I know we all have our personal lists of the things we'd like to do to spammers;-) but until someone can effectively prosecute them on it what's the point of catching them?
The laws are pitiful and full of loopholes built in by the direct marketing lobbyists, and even Eliot Spitzer has mostly given the spammers he's prosecuted mere slaps on the wrist.
If I were a spammer, I'd have a friend turn me in for the reward, take the minimal risk that anyone could actually prosecute me on it, then split the reward with the friend. Sounds like instant profit to me...
... and probably an easier way to "make money fast";-) than actually spamming...
For that matter, such a scheme could work well enough to bring new people into the spamming field just to turn themselves in...
SpinSanity, a group proclaiming themselves to be non-partisan and "Countering rhetoric with reason - The nation's leading watchdog of manipulative political rhetoric" has this analysis of Fahrenheit 9/11.
Note: generally I avoid reading or recommending political sites, but Spinsanity seems to fairly hold *both* sides accountable for their 'spin,' analyzing rhetoric from both campaigns, pointing out inaccuracies in media reporting on politics, taking on books and documentaries, etc. Nice to see someone seeking to document truth so twisted and lost in the political battles... Anyway, a site to watch)
Flame-Retardent Disclaimer: I'm not saying what's true and I haven't seen the movie yet, nor do I plan to. Just providing this link as a resource for the discussion.
yeah, removing the ads from typical TV shows leaves you with just 56 seconds of video... easy to record in 56 seconds.;-)
seriously, doesn't 56 seconds seem like a typo? I can't copy that much video from one spot to another on my hard drive in that time... how is a DVD recorder that fast? yeah, yeah, I'll go read the article now - except that it's slashdotted... sigh...
well, frankly I enjoy cubes if they are decent and if I'm working with people I enjoy... I don't need an office to close myself off that much.
I wouldn't enjoy one of the open office layouts, but cubes can be friendly with people about more than being closed up in offices like rats in separate boxes;-)
well said... on conference rooms, not only white boards, but networked computers and built-in projectors should be included. We have them in all conf rms now and it's a huge help for every meeting.
Sure cuts down on the printing costs too when you run the ppt right there or open up files and schedules during meetings to update them live.
definitely windows around. the one I can see out my cube entrance definitely helps make me feel better about spending all day there.
And don't go with the old style floor layouts of putting all the cubes in the center of a floor with offices all around so the cubies can't seen any of the outside world. That makes the VIPs with offices happier but makes the cubies way unhappier.
also cubes are ok, but no more than 2 people per and make them large enough, and with walls high enough to give some sense of privacy.
design cube layouts so both cubies can put their computers at angles so they don't always feel like someone is looking over their shoulder (don't force them to have their backs to the entrance)
inexpensive coffee mess, vending machines closeby with a decent selection, restrooms, copy machines etc just a short walk.
enough network printers so no one needs to walk too far for printouts. and at least one should be color, and some should support B size (11x17") paper
decently large monitors on computers, I love my 21 incher...
comfortable chairs that are adjustable in a number of ways to meet everyone's needs
good temperature controls. too hot or too cold is a real pain and very distracting. make sure the HVAC system doesn't blow right on anyone or make too much air movement noise...
Let the employees pick where they will sit and who they'll cube with !!!! big one. makes a huge difference. Do NOT just assign them to places as you want, give them the choice.
That's an old joke. The version I've heard is about a guy who crosses the US/Canadian border for years with a wheelbarrow full of dirt. A border guard there *knows* he's smuggling something but can't figure it out. It drives him crazy. As the guy is retiring and he talks to the guard on his last day, the guard begs him to tell the secret... smuggling wheelbarrows.
reminds me of the famous Kennedy family photographer. He was very protective of the years of photos he took of the K family, never sold negatives, but only prints, etc.
