Tell Kelly on Geocities to take down her Macarena tribute page It's over, Kel.
Who gets to make these decisions as to what is publishable and what isn't. I definitely don't want the government to censor content based on what's hip or useful. The Macarena was part of our culture and I hope that in 25 years I can go to Kelly's page and laugh about how stupid we were.
The difference here is that spammers sent and their content to Virginia citizens. Their is a law in Virginia forbidding that specific type of business in Virginia.
Someone in Tennessee would have to violate their community standards to seek out the content on the BBS. Those in Virginia didn't have that option.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 - The Intel Corporation is planning to do to digital television what it has already done to computing.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which opens on Jan. 8, Intel is expected to disclose the development of a class of advanced semiconductors that technologists and analysts say will improve the quality of large-screen digital televisions and substantially lower their price, according to industry executives close to the company.
Intel's ability to integrate display, television receiver and computer electronics on a single piece of silicon is likely to open new markets for a class of products - including plasma, projection and L.C.D. TV's - that now sell for $3,000 to $10,000.
Intel, as well as other large chip manufacturers, should be able to expand the benefits of Moore's Law, named for Gordon Moore, a founder of Intel, which accurately predicted decades ago that computer chips would continue to double in capacity roughly every 18 months, while their price would continue to fall.
"I think this brings Moore's Law to digital television," said Richard Doherty, a consumer electronics industry analyst who is president of Envisioneering, a consulting firm based on Long Island. He predicted that the low-cost display technology, which can be incorporated into the traditional rear-projection television sets, could lead to lightweight 50-inch screens only 7 inches thick for about $1,000, perhaps as early as the 2004 holiday season.
Intel's expected decision to enter the television market is another powerful indicator of the computer industry's assault on the consumer electronics industry.
Both Gateway and Dell are already selling large-screen digital TV's made for them in Asia, and Hewlett-Packard has indicated it will also enter the market. Such a powerful marketing and technology combination could blend easily with Microsoft's media center software, which is aimed at using personal computing technology as the heart of home entertainment centers.
The Intel announcement, which is expected to be made at the show by Paul S. Otellini, the company's president and chief operating officer, would come just as high-definition digital television is beginning to take off in the United States.
A spokesman for Intel said the company would not comment on Mr. Otellini's presentation to the consumer electronics show.
This year, the Consumer Electronics Association, the trade group for the industry, said it expected revenue from digital television sets to surpass revenue from conventional analog sets for the first time. In June, sales of digital sets were running 110 percent ahead of sales in the month a year earlier.
The technology Intel has been exploring is known as liquid crystal on silicon. It is one of a number of competing technologies, including a novel approach pioneered by Texas Instruments called digital light processors, or D.L.P.
The Texas Instruments approach involves a silicon chip that has hundreds of thousands of microscopic mirrors that can tilt to reflect light. So far, it has been limited to relatively expensive digital TV's.
By contrast, the technology used by Intel employs vast arrays of tiny electronic shutters that can alter the amount of reflected light, an approach that may allow companies to make big-screen TV sets using rear-projection technology that matches or exceeds the quality of flat-panel TV's at a much lower cost than plasma and conventional L.C.D.
Although Intel is not expected to enter the market for digital televisions for at least a year, Philips Electronics, the Dutch manufacturer, and several American start-up companies have already begun offering liquid crystal on silicon, or LCoS, components and televisions.
"LCoS had a Phase 1 in the mid-1990's," said Sandeep Gupta, chief executive of the MicroDisplay Corporation, a chip maker in San Pablo, Calif., that has announced an LCoS chip designed for HDTV applications that is planned for home televisions next year.
Many of the companies that introduced the technology at that time, however, quickly failed.
Wh
Hyderabad, Dec 14.(UNI): In another step forward for the Indian space programme, the country is all set to launch its first "Space Robot".
The 'Space Robot' (SR), with an in-built 'RUDAC' communication signal processor, will be used to capture damaged satellites and space debris from crashing to Earth, CSRDC-CSRL and ISRDO Director Dr M Sreedhar Dayal told UNI.
Signals could be sent from an Earth station to make the Robot, built with a space control system, perform various tasks. The SR will use solar energy to activate its 'wrist' movement and to navigate through space.
