Yeah, I've lost count of how many times I've sent in corrections that I saw when it was in "Mysterious Future" mode. I give up. Why even bother with the link at all, if they don't check/care about the emails the subscribers send?
First 1GB email service? First of all, what is Spymac, chopped liver? They already have a free email service with 1GB of storage.
I'm going to issue a press release... I will be the first person to send data over phone lines. Maybe it will be hardware you install in your computer! Buy my stock!
He's not even leaving the damn group, he's just stepping down from a leadership position.
I feel that Lula no longer reflects the vision I have had for it and has in fact belittled itself as an organization for change and progress. I cannot attend Tuesday night's meeting, in fact I would be ashamed to in view of what our country is doing in Iraq...
That beeping noise is either my attention whore alarm, bullshit radar, or both at once.
It's going to hit critical mass at some point. Spammers can't keep ramping up the rate, eventually they won't be able to afford it. I'm sure it's already getting close to the point where the profit margins on products are having difficulty covering the cost of the spamming. It's cheap, but it's not free. I guess zombie-clients infested with worms will help deflect that for a bit, but you have to wonder how long that will last, even.
Same here. Who knows what else is out there that the EFF hasn't found yet? It's an unsettling thought. But in digging around looking for info on these patents I haven't heard of, I found a nice little quote from Tim O'Reilly that he made back when the one-click idiocy was going on a few years ago:
I also want to say that a patent on something like "1-Click ordering" is a slap in the face of Tim Berners-Lee and all of the other pioneers who created the opportunity that Amazon has done such a good job of exploiting. Amazon wouldn't have existed without the generosity of people like Tim, who made legitimate, far-reaching inventions, and put them out into the public domain for all to build upon. Anyone who puts a small gloss on this fundamental technology, calls it proprietary, and then tries to keep others from building further on it, is a thief. The gift was given to all of us, and anyone who tries to make it their own is stealing our patrimony.
If that's not the damned honest truth, then I don't know what is.
If Apple keeps going after every website that hosts it, its gonna be everywhere on P2P... what are they gonna do then?
Once they pick all the low-hanging fruit (hosted on popular websites), the recording industry can't claim they didn't try. Steve Jobs said himself that it was only a matter of time before the DRM was cracked, I am surprised it lasted this long (I'm sure he is, too). I predict Apple is going to make a good-faith effort to send around take-down notices to anyone who hosts it, and then it will live on in the P2P underground.
Remember bnetd? Blizzard had no problem with people who loved their game, but they'd be idiots to stand by while a program existed that circumvented their CD-key system. Same deal with Apple (sot of).
Um, since LostCluster has already posted in this thread, I think he'll notice the post he made in the last one that you just plagarized from him. At least one mod missed the boat already.
Something else the submitter alluded to, and the article talked about: it looks like there needs to be an incentive to not take bogus phone calls. An incentive either in addition to or instead of an authentication system. Right now, if I read correctly, it seems as if "they" (AT&T, Sprint, etc) are getting paid by volume. That's a green light for greedy execs to sweep the problem under the rug, especially since the law prevents the operators from publically complaining.
This is the first I've ever heard of this, but the article does a really good job of explaining the background behind it. Hefty read, though.
I would not want to be in the position of the CAs that have to put up with this. According to TFA, not only can they not legally refuse to process these calls, in most cases (no international calls), but they are also prohibited from breaking the privacy barrier. That's not something I ever considered, but it's good to know your translator is not allowed to tell the world that you just bought Viagra over the phone.
On that note, they have to translate prank calls and phone sex. Jesus.
Offtopic, but the submitter opened the door: according to their specs sheet (PDF warning), this stuff has a boiling point of 49.2C (120.6F). Processors burn hotter than that, how useful would it still be for cooling purposes if it were a gas? I also have to wonder what the long-term effects of exposure would be... it's one thing to dunk a laptop for a few seconds, it's something else entirely to have it swimming all day long. At least your machine would never catch on fire.
They might have some information there about how well the stuff will conduct heat, but I got a lousy grade in Chemistry, so I'll leave it to the experts.;)
Well, the name "Lin---s" was kind of obviously flipping off Microsoft, especially since they had a poorly-drawn hangman on the website for it with every letter crossed out except "D", "O" and "W". I mean, come on.
Michael Robertson is good at criticizing Microsoft and pissing in their Cheerios, but he's not good at coming up with with clever names, I guess (I'm not going to go for the obvious parallel). I think he just should have taken absurdity to its ultimate edge and called the damn thing Linfox.
I was one of the people who said that you couldn't possibly come up with a more asinine name than "Lindows". Here we all are, eating our words.;)
That's the attitude they are probably counting on. Not that it's a bad thing: the majority of folks have nothing to hide. Privacy is nice for some things, but there is a point where it crosses over into paranoia. The sibling AC is correct, your unpopular view is either going to be modded down, or the mods are going to have an Over-rated fight this morning.
