"Is Netscape bashing going to replace Microsoft bashing?"
I think it's really pathetic how most people don't take 2 seconds to really investigate anything, but would rather follow whatever bashing trend floats by them. There is a whole sub-cultural phenom. on "popular" bashing of products. Let's look at some examples:
Microsoft, the movie Titanic, Episode 1, Religion, Netscape, any other large corporation...
It's "fashionable" to bash those and many others...you're "hip" and "with it" if you can repeat the same 2 or 3 worn-out phrases that make you seem "in the know"
Pathetic.
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sorry, but this is just plain stupid. i hate the "jump-on-the-bandwagon-bashers" because they make so much fucking noise and have so little to say...
Java works fine with M18 (at least under win32). I hit a site with one of those f-ing "hit the monkey" java banners and M18 prompted me to download the Java modules. It downloaded and installed. I restarted M18 and it worked fine.
I don't really get spam, so I guess I don't care. People can subscribe to RBL/MAPS and block my legit emails if they want I guess, but I don't see spam as ever stopping. Filter early and filter often that's the only way to deal with it.
too many times/. posts one viewpoint and then fails to post an article pointing to a formal response from the person or group as a reaction to the flood of/.'ers. I think the mozillazine editorial should get screen time just as much as the original web standards article did.
This editorial does make some good or at least interesting comments and made me re-think my knee-jerk reaction to the first article posted here.
Exactly. My main email all comes from my yahoo account. I have found it very useful, good uptime, and one can setup a great set of filters. I get maybe 1 spam a month to my inbox (all the rest is routed to the trash which I never see). I find web-based email much easier to get to than a shell because you don't always have SSH handy.
Yes. Pages 94-95 of the October issue of Scientific American has a very good article about Mindsweeper and P vs. NP. unfortunatly the article is not available online at sciam.com
Although I do get some spam at my yahoo account, I think yahoo's filtering rules are the _best_ for any free web-based mail service. I filter 99.9% of all the spam with their filters.
How much of a good idea is creating really long TLD's?
Maybe I'm lame (*probably*) but I think sticking with 3 characters is a Good Thing(tm). Just when the unwashed masses are getting the hang of.com v.s..net v.s..org v.s..gov etc. do we really want to throw.heylookatthistld out there?
I agree. I don't see how these guys get permission to use all their companys bandwidth for such a non-profit making venture.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they do but I can see fewer and fewer companies willing to give up anything for IRC
If I was an athelete and I had a choice between going for the Olympic Gold Medal and staying home I would probabaly just sign the paper and not talk to my hometown paper or my own website.
It's unfortunate, but these atheletes have been training and training and training for _years_. It would be very very tough to just throw it all away. At least it would be for me.
On a related note: NPR did a really good story on the American Olympic athletes that boycotted the 1980(?) games because of the (then) USSR's invasion into Afganastan. The stories of how these peoples lives came, basically, apart, was pretty moving. There lives had been focused on the Olympics for so many years, and then President Carter says "Don't go to the games" (which were in the USSR). People were devostated. Potential careers outside the Olypics in sports were lost forever. No body even remembers who they are now for doing such a thing.
In addition to seeing a rise in internet-based distributed computing projects, Cosm (as I understand it) will enable companies to use their vast internal network for real-world business applications. This is pretty exciting stuff.
I've not really thought too much about getting sued maybe just because I've not had a whole lot of traffic (well, none really).
Whenever I got a new author to write a column or two I would always send a standard boilerplate email that said (among other things)
1. Authors are responsible for their content
2. Authors retain the rights to their work
3. dezine is only a forum in which to post their ideas
4. the editors of dezine can remove any content at their disgression.
I know this probably isn't very strong, but I think that because I say the author retains the right to their work and that neither the editors nor the zine itself lays claim to it, that this might protect me from the kind of legal firestorm that might ensue.
unfortunatly, I never placed that text out on the website itself. plain stupidity on my part.
I think the point is to appear to be the good guys on this issue. Yes they don't have a clue with their business plan, but they'll point to the "hacking" community as the reason their business failed, not to that plan. If people take the high road then I think they would be left naked with a crappy business plan and no one to blame but themselves.
I'm hoping that the community would take the high road on this issue and not degrade to flaming DC. I think that clear, concise, informative and not insulting emails to DC might help them see the light. Certainly it could have more of an effect than just telling them they suck. Think of them as children in need of guidance, because their behavior is that of a 10 year old, not that of adults.
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"Is Netscape bashing going to replace Microsoft bashing?"
I think it's really pathetic how most people don't take 2 seconds to really investigate anything, but would rather follow whatever bashing trend floats by them. There is a whole sub-cultural phenom. on "popular" bashing of products. Let's look at some examples:
Microsoft, the movie Titanic, Episode 1, Religion, Netscape, any other large corporation...
It's "fashionable" to bash those and many others...you're "hip" and "with it" if you can repeat the same 2 or 3 worn-out phrases that make you seem "in the know"
Pathetic.
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sorry, but this is just plain stupid. i hate the "jump-on-the-bandwagon-bashers" because they make so much fucking noise and have so little to say...
