Slashdot? - I really don't understand this place...i'm called a troll for stating a few facts - i mis-spell NIMO and someone corrects me - they get modded up...
MY POSTING brought about a long series of conversational topics - yet, in the end, i get called a troll by a moderator - I don't understand - the moderators should have a slightly more depictive reason for the posters...
Very informative - I must add though, that this does add a seemingly unaccounted for anamoly to the colleges, universities, corporatiions, etc. that are pushing for iTunes. After all, most of these places have their own internal network - which would result in hundreds upon thousands of songs being freely available at a finger's touch.;-)
I was merely replying to a previous statement concerning pop-up ads....
Yes! I know this was all about Me$$enger ads - and yes, I've already taken care of them....
Honestly now, how long will it be before someone cracks the encryption key and figures out how to record the HDTV films as easily as before?
All this is doing is hurt the honest consumer - by forcing them to upgrade their equipment when their old stuff dies. And in upgrading, they'll lose access to all of their previously owned movies on VHS - does anyone else see this as stepping on the rights of the consumer to continue to use their 'license' to view their shows they've bought?
I had just got done discussing this with a friend at class tonight too. After I explained it to him - yeah, we both kinda looked at each other and went REALLY?. A billion songs for a billion dollars? - Not even Mc Donald's is stupid enough to pay for that many songs - over half of which wouldn't even get redeemed...
Pity though really - this is phenomenal advertising for i-Tunes & a great business proposition for McDonald's - they should really look into it - but maybe not at a billion songs or so (that's a lot of music!)
First, we have a physical Miss Universe - now we have a Miss Digital!!!
Well, this is definitely a plus for 3d animators everywhere - finally, your work is being noticed as superb - and definitely deserving of 'human' paralleled recognition.
Just wonder if they'll start having all the other Miss Pageants...
Thanks - very informative, and I appreciate the feedback concerning the timing. I do know that the astronauts have a window of warning - yet, are we to believe that even though they're outside the Magnetic Shield of Earth - that the shielding upon the ISS is strong enough to withstand this sort of onslaught?
Just something to think about. I wouldn't particularly enjoy the thought of being...microwaved.
Well, I must say that I'm slightly more interested in the solar activities of recent due to my Astronomy class at college.
This is a very interesting time for the scientist within each of us - we can see first hand the importance of Earth's magnetic field - as well as the cause/effect of the solar flare upon our power plants, satellite dishes, and yes - our Astronaut up in the International Space Station.
This is a stupid ranting of obscenity. I demand that you civilize your tongue - your ideas are yours freely to express. How you express them does matter!
However, I am mostly attacking the ideologies of telemarketing/spamming.
Telemarketing is a hindrance to the consumer - it requires the user to pay for the telephone use - and it invades upon their personal time - at the company's discretion.
Spam is but little better - this utilizes the consumer's bandwidth - and on dial-ups - takes forever! (Consequently their time as well.)
Mass mailing? - I can tolerate. Mass mailing does not drastically affect a consumer - and it allows them the ability to quickly, quietly, and leisurely explore the mail/sort the mail.
As far as your theatre group - personally, I support theatres (and the rest of the arts). I would strongly suggest some flyers in public places. Maybe a select mailing to your previous attendees. Or, even a commercial?
I do sympathize with your thoughts. And was hasty in my posting pertaining to "I'll come to you to find out what you have to offer."
But, I do ascertain that telemarketing is horrific in their tactics!
Who has the right to 'steal' from me? Don't we have a law against the theft of money? Or, are we all too lazy to itemize our phone bills and realize that yes - we paid a few pennies here and there because of some Telemarketer... If we have a DNC list - and someone breaks that list - I believe the FCC, in the best interest of citizens abroad, should fine that company.
Yes - I believe in Freedom of Speech - but, I also believe that I have the freedom to be left alone and not terrorized by companies. I also believe that if I ask you not to bother me - a restraining order - and you break that order, then you should be fined/jailed.
Let's All Ban Together and Support our PERSONAL PRIVACY!
