It shouldn't be anytime before they are able to deliver or hire 3rd party delivery drivers and have them delivered right to your door, all in the same day.
...it's also been shown that many of the actual spam SENDERS are in the US and Europe. They are simply using servers that are OUTSIDE of the US to send spam.
Well.. now that the cellular number portability laws are in effect nationwide (atleast it will be in a couple days), many will be able to keep thier numbers to switch to different carriers. However, there still might be those that do switch their numbers. However, it makes it tough say, for example, if that number was on the list and the new owner of the number doesn't want it posted. You might run into a few problems.
With the abundance of web pages that allow users to simply type in a cell-phone number and a text message, I feel this might be a huge mistake publishing all of these numbers. How long would it take for a spam bot to cultivate through the database, pick-up all the numbers and spam them? My guess is that it shouldn't take more than a day to do.
"Wireless carriers say they doubt there will be widespread abuse. They point out that most mobile phones come equipped with caller ID, distinctive ring tones, call blocking and other tools to manage unwanted calls. And several carriers say they have made refunds to subscribers who have received unwanted calls. "
What they fail to understand is that, atleast with my carrier (Sprint), text messages pop up all the time. I have no options to block text messages from certain users, or only allow messages from those in my phone book. I think the biggest area won't be the unwanted calls, but rather the unwanted text messages that cost about as much as it does to send spam messages.
the difference is that you are agreeing to have the monitoring software installed on your machine. Where "spyware" is helplessly tacked on with little, or in some cases, no warning. My guess would be that this is stated in the EULA or Terms of Service and failure to agree would not allow you to install the software in any case.
I guess where the problem lies is that once something captures the market, everyone wants to cash in on it. Look at the Medal of Honor series of games. It captivcated the market with not only it's awesome graphics, but also it's accurate storyline and plot. Now look at the market today and even at E3. There are just a TON of war games out there now. From Vietnam to WWI and II and now I'm even seeing more of the Iraq war scenes.
Sequels can be good, but for them to be successful you need to find that "thing" that made the first one so great. Whether that be keeping the plot accurate, or incrasing the graphics potentaial or even adding more "touch and feel" for the gamer. There was just somethign about the first one that made it excel in the market, and for others to do the same it needs to capture and re-sell that same feeling.
I don't ever remember hearing that so called "US Officials" not wanting to bring over DDR. I mean, it has actually done wonders to gaming arcades when it first came out. Now that the market is saturated with them and their counterparts (DJ version, guitar versions) when will it end?
Besides.. you have to admit it's pretty funny seeing some of your "stereotypical" gamers "dancing".
"Consider this: Older gamers have fond memories of games like "Tetris," "Space Invaders" and "Pong." But when Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine put them in the hands of a group of 10-13 year olds last year, the results weren't pretty. Rather than seeing the games' charms, the kids were bored - and mocked the titles mercilessly."
Sweet merciful crap! If it wasn't for these games, nobody would have wanted to grow up to be a game designer and create some of the games we see today. Some of those kids' parents need to just slap those brats across the face!
Reminds me of the scene in Back to the Future II, "You mean you have to use your hands? Aww, that's a baby's toy!"
If you don't have any correspondence with anyone in China, blocking shouldn't hurt a thing. The article even states that they doubt all of the spammers are from China and rather the majority are in the US and Europe. This means that, obviously, the spammers are using a relay through Chinese servers. Blacklisting China would stop the mail coming from that country... As was already mentioned, this would only make sense if you are not dealing with any people or companies from there.
However, taking this down to the average consumer level they would barely, if ever, use FTP and Usenet. A new email system alone might be enough to move the masses to a new system, however, if that's the only incentive couldn't a standard be developed to fix the current one that we are using?
I am one of those that hasn't heard too much in the way of next generation web. However, I think creating 2 different WWWs, if you will, would only make things even more confusing than they already are. That means that businesses now have to maintain 2 different websites, perhaps 2 different teams to monitor both systems, etc...
and the article tells me absolutely nothing about what the technology actually does. About the only thing I saw was: "The aim of the Semantic Web is to add metadata to information placed online, to allow it to be readable by machines. That context would enable automation of a variety of interactions. An online catalog could, for instance, connect to a user's order history and preferences to a calendar, to automatically pick out available delivery times.".
Wow... just simply amazing.. *sigh*
Anyone care to shed some light (or links) onto what RDF and OWL actually do?
"They really don't like it if Mr. self-recognized porno compulsive can filter their stuff out"
And you are assuming of course that the compulsive knows how to filter it out in the first place? And if they are so compulsive, why would they want to in the first place?
I wasn't relying on the FTC at all. I think that everyone, government agencies, software companies, etc.. need to take heed that SPAM will be here to stay. Putting headings in front of the content doesn't change much in the way of it still arriving in my inbox.
It seems that the FTC thinks that SPAM is handled.
- We don't get any uncolicited emails anymore thanks to their CAN-SPAM act.
- Life is great and it's easy to remove yourself from these lists if you don't want their emails.
How about trying to come up with rules to STOP and regulate unwanted spam altogether before adopting rules to regulate sexually explicit ones? Once the rules come to completeley stop this, non of these new rules even matter!
"baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
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"The two women who wore the video T-shirts as they walked around E3 drew crowds and TV news crews on hand to cover the gaming conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center."
