I did investigate purchasing alternative installers to NSIS for my own use, however I soon realised I couldn't find anything better in terms of cost and it's powerful functionality. If you download NSIS then I recommend downloading HM NIS Edit also as it's wizard is very useful for knocking up quick installs. Just in case any of these guys happen to see this post: "a very big thank you for these excellent tools".
Like most things there is a balance in terms of how advertising is carried out. Proper commericial email advertising is definately here to stay. The problem is there are many so called "email advertisers" out to make a quick buck by any means possible.
In my book there is a huge difference between putting a advertising flyer through someones letter box vs attaching a flyer to a rock and smashing it through a Window. A proper advertising company will use the letter box. IMHO people like Steve Linford help ensure a balance.
when someone DDoS's me I just laugh at them for thinking im hurt by not being able to use the internet for a couple of hours and walk away from my computer
Your lucky to be able to do that. However many people rely on an Internet connection for business. For them walking away means no money is being generated and important customer customer communications are not being received. Like you most if not all of these decent people wish they could just walk away like you can but they are unable to do so.
Certainly this theory would go a long way to explain the increase in obesity which is apparently fast becoming the world's biggest health problem. Personally I've always found the answer to avoid getting obesit to eat less but heck what do I know I'm just a lanky techi with a beer gut;)
Hey great idea, this would work well with your average spotty geek! Personally I've found asking people for their number is the easiest way but I guess this is slashdot - why do it the easy way when you can spend 6 months dev'ing up something really complex to do it for you;-)
Remember Sid from Toy Story - I suspect they will see the kind of action!! I can't imagine any non-geeky 10 year old actually even thinking for a second of using such a weak looking figure to beat up action man or even Barbie for that matter! I feel sorry for these figures as I don't think many will meet normal ends either that or they will be purchased & mod'd by bored uni students to look more like their professors!
The bloat problem as I see it is that disk/memory now appear to now be so plentiful that many developers think nothing of throwing Mb's of GFX and FMV into a game usually at the expense of gameplay. Am I the only person who remembers when programmers were taught to implement functionality/gameplay first and worry about tarting the user interface up later?? What happened?
The very active C64 development scene is one place where I don't think dust has ever had a chance to settle.... amazing stuff. If you have a S60 mobile then I recommend checking out Hannu Viitala's excellent Frodo S60 port of Frodo works suprisingly well on a Nokia 3650:-)
But seriously, do you think Pfizer hates the fact that their product is spammed to a billion people a day? I think not.
Yes I do personally very much believe Pfizer hate "viagra spam", here's why:
As we all known the brand name "Viagra" is instantly recognisable and generates a buzz of instant brand recognition which is almost on the same level as "Coke" or "Hover".
For this very reason a couple of years ago Pfizer realised that they could reorganize their Viagra sales teams as the Viagra brand literally sold itself therefore most of their original Viagra sales people were promptly reassigned to other products within Pfizer. Pfizer's own Viagra sales teams are thus now small.
Incidently drug sales is a bit like playing football, each competive company (side) have their own sales people marking each others, person for person. So changes in one companies sales force always impact on their competitors.
Anyway "Viagra" is still covered/protected by patents which (if my memory serves me correctly) were granted for something like 10 or 15 years, this means that legally 100% identical generic versions of Viagra or generic sildenafil can NOT legally be made for a number of years yet.
It is important to realise that commericially Pfizer will be interested in maintaining a good "brand" reputation for a high quality product, they will also be interested in maintaining Viagra at a fairly constant fixed price for as long as is possible during the duration of their patents.
Remebering the fact that Viagra sells itself and you soon realise that Pfizer therefore don't really need to or even want to spend time or money on agressive "spam" type marketing for "low cost viagra" as selling such a product would be counter productive to their own interests.
I am also reliably informed that the apparent "Viagra" that we see being advertised on the Internet are in fact "viagra" copies which have been altered/redesigned often in what are unproven ways to try to get around some of Pfizers patents. So it's very much buyer beware.... !
On a similar note it worth understanding that medcines like Viagra are licensed for treating one particular condition only, e.g. "erectile dysfunction" aka "impotence" in the case of "Viagra". So even though many people found that "Viagra" appeared to make some difference in females Pfizer legally could NOT and would NOT acknowledge this fact. Thus a entirely new drug with a totally different name was created, tested and then licensed/marketed for use by females only.
maybe now you can emulate a replica of the Colossus, the computer used to decipher the Enigma, and have a mini-WW2 cryptography battle on your computer!
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I agree. Start shooting at TNT and I doubt it will remain hidden for long....
it doesn't advertise itself on the install window....
Hehe!! It is fairly faint :)
I did investigate purchasing alternative installers to NSIS for my own use, however I soon realised I couldn't find anything better in terms of cost and it's powerful functionality. If you download NSIS then I recommend downloading HM NIS Edit also as it's wizard is very useful for knocking up quick installs. Just in case any of these guys happen to see this post: "a very big thank you for these excellent tools".
... about Justin and Ben.
