If it bothers you, stay away. Each and every day I see people here bitch about how crap Slashdot has become. It has been crap for years. Misleading titles, bad edits, slashvertisements, you name it. And the crap is exactly what people make come back day after day (so Slashdot gets rewarded for it), to bitch about it all, how shitty Slashdot has become (like it was really that much better a few years back). If you really care, stay away. If enough people do this, maybe things will change. But I doubt it. The Slashdot of the 90s has been dead a long, long time.
I still fail to see the "smart thing" in buying a 40 USD cable at BB, ordering a 10 USD cable from Amazon so you can "save" 30 USD by returning the first cable to BB.
CONCLUSIONS. Delayed cord clamping at birth increases neonatal mean venous hematocrit within a physiologic range. Neither significant differences nor harmful effects were observed among groups. Furthermore, this intervention seems to reduce the rate of neonatal anemia. This practice has been shown to be safe and should be implemented to increase neonatal iron storage at birth.
For our son we picked "Lotus Birth": don't cut the cord at all but keep the child + placenta together for the time it takes. As for jaundice: it's common (as far as I know) for children to be a little "yellow" after birth. Exposure to a little sun light helps to break this down. Don't let your personal experience cloud your judgement, nor don't Google selectively.
"Why does Slashdot...." can each time be answered with: because it make people comment to point it out, and come back to see if they can point it out again, and again. This results in a lot of page views and UGC( User Generated Content). Hence why you see crap titles, summaries, links, etc. It's all a game for advertising money.
I am sorry to hear, but one personal experience doesn't make it a rule.
CONCLUSIONS. Delayed cord clamping at birth increases neonatal mean venous hematocrit within a physiologic range. Neither significant differences nor harmful effects were observed among groups. Furthermore, this intervention seems to reduce the rate of neonatal anemia. This practice has been shown to be safe and should be implemented to increase neonatal iron storage at birth.
Co-sleeping is as far as I know practised by the majority of human population, and has been practised for ten thousands and ten thousands of years. Think of it, from an evolutionary point of view, especially based on the very limited capabilities a baby has: what's to be expected: a baby in a crib some distance from the mother, or the baby sleeping against the mother's breast?
Or in short: co-sleeping is dangerous on the sofa or if you're severely drugged, or severely drunk.
Stop spreading misinformation, especially making them into facts while they are just misinterpretations of facts and hear say by doctors who probably
want to move on to the next patient ASAP since time = money.
Wow, did you really have to post that several times? What's in it for you?
Instead of scaremongering, what's the risk?
Our son stayed attached to the placenta until it became detached naturally. Look up "Lotus Birth". As for jaundice: sun light.
I really don't understand the turning birth into a medical circus. My wife is still breast feeding our son (will turn 2 years old, soon). Something that's not considered weird in Mexico (were we live). Our daughter was breast fed until recently (she'll turn 5 soon). Again, this would make us "freaks" in quite some so called "civilized countries". Children sleep with us in one bed (look up family bed). Much easier to nurse the children and they sleep much, much better. Or as I read once on a site (paraphrased, can't recall the exact words): why carry a child inside you for months only to put it away from your body after birth (in its own bed, in its own room). The latter is even something that's recent. Not that long ago the "family bed" was considered normal (here in Mexico it still is).
So he beat House after all?
Anyway, very good news. I saw my grandmother slowly fall to pieces and "it's an awful way to go" doesn't even come close to describe it.
Yeah, that's my excuse, as a freelance Perl programmer. Still, each time I check Fund Drive Details I cry a little. Is that all some of the companies that nearly run on Perl can do? The last time this amount was donated, if I recall correctly, was a few years (!) ago by a Dutch company (not 100% sure if it was Dutch).
Anyway, a big thanks to Craigslist. But there are plenty of companies out there that could follow. If you donate over 5K you get a nice mention on the Sponsors page. Peanuts for some, I would say.
I wish I could say that you made that up, but alas. Other pathetic replies are
You shouldn't publish your email address everywhere
What's your email address, so we can ask our customer to remove it off the list (list washing)
Why don't you firewall our customer
The latter ISP didn't like my bugging them too much, and in the end they firewalled my IP address in their firewall, so their customer couldn't spam me anymore.
