This may not sound like a shortcoming but it annoys me that when I type something into the maps search box and press enter the form doesn't submit, I have to click on the button manually. It's a really small thing but annoying nonetheless.
In this era where TV is everywhere, in your room, on the internet and even on your handheld devices, this action makes no sense. We have a craving for good TV, sure there are enough crappy shows that we can watch and not whine when they get cancelled but to cancel a show which has a huge fanbase doesn't seem to make sense.
I simply don't understand why a studio would want to cancel such a show.
That's one less third-world country I have to add to my server's firewall blocking rules!
On one hand most of/. believes that people in the third world live in huts and sewers without electricity and food, let alone the internet and on the other hand third world countries are blamed for the spam. Which one is it?
I'd like to know if I have internet access to send spam or not.
This is a case of too little too late. Whats the point of agreeing to an API so close to the release of the OS? Any chance of vista being better, security wise, is gone, an API or a way around the 'Patchguard' system is going to be difficult to integrate and test so close to the release. Historically speaking, MS isn't known to be quick by any measure. This move comes after pressure from the EU regulators and has everything working against MS. In the end all we're going to have is a system which is, quite literally, hacked and patched together to make the deadline. The more I read about vista "security", the more I want to stick to XP or even switch to Ubuntu as my primary OS.
Any research on new shows will not have accurate data in todays day and age. Torrents are the reason. For example, the first episode of season 3 of Lost had 70k people (peers+lechers) within 18 hours of being released.
I wish there was a way for these companies to get data from trackers, although that might not still be 100% accurate (dynamic ips), it would still be alot closer.
Your point is taken, India has a lot of corrupt politicians. But can you say with certainity that other countries don't? Surely this isn't the only example of political power being misused which kinda moots your point.
I fail to understand what the following lines in the article mean:
Still, Google's requests may be hard to fulfill. According to librarians participating in Google's project, the legal status of some older books can be hard to determine.
Why should google's request be hard to fullfil? All Google wants are the documents related to the right that have been given to MS and Yahoo.
What does this "Open Content Alliance" mentioned in the article have rights too? Does it have the rights to the libraries of the 4 universities that google wants to digitize? If so, why shouldn't google be allowed to do so when the OCA said that they would allow access to all search engines?
I'm trying hard not to fall into the "M$ and Yahoo are evil" trap but it does seem like exactly that. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Yahoo and MS paid the OCA large sums of money to delay access to other search engines just so they could be the first ones with the content. This is the IT industry after all, those who come out first with their product almost always have the lead and find it easier to maintain it.
A lot of the users on the site seem to be unclear of what phishing is. In short, according to wikipedia, phishing is a criminal act where you decieve someone to obtain sensitive information (bank accounts, credit cars numbers) from them. While some of the "2 minute mortage" messages on the site may seem like phishing, they aren't really that quite simply because you are not revealing any sensitive information to the site except your phone number (which all the tele marketers have anyway).
The goverments definition of phising seems to be at odds with that of wikipedia, which I assume is the average internet users definition. Take a look
But then again, "sensitive information" is a relative term. If one considers record of his bankruptcy sensitive information (i'm quite certain thats a matter of public record in most countries), then yes, the message above is phishing.
I don't know if you're aware of this but China has been violating UN charters regarding human rights for as long as they have been in place. This is no news. A lot of other countries do it but they try to cover it up, China doesn't.
And why should they? UN is pretty much a defunct body. It has no real powers other than those of its constituents who, most of the time, can't agree amongst themselves.
I'm in a way peeved at Yahoo!. Just because your business is threatened you don't go around violating human rights. This kind of bad media doesn't hurt China but it sure will hurt Yahoo.
Infact, I'm going to go punish them now. Removing all my porn from Yahoo mail because porn is illegal in India!
I've heard so many stories, like most of us, about the things that people at Paypal do that it doesn't even surprise me anymore. But what can a community do to stop this ridiculous behaviour?
Pretty much nothing. And one big reason for that is ebay. I don't know the figures but I imagine most of Paypal's revenues come from ebay transactions. People use it, even when they don't want too, to pay for ebay products. So unless a competitor for ebay comes up(and they don't buy it out), I'm sure we'll read more of these stories in the future.
On a sidenote, why is this frozen account not mentioned on the SomethignAwful mainpage?
I do a little bit of RC Patrolling on Wikipedia once in a while and dynamic ip's, escpecially AOL proxies are the worst vandals there too. So yeah, this site serves little purpose because you can never control dynamic ips.
Does it say anywhere in the document that the participants of the group absolutely have to implement its recommendations in their upcoming releases? No. So why would MS try to delay it's release?