Java works fine with M18 (at least under win32). I hit a site with one of those f-ing "hit the monkey" java banners and M18 prompted me to download the Java modules. It downloaded and installed. I restarted M18 and it worked fine.
I don't really get spam, so I guess I don't care. People can subscribe to RBL/MAPS and block my legit emails if they want I guess, but I don't see spam as ever stopping. Filter early and filter often that's the only way to deal with it.
too many times /. posts one viewpoint and then fails to post an article pointing to a formal response from the person or group as a reaction to the flood of /.'ers. I think the mozillazine editorial should get screen time just as much as the original web standards article did.
This editorial does make some good or at least interesting comments and made me re-think my knee-jerk reaction to the first article posted here.
Exactly. My main email all comes from my yahoo account. I have found it very useful, good uptime, and one can setup a great set of filters. I get maybe 1 spam a month to my inbox (all the rest is routed to the trash which I never see). I find web-based email much easier to get to than a shell because you don't always have SSH handy.
Yes. Pages 94-95 of the October issue of Scientific American has a very good article about Mindsweeper and P vs. NP. unfortunatly the article is not available online at sciam.com
Thankfully, THAT isnt their intent. It is obvious that you are just looking to flamebait, and unfortunately, its a slow halloween, so I am feeding it.
that's what trolls do and that's all user 219096 cares to do. Take a quick look at what the troll posted and you can see the quality of the content.
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yeah, they could use trolls...
that's been talked about and talked about over and over. Hunt around for the /. IRC interview. It's a no go. Sites are on their own.
Although I do get some spam at my yahoo account, I think yahoo's filtering rules are the _best_ for any free web-based mail service. I filter 99.9% of all the spam with their filters.
Quick, while they're still reeling, you should Patent their business method!
That's it!
.etc TLD?!
Why isn't there an
How much of a good idea is creating really long TLD's?
.com v.s. .net v.s. .org v.s. .gov etc. do we really want to throw .heylookatthistld out there?
Maybe I'm lame (*probably*) but I think sticking with 3 characters is a Good Thing(tm). Just when the unwashed masses are getting the hang of
I disagree. I get a really good laugh every time I see another fumble by Digital Convergance. This story made my morning! :)
Yes, you can mark this as redundant.
I agree. I get a really good laugh every time I see another fumble by Digital Convergance. This story made my morning! :)
Blackened leaving, to me, began the start of the slow roll towards "death."
Blackened was really holding up most of EFNet.
Yes, the rise of script kiddies has contributed to EFNet's current state, but really, if you had to place a date on it I'd pick Blackened leaving
I agree. I don't see how these guys get permission to use all their companys bandwidth for such a non-profit making venture.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they do but I can see fewer and fewer companies willing to give up anything for IRC
the one thing I can count on is that my site doesn't (and won't) get any hits
They were called about by their president to boycott the games. It wasn't about idealism, it was about political pressure.
If I was an athelete and I had a choice between going for the Olympic Gold Medal and staying home I would probabaly just sign the paper and not talk to my hometown paper or my own website.
It's unfortunate, but these atheletes have been training and training and training for _years_. It would be very very tough to just throw it all away. At least it would be for me.
On a related note: NPR did a really good story on the American Olympic athletes that boycotted the 1980(?) games because of the (then) USSR's invasion into Afganastan. The stories of how these peoples lives came, basically, apart, was pretty moving. There lives had been focused on the Olympics for so many years, and then President Carter says "Don't go to the games" (which were in the USSR). People were devostated. Potential careers outside the Olypics in sports were lost forever. No body even remembers who they are now for doing such a thing.
In addition to seeing a rise in internet-based distributed computing projects, Cosm (as I understand it) will enable companies to use their vast internal network for real-world business applications. This is pretty exciting stuff.
Now, if I could only convince my PHB...
I run a small indi zine called dezine:
http://www.cetan.com/dezine/
I've not really thought too much about getting sued maybe just because I've not had a whole lot of traffic (well, none really).
Whenever I got a new author to write a column or two I would always send a standard boilerplate email that said (among other things)
1. Authors are responsible for their content
2. Authors retain the rights to their work
3. dezine is only a forum in which to post their ideas
4. the editors of dezine can remove any content at their disgression.
I know this probably isn't very strong, but I think that because I say the author retains the right to their work and that neither the editors nor the zine itself lays claim to it, that this might protect me from the kind of legal firestorm that might ensue.
unfortunatly, I never placed that text out on the website itself. plain stupidity on my part.
http://www.apple.com/pr/libr ary/2000/sep/18amazon.html
I think the point is to appear to be the good guys on this issue. Yes they don't have a clue with their business plan, but they'll point to the "hacking" community as the reason their business failed, not to that plan. If people take the high road then I think they would be left naked with a crappy business plan and no one to blame but themselves.
I'm hoping that the community would take the high road on this issue and not degrade to flaming DC. I think that clear, concise, informative and not insulting emails to DC might help them see the light. Certainly it could have more of an effect than just telling them they suck. Think of them as children in need of guidance, because their behavior is that of a 10 year old, not that of adults.
Instruct, don't destruct.