If arrests were made outside of the US then it makes you wonder if some sort of terrorist type approach was used. I sympathize with Valve because someone hacked into their network and created problems for their product however at the same time it's uncomfortable to see the US's arm of the law go overseas, especially if the US turned this issue into an act of terrorism.
They could dub sound from Independed Day onto the Day After Tomorrow and end up with the same movie because they are virtually the same movie.
Plot sploiler for both movies. Crazy scientist/pilot discovers threat to mankind -> authorities don't believe him -> mass destruction ensues -> authorities realize the err in their ways -> scientist/pilot risks own life to save others -> people are saved -> presidency personally thanks scientist, says mankind should unite to protect itself against evil.
Remind yourself that the glass is half full and be smart. Do not brandish expensive equipment in public such as ipod headphones or expensive cell phones.
http://www.noah.org/acidwarp/warper.html
A frenzel lense + acidwarp = good times in a college dorm room. A 10 foot wide light show on your wall is pretty cool. People seemed to like it but covering your computer with a lense and a cardboard box was a little nerdy.
Or...you cal sell these on eBay!
175" DIRECT BIGSCREEN BIG SCREEN HOME THEATER TV KIT
Sell kits to create 175" large TVs on eBay! The 175" 6.5x Lens Home Theater Kit is amazing! Simply put, it is a Projection unit that when attached to your ordinary TV will project the image up to sizes of 175". /sarcasm
Clicking the above link install this worm - here are removal instructions.
W32.Wallon.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends email messages containing a hyperlink to download the worm body from certain URLs. It also harvests the email addresses on the infected machine.
I received this link earlier today as spam... It took all the touble out of trying to find free porn on the net - thanks browser hijackers, whoever you are!
This has always been a problem with CPC long before google rolled out adsense/adwords. CPC fraud is a good reason to use CPA. However tracking sales is a complex process. I'm sure google like the simplicity of CPC, so long as they can skate these fraud issue.
The starting salary for web applications development in socal is the low 40s. A good developer is worth much more but that kind of pay is usually justified by work history in addition to a degree. Also - a high salary is just one of many factors that should be considered - the opportunity to learn and advance yourself is more important IMHO.
This is a nice way for amazon to upsell their own products. Do a search on a9.com, click on the Book Results tab and you see links to amazon products. Plus Google is using a9 for adwords distribution. This new search engine is a pretty good opportunity for amazon.
I was quite surprised, then, when a couple of test searches with the new Yahoo engine returned more relevant searches than Google.
It's interesting that you found Y!'s search results useful. The inktomi algorithm seemed to heavily favor keywords in URLs, meaning it would be easy to take advantage of Y!'s search engine.
One reason why Y!'s results may have seemed legit is because it's new territory. No one knows how to optimize for Y! - yet.
Yahoo turned on inktomi on yahoo.com, meaning their search results do not depend on google's algo. It's a little odd, however probably just a coincidence, that this google announcment came just as yahoo flipped the switch.
In the 90s Paul tried to commercialize DNS by creating a server that would compete with other free DNS servers. We ended up writing a DNS server that was scaleable, slower and subscription based. Of course no one bought the software, the project failed and Paul 'willfully' left the company. It seemed like he was more interested in his job title and being known as 'the father of DNS' than ensuring the quality of the project. To see him take part in choosing the future of DNS make me worry.
On a documentary he was quoted as saying something along the lines of putting in 60 hours a week is hard work, 80 hours a week is persistence and 120 hours a week is dedication. Then in the interview he talked about how at 120 hours a week there is not much time left over for eating and sleeping. That's insane.
There's room for improvement at the robot hall of fame website. First potential point of improvement, futher distinguish non-fiction from fiction. The website clearly misleads visitors by relying on fine print to make the distinction.
BTW, I would like to nominate Johny 5...and how about Optimus Prime.
Ad blocking software provided by Norton (Symantec) is capitalism at its finest. On one hand Norton needs a way to encourage users to download their software. Providing an anti-banner tool is one way for Norton to add value to its product. On the other hand Norton can leverage their power against Ad networks. Ad networks can pay Norton a ransom to remove their tracking servers from Norton's anti-banner tool. It's a win win situation for Norton.
These anti-banner tools have been available for years however no one noticed because only smaller networks were affected. Tracking servers at x10, Performics, Mediaplex, Befree, and commission junction have been targeted for some time.
What makes Norton's anti-banner tool interesting today is Google involvement. Google is an Ad network (however most people fail to see this). Norton may have awoken a sleeping giant by targeting Google's servers. My guess is Google will pay Norton a fee. Google has too much at stake with Adsense to stand by while their ads are blocked. If Google does pay Norton then this justifies advertisings signicance. To those who think advertising does not add fuel to the internet, take a better look. In fact - just look at the top of your screen at the/. banner.
Part of being a hacker is being a rebel. It's about being unique, anonymous and non-conformist. Sure OSI has it's own logo, so does linux, and so does perl. Most of those logo's are trademarked. This is a bad idea that's going going to get laughed at...
This reminds me of a story about Einstein. Einstein had to look up something in the phone book. He was then asked why someone so smart would need a phone book. Einstein replied if he knew where to look up the information then why would he need to remember it.
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Can I nominate president Bush into the robot hall of fame?
If arrests were made outside of the US then it makes you wonder if some sort of terrorist type approach was used. I sympathize with Valve because someone hacked into their network and created problems for their product however at the same time it's uncomfortable to see the US's arm of the law go overseas, especially if the US turned this issue into an act of terrorism.
They could dub sound from Independed Day onto the Day After Tomorrow and end up with the same movie because they are virtually the same movie.
