Is it that much trouble to use an external modem or an internal with its own DSP? Besides, those winmodems can tax the hell out of a CPU if you need to do something intesive with your PC simultaneously. (i.e. online gaming.)
an anonymous reader points out that SCO executives are still selling off their stock. Total proceeds in August of over $600,000. Senior Vice President Reginald Broughton tops the list with over $300,000."
SCO is betting all the cookies. If they lose this, then SCO does the Enron deathdance into oblivion. Couldn't happen to a nicer company with a nicer set of C..a$$holes.. I mean CEOs.
As for the wider political context, don't forget what the French Ambassador to the UN said on the subject of Iraq, basically that France belives it is not opposing US interests, just that it believes it has a better idea of what those interests are.
Of course the world is still waiting on what the French believes those interests are.
The US came to regret not taking French advice in Vietnam and according to Paris will come to regret not taking their advice on the subject of invading Iraq.
I assume you've talked to the Vietnamese on how they felt too? And I know about 1/2 dozen Vietnamese who would like to give France the one-fingered salute for the mess.
The other thing we may deduce is that despite the fact they are frequently arrogant and obnoxious the French are frequently right,
Technically there should not be a problem reselling it considering that the song was legally purchased. (I assume there is some kind of receipt one can print once a successful transaction is made? Pluss I don't recall any disclaimers saying not for resale either.)
However, the RIAA may need a thick dosage of thorazine and metamucil to cool their jets on this one.
Mind you that the 12.98 is a "suggested" retail price. It is likely that the retailers will keep their $17 pricing scam and just pocket the rest as an increase in profits. Also that $0.98... round up folks, it is actually $13. Those 2 pennies don't mean jack.
If they really want to get people to come back in droves then the reduction has to be quite significant. Drop the price to $5 per CD or let people purchase per the song either online or to have the music stores burn in the songs people want.
The point is that the MPAA (and now RIAA, Microsoft, etc.) make it a point in assuming that their customer base is a part of their problem. Fine. Then I won't be a part of their customer base. End of story.
Now this is a fun concept. If these entities see their customer as a part of the problem, then why not get rid of their customer base? That'll help "solve" their problem. Sounds like a solution upper management would come up with, eh?;-D
I have known many friends who felt very torn whether to buy an album by an artist they liked-- if they buy it, they are lining the pockets of an insdustry they felt betrayed by, but they still wanted to support their artists.
Lets not forget the thousands of people who only want to get a single tune out of a CD with 12 other crappy ones. Not only does one pay for the music he/she wants, but also for all the dead weight too.
The more heat I can get into my room during November, the better. It's still cheaper in the long run when I saw the cost per therm of last winter's gas bill. $_$
It will depend on how well the cases remove the heat from the computer components and disperses it into the air. (I don't think the fan's own generation of heat contributes much when compared to how much the CPU, today's video card, and mainboard makes.) The Zalman fanless case uses roughly the same concept as airconditioners so the transfer of heat from PC to environment should be far better than the regular case that uses fans for cooling. Thereby the temperature created by the PC is lower internally with more heat being expelled externally.
The idea is to lower the ambient temperature the components generate and experience during operation by transfering as much of the heat elsewhere. (i.e. dispersal through to the environment.) The case should be an improvement over the fan-driven models by removing MORE heat from the components and projecting it to the outside. Thereby, more heat is expelled and the parts are cooler when compared with other computer cases.
This would be a pretty handy device for those living on the eastcoast in the middle of winter. As someone mentioned above, it would make a dandy space heater. I agree. When I was still living in Boston, I left the several machines on my home network running 24/7 during the months of intense cold. Oddly enough my utility bills* was lower that year than the year before. (When I didn't have the machines running all that time.)
Any company that uses precious company resources to fund the most stupid lawsuits like this deserves bankruptcy. I recommend that investors pull out of SCO until they can get a CEO whose brain is not in his ass.
Anyone care to fathom how many more hackable machines will be available in China after this changeover?
Their official IT people won't even fix the thousands of hijacked proxies that are already compromised.
The Lumber Cartel (tinlc) is not impressed.
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"He said that since the article was published, anti-spam activists had been "having a field day". He had received more than 20 phone calls, five of them obscene."
Obscene ones? Must be "thank-you" kisses from his penis enlargement customers.
