But there's a fundamental problem; *sometimes*, you WANT to receive e-mail that's been mass-generated (mailing list). Whether you wanted to receive that e-mail or not is an entirely subjective decision. Theoretically, someone might *want* to receive that Viagra ad #8163618!
For this reason it's never going to be possible to write a system that guarantees people never receive spam; everyone's personal definition of 'spam' is slightly different.
I'm genuinely interested as to how you think this would help fix anything.:-)
So, the spammer just sends out billions of 'come get me' messages instead of the actual spams. Most get ignored because of filtering (just like most spams now get ignored because of... filtering), but now the spammer gets statistics on how many people received (or bothered to download) their spam!
I was under the impression that all this hydrogen stuff was not about usefulness, but about the environment. Gasoline is pretty damn 'useful' right now, that's why it's used, but it sucks for the environment. It's no good its replacement being useful if it's as bad as or worse for the environment (ie. ultimately causes MORE pollution than using gasoline).
Did everyone hear MTV is now using the money we paid (through watching the advertising) to start a new tv network for gays and weirdo's. Darn. But, it's not as bad as the BBC using British people's TV licence fees to create its ASIAN Network.
Here's how I try to explain the McDonald's lawsuit to people. Take a random cup of coffee and pour it on your crotch, through your pants. You would expect discomfort, maybe pain, and at the most a small blister or two.
Sorry, but BS. If you're using instant coffee, what do you do first? Boil the kettle. A minute or two later, you're probably drinking the coffee. In that time, you'd maybe expect the coffee to cool down to 70/80 degrees Celsius. If you expect it to be only slightly hot/lukewarm, you're just a plain idiot. I'm firmly on McDonald's side with this one. If she'd carried the coffee carefully or put it in a cup holder or something she'd have been fine. Would she try and sue if she spilt her own instant coffee over herself?
I believe that's the reason why MS chose the name '.net'... so they could tie it in with www.microsoft.net; in fact, for a while, that site DID lead to some page about their.net platform. Looks like they seriously jacked in that idea, though, and are left with a weirdly named platform.
Hey, prices rising would be a good thing IMHO. Let's hope they raise to $100/yr minimum. Then people making legitimate use of a domain name and/or making even a small profit from the domain would be likely to keep it, but domain squatters' costs would rise through the roof. It's only a shame this can't happen for other TLDs, too.
(Disclaimer: Yes, I've had lots of long arguments about this with people; I still happen to think it would be better than the current situation. I HATE domain squatters with a passion).
IMO blaming the Chinese and Russians in these cases for spam is like blaming the manufacturer of a gun used in a murder, instead of the person who decided to pull the trigger. You don't fix a problem by blocking the symptoms
I don't think the gun is the symptom; I think the gun is the tool. Whilst I agree that the best solution is to allow the tool and prevent the crime, it's not always the most pragmatic solution. We in the UK, have lower violent crime rates than the US and it probably has something to do with guns being damn-near impossible to get hold of (even replicas are being outlawed now!).
Going by your analogy, people shouldn't bother locking doors or with any form of security; locked doors are the 'symptom', burglars are the actual problem. See the utopianness of that?
I'd equate the open relays with the gun. OK, you can take the 'dont ban the tool' attitude, but I think that's a bit utopian; you want to combat this in every way possible. Shutting down open relays, and one tactic to do this is to insult Chinese admin morons who leave them open, can't harm the situation, even if a more fundamental solution would be better.
Depends how you define it. I'd say only a man and a woman are capable of *natural sexual union*. Perhaps you could decribe (really! I'd like to know!) how such phenomenon could be performed otherwise.
I remember my mum's dad's, grandma's, dad's office, dad's offices extensions, mobile phone's and old personal landline phone (now defunct)'s numbers with no trouble.. and that's just a start. It's pretty natural for humans to remember stuff they regularly have to repeat.
Problem: We all know how good the US Congress is at making sensible decisions, and reading the bills they vote for first.
How do you prevent corruption from happening at this level? Apparently, far more stringent anti-corruption measures than the US has are needed if it's to be any less evil than the current setup.
Am I reading this correctly? 40 million down to just over 60 thousand? I mean, if the latter figure is correct, this is a MUCH different (less major) story.
From now on I'll continue to buy all my books from Amazon, filter through the selection using their website and order effortlessly and easily from home. Oh, and I'll first sit down and go over the books using their preview feature whilst enjoying my tea (I hate coffee) and access the internet until I decide on my purchaes. And I'll get my stuff at a 25% or more discount (usually).
The double-negative in English isn't ALWAYS wrong. You may want to keep a negative as part of the description you are negating, if it has a strong relevance, or you don't want to affirm something nor deny it. For example, "I don't think it's not working" may mean that you think it's working badly, whereas "I think it's working" probably doesn't.
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May I ask what kind of places your arm was getting 'stuck' because you were wearing a watch?
Sounds faintly disgusting to me...
Erm, TBH, I'm pretty sure regular underground tickets and bus tickets are separate things...
But there's a fundamental problem; *sometimes*, you WANT to receive e-mail that's been mass-generated (mailing list). Whether you wanted to receive that e-mail or not is an entirely subjective decision. Theoretically, someone might *want* to receive that Viagra ad #8163618!