Plot sploiler for both movies. Crazy scientist/pilot discovers threat to mankind -> authorities don't believe him -> mass destruction ensues -> authorities realize the err in their ways -> scientist/pilot risks own life to save others -> people are saved -> presidency personally thanks scientist, says mankind should unite to protect itself against evil.
Remind yourself that the glass is half full and be smart. Do not brandish expensive equipment in public such as ipod headphones or expensive cell phones.
http://www.noah.org/acidwarp/warper.html
/sarcasm
A frenzel lense + acidwarp = good times in a college dorm room. A 10 foot wide light show on your wall is pretty cool. People seemed to like it but covering your computer with a lense and a cardboard box was a little nerdy.
Or...you cal sell these on eBay!
175" DIRECT BIGSCREEN BIG SCREEN HOME THEATER TV KIT
Sell kits to create 175" large TVs on eBay! The 175" 6.5x Lens Home Theater Kit is amazing! Simply put, it is a Projection unit that when attached to your ordinary TV will project the image up to sizes of 175".
Scott Richter seems like a funny guy. He appeared on the Jon Stewart show a while back. I'm sure the debate would be entertaining to watch.
This could be a hit with nudiest colonies or naked people that like to go shopping with their credit card. Go figure.
Clicking the above link install this worm - here are removal instructions.
n /ms04-004.mspx
c /data/w32.wallon.a@mm.html
c ription&virus_k=125096
W32.Wallon.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends email messages containing a hyperlink to download the worm body from certain URLs. It also harvests the email addresses on the infected machine.
The worm exploits the following vulnerability: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-004
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulleti
Related Web Sites for removal instructions:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/ven
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=des
I received this link earlier today as spam... It took all the touble out of trying to find free porn on the net - thanks browser hijackers, whoever you are!
evil link to hijack your browser and force fee you porn - windows users click link at your own risk
This has always been a problem with CPC long before google rolled out adsense/adwords. CPC fraud is a good reason to use CPA. However tracking sales is a complex process. I'm sure google like the simplicity of CPC, so long as they can skate these fraud issue.
The starting salary for web applications development in socal is the low 40s. A good developer is worth much more but that kind of pay is usually justified by work history in addition to a degree. Also - a high salary is just one of many factors that should be considered - the opportunity to learn and advance yourself is more important IMHO.
Ask and ye shall receive. Amazon giveth search without search history.
http://generic.a9.com
This is a nice way for amazon to upsell their own products. Do a search on a9.com, click on the Book Results tab and you see links to amazon products. Plus Google is using a9 for adwords distribution. This new search engine is a pretty good opportunity for amazon.
I am looking forward to google email. I am not concerned with privacy as contexual advertising is now way more intrusive than preventing spam.
I was quite surprised, then, when a couple of test searches with the new Yahoo engine returned more relevant searches than Google.
It's interesting that you found Y!'s search results useful. The inktomi algorithm seemed to heavily favor keywords in URLs, meaning it would be easy to take advantage of Y!'s search engine.
One reason why Y!'s results may have seemed legit is because it's new territory. No one knows how to optimize for Y! - yet.
Yahoo turned on inktomi on yahoo.com, meaning their search results do not depend on google's algo. It's a little odd, however probably just a coincidence, that this google announcment came just as yahoo flipped the switch.
software.com. Ok guy but I question his motives and his ability to help.
In the 90s Paul tried to commercialize DNS by creating a server that would compete with other free DNS servers. We ended up writing a DNS server that was scaleable, slower and subscription based. Of course no one bought the software, the project failed and Paul 'willfully' left the company. It seemed like he was more interested in his job title and being known as 'the father of DNS' than ensuring the quality of the project. To see him take part in choosing the future of DNS make me worry.
one mans trash is another mans treasure.
On a documentary he was quoted as saying something along the lines of putting in 60 hours a week is hard work, 80 hours a week is persistence and 120 hours a week is dedication. Then in the interview he talked about how at 120 hours a week there is not much time left over for eating and sleeping. That's insane.
There's room for improvement at the robot hall of fame website. First potential point of improvement, futher distinguish non-fiction from fiction. The website clearly misleads visitors by relying on fine print to make the distinction.
BTW, I would like to nominate Johny 5...and how about Optimus Prime.
Realistic click through ratios are about 3%.
Ad blocking software provided by Norton (Symantec) is capitalism at its finest. On one hand Norton needs a way to encourage users to download their software. Providing an anti-banner tool is one way for Norton to add value to its product. On the other hand Norton can leverage their power against Ad networks. Ad networks can pay Norton a ransom to remove their tracking servers from Norton's anti-banner tool. It's a win win situation for Norton.
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These anti-banner tools have been available for years however no one noticed because only smaller networks were affected. Tracking servers at x10, Performics, Mediaplex, Befree, and commission junction have been targeted for some time.
What makes Norton's anti-banner tool interesting today is Google involvement. Google is an Ad network (however most people fail to see this). Norton may have awoken a sleeping giant by targeting Google's servers. My guess is Google will pay Norton a fee. Google has too much at stake with Adsense to stand by while their ads are blocked. If Google does pay Norton then this justifies advertisings signicance. To those who think advertising does not add fuel to the internet, take a better look. In fact - just look at the top of your screen at the
Here are more interesting threads on the subject:
webmasterworld
abestweb
(anyone else think it's ironic that the Google toolbar blocks popups?)
Part of being a hacker is being a rebel. It's about being unique, anonymous and non-conformist. Sure OSI has it's own logo, so does linux, and so does perl. Most of those logo's are trademarked. This is a bad idea that's going going to get laughed at...
This reminds me of a story about Einstein. Einstein had to look up something in the phone book. He was then asked why someone so smart would need a phone book. Einstein replied if he knew where to look up the information then why would he need to remember it.