The launch would be done simultaneously along with one of the five satellites being developed by the three R and D institutions CSRDC (Communication Services Research and Development Centre), CSRL (Communication and Space Research Labs) and ISRDO (Indian Satellite Research and Development Organisation).
Space Robot marks a significant step in the country's Space programme.
While Japan had very advanced Robotic Technology, it lacked the launch vehicle capability. On the other hand the United States had a very advanced Space programme but did not possess Robotic technology, Dr Dayal added.
Besides, the "trinity" are also working on the "Spatial Computer" capable of performing huge astronomical calculations in seconds. Equipped with the very high speed nanoprocessors and Ultra-Large Scale Integrator (ULSI) and Giga Large Scale Integrator (GLSI) chips, the computer would be networked with 300 mainframe machines to carry out various applications.
The cost of the project, including the development of the Indian Irdium Satellite, Indian Spy Satellite, Indian ELINT Satellite and Indian Bio Satellite, is estimated at Rs 50 crore, of which ten per cent would be organisational contribution of the three institutions.
A five-member Members of Parliament committee will be constituted for effective and proper management of funds, he added.
The ship supports the Marine Corps "mobility triad," the LCAC
(Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicle), the "Triple A-V" (AAAV -
Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle) and the MV-22 (Osprey
tiltrotor aircraft),
and (apparently) spammers in Guandong. Rd China.
Furthermore, San Antonio incorporates the latest quality of life
standards for the embarked Marines and sailors, including the sit-up
berth, ship services mall, a fitness center and learning resource
center/electronic classroom
and Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail.
Of course, it's possible that one of the OTHER eleven ships, still under
construction, is the Avondale, LA dot-MIL spam relay, or trojaned boat,
or some nice-and-secure Windows box in the construction drydocks, running
Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13
But doesn't it make all Americans feel all fuzzy and secure that a
Red Chinese spammer can abuse a US Naval Vessel of one of the newest
designs, to relay his "business proposition"?
Perhaps it's tied to the USS Green Bay, instead? or USS New Orleans?
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/newswire_content.asp?tx tDataID=8963&txtTypeID=2
The USS Mesa Verde, seems to be in Mississippi, instead
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/newswire_content.asp?tx tDataID=8663&txtTypeID=2
But the E-Mail headers finger the USS San Antonio, LPD 17, already
christened, and due for commissioning some time this coming year.
but from here, it just looks like another spammer.
[SPECIMEN]
H: Return-Path:
H: Received: from avnavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
H: (avnavfw.pms317.navy.mil [05.67.231.235])
H: by mail.gtcs.com (8.12.10/8.11.3/gtcs-6.3.8) with SMTP
H: id hBG65HO8091853
H: for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:06:39 -0700 (MST)
H: (envelope-from: )
H: X-Authentication-Warning: serv.gtcs.com: Host
H: avnavfw.pms317.navy.mil [205.67.231.235]
H: claimed to be avnavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
H: Received: from no.name.available by anavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
H: via smtpd (for [209.181.16.1]) with SMTP; 16 Dec 2003 05:53:08 UT
H: Received: from avnavfw.AVONDALE (205.67.231.5 [205.67.231.5]) by
H: swn-email.lpd17.navy.mil with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail
H: Service Version 5.5.2653.13)
H: id YY2BDP4P; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:07:28 -0600
H: From: "HuatonE-ScooterCo.,Ltd"
H: Received: from [61.145.234.62] by avnavfw.AVONDALE
H: via smtpd (for [205.66.99.30]) with SMTP; 16 Dec 2003 05:51:47 UT
H: Subject: Re.About our new product
H: Content-Type: text/html
H: Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:57:41 +0800
H: X-Priority: 3
[extract from HTML body]
B: Our company specializes in exporting electric & gas scooters, which
B: are most popular with our customers at home and abroad. Now we are
B: writing to offer you an opportunity to develop a mutual trade. If
B: you are interested in establishing business relations with us, please
B: let us know your requirements. Then we would like to forward catalogues
B: as well as detailed information to you, and offer the best price to
B: you. We assure you of our best attention to your any inquiries.
B: We anticipate your early response in respect.
B: Huaton E-scooter Co., Ltd.
B: Room.B-202,Building Si-Hai-Ming-Yuan
B: Burg Weiji,Zone Gongbei
B: City Zhuhai 519020
B: Province Kwangtung,China
B: Tel:86-756-821-6922
B: Fax:86-756-888-3037...
