And you're going to globally do an update after they all reformat?
So, wait, EVERYBODY is going to try to do Windows Update on the *same* day?
And whilst it's downloading? In normal circumstances, this already takes a long time. Reinstalling somebody with pre-SP2 XP for example isn't exactly the smartest move now, is it?
This is a really silly idea if you *did* get everybody onboard.
There was a time when advertises actually sponsored particular shows. And this was only 20 years ago. Most advertises knew the content they were specifically advertising for, right down to the actual episode of a show that was airing.
Nowadays, advertising is booked months in advance for a wide timeslot window, costs more, and is *always* less personal. I'm not sure why it's less personal, I mean, I guess you still have 90% chance of knowing what's in the timeslot, but advertisements never seem to care about the show anymore -- and I assume the advertisers just don't care. They just want their ad there.
I guess it's a bit funny to suggest that advertisers cared more about the consumer (rather than just their own product) 20 years ago, but that's honestly the way I feel it is.
Okay, so the full comment is "The 100-meter dash and other cherished Olympic moments will for the first time be beamed to computers and mobile phones during the Athens Games.", but I seem to remember the Sydney Olympics in 2000 doing multicasts of Olympic activities.
Yes, you heard correctly, it was a huge technological experiment for us locally. Multicasts aren't very common in Australia. Overall, I think it worked out fairly well (although some ISPs didn't route the traffic).
Whilst it may also not have been exported international (I can't remember -- as I'm in Australia myself), neither is this -- so exactly how is this the first time?
In my opinion, the Olympics are something that should never have been allowed to have exclusive television rights, etc. As an event that's meant to unify the world, to limit things based on corporate monopolies is just plain self-defeating.
It'd be funny if the initial broadcast of Star Wars was captured by a passing alien freighter who enjoyed it so much that they decided to "sculpt" a nearby moon to look similarly as appreciation:)
... or you could just look at the source, given that it's an Open Source patch:-)
Makes me wonder why you trust MS patches so much </conspiracy>:)
Andrew.
Re:Unfortunately much spam originates from the US.
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I'm from Australia actually:) And not particularly fond of the US for a variety of reasons, but for the sake of spam, I don't think they're entirely to blame.
Just because a spam contains a US-style phone number (which is generally not the content of the spam) or identifies as a US-based business, only means they're trying to seduce the biggest market (the US) for their advertising campaign.
I don't see sufficient evidence in spams these days to suggest that the US are behind the majority of spam.
However, will definitely be looking more at ROKSO from spamhaus.org, although traditionally, most of the "big name" spammers I've seen on these lists are spam campaigns I've never personally seen. (Which is surprising, because a lot of my addresses are very exposed.)
I guess it just boils down to differences in targetted audience based on domain. Whilst you might not think any consideration goes into which addresses are spammed (since you may aswell just 'spam them all'), up until recently, most spam has worked off e-mail lists, and it makes sense to try to deliver to your most powerful segments first (.com,.net, etc are likely to be US-mostly for example), rather than go after.au and.uk domains (do you have only.uk addresses? Or.com/.net?) Whilst you may think this would take an overwhelming about of thought/preparation on the spammer's side, imagine the greater exposure they'd get from this slight targetting..
Having said all that, I'm still assuming the US as the most lucrative and easily led market for spam.
All in all, not really saying that the US *aren't* behind the majority of spam. I just lack suitable evidence that they *are*, in my opinion.
Phew, Andypoo.
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I deal a fair bit with tracking of spam (I wouldn't say I'm an expert or trained in any regard), but a lot of the spam (mostly pharmaceutical, penis enlargements, etc) seem to point back to sites hosted in China. I'd say the vast majority of these.
Whilst you can use a bit of 'guesswork' to determine that they may be from the US due to certain use of grammar, linked images, etc, the *majority* is just pointing to China and sometimes Korea (although this is more just delivery).
I don't know, maybe we're just being targetted differently being.au:) Perhaps all the US spammers are ignoring me as an unlikely buyer
I must say, that overall, US ISPs are fairly responsive to spam (at least in regards to hosted sites and DNS), as for delivery (which is mostly worm-related these days), I get very little response (if only I could get Comcast to act on those few hundred messages I reported).
Andypoo.
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This both worries me and pleases me at the same time.
Whilst innocent users could get caught up in horrendous legal battles, it also means that class actions against certain companies making horribly bug-riddled mail clients may also be forced to take place.
Of course, I shouldn't really wish legal battles on anybody, but in the view of means to an end..
Andypoo. (Yes, this time I will use Plain Old Text)
Unfortunately much spam originates from the US...
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Personally, I see a lot more spam from China or Korea than the US. Sure, we get a fair bit from worm infected machines these days, but China and Korea are still the heavy hitters.
Perhaps it would be more positive to amend the article, "Unfortunately, the UK is responsible for a very small segment of spam in the wild, so this is law is not likely to make a major difference to Internet users."
Having said that, there are lots of people *responsible* for spam in the US, but it's next to impossible to tie most common spam to these respective (can I even use that word in this context?) people.
Andypoo.
This is just a boring hardware review, and nothing particularly special.
It only reviews 3 Athlon 64 boards, and there's nothing particularly promising there. What happened to Gigabyte's full-featured board offerings? Or Soltek's budget board? Or Albatron's motherboard? Or any of the other motherboard manufacturers?
I certainly don't consider these the top #3 boards available. More the "top #3 we were able to get our hands on for a review".
Slashdot isn't a crappy hardware review site. This review contains nothing special or particularly interesting.
I could imagine the first wiz-bang Athlon 64 samples being reviewed, but this article is just boring, and outdated, to be called Slashdot material imo.
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And you're going to globally do an update after they all reformat?
