Just about every time I try to buy clothes I walk away thinking about how they used to predict that in the future (that is, by now) we'd stand in front of a big screen that projected an image of us, we'd be able to fiddle with some knobs to pick clothing, see how it would look on us, and it would get custom-made to not just fit perfectly but also in whatever fabric, color, style, etc. we wanted. Note to the folks who make 3D printers, make one that does fabric.
And in the final scene, the aliens arrive just after humanity has wiped itself out fighting over the last barrel of oil (or rod of U-235, or whatever) and remark how if not for that one computer that was taken offline we would have gotten their message explaining how to extract limitless energy from vacuum (as well as old episodes of TV shows) in time to avoid that.
I installed Blue Frog some months ago. But I rarely found the icon indicating that it was working (I think the frog put a mask on). Also, they were never doing anything about the sites sending the spam that I was reporting.
When I got a new computer I didn't bother to install Blue Frog on it. I installed SpamCopper, http://pctech.invisibill.net/mozext/spamcopper/, a Thunderbird extension that reports everything flagged as Junk to spamcop. I'm not sure if that's doing any good, either. I keep getting spammed from the same ISPs, mostly in.il (I'm in.il),.cn,.tr, and.br.
by telling them we're flying in, and if we can get them to hold up a sign, can't we get someone in Nigeria to arrest them? If we can't, how about pestering our representatives in whatever country we're in to pass the "419 Responsibility Act", which will "encourage" any country that passes a threshold of 419 activity to arrest scammers. Or annoy their local embassy.
Or how about this one - I'd send $10 by PayPal to someone I knew by reputation on the net to hire a local private investigator (I'd like to hear how we know the LPI isn't yet another scam artist) to do something that would have real-world consequences for the scammers.
If word gets out that a few of the scammers are now in jail, it might reduce the motivation of the rest of them.
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sentence them to have their livers eaten.
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Just about every time I try to buy clothes I walk away thinking about how they used to predict that in the future (that is, by now) we'd stand in front of a big screen that projected an image of us, we'd be able to fiddle with some knobs to pick clothing, see how it would look on us, and it would get custom-made to not just fit perfectly but also in whatever fabric, color, style, etc. we wanted. Note to the folks who make 3D printers, make one that does fabric.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_8._Lee
Linux doesn't play dice with the internet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill
Or there's the old standby of rousing the temple spirits and making the blue flame come out.
And in the final scene, the aliens arrive just after humanity has wiped itself out fighting over the last barrel of oil (or rod of U-235, or whatever) and remark how if not for that one computer that was taken offline we would have gotten their message explaining how to extract limitless energy from vacuum (as well as old episodes of TV shows) in time to avoid that.
I installed Blue Frog some months ago. But I rarely found the icon indicating that it was working (I think the frog put a mask on). Also, they were never doing anything about the sites sending the spam that I was reporting. When I got a new computer I didn't bother to install Blue Frog on it. I installed SpamCopper, http://pctech.invisibill.net/mozext/spamcopper/, a Thunderbird extension that reports everything flagged as Junk to spamcop. I'm not sure if that's doing any good, either. I keep getting spammed from the same ISPs, mostly in .il (I'm in .il), .cn, .tr, and .br.
Actually, the vowels and musical notes aren't in the expensive scrolls we're talking about here, they're in the printed books.
Maybe if we tell the government the spammers are pro-democracy (what spammer doesn't argue freedom of speech), they'll do something about it.
by telling them we're flying in, and if we can get them to hold up a sign, can't we get someone in Nigeria to arrest them? If we can't, how about pestering our representatives in whatever country we're in to pass the "419 Responsibility Act", which will "encourage" any country that passes a threshold of 419 activity to arrest scammers. Or annoy their local embassy. Or how about this one - I'd send $10 by PayPal to someone I knew by reputation on the net to hire a local private investigator (I'd like to hear how we know the LPI isn't yet another scam artist) to do something that would have real-world consequences for the scammers. If word gets out that a few of the scammers are now in jail, it might reduce the motivation of the rest of them.