Personally, I think the government is barking up the wrong tree with airplanes. What they should really be more worried about is the nation's subway systems. I hang my hat with the MBTA (Massachusetts subway system), and believe me when I say this: it would be trivial for someone to blow up a train. The collateral damage from an explosion going off at Park Street during rush hour would be devastating. But that's not really on-topic, I guess.:P
Okay, you're being funny, but read the footnote at the bottom of the paper:
In this paper, I use the general term Open Source, though often I'm exclusively discussing Free Software. As well, when I use the term Open Source projects, I'm usually referring to projects that have a contribution base wider than one or two individuals. I'm also aware that some companies release Open Source versions of their software, and though I certainly appreciate their donation, I'm excluding these Open Source projects in this particular paper's definition of Open Source, as some of my statements do not apply to them. I made these generalizations for the point of simplification, and not for any political motivations.
I'll leave that to the people who know what they are talking about. My pathetic word-mashing example was just to illustrate one way that Google could go about it, they sure don't have any lack of options.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, here. You're not the first to invent this exploit, for certain. I am sure that Google has anticipated this, and will silently punish those that take advantage. I'm hearing that Spymac.com has offered a simliar 1GB storage email deal (also free, no less), and they'd have to be world-class idiots not to have some sort of protections in place to keep the system from being abused (I can't find their TOS, or I'd link it for you).
I think once GMail gets out of the gate, we'll see what clever method they have to keep the warez out. Maybe no binary attachments?
What a neat idea, I've been looking for some portable culture for my daily commute. But putting the full text of a book on my iPod is tedious (limit on Note size), not to mention really annoying to read, and impossible to do while driving.
It's cheap and has no DRM, so if it's also decent quality, sign me up.
Alabama is one of them, though it doesn't apply it to only internet purchases. It applies to any thing that you bought out of state and brought back home.
That's interesting. A favorite Massachusetts activity, one that I did a lot as a kid, was hopping over the state line and going on a shopping spree in New Hampshire in the outlet stores. Makes me wonder if a nationalization of this sales tax deal will end up dinging the bottom line of online retailers. If people are cheap enough to go on a mini-vacation to dodge a 5% sales tax, certainly it might give them pause when they buy something from Amazon, and an invisible hand adds sales tax to the price where none existed before.
Where is there a list of states participating in this? TFA only mentions two, and a lightweight Googling didn't reveal much more. I'm a Mass/Taxachusetts resident (so I consider the chances high), but I certainly didn't see anything on my state return about grey-area sales taxes.
Speaking of which, good luck if they wanted to collect. As the article mentioned, the honor system doesn't work. Not only that, being the organized person that I am, clearly I have kept an accurate record of every internet transaction I made in 2003. In short, the only way I can see these folks having a prayer of getting my money is by making a national system of collecting these taxes that is compulsory for retailers to take part in. Otherwise, it's doomed.
Give me a break, you speak as if they have a reasonable alternative. If Apple doesn't go after these people, you know that the recording industry is going to throw a conniption fit.
If a voter can walk off with a receipt, that means that their vote can be verified to outside parties. This means that votes can be bought, which is definitely a bad thing. I assume you meant that the paper receipt would be "eaten" by the scanning machine, but it's an important distinction.
This is what happens when you look at a successful advertising model, like google's AdWords, and learn the wrong lesson from it. Although I'd be willing to bet that someone sufficiently brain-addled will see "24x more clickthroughs than banner ads!" and think the idea is the best thing since the discovery of fire. Get your ads out of my content!
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First 1GB email service? First of all, what is Spymac, chopped liver? They already have a free email service with 1GB of storage.
I'm going to issue a press release... I will be the first person to send data over phone lines. Maybe it will be hardware you install in your computer! Buy my stock!
It's going to hit critical mass at some point. Spammers can't keep ramping up the rate, eventually they won't be able to afford it. I'm sure it's already getting close to the point where the profit margins on products are having difficulty covering the cost of the spamming. It's cheap, but it's not free. I guess zombie-clients infested with worms will help deflect that for a bit, but you have to wonder how long that will last, even.
Remember bnetd? Blizzard had no problem with people who loved their game, but they'd be idiots to stand by while a program existed that circumvented their CD-key system. Same deal with Apple (sot of).
Um, since LostCluster has already posted in this thread, I think he'll notice the post he made in the last one that you just plagarized from him. At least one mod missed the boat already.
Original post.
Something else the submitter alluded to, and the article talked about: it looks like there needs to be an incentive to not take bogus phone calls. An incentive either in addition to or instead of an authentication system. Right now, if I read correctly, it seems as if "they" (AT&T, Sprint, etc) are getting paid by volume. That's a green light for greedy execs to sweep the problem under the rug, especially since the law prevents the operators from publically complaining.
