Hey now, I was with you up until you implied that to not have piercings and/or tats makes someone look "dull." Surely that's just as bad as thinking "freaks?"
Wouldn't it make more sense for De Beers to invest in technology such as this and trade on their "quality" brandname than spend large amounts of money over an unknown period hoping that they'll still have a future?
I'm relatively musical, and routinely use songs as passwords. Sure, if you know that I use such a system, you only have to use A to G to guess, but it's not like I can't use 40+ characters in a password...
I mean, when a mere 350 million could cure world starvation, bring basic medical vaccinations to the third world *and* bring basic education to the same... well, let's spend that $700 billion on space instead.
There might be another reason you haven't thought of.
As a quick example, unless a number has been ported to another network, all numbers beginning 07719 belong to BT Cellnet (or O2 or whatever they're calling themselves this week). This is true for all operators, they were all handed a start block of nums.
Anyways, Virgin Mobile is immensely popular with schoolkids. I mean, almost 80% or 90% kiddies. It's pay-as-you-go and everything's cheap as chips. The upside for the spammer/scammer is that kids are a hell of a lot more vulnerable to their tricks than the likes of you and I.
Spam isn't a problem here, thankfully. If nothing else, the minimum charge of 3p a message between UK operators puts a lot of people off.
However, this just means that the spammer will go to an SMSC based in India where the prices will be much lower.
Once again we have a "however" - Spam is eventually used to sell something. What's the point of spamming unless you're offering a UK-based service? Very little, even the dumbest of phone users isn't going to call an international number and many mobile phones may have access to international numbers bloked.
So, as I was saying, you have a UK service. The telecoms regulator, ICSTIS HAS fined companies large amounts for spamming (I fail to believe £100,000 won't be missed by an SMS spammer) and tighter rules on spamming are due to be brought in come September.
A spam filter that lets through practically nothing except for addresses in a file. Every time it decides an email looks shifty, it replies to the sender with a message like:
"Your mail has been declined because of xyz, reply to this mail to send it through again"
and then for it to append a random aphanumeric string to the subject line (and / or email address - all my at my domain goes through to me). This string will be used as a key to allow a mail to go through to my inbox.
Alas, I don't have the time to develop such a product, but I'd sure as hell pay for one!
It's a sad fact that, alas, most people out there are far too greedy for their own good. Just think how much money a site like slashdot or kuro5hin would have coming in if every visitor gave a dollar once a year.
$Millions.
Hell, even if only the "regular" users donated you'd still be talking an impressive amount.
Today, Ralsky says he is trying to keep a lower profile, operating through cell phones and unlisted numbers. Ralsky agreed to this interview and the tour of his operation only if I promised not to print the address of his new home, which I found in Oakland County real estate records.
Certainly, making sure someone is aware of an issue with their software should be paramount before telling others. Alas, big corporations often just don't care, which is a disgrace.
However, whilst there's something to be said for fighting such companies, I fail to see why it should be at the user's expense.
Lots of people use windows. Some like it. Some hate it. Some, like me, have very little choice in the matter - finding a job elsewhere is simply not a realistic option. Now, why should I be punished over a vendetta?
Take a look at the PHP exploits released a few months ago. You were talking total server compromise. Were there any exploits? Certainly, but you would have a damn hard time actually finding them.
Right now, alas, there's a chance that my machine will be erased, losing work that hasn't been backed up because that's what I've done in the mere last few hours.
Although, it must be said, considering that there are some out there who consider Porky's to be the *best movie ever* I'm not sure it's such a great achievement...
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Yeah, I'm sure your clients are just going to love that...
Hey now, I was with you up until you implied that to not have piercings and/or tats makes someone look "dull." Surely that's just as bad as thinking "freaks?"
As long as the lawyer didn't take issue with my lack of tats and/or piercings, I'd say we'd do fine.
Wouldn't it make more sense for De Beers to invest in technology such as this and trade on their "quality" brandname than spend large amounts of money over an unknown period hoping that they'll still have a future?
https://www.infosec.navy.mil/
Eh? You do realise one can enjoy drugs socially?
