If you really want them to stop following you around, all you have to do is keep reaching into your pants, make a few scratching motions, then walk up to the closest guy and extend your hand for a quick introductory handshake. Stand really close, and be sure to smile. A lot.
Generally, you should only have to do this once to be left totally alone by most salesmen. Nothing creeps a person out more than someone standing less than three inches from his or her face.
Well, a brutish way to make a point is to block all the whole of Comcast's addresses.
Then, send a polite note to Comcast upper management (here's the list) letting them know what you've done, and why. Suggest that they visit your/. posts to see a very visible reference to their lack of customer service or concern for security. Explain how many people read Slashdot daily. Let them do the math on how many potential customers they risk alienating.
Heh heh. Here in Atlanta, we have to drive 10 mph over the limit in order to just stay alive. Any slower and you get crushed by SUVs doing well over 80. Hell, even the cops average 75 in this city . . .
Maybe we not-so-happy few ought to raise a bigger stink about about this so that the major media news outlets will start reporting on the issues, instead of pandering to Brittney Spears' publicist.
If the general public isn't informed, they're not gonna care, and just about all of the articles/commentaries/rants I've seen about the dangers of electronic voting thus far have been on sites such as/., which, let's face it, aren't exactly high on Joe Sixpack's Favorites list.
On the other hand, slashdotters will long remember that Penguin acted in an unethical manner. Perhaps they might even avoid buying books from them.
This is what makes the whole mess a damn shame for Penguin. I really respected the company for its practice of publishing some really obscure titles from the past in conveniently cheap editions (you know, all those orange spined paperbacks in the history section). But, I can't buy the argument that they're entirely clean in this affair, and their reputation has suffered a serious stain in my eyes. While I probably won't boycott them outright, I will confess that I'll most definitely pause whenever I see one of their titles on the shelf.
While its often funny as hell to set a server signature to something like "General Electric Toaster Oven, Microsoft Windows 3.11", I gotta wonder if doing this results in more malicious pokes at a system? Obviously a hardcore cracker is gonn know its bogus, and I'm willing to bet this only makes him/her more determined to correctly identify the target.
Speaking of which, does anyone else notice that Bush advertises on Wheel of Fortune and Kerry on Jeopardy?
Here in Atlanta, the local NBC affiliate bumped Jeopardy down from 7:00 into an afternoon time slot in favor of another local news program (in case folks missed the one at 6:00 due to our prolonged exposure to extremely heavy traffic). My guess is that Junior's folks are just playing to the percentages - looking to "borrow eyeballs" from greatest number of post-local news viewers.
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo - taught me the meaning of humanity.
Winter's Tale, Mark Helprin - a damn fine story that I come back to year after year.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Thomas Malory - my all time favorite.
Ishmael, Daniel Quinn - a fascinating take on philosophy and ecology.
Dictionary of the Khazars, Milorad Pavic - post-modernist "puzzle" book where the reader determines the outcome of the story.
The Dead, James Joyce - not a book, but one of the most beautiful short stories ever written.
All of these have in some way forced me to look not only at myself, but also at what I believe and feel. Because of them, I can honestly say I've grown as a human being.
Akamai is, at best, being disingenous when they say only 2 percent of their customers were affected by the outage. Maybe 2 percent of their customers, but how many of their customers customers were affected?
2 percent may not sound like much on the surface, but if that percentage includes companies like Microsoft, MSNBC, Amazon, Yahoo, CNN, Lycos and other big-shot content providers then the relative number of "customers" affected by the outage is a lot more notable.
The original intent was to change the permissions on a batch of files for a Samba share, but somebody wasn't paying attention to where they were in the directory tree.
I don't see this as ever likely happening. Mainly because it would be a classic case of "cutting off one's nose to spite one's face". Why go out of your way to piss off a potential customer base? All most commerical developers really care about about is that their software isn't pirated and they get paid for their efforts. Regardless of whether the app is designed to run on Windows or not, folks would still be expected to pony up a licensing fee. Just because you can now run MS Office on your Linux box relatively painlessly doesn't mean you get a free ride from the folks at the BSA.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember a time back in the early 80's when the average stated milage ratings for most advertised cars seemed to hover around 30-35 MPG. Since then though, it seems that the average ratings seem to hover in the low to mid 20 MPG range. To me, this makes it look as if fuel efficiency in general has gotten worse over the past few years.
If so, why? Has Detroit just given up? Is there some vast conspiracy between the auto industry and the oil producers? Did the EPA change it's measurement metric? Surely some of the technological advancements in automotive design have had some sort of positive effect on consumption?
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Dude. Maybe you should've posted that one anonymously?
