Don't wanna fight with the mighty grub, but, I can't help but think there _are_ people at Microsoft that do love what they do, at both the management and programming level. I don't think passion for anything has to be tied to whatever corporate entity you signed up with. I think people on ground zero at Microsoft actually might have a passion brewing in them somewhere, even if means they accept paychecks from the beast.
While this is not at all confirmation of your theory, I do have a story that matches it. I had lost a good bit of money inside the casino on slot machines one day. Just as my brother and I were leaving the casino, my brother decides he needs to take a leak. Stranded by the door, with a 0.25$ machine staring me down, I break down and plop in 50 cents. I was so indifferent to the sounds and hoopla that I remember barely caring if the thing hit. Next thing I know, my machine is dinging $400 winner. That's the only time I won cash (guy walks up, open the machine, writes down the date, hands you cabbage) at a slot machine.
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That's what I do to - it works well.
I did get in trouble once doing that at the bank. I had just opened an account and they needed me to key in my pin number. They hand me the atm-keypad thing and I enter a number, fast, without praticing or anything. On a unfamiliar, clunky, shitty-key handheld atm thing. Then the woman goes: "Go ahead and enter the pin number again". I had no idea what I had just entered, and we both agreed I was perhaps a little crazy. Otherwise, that method works well for me:)
-B
I use Teamspeak on my dinky 400mhz linux box. I was the easiest install, easiest to teach my friends, and it looked good. I had no trouble getting my friends to use it. I was very impressed with it. It also mixes the sound right, so there is no "can you hear me now" crap to go through with each new person.
Here is the spec sheets: clicky, but I think it's in acrobat 6, which means its unreadable in linux (with acroread from adobe). If anyone knows how to read pdf's made with acrobat 6 on linux, please tell.
Dear Valued Network Solutions(R) Customer,
Today VeriSign, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Network Solutions to a new entity formed by Pivotal Private Equity.
Please be assured that Network Solutions continues to be committed to providing superior products and customer service to our more than 4 million customers. You have seen evidence of this commitment in the numerous enhancements we have introduced over the last 18 months. This commitment remains strong today in our
600 employees, each focused on providing you with a superior customer experience.
Today's announcement will not impact the service you receive from us. Network Solutions is the industry's first and largest domain name service provider with over
8 million domain names under management. We will continue to support and enhance a full range of affordable Web related services, including domain names, Web sites, business e-mail, and more.
As to the transaction itself, the buyer, Pivotal Private Equity, is a provider of equity for middle market corporate acquisitions. Pivotal focuses on companies in the telecommunications and Internet services industries, among others. The purchase agreement is subject to certain closing conditions, which we expect to be completed in the fourth quarter. To view today's press release and to get additional information go to http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/index.html.
We remain committed to providing high quality services to meet your online needs and thank you for choosing Network Solutions.
Sincerely,
Network Solutions Customer Service
This is the first time I've heard of this. Interesting concept, although my knee-jerk reaction is to compare apples with apples. Anti-abortionists are supposedly fighting fire with fire (kill a doctor because he kills babies). Heated emotions on slashdot might lead to a little DDOSing here and there, or a public humiliation and whatnot, but no one is actually taking lives, on either side. If a nut strikes out and kills a spammer or parks a truck filled with cowshit near SCO's offices (example, of course) _in real life_, then he's a nut and that has nothing to do with Slashdot.
Can someone who knows better tell me why we have patents these days? From all the expert witness and legalese and resources (money AND skill) to support the patent system you'd think as a nation we could redirect that energy to _making a better mousetrap_ instead of wasting time on protecting old ideas.
There has to be another way of spurring innovation and protecting inventor's ideas without giving all our cash to these faulking lawyers.
I don't think its a question of losing code as much as it is the inadvertant release of algorithms that helped keep cheating at bay.
The one thing that has not been hacked is the half-life cd-key - you need this to play online. Now you might get some guy pumping out valid cd-keys and mucking up the whole distribution system.
I do think that the whole thing was gonna be late anyways, it just needed a good excuse. Where is my tinfoil hat?
I do, because when I signed up it was 'Network Solutions' and back then it was a breeze doing business with that company. Now, though, is a different story. I get spammed by them, I get the run-around if I want to tranfer my domain name, and I now have a horrible customer web interface I *have* to use since calling them on the phone gives me an unintelligent and impatient customer service.
I can't risk losing the domain name because of some bureaucratic "limbo" caused by Verisign's inability to do their job. I get to try to transfer my domain to another registrar this december. Let's hope I get lucky and it happens smoothly.
Do I use them? Yes, unfortunately I do at the moment.
