In related news, a HEPA filter-containing dinosaur -- which was a sucker for life, and whose life sucked -- was found with remains of 10 million "amberized" or preserved beetles and locusts...
C'mon, you probably by now suspect that "the government/s" have already thought of this. Probably, at&t will get safe harbor under some notion of "natural reflector in an artificial environment" so that for their "services", they will not be considered a "cherry-picker of data". They'll be likened to being an "oil-sucking sponge" that the government then retrieves and analyzes for "illegal, environmental-impact substances studies."
If I can half-ass come up with this in 30 seconds, I'm sure they've codified it before even green-lighting the activity. This way, they can attempt to prosecute employees who try to spill more of the at&t/carriers-government/s conjugal affair.
-- Content providers need to stop producing shitty content (but, I suppose that as long as a slice of american life likes inane, shitty, pointless "programming"...)
-- imprison those engaging in illegal (or change the) accounting practices to coerce (incentivize?) the content/programming providers to stop producing shit that drags on the bottom line...
-- embed non-removable tags in the content WHILE lowering the price AND making subscription mandatory but low-cost, OR free, so as to generate potential "impressionable eyeballs"
-- kick the riaa in the balls and make them find another way to live/exist; make them assist in enlisting subscribers, not defendants
I'm still waiting for the opposite of Progress (congress) to call at&t "moral pygmies", but I guess I'll be waiting a long, long time. Probably splaying their asses before the intel apparatus, saying, "Oh, domestic T-spy, we love you long long tyme."
I wouldn't be surprised if at&t has something to do with wikileaks coming down yesterday. Wouldn't be surprised if they had helped in the Swedish keys-zotica guy being arrested. It may be that at&t has a Tor node up. Hell, if the Swede did, what's to stop at&t and sandstorm and lagoon/bog/swampthing companies from doing it and funneling information on.
Isn't THAT a scary though. They just duplicate the net, (been talked about before), break the keys or institute backdoors to encryption standards, and voila! Privacy IS no longer equivalent to anonymity. From reading this AM's paper, I'm also wondering/thinking that the wikileaks site might have been fed information by rogue, either pissed-off diplomatic service corps officers vehemently balking at being sent to Iraq OR the Tor/Swede event/arrest and diplomatic emails, accounts and passwords being leaked played a role in the wikileaks coming down.
(turns off opportunity/causality/connectivity switch)
My first thought was, "What the HELL is "vobile"? Sounds like vomit and bile."
If this technology does produce lots of false positives, and becomes a pain in at&t's butt, then, it may boil down to being "vomitous bile". At&T might end up with hi-tech heartburn.
Captcha: "wreaks".... hmmm woulda been funnier if it were "reeks"...
"But the USS Cole was attacked in the late 90's to gage our response and it passed Al Qeada's standards pretty well."
Had the Cole's CIWS (Close-In Weapons System) been energized on and actively scanning for threats and also in local control mode, and had ALL boats approach Cole been challenged by presumably pre-arranged protocol, the Cole would have shredded the boat maybe 500 yards out. Apparently, somebody on lookout watch slipped up (I know, we read that the boat sidled up, they waved to the crew, acted normal), and worse, it was already in advance decided the CIWS would not be active, so as to not scare the locals.
But, ROE, if it were not then in effect, could have been like this:
-- We visit you to take on oil -- we receive alongside ONLY you contractors you vet -- YOUR contractors must recognize challenge and reply -- THEIR craft must be identifiable to you before you charter them -- THEIR crew must recognized and reply properly to challenges that if not met will bring them under fire....
Worse, Gulf of Aden is one of the biggest bazaars of illegally traded/sold weapons by state and non-state actors, and Cole was taking on fuel THERE. I understand that USN ships don't go below 30%-50% fuel level. The Cole incident was tragic, but it did not have to be inevitable. But, it was inevitable because of politicking, stupid, apathetic 'merkuns, corrupt governments (US and others), and those with something to gain from replacing or repairing things blown up.