His personal information, street address and phone numbers were "plastered all over the web". The article also led to rackshack.com, the US web service that hosts Mr Atkinson's servers, being entered in the Spam Early Warning System list, which many networks use for blocking email traffic.
I mentioned this before. Just remember folks.. SPEWS has your name, number, address, change-of-address, time when you eat, when you sleep, and when you realize your Preparation H is not working.
"Rackshack gave notice that it would shut down two of Mr Atkinson's servers because of the listing, forcing him to move the servers to a different network."
So Rackshack.. exactly how many thousands of abuse reports did you receive and ignore before SPEWS tossed you into the dungeon? I think you love your pink contracts a bit too much.
saying that he "never intended to break any regulations".
Rule #1. Rule #2.
"I sort of feel good now about stopping this," he said.
Rule #1. Rule #2.
"I'll just stick to search engines and web sites - that's still plenty of fun and money."
Rule #1. Rule #2. Rule #3. Russell's Corollary.
Please use your favorite search engine to review the "Rules of Spam" or go here.
Radiation on Mars is so intense that it could endanger astronauts sent to explore the Red Planet, and it's unlikely that any extraterrestrial life would survive there, NASA scientists said.
Wasn't sort-of the same thing said about life not being able to exist in extreme conditions? We've already found lifeforms capable of existing in extreme environments (i.e. underwater volcanic vents or toxic dumps.)
I shouldn't say that. Human engineering has overcome much worse. I'm torn, though... a country that can produce very reliable Soyuz but at the same time consider shooting up one of the back street boys up there for the money.
Well, Russia is still having its budget issues (which includes its space agency.) But being able to send up civillians into space is a good idea, personally. Not just for the money, but for the information gained towards opening up space for privatizing.
Maybe they can do it. I am not holding my breath. This is a press release, not a reviewed plan.
They managed to do good with Mir, why not this?:-)
This is provided it is indeed the pollution and not some other kind of blight. (i.e. disease, etc.) These remote sensing devices is an excellent idea to try and lock in on the real cause.
"The beneficiaries aren't necessarily the pasty faced, high school drop out industrial spammers we have gotten to know, but well known companies."
Been well known for quite a while now. Check out the famous spamdemic map. Real marketing takes work to make it successful, but mainsleaze bozos like Ameriquest slack off with these "shortcuts".
"Most of the ISPs are good to their word and are fighting it very, very hard," he said. "But as you get into the larger ISPs, especially those that are in any form of financial difficulty, the engineers, abuse staff and technicians all want the spammers off the network, but you have the sales staff looking at the money.... The engineers will be fighting internally with the sales managers, but of course the sales managers always win."
Which is why these ISPs should not complain when I use some choice blackhole lists like SPEWS, Spamhaus, or SpamCop to protect my inboxes from these sleazoids. Anyone remember when Aegis thought they were invincible when they allowed spammers to run amuck on their system? And where are they now?:-)
[I am not a covert ops agent of the Lumber Cartel (tinlc).]
All these years, the CIA was out gathering and grabbing information. Now the shoe seems to be on the other foot.
[CONSPIRACY]Hmm. Maybe Ebay is actually another "secret" government agency meant to compete with the CIA. Think about it. Ebay has the names, addresses of how many people?[/CONSPIRACY]
Maybe this will be a good time to see if Area-51 will be up for auction this year.
I'll go with the spyware installer, then just set the firewall to blackhole any packets when it tries to "phone home." But I digress..
The RIAA still has to get a clue and realize that no one is inclined to spend $20-$30 for a CD with one good piece of music and the rest of it being watered-down crap.
What more ideal is it to allow music fans to just get the songs (ex. 75 cents per song) they want rather than having to purchase all the dead weight too?
in the eyes of Texas, selling a comic book created for adults, from the adult section of the shop, to an adult was deemed a crime because, in the prosecutor's eyes, all comics are for kids
This has got to be one of the most STUPID cases yet. (Not to mention a big waste of taxpayer's money.) Not all comics are for kids and are not read by kids. (i.e. graphic novels). Considering that the adult books was cordoned off from kids and Castillo sold it to an adult.. I don't see where the law was broken.
Too many lawyers on this planet seeking to screw (no pun intended..) anyone just so they can probably get their name recognized.
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Is it that much trouble to use an external modem or an internal with its own DSP? Besides, those winmodems can tax the hell out of a CPU if you need to do something intesive with your PC simultaneously. (i.e. online gaming.)
an anonymous reader points out that SCO executives are still selling off their stock. Total proceeds in August of over $600,000. Senior Vice President Reginald Broughton tops the list with over $300,000."