Unfortunately he had his archive of negatives and prints stored in a vault in one of the World Trade Center basements. I think most of it ended up being dust on 9/11.... I vaguely recall a tv show about it and his daughter. They may have actually been able to recover some of it... not sure.
Anyway, there are things worth going to serious trouble to preserve, and some of them are digital these days. Personally I'd like to think that the website I do won't just disappear when I stop paying my webhosting account and the webhost deletes the account.;-(
Ok, maybe nothing I'm doing is that long-term, but there are writings that *do* matter. Diane Rehm (NPR) was interviewing an author who was writing about the wives of the US's 'founding fathers' and talked about how hard it was to find letters, etc since so many were destroyed. Sad.
Also goes to show that the best laid plans (and backups) of mice and men can get wiped by unpredictable events like 9/11...
I doubt they would be patrolling *all* the borders. Probably just when there is trouble somewhere in particular, or near a particular hotspot theatre (like North Korea during times of tension).
you wrote: "Building this part of the program will funnel money not only to Lockheed Martin, but to the producers of jet fuel."
Oh, for pete's sake, it doesn't use THAT much fuel... sheesh. The amount it uses compared to what aircraft in the military and commercial airlines use for normal flight certainly isn't going to be noticable on the balance sheets of any jet fuel manufacters.
1) since it's used against ICBMs, there is no need for the pres to be anywhere near it. It's not for defense against close-in air-to-air or ground-to-air (anti-aircraft) missiles.
2) If the plane is mostly filled with fuel for the thing, plus the normal aircraft's fuel, it's definitely NOT the place to put the president. With all that extra fuel, it'd be far more dangerous (in the case of other smaller kinds of hits) to the pres than air force 1.
A friend is my sister lives way the heck out in the boonies in Wyoming, and has put in solar and wind systems and has detailed much of his work on the systems, inverter, control, batteries etc.
Darrin and Andie (see their Alternative Energy House adn System pages)
While the source isn't hydro, the info on control, etc might be very useful to you, from someone who has actually done it, just just read about doing it.
It's the hull-mounted Alien puppet that taps on the window from Mir
reference this earlier article:-)
Scientists Study Effects of Mir
KOROLYOV, RUSSIA--U.S. and Russian scientists are increasingly excited about the Mir space station project, which promises to reveal more than has ever been known about the scientific relationship between weightlessness and mortal terror.
"By stranding our scientists on a dilapidated space station with faulty wiring, loose hardware, and malfunctioning air systems," NASA head Daniel Goldin said, "we have created extremely favorable conditions for learning about spaceborne panic."
The two Russians and one American on board the station are reportedly terrified beyond lucidity.
Among the groundbreaking experiments conducted on board Mir: a June 25 collision with a cargo craft that depressurized the Spektr module; last week's emergency power shortage, caused by a disconnected cable; and the periodic release of "dry ice" steam that simulates a shipboard fire. All have been deemed a huge success by agency heads.
"They are in a constant state of what aerospace scientists term 'mind-shattering terror,' frightened for their very lives," Russian mission director Vladimir Solovyov said. "And we have not even used the hull-mounted Alien puppet that taps on the window yet."
"We have also taken huge leaps in our understanding of the patterns created when one wets his pants in the weightlessness of space," Solovyov said. "The urine spreads out in an expanding sphere, something we did not expect."
Taking a break from his busy schedule, astronaut Michael Foale told ABC News reporters: "Where's my mommy?"
"Please tell me the access code to the Soyuz capsule," Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Lazutkin said. "I would like to return to the chaotic government and widespread hunger of my homeland."
Scientists expect to gain even more useful data during an experiment at 3 a.m. tomorrow. As the astronauts sleep, whirling red siren lights will flood the cabin while an ear-splitting klaxon alarm jolts them awake.