Personally, I support the DNC list - I hate being interrupted at all hours of day or night for solicitations. My motto? - If I want your product/service - I'll come to you to find out what you have to offer.
Well, if we can't have God in the classroom on a personal student level - then what gives these corporations to bring their gods of mammon into the picture?
If students can't hold voluntary prayers at graduation - what gives these MPAA members the right to preach to the unvoluntary students?
Yes, I know and can see the distinct difference between teaching Conservative Responsibility through the Bible - and the blatant brainwashing that a man can hold property ownership over an idea or thought.
Ok, so we've all been duped a time or two and have signed up online for a really kewl website - and then we've started to receive a monstrousity of spam spam SPAM!
Your first instinct might be to reply and delete - well, that only confirms you're a real live human being.
Your second instinct might be to change your email address and never again give that out.
Or, you can do like I do - just don't give out your email address online (and shun those sites which propagate SPAM lists) - and secondly, delete all incoming spam immediatelly.
After this policy is in full effect you can expect to see a drastic drop in your number of spams a day. (Mine has dropped from 20+ to around 6). Remember - many spams now incorporate html (allowing them to better track usage and stats) - so, even if you 'preview' the email - then you're hooked up for more.
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Slashdot? - I really don't understand this place...i'm called a troll for stating a few facts - i mis-spell NIMO and someone corrects me - they get modded up...
MY POSTING brought about a long series of conversational topics - yet, in the end, i get called a troll by a moderator - I don't understand - the moderators should have a slightly more depictive reason for the posters...
True - however, I'm of the belief that it is M$'s software - and no one should tell them how & what to bundle with it!
They have a right to bundle their software as they see fit....
--dukeluke
Quite frankly, I find it ludicrous to use M# Player when you can dl winamp and nemo's codec pack.
I don't use M$ for player - I prefer WINAMP!
Remember - there are alternatives to working within the M$ World...
Very informative - I must add though, that this does add a seemingly unaccounted for anamoly to the colleges, universities, corporatiions, etc. that are pushing for iTunes. After all, most of these places have their own internal network - which would result in hundreds upon thousands of songs being freely available at a finger's touch. ;-)
I was merely replying to a previous statement concerning pop-up ads.... Yes! I know this was all about Me$$enger ads - and yes, I've already taken care of them....
Honestly now, how long will it be before someone cracks the encryption key and figures out how to record the HDTV films as easily as before?
All this is doing is hurt the honest consumer - by forcing them to upgrade their equipment when their old stuff dies. And in upgrading, they'll lose access to all of their previously owned movies on VHS - does anyone else see this as stepping on the rights of the consumer to continue to use their 'license' to view their shows they've bought?
Shucks!
I had just got done discussing this with a friend at class tonight too. After I explained it to him - yeah, we both kinda looked at each other and went REALLY?. A billion songs for a billion dollars? - Not even Mc Donald's is stupid enough to pay for that many songs - over half of which wouldn't even get redeemed...
Pity though really - this is phenomenal advertising for i-Tunes & a great business proposition for McDonald's - they should really look into it - but maybe not at a billion songs or so (that's a lot of music!)
Well, I personally use the ZoneAlarm Pop-Up Stopper...very handy and nice prog. Works like a charm.
So, to pay $30 for a pop-up stopper that's already incorporated in another prog you bought? - I'd say is ludicrous...
But, to pay for a prog at all - when you can go Open-Source and get better results is just as insane...
I use M$ for school (VS.net) - and games. Other than that I would use Linux exclusively!
LOL - Now from DigiPlex....Miss 00000000 Followed closely by her competitor Miss 00000001
Could we also have some other competitors? I mean - binary goes a long..long...ways. As in Miss 00000010, Miss 00000011, Miss 00000100, etc...
First, we have a physical Miss Universe - now we have a Miss Digital!!!
Well, this is definitely a plus for 3d animators everywhere - finally, your work is being noticed as superb - and definitely deserving of 'human' paralleled recognition.