Spam support by:
The US Navy, Avondale Lousiana Shipyard, Frewall, a
I work for the post office. You want to send it certified not registered. Certified is legal proof of mailing and it is the only special service that you can add to postage that will stand in court.
I doubt most judges would ignore a registered receipt, but registered mail is for secure mailing (mailing the hope diamond and such), and is not legal proof of mailing.
Every attempt to lock down ID's, every attempt at DRM, every attempt at hardware ID (remeber Intel's great Proc Id idea?) has failed.
I'm sure someone said this once about flight. Trusted Computing doesn't need a permanent solution. They just have to find a way to lock down IP long enough to make it not worth trying to get around it. If they are able to implement a new solution just as fast as the old one becomes obsolete, the majority of users are going to conform to their policies.
Finding a way to develop these solutions is going to make the Wright brothers look childish though...
This article is not talking about customer service for some hillbilly calling from the deep South, short on patience and intelligence with enough oil money or an income-tax refund to go and buy a computer he knows nothing about
It's talking about Dell's customer service for corporate customers .
i guess English spelling wasn't a requirement then,(is this a run-on?) let me guess you are a student and American
As an American student I feel it is my duty to stand up and defend my stereotyped group by pointing out your own grammar. I would also think that someone as egotistical would know that "I" is always capitalized, and use some end punctuation man!
Linux is obviously more secure than windows out of the box, but coming from a similar background - it's not the os that taught me all that. It's the open source community and slashdot that has brought this all to my attention. This community has also taught me how to secure my windows box.
If you hang around the hackers, you'll learn a little hacking yourself.
Is it really old news that they earn $789/year more?
Quantifying well known abstractions is valuable in many situations. I'm still trying to figure out the value of this one though. I haven't grown since high school...
But we would all agree here that is you used a srew driver to stab someone, or break into a house, that we could not sue the manufacturers. People who are deliberately writing code for worms and viruses are breaking into your home. Are you going to sue the contractor when your house is broken into?
Analogies suck. They try to explain away the situation without dealing with the realities.
Microsoft isn't stuffing anything down your throat.
Using the analogy they are just setting all this food on the table and saying hey you paid your entrance fee and here is all the food that you are entitled for by coming here.
Noone makes you eat all the free chips and salsa. You can ask the waiter to get you a different appetizer.
Noone puts a gun to your head and makes you accept the Microsoft EULA when you boot up that new pc. Just throw in your linux cd!
The vulnerability was there from the beginning, and may well have been exploited long before publication.
Agreed, That's why we can never support OpenSSH. How many exploits are they going to find in their buggy code? If they are going to write code to provide security, much more than what microsoft even claims to do-they just say they have secure software, then it can't have all these exploits. OpenSSH has to have security in mind when they develop code for heaven's sake...
He was referring to using copy/paste with anything, not just text. That would include spread sheets, text boxes, text, word art, spreadsheets, links, anything...
I've been working for Convergys, the customer service for USPS. When you call 1-800-ask-usps, you just might get me. I get a call every 3 minutes or so, and out of an 8 hour day, I get at least 5 calls a day from someone that most likely has a case of stolen mail where identity theft could be an issue. Multiply those 5 calls by the some 800 others I work with and you can see how big a problem this is.
What is the post office going to do? Nothing. hundreds of thousands of mailpieces, some containing financial and personal information, goes through some of the larger metro Post Offices everyday. You think your carrier is going to remember anything about that one piece of mail from you know who that should have been there last week? The postal inspectors will look into the obvious more severe cases, but the have their limitations also. FBI doesn't even look into every case either.
As far as getting reimbursed for one shipment from Amazon, read above to understand why Cringley repeats the "we'll investigate it phrase", something I say everyday.
If you think that FedEx or UPS will solve the problems, then you might be right. Of course you get what you pay for. If you pay for the same type of delivery from USPS, express mail, then you also get tracking, insurance for up to $100, service to a PO box (if needed), and all for less. If you look for minimal cost, expect minimal service.
This article isn't about spyware that microsoft is using. It's about how they hired a sociologist to help them improve their online influence by studying the "communities" in newsgroups and email lists. It's really nothing more. I'm sure that any company with a presence online would love to have the money to study the exact same thing. I credit microsoft with researching the communities that we love. Information is bliss...
