all a matter of perspective. It's already there, you change it once and it is done. I think it is perfectly fit for the task and elegant in its' simplicity.
Now a crude hack would be changing my boss's host file to resolve slashdot to some hardcore pr0n site...
>> How hard is it to track purchases that are due to a particular click?
Let's put the shoe on the other foot. How hard is it to track an someone who generates nothing but worthless, non-buying clicks?
>>FTA: allegedly recruited as many as 50 people to click on online advertising, generating about $50,000 in ad revenue.
That's a lot of empty clicks. Kind of like going to the local Kwikkee mart for 6 hours a day every day for a month and never buying anything... small wonder they got noticed.
>> I wonder why Google has decided, against their own interests, to go after fraudsters like this
They are doing it precisely because it is in their best interests to do so. Advertiser's have many places to spend their budget. A lack of confidence in the adwords program would drive those dollars elsewhere.
>> BT Broadband for free? BT *any* Internet connection for free?
Wow. People complain the/. is US-centric.
For all you angry UK posters, BT was meant as "Bit Torrent" not "British Telecom", "Bottle Toke" or even "British Troll".
I'm sure your internet connection is expensive. I feel for you. Really. I do. That isn't what the post was about. It was about being less than gracious when you get something for nothing.
>> Have you ever seen a magazine rack at a truck stop?
No kidding. I bet this has less to do with preventing porn (impossible) or stopping illegal activities (good luck) than protecting the legislators chances of getting re-elected
Anyone willing to take a stand against truck-stop masturbation must be worthy of your vote...
You can buy a router, and it is a really good idea, but most users will still click "yes" on whatever dialogue pops up on the screen. Your average user doesn't know what a "binary" is...
It might I think if you did devote a second core purely to spyware/virus/babysitting it would only reduce the problem but not remove it.
smarter PC usage is the answer, not more hardware...
>> Whereas those of us with 4-digit/. UIDs can remember a time when the site was 90% accurate and intelligent instead of 90% crap.
True, it is 90% crap, but we are both reading to it and posting. - So there must be some value in it despite the high noise content...
back on-topic: FWIW I think municipal WIFI is a fantastic idea. I have no problem pay taxes to cover it, so long as it's done better than my goddam cell phone coverage......That doesn't work in many _many_ places you'd reasonably expect it to. I expect the coverage problem will be endemic until it makes more sense (profit$$) for the carriers to buy towers instead of slick ads
This reminds me of Timothy Eaton, famous Canadian capitalist. I'm sure his 19th century world-view would be right in line with the corporations on this one.
According to legend he drank buttermilk instead of water, because he would not partake in anything that was free. (not sure who he paid for the air he breathed, but I think it's a neat story...)
>> A manager that is not a good manager but still holds a job is a great manager!
Bingo!
It took me along time to figure out, but the managers with no discernable worth or skills are the ones to have on your side... or at least avoid conflicting with. They are always in the right place at the right time, are always at the right meetings and have 3rd degree blackbelts in office politics... And they usually have good hair.
>> These documents are preliminary drafts and are subject to change without notice. To download the v0.90 specifications, please accept the above terms and conditions.
No Thanks. I'll just wait for it to get posted to/.
>> I have found that if you can convince or prove to your superiors that you are capable, then they will trust you more than any body else.
That's really great for you, but many execs don't have the skill-set to accurately judge which employee is capable and which isn't. You'd think theymight base it on your track record of successful projects, but often it boils down to who has the best hair...
>> www.joesgarage.com rather than joesgarage.ict.ks.us is because it seems more professional.
Not just that - You'll pick up more type in trafic with a dot-com. In fact, many browsers helpfully add the ".com" if you type in a partial URI. - just type "ebay" into your address bar and hit enter. -> bet you go to http://www.ebay.com.
Unlessyou just can't get a decent dotcom name related to your business, I think it's the way to go...
I have no real complaints against either - but I prefer namecheap. a bit more money, but better features and a website that doesn't give me a friggen headache.
For comparison's sake, I 've got a few dozen domains spread among 3 or 4 other registrars. They're not as good as either Godaddy or namecheap, IMHO.
>>Usually through instructions in the spam itself, such as a link.
That's exactly how it happens. The spammer places an innocent domain name in the "reply-to:" field and HREFs in the message-body to reply through.
It has been happening lately with one of my domains - I get bounce emails explaining that the spam filter at wherever.com can't deliver my adverts for full-length adult DVDs...
So please, if you get this crap and need to respond, don't use the "reply-to:" field - it's fake
>> Arpanet never directly killed anyone, that I know of. The post talks of 'weapons systems', i.e. people being fucking killed.
GPP: >> Nothing says "feel-good bluegrass tech movement" like becoming part of the military industrial complex.
ARPA-NET and the earliest incarnations of the internet were certainly a "feel-good" tech movement, yet they were funded with military bucks. My point is not that the "internet is a weapon" (how the hell did you get that?). My point is that it shouldn't be surprising when a progressive, open technology like Linux is used by the military. They have some smart folks working for them. Sometimes good things come of it.
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>> no record of any possible wrongdoing on their part
This is the same reason some people answer emails in person. They don't want it sitting in your mailbox either...
It's _really_ good to be able to pull an email up months later and say
"No, this is what you agreed to" or "No, you were informed. Here's my email and your response".
I keep a some emails for months. Some of it _never_ gets deleted. It's a b*llsh*t deflector that's saved me from career damage more than once.
>> That sounds like a hardware problem to me.
heheh. that sounds like an application developer to me...
>> Well, this looks like a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Any one else remember Dmitry Sklyarov?
Makes it kind of funny to see Adobe get locked out of someone else's IP.