1) Broadband internet access 2) the History channel 3) the Learning channel 4) Discovery 5) CNN's 6)CSPAN 7)FoodTV 8) Speedvision 9) ESPN
That list, in that order and nothing else would make me order Cable again. I have opted for the last 2 years to do without cable (and a TV for that matter) because the basic package in my area is about $50 last I checked.
I know the crap channels pay to get bundled, but you'd think the cable company would do something to get business back from me and all the other people they alienated.
Of course I won't choose the hardest spams to pursue: I'll choose the easy ones. Here is a link that I find a good starting point. I haven't done my homework yet, but if the law is anything like the junkfax laws, I don't need to worry about other countries or the spammer -> I can sue the guy selling the stuff/services.. Anyhow. All I originally meant was that the fines are punitive, and at least it appears that individuals can take action. Meaningless as it is, I am at least optimistic that this is an issue with politicians..
This bill would authorize the recipient of a commercial e-mail
advertisement transmitted in violation of these prohibitions,...
to recover liquidated damages of $1,000 per transmitted message up to
$1,000,000 per incident..
I won't get greedy and just take my chances in small claims:)
Just sign up for a make-money fast pyramid scheme. You will get plenty of opt-in crap within days of signing up. This isn't a subtle thing: You apply, You open the floodgates with one simple reply to these jackasses.
Try this clicky. Then apply to a few of the douche-deals they vomit your way.
..They were sending out FUD emails to (among other people) a friend of mine saying..
-> Can you get your friend to post that here? I'd love to see that. Thanks.
A little offtopic, but "the punishment doesn't fit the crime" card doesn't apply here, since they violated laws created as deterrents, not punishment. I just sent a few demand letters to some local mass-faxers, and one called me back with "you want $1000 for one lousy fax?". No, I want $1000 because you will lose in small claims, and owe me $1500. The law is a deterrent in that case, nothing to do with fitting the crime. Don't get me wrong, RIAA sucks yadda yadda - just don't think that the law needs to fit the crime. Its all about how much can you get in the settlement.
Must be nice, being able to generalize everything around you like that. Everything in nice little boxes with labels on it. Aah to have your simple view of things again.. the possibilities are endless./doh, btw
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Don't wanna fight with the mighty grub, but, I can't help but think there _are_ people at Microsoft that do love what they do, at both the management and programming level. I don't think passion for anything has to be tied to whatever corporate entity you signed up with. I think people on ground zero at Microsoft actually might have a passion brewing in them somewhere, even if means they accept paychecks from the beast.
While this is not at all confirmation of your theory, I do have a story that matches it. I had lost a good bit of money inside the casino on slot machines one day. Just as my brother and I were leaving the casino, my brother decides he needs to take a leak. Stranded by the door, with a 0.25$ machine staring me down, I break down and plop in 50 cents. I was so indifferent to the sounds and hoopla that I remember barely caring if the thing hit. Next thing I know, my machine is dinging $400 winner. That's the only time I won cash (guy walks up, open the machine, writes down the date, hands you cabbage) at a slot machine.
Right next to the door too..
Contra!
That's what I do to - it works well. I did get in trouble once doing that at the bank. I had just opened an account and they needed me to key in my pin number. They hand me the atm-keypad thing and I enter a number, fast, without praticing or anything. On a unfamiliar, clunky, shitty-key handheld atm thing. Then the woman goes: "Go ahead and enter the pin number again". I had no idea what I had just entered, and we both agreed I was perhaps a little crazy. Otherwise, that method works well for me :)
-B
I use Teamspeak on my dinky 400mhz linux box. I was the easiest install, easiest to teach my friends, and it looked good. I had no trouble getting my friends to use it. I was very impressed with it. It also mixes the sound right, so there is no "can you hear me now" crap to go through with each new person.
Here is the spec sheets: clicky, but I think it's in acrobat 6, which means its unreadable in linux (with acroread from adobe). If anyone knows how to read pdf's made with acrobat 6 on linux, please tell.
Dear Valued Network Solutions(R) Customer, Today VeriSign, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Network Solutions to a new entity formed by Pivotal Private Equity. Please be assured that Network Solutions continues to be committed to providing superior products and customer service to our more than 4 million customers. You have seen evidence of this commitment in the numerous enhancements we have introduced over the last 18 months. This commitment remains strong today in our 600 employees, each focused on providing you with a superior customer experience. Today's announcement will not impact the service you receive from us. Network Solutions is the industry's first and largest domain name service provider with over 8 million domain names under management. We will continue to support and enhance a full range of affordable Web related services, including domain names, Web sites, business e-mail, and more. As to the transaction itself, the buyer, Pivotal Private Equity, is a provider of equity for middle market corporate acquisitions. Pivotal focuses on companies in the telecommunications and Internet services industries, among others. The purchase agreement is subject to certain closing conditions, which we expect to be completed in the fourth quarter. To view today's press release and to get additional information go to http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/index.html.
