Inspired by this article, I've decided to remove the lock on my front door, and instead install individual locks on my closet, entertainment center, computer desk, and fridge.
The security is great, but getting another Dew from the fridge is a bit of a bitch.
His account was delinquent... ie, he owes them money. Granted, we don't know all the details, but considering he never told them to cancel, I think it's safe to assume that he got magazines in his final year and didn't pay for them. They're only collecting what was delivered, or at least for the last year.
Best Buy cashier harasses customer by asking for payment.
Amazon.Com turns away customers when they refuse to provide a credit card number.
Telcos globally unite to require funds by customers for the phone calls they make.
Microsoft sends shockwaves through the business sector by announcing they will charge for next version of Windows.
Seriously, you sign up for a magazine with recurring payments and you get the magazines. You get letter after letter saying you owe money, and then have the nerve to complain about it to the local paper?
Sure, you're all thrilled to death that Opera is including BitTorrent in its next release... comments of praise and "this should have been done earlier" abound.
But let's see what the/. crowd has to say in 1-2 years when BitTorrent becomes part of Windows OS or IE, just as FTP is today.
Ummm...yeah... you mean like that thing called Exchange that hardly anyone uses?
It may not be 24x7, but I don't think that's hurt their sales.
If their VoIP product can produce similar uptimes, integrate with the rest of the Microsoft universe, and be pushed by the 1000s of MS consultants, I think it will sell just fine.
Actually any new PC you buy from an OEM today (or probably for the last 4-5 months) comes with SP2 already installed, and therefore has the firewall turned on by default.
I understand that this registry might have something to do with child predators, but it seems that the majority is to prevent Utah children from getting spammed.
Do marketers even try to spam children? I certainly doubt they're interested in sending them spam for Viagra or home loans, or $19 copies of Windows XP.
And emails from Hasbro or Tonka will probably be ligit because the kid signed up for the emails through their websites.
I was so utterly unthrilled with the 3D Castlevania, and even Zelda, that I really began to lose a lot of interest in the newer console games. Ninja Gaiden, too. And the 3D style fighting games just haven't captured me nearly as much as Street Fighter 2 did fifteen years ago.
Some games make the transition just fine, but oh how I miss those 2D adventures.
When I heard that Gradius V was just a good ol' fashioned 2D game I rushed out to buy it the same day.
This may be nitpicking, but it's clear that Outlook is still far more evolved than the other two shown here.
On the surface, the screenshots look identical. But, being an Outlook user for over 5 years now, I can tell you a few things that appear to be missing from those competitors that are reasons I love Outlook.
1) I don't see Notes or Journal options in Evo.
2) I see no evidence that Evo or Kontact let you group your folder items by from/date/sender/subject/etc.
3) Can you automatically format items based on rules? What if I want emails from my boss to show up in red?
4) Is there a rules manager so I can also automatically do things with incoming emails? Delete them, send a reply, file in a folder, etc?
5) I don't see that you can just straight to a contact from anywhere in the program by typing their partial name in the toolbar.
6) I'm sure Kontact has HTML email editing, I just don't see the toolbar buttons.
7) Contacts don't appear to let you add your own fields (corporate users love this!). Nor do I see a gigantic Notes field or support for Journaling.
8) I cannot tell if, in Calendar, you can configure the times to display multiple time zones when you are travelling.
9) It does not look like you can assign colorful labels to your Calendar events. This feature is priceless!
10) Do the other programs let you view multiple Calendars (like that of another user) side-by-side?
11) Can you schedule appointments with other users at all? If you can, I don't see the field to do it, and I certainly don't see how you can see their schedule.
12) The implementation of Recurrening Appointments on Evo would drive business people insane.
13) It doesn't look like Evo has enough fields to support a proper ToDo list. I don't even see a Due Date field.
14) Can you assign Tasks to other users? Get progress reports?
15) None of the screenshots demonstrate how configurable either program is. Sure, you can edit the source, but I'm talking about the Average User. Outlook is right-click customizable like crazy.
Maybe these things are not missing, but I couldn't see them from the screenshots.
Further, the screenshots only show the things that are nearly identical in all three versions. That is pretty low. There isn't even any sample data to show how things like Contacts are formatted in the Contact View. It's as if the author knew of the shortcomings in those programs and didn't want to display them.
The publishers aren't talking about your typical Grisham/King best-selling novels. They're talking about scientific journal entries being made available online.
Yes, that would ordinarly be a Good Thing if you had a 500 page work and it only made snippets available to searchers. However, these journals are likely 1-2 pages and the "snippet" probably will contain the entire entry, or at least most of the meat. Therefore, the person has no incentive to buy the whole journal.
