When Mike Jitlov worked for Disney doing special effects, he found their culture so regimented and stiff that he started calling it "Mauswitz." This started to catch on, but the PHB's made it a firing offense. He then changed it to "Duckau," which was, oddly enough, acceptable.
Outlook has always been a mass of bugs held together by security holes. This isn't going to change because NanoLimp is more interested in giving lusers the point'n drool UI they want, rather than good programs. Not only that, there are more people looking for more security holes and more people exploiting them because most PC lusers use it. Why? Not because it's good; it isn't. They use it because it's there, and they have no idea that there are other email clients out there. As long as this continues, the easiest way to be safe is not to use Outlook; whatever other program you use will have holes -- no program is completely safe -- but nobody will be looking for them. Running with the herd is easy, and seems safe. In this case, it's the most dangerous thing you can do but most people will because it's easier than thinking for themselves.
Comcast has a HUGE problem right now with hundreds (if not more) of virus-compromised systems, run by the clue-deprived who have not the slightest inkling about the most basic Internet security.
If so, then Comcast has a much better way to fix this. They send out a message to the big users, letting them know that they're using a more bandwidth than seems reasonable and suggesting that their box may be compromised. It also includes some suggestions for cleaning out any infections, and offering tech support assistance if needed. It also gives them a way to have their account marked as one that legitmately uses this bandwith if appropriate. That way, the zombies get cleared out leaving more for those that need it, and giving Comcast good press instead of bad. Of course, doing this would mean work and we all know that just sending nasty-grams is much simpler.
It should be obvious that you can't provide a dedicated "unlimited" 56K connection profitably at the $10-$15/mo market rate, but you will sell a lot more accounts if you say "unlimited".
What is obvious is that most people who buy those accounts aren't going to be using them 24/7, even if they are dedicated. If you get a line like that, you're probably a business that needs to send/receive data at unpredictable intervals during your business hours. If so, you don't want to have to worry about getting connected, and you may also need a static IP. You're not going to be running a webserver, open ftp server or P2P because there's just not enough bandwidth to make it reasonable. You're going to go broadband, not narrowband if that's what you're doing and that means that the ISP doesn't have to worry about having enough bandwidth for 56K accounts unless it's trying to squeek by on the cheap.
No, I'm sorry, but I don't believe your rationalizations for false advertising or the special pleading you're using to justify your basic dishonesty.
I was wondering about the desert problem myself. One of the worst is in Western Egypt, where there are places that it's still dangerous to go because of WWII minefields that have never been properly cleared.
If the ground's been fought over, it's probably very fertile now. Not only because of the blood spilled, but because the nitrates from the munitions get into the soil.
If you'd read the article, it suggests using crop-dusting planes to plant the seeds. Then, when they see where the mines are, they not only can tell just where to dig, they can see how to get to them safely.
I'm beginning to wonder whether it's something more than simple incompetence behind these patents. There are just too many, too obvious too broad patents for simple stupidity, but simple cupidity makes sense. Follow the money and find out which examiners are taking bribes.
Going through some of the comments on here, and reading comments expressing "I sent my resume everywhere and still cant find a job": in my experience, applicants tend to flat-out lie on their resumes;
Maybe that's why I'm having so much trouble finding a new job: HR cuts the claims on my resume by at least 50% to adjust for the presumed lies and everything on mine is true.
Often, they write impossibly specific requirements to make sure nobody can match them. Then, they pick the foreigner with exactly those qualifications that they wanted in the first place. For some programs, they have to do this to "prove" that they looked locally and couldn't find anybody.
I did tech support for Earthlink, 'till the Pasadena Call center was closed. My stock lost over two thirds of its value when the merger closed and never recovered. Believe me, if you didn't like the merger, those of us with Earthlink stock options got screwed worse than you did.
I've been shot at, by a six inch gun. I know, because I saw the shells land off my ship's fantail when we were on the Gun Line in '72. Our gun was only a 5'54, so we were outranged and had to get the hell out of there. If anybody has the right to complain, it's people like me who really have Been There and Done That.
