If the rumors of Google's 100,000 servers and proprietary grid/cluster OS are true, then what I think would make the most sense for Google is to offer free access worldwide to their supermachine from any standard computer or through special terminals. Google could essentially be the next OS: virtually unlimited storage, bandwidth, and information at your fingertips from anywhere in the world. People could log-in from anywhere in the world and have access to vast resources for running applications remotely, instantly searching and sorting all your files, or managing your personal email or other information. And all you have to do is put up with a couple of unobtrusive text-based ads, or pay the low, low subscription fee of $29.99/month.
Doesn't sound like much, but the biggest improvement over HTTP is merely a persistent connection.
My ideal vision of the future of the internet is basically a version of Apache that supports persistent connections, so I can go back to the days of BBS, only with graphics and streaming video added. Or would we call them MMOBBSes now?
Look -- I work in the internet marketing business, (not a spam company) and I know exactly what will stop them:
When California Bill SB-186 was proposed, it looked like it would pass. This scared the snot out of so many spammers that companies even in other states began to up and cease operations -- sell their lists, ramp-up delivery one last time, and just get out of the business. What SB-186 did was it made it legal to sue the Advertisers buying the spam marketing to begin with. If all of the spammers' customers suddenly have liability for their marketing methods -- including huge fines -- they'll be out of business fast. At the last second, the CAN-SPAM act (which, ironically, instead of CANning SPAM, pre-empted the SB-186 law and overrode it the day before it was scheduled to take effect, making it so unsolicited commercial emailers CAN continue to SPAM) which was funded by major companies such as AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and other big businesses who make a lot of money in email made it near impossible to sue over SPAM, effectively disabling SB-186, and saving their money-grubbing asses at the last moment.
And that's the story of that.
In short: Go after the advertisers. When the money pulls out, the spammers won't have a business-model anymore.
But that means that if he worked eight hours a day five days a week, performing two surgeries per hour, it'd take him over 60 years to have performed all those surgeries. Something tells me you shouldn't trust this guy.
They generally extend it in such a way as to make you reliant upon Microsoft products. Take Internet Explorer, for instance. It is infamous for having more features than any other browser -- most of which go unused, many of which have created large security holes and other unwanted annoyances, few of which actually work according to spec -- but by being the first to market with new features, people found they could have fancier websites by using IE. Hence the masses adopted the pretty interface and they took over the browser market with a product that is inferior in many ways. People are afraid of Microsoft repeating this pattern in such a way as to privatize software and protocols that are currently open-source or public domain. Take a look at their recent patent applications for further evidence of this trend.
I can see this turning into a marketing ploy for various high-priced farms.
All grapefruit are tuned to a medley of classical composers from Bach to Mozart to Brahms 24 hours a day, ensuring you get the happiest fruit available.
Great fruit comes from Happy Trees. Happy Trees come from California Musical Farms.
...of the value of US money. My question is: Does anyone have an idea of how much it cost these jokers to send out an email blast like this? Obviously, a single moron could pay for the whole operation, but what do they stand to lose if noone does?
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If there's a new development in viruses, my guess is it will be one that actually provides some kind of benefit for the user, to create a kind of symbiosis.
The companies would not disclose how much their program will cost, or how they're splitting the bill.
There's no cost. There's a lot of money to be had in the recycling industry -- especially in recycling electronics. They sound like they're just in it for environmental and humanitarian reasons, but they're in it for their wallets first and foremost.
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Because the stock comes with no voting rights. It is in my opinion much like the queen of England: worth the price only for its symbolic qualities.
If the rumors of Google's 100,000 servers and proprietary grid/cluster OS are true, then what I think would make the most sense for Google is to offer free access worldwide to their supermachine from any standard computer or through special terminals. Google could essentially be the next OS: virtually unlimited storage, bandwidth, and information at your fingertips from anywhere in the world. People could log-in from anywhere in the world and have access to vast resources for running applications remotely, instantly searching and sorting all your files, or managing your personal email or other information. And all you have to do is put up with a couple of unobtrusive text-based ads, or pay the low, low subscription fee of $29.99/month.
the leading Canadian ice vendor (yeah, real shortage of ice in Canada) that has annual sales of $97 million
... what? Twelve bucks in US dollars?