They've proven it time and again that they can get away with doing what they want not giving two hoots about anyone else's opinion. What makes you think they can't do they same with this even after the document is released?
This story just reminds me of all that Masonry crap and the time I wasted watching documentaries and crap on them.(Because I was really really bored.) Conspiracy theories....pfft.
The guy is being sued for comments made by 'others'. That's just going overboard. Like someone else pointed above, is Slashdot to be held responsible for comments made by us? To a certain extent I'd say yes, if someone was advertising an anti-corporate site AND the/. editors refused to remove the comment. But only if it was brought to their attention.
Otherwise no. What, we're going to go around suing theregister.com's, Andrew Orlowski for pointing out that the new IE7 did not allow Google's searchbar to be installed? (Which turned out to be nothing more than a bug)
I don't believe that the margins are worthwhile at all on the lower end chipsets. Sis/AMD/VIA provide really stiff competition in that arena... Its a sensible move on Intels part
The margins are enough to sustain the market for the chipsets. I'm from a third world country and the market here is flooded with such sets.
The problem isn't Intel itself but the vendors and the number of computer illiterate. Vendors easily pass off these low-end chipsets as 'high quality and the latest from Intel'. Remember, it's easier for a vendor to provide these simply because he can stock more with less investment.
Another problem is the lack of competition, Intel has become synonymous with chipsets around these parts. AMD and SiS are nowhere to be seen. When I went to buy a new puter, I couldn't get a single vendor (out of the 10 or so I went too), to sell me an AMD chipset with warranty, they said it simply wasn't possible and even if my chipset did go bust I'd have to wait 3 months for a replacement, not something I'm ready to do.
Remember Celeron? It's still passed off as a P4 in these parts.
Twenty percent of those who tried to fix the problem said it had not been solved
So you call your neighbourhood geek and let him do it. I'm no high end techie but I can definitely fix a spyware/virus problem and install the required updates. I'm sure any of us(ok well not maybe ANY) will be happy to fix it for you for a mere.... $30? Isn't that better than spending $400 for a new puter?
You should always do what you're good at and let a professional(Not in literal terms) fix your problems for you. From the article it seems like the concept is lost on the writer.
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This may not sound like a shortcoming but it annoys me that when I type something into the maps search box and press enter the form doesn't submit, I have to click on the button manually. It's a really small thing but annoying nonetheless.
In this era where TV is everywhere, in your room, on the internet and even on your handheld devices, this action makes no sense. We have a craving for good TV, sure there are enough crappy shows that we can watch and not whine when they get cancelled but to cancel a show which has a huge fanbase doesn't seem to make sense.
I simply don't understand why a studio would want to cancel such a show.
Dude, reading that comment made me want to watch LOTR again!
That's one less third-world country I have to add to my server's firewall blocking rules!
/. believes that people in the third world live in huts and sewers without electricity and food, let alone the internet and on the other hand third world countries are blamed for the spam. Which one is it?
On one hand most of
I'd like to know if I have internet access to send spam or not.
...you could cancel your WoW subscription. Heck, you'd even make more money doing that.
This is a case of too little too late.
Whats the point of agreeing to an API so close to the release of the OS? Any chance of vista being better, security wise, is gone, an API or a way around the 'Patchguard' system is going to be difficult to integrate and test so close to the release. Historically speaking, MS isn't known to be quick by any measure. This move comes after pressure from the EU regulators and has everything working against MS. In the end all we're going to have is a system which is, quite literally, hacked and patched together to make the deadline. The more I read about vista "security", the more I want to stick to XP or even switch to Ubuntu as my primary OS.
Any research on new shows will not have accurate data in todays day and age. Torrents are the reason. For example, the first episode of season 3 of Lost had 70k people (peers+lechers) within 18 hours of being released.
I wish there was a way for these companies to get data from trackers, although that might not still be 100% accurate (dynamic ips), it would still be alot closer.
...we don't use computers for commerce in third world countries.
Your point is taken, India has a lot of corrupt politicians. But can you say with certainity that other countries don't? Surely this isn't the only example of political power being misused which kinda moots your point.
Why should google's request be hard to fullfil? All Google wants are the documents related to the right that have been given to MS and Yahoo.
What does this "Open Content Alliance" mentioned in the article have rights too? Does it have the rights to the libraries of the 4 universities that google wants to digitize? If so, why shouldn't google be allowed to do so when the OCA said that they would allow access to all search engines?
I'm trying hard not to fall into the "M$ and Yahoo are evil" trap but it does seem like exactly that. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Yahoo and MS paid the OCA large sums of money to delay access to other search engines just so they could be the first ones with the content. This is the IT industry after all, those who come out first with their product almost always have the lead and find it easier to maintain it.