So, wait, EVERYBODY is going to try to do Windows Update on the *same* day?
And whilst it's downloading? In normal circumstances, this already takes a long time. Reinstalling somebody with pre-SP2 XP for example isn't exactly the smartest move now, is it?
This is a really silly idea if you *did* get everybody onboard.
Andy.
More train articles on Wikipedia.
(I completely misread the point of the article from the linked text).
Surely I'm not the only one who looked at that image and saw birds of prey.
Andypoo.
There was a time when advertises actually sponsored particular shows. And this was only 20 years ago. Most advertises knew the content they were specifically advertising for, right down to the actual episode of a show that was airing.
Nowadays, advertising is booked months in advance for a wide timeslot window, costs more, and is *always* less personal. I'm not sure why it's less personal, I mean, I guess you still have 90% chance of knowing what's in the timeslot, but advertisements never seem to care about the show anymore -- and I assume the advertisers just don't care. They just want their ad there.
I guess it's a bit funny to suggest that advertisers cared more about the consumer (rather than just their own product) 20 years ago, but that's honestly the way I feel it is.
Andypoo.
Okay, so the full comment is "The 100-meter dash and other cherished Olympic moments will for the first time be beamed to computers and mobile phones during the Athens Games.", but I seem to remember the Sydney Olympics in 2000 doing multicasts of Olympic activities.
Yes, you heard correctly, it was a huge technological experiment for us locally. Multicasts aren't very common in Australia. Overall, I think it worked out fairly well (although some ISPs didn't route the traffic).
Whilst it may also not have been exported international (I can't remember -- as I'm in Australia myself), neither is this -- so exactly how is this the first time?
In my opinion, the Olympics are something that should never have been allowed to have exclusive television rights, etc. As an event that's meant to unify the world, to limit things based on corporate monopolies is just plain self-defeating.
Andypoo.
It'd be funny if the initial broadcast of Star Wars was captured by a passing alien freighter who enjoyed it so much that they decided to "sculpt" a nearby moon to look similarly as appreciation :)
... or you could just look at the source, given that it's an Open Source patch :-)
:)
Makes me wonder why you trust MS patches so much </conspiracy>
Andrew.
I'm from Australia actually :) And not particularly fond of the US for a variety of reasons, but for the sake of spam, I don't think they're entirely to blame.
.net, etc are likely to be US-mostly for example), rather than go after .au and .uk domains (do you have only .uk addresses? Or .com/.net?) Whilst you may think this would take an overwhelming about of thought/preparation on the spammer's side, imagine the greater exposure they'd get from this slight targetting..
Just because a spam contains a US-style phone number (which is generally not the content of the spam) or identifies as a US-based business, only means they're trying to seduce the biggest market (the US) for their advertising campaign.
I don't see sufficient evidence in spams these days to suggest that the US are behind the majority of spam.
However, will definitely be looking more at ROKSO from spamhaus.org, although traditionally, most of the "big name" spammers I've seen on these lists are spam campaigns I've never personally seen. (Which is surprising, because a lot of my addresses are very exposed.)
I guess it just boils down to differences in targetted audience based on domain. Whilst you might not think any consideration goes into which addresses are spammed (since you may aswell just 'spam them all'), up until recently, most spam has worked off e-mail lists, and it makes sense to try to deliver to your most powerful segments first (.com,
Having said all that, I'm still assuming the US as the most lucrative and easily led market for spam.
All in all, not really saying that the US *aren't* behind the majority of spam. I just lack suitable evidence that they *are*, in my opinion.
Phew,
Andypoo.
I deal a fair bit with tracking of spam (I wouldn't say I'm an expert or trained in any regard), but a lot of the spam (mostly pharmaceutical, penis enlargements, etc) seem to point back to sites hosted in China. I'd say the vast majority of these.
.au :) Perhaps all the US spammers are ignoring me as an unlikely buyer
Whilst you can use a bit of 'guesswork' to determine that they may be from the US due to certain use of grammar, linked images, etc, the *majority* is just pointing to China and sometimes Korea (although this is more just delivery).
I don't know, maybe we're just being targetted differently being
I must say, that overall, US ISPs are fairly responsive to spam (at least in regards to hosted sites and DNS), as for delivery (which is mostly worm-related these days), I get very little response (if only I could get Comcast to act on those few hundred messages I reported).
Andypoo.
This both worries me and pleases me at the same time.
Whilst innocent users could get caught up in horrendous legal battles, it also means that class actions against certain companies making horribly bug-riddled mail clients may also be forced to take place.
Of course, I shouldn't really wish legal battles on anybody, but in the view of means to an end..
Andypoo.
(Yes, this time I will use Plain Old Text)
Personally, I see a lot more spam from China or Korea than the US. Sure, we get a fair bit from worm infected machines these days, but China and Korea are still the heavy hitters. Perhaps it would be more positive to amend the article, "Unfortunately, the UK is responsible for a very small segment of spam in the wild, so this is law is not likely to make a major difference to Internet users." Having said that, there are lots of people *responsible* for spam in the US, but it's next to impossible to tie most common spam to these respective (can I even use that word in this context?) people. Andypoo.
This is just a boring hardware review, and nothing particularly special.
/rant now :)
It only reviews 3 Athlon 64 boards, and there's nothing particularly promising there. What happened to Gigabyte's full-featured board offerings? Or Soltek's budget board? Or Albatron's motherboard? Or any of the other motherboard manufacturers?
I certainly don't consider these the top #3 boards available. More the "top #3 we were able to get our hands on for a review".
Slashdot isn't a crappy hardware review site. This review contains nothing special or particularly interesting.
I could imagine the first wiz-bang Athlon 64 samples being reviewed, but this article is just boring, and outdated, to be called Slashdot material imo.
Umm,
Andypoo.