With this coming from a marketing company, something tells me that the interest wasn't the shirt, but rather what's behind it, literally.
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Looks like someone is copy and paste happy...
Napster beats iTunes to Europe with U.K. launch
It shouldn't be anytime before they are able to deliver or hire 3rd party delivery drivers and have them delivered right to your door, all in the same day.
And it was only that the spam was originating from servers in China. More than likely, the real spammers are here in the US and Europe.
There was a story about this yesterday.
Thank god the DNC doesn't work like the CAN-SPAM act... I couldn't handle getting so many calls for V1@g.RA.
Well.. now that the cellular number portability laws are in effect nationwide (atleast it will be in a couple days), many will be able to keep thier numbers to switch to different carriers. However, there still might be those that do switch their numbers. However, it makes it tough say, for example, if that number was on the list and the new owner of the number doesn't want it posted. You might run into a few problems.
"Wireless carriers say they doubt there will be widespread abuse. They point out that most mobile phones come equipped with caller ID, distinctive ring tones, call blocking and other tools to manage unwanted calls. And several carriers say they have made refunds to subscribers who have received unwanted calls. "
What they fail to understand is that, atleast with my carrier (Sprint), text messages pop up all the time. I have no options to block text messages from certain users, or only allow messages from those in my phone book. I think the biggest area won't be the unwanted calls, but rather the unwanted text messages that cost about as much as it does to send spam messages.
By far.. Worst idea EVER!
the difference is that you are agreeing to have the monitoring software installed on your machine. Where "spyware" is helplessly tacked on with little, or in some cases, no warning. My guess would be that this is stated in the EULA or Terms of Service and failure to agree would not allow you to install the software in any case.
I guess where the problem lies is that once something captures the market, everyone wants to cash in on it. Look at the Medal of Honor series of games. It captivcated the market with not only it's awesome graphics, but also it's accurate storyline and plot. Now look at the market today and even at E3. There are just a TON of war games out there now. From Vietnam to WWI and II and now I'm even seeing more of the Iraq war scenes.
Sequels can be good, but for them to be successful you need to find that "thing" that made the first one so great. Whether that be keeping the plot accurate, or incrasing the graphics potentaial or even adding more "touch and feel" for the gamer. There was just somethign about the first one that made it excel in the market, and for others to do the same it needs to capture and re-sell that same feeling.
Besides.. you have to admit it's pretty funny seeing some of your "stereotypical" gamers "dancing".
Sweet merciful crap! If it wasn't for these games, nobody would have wanted to grow up to be a game designer and create some of the games we see today. Some of those kids' parents need to just slap those brats across the face!
Reminds me of the scene in Back to the Future II, "You mean you have to use your hands? Aww, that's a baby's toy!"
... most of my email seems to be coming from these hot, single, girls that all want to meet ME! I blush everytime!
If you don't have any correspondence with anyone in China, blocking shouldn't hurt a thing. The article even states that they doubt all of the spammers are from China and rather the majority are in the US and Europe. This means that, obviously, the spammers are using a relay through Chinese servers. Blacklisting China would stop the mail coming from that country... As was already mentioned, this would only make sense if you are not dealing with any people or companies from there.
However, taking this down to the average consumer level they would barely, if ever, use FTP and Usenet. A new email system alone might be enough to move the masses to a new system, however, if that's the only incentive couldn't a standard be developed to fix the current one that we are using?
I am one of those that hasn't heard too much in the way of next generation web. However, I think creating 2 different WWWs, if you will, would only make things even more confusing than they already are. That means that businesses now have to maintain 2 different websites, perhaps 2 different teams to monitor both systems, etc...
"The aim of the Semantic Web is to add metadata to information placed online, to allow it to be readable by machines. That context would enable automation of a variety of interactions. An online catalog could, for instance, connect to a user's order history and preferences to a calendar, to automatically pick out available delivery times.".
Wow... just simply amazing.. *sigh*
Anyone care to shed some light (or links) onto what RDF and OWL actually do?
"They really don't like it if Mr. self-recognized porno compulsive can filter their stuff out" And you are assuming of course that the compulsive knows how to filter it out in the first place? And if they are so compulsive, why would they want to in the first place?
I wasn't relying on the FTC at all. I think that everyone, government agencies, software companies, etc.. need to take heed that SPAM will be here to stay. Putting headings in front of the content doesn't change much in the way of it still arriving in my inbox.
Don't you mean V1@_GR.A?
- We don't get any uncolicited emails anymore thanks to their CAN-SPAM act.
- Life is great and it's easy to remove yourself from these lists if you don't want their emails.
How about trying to come up with rules to STOP and regulate unwanted spam altogether before adopting rules to regulate sexually explicit ones? Once the rules come to completeley stop this, non of these new rules even matter!
"baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Ok.. If you don't know what baseball is, raise your hand and Tommy will come over and hit you on the head with a tackhammer because you are a RETARD!
With this coming from a marketing company, something tells me that the interest wasn't the shirt, but rather what's behind it, literally.
That would open up a whole new door.. *cough* Microsoft *cough*... but you didn't hear that from me and that's an entirely different /. article.
Hah! I knew it was true! Conspiracy Brother had it right all along!