Since there is apparently less than 100 people worldwide responsble for sending out the spam, just find them and shoot say, half of them as a warning to others.
You don't even need to go shoot them yourselves. Simply place their names, addresses, and pictures along with number of spam sent and references, and I am quite certain that some local assasin will volunteer for the job. I mean, assasins also recieve plenty of spam, do they not?
How about requireing any business email to be signed by the company signature (which I think should be done anyways)? This would certainly eliminate joe jobs, and if the signatures are registered/checked somewhere, it would help agains spammers.
I think I speak for 2/3 of Slashdot when I say,fuck the idiots who get their computer 0wn3d, we don't care that they get in trouble for it. This would just be that much more ammo for Linux/Mac evangelists.
Moron. Learn to use statistics before spouting your bullshit. That 86% of pedophiles were exposed to pornography before the age of 18 means absolutely nothing. Two things you must consider before drawing conclusions are: 1) What percentage of non-pedophiles were exposed to pornography before the age of 18. 2) Were pedophiles simply more likely to look for porn (ie, which caused which).
That said, I really don't think that your post is based on real facts, but even so I do not like when people misuse statistics.
"He uses statistics like a drunk man uses a lamppost -- for support more than illumination." -- Someone
Someone had a sig about Grendel clusters being better than Beowulf clusters... If he is here, I would now like to tell him, "Yes, but imagine a Beowulf cluster of Grendel clusters"
I think you put too much faith into moderators. If they see something they didn't know, they usually mod it up -- and it's usually wrong anyway.
True, but if it is something that the moderators don't know, it is also something that most posters don't know. Those that do know will then see the post and reply to it.
I think I know the reason that lawyers are so hated and often seem childish. It is because they try to follow the law to the letter but not to the spirit, and will often sue those that are following the law to the spirit but not the letter. And since our (Awerican) laws are supposedly based on the Bible, I would just like to point out that we are supposed to follow the spirit of the law, not the letter (2 Corinthians 3:6). Why going against the spirit of the law while following the letter seems childish is because that is what children tend to do. Only after growing up a little do people learn that laws are meant to be followed to the spirit; those who don't seem(are?) childish.
I also heard that universities were graduating four times as many lawyers as were needed to handle cases, and so they passed new laws to keep themselves employed. I think one fundamental problem is the enormous wages given to people in court (be they lawyers or judges).
But you don't realize how useful it would be to have a source of information that is usually wrong (for yes/no questions). Then, you can just say the opposite, and be right more often than not.
Also, there are some methods for finding more useful information than bullshit, such as Google and, in Slashdot, moderation. Thus, even if much of the information out there is crap, the information we find is usually useful. Unfortunately, it is not perfect. Sometimes moderation is used to suppress distasteful information, and people also clutter Google with advertizing-article pages.
By the time AI research advances to the point where an AI would be able to implement the three laws, they would also be advanced enough that we could simply tell the AI "We want an AI that will have so and so code of ethics. Figure out how to implement it." and then hope that the AI is not already evil.
Well, I would suppose that most crackers are linux users, because Linux lets them do whatever the hell they want, but I was thinking that this would only serve to let the media pretend that Linux is an evil OS.
Someone else beat me to saying that by a few seconds, and an idiot moderator thought this is redundant:-(
Shouldn't they first set up a permanant base on the moon before worrying about a mobile one? That plus a vehicle would provide good coverage until they can learn a little more about driving on the moon.
So, why not make it underground, and just tunnel everywhere? We could become the Mole People!
Well, for starters there would be the problem about tunnels not being air-tight. Although I suppose a thin sheet of plastic would solve that (since the air pressure will push it outward against the walls of the tunnel).
Sure, they may have a slightly better accuracy, but I do not see that GPS is bad enough to be worth paying for slightly better service.
But for some applications accuracy is very important. Think along the lines of GPS controlled airplanes, ships, and robotics. It would even be usable in construction if it were accurate enough (although a more local system is best for the latter).
And remember that tin foil makes you more easily detectible by radar. To be really safe, you should use a tin foil hat that has sharp angles instead of a smooth curve.
Is it just a control thing i.e. the EU doesn't want to be at the mercy of the US on this (wouldn't blame them)?
Correct. The US will gladly shut down civilian GPS in case of some "national emergency" so it wouldn't be used against them. If the US ever goes to war with the EU then they will need their own GPS to defend themselves with.
I liked the idea of using memory instead of a hard drive (esp. for a laptop), except that now I started using several Gb of hard drive:-( Although I suppose a system would work out that almost never uses the disk.
Certainly you can't patent the use of a function with such a simple argument (at least not yet:-) However, I think that it would be possible to patent printf() itself. Does anyone know whethere there is a copyright on printf()?
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Since there is apparently less than 100 people worldwide responsble for sending out the spam, just find them and shoot say, half of them as a warning to others.
You don't even need to go shoot them yourselves. Simply place their names, addresses, and pictures along with number of spam sent and references, and I am quite certain that some local assasin will volunteer for the job. I mean, assasins also recieve plenty of spam, do they not?
