While these measures seem useful and probably somewhat effective, they aren't needed at all.
I've seen it many times, including when it happened to my wife.
-You discover your card stolen -You phone the credit card company (or just as likely, they phone you first after that $400 purchase at the liquor store), -They list the recent purchases and ask you which one was the last legitimate one -You tell them -They say "yes, sir", and remove the other charges -You get a new credit card in the mail a week or two later.
Now perhaps they wouldn't be as trusting if it happens to the same person multiple times, but they're making so much money, they can afford this level of customer service, which keeps me using the card!
Same reason that people who bought JetsGo tickets from the website were just as covered as those who paid for travel insurance through a travel agent. Your stuff doesn't show up, you fill out one faxed form, Visa or M/C reverses the charge. No gold card or annual fee needed.
I've used Yahoo since about '94 (first year University) or '95 - and signed up for the mail not too long after (don't remember when it started). As free mail began to take off, almost everyone I knew had either a Yahoo or a Hotmail account - so I'd say it made a pretty good impact. Once MS bought Hotmail, more of the computer geeks intentionally chose Yahoo.
The only reason it seems like Gmail made more of an impact is that Google is already extremely vaunted in the minds of the general public - including people that know little about computers. Well, I guess another reason is that Google has been doing a pretty good job of releasing products that are instantly better than their competitors', and their Gmail interface IS pretty good, and did provide some new ideas, which Yahoo has now started to copy.
It may have changed, but a few years ago I had password issues with my Yahoo account, and the only thing I needed (I could have been anyone) to gain control and make a new password, was a bit of personal info that family would know anyway.
Such as birthdate and postal code, or something like that. I was shocked - even an angry ex could easily take over your account and ruin you. I then tried to change my birthdate to something fake, but Yahoo won't let you - it's the key info to verify it's really you.
Of course, this is before I realized that I shouldn't be giving these organizations my real info anyway. I signed up for Yahoo in 94 or 95.
Best game ever! (of course a job, marriage, and child keeps me far from knowing much about the good ones in the last few years:).
At the time, there was only Descent and Doom, and Descent was the only one which was truly 3D.
Funny you mention the joystick, I rocked that game using 2 hands on the keyboard in a custom configuration.
My old copy of Descent doesn't work so well on modern computers and OS's. Does anyone have a link to a version that is easy to make/run on XP or Linux today?
My work just installed software that disallows net access from any browser other than IE.
Brilliant.
That depends on their goal. Since their goal here is probably to spy on you, and block you from certain websites, it may simply be easier for them to acheive that by forcing all accesses through I.E. So it may actually be a brilliant solution to that end. Don't want to let that Micro$oft certification go to waste, you know:)
Hopefully they're not dumb enough to think they are improving security that way...
Hey here's an idea - since the good browsers are open source, could you recompile, say, Firefox, so that it spoofs its I.D. on outgoing packets as "MSIE"...?
Don't forget that their bundled IE probably starts off with a default homepage of msn.com, so most people not knowing any better will never change that home page and end up using them for searches, hotmail, etc.
Epidural should not be recommended for everyone...
While that is, of course, true, as a recent new-father myself, I feel the need to present a counter example. People should be aware that in many cases it can make things much better.
My wife is a type A personality and was naturally high-strung during L&D. Her water broke, and then she only dilated 2 cm in the first 5 hours, and was not making much progress, but was in more and more pain.
After the epidural, she calmed down, relaxed, and dilated up to 8 cm in just over an hour. Things went very smoothly from there.
We agree with many aspects of natural birth proponents, but since many people do want the safety of a hospital environment in case something goes wrong, an epidural can help the situation along, when doctors will usually call for a C-section after it stalls for too long. It was too bad that we couldn't try a more natural sitting position, or hot-tub birth, but in our case, I'm pretty confident it worked for the best.
Yes, there is a risk with an epidural (I can't imagine how I would have reacted to the "oops, blood" comment!), but it can also reduce other risks, such as those associated with C-sections, and amount of time baby's head is being deformed during pushing.