I recall: "Misery likes company", and someone updating it to "NO, misery DEMANDS company..."
I am fallible. I will not achieve perfection in this lifetime. I have too much negative karma to zero out, and that will probably take me several more lifetimes.
To borrow Mira Sorvino's character's phrase in the "The Replacement Killers", (paraphrasing here):
"I keep wondering if I'm going to do that ONE right thing that can wipe out ALL the bad shit I've done." But, I know, in this lifetime I might only knock out 5 or 10 percent, or hopefully not incur more.
"These deaths are not a national security issue apparently."
Correct. They ARE, however, a funeral industry concern. Their business would shrivel up, die off, go under, slip away (getting carried away on prepositional phrases here...) if 'merkuns adamantly and fiendishly watched out for their own safety and that of the other drivers.....
The US (let's say, US government officials and US corporation strings pullers) won't do JACK SHIT domestically if it makes the country look pacifist, wussey, or weak in the eyes of enemies OR allies.
Anyone recall how the USA invaded the Middle East and brushed aside the UK contracts and interests after deposing various sheiks/etc when oil fields were going to be nationalized and deprive the UK of foreigner control over land and oil that was never ethnically, nationally, morally or legally the UK's/Britain's to begin with? History repeats itself again. I'm not going to say that those Vidiians/Malons in office brought DOWN the towers, but they sure as hell benefited in the plotting/take-over-scheming-planning department. History repeated itself when the US stormed the Iraqi land, installed so-called provisional governments, and flew in some 12 BILLION dollars and lost track of over 4 BILLION dollars. (read from the wikileaks site before it got yanked/ganked by the government/agencies ashamed of/embarrassed by the content there...)
"Yes, Americans still feel the grief, Americans of all political persuasions. I do not want to see more deaths due to terrorism."
I admit: I cried when seeing footage of the towers coming down. But that was after repeated, all-day-long watching of it for like 3 days, taping things for so long my Sony VCR burned out. Was only about 1.5 years old, too. But, after awhile, I was right back to my old self: we get the government we deserve or allow to fuck us over.
But, I cry watching non-existent beings, too, like in Silmido, Oldboy, Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance, 3-Iron, Bullets of Love and other action/love stories.
Mind immersion in real or imagined plight can make people feel sad or panged. I refuse to feel sorry for so-called leaders.
Now, I don't for ONE SECOND see any PHYSICAL/MILITARY threat coming from China. But, politicos would have us believe so, JUST so they can keep screwing us out of dollars to prepare for the next enemy. China can screw over the US just by not BUYING anymore, calling in the debt, and forging more and deeper ties (economically, touristic, political and militarily) with Africa, other parts of Asia, and by fast-tracking the confederation/reunification of North and South Corea, uumm, Korea. Japan would be lonely, but if the US has ONLY Japan as a reason for being in Asia, militarily, then eventually, so long as China never initiates hostilities, and so long as China militarily and politically kept fires from growing, then the US would be redundant-- in a place that morally, ethnically, historically (before the 1400s) was never its business.
I'm all astray here. I'm just incensed that so goddamned many goddamned americans put up with this shit. Karma and retribution will revisit us. Even *I* will be punished for not voting, for being so apathetic, and for having such revulsion for the assholes in power that I'd save a kindergarten child or invalid elderly before saving the ass of a politico or certain other people I won't name here.
Unfortunately, since this country was founded on the benevolence of an unprovable god, or one who is an absentee-landlord, this country will continue to kick ass, take names, feed propaganda, and stir shit up from time to time.
I just hope the Iraqis in quick-time settle their internal problems, kick the US out, warm up to Iran, that Iran keeps or makes things so transparent that NO other country dares ally with an invasion force of the Middle East.
Would be interesting if mother nature/fate suddenly dried up the oilfields in the Middle East and in the Pacific, and if suddenly oil in China were found to be 10x that in the ME. I
Not sure what you're implying. Yes, the dwgs are crude, but not sketches. No, I'm not trying to be a hard target. Hmmm, do I appear to be a target? If anything, my existence will just make the various governments display themselves to be connected to self-preservation of redundant artillery and other warship pieces.
