"... which includes using torrents in a legal and ethical manner."
Yeah, you and three other people. How in the heck did you manage to finish that sentence without dying of laughter?
I don't care about penalizing or rewarding Apple. I'm acting in my self interest by using products that meet my needs, which includes using torrents in a legal and ethical manner.
Yup, it is Apple's store, and they are free to run it as they like. Of course, they also want to encourage people like me to buy Apple products (oooh, so shiny!) Apple does just enough of this stuff to remind me that I'd rather not do business with them.
I notice they never offer a discounted rate for the Grandma who only uses her broadband to check her email once a week. Funny how these caps or premium charges only work in the favor of the ISP, isn't it?
For the tough hacking cases, they have to call in McGee. For the really tough cases, it takes both Abbie and McGee, typing as fast as they can. And for a Mega-Botnet, it takes Gibbs delivering Abbie a Caf-Pow and whispering in her ear about a little something-something later on, and Gibbs slapping McGee on the back of the head and whispering in his ear about a little something-something later on too.
my work PC is merrily chugging along folding proteins and using up company electricity
... and polluting our environment, using up our resources.
I know there is good that can come from the various distributed computing projects, but I prefer to have my computers idle down as much as possible to reduce power consumption. The more computing you do, the more electricity (and cooling) you use. Borrow a Kill-A-Watt to see how much, then weight the benefit of folding those proteins.
Yeah, but there does seem to be a linux tax. Look at Dell's Ubuntu notebook offerings:
XPS M1530n for $974
XPS M1330n for $849
(I'm leaving out the Mini 9n because it is a netbook with a tiny keyboard.) The cheapest Windows XPS M1530 is $899, and the Windows M1330 is $749. More importantly, I can get a Inspiron 15 laptop for $399. Less than HALF the cost of the cheapest Ubuntu notebook. (Never mind the specs here, I'm just looking for a cheap box with a real keyboard.)
Let's look at system76 instead. Their cheapest notebook is a Darter Ultra for $739.
Excluding netbooks, if I want a cheap notebook right now, the least expensive option is to buy a Windows notebook and then install Linux!
do the FOSS solutions include failover, replication, archiving, integration with your company's telephone system and a long list of other features?
Exchange doesn't do those things. At best, it has features that you would find useful in creating a complete solution. Just like FOSS. Either way, it takes a lot of hard work and expense to create a solid system that includes comprehensive DR.
Yes, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Experian eMail Appendoverlays deliverable email addresses onto your active customer file and contacts customers via email on your behalf to obtain permission to communicate with them online.
By "permission" they mean they send you email until you complain. If they happen to pick an email address that is normally not read by a person, they don't get any complaints. (Not that I opt-out of spam; I block it.)
Further on, they state Retain your customers by keeping your brand top-of-mind through consistent, relevant and interactive email communications. Yeah, good luck with that. I know four companies that have just lost my repeat business.
Yes, it is much like the notebook situation -- most of the current offerings run Windows, and Linux isn't an option. I'm looking forward to a nice selection of ARM netbooks later this year.
how much spam does the average/.er even get per day? I have gotten exactly one spam message that has made it past Gmail's spam filtering
Wow. I remember when the average/.er was running their own mail server. Let me tell you kids, those where the days! The world economy was strong, and I didn't have to have cat food for dinner.
That is an interesting suggestion, but 500GB would cost $900/year (plus transfer costs) which I don't call "dirt cheap". As far as being there forever... who knows if there will be an Amazon in 10 years? Amazon might be more stable than most hosting options, but forever is a long time.
You put a lot of words in my mouth on implementation details. My point is that disk space is cheap. When you multiply costs by 1,500,000 customers, remember to multiple revenue by 1,500,000 too.
Given Charter's technical track record, my proposed solution to them would be to tell their customers where they can sign up for a Gmail account. Somehow Google is able to deal with all these insurmountable expenses associated with providing email.
... assuming an average mailbox size of 50MB... Sounds reasonable. A 1 TB drive costs $240 (don't forget to send in for that rebate). That works out to roughly:
Of course, there are some additional costs involved, but it doesn't cost a heck of a lot per user to back up the email. The more customers, the more cost, but also the more revenue.
Say I give you $1,000,000 for a back rub, and you pay me back my million for me washing your car. Brilliant! We have both earned a million bucks this year, yet no trees were harmed.
And you both owe the IRS taxes based on that valuation.
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"... which includes using torrents in a legal and ethical manner." Yeah, you and three other people. How in the heck did you manage to finish that sentence without dying of laughter?
It was pretty easy since it was true.
It's not ad hominem if you put yourself into it.
According to goombah99, I'm on a high horse, crazy and petty, a whiner, and dishonest. Sounds like ad hominem to me.