Just wonder if they'll start having all the other Miss Pageants...
Thanks - very informative, and I appreciate the feedback concerning the timing. I do know that the astronauts have a window of warning - yet, are we to believe that even though they're outside the Magnetic Shield of Earth - that the shielding upon the ISS is strong enough to withstand this sort of onslaught?
Just something to think about. I wouldn't particularly enjoy the thought of being...microwaved.
Well, I must say that I'm slightly more interested in the solar activities of recent due to my Astronomy class at college.
This is a very interesting time for the scientist within each of us - we can see first hand the importance of Earth's magnetic field - as well as the cause/effect of the solar flare upon our power plants, satellite dishes, and yes - our Astronaut up in the International Space Station.
This is a stupid ranting of obscenity. I demand that you civilize your tongue - your ideas are yours freely to express. How you express them does matter!
Yes, I do understand where you're coming from.
However, I am mostly attacking the ideologies of telemarketing/spamming.
Telemarketing is a hindrance to the consumer - it requires the user to pay for the telephone use - and it invades upon their personal time - at the company's discretion.
Spam is but little better - this utilizes the consumer's bandwidth - and on dial-ups - takes forever! (Consequently their time as well.)
Mass mailing? - I can tolerate. Mass mailing does not drastically affect a consumer - and it allows them the ability to quickly, quietly, and leisurely explore the mail/sort the mail.
As far as your theatre group - personally, I support theatres (and the rest of the arts). I would strongly suggest some flyers in public places. Maybe a select mailing to your previous attendees. Or, even a commercial?
I do sympathize with your thoughts. And was hasty in my posting pertaining to "I'll come to you to find out what you have to offer."
But, I do ascertain that telemarketing is horrific in their tactics!
Right On!
Who has the right to 'steal' from me? Don't we have a law against the theft of money? Or, are we all too lazy to itemize our phone bills and realize that yes - we paid a few pennies here and there because of some Telemarketer... If we have a DNC list - and someone breaks that list - I believe the FCC, in the best interest of citizens abroad, should fine that company.
Yes - I believe in Freedom of Speech - but, I also believe that I have the freedom to be left alone and not terrorized by companies. I also believe that if I ask you not to bother me - a restraining order - and you break that order, then you should be fined/jailed.
Let's All Ban Together and Support our PERSONAL PRIVACY!
Personally, I support the DNC list - I hate being interrupted at all hours of day or night for solicitations. My motto? - If I want your product/service - I'll come to you to find out what you have to offer.
Well, if we can't have God in the classroom on a personal student level - then what gives these corporations to bring their gods of mammon into the picture? If students can't hold voluntary prayers at graduation - what gives these MPAA members the right to preach to the unvoluntary students? Yes, I know and can see the distinct difference between teaching Conservative Responsibility through the Bible - and the blatant brainwashing that a man can hold property ownership over an idea or thought.
Yea, I do know the feeling - however my 'policy' (so to speak) - has helped tremendously!
Ok, so we've all been duped a time or two and have signed up online for a really kewl website - and then we've started to receive a monstrousity of spam spam SPAM! Your first instinct might be to reply and delete - well, that only confirms you're a real live human being. Your second instinct might be to change your email address and never again give that out. Or, you can do like I do - just don't give out your email address online (and shun those sites which propagate SPAM lists) - and secondly, delete all incoming spam immediatelly. After this policy is in full effect you can expect to see a drastic drop in your number of spams a day. (Mine has dropped from 20+ to around 6). Remember - many spams now incorporate html (allowing them to better track usage and stats) - so, even if you 'preview' the email - then you're hooked up for more.
I HAVE AND FOREVER WILL REFER TO GATOR AS THAT WHICH IT INATELY IS -- SPYWARE!!!
What's the world coming to? - at this rate, we'll be calling core overlays buffer overflow (wait, we already do)
we'll be slamming U.S. military leaders for believing that our God is bigger than the Muslims's god (wait, we already do!)
point made - this world needs to call it what it is - and GATOR is SPYWARE.