I have two "free" e-mail addresses -- one that I use whenever I register (and carefully turn off all newsletter, list, and other options on) and one that only family and friends have. I do get more spam from the first, but I get spam on the second as well.
Spammers get very creative in finding addresses to add to their lists. Why else do we see Joe DOT Blow AT kickme DOT com or JoeREMOVE.Blow@UNSUBSCRIBEkickme.com?
Some sites won't let you register unless they have permission to add your address to a list to be used only by them and their "business affiliates". If you need to download a file (Borland??) you have to agree or look elsewhere.
My company's e-mail has been added to lists by such random occurences as an out-dated web address that was taken over by a p0rn site. Killing the browser and all the pop-ups didn't prevent them from picking up the main address for the computer - and adding it to every list they could.
Some of the FW: jokes/rumors I get from family and friends are little better than spam as well.
This might work better if all the rude, ignorant, obnoxious trolls had their own gaming community and didn't try to screw up everyone else's. There are several games I would enjoy IF I didn't have to put up with "u r gay" "STFU" etc.
Trolls are worse than newbies, because trolls know better.
Problem is that those big boys are perfectly willing to spend less than a million to avoid your patent or overturn it rather than spend a million to purchase or license it.
The answer to whether you should DIY can depend on:
* what you want to patent -- a product (a new method for hanging paintings on a wall) or an idea (online auctions:D)
* what you want the patent for -- to profit from the idea/product directly (sell, license or produce) or to simply stake a claim or to prevent someone else from doing so by making the idea available
* how well you can read and understand legalese -- if you can't figure out a 1040, forget DIY -- and write clear and precise information
Since the whole idea came about because of Lance's failed bid, I think it would be a pleasant surprise if the winner donated their ticket to him. (Now, if we can just arrange for it to be a one-way ticket.)
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Forget the coffee maker... we need a direct espresso IV.
If I'm being chased by a snarling dog, my body may have automatically produced adrenaline and increased my heartrate, but the snarling dog is still there. The problem is not solved -- I have merely been given a couple of useful tools for a couple of possible solutions.
Somehow, I cannot see Microsoft, in particular, coming up with a way for its software to fix itself. The error messages are already too incomplete and vague -- when any program would need complete and specific data about the problem.
(Or, perhaps, the solution would be "close all windows, shut down and restart". That's right, what it already does.)
Or Robert Ludlum? Or TV series? Or articles?
The important thing is not how the plots match up, but how they differ -- what makes the new variation unique. An unexpected twist, a riveting character, or superb acting/dialogue can make a huge difference. Lack of these can result in a flop.
No need to stop there when your computer can automatically bill you for the time it took to determine that it is not a problem the AI is set up to solve.
I thought the whole point here was to not get absorbed by one of "the big guns in the industry". (If you consider success signing to a label, then you have already surrendered.)
Keep your focus on fans -- real people who enjoy your music and are willing to come to hear you. Ask people who enjoy your music to write their own reviews and post some of these. Ask your fans to recommend songs to their friends. Make downloadable samplers easily accessible so new listeners can decide if they like it enough to buy.
Anybody remember the failed attempt to have your car talk to you:
Your door is ajar.
Please fasten your seat belt.
This is just a new application of a failed marketing ploy.
What language will the microchip be programmed for? Badly translated English? What about non-English speakers? Will it repeat the instructions in multiple languages?
Gah, where's the shut-off switch?
What does ICANN expect VeriSign to do if it cannot get updated information?
"Update the database" sounds easy enough, except that people that fill in that kind of bogus information don't want their accurate information listed and, if contact is possible, will likely give equally false information that sounds more real (i.e. 2957 Barracuda Lane). With all contact information deliberately falsified, it would be next to impossible to reach those people anyway.
Should VeriSign shut down every.com that doesn't have a valid verifiable addresses? Listen to those screams from all the legitimate sites who didn't want personal information easily available to the world.
What do you propose as a long-term solution for the music industry?
How does your proposed solution benefit each of the parties involved: the artist (songwriter, singer, musician), the consumer, the recording studio, the talent agent, and the producer?
Six hours was your tally before your "hourly break" and your "meetings". Try using a stop-watch from the time you actually start coding until you stop. Starting up your computer doesn't count. Standing up and walking outside doesn't count. Chatting with your co-workers doesn't count. Only actual coding counts. And you wonder why management thinks we don't do anything.
Why do we have such heavy media intervention in our national war decisions? Remember Vietnam - when our trust-worthy government kept reassuring us that we were winning and that the war was worth fighting?
Give me the media overkill and citizen involvement over secrecy any day.
If working a 14-15 hour day results in you actually producing code for only 8 hours, it may make sense. Personally, I'd rather work straight through 8 hours and have the other 7 to myself.
Of course, management will never believe that we don't all work like you, so long hours will continue to be demanded.