Yeah, but that's only like
Great... 86% of blocked spam comes from the US.
Tmajority of spam that actually makes it into my account, however, is originating from US advertisers using Russian and Chinese spam companies.
"Why is government control *always* considered a bad thing?"
Many humans are by nature, unfortunately, selfish and will take advantage of others if allowed to do so.
That's why.
I mentioned this a little while ago.
They're just conducting some market research.
Doesn't sound like much, but the biggest improvement over HTTP is merely a persistent connection.
My ideal vision of the future of the internet is basically a version of Apache that supports persistent connections, so I can go back to the days of BBS, only with graphics and streaming video added. Or would we call them MMOBBSes now?
Look -- I work in the internet marketing business, (not a spam company) and I know exactly what will stop them:
When California Bill SB-186 was proposed, it looked like it would pass. This scared the snot out of so many spammers that companies even in other states began to up and cease operations -- sell their lists, ramp-up delivery one last time, and just get out of the business. What SB-186 did was it made it legal to sue the Advertisers buying the spam marketing to begin with. If all of the spammers' customers suddenly have liability for their marketing methods -- including huge fines -- they'll be out of business fast. At the last second, the CAN-SPAM act (which, ironically, instead of CANning SPAM, pre-empted the SB-186 law and overrode it the day before it was scheduled to take effect, making it so unsolicited commercial emailers CAN continue to SPAM) which was funded by major companies such as AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and other big businesses who make a lot of money in email made it near impossible to sue over SPAM, effectively disabling SB-186, and saving their money-grubbing asses at the last moment.
And that's the story of that.
In short: Go after the advertisers. When the money pulls out, the spammers won't have a business-model anymore.
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No.
That's great, but does it understand expletives?
But that means that if he worked eight hours a day five days a week, performing two surgeries per hour, it'd take him over 60 years to have performed all those surgeries. Something tells me you shouldn't trust this guy.
They generally extend it in such a way as to make you reliant upon Microsoft products. Take Internet Explorer, for instance. It is infamous for having more features than any other browser -- most of which go unused, many of which have created large security holes and other unwanted annoyances, few of which actually work according to spec -- but by being the first to market with new features, people found they could have fancier websites by using IE. Hence the masses adopted the pretty interface and they took over the browser market with a product that is inferior in many ways. People are afraid of Microsoft repeating this pattern in such a way as to privatize software and protocols that are currently open-source or public domain. Take a look at their recent patent applications for further evidence of this trend.
Thank you!
Finally, someone else who knows how it was originally pronounced!
I shall treasure this link always... looks like I've got some forwardin' to do. <EG>
Why are humans so obsessed with who was right and wrong?
Sorry... obligatory reply: Because it's so darn much fun!
If it only takes two molecules to store a byte of information, does that mean Google's next server rack could be the size of my pocket calculator?
I can see this turning into a marketing ploy for various high-priced farms.
All grapefruit are tuned to a medley of classical composers from Bach to Mozart to Brahms 24 hours a day, ensuring you get the happiest fruit available.
Great fruit comes from Happy Trees. Happy Trees come from California Musical Farms.
...except they were in Antarctica.
...of the value of US money. My question is: Does anyone have an idea of how much it cost these jokers to send out an email blast like this? Obviously, a single moron could pay for the whole operation, but what do they stand to lose if noone does?
Probably been noted a dozen times already, but they missed the most obvious one.
There is no place on this planet that we have not found bacterial life,
Not so, according to this.
If there's a new development in viruses, my guess is it will be one that actually provides some kind of benefit for the user, to create a kind of symbiosis.
What you're describing is Windows XP.
The companies would not disclose how much their program will cost, or how they're splitting the bill.
There's no cost. There's a lot of money to be had in the recycling industry -- especially in recycling electronics. They sound like they're just in it for environmental and humanitarian reasons, but they're in it for their wallets first and foremost.
Can it be hacked?