I was stationed on a Destroyer Escourt back in the early '70s. Many times, the sea was rough enough that I had to sleep holding on to something because if I didn't, I'd roll out of my "rack" onto the deck. One night, a man in the top rack of three let go at the wrong time. The ship rolled so far that he woke up in the bottom rack on the other side of the corridor. I've been up to the Alutians, where it was so rough that all ship's work was stopped except for watch standing and keeping the ship running, and that went on for over a week. Oh, yes, did I forget to mention when we were on the Gun Line, off 'Nam? Four hours on, four off, with extra duty for re-provisioning, re-arming and re-fuling, mostly when we should have been asleep. Add to that a stupid Executive Officer that didn't understand that we were in Condition Two, designed for fire support missions, and would send us to General Quarters (Battle Stations) an hour before we were expected to shoot, and keep us there for an hour after it was finished.
However much it cost, they probably just borrowed it from Uncle Mickey. I'm sure hecan afford it.
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Personally, I'd like to see how cats adapt to space. How will they handle landing on their feet when there's no down? Will they be able to walk on soft walls using their claws? How will they handle the litterbox problem? Lots and lots of interesting things to study, and animals smart enough to experiment with their environment and learn from experience.
Would a colony actually *stay* in the lagrange point?
Do the Trojan Asteroids stay in, or at least near the Lagrange points in Jupiter's orbit? Yes, I believe they do. The Trojan Points are the two most stable Lagrange points. In fact, the biggest problem with L4/L5 colonies is the other "space trash" that's bound to be there: dust, pebbles, small rocks and so on.
... there's no guarantee that the subsequent administrations (or Congresses) won't reduce NASA's budget or otherwise do something to kill the project.
Don't forget, this is not only an expensive project, it's a popular one. If anybody tries to kill it, there will be a huge backlash, both by people that want us to see it through, and by people who will object, and rightly so, that if we kill it, all the money spent will be wasted. After a few years, trying to stop it would be political suicide.
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When Mike Jitlov worked for Disney doing special effects, he found their culture so regimented and stiff that he started calling it "Mauswitz." This started to catch on, but the PHB's made it a firing offense. He then changed it to "Duckau," which was, oddly enough, acceptable.
Outlook has always been a mass of bugs held together by security holes. This isn't going to change because NanoLimp is more interested in giving lusers the point'n drool UI they want, rather than good programs. Not only that, there are more people looking for more security holes and more people exploiting them because most PC lusers use it. Why? Not because it's good; it isn't. They use it because it's there, and they have no idea that there are other email clients out there. As long as this continues, the easiest way to be safe is not to use Outlook; whatever other program you use will have holes -- no program is completely safe -- but nobody will be looking for them. Running with the herd is easy, and seems safe. In this case, it's the most dangerous thing you can do but most people will because it's easier than thinking for themselves.
You're right: it isn't a troll, and as the meta-moderator involved, I can (and just did) mark it as Unfair.
If so, then Comcast has a much better way to fix this. They send out a message to the big users, letting them know that they're using a more bandwidth than seems reasonable and suggesting that their box may be compromised. It also includes some suggestions for cleaning out any infections, and offering tech support assistance if needed. It also gives them a way to have their account marked as one that legitmately uses this bandwith if appropriate. That way, the zombies get cleared out leaving more for those that need it, and giving Comcast good press instead of bad. Of course, doing this would mean work and we all know that just sending nasty-grams is much simpler.
What is obvious is that most people who buy those accounts aren't going to be using them 24/7, even if they are dedicated. If you get a line like that, you're probably a business that needs to send/receive data at unpredictable intervals during your business hours. If so, you don't want to have to worry about getting connected, and you may also need a static IP. You're not going to be running a webserver, open ftp server or P2P because there's just not enough bandwidth to make it reasonable. You're going to go broadband, not narrowband if that's what you're doing and that means that the ISP doesn't have to worry about having enough bandwidth for 56K accounts unless it's trying to squeek by on the cheap.
