Right on! The spammers will continue unabated but the innocent users will be sorely disadvantaged. In fact, they'll miss out on whatever spam-busting features their email clients have.
Just another facet of the war on terrorism.
"Nothing to see here. Move down the food chain."
>> How do you think space technology will change as a result of these low cost missions, satellites and space vehicles?
I think my position is best expressed by:
"It's raining '53 DeSotos."
Who would go to the movies? Pay $12 AND get *SPAMMED* with ads?! Not for thith little black duck.
When I saw the Phantom Menace there must've been 50 ads before the movie. I don't even remember what the movie was about because I was still pissed about it the next day!
I think I've been to the movies maybe 4 times since then. And I used to go pretty much weekly.
Also, 2 of those 4 times, it was IMAX. The second of those two times started with ads, which were followed by:
"This is not an IMAX movie. It's a 35mm movie on an IMAX screen."
I shouted, "Why didn't it say that in the newspaper ad?" Someone should burn them for bait and switch.
Word to the entertainment industry (and sports and SO MANY OTHERS). If you treat people badly, the reaction you're guaranteed to get is:
IIRC, that issue of Whole Earth that showed the UFOs over San Francisco was particularly notable because the UFOs had no shadows.
Not too convincing.:/
|| I hope the enhancements don't add too much color ||
I hope they don't reduce the impact. I was blown away by THX1138 when it came out. Saw it on the tube recently and figured that the ONLY thing that needed to be done was to replace the shots of tractor-feed pages with video displays. That does need to be done. Everything else is fine. A brilliant work.
>> People can (and I believe may one day be required) to work at home.
Absolutely right! In the current era of cutting costs until you get something (everything!) for nothing, it makes no sense to pay for premises when you can make your employees pay for them.
from the interview...
--)) We "allow", but don't support DIY apt-get functionality, apt is configured to pull from our selected sources, not the standard Debian apt repositories. ***An experienced user can easily add standard Debian repositories and install packages themselves, though our tracking system will pick it up*** and those self-tested, self-installed packages will not be supported by the standard warranty/support. ((--
What do they mean by THAT?! Enquiring minds want to know!
> a pretty blatant... fraud."
Don't be so sure! I went on vacation and set my email account to auto-reply with "I'll be out of the office for 2 weeks. If you need tech support, please contact Tim or Brad."
Well... I auto-replied to penis enlargement ads 12 times in one week! Now I keep tripping over my penis.:(
I often enjoy the depts. on/. but not so the Randy California line. You could've derived the EXACT same humour more sensitively with "from the Fresh Garbage dept."
This is how they'll throttle down my DSL, right? Damn that fast fibre! Gotta sell DSL in Lite Light, Extra Lite Light, Ultra Lite Light, and (eventually) stopped. No wait! They can do stopped now! -- Malcolm
>> So why do astronomers always compare the size of meteors to Volkswagen bugs?
They have to, when the meteors aren't big enough to compare to football fields.:)
>> every debian package puts its documentation in/usr/share/doc/packagename. If the manpage fails me at all, this is where I go first.
All well and good but... newbies! They (I!) don't know that/usr/share/[anything] exists, for cryin' out loud!
I bought Corel Deluxe when it came out (no comments on why I shouldn't have it, please). I've installed it several times and I always have to go back to Windows because *I don't know ANYTHING about Linux*!!! Whenever I try to find out, it quickly becomes clear that whatever I read makes an assumption that I know about _some_ aspect -- but I don't! So I wind up no farther along.
What is/usr/[anything]? Why is it set up that way? What's the overriding rationale behind it all?
I've installed several other Linuxes too and I always have to throw them away cause I can't make them work with my DSL (or even with dial-up, and I _do_ have a hardware modem).
Used the Roaring Penguin PPPoE client. Try to install, get a couple screens of errors, about which I know NOTHING! On WinLinux, it installed perfectly, without a peep. Doesn't work. Why? How can I know? I don't know anything. The PPPoE docs say don't be set to have your network card come up at boot. How do I stop it? Once I've booted, how do I bring it up? Dunno. Still haven't found out.
You guys will know when Corel Linux came out. I've been trying to run it for _years_! And I still can't.
This is a Bad Thing and should not be. Will I be able to do it after reading Running Linux. Maybe. But don't tell me about the resources available on the system, I can't USE the system!
I tell ya... Once I get Linux up and working with my DSL, I'll never go back to Win. All I have to do is throw away spam anyway.:/
I'll just add that I came to the PC from the Amiga, kicking and screaming.;)
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AstroSurf
==== and having previewed this, I can see that I don't know how to make a paragraph on/. either. GRR!!!
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Right on! The spammers will continue unabated but the innocent users will be sorely disadvantaged. In fact, they'll miss out on whatever spam-busting features their email clients have. Just another facet of the war on terrorism. "Nothing to see here. Move down the food chain."