While some can read an email header and track down the spammer, most can't. If more education was given on how to track down spammers, more of us angry people would take this matter into our own hands. Teach the people and let the mobs regulate. It seems to work.
I used redhat for 2 months and the system locked up on my, forcing a reboot, about every other day. Windows XP since installing it has never done so.
In 2 years time, I've seen NO blue screens of death, and I've been using many different computers with OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux on them and I've installed them many times over that two years
hmm... Seems like we have a lot in common. We both don't crash systems that we know how to use.
Slashdot Mirror
No.
Who gets to make these decisions as to what is publishable and what isn't. I definitely don't want the government to censor content based on what's hip or useful. The Macarena was part of our culture and I hope that in 25 years I can go to Kelly's page and laugh about how stupid we were.
The difference here is that spammers sent and their content to Virginia citizens. Their is a law in Virginia forbidding that specific type of business in Virginia.
Someone in Tennessee would have to violate their community standards to seek out the content on the BBS. Those in Virginia didn't have that option.
FOR HEAVENS SAKE MAN! SUE!
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 - The Intel Corporation is planning to do to digital television what it has already done to computing. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which opens on Jan. 8, Intel is expected to disclose the development of a class of advanced semiconductors that technologists and analysts say will improve the quality of large-screen digital televisions and substantially lower their price, according to industry executives close to the company. Intel's ability to integrate display, television receiver and computer electronics on a single piece of silicon is likely to open new markets for a class of products - including plasma, projection and L.C.D. TV's - that now sell for $3,000 to $10,000. Intel, as well as other large chip manufacturers, should be able to expand the benefits of Moore's Law, named for Gordon Moore, a founder of Intel, which accurately predicted decades ago that computer chips would continue to double in capacity roughly every 18 months, while their price would continue to fall. "I think this brings Moore's Law to digital television," said Richard Doherty, a consumer electronics industry analyst who is president of Envisioneering, a consulting firm based on Long Island. He predicted that the low-cost display technology, which can be incorporated into the traditional rear-projection television sets, could lead to lightweight 50-inch screens only 7 inches thick for about $1,000, perhaps as early as the 2004 holiday season. Intel's expected decision to enter the television market is another powerful indicator of the computer industry's assault on the consumer electronics industry. Both Gateway and Dell are already selling large-screen digital TV's made for them in Asia, and Hewlett-Packard has indicated it will also enter the market. Such a powerful marketing and technology combination could blend easily with Microsoft's media center software, which is aimed at using personal computing technology as the heart of home entertainment centers. The Intel announcement, which is expected to be made at the show by Paul S. Otellini, the company's president and chief operating officer, would come just as high-definition digital television is beginning to take off in the United States. A spokesman for Intel said the company would not comment on Mr. Otellini's presentation to the consumer electronics show. This year, the Consumer Electronics Association, the trade group for the industry, said it expected revenue from digital television sets to surpass revenue from conventional analog sets for the first time. In June, sales of digital sets were running 110 percent ahead of sales in the month a year earlier. The technology Intel has been exploring is known as liquid crystal on silicon. It is one of a number of competing technologies, including a novel approach pioneered by Texas Instruments called digital light processors, or D.L.P. The Texas Instruments approach involves a silicon chip that has hundreds of thousands of microscopic mirrors that can tilt to reflect light. So far, it has been limited to relatively expensive digital TV's. By contrast, the technology used by Intel employs vast arrays of tiny electronic shutters that can alter the amount of reflected light, an approach that may allow companies to make big-screen TV sets using rear-projection technology that matches or exceeds the quality of flat-panel TV's at a much lower cost than plasma and conventional L.C.D. Although Intel is not expected to enter the market for digital televisions for at least a year, Philips Electronics, the Dutch manufacturer, and several American start-up companies have already begun offering liquid crystal on silicon, or LCoS, components and televisions. "LCoS had a Phase 1 in the mid-1990's," said Sandeep Gupta, chief executive of the MicroDisplay Corporation, a chip maker in San Pablo, Calif., that has announced an LCoS chip designed for HDTV applications that is planned for home televisions next year. Many of the companies that introduced the technology at that time, however, quickly failed. Wh
