Now, maybe this guy's an idiot. I don't know. But whether intentionally or not, he's being the best kind of journalist: the one whose articles people actually read.
Newsflash: National Enquirer and Penthouse both have better journalists than the New York Times!
A columnist can say whatever he wants, but the best kind of journalist reports the FACTS. Too bad if it doesn't get read by the masses; more often than not the problem lies with the masses that anyway (proof: Joe Millionaire).
I'm sure the member directory plays a significant part. A year ago I created an email addy with them but forgot to opt out when registering. The name was a very obscure Babylon 5 alien reference (i.e. doesn't resemble any dictionary word); many fans don't even know about it. But the VERY NEXT DAY I had 5 spams sitting in my inbox. I hadn't even used it yet.
I wonder also if using MSN Messenger increases the chances of you getting spam; is there an MSN site that lists users who are online?
Last week I created another email with them. Name is far more obvious, but I opted out from the beginning, haven't used Messenger with it, and have given it out to a couple of friends. No spams yet (knock on wood)
at the expense of everything and everyone weaker than you, of course. Smashing cars and breaking windows is all fun and games, but what happens when someone stronger decides to "go primal" and go after you? Women and children would have it particularly bad, but there are nasty people out there who would love to dish out anal sex whether you like it or not. If one of them managed to overpower you, well then, "Enjoy it while it lasts"!
I was never debating good or evil, I was pointing out how much suffering would have to be endured at the hands of the strongest and most violent among us before the end finally comes.
Scenario A: the public never finds out, and goes on its merry business none the wise until doomsday. People might not be able to make peace with their respective gods, repent their sins, etc, whatever.
Scenario B: public finds out there's absolutely nothing that can be done. Panic and hysteria ensues, and while there's an upsurge in religious fervor, society as a whole collapses and for the last few weeks anarchy ensues, raping, pillaging and other strong-preying-on-the-weak acts go virtually unchecked as those who don't believe in an afterlife (or don't care) decide they have free reign to do whatever the hell they want.
Think of all the kooks who are afraid to do anything right now because the law is relatively effective. Now think of those who already say to hell with the law and do whatever the heck they want. Now imagine what happens when law enforcement that CAN'T be effective anymore because the amount of crime has jumped a hundredfold and they can't cope.
In short--those last few weeks are going to be hell for anyone who can't defend themselves well. If I'm going to die by asteroid I don't want to see it coming (normal death is another matter; with an ELE it doesn't really matter if my affairs are in order). Call it bliss based on ignorance, I don't care.
Rather OT; but the WTO has ruled the US tariff against Canadian lumber is in violation of international trade rules (http://www.partnershipforgrowth.org/)
Not that the US ever listens to what international organizations ever say if it doesn't benefit them...
How about typing part of the password, highlight, type to erase/type new part of the password. Repeat.
eg my password is "easyp@ss"
I'd type "@ss", click to beginning, type a string of garbage characters (eg "blank234"), highlight the garbage characters, type "yp", click to beginning again, type more garbage characters, select again, type "eas".
As long as the keystroke recorder doesn't record where exactly you clicked in the text field, and you just overwrote the text rather than hit the delete key, you should be fairly safe. The password is SOMEWHERE among the characters you typed, but they'll have fun figuring it out from the log.
You mean you DON'T want a recipe that allows a loony lady to throw a bunch of ingredients into the oven and take out a fully functional TiBook after 20 minutes!?
Not really, they won gold in the men's speed skating in the last Olympics. Speed skating!
Granted, you won't see them winning one for skiing anytime soon, unless you have several skiers racing at the same time (now THAT would be a sight to see!) and all except the Aussie skier run into each other just before the end...
Although the tapes have now been destroyed, this was less than certainty for awhile. The two families were so afraid that journalist/author Stephen Williams might be granted permission to view the tapes (to verify the veracity of testimony, etc, as he claimed), and/or that the tapes might be leaked out and copied, that they had the tapes declared copyrighted, and ineligible for further viewing.
