.. when spam was fought against by military.
At least Jimmy Carter didn't have the audacity to make a speech about the war on spam while standing in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner after this bold email was sent.
Makes you wonder if this wasn't eBay's point in buying the stock initially. Buy it, wait for actionable item, sue, take over, profit... Not a bad plan.
I'm totally with you, except the other way around. Green text on black background works great for me, feels like an old-school terminal. Especially great when I'm coding late at night when the lights are off.
But... there was that episode of the Brady Bunch where Bobby thought Cindy had stolen his piggy bank based on circumstantial evidence, and Mike told him that was wrong. You all know the one... Bobby called it "circumspecial".
And the idea that it was wrong was reinforced by the fact that it turned out that the dog had taken it--as well as Cindy's doll--and buried it in the back yard. Thus, the Brady precedent was set, and circumspecial evidence is not and shall never be admissible in court, in my mind.
Ah, television. You give so much and ask for so little in return!
- From a distance: posture, poise, style, confidence
- Up close: eye contact, voice, breath, apparent health
- Once you get to know him/her: personality, humor, wit, intelligence, neuroticism, sanity, sex drive, morals, maturity, compassion
I think that your second metric, the binary would/wouldn't-do option is only necessary as a personal marker; it could be implied by the other numbers, if you're too lazy to query your database with more than a couple of parameters: select * from potential_partners where (LIST PARAMETERS AND MINIMUM VALUES HERE) order by humor,sanity;
You laugh, but back in the early days of my career, I worked with one of the biggest UUCP mail providers in the country, and a very popular BBS program (TBBS) had a proprietary front-end called "Personal Internet Mail Processor". I spent some naive time assuming that the writers just didn't realize what that acronym meant, but then I saw their logo, which was a purple fedora with a huge feather coming out of it.
From a site that still had a reference to PIMP dating back to 1993 (BARBA magazine, issue #8):
The Personal Internet Mail Processor (PIMP) Version 2.00 is available for TBBS sysops. Messages are converted into the TBBS format. Callers deal with Internet email using the features of TBBS. UUEncode/UUDecode (discussed later) of email is handled as a file attachment in TBBS. PCB-UUCP allows PCBoard BBSs to exchange Internet email and Usenet newsgroups. Version 15.0 of PCBoard has been enhanced so that the TO and FROM fields are now 125 characters, to allow for Internet email addressing. As with PIMP for TBBS, attachment of UUEncode/ UUDecode messages are handled.
Well, what I understand is that they were actually making a more highbrow reference, a scientific one. They were referencing Newton, and the apple that fell on his head.
If you do a search for "apple original logo" on Google, you'll see the reference. They are their own source.
Yeah, I'm with you on the single-page thing. There's a point where you're willing to suffer it (2-3 pages), and a point where you get left with the feeling of, "wow, that's cool." I think 1 page would probably make more customers for a lot of businesses.
And considering these'll probably be people with hand-held (i.e. iphone) devices, they probably have some money to spend. Unless, of course, they've spent it all on their iphone.
...and it shouldn't have to be. I think it's a great idea to build out some of that infrastructure, but anyone who thinks it's going to bring full bandwidth to the masses has another think coming.
But I have an idea to get businesses to provide this sort of service for "free". Feel free to implement, sell, and tell me your success stories.
First, you'd need an easy-to-administrate wireless access point which allows businesses to customize the "Welcome" page, but has few other configurable options.
Then you'd need to convince businesses that it's worthwhile for them to get DSL/Cable and run one of your wireless access points in their front window. The customizable "Welcome" page could just be a "digital billboard", saying, "This Internet session courtesy of Blah Blah, incorporated. Come in for a free home loan analysis." Or $0.50 off a mocha. Or something. Then let the user roam free on the net, maybe asking for their contact info first for later mailers if they want to get coupons.
This could be extended to almost any fixed structure. Make the system weather-proof, and you could sell the idea to the businesses that advertise on billboards, so that anyone near such a billboard would get free Internet access after being notified of the advertiser's presence, maybe offered something special for calling the number on the billboard. Even newspaper kiosks could offer web access, if they're nailed down and wired appropriately. That way, people who are pulling out their iPhones to check movie listings or look up the weather could get that information from LocalPaper.com's site before moving on to the full-blown Internet.