I haven't totally escaped FROM reality. But there are a LOT of mad people in corporation, government, and military clothing. I'm probably just giving them reasons to seek out more enemas and enemies.
You'll find the girls and the other one you were looking for. Google is AMAZING... I just looked up monkey nipples and clicked a few and found that...
But, but, the minions in the design department must've thought, "Hey, let's do something that'll appeal to Monkeyboy..."
They all --while rubbing two zune mockups on their chests-- chanted "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!" until their nipples wrinkled up.
As for my sig, I made that up about maybe 3 years ago after reading something indicating Linux was now firmly entrenched and there was nothing ms could do about it. I also felt a brief surge of arrogance or haughtiness or something when I assembled the words.
And, I think I was thinking of Total, or Wheaties, or some box of cereal. Kinda surreal?
"The average man thinks of celestial bodies in terms of number of times the sun would envelop/fit inside it. The average man also thinks of amounts of data in terms of libraries of congress. Geez... you are so out of touch."
Supply the elitist with this....
Girth? What size drill/tap bit?
Hell, the Holmsean man thinks of scexlestial bodies in terms of number of times the body would encompass his attached comet inside it. The Holmsean man also thinks of amounts of data in terms of masses of globules of ass-steroids. Geez... he needs to get more "in touch" with himself, eh?
Hell, just buy a new, dedicated computer, or clone the disk and put the clone in a new computer, and use THAT only for gaming. Or, put the clone in a multi-select bay and boot it for gaming. Sucks, but if you remove all your apps except gaming and a/v, then maybe Blizzard (or Blizzard's backers) won't see the REST of the machine.
Multitasking has its pitfalls. When are people going to learn not try try to do EVERYTHING on just ONE computer.
"Hey bitch, you're not on the list. You wish. You suck. You bitch. What's your name again? Hey bitch, you're not on the list. You bitch, you're not on the list. You wish. You suck, you bitch."
I sure as hell don't want mircosfort bracking up my bain.
I think if I get wind they are, I will just start a diary of false stuff, like embarrassing things that they don't want associated with them.
Would be interesting to see if they censor out bitch sessions about shitty experiences with vista, or false claims of another leaked wish list, or advance disclosure court proceedings our out-of-court settlements.
I guess in that case, THEY will decided whether our brains get full, incremental, differential or "SCREW YOU, BUDDY" backups.
Sounds like Saul and others read my or others' slash postings about compiling e-mail contacts and other information to to this.
However, since gmail (requires, I think) shows text/context-sensitive adverts, I supposed they were onto that avenue a few years ago. Revenue stream must be good. (I'm thinking of reverting to old/classic yahoo since the "new" yahoo with the adverts pane is a pain in my ass.. it doesn't REMEMBER or is not allowed to remember to keep the hell shut. I almost NEVER read the adverts, and I unceremoniously delete ANY spam, ads or the like addressed to me, without reading to see what they are about. I limit how many businesses having undefined/infinite "affiliates" JUST to avoid having to read endless streams of sales and promos pitches...)
But, one way to prevent the bottom-listing of first-time contacts is to simply add them to your list BEFORE you get their first e-mail. Then, a descriptor in the client app should allow the user to selectively specify priority.
Think of it this way: you regularly converse with (via many modes) someone you really don't care about, but maybe like or want to challenge or keep tabs on WHAT they say or think aloud. You don't want to lose track, so you bump them up in priority.
Alternatively, to not have new contacts bottom-listed, have the new contact e-mail you RIGHT AWAY (assuming you both have feature-rich clients and can use them on cell or wireless PDA devices...) then flag and prioritize them. Much like swapping numbers in a club, having one call the other to ensure their number is not fake to diss you later. At that point, you put "0 000 - New person's name" in the contact field so they're at the top of your list.
