Well, I've registered at least 8 domains (all active today), all using the same email address. I'm sure that's where some of my spam comes from, but it's not on the order of tens per day...
All I can say is if you get 81 spam a day you must be an idiot, or out looking for it.
I frequently post to newsgroups, send a lot of email, use my real email address all over the place on legitimate sites and I get between 0-2 spam per day (usually right around 1). For newsgroup posts I always change the reply-to so that it has something extra to be stripped out, and always spell it out in my signature, e.g.
foo at diddle dot com
rather than foo@diddle.com
Other than these mild techniques, I pretty much use my computer as intended.
I love how complete bullshit gets moderated to +5 Informative on slashdot. Why not do a tiny bit of fact checking and slam people for misinformation rather than praising them for anything negative having to do with Microsoft???
amen...i have reddish-brown hair and when i grow it out a very red beard, and you can jab me a few times in the side with a shiv and after i smile at you i'll pound your sorry a** into the dirt and leave you wishing you had never been born.
Neither are serial ports, parallel ports, mice that aren't wireless, monitors less than 17in (unless they are flat panel in which case 15in is still worth having), assembly language manuals for IBM mini-computers, pants without a belt, shoes without laces, etc.
At best you're going to find out that you might be more inclined to get this disease or that one, and then maybe you'll try to fad remedy of the day like eating half a watermelon every day or taking half a gram of CoQ10 every hour on the hour with a glass of distilled water.
Your doctor isn't going to look at it (even if you do have a way to bring it to him, be it on a DVD laptop, etc.).
And why do I care that my employer, insurance company, etc. profile my genes?
Basically they're going to come to the conclusion that most everyone sucks.:)
Laws will be passed (at least in the US) protecting people from losing insurance over this (remember, today, at least in my state, the insurance companies are forced to take you even with pre-existing conditions that cost a lot of money to treat).
I'm not going to lose my job, because anybody with half a brain (genetically profiled or not) realizes that people that have performed successfully in the past will continue to do so in the future, and that other people, no matter how genetically superior in various ways, will not necessarily do so (I've worked with a lot of people from high profile universities who sucked eggs when it came to actually getting the job done...).
And how many people need to copy files to a floppy? I haven't done that in at least two years...
And, IMO, Windows XP makes burning a CD easier than copying to a floppy ever was, so I'm not sure people will need help in that area, either.
Which brings me to the main point, both of those things are something I would expect a "helpdesk" (many mid-to-large sized companies have them) to deal with, not a system administrator.
1. Drop Linux & learn Windows NT Server.
2. Drop Apache & learn MS SQL Server.
3. Drop Perl & C, forget about UML (useless!) - learn C++
4. Shave face, shower, wear clean clothes, and you'll find a job.
If you doubt 1-3, check out any listing of the "top 10 skills sought by employers" and you'll find that NT Server, SQL Server, and C++ are all on it (as well as Unix [meaning Solaris] administrator & Java, but they are both on the decline...).
So I have yet to meet someone who likes or is interested in Anime who isn't also deeply involved in computers, comic books, or both.
What's the connection?
Are geeks just more open-minded about new experiences, or are they just more inclined to be interested in things like comics & cartoons as if they had never really grown up?
And what's with the obsessiveness wrt Anime as well - I've never met anybody who sorta liked it, or occassionally rented one - people seem to be deeply affected by it and make it a huge part of their life if they enjoy it.
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Well, I've registered at least 8 domains (all active today), all using the same email address. I'm sure that's where some of my spam comes from, but it's not on the order of tens per day...
I frequently post to newsgroups, send a lot of email, use my real email address all over the place on legitimate sites and I get between 0-2 spam per day (usually right around 1). For newsgroup posts I always change the reply-to so that it has something extra to be stripped out, and always spell it out in my signature, e.g.
foo at diddle dot com
rather than foo@diddle.com
Other than these mild techniques, I pretty much use my computer as intended.
So how is it that you manage to get so much spam?
i didn't think it was possible, but apparently so.
I love how complete bullshit gets moderated to +5 Informative on slashdot. Why not do a tiny bit of fact checking and slam people for misinformation rather than praising them for anything negative having to do with Microsoft???
a. World peace
b. End of all anti-MS posts on slashdot
c. Modicum of fame for the author
d. Riches beyond compare!
e. None of the above.
Well, what do you think?
cl ft.cpp /O2 /link /opt:ref /entry:main
1024 bytes - the linker always pads to the next page.
If you look at the .text section, it's 16 bytes.
See this:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/celebrities/bill.gates /gates_memory.html
Some random links...
MIPS: http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?Articl eID=3167
Alpha: http://download.comsats.net.pk/winnt/mpntalpha.htm
PowerPC: http://home1.gte.net/res008nh/nt/ppc/ntfaq.htm
Itanium: http://www.microsoft.com/windows.netserver/preview /default.mspx
back to the regularly scheduled programming
Neither are serial ports, parallel ports, mice that aren't wireless, monitors less than 17in (unless they are flat panel in which case 15in is still worth having), assembly language manuals for IBM mini-computers, pants without a belt, shoes without laces, etc.
I could go on, but I digress.
Can anybody venture a guess at when I'll be able to get this in an SLR body that will take interchangable lenses for under $1000?
At best you're going to find out that you might be more inclined to get this disease or that one, and then maybe you'll try to fad remedy of the day like eating half a watermelon every day or taking half a gram of CoQ10 every hour on the hour with a glass of distilled water.
Your doctor isn't going to look at it (even if you do have a way to bring it to him, be it on a DVD laptop, etc.).
Did someone mention PT Barnum?
Basically they're going to come to the conclusion that most everyone sucks. :)
Laws will be passed (at least in the US) protecting people from losing insurance over this (remember, today, at least in my state, the insurance companies are forced to take you even with pre-existing conditions that cost a lot of money to treat).
I'm not going to lose my job, because anybody with half a brain (genetically profiled or not) realizes that people that have performed successfully in the past will continue to do so in the future, and that other people, no matter how genetically superior in various ways, will not necessarily do so (I've worked with a lot of people from high profile universities who sucked eggs when it came to actually getting the job done...).
I just don't see the need for all the paranoia.
And, IMO, Windows XP makes burning a CD easier than copying to a floppy ever was, so I'm not sure people will need help in that area, either.
Which brings me to the main point, both of those things are something I would expect a "helpdesk" (many mid-to-large sized companies have them) to deal with, not a system administrator.
I'm a geek, and I don't like Anime, and don't care much for Star Trek, either (there were a few seasons of ST:TNG that were pretty good).
Haven't you ever seen Reefer Madness?
If you doubt 1-3, check out any listing of the "top 10 skills sought by employers" and you'll find that NT Server, SQL Server, and C++ are all on it (as well as Unix [meaning Solaris] administrator & Java, but they are both on the decline...).
What's the connection?
Are geeks just more open-minded about new experiences, or are they just more inclined to be interested in things like comics & cartoons as if they had never really grown up?
And what's with the obsessiveness wrt Anime as well - I've never met anybody who sorta liked it, or occassionally rented one - people seem to be deeply affected by it and make it a huge part of their life if they enjoy it.
Well, that's what the movie poster on the web site made me think of...