No. All of the IE engineers should have a twelve-year-old kid use their computer at night while they're out of the office. Maybe after uninstalling a few thousand pieces of spyware they'll reconsider some of their basic design choices.
Which ones? Those where the 12 year old kid downloads a non-Microsoft application such as Kazaa, or Imesh, and fills the PC with spyware?
Interesting point... So, by your reasoning, anything a person says or writes is biased, unless they point out all and every single arguement for and against whatever it is?
That would actually true - the statement in question is the poster's opinion, but it is actually biased. During my time at highschool studying English, we regularly had debates where the students would prepare a speech on a controversial topic - ie, abortion/open source/etc - and we would have to put forward points both for and against the subject in matter, and our own opinions also, before debating with the rest of the class.
So it is an opinion of the poster in question to say that he feels safer with Firefox, but of course, there are arguments for and against.
I saw Napster stuff on the shelves in there a couple days ago...made no sense to me then, and even less now. It was good, now its gone, let the brand die for gods sake.
You've obviously never tried the new style Napster.
(2 ) the victim faces a special danger not applicable to the public at large.
In other words, they're here to protect should a victim face a danger which doesn't apply to the public at large. Why would you need protection if not under danger?
He comes back with "darkmagik##########", where "#" is a long, meaningless (to me) string of numbers. I tell him there's no way I'm putting crap like that on my server. I also let him know that darkmagik.com is available, and he could be anything@darkmagik.com.
This isn't necessarily human ignorance - my email/user name for most email accounts is usually followed by a string of numbers which are meaningful to me - even on websites when I could choose something simple like "Tim", more often than not it will be "timmyf2371" as the numbers to the end are "mine".
As with any operating system, you should always ensure that it's as secure as it can be before connecting it onto any network, including the Internet. You obviously haven't done so here, since by enabling the built-in firewall in XP before connecting your ethernet cable/going online you would not have received any effects like this due to the blaster worm.
See what you mean, though tbh I've only found dictionary attacks a problem with large ISPs or email providers - my domain is simply my own name and very much doubt a dictionary attack would be done solely to get me. It is, however, a very interesting improvement to this which I will most likely start to use in future.
Whenever I register for any online site or service, I use a custom email address. I have my own domain name which I have unlimited aliases for - they all go into the same POP3 mailbox, but based on the address I can detect and block any site which spams/gives my email address out.
ie, my amazon account is registered to amazon@domain.co.uk and my slashdot account is registered to slashdot@domain.co.uk
Anyone who decides to spam me or give out or sell my email address will be found.
Simple - if you want to read someone's content you abide by their rules.
There is no reason they need my name to send me their news and ads
Weird. Despite having been registered with the NYTimes for 2 years now, I've never received any communications from them be it news/spam/anything else nor has the email address I provided them been given to anyone.
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On the other hand, serving ones own web page from a residential broadband connection is usually against the user policy of the ISP, hence making it not legal to do so.
Yeah, and since these artists are legal and financial experts, or already have enough money to hire a reputable attorney and financial manager, it's all their fault that they get taken by record companies, isn't it?
I totally agree with your statement. When signing a legally binding document such as a contract, you agree to be bound by its terms and conditions.
Whether someone is white/black/green/yellow and whether they have an IQ of 1 or 1,000 - legally binding means legally binding.
What is the modern world going to be like in a few more years when this stuff is omnipresent?
You should watch Minority Report for a few examples of how this technology could be implemented.
Thinking about the whole personalised advertisements, it's something I doubt I'd be keen on. It's a little like the personalised emails companies send out to customers now based upon previous shopping habbits, and I always make sure they are sent to/dev/null.
One scenario I don't want is to be listening to music when the RFID tag reader from a local "Advertisement Distribution Point" connects to a tag on my Minidisc player pausing my track for 30 seconds while I hear an advert for a certain store.
In the UK we pay 10p per text, however on some networks this seems to be creeping up to 12p per message.
We have all number of text bundles, the first of which was O2's unlimited offering which then changed to a limited offering. These days, the text bundles mean you pay for a certain number of texts, ie 5 for 100, or pay per message sent.
What to consider in terms of cost, at least in the UK, is the networks charge 3p to other networks to receive text messages.
Obviously, I can't speak for the OP. I can, however give you my experience in how I achieve this.
I have separate partitions which when changing distro, or reinstalling, I can simply mount as/,/usr,/home, etc. It's basically the equivalent of having a C: and a D: drive in Windows using partitions.
I was under the impression most warrantys/returns policies had a section which states that the warranty is invalidated should the actual case be opened.
Well, besides iTunes and eMusic, all the other services have been stupid enough to go with really lame DRM formats that are a pain in the ass. If those others are dumb enough to do that, why wouldn't MS? Fortunately, going that route would designate them to the same 2nd-tier status that Apple's competitors exist in.
Try Napster. Just like iTunes, it uses DRM. However, if you choose to purchase a track you can burn it and then re-encode it, just like you can with iTunes tracks.
