To me they are more like junk mail. They are a legitimate form of advertising and I don't like the attitude the guys have going out of their way to waste AOLs resources.
I am a freelance web developer for small businesses. I have had several clients promise me significant amounts of work, but when it comes to a first "official" meeting they consistently "need to reschedule" for a variety of reasons. I consider myself reasonably flexible (especially when chasing big clients) but when they do this on a regular basis, it wastes my time that could be much better spent on legitimate clients. Anyway the point of this is that they are just trying to make a buck, so don't go out of your way to stop them for no good reason.
Until 3G becomes a reality here (I'm in the great Southern land of Australia) I don't want to be downloading images on my mobile phone.
High WAP charges, already slow download speeds (9.6k IIRC), and the Nokia featured in the story is by far the largest display on a mobile currently available here (most others are considerably smaller though PDAs will benefit), mean this wont be useful for me in the near future.
It would please me no end to see this implemented as an option in desktop browsers. I'm sick of web developers not only ignoring people with 800x600 screens but 1024x768 screens too!
If you'd rather not use your own voice while playing, the system lets you pick from a half-dozen or so altered voices, though there will likely be more when Xbox Live launches.
All your likely to hear for the first few weeks is a flood of ten year-olds yelling "All your base....."
As much as I respect google, I for one am not happy to hear the news (no pun intended). In my opinion google has built an indredible userbase by supplying the top quality search service with a simple UI, and stood out because it was not a portal wanna be.
I am worried that google will loose focus on the primary reason that people go there, and the search service will suffer because of it. Fair enough that the service will be usefull, but when you're on top you need to work twice as hard on your primary product to stay there.
I'm not even sure that I've ever clicked on a link sent to me in a piece of unsolicited commercial email.
When that appears in the first paragraph the rest loses credibility. Anybody qualified enough to be commenting on SPAM should be aware that simply by opening the email you may have verified the address as valid (if it contains an external image).
It was clear that/. was a exceptional source of information that day. Every news site got hammered with hits and even the top ones crumbled under the presure.
Despite this site slowing to a crawl itself, thanks for posting the news early and allowing those not near a television to follow the tragic events.
Oh really? I wonder if that reader happens to have OSDN paying his wages.
Anyone remember the time when an "Ask Slashdot" question asked for the best places for a newbie to contribute to OS projects? Sure enough comment after comment pointed readers to sourceforge, driving up advartising revenue, as planned. Apparently newsforge needs a hits boost.
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I am a freelance web developer for small businesses. I have had several clients promise me significant amounts of work, but when it comes to a first "official" meeting they consistently "need to reschedule" for a variety of reasons. I consider myself reasonably flexible (especially when chasing big clients) but when they do this on a regular basis, it wastes my time that could be much better spent on legitimate clients. Anyway the point of this is that they are just trying to make a buck, so don't go out of your way to stop them for no good reason.
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High WAP charges, already slow download speeds (9.6k IIRC), and the Nokia featured in the story is by far the largest display on a mobile currently available here (most others are considerably smaller though PDAs will benefit), mean this wont be useful for me in the near future.
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mmmmmm forced useability.
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- Help in prooving that life may exist on other more distant planets
- Perhaps some insight into lifes origins on Earth
- Good curiosity value
Either way this wont change my life in any meaningful way except my paycheck will be needed to send up a few more space shuttles.----
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1. Resistance to large amounts of sudden traffic.
2. Meta-news from other sites.
Simple really.
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All your likely to hear for the first few weeks is a flood of ten year-olds yelling "All your base
*voice mute*
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I am worried that google will loose focus on the primary reason that people go there, and the search service will suffer because of it. Fair enough that the service will be usefull, but when you're on top you need to work twice as hard on your primary product to stay there.
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I've read they only produce between 4 and 5 g's but while your banning rides with no sientific grounds why stop at one?
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Maybe IYO, but my key word was the "may" in the first post. Yes, there's plenty of ways around this.
In the end, people who know what they're doing have the filters, and the common sense, not to click on the spam in the first place.
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When that appears in the first paragraph the rest loses credibility. Anybody qualified enough to be commenting on SPAM should be aware that simply by opening the email you may have verified the address as valid (if it contains an external image).
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Despite this site slowing to a crawl itself, thanks for posting the news early and allowing those not near a television to follow the tragic events.
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no Shawn Fanning?
...but I will have to train myself to stop ducking, weaving, and saying "gotcha" before this will truly bring counter-strike to my cube.
Pulling this quote from the article and attempting (very poorly I might add) to make fun of the girl's comments is pretty poor form.
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.. think of all the the phone sex girls who will really have to be 6 foot 4" with blonde hair, blue eyes, and DD busts.
Judging from my inbox it seems that 80% of outgoing email at hotmail is spam.
Where's that mentioned in the article?
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Oh really? I wonder if that reader happens to have OSDN paying his wages.
Anyone remember the time when an "Ask Slashdot" question asked for the best places for a newbie to contribute to OS projects? Sure enough comment after comment pointed readers to sourceforge, driving up advartising revenue, as planned. Apparently newsforge needs a hits boost.
Bloody NASA get your own ideas.
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