2: The default 'do not show file extensions for known file types' is on for explorer.
Whilst this is annoying (I disable it as I like to SEE my files' extensions), it doesn't prevent you checking for 'trick' filenames, actually. Any filename that appears to have an extension ('mywork.doc') has a double-extension, so you should be VERY suspicious.
There might be MORE bacteria on a keyboard, but here's the thing: are they as nasty? Most of the bacteria on your toilet seat probably come from faeces, but on the keyboard (presuming you wash your hands well), they come from... food? Not so bad.
One reason why mobile services are so expensive in the UK is because the UK government auctioned so few 3G licences off they knew there would be a huge bidding war between the major mobile operators to grab the ones that were on offer. There was. They ended up pissing away £22.5bn on licences, all paid to the government.
And Gordon Brown still manages to not have enough money to play with.
On a less related note, I was at the grocery store and realized that not one of the magazines in the checkout line was targeted to men. I know the demographic means that most of the shoppers will be women, but I don't see why there should be no magazines for men.
Guess which gender is statistically more prone to impulse purchases.
They have a patent on streaming media over a communications network, and they started by suing the porn industry, since the mainstream didn't care. That allowed them to build up a warchest to use against bigger fish in the pond.
Yeah, if there's one thing Microsoft needs, it's a warchest.
FreeBSD: "Hey, Microsoft. See these juicy bits under here? Yeah, the wings. Come take em, fry 'em up. They're real tasty. Oh, and I hear the rump's nice. Just chop it off with a bit knife, incorporate it, and charge for it! Trust me, you'll love it. All this great lunch, and I'm telling you, it's FREE!"
Why the fuck would you want to develop for that again?
Trouble is, Firefox (IMHO incorrectly) acts like the only reason to use HTTPS is to verify a site's authenticity. When I connect to a service on my web server that uses HTTPS with a certificate issued by itself, I get a big ugly warning dialog from FF stating things like, "Website verified by unknown authority" and "Please notify the site's webmaster about this problem." Whilst it's saying things like that, I can't see widespread self-certified HTTPS taking off.
Why the hell would you put up with a crappy 30GB cap when you could go with Be Unlimited and get an uncapped connection? Sorry, but I'm very intolerant of caps. I think they suck, and anyone who imposes them sucks.
NTL in the UK has just started to institute a similar policy
By the way, they're called Virgin Media now.
Is it really a similar policy? They take some users down to 1mb down, 128kb up after 350MB usage at peak times. It still seems fast enough (although I do hate the utter asynchronousness of it, I like my upstream dmanit!)
If anything, what will make me go for Be Unlimited w/ Sky at my next property will be the truly terrible Indian-based 'customer service' call centres they seem to have switched to since their takeover of NTL. And that's after waiting literally 30 minutes on hold.
Erm, you seem to have missed the obvious one: Make it a subscription-only service.
There are apparently soooo many people worldwide out there that would be more than happy to pay the fee (according to Slashdot average, anyway). They'd probably rake in MORE money if it was a subscription-only service, the government could still mandate that they show no ads, and people like me could actually watch the TV *WE* want to without paying them. Not that I do, anyway.
The current system is actually pretty effective. They know who has a license and there are (scarce, I admit) resources to try to catch out those who abuse the system.
Hey!! Over here!
I *ABUSE* the system, as you put it. Guess what? I watch TV without a licence. Why? Because I refuse to pay for the fucking BBC when I could happily live WITHOUT it, yet like to watch other channels. So fuck you for calling me an abuser. It's the system that sucks.
Slashdot Mirror
That will usher in the time we have "Brains in a Jar".
:-)
Ah, but how do you know you're not already a brain in a jar?
I was, in fact, being incredibly sarcastic. Didn't work very well over the net.
Microsoft is loosing its ability to innovate.
Hmm, I thought they were innovating LESS!
You might at least say who this guy is. We aren't all experts on the personnel of every Linux distribution.
:-)
Please turn in your Slashdotter card, and exit the building. The hounds will be released in 5 minutes.
Of course the From address can't be faked. It's just like envelopes. Do you think that the return address on the back of an envelope can be faked?
2: The default 'do not show file extensions for known file types' is on for explorer.