Just an idea, but I think it'd be a good way to profitably get Internet access points freely available, at least to high-traffic business districts.
Then let the city build out to other areas; maybe start in less affluent areas where even slow access to the Internet for free would be a great benefit for those who can't afford $25.00/month for DSL.
Actually, I wasn't really trying to exaggerate. I'm a fanboi myself, but some people who FREAK OUT about any changes to their beloved system really give fanboi-ism a bad name
Personally, I think that the translucent menu bar--especially without an option for removing the translucency--was not the best idea in the world. But WHO CARES??? Not everything has to be perfect; I appreciate that there are now options, but when I saw this feature, I just went ahead and changed the image I used on the desktop to one that worked better.
What-Ever
I'm old enough to remember Apple IIe vs. Commodore 64 vs. Atari 800 arguments. Crazy fanbois for every era.
Even more so, the thing that annoys me most about the music/video industries is that the associated companies want it both ways. They want to reap the benefits of cheaper distribution, more profits from cutting out middle-people, and more. The benefits of digital mean that they get a much bigger cut than they once did. But instead of passing along those savings to the consumer willingly, they fight tooth and claw to keep as much profit as possible. Look at all the hullabaloo against iTunes from the record companies saying that they're forcing the prices to be too low, when a lot of people think that they should be even lower.
I happen not to be big into file sharing, because it's not my style. But I don't buy music in the numbers I once did. It's gotta be a truly amazing product to get me to spend even a buck these days.
Click backup now, and the arrow spins around counter-clockwise, and the clock goes backwards in time. Nice little illustration. I hope whoever designed the icon gets a raise.
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.. when spam was fought against by military.At least Jimmy Carter didn't have the audacity to make a speech about the war on spam while standing in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner after this bold email was sent.
C-what-what?
Makes you wonder if this wasn't eBay's point in buying the stock initially. Buy it, wait for actionable item, sue, take over, profit... Not a bad plan.
I for one welcome our new German asteroid overlords.
Your screen is dark. your text is likely to be eaten by a grue.
I'm totally with you, except the other way around. Green text on black background works great for me, feels like an old-school terminal. Especially great when I'm coding late at night when the lights are off.
But... there was that episode of the Brady Bunch where Bobby thought Cindy had stolen his piggy bank based on circumstantial evidence, and Mike told him that was wrong. You all know the one... Bobby called it "circumspecial".
And the idea that it was wrong was reinforced by the fact that it turned out that the dog had taken it--as well as Cindy's doll--and buried it in the back yard. Thus, the Brady precedent was set, and circumspecial evidence is not and shall never be admissible in court, in my mind.
Ah, television. You give so much and ask for so little in return!
I never know whether to bother with /. on April 1. The fact that TFA is on Wired is no help. April fools is no longer funny.
What about other things?
- From a distance: posture, poise, style, confidence - Up close: eye contact, voice, breath, apparent health - Once you get to know him/her: personality, humor, wit, intelligence, neuroticism, sanity, sex drive, morals, maturity, compassion
I think that your second metric, the binary would/wouldn't-do option is only necessary as a personal marker; it could be implied by the other numbers, if you're too lazy to query your database with more than a couple of parameters: select * from potential_partners where (LIST PARAMETERS AND MINIMUM VALUES HERE) order by humor,sanity;
You laugh, but back in the early days of my career, I worked with one of the biggest UUCP mail providers in the country, and a very popular BBS program (TBBS) had a proprietary front-end called "Personal Internet Mail Processor". I spent some naive time assuming that the writers just didn't realize what that acronym meant, but then I saw their logo, which was a purple fedora with a huge feather coming out of it.