For this reason it's never going to be possible to write a system that guarantees people never receive spam; everyone's personal definition of 'spam' is slightly different.
I'm genuinely interested as to how you think this would help fix anything. :-)
So, the spammer just sends out billions of 'come get me' messages instead of the actual spams. Most get ignored because of filtering (just like most spams now get ignored because of... filtering), but now the spammer gets statistics on how many people received (or bothered to download) their spam!
Why is this a better approach, again?
I was under the impression that all this hydrogen stuff was not about usefulness, but about the environment. Gasoline is pretty damn 'useful' right now, that's why it's used, but it sucks for the environment. It's no good its replacement being useful if it's as bad as or worse for the environment (ie. ultimately causes MORE pollution than using gasoline).
Did everyone hear MTV is now using the money we paid (through watching the advertising) to start a new tv network for gays and weirdo's.
Darn. But, it's not as bad as the BBC using British people's TV licence fees to create its ASIAN Network.
To be yet more even more nit-picking, it's Healthcare Advocates (plural).
Here's how I try to explain the McDonald's lawsuit to people. Take a random cup of coffee and pour it on your crotch, through your pants. You would expect discomfort, maybe pain, and at the most a small blister or two.
Sorry, but BS. If you're using instant coffee, what do you do first? Boil the kettle. A minute or two later, you're probably drinking the coffee. In that time, you'd maybe expect the coffee to cool down to 70/80 degrees Celsius. If you expect it to be only slightly hot/lukewarm, you're just a plain idiot. I'm firmly on McDonald's side with this one. If she'd carried the coffee carefully or put it in a cup holder or something she'd have been fine. Would she try and sue if she spilt her own instant coffee over herself?
I was paying her to play games and have a good time. :-)
Sorry, what was the issue again?
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You missed out #3.
3. Like goldy and bronzey, only made of iron.
Please, elaborate a little. Because if it was as good as Little Britain, I'd gladly poke my eyes out with a sharp stick to avoid watching it.
I believe that's the reason why MS chose the name '.net'... so they could tie it in with www.microsoft.net; in fact, for a while, that site DID lead to some page about their .net platform. Looks like they seriously jacked in that idea, though, and are left with a weirdly named platform.
Hey, prices rising would be a good thing IMHO. Let's hope they raise to $100/yr minimum. Then people making legitimate use of a domain name and/or making even a small profit from the domain would be likely to keep it, but domain squatters' costs would rise through the roof. It's only a shame this can't happen for other TLDs, too.
(Disclaimer: Yes, I've had lots of long arguments about this with people; I still happen to think it would be better than the current situation. I HATE domain squatters with a passion).
IMO blaming the Chinese and Russians in these cases for spam is like blaming the manufacturer of a gun used in a murder, instead of the person who decided to pull the trigger. You don't fix a problem by blocking the symptoms
I don't think the gun is the symptom; I think the gun is the tool. Whilst I agree that the best solution is to allow the tool and prevent the crime, it's not always the most pragmatic solution. We in the UK, have lower violent crime rates than the US and it probably has something to do with guns being damn-near impossible to get hold of (even replicas are being outlawed now!).
Going by your analogy, people shouldn't bother locking doors or with any form of security; locked doors are the 'symptom', burglars are the actual problem. See the utopianness of that?
I'd equate the open relays with the gun. OK, you can take the 'dont ban the tool' attitude, but I think that's a bit utopian; you want to combat this in every way possible. Shutting down open relays, and one tactic to do this is to insult Chinese admin morons who leave them open, can't harm the situation, even if a more fundamental solution would be better.
Depends how you define it. I'd say only a man and a woman are capable of *natural sexual union*. Perhaps you could decribe (really! I'd like to know!) how such phenomenon could be performed otherwise.
Hrm.
I remember my mum's dad's, grandma's, dad's office, dad's offices extensions, mobile phone's and old personal landline phone (now defunct)'s numbers with no trouble.. and that's just a start. It's pretty natural for humans to remember stuff they regularly have to repeat.
Perhaps you could get hold of a retinal hologram lens, and say you had an eye transplant. ;-)
But isn't there some effect caused by the shape of the ears that means they can actually hear in slightly better than stereo?
I think your whole post can be invalidated on the basis that you like 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon'.
Problem: We all know how good the US Congress is at making sensible decisions, and reading the bills they vote for first.
How do you prevent corruption from happening at this level? Apparently, far more stringent anti-corruption measures than the US has are needed if it's to be any less evil than the current setup.
Am I reading this correctly? 40 million down to just over 60 thousand? I mean, if the latter figure is correct, this is a MUCH different (less major) story.
You do that.
From now on I'll continue to buy all my books from Amazon, filter through the selection using their website and order effortlessly and easily from home. Oh, and I'll first sit down and go over the books using their preview feature whilst enjoying my tea (I hate coffee) and access the internet until I decide on my purchaes. And I'll get my stuff at a 25% or more discount (usually).
But yeah, you support an unnecessary anachronism.
No, that'll be the new Intel chip you put in it.
They can and do.
The double-negative in English isn't ALWAYS wrong. You may want to keep a negative as part of the description you are negating, if it has a strong relevance, or you don't want to affirm something nor deny it. For example, "I don't think it's not working" may mean that you think it's working badly, whereas "I think it's working" probably doesn't.