does one show that the techniques used in this sample (and others) are accurate?
Hmm. It does raise questions about the accuracy of radioactive dating. Does anyone know what methods are in place to prove the accuracy of such radioactive dating techniques?
Talk to your employer. This (simple) solution is often overlooked. It is obvious that the whole counter offer thing is bothering you. So talk to your employer and say that you really enjoy working where you are, and would love to take the counter offer, but that you are concerned about being laid off. Try have a frank conversation, and ask if he sees it as a long term solution. Maybe if you talk to him about it, you can come up with a situation where you get a decent salary, and they view you as a loyal employee.
Just my 2 cents.