Top that with the realization that these guys aren't the authors/researchers. They're the publishers. They make money only when these things sell, and they care less about the open flow of information and good nature of publically accessible research. Just like most of you, this is their job, and its about to be taken away.
I think they should work with Google to ensure that only tiny, select snippets of each entry is scanned, and then have a way to purchase just the ONE entry online for a modest fee -- not the entire $200 journal of dozens of entries.
Many times, you can retrieve corrupted Excel documents by using a little Excel trick.
Open a brand new spreadsheet and link cell A1 to the A1 in your corrupted sheet (you'll have to type the formula in manually). Then drag that A1 to all corners of the spreadsheet, and more often than not you'll get your data back -- sans formatting.
You know, in reading your lengthly response even more, it almost appears as if you're advertising for this BlogAds service that you claim to despise so much.
You list specific pricing and a business plan that sounds rather fantastic. You make it sound so easy and beneficial for someone to start doing what Roland is doing.
Let's talk about the service that Roland Piquepaille provides in his journal. He goes out and looks for interesting articles about new and emerging technologies. He provides a very brief overview of the articles, then copies a few choice paragraphs and the occasional picture from each article and puts them up on his web page.
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Geezus.. is there ANYTHING that /. doesn't blame on Microsoft?
At least a patch was issued quickly.
Inspired by this article, I've decided to remove the lock on my front door, and instead install individual locks on my closet, entertainment center, computer desk, and fridge.
The security is great, but getting another Dew from the fridge is a bit of a bitch.
Your quote says nothing of a "non-existant debt".
His account was delinquent... ie, he owes them money. Granted, we don't know all the details, but considering he never told them to cancel, I think it's safe to assume that he got magazines in his final year and didn't pay for them. They're only collecting what was delivered, or at least for the last year.
And in other news:
Best Buy cashier harasses customer by asking for payment.
Amazon.Com turns away customers when they refuse to provide a credit card number.
Telcos globally unite to require funds by customers for the phone calls they make.
Microsoft sends shockwaves through the business sector by announcing they will charge for next version of Windows.
Seriously, you sign up for a magazine with recurring payments and you get the magazines. You get letter after letter saying you owe money, and then have the nerve to complain about it to the local paper?
If it looks like iTunes, stores like iTunes, and plays like iTunes, then why isn't it an iPod?
Sure it may not be the same hardware and maybe it's only a Java emulator, but to the non-Slashdot world, I think that'll be just fine.
As long as it plays their music and has their clever interface, this will certainly give the likes of LG and Nokia a reason to quiver in their boots.
Sure, you're all thrilled to death that Opera is including BitTorrent in its next release... comments of praise and "this should have been done earlier" abound.
/. crowd has to say in 1-2 years when BitTorrent becomes part of Windows OS or IE, just as FTP is today.
But let's see what the
I think the issue here is that *your* definition of "cripped" is Verizon's lawyers' definition of "feature".
I imagine they could easily demonstrate that these features are the reason why 99% of their customers bought the phone in the first place.
Ummm...yeah... you mean like that thing called Exchange that hardly anyone uses?
It may not be 24x7, but I don't think that's hurt their sales.
If their VoIP product can produce similar uptimes, integrate with the rest of the Microsoft universe, and be pushed by the 1000s of MS consultants, I think it will sell just fine.
Actually any new PC you buy from an OEM today (or probably for the last 4-5 months) comes with SP2 already installed, and therefore has the firewall turned on by default.
I understand that this registry might have something to do with child predators, but it seems that the majority is to prevent Utah children from getting spammed.
Do marketers even try to spam children? I certainly doubt they're interested in sending them spam for Viagra or home loans, or $19 copies of Windows XP.
And emails from Hasbro or Tonka will probably be ligit because the kid signed up for the emails through their websites.
The article probably missed a few things, but I distinctly remember "Stim Paks" in StarCraft.
Pump those into your marines and they'd lose about 20% of their hit-points, but run and fire about 50% faster for a good 30 seconds or so.
Good times!
Amen to that!
I was so utterly unthrilled with the 3D Castlevania, and even Zelda, that I really began to lose a lot of interest in the newer console games. Ninja Gaiden, too. And the 3D style fighting games just haven't captured me nearly as much as Street Fighter 2 did fifteen years ago.
Some games make the transition just fine, but oh how I miss those 2D adventures.
When I heard that Gradius V was just a good ol' fashioned 2D game I rushed out to buy it the same day.
I don't think losing a single blade would cause the temperature to rise that much.
But yes, I think the cost of a power cable breaking and potentially igniting would be far worse than losing the CPU.
