Perhaps the spammer, should send their emails though AudioGalaxy to be sure that the addresses are still optin.
Exactly. I used to have a job operating a fax spamming system, and we had a "blocked" database that we would run each and every batch against before it was queued. Occassionally, our queue would get up to 2 days long, so that was the greatest lag time for opt-outs.
Also, that lag time was only because our home grown system didn't have the ability to manipulate the queue. We later purchased a system that did, and that system also had an email spam ability. The point: AudioGalaxy _could_ remove opt-outs immediately if they wanted to.
... good software with bad documentation will probably fail to achieve widespread adoption. There are exceptions, OpenLDAP for example (I wish somebody would point me to some comprehensive, well written documentation for this) is an exception, merely because of the demand for the protocol that it implements.
Nothing is more frustrating than trying to configure a service that has crappy docs, and most causal/R&D users will move on once their BP gets high enough. Sure, if your job depends on it you'll figure it out, but that's not exactly the foundation for a glowing recommendation.
I don't neccessarily need a man page, in fact, man pages are one of my last resorts. My ideal would be an XML doc that could be converted to whatever format I choose, but even a text file and some meaningful config.example files.... it really doesn't matter the format. It's the quality of the information that's key.
Speaking of old IBM keyboards... I saw an ancient IBM terminal at a company I used to work for several years ago that had a big, at least 4" high, keyboard attached to it. When you struck a key, a solenoid inside the keyboard was activated, which moved a fairly heavy hunk of metal that was attached to it. This produced a sensation similar to that of the "golf ball" of a Selectric typewriter striking the paper.
The only hypothesis that I could come up with as to why this keyboard was made this way, is that at the time (remember, eletronic terminals were very new) IBM may have feared that the relative lack of tactile feedback would turn people off, so they engineered it back into the device.
Sometimes, when my own garbage cans are full, I put my overflow in the neighbor's can. They do the same thing. Taints the "chain of possesion" doesn't it?
Also, my trash is kept behind a locked gate until the night before collection. My dog will bark insanely if an unauthorized leaf lands on my property, so the only way anyone could pilfer my trash without alerting me would be to do it just before the garbage truck arrives (while it's approaching noise masks any sounds made by a scavenger).
Yep yep... wise words. But yea, witness the outcry from the spammers. Marvel at the massive quantities of currency that changes hands from the spammers to the powers that be, in efforts to oppose new "unneccessary" standards.
Only hope that I can see for this is to just do it. Hey, maybe the "pioneers" have to use both old and new protocols for a while until the masses see the light. Not such an inconvenince is it? Who among us doesn't already have more than one email account anyway?
U.S. Postal spam pisses me off more than email by far. In addition to "standard" envelope wrapped junk mail, I get on average two to five mail order catalogs EVERY DAY. This is almost assuredly a side effect of eBay and other online orders that originate from my home address.
I would love to be able to filter U.S. Postal mail by sender and/or class. An uphill battle I'm sure. I think that past efforts to stop mass junk mailings were unsuccessful; something about it being illegal or unconstitutional to prevent senders from using the mail for legal purposes came to play.
But what if the issue were approached from the point that a recipient has the right to refuse mail? Refusal does not neccessarily have to take place at the door step. Current technology can easily be applied to preventing unwanted mail from ever leaving the post office. Any method currently used to block/filter/reject email spam can be applied to snail mail. Maybe its time for a grassroots movement along these lines?
Not only is less junk mail less annoying, but think about the potential decrease in paper waste. Yeah, recycling is probably what junk mail advocates would offer as a solution to waste issues, but not all cities on Earth recycle, and in the ones that do there is a cost to run such programs. Less junk mail could mean less paper production, lower recycling cost, and less pollution (fewer trucks needed to haul mail). And it would brighten USPS balance sheets - fewer low profit, large, bulky items to deliver.
Yep, adhering to those two bullets has kept my email account nearly 100% spam free. Come to think of it, the only spam I ever got at that account was a result of a FOAF who carelessly (i.e. didn't read the privacy policy) included me in an E-vite.
Word... Another corollary IMO is "A favor will not automatically be granted." How many times have you had someone ask "Can you do me a favor?" and they get pissy if the answer was "no"? Or try to guilt you into granting it? How many times have you felt guilty about saying no to a favor?
Favors are granted out of generosity. Anyone who can't accept that concept should be condemned to having some tangy hairs from my ass-crack stuck between their molars for eternity. Bah!