However, this prioritizing can just become plain messy when contacts are numerous or put into various exclusive groups. It's not always the case that someone close to you should get a certain message that other friends would be just fine with. Granted, group lists are just groupings and it's a matter of YOU/the user picking the right list.
To deal with that, use the metaphor of military messaging: Rather than classification level and message priority, use content type (humor, lewd humor, blah blah blah) and then assign friends to THOSE types, and maybe sub-assign them for granularity.
Now, in that case, it's not all that different from some existing e-mail clients, anyway.
Damn, there was something else I wanted to write earlier but cannot recall...
Which probably made him the most wanted man on (the/this) Earth. Wanted not just by Interpol, or a few DOZEN countries, but maybe a few HUNDRED countries. He should have put asterisks back in the passwords and fuzzed the names. Shouldn't have exposed the email, nor the user contacts in those e-mails.
However, once the various governments were apprised, they ALL had a DUTY, and a moral obligation to close the holes. Make the users change names and passwords. Lock them out until they reported to the cognizant embassy or "outpost" and recertified credentials to prevent or minimize the risk of unauthorized breach by opportunists or the insertion of unaccounted for persons by the more unscrupulous of nations trying to insert agents, assassins and provocateurs into the network.
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In related news, a HEPA filter-containing dinosaur -- which was a sucker for life, and whose life sucked -- was found with remains of 10 million "amberized" or preserved beetles and locusts...
C'mon, you probably by now suspect that "the government/s" have already thought of this. Probably, at&t will get safe harbor under some notion of "natural reflector in an artificial environment" so that for their "services", they will not be considered a "cherry-picker of data". They'll be likened to being an "oil-sucking sponge" that the government then retrieves and analyzes for "illegal, environmental-impact substances studies."
If I can half-ass come up with this in 30 seconds, I'm sure they've codified it before even green-lighting the activity. This way, they can attempt to prosecute employees who try to spill more of the at&t/carriers-government/s conjugal affair.
Some possible solutions:
-- Content providers need to stop producing shitty content (but, I suppose that as long as a slice of american life likes inane, shitty, pointless "programming"...)
-- imprison those engaging in illegal (or change the) accounting practices to coerce (incentivize?) the content/programming providers to stop producing shit that drags on the bottom line...
-- embed non-removable tags in the content WHILE lowering the price AND making subscription mandatory but low-cost, OR free, so as to generate potential "impressionable eyeballs"
-- kick the riaa in the balls and make them find another way to live/exist; make them assist in enlisting subscribers, not defendants
-- other ideas?....
I'm still waiting for the opposite of Progress (congress) to call at&t "moral pygmies", but I guess I'll be waiting a long, long time. Probably splaying their asses before the intel apparatus, saying, "Oh, domestic T-spy, we love you long long tyme."
I wouldn't be surprised if at&t has something to do with wikileaks coming down yesterday. Wouldn't be surprised if they had helped in the Swedish keys-zotica guy being arrested. It may be that at&t has a Tor node up. Hell, if the Swede did, what's to stop at&t and sandstorm and lagoon/bog/swampthing companies from doing it and funneling information on.
Isn't THAT a scary though. They just duplicate the net, (been talked about before), break the keys or institute backdoors to encryption standards, and voila! Privacy IS no longer equivalent to anonymity. From reading this AM's paper, I'm also wondering/thinking that the wikileaks site might have been fed information by rogue, either pissed-off diplomatic service corps officers vehemently balking at being sent to Iraq OR the Tor/Swede event/arrest and diplomatic emails, accounts and passwords being leaked played a role in the wikileaks coming down.
(turns off opportunity/causality/connectivity switch)
My first thought was, "What the HELL is "vobile"? Sounds like vomit and bile."
If this technology does produce lots of false positives, and becomes a pain in at&t's butt, then, it may boil down to being "vomitous bile". At&T might end up with hi-tech heartburn.
Captcha: "wreaks".... hmmm woulda been funnier if it were "reeks"...
So, my prev gets modded off topic, and my 2, funny gets modded off-topic. Somebody's gunning after me....
A lot of humorless wretches out there...