In Ontario and Alberta (the only two provinces I know about for sure) we have to pay a montly fee for healthcare. Upwards of $40
Really? I live in Ottawa (Ontario), and have never paid any monthly fees to healthcare. Perhaps you mean you pay for additional health insurance like dental or eyeglasses, other procedures, as part of a supplementary (e.g. company) health plan, but it's not a mandatory fee, like car insurance (if you have a car).
I just went in for a checkup today. Swiped my health card, got a tetanus/polio booster shot, and got blood samples taken for some tests, and I didn't have to pay a dime outside what I've already paid through taxes.
A woman borrows her husband's canoe and takes it out to the middle of the lake so she can rest and read her book in peace for a few hours. Upon returning to dock a Fisheries/Conservation officer approaches her, sees that there's equipment for fishing stored on the boat, and demands to see her fishing license.
She doesn't have one, so the officer proceeds to write her up on charges of fishing without a license. She argues that she didn't take the boat out for the purpose of fishing, but the officer is adamant. "You have the equipment on the boat, it doesn't matter whether you intended to use them or not."
At which point the woman says that she'll have him arrested on sexual assault charges. After all, she says, "You have the equipment necessary to commit such an act, it doesn't matter whether you intended to use it or not."
Yes I know it's not the real Buffy chick, but honestly, does it matter? It's the same cliche.
You know you've made an impact on the hollywood landscape when a concept that attacks a cliche (a small, blond girl kills monsters rather than screaming and running away from them) becomes a cliche itself;-)
I don't see any copyright notices on any of the spams I receive. I didn't agree to a EULA before viewing it, nor would one be enforceable (imagine a "you may not delete this spam if you have viewed it" clause).
Billboard analogies isn't applicable--billboards are to web ads as spam is to unsolicited snail mail.
It's a shame, because I'm pretty sure that ceaseless, unrelenting, brutal torture of known spammers would be equally effective, but is unfortunately illegal.
Not a petition, since that doesn't seem to do anything. But check out http://www.fireflysupport.com for ways to help convince Fox and other to support the show.
She was paid for making the commercial. Would you let your image be featured in an commercial for free? I thought not.
And the payment arrangements were made after the ad was already made. She said in the interview that they had to call her dad to get approval because she was a minor, and he didn't even believe she was going to do it--clearly there was no prior arrangement to do the ad.
Besides, being paid to say something true doesn't make it less true. The Microsoft "testimonial" was entirely made up and misrepresented to the public.
Out of all my data, I only consider about 200 MB of it irreplaceable, or don't want to bother reproducing. My emails, PGP keys, certain preference settings, etc.
Every week, or as situations warrant, I run a script that copies files and folders that need to be backed up from all corners of my system to a folder, then I copy it to a disk image on my 5 GB iPod (the image is encrypted, so if the iPod's lost or stolen they'll need to spend quite a bit of effort getting at my data).
It's not as good as tape or burning a CD and putting it in a safe deposit box, but since the iPod goes everywhere I go, the backups are reasonably safe. It's not like the data's life and death for a company.
"hmm, I wonder if I'm vulnerable to this IE bug that allows my hard drive to be reformatted..."
*applies exploit steps* *drive gets wiped out*
"Dammit, I really was vulnerable!"
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Did Apple pay Google to have MacOS placed above any links for Jaguar cars, or is this a result of thousands of Mac users linking to Apple's MacOS X site?
I doubt it was paid for. Quite simply, Jaguar car owners are more likely to be driving their car around than writing web pages about them. Not so OSX Jag users, ergo, more web pages linking to Apple than Jaguar Cars.
Those apps then require their own installers, often with authentication required.
Most user apps, however, are able to do with just drag-and-drop install, including most browsers (Mozilla, IE, Omniweb), RealOne Player, most non-Apple system utilities... even MS Office can be installed by dragging the program folder wherever you want.
Of course, there are a few oddball apps that insist on using installers and need authentication even though they have absolutely no need to. Windows Media Player, for one (hmmm....)
ASP is controlled by Microsoft, which also runs MSN, a direct competitor to Yahoo. Yahoo using ASP would be like MS using *nix boxes to run Hotmail. And unlike Hotmail, where MS could bury somewhat the fact they had to use *nix servers for awhile, Yahoo! using ASP would be instantly visible to the world.
