Personally, I find flashing animated GIF ads distracting enough, but Yahoo goes further with popups, Flash ads, Flash ads that have sound, Flash ads that jump around on the page, and "premercials" that act like a splash page with a big full-screen ad.
I prefer Google's subtle, targeted, text-only ads. Heck, I actually click them sometimes, because they are relevant!
(Not scientific data, ingest with a grain of salt.) In Ukraine, there are some natural springs that have relatively high radon content. People go to bathe in these (not regularly) to help with arthritis and other health problems. (The high radon content was there before the disaster in Chernobyl.)
The last version of Netscape for Mac OS was 7.02, with 7.1 being released only for Mac OS X. Why? Does it really take that much resources to compile an extra port?
I own my own domain, so I get to see where different spams are coming from. Some come from e-mail addresses harvested from the Web and Usenet. These are usually selling penis enlargment pills and porn. Other spam comes from companies that sold my e-mail address to mailing lists. These are sometimes used for more legitimate mailings. (I've seen everything from classic spam to GeorgeWBush.com and Dr. Dobb's Journal.)
In the case of harvested addresses, this technique probably will not work. But in the case of spam that pretends to be opt-in, the spammers may pay more attention to your requests.
I had Verizon DSL for about a year, with an intermittent but persistent problem. At least once a week, the modem would start acting as if there was interference on the line. The connection would either drop completely or start phasing in and out.
I went through months of troubleshooting with Verizon. Everything from the basics to having a tech come out and replace the phone cable. Finally, I got fed up, and signed up with Earthlink. The price is higher, and I had to sign a contract. And guess what, same problem.
After doing a few more tech support calls, I finally got through to someone who apparently knew what he was doing, because after that day, I haven't had the problem again. But his explanation? "We just put you into safe mode." It's too bad I didn't ask more about that.
It's important to state ideals and explain why they're a good thing to aim for. It's the first step in achieving them -- identifying what's wrong with the current picture.
It is too bad that Diesel engines have yet to catch on here in the U.S. I used to own a 1986 Toyota Camry with a 2.0-liter turbo-Diesel engine. I got 50mpg on the highway and 35mpg in the city.
The car was slower than most, but still tolerable and fast enough to merge into highway traffic safely.
It drove to the shop with a broken alternator belt and a dead battery.
No batteries to rupture. (Well, just one.)
Easy to work on. Cheap parts. Most parts were interchangable with the gasoline version. I never had a shop refuse to work on it.
Very light due to older safety standards. A car this light probably would not be possible today, but new engine technology would make up for it.
Bandwidth Monitor Pro - lets me set up a transparent bandwidth graph in a screen corner that really doesn't interfere with anything else (replaced DUMeter on all my systems)
I'm not talking about removing airbags that are still good. I'm talking about removing exploded airbags and not replacing them. (Buying the car for myself.)
Is it legal to just take the airbags out and drive without them? I feel safe in my car without an airbag as long as I'm using my seatbelt... I don't see why that would be any different in a newer car.
If it's legal, I can see a new market coming into existence for airbag-less cars at a discount.
(Slightly OT, but I've been meaning to bring this up, and my/. submission was rejected.)
If you're in the mailing database of CCP, you'll see your SSN right on the envelope, above your name and address. Someone must have realized this would be a problem, but instead of doing something real about it they just shift the numbers around. So if your SSN is 123-45-6789, then the address label looks something like this:
45 ** 6789 123 JOHN DOE 123 FOO STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19111
It took me a while, but I finally found Weather Pulse. It scrapes data from weather.com, displays a systray icon, and shows detailed forecasts. All without any spyware or ads.
I used to live on a street that had parking on one side. At some point, a "No parking beyond this point" sign was installed about 50 feet from the corner. It was facing the direction opposite of which you would normally be driving.
In other words, someone who was new to the area and was looking for a place to park would notice it, but someone who has been parking there for months wouldn't.
The sign was removed one week later, but people were issued tickets, and were not refunded when the sign disappeared.
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I prefer Google's subtle, targeted, text-only ads. Heck, I actually click them sometimes, because they are relevant!
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Yahoo is hoping that increasing the storage space to 100MB will keep a lot of people from switching to Gmail.
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Blocking the page with robots.txt isn't effective against spambots that disregard robots.txt
(Not scientific data, ingest with a grain of salt.) In Ukraine, there are some natural springs that have relatively high radon content. People go to bathe in these (not regularly) to help with arthritis and other health problems. (The high radon content was there before the disaster in Chernobyl.)
The last version of Netscape for Mac OS was 7.02, with 7.1 being released only for Mac OS X. Why? Does it really take that much resources to compile an extra port?
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In the case of harvested addresses, this technique probably will not work. But in the case of spam that pretends to be opt-in, the spammers may pay more attention to your requests.
I went through months of troubleshooting with Verizon. Everything from the basics to having a tech come out and replace the phone cable. Finally, I got fed up, and signed up with Earthlink. The price is higher, and I had to sign a contract. And guess what, same problem.
After doing a few more tech support calls, I finally got through to someone who apparently knew what he was doing, because after that day, I haven't had the problem again. But his explanation? "We just put you into safe mode." It's too bad I didn't ask more about that.
Maybe someone here can tell me what that meant?
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It is too bad that Diesel engines have yet to catch on here in the U.S. I used to own a 1986 Toyota Camry with a 2.0-liter turbo-Diesel engine. I got 50mpg on the highway and 35mpg in the city.
- The car was slower than most, but still tolerable and fast enough to merge into highway traffic safely.
- It drove to the shop with a broken alternator belt and a dead battery.
- No batteries to rupture. (Well, just one.)
- Easy to work on. Cheap parts. Most parts were interchangable with the gasoline version. I never had a shop refuse to work on it.
- Very light due to older safety standards. A car this light probably would not be possible today, but new engine technology would make up for it.
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Isn't this the same exact thing that NetZero (and Juno and others) have tried in the past with dial-up? Are any of them still offering free access?
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I'm not talking about removing airbags that are still good. I'm talking about removing exploded airbags and not replacing them. (Buying the car for myself.)
If it's legal, I can see a new market coming into existence for airbag-less cars at a discount.
I've been clicking around this article for a few seconds now, and I don't see any screenshots... What's the point of this article? ;-)
Apparently, you wouldn't stay in jail for very long at all.
... sounds familiar.
If you're in the mailing database of CCP, you'll see your SSN right on the envelope, above your name and address. Someone must have realized this would be a problem, but instead of doing something real about it they just shift the numbers around. So if your SSN is 123-45-6789, then the address label looks something like this:
It took me a while, but I finally found Weather Pulse. It scrapes data from weather.com, displays a systray icon, and shows detailed forecasts. All without any spyware or ads.
In other words, someone who was new to the area and was looking for a place to park would notice it, but someone who has been parking there for months wouldn't.
The sign was removed one week later, but people were issued tickets, and were not refunded when the sign disappeared.
(This is in Philadelphia, PA, USA.)
Well, at least it looks like the PC virus : OS X virus ratio can finally be defined! ;-)
(Think division by zero.)