From a site that still had a reference to PIMP dating back to 1993 (BARBA magazine, issue #8):
The Personal Internet Mail Processor (PIMP) Version 2.00 is available for TBBS sysops. Messages are converted into the TBBS format. Callers deal with Internet email using the features of TBBS. UUEncode/UUDecode (discussed later) of email is handled as a file attachment in TBBS. PCB-UUCP allows PCBoard BBSs to exchange Internet email and Usenet newsgroups. Version 15.0 of PCBoard has been enhanced so that the TO and FROM fields are now 125 characters, to allow for Internet email addressing. As with PIMP for TBBS, attachment of UUEncode/ UUDecode messages are handled.Well, what I understand is that they were actually making a more highbrow reference, a scientific one. They were referencing Newton, and the apple that fell on his head.
If you do a search for "apple original logo" on Google, you'll see the reference. They are their own source.
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Yeah, I'm with you on the single-page thing. There's a point where you're willing to suffer it (2-3 pages), and a point where you get left with the feeling of, "wow, that's cool." I think 1 page would probably make more customers for a lot of businesses.
And considering these'll probably be people with hand-held (i.e. iphone) devices, they probably have some money to spend. Unless, of course, they've spent it all on their iphone.
...and it shouldn't have to be. I think it's a great idea to build out some of that infrastructure, but anyone who thinks it's going to bring full bandwidth to the masses has another think coming. But I have an idea to get businesses to provide this sort of service for "free". Feel free to implement, sell, and tell me your success stories. First, you'd need an easy-to-administrate wireless access point which allows businesses to customize the "Welcome" page, but has few other configurable options. Then you'd need to convince businesses that it's worthwhile for them to get DSL/Cable and run one of your wireless access points in their front window. The customizable "Welcome" page could just be a "digital billboard", saying, "This Internet session courtesy of Blah Blah, incorporated. Come in for a free home loan analysis." Or $0.50 off a mocha. Or something. Then let the user roam free on the net, maybe asking for their contact info first for later mailers if they want to get coupons. This could be extended to almost any fixed structure. Make the system weather-proof, and you could sell the idea to the businesses that advertise on billboards, so that anyone near such a billboard would get free Internet access after being notified of the advertiser's presence, maybe offered something special for calling the number on the billboard. Even newspaper kiosks could offer web access, if they're nailed down and wired appropriately. That way, people who are pulling out their iPhones to check movie listings or look up the weather could get that information from LocalPaper.com's site before moving on to the full-blown Internet. Just an idea, but I think it'd be a good way to profitably get Internet access points freely available, at least to high-traffic business districts. Then let the city build out to other areas; maybe start in less affluent areas where even slow access to the Internet for free would be a great benefit for those who can't afford $25.00/month for DSL.
I was thinking of a different Lovelace...
Actually, I wasn't really trying to exaggerate. I'm a fanboi myself, but some people who FREAK OUT about any changes to their beloved system really give fanboi-ism a bad name
Personally, I think that the translucent menu bar--especially without an option for removing the translucency--was not the best idea in the world. But WHO CARES??? Not everything has to be perfect; I appreciate that there are now options, but when I saw this feature, I just went ahead and changed the image I used on the desktop to one that worked better.
What-Ever
I'm old enough to remember Apple IIe vs. Commodore 64 vs. Atari 800 arguments. Crazy fanbois for every era.
Dad? Is that you?
Don't forget the whining fanboi apple adulations. "Mac OS X is perfect, but I'm going to switch to Windows because of the translucent menu bar!!"
Go Bears!
Sounds like socialism.
...someone clips this line?
Sorry to hear about your problem; even more sorry to hear that it's on the record.
Even more so, the thing that annoys me most about the music/video industries is that the associated companies want it both ways. They want to reap the benefits of cheaper distribution, more profits from cutting out middle-people, and more. The benefits of digital mean that they get a much bigger cut than they once did. But instead of passing along those savings to the consumer willingly, they fight tooth and claw to keep as much profit as possible. Look at all the hullabaloo against iTunes from the record companies saying that they're forcing the prices to be too low, when a lot of people think that they should be even lower.
I happen not to be big into file sharing, because it's not my style. But I don't buy music in the numbers I once did. It's gotta be a truly amazing product to get me to spend even a buck these days.
Actually, you need to move your decimal place over one. 7.5% of almost $900 million is closer to $65 million. D'oh!
Click backup now, and the arrow spins around counter-clockwise, and the clock goes backwards in time. Nice little illustration. I hope whoever designed the icon gets a raise.