12 separate offenses? What a waste of money and work force, this will become a huge overhead for the legal system, and a costly one...
Not as much as you think. You seem to be assuming that these 12 offenses will require 12 separate trials, with all the expense that would entail. Instead, they'll just do what they always do in such cases and try them on all 12 charges at once.
I've always thought he would be a good interview candidate for the site.
Yes, he would. Especially his views on the RIAA. I doubt, however, he'd allow himself to be subjected to the inevitable feeding frenzy on that one topic because his masters wouldn't see the profit in it.
I have a friend who lives in Berman's district. My friend is a very liberal Democrat, and even he refers to Berman as "the poster boy for the RIAA." It's well-known in his district that if you aren't registered as a Democrat there's no point in asking him for help, regardless of the circumstances. Unless you're a member of his party, he not only won't help you, he won't even be bothered to answer your request.
You should develop to the standard, not to your favorite browser's implementation of it.
Exactly. I'm registered at a pair of sites that send out surveys, and I get paid anywhere from $1 to $5 for each one I qualify for and complete. One of them sometimes sends out surveys that only work on IE. I don't even bother going to them because I hate having to open IE. (And what if I were on Linux, and didn't have it available? Would that mean my opinion didn't count?) I've mentioned this to the company's support critters, but, as they point out, they only redirect me to the client's site and can't force them to write code that works in all browsers.
Simply a matter of proper design so that they're far enough apart that the intake isn't sucking in the exhaust. Of course, there's always the possibility that the flood water will be deep enough to submerge them, but as long as they're above the surface the generators could keep working. (Yes, refueling them might also be a problem. Nothing's perfect.)
Or California, where should an earthquake knock out the original power to a tower, it is just as likely to knock out the generator.
Not so. That all depends on where the damage is. If it's at, or fairly near the tower, quite possibly. If the power's out because a power line was dropped by the temblor, there's a good chance that the cell tower and any generator are just fine. I remember after the Northridge Quake there were major power outages, but the equipment worked just fine as soon as the power was back. As far as floods go, there's no reason not to install them in waterproof rooms to make sure they're OK even if that room's under water.
Municipalities are bracing for disputes as carriers try to add generators or batteries to cell sites on rooftops or water towers.
I find it hard to believe that this is going to be an issue. The batteries don't have to be up on the roof, or on top of the water tower to be effective. Yes, the closer the better, but I doubt there will be more than a handful of places where there's no other place for them.
So someone exercises their First Amendment rights by sending emails you you don't like and they forfeit any possibility of taking credit card payments ever?
Don't be more stupid than you have to be. It's not sending the spam that gets their account nuked, it's using their merchant account to process payments resulting from spam. If they want to spam the world with religious or political messages, but not ask for money, that wouldn't get their account revoked. Asking for money and using that account to process it would. See the difference?
In the opinion of the author of that article. I'd bet that if I spent some time with Google, I'd find at least one article that directly contradicts the one you cited.
The point you're missing is that not only do both businesses go away, they can't get a new account even if they open up another business. Get caught just once and you'll never be allowed to have an account again.
When a merchant signs up for a card processing service they simply ask you what you're using it for...and they believe you. There's not much to prevent you from using the same account on a legitimate site and one that advertises PLEASE YOUR GIRLFRIEND TONIGHT.
If I were writing these regulations, I'd do it in two parts. First, you wouldn't be allowed to get an account for a business selling certain things, such as V14grA. Second, if you use your account to process payments from such things, you lose your account even though you were also using it for a legitimate purpose, and wouldn't be eligible for a new one, meaning your other business probably goes away as well.
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Speaking as the author of a compatibility library, I resent being called "insane".
I think you misunderstood the OP. You aren't insane for having written what appears to be a very good compatibility library and the OP didn't say you were. What's insane (to the OP) is the fact that you needed to write it in the first place.
Earnings in any mass-mailing campaign (and that's basically what spam is, of course) are provided by the small percentage of people who respond. The more you send out, the more people (assuming a fixed percentage, of course) respond. Therefore, earnings are proportional to the number of messages sent out. In general, it's easier to find out how much a spammer earned than how many spam were sent, so using earnings as a yardstick is quite reasonable.
Yes, we're being asked to help protect noobs who don't know any better. It's just the same as protecting children who haven't learned better, or do you object to that too?
et users flag all of those websites that only have indexes of other websites...
Yes, and the moment they do that, all the trolls and script kiddies out there would be listing Google itself, because what is it except an index of other sites?
The first 45 days are for deciding what Distro is the best (which I know can't be solved), or which you are willing to distribute.
Not really. You just pick four or five that are easy to install, drop their names into a hat and send them whichever one you pull out. Compared to Vista, any of them are good.
I have a friend who's a computer columnist, and has one machine using Vista. I told him a few days ago that somebody had asked me if she should have in on her new computer and he said, "Hell, no! Don't let her get Vista whatever you do!" He's not a Linux weenie or anything, he just doesn't consider vista ready for Prime Time.
I wouldn't know, I've never used Gentoo. So far, Red Hat and Fedora have been quite satisfactory, so I've never felt the need to experiment. YMMV, and probably does.
The 'big' hardware requirements is 1gb for the sweet spot in terms of performance where XP could perform at about the same level in the 512-768mb range.
