McBoss: What can we do to increase business? McGrunt: We could try making good food. McBoss: You're fired! McGrunt2: How about internet access? McBoss: Now that's a good idea!
Cut NASA/lockheed/boeing budget and send the money to another company that can figure out better ways to get into space instead of being focus on better ways to obtain space funding.
"Yemenis terrorists learned this the hard way (meaning they were blown to smithereens by a Predator-launched missile."
Let's not forget that they were SUSPECTED terrorists. We just didn't bother with things like capture and trials. Remote control execution now makes these pesky details less of a problem. If we (the USA) think we don't like you, we kill you. No questions asked.
Let's suppose you decide to do this. Then someone decides to email you, and your system replies with a request for a nickel. If the person getting that request doesn't know about the system, they won't be able to give you a nickel, so they'll just phone you (or take their business to someone else, if they were planning to do business with you).
But this shows that the system does work. If the message is important enough for the person to call me it might be worth hearing.
How many people are taking business propositions on their email accounts? For the vast majority of us who are not, this system sounds wonderful!
I agree that finding a suitable and widely adopted micropayment system is a stumbling block to this idea.
I had this same idea five years ago when I started suggesting a system called Feemail. Everyone pays to send me email. If I like what you've sent, I credit you back. If I don't like it you've just lost a nickel, or dime or whatever price I've set. Forget the whitelisting too. I'll credit you if your message merited it.
I think this would solve more problems than just spam too. Kiss email-borne virus messages goodbye. Now I also don't have to get the "funniest joke you've seen on email in the last five minutes" message too.
I am so going to crack one of these babies open for the amplifier and start my own band.
I think I'll call it...
DISASTER AREA!
What about two types of vehicles?
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Redirecting NASA
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Ok, just a random thought here, submitted for your perusal.
We have people elevators and freight elevators. People elevators don't have to be able to lift as much weight. Freight elevators don't require as many niceties for humans.
Would there be any benefits to building a seperate people shuttle and freight shuttle?
Hey, if this would work maybe they'll let me drive the Space-Tug called "Little Toot" and I can ferry around the space barges.
Cool new pre-emptive framing technology.
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Sweet! Now we can email [plant] "evidence" to people to prove that they are guilty.
This is so much easier than going on TV to call them bad names. "Axis of Evil".
Man, if they receive bad emails they must be bad.
This just in... We've just received word that email evidence proves that the president is having an affair with a barely 18 year old girl named Tiffany.
Popularity guaranteed quality
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Mr Anti-Google
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on the other hand, link popularity may not provide the most intelligent top rankings.
Lord knows just because something's popular it doesn't mean it's good. I got tricked into ordering the DVD of "I know what you did last summer" that way. Lesson Learned!
Slashdot Mirror
If we start keeping every worthless bit of data that we've ever recorded don't we risk becoming terminally bogged down in worthless data?
How will we find the good stuff if it's buried along with mounds of garbage data?
I think that some data are meant to expire.
from the tyranny of Torvalds.
He's got more money, more marketing staff, and a "coalition" of business partners.
You should all just surrender now and welcome the freedom of MS-Windows.
Why would we wait to fix a current problem before making a new one.
Fixing stuff is hard work. Wrecking things is easy, maybe even... fun.
I can imagine the meeting...
McBoss: What can we do to increase business?
McGrunt: We could try making good food.
McBoss: You're fired!
McGrunt2: How about internet access?
McBoss: Now that's a good idea!
My Vic 20 had cartridges that you could just plug in when you wanted to use them.
Worked Great!
There are many days when I wish for that again.
So are we looking for a way for the US to stay dependant on foriegn oil after we switch to hydrogen powered cars?
Just wondering...
Cut NASA/lockheed/boeing budget and send the money to another company that can figure out better ways to get into space instead of being focus on better ways to obtain space funding.
Just watched this again on SciFi. It's a somewhat bad B rated made for TV flick about a secure gated community.
But it does help make the lesson that "those who would sacrifice liberty for security shall have neither."
The more stuff you have, the more it costs to keep it.
Why not have different versions of movies?
The US Gov't has different version of reality. Some say liberation some say invasion, potato pahtahto.
We'll all be so confused that we won't even know what is is.
Kids will be able to watch "back door sluts 9" and tell their mom they saw a film about people who wanted to fix other peoples cable tv.
People, We already have the the power we need. If you can't handle something in the film, don't watch the film.
and don't forget to get your DDOS flood insurance coverage too.
"Yemenis terrorists learned this the hard way (meaning they were blown to smithereens by a Predator-launched missile."
Let's not forget that they were SUSPECTED terrorists. We just didn't bother with things like capture and trials. Remote control execution now makes these pesky details less of a problem. If we (the USA) think we don't like you, we kill you. No questions asked.
And you guys are bitching about slashdot getting fooled because they got tricked?
How about
"Iraq sells nerve agents to Al-Qaeda"
next day
"Oops, sorry, that information was inaccurate."
YOU alone have the responsibility of confirming what "news" you believe.
GloboChem
"If you bought something, you bought it from us".
When only a few mega-corps own everything they'll all be able to call you.
Well, for all of you that are still wondering what to get for ME for Christmas...
Just make an anonymous donation to an open source project on my (or anyones) behalf.
Thank you and may the joy of christmas be with you.
But this shows that the system does work. If the message is important enough for the person to call me it might be worth hearing.
How many people are taking business propositions on their email accounts? For the vast majority of us who are not, this system sounds wonderful!
I agree that finding a suitable and widely adopted micropayment system is a stumbling block to this idea.
I had this same idea five years ago when I started suggesting a system called Feemail. Everyone pays to send me email. If I like what you've sent, I credit you back. If I don't like it you've just lost a nickel, or dime or whatever price I've set. Forget the whitelisting too. I'll credit you if your message merited it.
I think this would solve more problems than just spam too. Kiss email-borne virus messages goodbye. Now I also don't have to get the "funniest joke you've seen on email in the last five minutes" message too.
I am so going to crack one of these babies open for the amplifier and start my own band.
I think I'll call it...
DISASTER AREA!
Ok, just a random thought here, submitted for your perusal.
We have people elevators and freight elevators. People elevators don't have to be able to lift as much weight. Freight elevators don't require as many niceties for humans.
Would there be any benefits to building a seperate people shuttle and freight shuttle?
Hey, if this would work maybe they'll let me drive the Space-Tug called "Little Toot" and I can ferry around the space barges.
Please be careful with those daisycutters son. Under that definition some of those may land close to home.
http://www.soaw.org/new/
Counting on the government for saftey is like counting on them to spend your tax dollars wisely.
I choose Maximum Liberty. Please draw the line there.
I'm holding out for SPISPOPD on the phone. That game ruled!
Hey Sarge?
Is today's operation sponsored by Target Stores?
No?
Oh, shit!
Sweet! Now we can email [plant] "evidence" to people to prove that they are guilty.
This is so much easier than going on TV to call them bad names. "Axis of Evil".
Man, if they receive bad emails they must be bad.
This just in... We've just received word that email evidence proves that the president is having an affair with a barely 18 year old girl named Tiffany.
Oh God. "FOX News"? You are better off without it.
The commercials end with the president saying, "When you help your neighbors, you help your nation. Everyone can do something."
For Operation TIPS then it goes like this
"When you [spy on] your neighbors, you [spy on] your nation. Everyone can do something."