But the problem with this is the problem that has always faced this type of automated email handling. . . improper classification. If you rely on the computer to classify your email and automate appropriate tasks, and it mis-classifies an email, you may miss it entirely.
I've long used Hotmail (yes, I know. . . Microsoft. *groan, groan*) as a repository for my junk email and they've actually gotten fairly good at filtering spam. But every now and then, I'll have 1 message out of hundreds or thousands that gets misclassified as spam and filtered to the junk box (yes, spam often makes it into the inbox, but false positives are my concern). I still end up spending time going through the box looking at almost every email so I don't end up missing one.
This would be an even bigger issue on an enterprise level (where this appears to be aimed). I don't care how skilled the programmers are, they can't predict my email habits (maybe I like spam, or perhaps only certain kinds) or future spam tendencies (as soon as a sound solution comes along, spam evolves).
Lovely. So, spammers can install a spamhole and obtain the lists that all the other spammers are using to add to their database. At least that should stop the spam from people trying to sell their email lists. . .
Actually, for once I did RTFA. . . my reference was to the post to which I replied.
And if the post by ajs318 is accurate, the questions you're referring to would be classified as dummy questions rather than control questions.
As for the NSA not doing this anymore, apparently they don't need to. They rely on driving enough fear into you that you'll confess things you probably don't need to and instill a sense of paranoia in you regarding the entire process. Its no wonder they had 345 consecutive failures in the clearance process.
That's what I don't get about this whole process. These so called "control questions" are based on assumptions. I'm sure there are people that never stole candy as a child. Or if they did, they don't remember it. I've never had much of a "sweet tooth", so I don't recall stealing candy when I was a child. Did I? I might have. But I honestly don't remember.
Of course, that brings in all sorts of additional biological parameters as I sit and wonder, "Did I steal candy as a child? Are they going to assume I'm lying if I say 'no'? Am I lying if I said 'no' and don't remember?" Meanwhile, they're moving onto other questions basing their testing on the assumption that I just lied because I said, "no" and I'm still second guessing myself on the previous question.
In my experience, its the same thing that has almost always driven the (desktop) CPU market. . . games. Anandtech tends to review gaming hardware more than anything else and by gaming standards, these chips are fast becoming obselete.
Why is it that NASA always seems more interested in the public perception than the actual progression of space exploration? The reasoning seems to be that moon landings are "cool" and "sexy" and look great in the short term.
Seems that Aldrin is at least being a little more of a visionary and thinking about where we can go from there rather than appeasing the public and its contant "what have you done for me lately" philosophy.
From what I've seen, the lack of market by AMD stems mainly from the lack of OEM partners. When you can't get Dell to put your chip in their computers and have little penetration in the other major PC makers, it makes it difficult to build a bigger name.
AMD seems to have been kicking Intel's butt for a little while now technically.
Agreed. I started building my computers solely with AMD about 6 years ago and, despite a few compatibility problems at first, have been extremely happy with the bang for the buck. But for the average user buying a PC, they're generally going to get whatever the PC makers are going with and unfortunately, that's Intel about 80% of the time.
but when I watched reruns of the series as a kid (back in the early 80's), the cylons scared the crap out of me. The robotic voices and the lack of a human visage were what made them so memorable. They seemed so much more cold and calculated by *not* seeming human. To me, making them more human will be the biggest disappointment of all.
but good games require more innovation than anything. EverQuest has a pretty crappy game engine, for instance, but the innovative gameplay has captured poor souls for years.
Granted, a good game engine goes further than just putting pixels on the screen, but the future of gaming doesn't rest in the ability of programmers to design wonderful new game engines. It lies in the creativity of the designers to take gaming in directions its never gone before.
this cheating must be stopped. Our race has had enough trouble hiding from the efforts of SETI@home, but so far its all been predictable. These cheats have made it very difficult to continue to conceal our existince from your planet. Please, put an end to it!
Yes, but everyone knows that antimatter research leads to warp drive research which leads to the study of quantum anomalies that will allow time travel. So, someone has to start the ball rolling so those future generations can bring the technology back during my lifetime!
I agree. My reaction to this was, "Just what the Linux world needs. . . another distro to dillute the Linux community." Unless it offers something completely revolutionary, it seems to me it will do nothing but drawing users away from existing Linux distros.
One of the biggest problems facing users considering a change from Microsoft to Linux is "which distro should I pick? There are just too many!" In my extremely humble opinion, Linux needs fewer distros, not more.
While Jabber may very well be the wave of the future and a wise choice right now in its own right, the fact that so many other people use AOL and ICQ make it difficult to change.
I've already got about 3 IM clients installed (despite the fact that I hardly use any of them). And most of the people I know have used ICQ or AIM for years and convincing them to change when everyone they know uses ICQ or AIM is a difficult task.
Seems to me, the only way there will be a mass exodus from ICQ or AIM is if they either screw up royally (and people get pissed off enough) or they make the desicion to switch to Jabber (which with AOL's history of proprietariousness [yes, I made that up] seems unlikely).
And I think more importantly, once you get them on a Linux distro, it becomes a lot easier to "try out" those apps. Prior to this, switching to a Linux distro required a huge leap of faith as you jumped with both feet into a new operating system and apps and prayed that it all worked (and remained productive). Now, users can take it a step at a time. Hop on with Linux, but still use apps they're familiar and comfortable with. Once they get familiar and comfortable with the OS, they can start trying out some of the free apps. Makes perfect sense to me.
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But the problem with this is the problem that has always faced this type of automated email handling. . . improper classification. If you rely on the computer to classify your email and automate appropriate tasks, and it mis-classifies an email, you may miss it entirely.