This is EXACTLY the goal we're trying to reach. We need to limit the rate of data streams so that the 10 or so users with fat pipes don't make it hard for the thousands of average users to get the content which they paid for.
The issue is not about our customer's bandwidth consumption and how much they can/can't use. It's about being able to provide services to all of their users without experiencing slowdowns because of the occasional hog.
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Exactly. I used to have a job operating a fax spamming system, and we had a "blocked" database that we would run each and every batch against before it was queued. Occassionally, our queue would get up to 2 days long, so that was the greatest lag time for opt-outs.
Also, that lag time was only because our home grown system didn't have the ability to manipulate the queue. We later purchased a system that did, and that system also had an email spam ability. The point: AudioGalaxy _could_ remove opt-outs immediately if they wanted to.
Nothing is more frustrating than trying to configure a service that has crappy docs, and most causal/R&D users will move on once their BP gets high enough. Sure, if your job depends on it you'll figure it out, but that's not exactly the foundation for a glowing recommendation.
I don't neccessarily need a man page, in fact, man pages are one of my last resorts. My ideal would be an XML doc that could be converted to whatever format I choose, but even a text file and some meaningful config.example files.... it really doesn't matter the format. It's the quality of the information that's key.
The only hypothesis that I could come up with as to why this keyboard was made this way, is that at the time (remember, eletronic terminals were very new) IBM may have feared that the relative lack of tactile feedback would turn people off, so they engineered it back into the device.
Sometimes, when my own garbage cans are full, I put my overflow in the neighbor's can. They do the same thing. Taints the "chain of possesion" doesn't it? Also, my trash is kept behind a locked gate until the night before collection. My dog will bark insanely if an unauthorized leaf lands on my property, so the only way anyone could pilfer my trash without alerting me would be to do it just before the garbage truck arrives (while it's approaching noise masks any sounds made by a scavenger).
Only hope that I can see for this is to just do it. Hey, maybe the "pioneers" have to use both old and new protocols for a while until the masses see the light. Not such an inconvenince is it? Who among us doesn't already have more than one email account anyway?
I would love to be able to filter U.S. Postal mail by sender and/or class. An uphill battle I'm sure. I think that past efforts to stop mass junk mailings were unsuccessful; something about it being illegal or unconstitutional to prevent senders from using the mail for legal purposes came to play.
But what if the issue were approached from the point that a recipient has the right to refuse mail? Refusal does not neccessarily have to take place at the door step. Current technology can easily be applied to preventing unwanted mail from ever leaving the post office. Any method currently used to block/filter/reject email spam can be applied to snail mail. Maybe its time for a grassroots movement along these lines?
Not only is less junk mail less annoying, but think about the potential decrease in paper waste. Yeah, recycling is probably what junk mail advocates would offer as a solution to waste issues, but not all cities on Earth recycle, and in the ones that do there is a cost to run such programs. Less junk mail could mean less paper production, lower recycling cost, and less pollution (fewer trucks needed to haul mail). And it would brighten USPS balance sheets - fewer low profit, large, bulky items to deliver.
Yep, adhering to those two bullets has kept my email account nearly 100% spam free. Come to think of it, the only spam I ever got at that account was a result of a FOAF who carelessly (i.e. didn't read the privacy policy) included me in an E-vite.
... yeah I think it's a fabulous idea. STP would prevent loops and... oh... never mind.
Word... Another corollary IMO is "A favor will not automatically be granted." How many times have you had someone ask "Can you do me a favor?" and they get pissy if the answer was "no"? Or try to guilt you into granting it? How many times have you felt guilty about saying no to a favor?
Favors are granted out of generosity. Anyone who can't accept that concept should be condemned to having some tangy hairs from my ass-crack stuck between their molars for eternity. Bah!
This is EXACTLY the goal we're trying to reach. We need to limit the rate of data streams so that the 10 or so users with fat pipes don't make it hard for the thousands of average users to get the content which they paid for.
The issue is not about our customer's bandwidth consumption and how much they can/can't use. It's about being able to provide services to all of their users without experiencing slowdowns because of the occasional hog.
Just stop watching TV. Wassamatter? Can't find other ways to entertain yourself?
Corporations having the right to judge when a violation of law has occurred, and then having the right to take relieving and/or punitive action?
Nahh never happen. Not in the USA. Our patriotic values hold Justice and Liberty too high in esteem to let this happen.
At least not so blatantly. It will wind up being tacked on to the end of a school lunch budget like any respectable purchased legislation should be.