Well, SOMEbody's scared SHITLESS:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/fensterm/2007/11/15/guantanamo-manual-leak-has-wikileaks-been-censored/
ALL the material, at least what might have been seen as juicy, is gone. So, so much for the theory that it was a CIA front.
Maybe Control and Kaos (the NEW Kaos) are supporting each other? Sigfried and Coy.
Man oh Man...
"But the USS Cole was attacked in the late 90's to gage our response and it passed Al Qeada's standards pretty well."
Had the Cole's CIWS (Close-In Weapons System) been energized on and actively scanning for threats and also in local control mode, and had ALL boats approach Cole been challenged by presumably pre-arranged protocol, the Cole would have shredded the boat maybe 500 yards out. Apparently, somebody on lookout watch slipped up (I know, we read that the boat sidled up, they waved to the crew, acted normal), and worse, it was already in advance decided the CIWS would not be active, so as to not scare the locals.
But, ROE, if it were not then in effect, could have been like this:
-- We visit you to take on oil
-- we receive alongside ONLY you contractors you vet
-- YOUR contractors must recognize challenge and reply
-- THEIR craft must be identifiable to you before you charter them
-- THEIR crew must recognized and reply properly to challenges that if not met will bring them under fire....
Worse, Gulf of Aden is one of the biggest bazaars of illegally traded/sold weapons by state and non-state actors, and Cole was taking on fuel THERE. I understand that USN ships don't go below 30%-50% fuel level. The Cole incident was tragic, but it did not have to be inevitable. But, it was inevitable because of politicking, stupid, apathetic 'merkuns, corrupt governments (US and others), and those with something to gain from replacing or repairing things blown up.
Pathetic.
I recall: "Misery likes company", and someone updating it to "NO, misery DEMANDS company..."
I am fallible. I will not achieve perfection in this lifetime. I have too much negative karma to zero out, and that will probably take me several more lifetimes.
To borrow Mira Sorvino's character's phrase in the "The Replacement Killers", (paraphrasing here):
"I keep wondering if I'm going to do that ONE right thing that can wipe out ALL the bad shit I've done." But, I know, in this lifetime I might only knock out 5 or 10 percent, or hopefully not incur more.
"These deaths are not a national security issue apparently."
Correct. They ARE, however, a funeral industry concern. Their business would shrivel up, die off, go under, slip away (getting carried away on prepositional phrases here...) if 'merkuns adamantly and fiendishly watched out for their own safety and that of the other drivers.....
The US (let's say, US government officials and US corporation strings pullers) won't do JACK SHIT domestically if it makes the country look pacifist, wussey, or weak in the eyes of enemies OR allies.
Anyone recall how the USA invaded the Middle East and brushed aside the UK contracts and interests after deposing various sheiks/etc when oil fields were going to be nationalized and deprive the UK of foreigner control over land and oil that was never ethnically, nationally, morally or legally the UK's/Britain's to begin with? History repeats itself again. I'm not going to say that those Vidiians/Malons in office brought DOWN the towers, but they sure as hell benefited in the plotting/take-over-scheming-planning department. History repeated itself when the US stormed the Iraqi land, installed so-called provisional governments, and flew in some 12 BILLION dollars and lost track of over 4 BILLION dollars. (read from the wikileaks site before it got yanked/ganked by the government/agencies ashamed of/embarrassed by the content there...)
"Yes, Americans still feel the grief, Americans of all political persuasions. I do not want to see more deaths due to terrorism."
I admit: I cried when seeing footage of the towers coming down. But that was after repeated, all-day-long watching of it for like 3 days, taping things for so long my Sony VCR burned out. Was only about 1.5 years old, too. But, after awhile, I was right back to my old self: we get the government we deserve or allow to fuck us over.
But, I cry watching non-existent beings, too, like in Silmido, Oldboy, Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance, 3-Iron, Bullets of Love and other action/love stories.
Mind immersion in real or imagined plight can make people feel sad or panged. I refuse to feel sorry for so-called leaders.