This is the first I've ever heard of this, but the article does a really good job of explaining the background behind it. Hefty read, though.
I would not want to be in the position of the CAs that have to put up with this. According to TFA, not only can they not legally refuse to process these calls, in most cases (no international calls), but they are also prohibited from breaking the privacy barrier. That's not something I ever considered, but it's good to know your translator is not allowed to tell the world that you just bought Viagra over the phone.
On that note, they have to translate prank calls and phone sex. Jesus.
Offtopic, but the submitter opened the door: according to their specs sheet (PDF warning), this stuff has a boiling point of 49.2C (120.6F). Processors burn hotter than that, how useful would it still be for cooling purposes if it were a gas? I also have to wonder what the long-term effects of exposure would be... it's one thing to dunk a laptop for a few seconds, it's something else entirely to have it swimming all day long. At least your machine would never catch on fire.
;)
They might have some information there about how well the stuff will conduct heat, but I got a lousy grade in Chemistry, so I'll leave it to the experts.
Well, the name "Lin---s" was kind of obviously flipping off Microsoft, especially since they had a poorly-drawn hangman on the website for it with every letter crossed out except "D", "O" and "W". I mean, come on. Michael Robertson is good at criticizing Microsoft and pissing in their Cheerios, but he's not good at coming up with with clever names, I guess (I'm not going to go for the obvious parallel). I think he just should have taken absurdity to its ultimate edge and called the damn thing Linfox.
;)
I was one of the people who said that you couldn't possibly come up with a more asinine name than "Lindows". Here we all are, eating our words.
That's the attitude they are probably counting on. Not that it's a bad thing: the majority of folks have nothing to hide. Privacy is nice for some things, but there is a point where it crosses over into paranoia. The sibling AC is correct, your unpopular view is either going to be modded down, or the mods are going to have an Over-rated fight this morning.
:P
Personally, I think the government is barking up the wrong tree with airplanes. What they should really be more worried about is the nation's subway systems. I hang my hat with the MBTA (Massachusetts subway system), and believe me when I say this: it would be trivial for someone to blow up a train. The collateral damage from an explosion going off at Park Street during rush hour would be devastating. But that's not really on-topic, I guess.
Yeah, over here, we're called "Red Sox fans". This is the year, didn't they tell you? :P
I'll leave that to the people who know what they are talking about. My pathetic word-mashing example was just to illustrate one way that Google could go about it, they sure don't have any lack of options.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, here. You're not the first to invent this exploit, for certain. I am sure that Google has anticipated this, and will silently punish those that take advantage. I'm hearing that Spymac.com has offered a simliar 1GB storage email deal (also free, no less), and they'd have to be world-class idiots not to have some sort of protections in place to keep the system from being abused (I can't find their TOS, or I'd link it for you).
I think once GMail gets out of the gate, we'll see what clever method they have to keep the warez out. Maybe no binary attachments?
What a neat idea, I've been looking for some portable culture for my daily commute. But putting the full text of a book on my iPod is tedious (limit on Note size), not to mention really annoying to read, and impossible to do while driving.
It's cheap and has no DRM, so if it's also decent quality, sign me up.
Where is there a list of states participating in this? TFA only mentions two, and a lightweight Googling didn't reveal much more. I'm a Mass/Taxachusetts resident (so I consider the chances high), but I certainly didn't see anything on my state return about grey-area sales taxes.
Speaking of which, good luck if they wanted to collect. As the article mentioned, the honor system doesn't work. Not only that, being the organized person that I am, clearly I have kept an accurate record of every internet transaction I made in 2003. In short, the only way I can see these folks having a prayer of getting my money is by making a national system of collecting these taxes that is compulsory for retailers to take part in. Otherwise, it's doomed.
Give me a break, you speak as if they have a reasonable alternative. If Apple doesn't go after these people, you know that the recording industry is going to throw a conniption fit.
Careful!
If a voter can walk off with a receipt, that means that their vote can be verified to outside parties. This means that votes can be bought, which is definitely a bad thing. I assume you meant that the paper receipt would be "eaten" by the scanning machine, but it's an important distinction.
I predict sales of the British classic Beowulf will increase by epic proportions. (Do I get bonus points for the pun?)
Speculation about where "M$" points to?
This is what happens when you look at a successful advertising model, like google's AdWords, and learn the wrong lesson from it. Although I'd be willing to bet that someone sufficiently brain-addled will see "24x more clickthroughs than banner ads!" and think the idea is the best thing since the discovery of fire. Get your ads out of my content!
Heh. I never saw an installer. I assume it's ActiveX or something, which my browser silently ignores.