But I'm no electrical engineer, so I don't even know if that sort of thing can happen.
I'm wondering if maybe that's a feature of the fans. Seriously.
If something like a power cable or whatever were to hit against the fan, I think I'd want the fan to break and not the cable.
Um.. you mean the next X-Box?
Think about it folks... that's exactly where MS is headed.
There is sort-of a value to that.
;)
Microsoft has a plug-in for Windows Media Player.. forget what it's called but basically it locks your PC down but still lets people use the Player.
It's meant so that, at a party, you can show off your tunes without accidentially showing off your porn.
I think the same could be said about the original author's article about Outlook.
But at least I admitted to never having used Evo first, and only going off the screen shots.
Which is exactly what he wanted his readers to do.
This may be nitpicking, but it's clear that Outlook is still far more evolved than the other two shown here.
On the surface, the screenshots look identical. But, being an Outlook user for over 5 years now, I can tell you a few things that appear to be missing from those competitors that are reasons I love Outlook.
1) I don't see Notes or Journal options in Evo.
2) I see no evidence that Evo or Kontact let you group your folder items by from/date/sender/subject/etc.
3) Can you automatically format items based on rules? What if I want emails from my boss to show up in red?
4) Is there a rules manager so I can also automatically do things with incoming emails? Delete them, send a reply, file in a folder, etc?
5) I don't see that you can just straight to a contact from anywhere in the program by typing their partial name in the toolbar.
6) I'm sure Kontact has HTML email editing, I just don't see the toolbar buttons.
7) Contacts don't appear to let you add your own fields (corporate users love this!). Nor do I see a gigantic Notes field or support for Journaling.
8) I cannot tell if, in Calendar, you can configure the times to display multiple time zones when you are travelling.
9) It does not look like you can assign colorful labels to your Calendar events. This feature is priceless!
10) Do the other programs let you view multiple Calendars (like that of another user) side-by-side?
11) Can you schedule appointments with other users at all? If you can, I don't see the field to do it, and I certainly don't see how you can see their schedule.
12) The implementation of Recurrening Appointments on Evo would drive business people insane.
13) It doesn't look like Evo has enough fields to support a proper ToDo list. I don't even see a Due Date field.
14) Can you assign Tasks to other users? Get progress reports?
15) None of the screenshots demonstrate how configurable either program is. Sure, you can edit the source, but I'm talking about the Average User. Outlook is right-click customizable like crazy.
Maybe these things are not missing, but I couldn't see them from the screenshots.
Further, the screenshots only show the things that are nearly identical in all three versions. That is pretty low. There isn't even any sample data to show how things like Contacts are formatted in the Contact View. It's as if the author knew of the shortcomings in those programs and didn't want to display them.
I think you hit the nail on the head.
The publishers aren't talking about your typical Grisham/King best-selling novels. They're talking about scientific journal entries being made available online.
Yes, that would ordinarly be a Good Thing if you had a 500 page work and it only made snippets available to searchers. However, these journals are likely 1-2 pages and the "snippet" probably will contain the entire entry, or at least most of the meat. Therefore, the person has no incentive to buy the whole journal.
Top that with the realization that these guys aren't the authors/researchers. They're the publishers. They make money only when these things sell, and they care less about the open flow of information and good nature of publically accessible research. Just like most of you, this is their job, and its about to be taken away.
I think they should work with Google to ensure that only tiny, select snippets of each entry is scanned, and then have a way to purchase just the ONE entry online for a modest fee -- not the entire $200 journal of dozens of entries.
That, I think, would be a win-win for everyone.
(Except the print house.)
Many times, you can retrieve corrupted Excel documents by using a little Excel trick.
Open a brand new spreadsheet and link cell A1 to the A1 in your corrupted sheet (you'll have to type the formula in manually). Then drag that A1 to all corners of the spreadsheet, and more often than not you'll get your data back -- sans formatting.
You know, in reading your lengthly response even more, it almost appears as if you're advertising for this BlogAds service that you claim to despise so much.
You list specific pricing and a business plan that sounds rather fantastic. You make it sound so easy and beneficial for someone to start doing what Roland is doing.
I have to wonder what your intentions really are.
And this is different from
-David
This isn't an issue of freedom of speech.
His "speech" was held on private grounds (the cafeteria) and against the wishes of the university.
Had he performed his speech in his driveway, your reference might work.
What happens, then, when a company decides to send out spam promoting their competitor across the street?
You get an email for XYZ Pizza. You take them to court and they cannot prove you opted in. They get fined $500 and eventually go out of business.
Meanwhile, ABC Pizza snickers because they're the ones behind the email.
Wait a minute... is this still Slashdot?