Now, I don't for ONE SECOND see any PHYSICAL/MILITARY threat coming from China. But, politicos would have us believe so, JUST so they can keep screwing us out of dollars to prepare for the next enemy. China can screw over the US just by not BUYING anymore, calling in the debt, and forging more and deeper ties (economically, touristic, political and militarily) with Africa, other parts of Asia, and by fast-tracking the confederation/reunification of North and South Corea, uumm, Korea. Japan would be lonely, but if the US has ONLY Japan as a reason for being in Asia, militarily, then eventually, so long as China never initiates hostilities, and so long as China militarily and politically kept fires from growing, then the US would be redundant-- in a place that morally, ethnically, historically (before the 1400s) was never its business.
I'm all astray here. I'm just incensed that so goddamned many goddamned americans put up with this shit. Karma and retribution will revisit us. Even *I* will be punished for not voting, for being so apathetic, and for having such revulsion for the assholes in power that I'd save a kindergarten child or invalid elderly before saving the ass of a politico or certain other people I won't name here.
Unfortunately, since this country was founded on the benevolence of an unprovable god, or one who is an absentee-landlord, this country will continue to kick ass, take names, feed propaganda, and stir shit up from time to time.
I just hope the Iraqis in quick-time settle their internal problems, kick the US out, warm up to Iran, that Iran keeps or makes things so transparent that NO other country dares ally with an invasion force of the Middle East.
Would be interesting if mother nature/fate suddenly dried up the oilfields in the Middle East and in the Pacific, and if suddenly oil in China were found to be 10x that in the ME. I
Not sure what you're implying. Yes, the dwgs are crude, but not sketches. No, I'm not trying to be a hard target. Hmmm, do I appear to be a target? If anything, my existence will just make the various governments display themselves to be connected to self-preservation of redundant artillery and other warship pieces.
I haven't totally escaped FROM reality. But there are a LOT of mad people in corporation, government, and military clothing. I'm probably just giving them reasons to seek out more enemas and enemies.
"In your world it seems nothing and nobody can [*every*] be forgiven for making a mistake. How sad."
ON MEE-SA-PLANET, WEE-SA CALL A BIG MAC A NABU ROYALE... How's daaad????
See:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=19161931
You'll find the girls and the other one you were looking for. Google is AMAZING... I just looked up monkey nipples and clicked a few and found that...
But, but, the minions in the design department must've thought, "Hey, let's do something that'll appeal to Monkeyboy..."
They all --while rubbing two zune mockups on their chests-- chanted "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!" until their nipples wrinkled up.
And, by Cousin of Cornelius:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=19161931
"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
I fell asleep...
Still talin z talk?
Bzzzzzzt!.....
(hehehehehe)
"Because this is Slashdot of course! M$ is the spawn of Satan and anything they create must be mercilessly... "
Oh, and I thought ms was the spectacular, tentacular, fecal discharge of satan. Maybe even "separated at birth?" sometimes. But, "spawn" is generous.
Enjoy Slant.dot
Hmm. I just had taco bell last nite...
As for my sig, I made that up about maybe 3 years ago after reading something indicating Linux was now firmly entrenched and there was nothing ms could do about it. I also felt a brief surge of arrogance or haughtiness or something when I assembled the words.
And, I think I was thinking of Total, or Wheaties, or some box of cereal. Kinda surreal?
As for...
"The average man thinks of celestial bodies in terms of number of times the sun would envelop/fit inside it. The average man also thinks of amounts of data in terms of libraries of congress. Geez... you are so out of touch."
Supply the elitist with this....
Girth? What size drill/tap bit?
Hell, the Holmsean man thinks of scexlestial bodies in terms of number of times the body would encompass his attached comet inside it. The Holmsean man also thinks of amounts of data in terms of masses of globules of ass-steroids. Geez... he needs to get more "in touch" with himself, eh?
Veronica (Mars) has an icy halo? Poor Holmes. Can't wag its tail.