Ad hominem much?
I don't care about penalizing or rewarding Apple. I'm acting in my self interest by using products that meet my needs, which includes using torrents in a legal and ethical manner.
Yup, it is Apple's store, and they are free to run it as they like. Of course, they also want to encourage people like me to buy Apple products (oooh, so shiny!) Apple does just enough of this stuff to remind me that I'd rather not do business with them.
I notice they never offer a discounted rate for the Grandma who only uses her broadband to check her email once a week. Funny how these caps or premium charges only work in the favor of the ISP, isn't it?
For the tough hacking cases, they have to call in McGee. For the really tough cases, it takes both Abbie and McGee, typing as fast as they can. And for a Mega-Botnet, it takes Gibbs delivering Abbie a Caf-Pow and whispering in her ear about a little something-something later on, and Gibbs slapping McGee on the back of the head and whispering in his ear about a little something-something later on too.
Yeah, I'm glad that happened to text editors too. Can you imagine two major text editors vying for dominance??
^X^C
I know there is good that can come from the various distributed computing projects, but I prefer to have my computers idle down as much as possible to reduce power consumption. The more computing you do, the more electricity (and cooling) you use. Borrow a Kill-A-Watt to see how much, then weight the benefit of folding those proteins.
Yeah, but there does seem to be a linux tax. Look at Dell's Ubuntu notebook offerings:
(I'm leaving out the Mini 9n because it is a netbook with a tiny keyboard.) The cheapest Windows XPS M1530 is $899, and the Windows M1330 is $749. More importantly, I can get a Inspiron 15 laptop for $399. Less than HALF the cost of the cheapest Ubuntu notebook. (Never mind the specs here, I'm just looking for a cheap box with a real keyboard.)
Let's look at system76 instead. Their cheapest notebook is a Darter Ultra for $739.
Excluding netbooks, if I want a cheap notebook right now, the least expensive option is to buy a Windows notebook and then install Linux!
Exchange doesn't do those things. At best, it has features that you would find useful in creating a complete solution. Just like FOSS. Either way, it takes a lot of hard work and expense to create a solid system that includes comprehensive DR.
(I didn't get it either, but you seemed to be requesting it.)
Yes, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Experian eMail Append overlays deliverable email addresses onto your active customer file and contacts customers via email on your behalf to obtain permission to communicate with them online.
By "permission" they mean they send you email until you complain. If they happen to pick an email address that is normally not read by a person, they don't get any complaints. (Not that I opt-out of spam; I block it.)
Further on, they state Retain your customers by keeping your brand top-of-mind through consistent, relevant and interactive email communications. Yeah, good luck with that. I know four companies that have just lost my repeat business.
Thanks to all for an excellent discussion.
Yes, it is much like the notebook situation -- most of the current offerings run Windows, and Linux isn't an option. I'm looking forward to a nice selection of ARM netbooks later this year.
Wow. I remember when the average /.er was running their own mail server. Let me tell you kids, those where the days! The world economy was strong, and I didn't have to have cat food for dinner.
The trolls are trying to be stupid/obnoxious/off-topic. What do you think they "don't get"?
The trolls get it. You don't.
That is an interesting suggestion, but 500GB would cost $900/year (plus transfer costs) which I don't call "dirt cheap". As far as being there forever... who knows if there will be an Amazon in 10 years? Amazon might be more stable than most hosting options, but forever is a long time.
Yes, but he was referring to Verizon Math
You put a lot of words in my mouth on implementation details. My point is that disk space is cheap. When you multiply costs by 1,500,000 customers, remember to multiple revenue by 1,500,000 too.
Given Charter's technical track record, my proposed solution to them would be to tell their customers where they can sign up for a Gmail account. Somehow Google is able to deal with all these insurmountable expenses associated with providing email.
Keep it simple, cupcake.
... assuming an average mailbox size of 50MB$240/TB / 1000GB/TB / 1000GB/MB * 50MB = 1.2 pennies
Of course, there are some additional costs involved, but it doesn't cost a heck of a lot per user to back up the email. The more customers, the more cost, but also the more revenue.Say I give you $1,000,000 for a back rub, and you pay me back my million for me washing your car. Brilliant! We have both earned a million bucks this year, yet no trees were harmed.
And you both owe the IRS taxes based on that valuation.
You don't want some shoddy discount information. After all, you get what you pay for. You are worth the best; you DESERVE the best! Find out the truth about sales for only $249.98.
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As much as it pains me to admit this, Microsoft provides a nice solution to this problem.
For example, Keeping secrets in ASP.NET 2.0 or Wrap the Data Protection API
The trick is that they use the user's password to encrypt the data. Tight integration with the operating system has the occasional benefit.