This would take Caller ID to a new level IF I get to see who's calling before I "answer" the phone. Another thought -- how long before advertising banners get added to the top or bottom. (Maybe I can sell my end as advertising space, charging per person I call that answers the phone and "sees" the ad.)
Being that everything in the house is electronic, what happens in the event of a blackout? Usually the first action is to turn off everything that was on -- but an electronic switch prevents that. How would you get water from the taps (or worse, shut it off)?
I hope the door and window locks aren't electronic, too.
Why does the logical conclusion to all this seem to be human cloning? Eventually, I could have myself cloned and the organs harvested if I should need replacements.
There are only two realistic ways to get what you want to hear, when you want to hear it, without commercials:
Streaming audio services where you pay per song you hear which pays the costs of having all the music available you want to hear.
Your home entertainment system where you purchase the music and play it yourself.
Commercials are a necessary evil. Think public broadcasting pledge drives and subscription services if you don't believe me. Most people would rather put up with commercials than fork out money from their own pocket directly. There has to be some way to cover the expenses of purchasing all the music that is likely to be desired by listeners, paying the per-play copyright fee, and maintaining all the equipment involved in broadcasting to listeners.
I would agree that I don't want to listen to talk radio. I could live without teeny-bopper tunes, but I do enjoy some of the 80's music. I also enjoy techno, trance, and electronica -- which are considered by some to be too repetitive and noisy. You and I are each unique individuals with unique tastes. No commercial radio station could comply with both our tastes simultaneously. So we suffer with the compromise that exists.
I recently loaded NWN and was forced to download the latest SP for Windows before I could play. Yeesh.
Overall, it is a symbiotic relationship -- the games push the envelope on what is currently possible driving the hardware and software to go further. New hardware and software drives games to again push the envelope on what is now available.
The worst criminals are those who have learned not to be noticed. "We never knew John Doe would do something like that. He was such a quiet, well-mannered boy."
Also, considering the number of cases in which lawyers use abuse of the perp when he was a child, shouldn't anyone suspecting of having been abused be added to the list? (Oooh, that'll rile the victims rights activists.)
What about the insanity pleas? Perhaps we should have mandatory screenings to determine who is not completely sane -- and keep files on all of them as potential criminals.
The possibility of misuse is too great.
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I have two "free" e-mail addresses -- one that I use whenever I register (and carefully turn off all newsletter, list, and other options on) and one that only family and friends have. I do get more spam from the first, but I get spam on the second as well.
Spammers get very creative in finding addresses to add to their lists. Why else do we see Joe DOT Blow AT kickme DOT com or JoeREMOVE.Blow@UNSUBSCRIBEkickme.com?
Some sites won't let you register unless they have permission to add your address to a list to be used only by them and their "business affiliates". If you need to download a file (Borland??) you have to agree or look elsewhere.
My company's e-mail has been added to lists by such random occurences as an out-dated web address that was taken over by a p0rn site. Killing the browser and all the pop-ups didn't prevent them from picking up the main address for the computer - and adding it to every list they could.
Some of the FW: jokes/rumors I get from family and friends are little better than spam as well.
This might work better if all the rude, ignorant, obnoxious trolls had their own gaming community and didn't try to screw up everyone else's. There are several games I would enjoy IF I didn't have to put up with "u r gay" "STFU" etc. Trolls are worse than newbies, because trolls know better.
Problem is that those big boys are perfectly willing to spend less than a million to avoid your patent or overturn it rather than spend a million to purchase or license it.
:D)
The answer to whether you should DIY can depend on:
* what you want to patent -- a product (a new method for hanging paintings on a wall) or an idea (online auctions
* what you want the patent for -- to profit from the idea/product directly (sell, license or produce) or to simply stake a claim or to prevent someone else from doing so by making the idea available
* how well you can read and understand legalese -- if you can't figure out a 1040, forget DIY -- and write clear and precise information
Since the whole idea came about because of Lance's failed bid, I think it would be a pleasant surprise if the winner donated their ticket to him. (Now, if we can just arrange for it to be a one-way ticket.)
Forget the coffee maker ... we need a direct espresso IV.
If I'm being chased by a snarling dog, my body may have automatically produced adrenaline and increased my heartrate, but the snarling dog is still there. The problem is not solved -- I have merely been given a couple of useful tools for a couple of possible solutions. Somehow, I cannot see Microsoft, in particular, coming up with a way for its software to fix itself. The error messages are already too incomplete and vague -- when any program would need complete and specific data about the problem. (Or, perhaps, the solution would be "close all windows, shut down and restart". That's right, what it already does.)
Or Robert Ludlum? Or TV series? Or articles? The important thing is not how the plots match up, but how they differ -- what makes the new variation unique. An unexpected twist, a riveting character, or superb acting/dialogue can make a huge difference. Lack of these can result in a flop.