SCO is betting all the cookies. If they lose this, then SCO does the Enron deathdance into oblivion. Couldn't happen to a nicer company with a nicer set of C..a$$holes.. I mean CEOs.
As for the wider political context, don't forget what the French Ambassador to the UN said on the subject of Iraq, basically that France belives it is not opposing US interests, just that it believes it has a better idea of what those interests are.
Of course the world is still waiting on what the French believes those interests are.
The US came to regret not taking French advice in Vietnam and according to Paris will come to regret not taking their advice on the subject of invading Iraq.
I assume you've talked to the Vietnamese on how they felt too? And I know about 1/2 dozen Vietnamese who would like to give France the one-fingered salute for the mess.
The other thing we may deduce is that despite the fact they are frequently arrogant and obnoxious the French are frequently right,
Frequently right.. about what?
Berkeley did it on $500 grand with their SETI@home project.
Technically there should not be a problem reselling it considering that the song was legally purchased. (I assume there is some kind of receipt one can print once a successful transaction is made? Pluss I don't recall any disclaimers saying not for resale either.)
However, the RIAA may need a thick dosage of thorazine and metamucil to cool their jets on this one.
I only got broadband just so I can load up Slashdot faster.
Mind you that the 12.98 is a "suggested" retail price. It is likely that the retailers will keep their $17 pricing scam and just pocket the rest as an increase in profits. Also that $0.98... round up folks, it is actually $13. Those 2 pennies don't mean jack.
If they really want to get people to come back in droves then the reduction has to be quite significant. Drop the price to $5 per CD or let people purchase per the song either online or to have the music stores burn in the songs people want.
.. Homeworld 2.
The point is that the MPAA (and now RIAA, Microsoft, etc.) make it a point in assuming that their customer base is a part of their problem. Fine. Then I won't be a part of their customer base. End of story.
;-D
Now this is a fun concept. If these entities see their customer as a part of the problem, then why not get rid of their customer base? That'll help "solve" their problem. Sounds like a solution upper management would come up with, eh?
I have known many friends who felt very torn whether to buy an album by an artist they liked-- if they buy it, they are lining the pockets of an insdustry they felt betrayed by, but they still wanted to support their artists.
Lets not forget the thousands of people who only want to get a single tune out of a CD with 12 other crappy ones. Not only does one pay for the music he/she wants, but also for all the dead weight too.
The more heat I can get into my room during November, the better. It's still cheaper in the long run when I saw the cost per therm of last winter's gas bill. $_$
It will depend on how well the cases remove the heat from the computer components and disperses it into the air. (I don't think the fan's own generation of heat contributes much when compared to how much the CPU, today's video card, and mainboard makes.) The Zalman fanless case uses roughly the same concept as airconditioners so the transfer of heat from PC to environment should be far better than the regular case that uses fans for cooling. Thereby the temperature created by the PC is lower internally with more heat being expelled externally.
The idea is to lower the ambient temperature the components generate and experience during operation by transfering as much of the heat elsewhere. (i.e. dispersal through to the environment.) The case should be an improvement over the fan-driven models by removing MORE heat from the components and projecting it to the outside. Thereby, more heat is expelled and the parts are cooler when compared with other computer cases.
This would be a pretty handy device for those living on the eastcoast in the middle of winter. As someone mentioned above, it would make a dandy space heater. I agree. When I was still living in Boston, I left the several machines on my home network running 24/7 during the months of intense cold. Oddly enough my utility bills* was lower that year than the year before. (When I didn't have the machines running all that time.)
*apartment was gas heated.
Any company that uses precious company resources to fund the most stupid lawsuits like this deserves bankruptcy. I recommend that investors pull out of SCO until they can get a CEO whose brain is not in his ass.
Anyone care to fathom how many more hackable machines will be available in China after this changeover?
Their official IT people won't even fix the thousands of hijacked proxies that are already compromised.
"He said that since the article was published, anti-spam activists had been "having a field day". He had received more than 20 phone calls, five of them obscene."
Obscene ones? Must be "thank-you" kisses from his penis enlargement customers.
His personal information, street address and phone numbers were "plastered all over the web". The article also led to rackshack.com, the US web service that hosts Mr Atkinson's servers, being entered in the Spam Early Warning System list, which many networks use for blocking email traffic.
