Mr Doyle: So, you never learned cursive? Bart: Well, I know hell, damn, bit... Mr Doyle: Cursive handwriting, script. Do you know the multiplication tables? Long division? Bart: I know of them.
I'd be far less concerned about groups of well-funded hackers... than I would about DDoS attacks launched by some bored teen-ager[s]
Well, someone had to say it. It's time for the war on bored teenagers! They are an absolute menace to society, as I'm sure the Iraqi information minster will tell you.
Aah, yes. I remember having something called Ice-Zmodem that did the same thing.
The only problem with this was that you still could not start downloading a big file unless it could fit in your daily download quota. And there was no way to roll over credit so you could download big files (without paying)
unless you want to be accused of using your 57 CD-burners (equivalent to 1 24x burner) to produce 14,000 mp3 cds (1 or 2 cds, with highly "valuable" content), then get off kazaa.
By having any completely free resource, you open the system up to abuse.
Sure, people hate paying for what they used to get for free, but if the price is reasonable then there's no reason not to accept it.
Note that I said reasonable price. In many cases where charges are introduced, the people running the system usually manage to turn this into a money-making exercise before too long.
(Homer): Are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon? (Lisa): No. (Homer): Ham? (Lisa): No! (Homer): Pork chops? (Lisa): Dad! Those all come from the same animal! (Homer): Heh heh heh... ooh... yeah right, Lisa. A wonderful... magical animal.
Way back when BBSs were popular, when you registered , you were given a limited number of minutes and downloads per day. I think it was in the order of 30 minutes and I can't remember how much data you could download. (200KB?)
After you exceeded either your download quota or your time quota, you could not log back onto the BBS.
And that's where timebank comes into the picture. On top of all the other text games available, there was a game, called timebank, that let you gamble part (or all) of your download/time quota, with the chance of winning more of either.
Needless to say, I was naive for thinking I could win anything on a computerised gambling game, but it was fun nonetheless!
What would you do, Mr. Idealist? Stand there and take it while saying, "Please don't do that!"?
When it comes to something like spam, you don't need to take into account your human instinct to survive. Spam won't kill you.
Even if my analogy is flawed in that respect, the principle still stands. In the long run, no problem will get solved if both sides keep escalating the conflict and spam is certainly not an exception. If you give the spammers enough reason, they *will* escalate the problem and the only way to catch them when they escalate it, will be to introduce draconian laws that will hurt everybody.
Perhaps if you one day end up lying on the ground in a pool of your own blood you'll rethink this and consider that MAYBE you should have defended yourself.
That's a baseless prophecy. What makes you think I wouldn't defend myself?
Two wrongs don't make a right. If we are to take a stance against spammers, we have to practise what we preach, and that means that we don't spam anyone.
If somebody punches you, do you punch them straight back? Do you think doing so would leave you with any credibility?
"An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind".
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Don't you have to pass Go first?
...get coding, jailboy!
Mr Doyle: So, you never learned cursive?
Bart: Well, I know hell, damn, bit...
Mr Doyle: Cursive handwriting, script. Do you know the multiplication tables? Long division?
Bart: I know of them.
You weren't actually going to read them, were you?
No, but SIDS is.
I think that if you examine the C# and F# languages, you'll find that they both fall flat.
I'd be far less concerned about groups of well-funded hackers ... than I would about DDoS attacks launched by some bored teen-ager[s]
Well, someone had to say it. It's time for the war on bored teenagers! They are an absolute menace to society, as I'm sure the Iraqi information minster will tell you.
When the time runs out, strong chemicals will be released to distroy most of the cars internal components
dude, what about the people inside the car?
or do they need to be "retired" after ten years, as well?
does posting to slashdot count as a hard day at the office?
don't despair. just throw it out and buy a new one.
Some of those porn sites have cameras that go pretty deep
If they were anything like these monkeys, I wouldn't be surprised.
Code monkeys have feelings, too!
duh.
what did you expect them to come up with? An operating system kernel?!
Aah, yes. I remember having something called Ice-Zmodem that did the same thing.
The only problem with this was that you still could not start downloading a big file unless it could fit in your daily download quota. And there was no way to roll over credit so you could download big files (without paying)
near the bottom of the page there is an overexposed photo of the test taker with this caption:
FIGURE: "Could my future get any brighter?!"
unless you want to be accused of using your 57 CD-burners (equivalent to 1 24x burner) to produce 14,000 mp3 cds (1 or 2 cds, with highly "valuable" content), then get off kazaa.
--RIAA
yo
aye carumba!
By having any completely free resource, you open the system up to abuse.
Sure, people hate paying for what they used to get for free, but if the price is reasonable then there's no reason not to accept it.
Note that I said reasonable price. In many cases where charges are introduced, the people running the system usually manage to turn this into a money-making exercise before too long.
All hail the iToilet!
(Homer): Are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon? ... ooh ... yeah right, Lisa. A wonderful ... magical animal.
(Lisa): No.
(Homer): Ham?
(Lisa): No!
(Homer): Pork chops?
(Lisa): Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
(Homer): Heh heh heh
Who remembers timebank?
Way back when BBSs were popular, when you registered , you were given a limited number of minutes and downloads per day. I think it was in the order of 30 minutes and I can't remember how much data you could download. (200KB?)
After you exceeded either your download quota or your time quota, you could not log back onto the BBS.
And that's where timebank comes into the picture. On top of all the other text games available, there was a game, called timebank, that let you gamble part (or all) of your download/time quota, with the chance of winning more of either.
Needless to say, I was naive for thinking I could win anything on a computerised gambling game, but it was fun nonetheless!
What would you do, Mr. Idealist? Stand there and take it while saying, "Please don't do that!"?
When it comes to something like spam, you don't need to take into account your human instinct to survive. Spam won't kill you.
Even if my analogy is flawed in that respect, the principle still stands. In the long run, no problem will get solved if both sides keep escalating the conflict and spam is certainly not an exception. If you give the spammers enough reason, they *will* escalate the problem and the only way to catch them when they escalate it, will be to introduce draconian laws that will hurt everybody.
Perhaps if you one day end up lying on the ground in a pool of your own blood you'll rethink this and consider that MAYBE you should have defended yourself.
That's a baseless prophecy. What makes you think I wouldn't defend myself?
Two wrongs don't make a right. If we are to take a stance against spammers, we have to practise what we preach, and that means that we don't spam anyone.
If somebody punches you, do you punch them straight back? Do you think doing so would leave you with any credibility?
"An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind".
I don't need to worry about those rabid unix haters, I use Linux. Oh wait...