OK, now, let's assume I'm running XP on 512-768mb RAM. What is there about Vista that's worth the cost of upgrading my RAM? I'm not saying that there isn't anything, as there may well be something in Vista that's worth upgrading for, but unless I know what it is, I have no reason to change and so far, I haven't seen even one thing that would make me consider upgrading.
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Not as much as you think. You seem to be assuming that these 12 offenses will require 12 separate trials, with all the expense that would entail. Instead, they'll just do what they always do in such cases and try them on all 12 charges at once.
Yes, he would. Especially his views on the RIAA. I doubt, however, he'd allow himself to be subjected to the inevitable feeding frenzy on that one topic because his masters wouldn't see the profit in it.
I have a friend who lives in Berman's district. My friend is a very liberal Democrat, and even he refers to Berman as "the poster boy for the RIAA." It's well-known in his district that if you aren't registered as a Democrat there's no point in asking him for help, regardless of the circumstances. Unless you're a member of his party, he not only won't help you, he won't even be bothered to answer your request.
There's an easy fix for that: don't use Vista.
Exactly. I'm registered at a pair of sites that send out surveys, and I get paid anywhere from $1 to $5 for each one I qualify for and complete. One of them sometimes sends out surveys that only work on IE. I don't even bother going to them because I hate having to open IE. (And what if I were on Linux, and didn't have it available? Would that mean my opinion didn't count?) I've mentioned this to the company's support critters, but, as they point out, they only redirect me to the client's site and can't force them to write code that works in all browsers.
Yes, but I couldn't resist the chance to combine the two. OMG! PONIES! Florescent pink, genetically modified pony clones!!!11!!!
But in Soviet Russia, genetically modified glowing overlords welcome you!
Simply a matter of proper design so that they're far enough apart that the intake isn't sucking in the exhaust. Of course, there's always the possibility that the flood water will be deep enough to submerge them, but as long as they're above the surface the generators could keep working. (Yes, refueling them might also be a problem. Nothing's perfect.)
You must be new here.
Not so. That all depends on where the damage is. If it's at, or fairly near the tower, quite possibly. If the power's out because a power line was dropped by the temblor, there's a good chance that the cell tower and any generator are just fine. I remember after the Northridge Quake there were major power outages, but the equipment worked just fine as soon as the power was back. As far as floods go, there's no reason not to install them in waterproof rooms to make sure they're OK even if that room's under water.
I find it hard to believe that this is going to be an issue. The batteries don't have to be up on the roof, or on top of the water tower to be effective. Yes, the closer the better, but I doubt there will be more than a handful of places where there's no other place for them.
Don't be more stupid than you have to be. It's not sending the spam that gets their account nuked, it's using their merchant account to process payments resulting from spam. If they want to spam the world with religious or political messages, but not ask for money, that wouldn't get their account revoked. Asking for money and using that account to process it would. See the difference?
In the opinion of the author of that article. I'd bet that if I spent some time with Google, I'd find at least one article that directly contradicts the one you cited.
The point you're missing is that not only do both businesses go away, they can't get a new account even if they open up another business. Get caught just once and you'll never be allowed to have an account again.
If I were writing these regulations, I'd do it in two parts. First, you wouldn't be allowed to get an account for a business selling certain things, such as V14grA. Second, if you use your account to process payments from such things, you lose your account even though you were also using it for a legitimate purpose, and wouldn't be eligible for a new one, meaning your other business probably goes away as well.
Oh, good! I'm sure my girlfriend would love to have a huge penis. I know I'd love to have a rack of 36D's myself! As for the viagra, well, after that surgery, we can both use it. Profit!
I think you misunderstood the OP. You aren't insane for having written what appears to be a very good compatibility library and the OP didn't say you were. What's insane (to the OP) is the fact that you needed to write it in the first place.
Earnings in any mass-mailing campaign (and that's basically what spam is, of course) are provided by the small percentage of people who respond. The more you send out, the more people (assuming a fixed percentage, of course) respond. Therefore, earnings are proportional to the number of messages sent out. In general, it's easier to find out how much a spammer earned than how many spam were sent, so using earnings as a yardstick is quite reasonable.
Yes, we're being asked to help protect noobs who don't know any better. It's just the same as protecting children who haven't learned better, or do you object to that too?
Yes, and the moment they do that, all the trolls and script kiddies out there would be listing Google itself, because what is it except an index of other sites?
Not really. You just pick four or five that are easy to install, drop their names into a hat and send them whichever one you pull out. Compared to Vista, any of them are good.
I have a friend who's a computer columnist, and has one machine using Vista. I told him a few days ago that somebody had asked me if she should have in on her new computer and he said, "Hell, no! Don't let her get Vista whatever you do!" He's not a Linux weenie or anything, he just doesn't consider vista ready for Prime Time.
I wouldn't know, I've never used Gentoo. So far, Red Hat and Fedora have been quite satisfactory, so I've never felt the need to experiment. YMMV, and probably does.
It doesn't take 48 days to burn a Linux CD and send it to the client.
In case you haven't noticed, most legislators are lawyers.
OK, now, let's assume I'm running XP on 512-768mb RAM. What is there about Vista that's worth the cost of upgrading my RAM? I'm not saying that there isn't anything, as there may well be something in Vista that's worth upgrading for, but unless I know what it is, I have no reason to change and so far, I haven't seen even one thing that would make me consider upgrading.