I've long used Hotmail (yes, I know. . . Microsoft. *groan, groan*) as a repository for my junk email and they've actually gotten fairly good at filtering spam. But every now and then, I'll have 1 message out of hundreds or thousands that gets misclassified as spam and filtered to the junk box (yes, spam often makes it into the inbox, but false positives are my concern). I still end up spending time going through the box looking at almost every email so I don't end up missing one.
This would be an even bigger issue on an enterprise level (where this appears to be aimed). I don't care how skilled the programmers are, they can't predict my email habits (maybe I like spam, or perhaps only certain kinds) or future spam tendencies (as soon as a sound solution comes along, spam evolves).
retaining the original To: address for reference.
Lovely. So, spammers can install a spamhole and obtain the lists that all the other spammers are using to add to their database. At least that should stop the spam from people trying to sell their email lists. . .
Not to mention the benefits of the first Quik-E-Mart on the ISS!
Actually, for once I did RTFA. . . my reference was to the post to which I replied.
And if the post by ajs318 is accurate, the questions you're referring to would be classified as dummy questions rather than control questions.
As for the NSA not doing this anymore, apparently they don't need to. They rely on driving enough fear into you that you'll confess things you probably don't need to and instill a sense of paranoia in you regarding the entire process. Its no wonder they had 345 consecutive failures in the clearance process.
That's what I don't get about this whole process. These so called "control questions" are based on assumptions. I'm sure there are people that never stole candy as a child. Or if they did, they don't remember it. I've never had much of a "sweet tooth", so I don't recall stealing candy when I was a child. Did I? I might have. But I honestly don't remember.
Of course, that brings in all sorts of additional biological parameters as I sit and wonder, "Did I steal candy as a child? Are they going to assume I'm lying if I say 'no'? Am I lying if I said 'no' and don't remember?" Meanwhile, they're moving onto other questions basing their testing on the assumption that I just lied because I said, "no" and I'm still second guessing myself on the previous question.
In my experience, its the same thing that has almost always driven the (desktop) CPU market. . . games. Anandtech tends to review gaming hardware more than anything else and by gaming standards, these chips are fast becoming obselete.
Lie detectors are not effective. This is just being used to scare people into thinking they can't lie.
;)
Seems to me, if they scare people into thinking that, then they are effective. Not functional, but effective.
Why is it that NASA always seems more interested in the public perception than the actual progression of space exploration? The reasoning seems to be that moon landings are "cool" and "sexy" and look great in the short term.
Seems that Aldrin is at least being a little more of a visionary and thinking about where we can go from there rather than appeasing the public and its contant "what have you done for me lately" philosophy.
Its depressing when the "low end of the CPU market" beats all four of your machines.
From what I've seen, the lack of market by AMD stems mainly from the lack of OEM partners. When you can't get Dell to put your chip in their computers and have little penetration in the other major PC makers, it makes it difficult to build a bigger name.
AMD seems to have been kicking Intel's butt for a little while now technically.
Agreed. I started building my computers solely with AMD about 6 years ago and, despite a few compatibility problems at first, have been extremely happy with the bang for the buck. But for the average user buying a PC, they're generally going to get whatever the PC makers are going with and unfortunately, that's Intel about 80% of the time.
Would it behove you editors to actually correct sentences like this one before you hit the "publish" button?
Wouldn't it behoove you to check your spelling before correcting someone's semantics?
but when I watched reruns of the series as a kid (back in the early 80's), the cylons scared the crap out of me. The robotic voices and the lack of a human visage were what made them so memorable. They seemed so much more cold and calculated by *not* seeming human. To me, making them more human will be the biggest disappointment of all.
Last I checked a fresh install of most Linux distros didn't yield an airtight box.
Granted, a good game engine goes further than just putting pixels on the screen, but the future of gaming doesn't rest in the ability of programmers to design wonderful new game engines. It lies in the creativity of the designers to take gaming in directions its never gone before.
this doesn't extend into the workplace. If I didn't get paid for idle cycles, I wouldn't be able to afford to eat!
this cheating must be stopped. Our race has had enough trouble hiding from the efforts of SETI@home, but so far its all been predictable. These cheats have made it very difficult to continue to conceal our existince from your planet. Please, put an end to it!
Yes, but everyone knows that antimatter research leads to warp drive research which leads to the study of quantum anomalies that will allow time travel. So, someone has to start the ball rolling so those future generations can bring the technology back during my lifetime!
Faster, better, cheaper than the Romulans. . . if only it weren't for that infernal cloaking device!
My representative is a telemarketer in his spare time. :(
that causes companies to go and lay off their employee's in moves like this.
One of the biggest problems facing users considering a change from Microsoft to Linux is "which distro should I pick? There are just too many!" In my extremely humble opinion, Linux needs fewer distros, not more.
I've already got about 3 IM clients installed (despite the fact that I hardly use any of them). And most of the people I know have used ICQ or AIM for years and convincing them to change when everyone they know uses ICQ or AIM is a difficult task.
Seems to me, the only way there will be a mass exodus from ICQ or AIM is if they either screw up royally (and people get pissed off enough) or they make the desicion to switch to Jabber (which with AOL's history of proprietariousness [yes, I made that up] seems unlikely).
And I think more importantly, once you get them on a Linux distro, it becomes a lot easier to "try out" those apps. Prior to this, switching to a Linux distro required a huge leap of faith as you jumped with both feet into a new operating system and apps and prayed that it all worked (and remained productive). Now, users can take it a step at a time. Hop on with Linux, but still use apps they're familiar and comfortable with. Once they get familiar and comfortable with the OS, they can start trying out some of the free apps. Makes perfect sense to me.
so we can't sell encryption to our enemies, but giving it to them is fine? ;)
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