Detailed scientific data will then be collected on such variables as open weeping, uncontrollable spontaneous defecation and unusual hair loss.
nah, it flew out a window and exploded harmlessly in a parking lot,
(probably setting of a bunch of car alarms...;-)
less cynical than it might have been if written this year... about this war.
glad your biass isn't showing..;-)
for the strip, check the doonesbury website. maybe you can find it in their archives. good luck.
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The laws are pitiful and full of loopholes built in by the direct marketing lobbyists, and even Eliot Spitzer has mostly given the spammers he's prosecuted mere slaps on the wrist.
If I were a spammer, I'd have a friend turn me in for the reward, take the minimal risk that anyone could actually prosecute me on it, then split the reward with the friend. Sounds like instant profit to me...
... and probably an easier way to "make money fast" ;-) than actually spamming...
For that matter, such a scheme could work well enough to bring new people into the spamming field just to turn themselves in...
Isn't that what they always do? ;-)
So, how is that news?
Spinsanity - Fahrenheit 9/11: The temperature at which Michael Moore's pants burn
Note: generally I avoid reading or recommending political sites, but Spinsanity seems to fairly hold *both* sides accountable for their 'spin,' analyzing rhetoric from both campaigns, pointing out inaccuracies in media reporting on politics, taking on books and documentaries, etc. Nice to see someone seeking to document truth so twisted and lost in the political battles... Anyway, a site to watch)
Flame-Retardent Disclaimer: I'm not saying what's true and I haven't seen the movie yet, nor do I plan to. Just providing this link as a resource for the discussion.
seriously, doesn't 56 seconds seem like a typo? I can't copy that much video from one spot to another on my hard drive in that time... how is a DVD recorder that fast? yeah, yeah, I'll go read the article now - except that it's slashdotted ... sigh...
darn, from the title I thought we were about to shoot all the lawyers INTO space...
Frequently Asked Questions about SPF:
I've set up records, how do I test?
and How do I test/validate/check my record?
Lots of good, calm explanations there. It should be required reading before posting here. ;-)
dig? is that util on a particular OS?
Does anyone know if there is a validator out there that can check your settings for correctness once set in the DNS?
I wouldn't enjoy one of the open office layouts, but cubes can be friendly with people about more than being closed up in offices like rats in separate boxes ;-)
Sure cuts down on the printing costs too when you run the ppt right there or open up files and schedules during meetings to update them live.
and windows need mini-blinds or something, particularly to control heat and glare...
And don't go with the old style floor layouts of putting all the cubes in the center of a floor with offices all around so the cubies can't seen any of the outside world. That makes the VIPs with offices happier but makes the cubies way unhappier.
also cubes are ok, but no more than 2 people per and make them large enough, and with walls high enough to give some sense of privacy.
design cube layouts so both cubies can put their computers at angles so they don't always feel like someone is looking over their shoulder (don't force them to have their backs to the entrance)
inexpensive coffee mess, vending machines closeby with a decent selection, restrooms, copy machines etc just a short walk.
enough network printers so no one needs to walk too far for printouts. and at least one should be color, and some should support B size (11x17") paper
decently large monitors on computers, I love my 21 incher...
comfortable chairs that are adjustable in a number of ways to meet everyone's needs
good temperature controls. too hot or too cold is a real pain and very distracting. make sure the HVAC system doesn't blow right on anyone or make too much air movement noise...
Let the employees pick where they will sit and who they'll cube with !!!! big one. makes a huge difference. Do NOT just assign them to places as you want, give them the choice.
I wondered how many others would instantly think of Ender's ansible when they read this... ;-)
his might, but evidently yours don't ;-)
That's an old joke. The version I've heard is about a guy who crosses the US/Canadian border for years with a wheelbarrow full of dirt. A border guard there *knows* he's smuggling something but can't figure it out. It drives him crazy. As the guy is retiring and he talks to the guard on his last day, the guard begs him to tell the secret... smuggling wheelbarrows.