Whilst this is annoying (I disable it as I like to SEE my files' extensions), it doesn't prevent you checking for 'trick' filenames, actually. Any filename that appears to have an extension ('mywork.doc') has a double-extension, so you should be VERY suspicious.
There might be MORE bacteria on a keyboard, but here's the thing: are they as nasty? Most of the bacteria on your toilet seat probably come from faeces, but on the keyboard (presuming you wash your hands well), they come from... food? Not so bad.
One reason why mobile services are so expensive in the UK is because the UK government auctioned so few 3G licences off they knew there would be a huge bidding war between the major mobile operators to grab the ones that were on offer. There was. They ended up pissing away £22.5bn on licences, all paid to the government.
And Gordon Brown still manages to not have enough money to play with.
On a less related note, I was at the grocery store and realized that not one of the magazines in the checkout line was targeted to men. I know the demographic means that most of the shoppers will be women, but I don't see why there should be no magazines for men.
Guess which gender is statistically more prone to impulse purchases.
They have a patent on streaming media over a communications network, and they started by suing the porn industry, since the mainstream didn't care. That allowed them to build up a warchest to use against bigger fish in the pond.
Yeah, if there's one thing Microsoft needs, it's a warchest.
FreeBSD: "Hey, Microsoft. See these juicy bits under here? Yeah, the wings. Come take em, fry 'em up. They're real tasty. Oh, and I hear the rump's nice. Just chop it off with a bit knife, incorporate it, and charge for it! Trust me, you'll love it. All this great lunch, and I'm telling you, it's FREE!"
Why the fuck would you want to develop for that again?
I know *I'd* grab a sword being pointed at me long before I'd grab a gun.
Tell me, how is it you still have a hand?
Trouble is, Firefox (IMHO incorrectly) acts like the only reason to use HTTPS is to verify a site's authenticity. When I connect to a service on my web server that uses HTTPS with a certificate issued by itself, I get a big ugly warning dialog from FF stating things like, "Website verified by unknown authority" and "Please notify the site's webmaster about this problem." Whilst it's saying things like that, I can't see widespread self-certified HTTPS taking off.
Show me anyone in a position of power who has not paid their way there.
The guys who own Google?
Sure, but not all morally repugnant things damage company image in a meaningful way... especially if they happen offshore.
Honest question: Is the federal government going to pay as much attention to this New Hampshire law as it does to California's medical marijuana law?
I just hope there is no one already living on our soon to be discovered new colony planet so we can move in quicker.
Yep. And every second of extra speed counts, with Alpha Centauri being a mere 42 trillion km away.
"there is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home"
I also hear you can get very high-quality pictures of old ladies' cats, if that interests you.
There's loads of concrete proof, but Bush and Mugabe aren't standing trial. Proof won't do it.
Why the hell would you put up with a crappy 30GB cap when you could go with Be Unlimited and get an uncapped connection? Sorry, but I'm very intolerant of caps. I think they suck, and anyone who imposes them sucks.
NTL in the UK has just started to institute a similar policy
By the way, they're called Virgin Media now.
Is it really a similar policy? They take some users down to 1mb down, 128kb up after 350MB usage at peak times. It still seems fast enough (although I do hate the utter asynchronousness of it, I like my upstream dmanit!)
If anything, what will make me go for Be Unlimited w/ Sky at my next property will be the truly terrible Indian-based 'customer service' call centres they seem to have switched to since their takeover of NTL. And that's after waiting literally 30 minutes on hold.
Erm, you seem to have missed the obvious one: Make it a subscription-only service.
There are apparently soooo many people worldwide out there that would be more than happy to pay the fee (according to Slashdot average, anyway). They'd probably rake in MORE money if it was a subscription-only service, the government could still mandate that they show no ads, and people like me could actually watch the TV *WE* want to without paying them. Not that I do, anyway.
Regards,
Jez (Non-TV license payer)
The current system is actually pretty effective. They know who has a license and there are (scarce, I admit) resources to try to catch out those who abuse the system.
Hey!! Over here!
I *ABUSE* the system, as you put it. Guess what? I watch TV without a licence. Why? Because I refuse to pay for the fucking BBC when I could happily live WITHOUT it, yet like to watch other channels. So fuck you for calling me an abuser. It's the system that sucks.
(You may detect that I feel strongly about this)
ingenuous
And of course what I meant to say there was disingenuous.