I mentioned this before. Just remember folks.. SPEWS has your name, number, address, change-of-address, time when you eat, when you sleep, and when you realize your Preparation H is not working.
"Rackshack gave notice that it would shut down two of Mr Atkinson's servers because of the listing, forcing him to move the servers to a different network."
So Rackshack.. exactly how many thousands of abuse reports did you receive and ignore before SPEWS tossed you into the dungeon? I think you love your pink contracts a bit too much.
saying that he "never intended to break any regulations".
Rule #1. Rule #2.
"I sort of feel good now about stopping this," he said.
Rule #1. Rule #2.
"I'll just stick to search engines and web sites - that's still plenty of fun and money."
Rule #1. Rule #2. Rule #3. Russell's Corollary.
Please use your favorite search engine to review the "Rules of Spam" or go here.
Radiation on Mars is so intense that it could endanger astronauts sent to explore the Red Planet, and it's unlikely that any extraterrestrial life would survive there, NASA scientists said.
:-)
Wasn't sort-of the same thing said about life not being able to exist in extreme conditions? We've already found lifeforms capable of existing in extreme environments (i.e. underwater volcanic vents or toxic dumps.)
I shouldn't say that. Human engineering has overcome much worse. I'm torn, though... a country that can produce very reliable Soyuz but at the same time consider shooting up one of the back street boys up there for the money.
Well, Russia is still having its budget issues (which includes its space agency.) But being able to send up civillians into space is a good idea, personally. Not just for the money, but for the information gained towards opening up space for privatizing.
Maybe they can do it. I am not holding my breath. This is a press release, not a reviewed plan.
They managed to do good with Mir, why not this?
This is provided it is indeed the pollution and not some other kind of blight. (i.e. disease, etc.) These remote sensing devices is an excellent idea to try and lock in on the real cause.
Unfortunately for a growing number of ISPs the loss due to the waste of bandwidth to handle spam is outpacing the potential for customer loss.
"The beneficiaries aren't necessarily the pasty faced, high school drop out industrial spammers we have gotten to know, but well known companies."
... The engineers will be fighting internally with the sales managers, but of course the sales managers always win."
:-)
Been well known for quite a while now. Check out the famous spamdemic map. Real marketing takes work to make it successful, but mainsleaze bozos like Ameriquest slack off with these "shortcuts".
"Most of the ISPs are good to their word and are fighting it very, very hard," he said. "But as you get into the larger ISPs, especially those that are in any form of financial difficulty, the engineers, abuse staff and technicians all want the spammers off the network, but you have the sales staff looking at the money.
Which is why these ISPs should not complain when I use some choice blackhole lists like SPEWS, Spamhaus, or SpamCop to protect my inboxes from these sleazoids. Anyone remember when Aegis thought they were invincible when they allowed spammers to run amuck on their system? And where are they now?
[I am not a covert ops agent of the Lumber Cartel (tinlc).]
Gotta love their trolling on NANAE though. Piss off that many more admins that'll toss those bozos into their permanent blackhole list.
All these years, the CIA was out gathering and grabbing information. Now the shoe seems to be on the other foot.
[CONSPIRACY]Hmm. Maybe Ebay is actually another "secret" government agency meant to compete with the CIA. Think about it. Ebay has the names, addresses of how many people?[/CONSPIRACY]
Maybe this will be a good time to see if Area-51 will be up for auction this year.
I'll go with the spyware installer, then just set the firewall to blackhole any packets when it tries to "phone home." But I digress..
The RIAA still has to get a clue and realize that no one is inclined to spend $20-$30 for a CD with one good piece of music and the rest of it being watered-down crap.
What more ideal is it to allow music fans to just get the songs (ex. 75 cents per song) they want rather than having to purchase all the dead weight too?
in the eyes of Texas, selling a comic book created for adults, from the adult section of the shop, to an adult was deemed a crime because, in the prosecutor's eyes, all comics are for kids
This has got to be one of the most STUPID cases yet. (Not to mention a big waste of taxpayer's money.) Not all comics are for kids and are not read by kids. (i.e. graphic novels). Considering that the adult books was cordoned off from kids and Castillo sold it to an adult.. I don't see where the law was broken.
Too many lawyers on this planet seeking to screw (no pun intended..) anyone just so they can probably get their name recognized.
I sense flamebait for Howie Carr. LOL! ;-D