>> How do you think space technology will change as a result of these low cost missions, satellites and space vehicles? I think my position is best expressed by: "It's raining '53 DeSotos."
Who would go to the movies? Pay $12 AND get *SPAMMED* with ads?! Not for thith little black duck.
When I saw the Phantom Menace there must've been 50 ads before the movie. I don't even remember what the movie was about because I was still pissed about it the next day!
I think I've been to the movies maybe 4 times since then. And I used to go pretty much weekly.
Also, 2 of those 4 times, it was IMAX. The second of those two times started with ads, which were followed by:
"This is not an IMAX movie. It's a 35mm movie on an IMAX screen."
I shouted, "Why didn't it say that in the newspaper ad?" Someone should burn them for bait and switch.
Word to the entertainment industry (and sports and SO MANY OTHERS). If you treat people badly, the reaction you're guaranteed to get is:
"F me?! F you too."
That's just the way things are. Get a clue.
IIRC, that issue of Whole Earth that showed the UFOs over San Francisco was particularly notable because the UFOs had no shadows. Not too convincing. :/
I hope they don't reduce the impact. I was blown away by THX1138 when it came out. Saw it on the tube recently and figured that the ONLY thing that needed to be done was to replace the shots of tractor-feed pages with video displays. That does need to be done. Everything else is fine. A brilliant work.
Two words: Xerox Star.
>> People can (and I believe may one day be required) to work at home.
Absolutely right! In the current era of cutting costs until you get something (everything!) for nothing, it makes no sense to pay for premises when you can make your employees pay for them.
The news is expected to have a chilling effect on listeners, particularly when the volume is turned up.
from the interview... --)) We "allow", but don't support DIY apt-get functionality, apt is configured to pull from our selected sources, not the standard Debian apt repositories. ***An experienced user can easily add standard Debian repositories and install packages themselves, though our tracking system will pick it up*** and those self-tested, self-installed packages will not be supported by the standard warranty/support. ((-- What do they mean by THAT?! Enquiring minds want to know!
Failed to spell "toggling" correctly though.
N.B. The city of Toronto had a computer contract boondoggle involving .... Oracle licenses (among other things).
> a pretty blatant ... fraud."
Don't be so sure! I went on vacation and set my email account to auto-reply with "I'll be out of the office for 2 weeks. If you need tech support, please contact Tim or Brad."
Well... I auto-replied to penis enlargement ads 12 times in one week! Now I keep tripping over my penis. :(
I often enjoy the depts. on /. but not so the Randy California line. You could've derived the EXACT same humour more sensitively with "from the Fresh Garbage dept."
The print version of Nexus Magazine http://www.nexusmagazine.com/ had a story on micrwaves in the power lines. It's not pretty.
"_led_ to the misunderstanding" instead of "lead to" Used to be an editor. Can't help it.
This is how they'll throttle down my DSL, right? Damn that fast fibre! Gotta sell DSL in Lite Light, Extra Lite Light, Ultra Lite Light, and (eventually) stopped. No wait! They can do stopped now!
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Malcolm
>> So why do astronomers always compare the size of meteors to Volkswagen bugs? They have to, when the meteors aren't big enough to compare to football fields. :)
>> every debian package puts its documentation in /usr/share/doc/packagename. If the manpage fails me at all, this is where I go first.
All well and good but ... newbies! They (I!) don't know that /usr/share/[anything] exists, for cryin' out loud!
I bought Corel Deluxe when it came out (no comments on why I shouldn't have it, please). I've installed it several times and I always have to go back to Windows because *I don't know ANYTHING about Linux*!!! Whenever I try to find out, it quickly becomes clear that whatever I read makes an assumption that I know about _some_ aspect -- but I don't! So I wind up no farther along.
What is /usr/[anything]? Why is it set up that way? What's the overriding rationale behind it all?
I've installed several other Linuxes too and I always have to throw them away cause I can't make them work with my DSL (or even with dial-up, and I _do_ have a hardware modem).
Used the Roaring Penguin PPPoE client. Try to install, get a couple screens of errors, about which I know NOTHING! On WinLinux, it installed perfectly, without a peep. Doesn't work. Why? How can I know? I don't know anything. The PPPoE docs say don't be set to have your network card come up at boot. How do I stop it? Once I've booted, how do I bring it up? Dunno. Still haven't found out.
You guys will know when Corel Linux came out. I've been trying to run it for _years_! And I still can't.
This is a Bad Thing and should not be. Will I be able to do it after reading Running Linux. Maybe. But don't tell me about the resources available on the system, I can't USE the system!
I tell ya... Once I get Linux up and working with my DSL, I'll never go back to Win. All I have to do is throw away spam anyway. :/
I'll just add that I came to the PC from the Amiga, kicking and screaming. ;)
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AstroSurf
==== and having previewed this, I can see that I don't know how to make a paragraph on /. either. GRR!!!