But but but! If some nitwit *does* try it, they'll only have died in *this* universe, not the one they're rich in!
I'm relatively musical, and routinely use songs as passwords. Sure, if you know that I use such a system, you only have to use A to G to guess, but it's not like I can't use 40+ characters in a password...
I mean, when a mere 350 million could cure world starvation, bring basic medical vaccinations to the third world *and* bring basic education to the same... well, let's spend that $700 billion on space instead.
Good for you.
I don't believe you have a choice with TV either.
Yes, it's unethical, but since when have CEO's of large American corporations had morals?
There might be another reason you haven't thought of.
As a quick example, unless a number has been ported to another network, all numbers beginning 07719 belong to BT Cellnet (or O2 or whatever they're calling themselves this week). This is true for all operators, they were all handed a start block of nums.
Anyways, Virgin Mobile is immensely popular with schoolkids. I mean, almost 80% or 90% kiddies. It's pay-as-you-go and everything's cheap as chips. The upside for the spammer/scammer is that kids are a hell of a lot more vulnerable to their tricks than the likes of you and I.
Spam isn't a problem here, thankfully. If nothing else, the minimum charge of 3p a message between UK operators puts a lot of people off.
However, this just means that the spammer will go to an SMSC based in India where the prices will be much lower.
Once again we have a "however" - Spam is eventually used to sell something. What's the point of spamming unless you're offering a UK-based service? Very little, even the dumbest of phone users isn't going to call an international number and many mobile phones may have access to international numbers bloked.
So, as I was saying, you have a UK service. The telecoms regulator, ICSTIS HAS fined companies large amounts for spamming (I fail to believe £100,000 won't be missed by an SMS spammer) and tighter rules on spamming are due to be brought in come September.
Let me see... This deliberate reposint of stories wouldn't have *anything* to do with April Fool's day, would it?
Let me see... this deliberate re-posting wouldn't have *anything* to do with April Fool's, would it now?
A spam filter that lets through practically nothing except for addresses in a file. Every time it decides an email looks shifty, it replies to the sender with a message like:
"Your mail has been declined because of xyz, reply to this mail to send it through again"
and then for it to append a random aphanumeric string to the subject line (and / or email address - all my at my domain goes through to me). This string will be used as a key to allow a mail to go through to my inbox.
Alas, I don't have the time to develop such a product, but I'd sure as hell pay for one!
Typo: Are you sure you didn't mean *Holborn* station? :-)
Didn't that use to be the terminus point for the Jubilee line? Either that or Charing Cross was, which may have been what you saw.
It's a sad fact that, alas, most people out there are far too greedy for their own good. Just think how much money a site like slashdot or kuro5hin would have coming in if every visitor gave a dollar once a year.
$Millions.
Hell, even if only the "regular" users donated you'd still be talking an impressive amount.
Alas, I don't see it happening any time soon...
Ha! You've gotta love reporters sometimes :-D
Hell, the server's been slashdotted within minutes of posting! How much more pain can you take?
Certainly, making sure someone is aware of an issue with their software should be paramount before telling others. Alas, big corporations often just don't care, which is a disgrace.
However, whilst there's something to be said for fighting such companies, I fail to see why it should be at the user's expense.
Lots of people use windows. Some like it. Some hate it. Some, like me, have very little choice in the matter - finding a job elsewhere is simply not a realistic option. Now, why should I be punished over a vendetta?
Take a look at the PHP exploits released a few months ago. You were talking total server compromise. Were there any exploits? Certainly, but you would have a damn hard time actually finding them.
Right now, alas, there's a chance that my machine will be erased, losing work that hasn't been backed up because that's what I've done in the mere last few hours.
Think of the users. Please.
2006, 2:02:33 a.m. BG delares "I am 1337 hax0r", nukes CmdrTaco.
Although, it must be said, considering that there are some out there who consider Porky's to be the *best movie ever* I'm not sure it's such a great achievement...
Whilst the DMCA is undoubtedly bad, it's not just about Apple users - it's bad in full. Bad bad bad, bad to the teeth, bad bad bad bad bad bad!
Can't we all get together on this just for once?
I always thought that, in computing at least, everything's *meant* to get smaller...