A lot of the users on the site seem to be unclear of what phishing is. In short, according to wikipedia, phishing is a criminal act where you decieve someone to obtain sensitive information (bank accounts, credit cars numbers) from them. While some of the "2 minute mortage" messages on the site may seem like phishing, they aren't really that quite simply because you are not revealing any sensitive information to the site except your phone number (which all the tele marketers have anyway).
The goverments definition of phising seems to be at odds with that of wikipedia, which I assume is the average internet users definition. Take a look
But then again, "sensitive information" is a relative term. If one considers record of his bankruptcy sensitive information (i'm quite certain thats a matter of public record in most countries), then yes, the message above is phishing.
What China did is violate the UN Charter of Human Rights. http://www.un.org/rights/50/decla.htm
I don't know if you're aware of this but China has been violating UN charters regarding human rights for as long as they have been in place. This is no news. A lot of other countries do it but they try to cover it up, China doesn't.
And why should they? UN is pretty much a defunct body. It has no real powers other than those of its constituents who, most of the time, can't agree amongst themselves.
I'm in a way peeved at Yahoo!. Just because your business is threatened you don't go around violating human rights. This kind of bad media doesn't hurt China but it sure will hurt Yahoo.
Infact, I'm going to go punish them now. Removing all my porn from Yahoo mail because porn is illegal in India!
Dear Andy, Please let us know when you get sued by the **AA. Thanks.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25915 Forgot to add this earlier.
I've heard so many stories, like most of us, about the things that people at Paypal do that it doesn't even surprise me anymore. But what can a community do to stop this ridiculous behaviour?
Pretty much nothing. And one big reason for that is ebay. I don't know the figures but I imagine most of Paypal's revenues come from ebay transactions. People use it, even when they don't want too, to pay for ebay products. So unless a competitor for ebay comes up(and they don't buy it out), I'm sure we'll read more of these stories in the future.
On a sidenote, why is this frozen account not mentioned on the SomethignAwful mainpage?
Correct me if I'm wrong but webmasters don't get paid for simple views right? Only clicks.
Do I have to repost my comments posted in the other story?
/. is becoming a dupefest now.
It would seem like the thing to do since
I do a little bit of RC Patrolling on Wikipedia once in a while and dynamic ip's, escpecially AOL proxies are the worst vandals there too. So yeah, this site serves little purpose because you can never control dynamic ips.
Does it say anywhere in the document that the participants of the group absolutely have to implement its recommendations in their upcoming releases? No. So why would MS try to delay it's release?
They've proven it time and again that they can get away with doing what they want not giving two hoots about anyone else's opinion. What makes you think they can't do they same with this even after the document is released?
This story just reminds me of all that Masonry crap and the time I wasted watching documentaries and crap on them.(Because I was really really bored.) Conspiracy theories....pfft.
It's not that really.
/. editors refused to remove the comment. But only if it was brought to their attention.
The guy is being sued for comments made by 'others'. That's just going overboard. Like someone else pointed above, is Slashdot to be held responsible for comments made by us?
To a certain extent I'd say yes, if someone was advertising an anti-corporate site AND the
Otherwise no. What, we're going to go around suing theregister.com's, Andrew Orlowski for pointing out that the new IE7 did not allow Google's searchbar to be installed? (Which turned out to be nothing more than a bug)
Don't junkies move from one spot to another to buy their drugs after the cops bust a spot? File sharers are doing the same...
The margins are enough to sustain the market for the chipsets. I'm from a third world country and the market here is flooded with such sets.
The problem isn't Intel itself but the vendors and the number of computer illiterate. Vendors easily pass off these low-end chipsets as 'high quality and the latest from Intel'. Remember, it's easier for a vendor to provide these simply because he can stock more with less investment.
Another problem is the lack of competition, Intel has become synonymous with chipsets around these parts. AMD and SiS are nowhere to be seen. When I went to buy a new puter, I couldn't get a single vendor (out of the 10 or so I went too), to sell me an AMD chipset with warranty, they said it simply wasn't possible and even if my chipset did go bust I'd have to wait 3 months for a replacement, not something I'm ready to do.
Remember Celeron? It's still passed off as a P4 in these parts.
Stop ruining my fun time!
So you call your neighbourhood geek and let him do it. I'm no high end techie but I can definitely fix a spyware/virus problem and install the required updates. I'm sure any of us(ok well not maybe ANY) will be happy to fix it for you for a mere .... $30? Isn't that better than spending $400 for a new puter?
You should always do what you're good at and let a professional(Not in literal terms) fix your problems for you. From the article it seems like the concept is lost on the writer.