A few months ago I guessed the URL to the then-new Star Trek Nemesis teaser from Apple's site ten minutes before their trailer page was updated to access it, ensuring I got it at high download speed before the masses linked in and slowed everything down.
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Newsflash: National Enquirer and Penthouse both have better journalists than the New York Times!
A columnist can say whatever he wants, but the best kind of journalist reports the FACTS. Too bad if it doesn't get read by the masses; more often than not the problem lies with the masses that anyway (proof: Joe Millionaire).
I'm sure the member directory plays a significant part. A year ago I created an email addy with them but forgot to opt out when registering. The name was a very obscure Babylon 5 alien reference (i.e. doesn't resemble any dictionary word); many fans don't even know about it. But the VERY NEXT DAY I had 5 spams sitting in my inbox. I hadn't even used it yet.
I wonder also if using MSN Messenger increases the chances of you getting spam; is there an MSN site that lists users who are online?
Last week I created another email with them. Name is far more obvious, but I opted out from the beginning, haven't used Messenger with it, and have given it out to a couple of friends. No spams yet (knock on wood)
at the expense of everything and everyone weaker than you, of course. Smashing cars and breaking windows is all fun and games, but what happens when someone stronger decides to "go primal" and go after you? Women and children would have it particularly bad, but there are nasty people out there who would love to dish out anal sex whether you like it or not. If one of them managed to overpower you, well then, "Enjoy it while it lasts"!
I was never debating good or evil, I was pointing out how much suffering would have to be endured at the hands of the strongest and most violent among us before the end finally comes.
Yes, things might get worse.
Scenario A: the public never finds out, and goes on its merry business none the wise until doomsday. People might not be able to make peace with their respective gods, repent their sins, etc, whatever.
Scenario B: public finds out there's absolutely nothing that can be done. Panic and hysteria ensues, and while there's an upsurge in religious fervor, society as a whole collapses and for the last few weeks anarchy ensues, raping, pillaging and other strong-preying-on-the-weak acts go virtually unchecked as those who don't believe in an afterlife (or don't care) decide they have free reign to do whatever the hell they want.
Think of all the kooks who are afraid to do anything right now because the law is relatively effective. Now think of those who already say to hell with the law and do whatever the heck they want. Now imagine what happens when law enforcement that CAN'T be effective anymore because the amount of crime has jumped a hundredfold and they can't cope.
In short--those last few weeks are going to be hell for anyone who can't defend themselves well. If I'm going to die by asteroid I don't want to see it coming (normal death is another matter; with an ELE it doesn't really matter if my affairs are in order). Call it bliss based on ignorance, I don't care.
Much like freedom though, there are always the jackass minority that abuse it and wreck it for the rest of us.
Rather OT; but the WTO has ruled the US tariff against Canadian lumber is in violation of international trade rules (http://www.partnershipforgrowth.org/)
Not that the US ever listens to what international organizations ever say if it doesn't benefit them...
How about typing part of the password, highlight, type to erase/type new part of the password. Repeat. eg my password is "easyp@ss" I'd type "@ss", click to beginning, type a string of garbage characters (eg "blank234"), highlight the garbage characters, type "yp", click to beginning again, type more garbage characters, select again, type "eas". As long as the keystroke recorder doesn't record where exactly you clicked in the text field, and you just overwrote the text rather than hit the delete key, you should be fairly safe. The password is SOMEWHERE among the characters you typed, but they'll have fun figuring it out from the log.
You mean you DON'T want a recipe that allows a loony lady to throw a bunch of ingredients into the oven and take out a fully functional TiBook after 20 minutes!?
Not really, they won gold in the men's speed skating in the last Olympics. Speed skating!
Granted, you won't see them winning one for skiing anytime soon, unless you have several skiers racing at the same time (now THAT would be a sight to see!) and all except the Aussie skier run into each other just before the end...