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If you really want them to stop following you around, all you have to do is keep reaching into your pants, make a few scratching motions, then walk up to the closest guy and extend your hand for a quick introductory handshake. Stand really close, and be sure to smile. A lot.
Generally, you should only have to do this once to be left totally alone by most salesmen. Nothing creeps a person out more than someone standing less than three inches from his or her face.
. . . they have been assimilated.
Please, God. No geeks in thongs . . .
. . . welcome our new Penguin overlords!
I've got a cattle prod, a tube of KY, and a pretty good idea for a research experiment . . .
Well, a brutish way to make a point is to block all the whole of Comcast's addresses.
Then, send a polite note to Comcast upper management (here's the list) letting them know what you've done, and why. Suggest that they visit your /. posts to see a very visible reference to their lack of customer service or concern for security. Explain how many people read Slashdot daily. Let them do the math on how many potential customers they risk alienating.
Heh heh. Here in Atlanta, we have to drive 10 mph over the limit in order to just stay alive. Any slower and you get crushed by SUVs doing well over 80. Hell, even the cops average 75 in this city . . .
Good point.
Maybe we not-so-happy few ought to raise a bigger stink about about this so that the major media news outlets will start reporting on the issues, instead of pandering to Brittney Spears' publicist.
If the general public isn't informed, they're not gonna care, and just about all of the articles/commentaries/rants I've seen about the dangers of electronic voting thus far have been on sites such as /., which, let's face it, aren't exactly high on Joe Sixpack's Favorites list.
This is what makes the whole mess a damn shame for Penguin. I really respected the company for its practice of publishing some really obscure titles from the past in conveniently cheap editions (you know, all those orange spined paperbacks in the history section). But, I can't buy the argument that they're entirely clean in this affair, and their reputation has suffered a serious stain in my eyes. While I probably won't boycott them outright, I will confess that I'll most definitely pause whenever I see one of their titles on the shelf.
At least they've got the "mouse" bit locked down . . .
I feel your pain, brother. Looks like my upcoming vacation is going to be shot to hell . . . the wife's gonna be pissed.
Mute? Dontcha mean "moot"?
You know it is a little difficult finding examples of this, what with the gag order and all (see Section 215). Still though, here's the primary example offered up by most media outlets, and here's another, more obscure example from my home city.
While its often funny as hell to set a server signature to something like "General Electric Toaster Oven, Microsoft Windows 3.11", I gotta wonder if doing this results in more malicious pokes at a system? Obviously a hardcore cracker is gonn know its bogus, and I'm willing to bet this only makes him/her more determined to correctly identify the target.
Anybody have some stories/thoughts/example data?
. . . and looking good. All the time. On a movie or TV screen.
Or we could all just go back to worshipping those who inherited daddy's money. They're the best.
Here in Atlanta, the local NBC affiliate bumped Jeopardy down from 7:00 into an afternoon time slot in favor of another local news program (in case folks missed the one at 6:00 due to our prolonged exposure to extremely heavy traffic). My guess is that Junior's folks are just playing to the percentages - looking to "borrow eyeballs" from greatest number of post-local news viewers.
A few non-geek titles I can recommend:
All of these have in some way forced me to look not only at myself, but also at what I believe and feel. Because of them, I can honestly say I've grown as a human being.
Akamai is, at best, being disingenous when they say only 2 percent of their customers were affected by the outage. Maybe 2 percent of their customers, but how many of their customers customers were affected?
2 percent may not sound like much on the surface, but if that percentage includes companies like Microsoft, MSNBC, Amazon, Yahoo, CNN, Lycos and other big-shot content providers then the relative number of "customers" affected by the outage is a lot more notable.
Sure as shit wasn't GW . . .
. . . from the root directory.
The original intent was to change the permissions on a batch of files for a Samba share, but somebody wasn't paying attention to where they were in the directory tree.
Looks like they've made some adjustments.
Kinda like this one?
I don't see this as ever likely happening. Mainly because it would be a classic case of "cutting off one's nose to spite one's face". Why go out of your way to piss off a potential customer base? All most commerical developers really care about about is that their software isn't pirated and they get paid for their efforts. Regardless of whether the app is designed to run on Windows or not, folks would still be expected to pony up a licensing fee. Just because you can now run MS Office on your Linux box relatively painlessly doesn't mean you get a free ride from the folks at the BSA.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember a time back in the early 80's when the average stated milage ratings for most advertised cars seemed to hover around 30-35 MPG. Since then though, it seems that the average ratings seem to hover in the low to mid 20 MPG range. To me, this makes it look as if fuel efficiency in general has gotten worse over the past few years.
If so, why? Has Detroit just given up? Is there some vast conspiracy between the auto industry and the oil producers? Did the EPA change it's measurement metric? Surely some of the technological advancements in automotive design have had some sort of positive effect on consumption?