(By the way, my wife had no tearing and no episiotomy, which made her quite happy!)
I first read this as "anti-DOS", and wondered: What, we're done bashing Windows, so we're moving backwards and going after Micro$oft's original Disk Operating System?
Most people are breaking the M$ licence by copying it from a friend anyway... So if you manage to compile the source code successfully, I'd imagine you are still breaking the licence.
I've never driven around there, but it reminds me of that old Jeopardy-style SNL sketch (say this in a Boston accent:) "How to get from here to there in New England".
At one point, Adam Sandler (I think) buzzes in after the other two got "lost" while trying to give directions to the "question". He thinks about it, and says "You can't get there from here".
That was the correct answer.
Last year, a friend was driving a rental car in the area and told me that trying to find his way around reminded him of that sketch.
I read about this in Stephen Hawking's "A brief History of Time" over 10 years ago. It didn't really seem to be up for debate. Is it only exciting now because it's the first actual observation of it, or something?
Don't forget that you cannot exhale your entire lung volume. I think I remember from high-school that the average male can exhale 4-5 litres of air, but there is still 1-2 litres remaining, no matter how hard you push.
A quick search turns up a reference to average numbers that shows I'm not too far off. (Disclaimer: one search does not a good scientific study make, and I have no idea about the credibility of the source)
The question is - is that last litre or two enough to explode you?
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While these measures seem useful and probably somewhat effective, they aren't needed at all.
I've seen it many times, including when it happened to my wife.
-You discover your card stolen
-You phone the credit card company (or just as likely, they phone you first after that $400 purchase at the liquor store),
-They list the recent purchases and ask you which one was the last legitimate one
-You tell them
-They say "yes, sir", and remove the other charges
-You get a new credit card in the mail a week or two later.
Now perhaps they wouldn't be as trusting if it happens to the same person multiple times, but they're making so much money, they can afford this level of customer service, which keeps me using the card!
Same reason that people who bought JetsGo tickets from the website were just as covered as those who paid for travel insurance through a travel agent. Your stuff doesn't show up, you fill out one faxed form, Visa or M/C reverses the charge. No gold card or annual fee needed.
I disagree.
I've used Yahoo since about '94 (first year University) or '95 - and signed up for the mail not too long after (don't remember when it started). As free mail began to take off, almost everyone I knew had either a Yahoo or a Hotmail account - so I'd say it made a pretty good impact. Once MS bought Hotmail, more of the computer geeks intentionally chose Yahoo.
The only reason it seems like Gmail made more of an impact is that Google is already extremely vaunted in the minds of the general public - including people that know little about computers. Well, I guess another reason is that Google has been doing a pretty good job of releasing products that are instantly better than their competitors', and their Gmail interface IS pretty good, and did provide some new ideas, which Yahoo has now started to copy.
People of Microsoft.... Do you accept this declaration of shenanigans?
...
Alright everybody, it's shenanigans. Get your brooms!
It may have changed, but a few years ago I had password issues with my Yahoo account, and the only thing I needed (I could have been anyone) to gain control and make a new password, was a bit of personal info that family would know anyway.
Such as birthdate and postal code, or something like that. I was shocked - even an angry ex could easily take over your account and ruin you. I then tried to change my birthdate to something fake, but Yahoo won't let you - it's the key info to verify it's really you.
Of course, this is before I realized that I shouldn't be giving these organizations my real info anyway. I signed up for Yahoo in 94 or 95.
You said it!
:).
Best game ever! (of course a job, marriage, and child keeps me far from knowing much about the good ones in the last few years
At the time, there was only Descent and Doom, and Descent was the only one which was truly 3D.
Funny you mention the joystick, I rocked that game using 2 hands on the keyboard in a custom configuration.
My old copy of Descent doesn't work so well on modern computers and OS's. Does anyone have a link to a version that is easy to make/run on XP or Linux today?