Hyderabad, Dec 14.(UNI): In another step forward for the Indian space programme, the country is all set to launch its first "Space Robot". The 'Space Robot' (SR), with an in-built 'RUDAC' communication signal processor, will be used to capture damaged satellites and space debris from crashing to Earth, CSRDC-CSRL and ISRDO Director Dr M Sreedhar Dayal told UNI. Signals could be sent from an Earth station to make the Robot, built with a space control system, perform various tasks. The SR will use solar energy to activate its 'wrist' movement and to navigate through space. The launch would be done simultaneously along with one of the five satellites being developed by the three R and D institutions CSRDC (Communication Services Research and Development Centre), CSRL (Communication and Space Research Labs) and ISRDO (Indian Satellite Research and Development Organisation). Space Robot marks a significant step in the country's Space programme. While Japan had very advanced Robotic Technology, it lacked the launch vehicle capability. On the other hand the United States had a very advanced Space programme but did not possess Robotic technology, Dr Dayal added. Besides, the "trinity" are also working on the "Spatial Computer" capable of performing huge astronomical calculations in seconds. Equipped with the very high speed nanoprocessors and Ultra-Large Scale Integrator (ULSI) and Giga Large Scale Integrator (GLSI) chips, the computer would be networked with 300 mainframe machines to carry out various applications. The cost of the project, including the development of the Indian Irdium Satellite, Indian Spy Satellite, Indian ELINT Satellite and Indian Bio Satellite, is estimated at Rs 50 crore, of which ten per cent would be organisational contribution of the three institutions. A five-member Members of Parliament committee will be constituted for effective and proper management of funds, he added.
The ship supports the Marine Corps "mobility triad," the LCAC
...
(Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicle), the "Triple A-V" (AAAV -
Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle) and the MV-22 (Osprey
tiltrotor aircraft),
and (apparently) spammers in Guandong. Rd China.
Furthermore, San Antonio incorporates the latest quality of life
standards for the embarked Marines and sailors, including the sit-up
berth, ship services mall, a fitness center and learning resource
center/electronic classroom
and Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail.
Of course, it's possible that one of the OTHER eleven ships, still under
construction, is the Avondale, LA dot-MIL spam relay, or trojaned boat,
or some nice-and-secure Windows box in the construction drydocks, running
Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13
But doesn't it make all Americans feel all fuzzy and secure that a
Red Chinese spammer can abuse a US Naval Vessel of one of the newest
designs, to relay his "business proposition"?
Perhaps it's tied to the USS Green Bay, instead? or USS New Orleans?
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/newswire_content.asp?tx tDataID=8963&txtTypeID=2
The USS Mesa Verde, seems to be in Mississippi, instead
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/newswire_content.asp?tx tDataID=8663&txtTypeID=2
But the E-Mail headers finger the USS San Antonio, LPD 17, already
christened, and due for commissioning some time this coming year.
LPD 17 Looks Like a "Gator"
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/newswire_content.asp?tx tDataID=8596&txtTypeID=2
but from here, it just looks like another spammer.
[SPECIMEN]
H: Return-Path:
H: Received: from avnavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
H: (avnavfw.pms317.navy.mil [05.67.231.235])
H: by mail.gtcs.com (8.12.10/8.11.3/gtcs-6.3.8) with SMTP
H: id hBG65HO8091853
H: for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:06:39 -0700 (MST)
H: (envelope-from: )
H: X-Authentication-Warning: serv.gtcs.com: Host
H: avnavfw.pms317.navy.mil [205.67.231.235]
H: claimed to be avnavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
H: Received: from no.name.available by anavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
H: via smtpd (for [209.181.16.1]) with SMTP; 16 Dec 2003 05:53:08 UT
H: Received: from avnavfw.AVONDALE (205.67.231.5 [205.67.231.5]) by
H: swn-email.lpd17.navy.mil with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail
H: Service Version 5.5.2653.13)
H: id YY2BDP4P; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:07:28 -0600
H: From: "HuatonE-ScooterCo.,Ltd"
H: Received: from [61.145.234.62] by avnavfw.AVONDALE
H: via smtpd (for [205.66.99.30]) with SMTP; 16 Dec 2003 05:51:47 UT
H: Subject: Re.About our new product
H: Content-Type: text/html
H: Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:57:41 +0800
H: X-Priority: 3
[extract from HTML body]
B: Our company specializes in exporting electric & gas scooters, which
B: are most popular with our customers at home and abroad. Now we are
B: writing to offer you an opportunity to develop a mutual trade. If
B: you are interested in establishing business relations with us, please
B: let us know your requirements. Then we would like to forward catalogues
B: as well as detailed information to you, and offer the best price to
B: you. We assure you of our best attention to your any inquiries.
