This is my reason for liking Clam antivirus, an open source product and maintained by the public. The governments should sponsor such products with constant donations.
In my blog^H^H^H^Hjournal I stated why Genuine Advantage only benefits spammers and virus writers. It's like if Bill Gates was holding the whole internet hostage against viruses and malware.
"Oh, that's a nice drive C you have there. It would be a shame if... something happened to it."
Microsoft could do something much more beneficial to the world if he remotely deactivated all network access in pirated windows- at least we would be safe from unpatched machines spreading viruses and spam.
I absolutely hate the idea of having save points. A particular game that annoys me is DragonQuest VIII for the PS2. If by some reason someone in the family requires my help, or an unexpected appointment appears, I can't just leave the playstation turned on. I have to turn it off, throwing away those 30 minutes of hard work. No, I'd have to waste a precious item that costs me goldpoints, go to the nearest city, run for about a minute to find a church, get the priest, press OK...
Instead of just pressing start and "save". I liked the games that offered a "quick save". People with jobs don't have time to go finding save points. I would like to play the game for about 10 or 15 minutes, save, and keep doing my stuff.
Something silly and/or weird just came to my mind.
How about a complaint automating plug-in for your e-mail program which presents you with the latest bills proposed (sorted by importance) And helps you submit a complaint by helping you with the text (like, "copy / paste text into your e-mail program"), and with the responsible people's email addresses in the "To:".
Or perhaps it could be much easier. A democracy mailing list or something, but the point is that the greatest obstacle for people to complaining is to find out WHO to write to. Definitely a program with a database of politicians' emails and what bills they proposed / approved, would be a great help for our democracy in the 21st century.
Actually I wanted to make fun at the "Holy Edgar Allan Poe" part, as if it was the equivalent of "St. Edgar Allan Poe". Considering the dark nature of Poe's works, that thought was nothing but hilarious.
The PC got a rootkit. It's not hard to figure out, because viruses often open backdoors to get even more infections, and the latest worms like phatbot use rootkit stealth techniques. I just wonder what botnet the PC ended up belonging to.
On the other hand, I stumbled upon Microsoft's Shared Computer Toolkit. It seems you don't need Vista to get your registry sandboxed after all.
That's asumming you DO live in a democracy. Remember how Bush did NOT get the popular majority in 2000 (because of the famous electoral votes)? Remember Diebold?
Which is why the current spam laws must be changed.
Sending spam without giving users the chance to opt-out would still be applied. Sending spam through open proxies or machines without the explicit written authorization of their legal owners should be illegal, with jail penalty.
What I don't understand is, why would you rather see embryos incinerated as medical waste, rather than used for research?
Adoption + embryos =~ artificial insemination = family
On the other hand, what happens to embryos that are "manufactured" SPECIFICALLY for their stem cells?
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if you go to thepiratebay, you'll see that the title says "The Police Bay", and the front image has the hollywood letters being attacked by the pirate ship's cannon, YARRRRRrrrr:)
I agree with your point in that artists must be given retribution. My problem is that: a) the US government's PRIORITIES are screwed up. And b) The RIAA isn't giving the artists much retribution, either. Altho, I agree, 0.02 cents per song is better than allofmp3's zero.
Embryonic stem cell research, on the other hand...
My point is that even while overall stem cell research is still in its infancy, and so much could be learned from say, umbilical chord stem cell research, and other kinds of stem cells, why have to delve into embryonic stem cell research?
And if embryonic stem cell research is so important, why use HUMAN embryonic stem cells? The boundary between research and taboo is blurry with embryonic stem cells, why not take a safer route? There's still much to be learned, why the need to use embryos for that?
Worse, if someone opposes to embryonic stem cell research suddenly he's labelled as fundamentalist and then flames about the Dark Ages start to appear. Who are the intolerants then?
it's not justice that matters, but money. As the pirate bay is shut down illegally (there are no copyrighted files in that server), russian spammers keep operating with total impunity. What does the WTO have to say about that? Why don't they demand the arrest of the top 4 russian spammers? Oh, no, we need to please the RIAA first.
is botnets. They're the ones used to send email spam, form spam, click fraud, DOS attacks and all that nasty stuff. While it's true that you can't eliminate botnets located in countries like china, you CAN eliminate botnets in the US by running virus checks and all that. Then it's just matter of blocking other countries' IP's (or at least their known botnets addresses).
But we need the government to give tax deductions to companies for dedicating to clean people's PC's, for example. I'm still shocked when I see people saying that they don't have an antivirus. Worse, their windows versions are still unpatched:(
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you mean you could ACTUALLY win the game? :-o
*COUGH COUGH BWAGH COUGH COUGH CHOKE*
So, where were we?
(yes, this was meant as a joke... i think)
This is my reason for liking Clam antivirus, an open source product and maintained by the public. The governments should sponsor such products with constant donations.
Mine says "Pwn3d C0mput3r", so I just don't care anymore.
And the unpatched machines happen to be the only ones which do NOT have Genuine Advantage installed.