In my book there is a huge difference between putting a advertising flyer through someones letter box vs attaching a flyer to a rock and smashing it through a Window. A proper advertising company will use the letter box. IMHO people like Steve Linford help ensure a balance.
when someone DDoS's me I just laugh at them for thinking im hurt by not being able to use the internet for a couple of hours and walk away from my computer
Your lucky to be able to do that. However many people rely on an Internet connection for business. For them walking away means no money is being generated and important customer customer communications are not being received. Like you most if not all of these decent people wish they could just walk away like you can but they are unable to do so.
hmmm maybe your right. Imagine the spam burger offers... *Go large* for an extra...
Great title.... makes Spamhaus sound like a fast food chain !
Certainly this theory would go a long way to explain the increase in obesity which is apparently fast becoming the world's biggest health problem. Personally I've always found the answer to avoid getting obesit to eat less but heck what do I know I'm just a lanky techi with a beer gut ;)
the reason Dino turned up on a Volcano was because some sicko wanted to cook him !!
Hey great idea, this would work well with your average spotty geek! Personally I've found asking people for their number is the easiest way but I guess this is slashdot - why do it the easy way when you can spend 6 months dev'ing up something really complex to do it for you ;-)
Hmm... business opportunity for geekman realdolls?
Remember Sid from Toy Story - I suspect they will see the kind of action!! I can't imagine any non-geeky 10 year old actually even thinking for a second of using such a weak looking figure to beat up action man or even Barbie for that matter! I feel sorry for these figures as I don't think many will meet normal ends either that or they will be purchased & mod'd by bored uni students to look more like their professors!
The bloat problem as I see it is that disk/memory now appear to now be so plentiful that many developers think nothing of throwing Mb's of GFX and FMV into a game usually at the expense of gameplay. Am I the only person who remembers when programmers were taught to implement functionality/gameplay first and worry about tarting the user interface up later?? What happened?
:-)
The very active C64 development scene is one place where I don't think dust has ever had a chance to settle.... amazing stuff. If you have a S60 mobile then I recommend checking out Hannu Viitala's excellent Frodo S60 port of Frodo works suprisingly well on a Nokia 3650
'Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth...
I'm waiting for the Scottish version. TightDirac!
How are they going to convince set-top manufacturers to support their codec or conglomerates to broadcast it?
customer demand - if that is the beeb use it to distribute their archives as many have suggested.
Yeah unfortunately maxconnect defaults to 3 connections and right now I'm using 2 of them myself ! ;)
I can confirm she still is in promiscuous mode... :))))
Hey, so what permanent injury's do you have? As clearly your not dead.... erm are you?!????
... when it was reported last year by ZDNET / news.com / Network Fusion / pcmag... that Microsoft were to buy a Romanian antivirus company !
Yes I do personally very much believe Pfizer hate "viagra spam", here's why:
As we all known the brand name "Viagra" is instantly recognisable and generates a buzz of instant brand recognition which is almost on the same level as "Coke" or "Hover".
For this very reason a couple of years ago Pfizer realised that they could reorganize their Viagra sales teams as the Viagra brand literally sold itself therefore most of their original Viagra sales people were promptly reassigned to other products within Pfizer. Pfizer's own Viagra sales teams are thus now small.
Incidently drug sales is a bit like playing football, each competive company (side) have their own sales people marking each others, person for person. So changes in one companies sales force always impact on their competitors.
Anyway "Viagra" is still covered/protected by patents which (if my memory serves me correctly) were granted for something like 10 or 15 years, this means that legally 100% identical generic versions of Viagra or generic sildenafil can NOT legally be made for a number of years yet.
It is important to realise that commericially Pfizer will be interested in maintaining a good "brand" reputation for a high quality product, they will also be interested in maintaining Viagra at a fairly constant fixed price for as long as is possible during the duration of their patents.
Remebering the fact that Viagra sells itself and you soon realise that Pfizer therefore don't really need to or even want to spend time or money on agressive "spam" type marketing for "low cost viagra" as selling such a product would be counter productive to their own interests.
I am also reliably informed that the apparent "Viagra" that we see being advertised on the Internet are in fact "viagra" copies which have been altered/redesigned often in what are unproven ways to try to get around some of Pfizers patents. So it's very much buyer beware.... !
On a similar note it worth understanding that medcines like Viagra are licensed for treating one particular condition only, e.g. "erectile dysfunction" aka "impotence" in the case of "Viagra". So even though many people found that "Viagra" appeared to make some difference in females Pfizer legally could NOT and would NOT acknowledge this fact. Thus a entirely new drug with a totally different name was created, tested and then licensed/marketed for use by females only.
Hey! Real geeks find it cool to have useless software and useless hardware lying around!!! Anyway I'm off to play The Grinch on my dreamcast... ;-)
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What the %^!... amazing... truely amazing... so the German's even got there first with mobile picture messaging in 1923!!! Clever Germans! :)
maybe now you can emulate a replica of the Colossus, the computer used to decipher the Enigma, and have a mini-WW2 cryptography battle on your computer!
Tony Sale the expert who rebuilt Colossus has also created a Virtual Bletchley Park part of his website which includes a Virtual Colossus that you can run via the web. However it is recommended to read the instructions (PDF) first!.
I won't ask how you know that.... ;-)