How about requireing any business email to be signed by the company signature (which I think should be done anyways)? This would certainly eliminate joe jobs, and if the signatures are registered/checked somewhere, it would help agains spammers.
I think I speak for 2/3 of Slashdot when I say,fuck the idiots who get their computer 0wn3d, we don't care that they get in trouble for it. This would just be that much more ammo for Linux/Mac evangelists.
Well, at some point even a spamvertized site must have contact information... they will tell you where to send your dollars.
Moron. Learn to use statistics before spouting your bullshit. That 86% of pedophiles were exposed to pornography before the age of 18 means absolutely nothing. Two things you must consider before drawing conclusions are:
1) What percentage of non-pedophiles were exposed to pornography before the age of 18.
2) Were pedophiles simply more likely to look for porn (ie, which caused which).
That said, I really don't think that your post is based on real facts, but even so I do not like when people misuse statistics.
"He uses statistics like a drunk man uses a lamppost -- for support more than illumination." -- Someone
Someone had a sig about Grendel clusters being better than Beowulf clusters... If he is here, I would now like to tell him, "Yes, but imagine a Beowulf cluster of Grendel clusters"
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of "Imagine a Beowulf cluster..." jokes!
I think you put too much faith into moderators. If they see something they didn't know, they usually mod it up -- and it's usually wrong anyway.
True, but if it is something that the moderators don't know, it is also something that most posters don't know. Those that do know will then see the post and reply to it.
I think I know the reason that lawyers are so hated and often seem childish. It is because they try to follow the law to the letter but not to the spirit, and will often sue those that are following the law to the spirit but not the letter. And since our (Awerican) laws are supposedly based on the Bible, I would just like to point out that we are supposed to follow the spirit of the law, not the letter (2 Corinthians 3:6). Why going against the spirit of the law while following the letter seems childish is because that is what children tend to do. Only after growing up a little do people learn that laws are meant to be followed to the spirit; those who don't seem(are?) childish.
I also heard that universities were graduating four times as many lawyers as were needed to handle cases, and so they passed new laws to keep themselves employed. I think one fundamental problem is the enormous wages given to people in court (be they lawyers or judges).
But you don't realize how useful it would be to have a source of information that is usually wrong (for yes/no questions). Then, you can just say the opposite, and be right more often than not.
Also, there are some methods for finding more useful information than bullshit, such as Google and, in Slashdot, moderation. Thus, even if much of the information out there is crap, the information we find is usually useful. Unfortunately, it is not perfect. Sometimes moderation is used to suppress distasteful information, and people also clutter Google with advertizing-article pages.
But I'm pretty sure I'm going to be called elitist :-/
No, I would call you a moron. I would explain why, but none of you out there would be smart enought to understand why.
By the time AI research advances to the point where an AI would be able to implement the three laws, they would also be advanced enough that we could simply tell the AI "We want an AI that will have so and so code of ethics. Figure out how to implement it." and then hope that the AI is not already evil.
Well, I would suppose that most crackers are linux users, because Linux lets them do whatever the hell they want, but I was thinking that this would only serve to let the media pretend that Linux is an evil OS.
:-(
Someone else beat me to saying that by a few seconds, and an idiot moderator thought this is redundant
Noooo!!
Linux users are not evil hax0rs!
Takes bazooka ... Aims at foot ... Wham!
:-)
Maybe Microsoft has actually taken seriously that memo about increasing security.
Or they didn't and the site was hax0red and fixed up
Shouldn't they first set up a permanant base on the moon before worrying about a mobile one? That plus a vehicle would provide good coverage until they can learn a little more about driving on the moon.
So, why not make it underground, and just tunnel everywhere? We could become the Mole People!
Well, for starters there would be the problem about tunnels not being air-tight. Although I suppose a thin sheet of plastic would solve that (since the air pressure will push it outward against the walls of the tunnel).
Its called a spaceship
Sure, they may have a slightly better accuracy, but I do not see that GPS is bad enough to be worth paying for slightly better service.
But for some applications accuracy is very important. Think along the lines of GPS controlled airplanes, ships, and robotics. It would even be usable in construction if it were accurate enough (although a more local system is best for the latter).
And remember that tin foil makes you more easily detectible by radar. To be really safe, you should use a tin foil hat that has sharp angles instead of a smooth curve.
Is it just a control thing i.e. the EU doesn't want to be at the mercy of the US on this (wouldn't blame them)?
Correct. The US will gladly shut down civilian GPS in case of some "national emergency" so it wouldn't be used against them. If the US ever goes to war with the EU then they will need their own GPS to defend themselves with.
I liked the idea of using memory instead of a hard drive (esp. for a laptop), except that now I started using several Gb of hard drive :-( Although I suppose a system would work out that almost never uses the disk.
printf ("hello world\n");
:-) However, I think that it would be possible to patent printf() itself. Does anyone know whethere there is a copyright on printf()?
Certainly you can't patent the use of a function with such a simple argument (at least not yet
I mean, come on, why should one click shopping be considered a patentable idea?
Because it is worth several billion dollars to have a patent (monopoly) on it.