No need to stop there when your computer can automatically bill you for the time it took to determine that it is not a problem the AI is set up to solve.
I thought the whole point here was to not get absorbed by one of "the big guns in the industry". (If you consider success signing to a label, then you have already surrendered.)
Keep your focus on fans -- real people who enjoy your music and are willing to come to hear you. Ask people who enjoy your music to write their own reviews and post some of these. Ask your fans to recommend songs to their friends. Make downloadable samplers easily accessible so new listeners can decide if they like it enough to buy.
Anybody remember the failed attempt to have your car talk to you: Your door is ajar. Please fasten your seat belt. This is just a new application of a failed marketing ploy.
What language will the microchip be programmed for? Badly translated English? What about non-English speakers? Will it repeat the instructions in multiple languages? Gah, where's the shut-off switch?
What does ICANN expect VeriSign to do if it cannot get updated information?
.com that doesn't have a valid verifiable addresses? Listen to those screams from all the legitimate sites who didn't want personal information easily available to the world.
"Update the database" sounds easy enough, except that people that fill in that kind of bogus information don't want their accurate information listed and, if contact is possible, will likely give equally false information that sounds more real (i.e. 2957 Barracuda Lane). With all contact information deliberately falsified, it would be next to impossible to reach those people anyway.
Should VeriSign shut down every
What do you propose as a long-term solution for the music industry? How does your proposed solution benefit each of the parties involved: the artist (songwriter, singer, musician), the consumer, the recording studio, the talent agent, and the producer?
Unfortunately this wouldn't correct for shadows (unless perhaps there was also a top to bottom array shining light on the ground).
Hey, honey. Look at this show "They're burglarizing my house". That really does look like our house. D'oh!
Six hours was your tally before your "hourly break" and your "meetings". Try using a stop-watch from the time you actually start coding until you stop. Starting up your computer doesn't count. Standing up and walking outside doesn't count. Chatting with your co-workers doesn't count. Only actual coding counts. And you wonder why management thinks we don't do anything.
Why do we have such heavy media intervention in our national war decisions? Remember Vietnam - when our trust-worthy government kept reassuring us that we were winning and that the war was worth fighting? Give me the media overkill and citizen involvement over secrecy any day.
If working a 14-15 hour day results in you actually producing code for only 8 hours, it may make sense. Personally, I'd rather work straight through 8 hours and have the other 7 to myself.
Of course, management will never believe that we don't all work like you, so long hours will continue to be demanded.
Your gecko wanders off and that hot chick's number is lost forever.
This would take Caller ID to a new level IF I get to see who's calling before I "answer" the phone. Another thought -- how long before advertising banners get added to the top or bottom. (Maybe I can sell my end as advertising space, charging per person I call that answers the phone and "sees" the ad.)
Being that everything in the house is electronic, what happens in the event of a blackout? Usually the first action is to turn off everything that was on -- but an electronic switch prevents that. How would you get water from the taps (or worse, shut it off)?
I hope the door and window locks aren't electronic, too.
Why does the logical conclusion to all this seem to be human cloning? Eventually, I could have myself cloned and the organs harvested if I should need replacements.
There are only two realistic ways to get what you want to hear, when you want to hear it, without commercials: Streaming audio services where you pay per song you hear which pays the costs of having all the music available you want to hear. Your home entertainment system where you purchase the music and play it yourself. Commercials are a necessary evil. Think public broadcasting pledge drives and subscription services if you don't believe me. Most people would rather put up with commercials than fork out money from their own pocket directly. There has to be some way to cover the expenses of purchasing all the music that is likely to be desired by listeners, paying the per-play copyright fee, and maintaining all the equipment involved in broadcasting to listeners. I would agree that I don't want to listen to talk radio. I could live without teeny-bopper tunes, but I do enjoy some of the 80's music. I also enjoy techno, trance, and electronica -- which are considered by some to be too repetitive and noisy. You and I are each unique individuals with unique tastes. No commercial radio station could comply with both our tastes simultaneously. So we suffer with the compromise that exists.
I recently loaded NWN and was forced to download the latest SP for Windows before I could play. Yeesh. Overall, it is a symbiotic relationship -- the games push the envelope on what is currently possible driving the hardware and software to go further. New hardware and software drives games to again push the envelope on what is now available.
The worst criminals are those who have learned not to be noticed. "We never knew John Doe would do something like that. He was such a quiet, well-mannered boy." Also, considering the number of cases in which lawyers use abuse of the perp when he was a child, shouldn't anyone suspecting of having been abused be added to the list? (Oooh, that'll rile the victims rights activists.) What about the insanity pleas? Perhaps we should have mandatory screenings to determine who is not completely sane -- and keep files on all of them as potential criminals. The possibility of misuse is too great.