B: We anticipate your early response in respect.
B: Huaton E-scooter Co., Ltd.
B: Room.B-202,Building Si-Hai-Ming-Yuan
B: Burg Weiji,Zone Gongbei
B: City Zhuhai 519020
B: Province Kwangtung,China
B: Tel:86-756-821-6922
B: Fax:86-756-888-3037
Spam support by:
The US Navy, Avondale Lousiana Shipyard, Frewall, a
I doubt most judges would ignore a registered receipt, but registered mail is for secure mailing (mailing the hope diamond and such), and is not legal proof of mailing.
I'm sure someone said this once about flight. Trusted Computing doesn't need a permanent solution. They just have to find a way to lock down IP long enough to make it not worth trying to get around it. If they are able to implement a new solution just as fast as the old one becomes obsolete, the majority of users are going to conform to their policies.
Finding a way to develop these solutions is going to make the Wright brothers look childish though...
It's talking about Dell's customer service for corporate customers .
and that has what to do with the original topic?
As an American student I feel it is my duty to stand up and defend my stereotyped group by pointing out your own grammar. I would also think that someone as egotistical would know that "I" is always capitalized, and use some end punctuation man!
So make like your sentence and run-on...
I don't know if you are the one that should be arguing that point...
If you hang around the hackers, you'll learn a little hacking yourself.
Quantifying well known abstractions is valuable in many situations. I'm still trying to figure out the value of this one though. I haven't grown since high school...
Analogies suck. They try to explain away the situation without dealing with the realities.
That was underruns he was talking about my friend...
Using the analogy they are just setting all this food on the table and saying hey you paid your entrance fee and here is all the food that you are entitled for by coming here.
Noone makes you eat all the free chips and salsa. You can ask the waiter to get you a different appetizer.
Noone puts a gun to your head and makes you accept the Microsoft EULA when you boot up that new pc. Just throw in your linux cd!
Agreed, That's why we can never support OpenSSH. How many exploits are they going to find in their buggy code? If they are going to write code to provide security, much more than what microsoft even claims to do-they just say they have secure software, then it can't have all these exploits. OpenSSH has to have security in mind when they develop code for heaven's sake...
Why is such an important system run on Windows? Yeah, I mean Duh! They should be using Linux and OpenSSH. That is sooo secure.
He was referring to using copy/paste with anything, not just text. That would include spread sheets, text boxes, text, word art, spreadsheets, links, anything...
What is the post office going to do? Nothing. hundreds of thousands of mailpieces, some containing financial and personal information, goes through some of the larger metro Post Offices everyday. You think your carrier is going to remember anything about that one piece of mail from you know who that should have been there last week? The postal inspectors will look into the obvious more severe cases, but the have their limitations also. FBI doesn't even look into every case either.
As far as getting reimbursed for one shipment from Amazon, read above to understand why Cringley repeats the "we'll investigate it phrase", something I say everyday.
If you think that FedEx or UPS will solve the problems, then you might be right. Of course you get what you pay for. If you pay for the same type of delivery from USPS, express mail, then you also get tracking, insurance for up to $100, service to a PO box (if needed), and all for less. If you look for minimal cost, expect minimal service.
This article isn't about spyware that microsoft is using. It's about how they hired a sociologist to help them improve their online influence by studying the "communities" in newsgroups and email lists. It's really nothing more. I'm sure that any company with a presence online would love to have the money to study the exact same thing. I credit microsoft with researching the communities that we love. Information is bliss...
While some can read an email header and track down the spammer, most can't. If more education was given on how to track down spammers, more of us angry people would take this matter into our own hands. Teach the people and let the mobs regulate. It seems to work.
In 2 years time, I've seen NO blue screens of death, and I've been using many different computers with OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux on them and I've installed them many times over that two years
hmm... Seems like we have a lot in common. We both don't crash systems that we know how to use.