Unfortunately he had his archive of negatives and prints stored in a vault in one of the World Trade Center basements. I think most of it ended up being dust on 9/11.... I vaguely recall a tv show about it and his daughter. They may have actually been able to recover some of it... not sure.
Anyway, there are things worth going to serious trouble to preserve, and some of them are digital these days. Personally I'd like to think that the website I do won't just disappear when I stop paying my webhosting account and the webhost deletes the account. ;-(
Ok, maybe nothing I'm doing is that long-term, but there are writings that *do* matter. Diane Rehm (NPR) was interviewing an author who was writing about the wives of the US's 'founding fathers' and talked about how hard it was to find letters, etc since so many were destroyed. Sad.
Also goes to show that the best laid plans (and backups) of mice and men can get wiped by unpredictable events like 9/11...
I doubt they would be patrolling *all* the borders. Probably just when there is trouble somewhere in particular, or near a particular hotspot theatre (like North Korea during times of tension).
Oh, for pete's sake, it doesn't use THAT much fuel... sheesh. The amount it uses compared to what aircraft in the military and commercial airlines use for normal flight certainly isn't going to be noticable on the balance sheets of any jet fuel manufacters.
1) since it's used against ICBMs, there is no need for the pres to be anywhere near it. It's not for defense against close-in air-to-air or ground-to-air (anti-aircraft) missiles.
2) If the plane is mostly filled with fuel for the thing, plus the normal aircraft's fuel, it's definitely NOT the place to put the president. With all that extra fuel, it'd be far more dangerous (in the case of other smaller kinds of hits) to the pres than air force 1.
why didn't more people here catch that? guess they aren't the alpha geeks they think they are. ;-)
Darrin and Andie (see their Alternative Energy House adn System pages)
While the source isn't hydro, the info on control, etc might be very useful to you, from someone who has actually done it, just just read about doing it.
for things that move and shouldn't, you use duct tape...
reference this earlier article
Scientists Study Effects of Mir
KOROLYOV, RUSSIA--U.S. and Russian scientists are increasingly excited about the Mir space station project, which promises to reveal more than has ever been known about the scientific relationship between weightlessness and mortal terror.
"By stranding our scientists on a dilapidated space station with faulty wiring, loose hardware, and malfunctioning air systems," NASA head Daniel Goldin said, "we have created extremely favorable conditions for learning about spaceborne panic."
The two Russians and one American on board the station are reportedly terrified beyond lucidity.
Among the groundbreaking experiments conducted on board Mir: a June 25 collision with a cargo craft that depressurized the Spektr module; last week's emergency power shortage, caused by a disconnected cable; and the periodic release of "dry ice" steam that simulates a shipboard fire. All have been deemed a huge success by agency heads.
"They are in a constant state of what aerospace scientists term 'mind-shattering terror,' frightened for their very lives," Russian mission director Vladimir Solovyov said. "And we have not even used the hull-mounted Alien puppet that taps on the window yet."
"We have also taken huge leaps in our understanding of the patterns created when one wets his pants in the weightlessness of space," Solovyov said. "The urine spreads out in an expanding sphere, something we did not expect."
Taking a break from his busy schedule, astronaut Michael Foale told ABC News reporters: "Where's my mommy?"
"Please tell me the access code to the Soyuz capsule," Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Lazutkin said. "I would like to return to the chaotic government and widespread hunger of my homeland."
Scientists expect to gain even more useful data during an experiment at 3 a.m. tomorrow. As the astronauts sleep, whirling red siren lights will flood the cabin while an ear-splitting klaxon alarm jolts them awake.
Detailed scientific data will then be collected on such variables as open weeping, uncontrollable spontaneous defecation and unusual hair loss.
(probably setting of a bunch of car alarms...
less cynical than it might have been if written this year... about this war.
glad your biass isn't showing. .;-)
for the strip, check the doonesbury website. maybe you can find it in their archives. good luck.
No need to overplay it by changing the story to blow up a school.... showing your bias perhaps?