Although the tapes have now been destroyed, this was less than certainty for awhile. The two families were so afraid that journalist/author Stephen Williams might be granted permission to view the tapes (to verify the veracity of testimony, etc, as he claimed), and/or that the tapes might be leaked out and copied, that they had the tapes declared copyrighted, and ineligible for further viewing.
http://www.pencanada.ca/censor/SWilliams.htm
Really? I live in Ottawa (Ontario), and have never paid any monthly fees to healthcare. Perhaps you mean you pay for additional health insurance like dental or eyeglasses, other procedures, as part of a supplementary (e.g. company) health plan, but it's not a mandatory fee, like car insurance (if you have a car).
I just went in for a checkup today. Swiped my health card, got a tetanus/polio booster shot, and got blood samples taken for some tests, and I didn't have to pay a dime outside what I've already paid through taxes.
Reminds me of a story I heard...
A woman borrows her husband's canoe and takes it out to the middle of the lake so she can rest and read her book in peace for a few hours. Upon returning to dock a Fisheries/Conservation officer approaches her, sees that there's equipment for fishing stored on the boat, and demands to see her fishing license.
She doesn't have one, so the officer proceeds to write her up on charges of fishing without a license. She argues that she didn't take the boat out for the purpose of fishing, but the officer is adamant. "You have the equipment on the boat, it doesn't matter whether you intended to use them or not."
At which point the woman says that she'll have him arrested on sexual assault charges. After all, she says, "You have the equipment necessary to commit such an act, it doesn't matter whether you intended to use it or not."
You know you've made an impact on the hollywood landscape when a concept that attacks a cliche (a small, blond girl kills monsters rather than screaming and running away from them) becomes a cliche itself ;-)
"... and Microsoft hired lawyers"
Billboard analogies isn't applicable--billboards are to web ads as spam is to unsolicited snail mail.
IANAL, of course.
Lure them to Nigeria first.
Not a petition, since that doesn't seem to do anything. But check out http://www.fireflysupport.com for ways to help convince Fox and other to support the show.
And the payment arrangements were made after the ad was already made. She said in the interview that they had to call her dad to get approval because she was a minor, and he didn't even believe she was going to do it--clearly there was no prior arrangement to do the ad.
Besides, being paid to say something true doesn't make it less true. The Microsoft "testimonial" was entirely made up and misrepresented to the public.
So, you're saying the majority of people using Dells fall into the category of the irritating Dell dude?
Dude, interesting market demographic!
Out of all my data, I only consider about 200 MB of it irreplaceable, or don't want to bother reproducing. My emails, PGP keys, certain preference settings, etc.
Every week, or as situations warrant, I run a script that copies files and folders that need to be backed up from all corners of my system to a folder, then I copy it to a disk image on my 5 GB iPod (the image is encrypted, so if the iPod's lost or stolen they'll need to spend quite a bit of effort getting at my data).
It's not as good as tape or burning a CD and putting it in a safe deposit box, but since the iPod goes everywhere I go, the backups are reasonably safe. It's not like the data's life and death for a company.
"hmm, I wonder if I'm vulnerable to this IE bug that allows my hard drive to be reformatted..."
*applies exploit steps*
*drive gets wiped out*
"Dammit, I really was vulnerable!"
I doubt it was paid for. Quite simply, Jaguar car owners are more likely to be driving their car around than writing web pages about them. Not so OSX Jag users, ergo, more web pages linking to Apple than Jaguar Cars.
Those apps then require their own installers, often with authentication required.
Most user apps, however, are able to do with just drag-and-drop install, including most browsers (Mozilla, IE, Omniweb), RealOne Player, most non-Apple system utilities... even MS Office can be installed by dragging the program folder wherever you want.
Of course, there are a few oddball apps that insist on using installers and need authentication even though they have absolutely no need to. Windows Media Player, for one (hmmm....)
ASP is controlled by Microsoft, which also runs MSN, a direct competitor to Yahoo. Yahoo using ASP would be like MS using *nix boxes to run Hotmail. And unlike Hotmail, where MS could bury somewhat the fact they had to use *nix servers for awhile, Yahoo! using ASP would be instantly visible to the world.
A few months ago I guessed the URL to the then-new Star Trek Nemesis teaser from Apple's site ten minutes before their trailer page was updated to access it, ensuring I got it at high download speed before the masses linked in and slowed everything down.
Guess I'll be expecting a court summons soon...