No, I'm sorry, but I don't believe your rationalizations for false advertising or the special pleading you're using to justify your basic dishonesty.
The worm was obviously written and released by a Windows fanatic, and designed both to harm SCO and give Linux a black eye!
I was wondering about the desert problem myself. One of the worst is in Western Egypt, where there are places that it's still dangerous to go because of WWII minefields that have never been properly cleared.
If the ground's been fought over, it's probably very fertile now. Not only because of the blood spilled, but because the nitrates from the munitions get into the soil.
If you'd read the article, it suggests using crop-dusting planes to plant the seeds. Then, when they see where the mines are, they not only can tell just where to dig, they can see how to get to them safely.
I'm beginning to wonder whether it's something more than simple incompetence behind these patents. There are just too many, too obvious too broad patents for simple stupidity, but simple cupidity makes sense. Follow the money and find out which examiners are taking bribes.
Maybe that's why I'm having so much trouble finding a new job: HR cuts the claims on my resume by at least 50% to adjust for the presumed lies and everything on mine is true.
Often, they write impossibly specific requirements to make sure nobody can match them. Then, they pick the foreigner with exactly those qualifications that they wanted in the first place. For some programs, they have to do this to "prove" that they looked locally and couldn't find anybody.
I think it was St. Augustine who came up with the classic response for this question: Designing Hell, for people who ask questions like this!
I did tech support for Earthlink, 'till the Pasadena Call center was closed. My stock lost over two thirds of its value when the merger closed and never recovered. Believe me, if you didn't like the merger, those of us with Earthlink stock options got screwed worse than you did.
Now this is a good reason to post as AC; one of the few I've ever seen.
I've been shot at, by a six inch gun. I know, because I saw the shells land off my ship's fantail when we were on the Gun Line in '72. Our gun was only a 5'54, so we were outranged and had to get the hell out of there. If anybody has the right to complain, it's people like me who really have Been There and Done That.
I was stationed on a Destroyer Escourt back in the early '70s. Many times, the sea was rough enough that I had to sleep holding on to something because if I didn't, I'd roll out of my "rack" onto the deck. One night, a man in the top rack of three let go at the wrong time. The ship rolled so far that he woke up in the bottom rack on the other side of the corridor. I've been up to the Alutians, where it was so rough that all ship's work was stopped except for watch standing and keeping the ship running, and that went on for over a week. Oh, yes, did I forget to mention when we were on the Gun Line, off 'Nam? Four hours on, four off, with extra duty for re-provisioning, re-arming and re-fuling, mostly when we should have been asleep. Add to that a stupid Executive Officer that didn't understand that we were in Condition Two, designed for fire support missions, and would send us to General Quarters (Battle Stations) an hour before we were expected to shoot, and keep us there for an hour after it was finished.
However much it cost, they probably just borrowed it from Uncle Mickey. I'm sure hecan afford it.
Personally, I'd like to see how cats adapt to space. How will they handle landing on their feet when there's no down? Will they be able to walk on soft walls using their claws? How will they handle the litterbox problem? Lots and lots of interesting things to study, and animals smart enough to experiment with their environment and learn from experience.
Do the Trojan Asteroids stay in, or at least near the Lagrange points in Jupiter's orbit? Yes, I believe they do. The Trojan Points are the two most stable Lagrange points. In fact, the biggest problem with L4/L5 colonies is the other "space trash" that's bound to be there: dust, pebbles, small rocks and so on.
There's a reason they use AC for their trolling: being cowards, they prefer anonymity.
Alas, the supercollider wasn't that popular. It takes both to make a project a sacred cow.
Don't forget, this is not only an expensive project, it's a popular one. If anybody tries to kill it, there will be a huge backlash, both by people that want us to see it through, and by people who will object, and rightly so, that if we kill it, all the money spent will be wasted. After a few years, trying to stop it would be political suicide.
Before they can do that, they'd have to learn proper grammar.
You have to remember one thing: spammers are stupid. If they weren't, they wouldn't spam the Usenet groups dedicated to spamcopping.