I got my mother to start using FireFox due to the IE skin.
She was dead against using a different browser, even with the amount of time I tried to spend convincing her of the benefits. So I installed the IE skin for her, set it as a default browser and let her learn the joys of tabbed browsing and no pop-ups.
Google are being completely up front in the service they offer and it's all down in black and white rather than in a hidden licence agreement.
Why is it up to the Government to decide for the customer when the customer can make an informed decision on whether to use GMail, or whether to use one of the many alternate e-mail providors around.
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Mozilla and Internet Explorer cost exactly the same price, ie free, therefore Mozilla etc are not competitors, right?
Which ones? Those where the 12 year old kid downloads a non-Microsoft application such as Kazaa, or Imesh, and fills the PC with spyware?
Presumably it also affects the Netscape browser assuming Netscape is based on Mozilla, and Mozilla is a version 7 browser, IIRC?
That would actually true - the statement in question is the poster's opinion, but it is actually biased. During my time at highschool studying English, we regularly had debates where the students would prepare a speech on a controversial topic - ie, abortion/open source/etc - and we would have to put forward points both for and against the subject in matter, and our own opinions also, before debating with the rest of the class.
So it is an opinion of the poster in question to say that he feels safer with Firefox, but of course, there are arguments for and against.
No, the person who stole the pizza is retarded. He/she knew the law and the consequences.
You've obviously never tried the new style Napster.
In other words, they're here to protect should a victim face a danger which doesn't apply to the public at large. Why would you need protection if not under danger?
This isn't necessarily human ignorance - my email/user name for most email accounts is usually followed by a string of numbers which are meaningful to me - even on websites when I could choose something simple like "Tim", more often than not it will be "timmyf2371" as the numbers to the end are "mine".
As with any operating system, you should always ensure that it's as secure as it can be before connecting it onto any network, including the Internet. You obviously haven't done so here, since by enabling the built-in firewall in XP before connecting your ethernet cable/going online you would not have received any effects like this due to the blaster worm.
Umm, wow. Why hasn't this been mentioned before? It's like a teenager's wet dream!!
See what you mean, though tbh I've only found dictionary attacks a problem with large ISPs or email providers - my domain is simply my own name and very much doubt a dictionary attack would be done solely to get me. It is, however, a very interesting improvement to this which I will most likely start to use in future.
ie, my amazon account is registered to amazon@domain.co.uk and my slashdot account is registered to slashdot@domain.co.uk
Anyone who decides to spam me or give out or sell my email address will be found.
There is no reason they need my name to send me their news and ads
Weird. Despite having been registered with the NYTimes for 2 years now, I've never received any communications from them be it news/spam/anything else nor has the email address I provided them been given to anyone.
On the other hand, serving ones own web page from a residential broadband connection is usually against the user policy of the ISP, hence making it not legal to do so.
I totally agree with your statement. When signing a legally binding document such as a contract, you agree to be bound by its terms and conditions.
Whether someone is white/black/green/yellow and whether they have an IQ of 1 or 1,000 - legally binding means legally binding.
You should watch Minority Report for a few examples of how this technology could be implemented.
Thinking about the whole personalised advertisements, it's something I doubt I'd be keen on. It's a little like the personalised emails companies send out to customers now based upon previous shopping habbits, and I always make sure they are sent to /dev/null.
One scenario I don't want is to be listening to music when the RFID tag reader from a local "Advertisement Distribution Point" connects to a tag on my Minidisc player pausing my track for 30 seconds while I hear an advert for a certain store.
We have all number of text bundles, the first of which was O2's unlimited offering which then changed to a limited offering. These days, the text bundles mean you pay for a certain number of texts, ie 5 for 100, or pay per message sent.
What to consider in terms of cost, at least in the UK, is the networks charge 3p to other networks to receive text messages.
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I have separate partitions which when changing distro, or reinstalling, I can simply mount as /,/usr,/home, etc. It's basically the equivalent of having a C: and a D: drive in Windows using partitions.
I was under the impression most warrantys/returns policies had a section which states that the warranty is invalidated should the actual case be opened.
Try Napster. Just like iTunes, it uses DRM. However, if you choose to purchase a track you can burn it and then re-encode it, just like you can with iTunes tracks.
She was dead against using a different browser, even with the amount of time I tried to spend convincing her of the benefits. So I installed the IE skin for her, set it as a default browser and let her learn the joys of tabbed browsing and no pop-ups.
Google are being completely up front in the service they offer and it's all down in black and white rather than in a hidden licence agreement.
Why is it up to the Government to decide for the customer when the customer can make an informed decision on whether to use GMail, or whether to use one of the many alternate e-mail providors around.
I'm a diehard FireFox user and always use it where possible.
I am, however, in work for 8 hours a day where IE is the only browser we can use - and it's the same in a lot of offices.
Sergio Bersculoni, the Italian Prime Minister owns the papers.