We remain committed to providing high quality services to meet your online needs and thank you for choosing Network Solutions.
Sincerely,
Network Solutions Customer Service
Amen to that. I see fileplanet, I pass and wait for it to show up on usenet.
This is the first time I've heard of this. Interesting concept, although my knee-jerk reaction is to compare apples with apples. Anti-abortionists are supposedly fighting fire with fire (kill a doctor because he kills babies). Heated emotions on slashdot might lead to a little DDOSing here and there, or a public humiliation and whatnot, but no one is actually taking lives, on either side. If a nut strikes out and kills a spammer or parks a truck filled with cowshit near SCO's offices (example, of course) _in real life_, then he's a nut and that has nothing to do with Slashdot.
Can someone who knows better tell me why we have patents these days? From all the expert witness and legalese and resources (money AND skill) to support the patent system you'd think as a nation we could redirect that energy to _making a better mousetrap_ instead of wasting time on protecting old ideas.
There has to be another way of spurring innovation and protecting inventor's ideas without giving all our cash to these faulking lawyers.
I don't think its a question of losing code as much as it is the inadvertant release of algorithms that helped keep cheating at bay.
The one thing that has not been hacked is the half-life cd-key - you need this to play online. Now you might get some guy pumping out valid cd-keys and mucking up the whole distribution system.
I do think that the whole thing was gonna be late anyways, it just needed a good excuse. Where is my tinfoil hat?
I do, because when I signed up it was 'Network Solutions' and back then it was a breeze doing business with that company. Now, though, is a different story. I get spammed by them, I get the run-around if I want to tranfer my domain name, and I now have a horrible customer web interface I *have* to use since calling them on the phone gives me an unintelligent and impatient customer service. I can't risk losing the domain name because of some bureaucratic "limbo" caused by Verisign's inability to do their job. I get to try to transfer my domain to another registrar this december. Let's hope I get lucky and it happens smoothly.
Do I use them? Yes, unfortunately I do at the moment.
clicky for instance. ok ok, $9.95/mo :)
Bah a cheapo $9/mo 50gb usenet feed does as advertised and you don't have to install any proprietary software on any specific OS.
Try this clicky. I know it doesn't look easy, but there is a chance you could cancel your phone service after you get DSL and get away with it.
1) Broadband internet access 2) the History channel 3) the Learning channel 4) Discovery 5) CNN's 6)CSPAN 7)FoodTV 8) Speedvision 9) ESPN
:)
That list, in that order and nothing else would make me order Cable again. I have opted for the last 2 years to do without cable (and a TV for that matter) because the basic package in my area is about $50 last I checked. I know the crap channels pay to get bundled, but you'd think the cable company would do something to get business back from me and all the other people they alienated.
I like that short list
Of course I won't choose the hardest spams to pursue: I'll choose the easy ones. Here is a link that I find a good starting point. I haven't done my homework yet, but if the law is anything like the junkfax laws, I don't need to worry about other countries or the spammer -> I can sue the guy selling the stuff/services.. Anyhow. All I originally meant was that the fines are punitive, and at least it appears that individuals can take action. Meaningless as it is, I am at least optimistic that this is an issue with politicians..
Try this clicky for California Small Claims info.
This bill would authorize the recipient of a commercial e-mail advertisement transmitted in violation of these prohibitions,... to recover liquidated damages of $1,000 per transmitted message up to $1,000,000 per incident..
:)
I won't get greedy and just take my chances in small claims
Just sign up for a make-money fast pyramid scheme. You will get plenty of opt-in crap within days of signing up. This isn't a subtle thing: You apply, You open the floodgates with one simple reply to these jackasses. Try this clicky. Then apply to a few of the douche-deals they vomit your way.
I enjoyed your post up until I got to this: "No, I didn't think so. Now crawl back into your cave."
Maybe split your comment into two posts, so I can mod the upper half +1 informative, and the lower half troll/asshat.
It's friday.
Cool, thanks for getting me the clickies :)
..They were sending out FUD emails to (among other people) a friend of mine saying.. -> Can you get your friend to post that here? I'd love to see that. Thanks.
A little offtopic, but "the punishment doesn't fit the crime" card doesn't apply here, since they violated laws created as deterrents, not punishment. I just sent a few demand letters to some local mass-faxers, and one called me back with "you want $1000 for one lousy fax?". No, I want $1000 because you will lose in small claims, and owe me $1500. The law is a deterrent in that case, nothing to do with fitting the crime. Don't get me wrong, RIAA sucks yadda yadda - just don't think that the law needs to fit the crime. Its all about how much can you get in the settlement.
Must be nice, being able to generalize everything around you like that. Everything in nice little boxes with labels on it. Aah to have your simple view of things again.. the possibilities are endless. /doh, btw