In my blog^H^H^H^Hjournal I stated why Genuine Advantage only benefits spammers and virus writers. It's like if Bill Gates was holding the whole internet hostage against viruses and malware.
"Oh, that's a nice drive C you have there. It would be a shame if... something happened to it."
Microsoft could do something much more beneficial to the world if he remotely deactivated all network access in pirated windows- at least we would be safe from unpatched machines spreading viruses and spam.
it's a Matrix reference.
Or an AUTO save... save points are a hell when you have power outages DAILY, even if they last only 5 minutes. GRRRRR.
I absolutely hate the idea of having save points. A particular game that annoys me is DragonQuest VIII for the PS2. If by some reason someone in the family requires my help, or an unexpected appointment appears, I can't just leave the playstation turned on. I have to turn it off, throwing away those 30 minutes of hard work. No, I'd have to waste a precious item that costs me goldpoints, go to the nearest city, run for about a minute to find a church, get the priest, press OK...
Instead of just pressing start and "save". I liked the games that offered a "quick save".
People with jobs don't have time to go finding save points. I would like to play the game for about 10 or 15 minutes, save, and keep doing my stuff.
PLEASE, GAME PUBLISHERS, KILL THE SAVE POINTS!
Something silly and/or weird just came to my mind.
How about a complaint automating plug-in for your e-mail program which presents you with the latest bills proposed (sorted by importance) And helps you submit a complaint by helping you with the text (like, "copy / paste text into your e-mail program"), and with the responsible people's email addresses in the "To:".
Or perhaps it could be much easier. A democracy mailing list or something, but the point is that the greatest obstacle for people to complaining is to find out WHO to write to. Definitely a program with a database of politicians' emails and what bills they proposed / approved, would be a great help for our democracy in the 21st century.
Actually I wanted to make fun at the "Holy Edgar Allan Poe" part, as if it was the equivalent of "St. Edgar Allan Poe". Considering the dark nature of Poe's works, that thought was nothing but hilarious.
The PC got a rootkit. It's not hard to figure out, because viruses often open backdoors to get even more infections, and the latest worms like phatbot use rootkit stealth techniques. I just wonder what botnet the PC ended up belonging to.
On the other hand, I stumbled upon Microsoft's Shared Computer Toolkit. It seems you don't need Vista to get your registry sandboxed after all.
That's asumming you DO live in a democracy. Remember how Bush did NOT get the popular majority in 2000 (because of the famous electoral votes)? Remember Diebold?
Holy Edgar Allen Poe, Batman!
*approaches podium*
And the award to the most ludicrous phrase adaptation goes to...
Er, don't you mean... apocalypse?
Which is why the current spam laws must be changed.
Sending spam without giving users the chance to opt-out would still be applied.
Sending spam through open proxies or machines without the explicit written authorization of their legal owners should be illegal, with jail penalty.
> Question 1: How can you reduce or stop something that's non-existent?
Yahoo doesn't exist? O.O
STOP THE PRESS!
What I don't understand is, why would you rather see embryos incinerated as medical waste, rather than used for research?
Adoption + embryos =~ artificial insemination = family
On the other hand, what happens to embryos that are "manufactured" SPECIFICALLY for their stem cells?
if you go to thepiratebay, you'll see that the title says "The Police Bay", and the front image has the hollywood letters being attacked by the pirate ship's cannon, YARRRRRrrrr :)
I agree with your point in that artists must be given retribution. My problem is that: a) the US government's PRIORITIES are screwed up. And b) The RIAA isn't giving the artists much retribution, either. Altho, I agree, 0.02 cents per song is better than allofmp3's zero.
Embryonic stem cell research, on the other hand...
My point is that even while overall stem cell research is still in its infancy, and so much could be learned from say, umbilical chord stem cell research, and other kinds of stem cells, why have to delve into embryonic stem cell research?
And if embryonic stem cell research is so important, why use HUMAN embryonic stem cells? The boundary between research and taboo is blurry with embryonic stem cells, why not take a safer route? There's still much to be learned, why the need to use embryos for that?
Worse, if someone opposes to embryonic stem cell research suddenly he's labelled as fundamentalist and then flames about the Dark Ages start to appear. Who are the intolerants then?
Mind explaining to me why is restricting sales of material NOT appropriate for minors, pissing over the bill of rights?
it's not justice that matters, but money. As the pirate bay is shut down illegally (there are no copyrighted files in that server), russian spammers keep operating with total impunity. What does the WTO have to say about that? Why don't they demand the arrest of the top 4 russian spammers? Oh, no, we need to please the RIAA first.
It's not captain planet but...
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=164
is botnets. They're the ones used to send email spam, form spam, click fraud, DOS attacks and all that nasty stuff. While it's true that you can't eliminate botnets located in countries like china, you CAN eliminate botnets in the US by running virus checks and all that. Then it's just matter of blocking other countries' IP's (or at least their known botnets addresses).
:(
But we need the government to give tax deductions to companies for dedicating to clean people's PC's, for example. I'm still shocked when I see people saying that they don't have an antivirus. Worse, their windows versions are still unpatched