Hell, just buy a new, dedicated computer, or clone the disk and put the clone in a new computer, and use THAT only for gaming. Or, put the clone in a multi-select bay and boot it for gaming. Sucks, but if you remove all your apps except gaming and a/v, then maybe Blizzard (or Blizzard's backers) won't see the REST of the machine.
Multitasking has its pitfalls. When are people going to learn not try try to do EVERYTHING on just ONE computer.
Or, her "Frenglish"?
RNG problems in xp/2k? Isn't the POINT of encryption to defeat/make EXTREMELY difficult the work undertaken by snoops?
Maybe they need to listen to Mylene Farmer's "Fuck them all"...
"Fuck Them All" is better than any Madonna song...heheh
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3lcbkFcK-zY&feature=related
"Hey bitch, you're not on the list. You wish. You suck. You bitch. What's your name again? Hey bitch, you're not on the list. You bitch, you're not on the list. You wish. You suck, you bitch."
Well, Pardon her French.
I sure as hell don't want mircosfort bracking up my bain.
I think if I get wind they are, I will just start a diary of false stuff, like embarrassing things that they don't want associated with them.
Would be interesting to see if they censor out bitch sessions about shitty experiences with vista, or false claims of another leaked wish list, or advance disclosure court proceedings our out-of-court settlements.
I guess in that case, THEY will decided whether our brains get full, incremental, differential or "SCREW YOU, BUDDY" backups.
Sounds like Saul and others read my or others' slash postings about compiling e-mail contacts and other information to to this.
However, since gmail (requires, I think) shows text/context-sensitive adverts, I supposed they were onto that avenue a few years ago. Revenue stream must be good. (I'm thinking of reverting to old/classic yahoo since the "new" yahoo with the adverts pane is a pain in my ass.. it doesn't REMEMBER or is not allowed to remember to keep the hell shut. I almost NEVER read the adverts, and I unceremoniously delete ANY spam, ads or the like addressed to me, without reading to see what they are about. I limit how many businesses having undefined/infinite "affiliates" JUST to avoid having to read endless streams of sales and promos pitches...)
But, one way to prevent the bottom-listing of first-time contacts is to simply add them to your list BEFORE you get their first e-mail. Then, a descriptor in the client app should allow the user to selectively specify priority.
Think of it this way: you regularly converse with (via many modes) someone you really don't care about, but maybe like or want to challenge or keep tabs on WHAT they say or think aloud. You don't want to lose track, so you bump them up in priority.
Alternatively, to not have new contacts bottom-listed, have the new contact e-mail you RIGHT AWAY (assuming you both have feature-rich clients and can use them on cell or wireless PDA devices...) then flag and prioritize them. Much like swapping numbers in a club, having one call the other to ensure their number is not fake to diss you later. At that point, you put "0 000 - New person's name" in the contact field so they're at the top of your list.
However, this prioritizing can just become plain messy when contacts are numerous or put into various exclusive groups. It's not always the case that someone close to you should get a certain message that other friends would be just fine with. Granted, group lists are just groupings and it's a matter of YOU/the user picking the right list.
To deal with that, use the metaphor of military messaging: Rather than classification level and message priority, use content type (humor, lewd humor, blah blah blah) and then assign friends to THOSE types, and maybe sub-assign them for granularity.
Now, in that case, it's not all that different from some existing e-mail clients, anyway.
Damn, there was something else I wanted to write earlier but cannot recall...
Which probably made him the most wanted man on (the/this) Earth. Wanted not just by Interpol, or a few DOZEN countries, but maybe a few HUNDRED countries. He should have put asterisks back in the passwords and fuzzed the names. Shouldn't have exposed the email, nor the user contacts in those e-mails.
However, once the various governments were apprised, they ALL had a DUTY, and a moral obligation to close the holes. Make the users change names and passwords. Lock them out until they reported to the cognizant embassy or "outpost" and recertified credentials to prevent or minimize the risk of unauthorized breach by opportunists or the insertion of unaccounted for persons by the more unscrupulous of nations trying to insert agents, assassins and provocateurs into the network.