>> using the hosts file is a crude hack.
all a matter of perspective. It's already there, you change it once and it is done. I think it is perfectly fit for the task and elegant in its' simplicity.
Now a crude hack would be changing my boss's host file to resolve slashdot to some hardcore pr0n site...
>> How hard is it to track purchases that are due to a particular click?
Let's put the shoe on the other foot. How hard is it to track an someone who generates nothing but worthless, non-buying clicks?
>>FTA: allegedly recruited as many as 50 people to click on online advertising, generating about $50,000 in ad revenue.
That's a lot of empty clicks. Kind of like going to the local Kwikkee mart for 6 hours a day every day for a month and never buying anything... small wonder they got noticed.
>> I wonder why Google has decided, against their own interests, to go after fraudsters like this
They are doing it precisely because it is in their best interests to do so. Advertiser's have many places to spend their budget. A lack of confidence in the adwords program would drive those dollars elsewhere.
>> BT Broadband for free? BT *any* Internet connection for free?
/. is US-centric.
Wow. People complain the
For all you angry UK posters, BT was meant as "Bit Torrent" not "British Telecom", "Bottle Toke" or even "British Troll".
I'm sure your internet connection is expensive. I feel for you. Really. I do. That isn't what the post was about. It was about being less than gracious when you get something for nothing.
>> Have you ever seen a magazine rack at a truck stop?
No kidding. I bet this has less to do with preventing porn (impossible) or stopping illegal activities (good luck) than protecting the legislators chances of getting re-elected
Anyone willing to take a stand against truck-stop masturbation must be worthy of your vote...
>> Coming soon to a Western democracy near you..
Brother, it's already here.
>> Anyway, I'll have the full movie in about 28 hours. BT sucks.
So ask for your money back. What's that? It's free? You didn't pay anything?
Gee, perhaps what you meant to say was "thanks".
>> Or get a router
You can buy a router, and it is a really good idea, but most users will still click "yes" on whatever dialogue pops up on the screen. Your average user doesn't know what a "binary" is...
It might I think if you did devote a second core purely to spyware/virus/babysitting it would only reduce the problem but not remove it.
smarter PC usage is the answer, not more hardware...
>> "be right back."
Perhaps Mr. Goatse has stepped out to buy a tube (drum?) of anusol...
umm, don't click parent. bad thing. trust me.
>> What, you don't think criminals are represented in government?
Here in Canada they're in the government it seems...
Here I am replying to an AC...
/. UIDs can remember a time when the site was 90% accurate and intelligent instead of 90% crap.
...That doesn't work in many _many_ places you'd reasonably expect it to. I expect the coverage problem will be endemic until it makes more sense (profit$$) for the carriers to buy towers instead of slick ads
>> Whereas those of us with 4-digit
True, it is 90% crap, but we are both reading to it and posting. - So there must be some value in it despite the high noise content...
back on-topic: FWIW I think municipal WIFI is a fantastic idea. I have no problem pay taxes to cover it, so long as it's done better than my goddam cell phone coverage...
This reminds me of Timothy Eaton, famous Canadian capitalist. I'm sure his 19th century world-view would be right in line with the corporations on this one.
According to legend he drank buttermilk instead of water, because he would not partake in anything that was free. (not sure who he paid for the air he breathed, but I think it's a neat story...)
>> Do they export anything other than comedians and singers?
Yes, and soon my friend. Check out the plan
>> A manager that is not a good manager but still holds a job is a great manager!
Bingo!
It took me along time to figure out, but the managers with no discernable worth or skills are the ones to have on your side... or at least avoid conflicting with. They are always in the right place at the right time, are always at the right meetings and have 3rd degree blackbelts in office politics... And they usually have good hair.
>> These documents are preliminary drafts and are subject to change without notice. To download the v0.90 specifications, please accept the above terms and conditions.
/.
No Thanks. I'll just wait for it to get posted to
>> I have found that if you can convince or prove to your superiors that you are capable, then they will trust you more than any body else.
That's really great for you, but many execs don't have the skill-set to accurately judge which employee is capable and which isn't. You'd think theymight base it on your track record of successful projects, but often it boils down to who has the best hair...
>> www.joesgarage.com rather than joesgarage.ict.ks.us is because it seems more professional.
Not just that - You'll pick up more type in trafic with a dot-com. In fact, many browsers helpfully add the ".com" if you type in a partial URI. - just type "ebay" into your address bar and hit enter. -> bet you go to http://www.ebay.com.
Unlessyou just can't get a decent dotcom name related to your business, I think it's the way to go...
I have domains at both namecheap and godaddy.
I have no real complaints against either - but I prefer namecheap. a bit more money, but better features and a website that doesn't give me a friggen headache.
For comparison's sake, I 've got a few dozen domains spread among 3 or 4 other registrars. They're not as good as either Godaddy or namecheap, IMHO.
>>Usually through instructions in the spam itself, such as a link.
That's exactly how it happens. The spammer places an innocent domain name in the "reply-to:" field and HREFs in the message-body to reply through.
It has been happening lately with one of my domains - I get bounce emails explaining that the spam filter at wherever.com can't deliver my adverts for full-length adult DVDs...
So please, if you get this crap and need to respond, don't use the "reply-to:" field - it's fake
>> Arpanet never directly killed anyone, that I know of. The post talks of 'weapons systems', i.e. people being fucking killed.
GPP: >> Nothing says "feel-good bluegrass tech movement" like becoming part of the military industrial complex.
ARPA-NET and the earliest incarnations of the internet were certainly a "feel-good" tech movement, yet they were funded with military bucks. My point is not that the "internet is a weapon" (how the hell did you get that?). My point is that it shouldn't be surprising when a progressive, open technology like Linux is used by the military. They have some smart folks working for them. Sometimes good things come of it.