Don't forget this instant classic!
This story adds even more "insightful" mod points to a recent post I read: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134809&cid=112 51440
I disagree. I doubt he ever learned how to divide. Remember "Fuzzy math"?
Brilliant.
That depends on their goal. Since their goal here is probably to spy on you, and block you from certain websites, it may simply be easier for them to acheive that by forcing all accesses through I.E. So it may actually be a brilliant solution to that end. Don't want to let that Micro$oft certification go to waste, you know :)
Hopefully they're not dumb enough to think they are improving security that way...
Hey here's an idea - since the good browsers are open source, could you recompile, say, Firefox, so that it spoofs its I.D. on outgoing packets as "MSIE"...?
Don't forget that their bundled IE probably starts off with a default homepage of msn.com, so most people not knowing any better will never change that home page and end up using them for searches, hotmail, etc.
Wow, multiple girlfriends? One disqualifies you from slashdot, with more than one you should hand in your UID.
I'm just impressed that he's so familiar with the "dash controls" of all his girlfriends. Please post links to any good manuals!
Some other squatting company got windoze.com, though.
While that is, of course, true, as a recent new-father myself, I feel the need to present a counter example. People should be aware that in many cases it can make things much better.
My wife is a type A personality and was naturally high-strung during L&D. Her water broke, and then she only dilated 2 cm in the first 5 hours, and was not making much progress, but was in more and more pain.
After the epidural, she calmed down, relaxed, and dilated up to 8 cm in just over an hour. Things went very smoothly from there.
We agree with many aspects of natural birth proponents, but since many people do want the safety of a hospital environment in case something goes wrong, an epidural can help the situation along, when doctors will usually call for a C-section after it stalls for too long. It was too bad that we couldn't try a more natural sitting position, or hot-tub birth, but in our case, I'm pretty confident it worked for the best.
Yes, there is a risk with an epidural (I can't imagine how I would have reacted to the "oops, blood" comment!), but it can also reduce other risks, such as those associated with C-sections, and amount of time baby's head is being deformed during pushing.
(By the way, my wife had no tearing and no episiotomy, which made her quite happy!)Don't forget their goal to reverse the average joe's conception of whether hardware or software should be worth the big bucks:
Rememeber this Slashdot article?
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I think the point was that Google isn't offering the GMail yet. (I still think it's an April Fool's joke).
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Response to previous sig:
"Nice Beaver"
Thanks. I just had it stuffed.
(Couldn't resist - used to love that movie)
But then what would High School students use as bomb calorimeters in their labs?
I first read this as "anti-DOS", and wondered:
What, we're done bashing Windows, so we're moving backwards and going after Micro$oft's original Disk Operating System?
Most people are breaking the M$ licence by copying it from a friend anyway...
So if you manage to compile the source code successfully, I'd imagine you are still breaking the licence.
Makes it easy to explain non-deterministic bugs popping up and disappearing at random in the h/w I'm qualifying.
Hilarious.
I've never driven around there, but it reminds me of that old Jeopardy-style SNL sketch (say this in a Boston accent:) "How to get from here to there in New England".
At one point, Adam Sandler (I think) buzzes in after the other two got "lost" while trying to give directions to the "question". He thinks about it, and says "You can't get there from here".
That was the correct answer.
Last year, a friend was driving a rental car in the area and told me that trying to find his way around reminded him of that sketch.
I read about this in Stephen Hawking's "A brief History of Time" over 10 years ago. It didn't really seem to be up for debate. Is it only exciting now because it's the first actual observation of it, or something?
Don't forget that you cannot exhale your entire lung volume. I think I remember from high-school that the average male can exhale 4-5 litres of air, but there is still 1-2 litres remaining, no matter how hard you push. A quick search turns up a reference to average numbers that shows I'm not too far off. (Disclaimer: one search does not a good scientific study make, and I have no idea about the credibility of the source) The question is - is that last litre or two enough to explode you?