Some ISPs just don't care. For example, I have been receiving spam for 19 9.10 2.22 8.21 9/~lightfoo/tracking&campaign=t-a-x&subid=main&var=jonxqo (ip address mangled) several times earlier this week, and last week. Reported it to ServInt via SpamCop.net (several times), direct email (several times), in their live chat, and in the end on their Facebook page. My comments on the latter they deleted, and of course I am now blocked...
Reporting spam is becoming more and more a pain in the ass. A lot of ISPs have non-working abuse@, or they seem to have an abuse@ only it's internally routed to/dev/null. When complaining with the ISP you are told to email to abuse@ (did that, 5 times already), or use their online form (with a CAPTCHA and/or other forms of major PITA). And maybe, maybe, if you're really lucky, the ISP resolves the issue within 48 hours of your tenth complaint (8 days later...)
Really, if you want spam to stop, make ISPs and hosting providers pay for mess coming out of their network. Right now it's a tough choice: dropping the spammer, or hosting it for another month. The latter makes another 20 USD and maybe people bitching about spam have given up by then...
flux hosting? Heh, they just pick one of the many hosting companies that do nothing about spam reports received via SpamCop.net or emailed directly.
Case in point? I received spam last Friday, which has redirects to: 199.10 2.228.2 19/~ lig htfoo/tracking/rd/t-a-x/main/jonxqo The IP address is with ServInt. Despite contacting them via their abuse@ address, the live chat feature on their website, and their Facebook page (from which they have blocked me by now) the site is still up. And ServInt is just one example. Reporting spam via SpamCop to ovh.net seems to be a pointless exercise. After complaining at their site I was handed an additional email address: legal@. And presto, suddenly spam I report is taken action upon if I email manually both abuse@ and legal@. No idea how long this miracle stays up, though.
What I really don't get is why don't hosting providers/ISP check sites that report IP addresses that send spam or are abusive on a daily basis. My impression is that your head in the sand just makes more money...
And that's the problem. Some big USA/European hosting companies that don't do a thing about this. As always, follow the money.
Heh, and I am not quite sure where you got the idea from that "In Mexico, basically everything is illegal unless you are politically connected and/or can afford the bribes to get the regulators to look the other way"...
I entered the country (Mexico) back in 2003. My visa expired, and since I was both afraid of the immigration service -- probably same misguided ideas as you -- and low on money, I stayed illegally in the country for 2 years. Then I finally went to the immigration service. Was I tortured, put in prison, deported? No. Did I have to pay bribes? No. Was I "connected"? Heh, you must be kidding.
So what really happened? I was told that in order to be able to apply for an FM3 I had to pay a small fine and leave the country... Oh... No!!!... and get back in. I got clear instructions on how to do the latter: take a bus from Xalapa (were I was and still am living) to Tapachula in the state of Chiapas. Hop over the border into Guatemala (legally, of course), drive to the nearest next border post and get back into Mexico (again, legally). The "nearest next" is only required if you want to do it in one day, which we did. Easy peasy, to quote Lola.
Anyway, each and every payment to the immigration office has to be paid at the bank. The bank confirms the payment on the form you got at the immigration service which you bring back to the immigration service together with the receipt you got at the bank. I've never, ever, paid cash at the immigration office, nor ever paid a bribe anywhere in Mexico. And I have been living in Mexico for close to 8 years. Even bumped into the police on several occasions and no, I didn't end up in prison with Jalapeños where the sun doesn't shine. The police is very laid back in my experience, and really takes time to listen to you even when wrong.
As for bribes... I have seen twice that someone had to pay a bribe in 8 years. Once in Chiapas a driver of a mini-van had to pay a bribe to a police officer. He was quite disgruntled since he had to pay more for me (white, I am Dutch). Second occasion was when we went back to Xalapa in a taxi from Xalapa. Taxis in Xalapa are allowed to drive people to towns outside Xalapa but they can't pick up people and bring them back into Xalapa. No idea why, sounds like a silly rule. Anyway, the trip was 150 pesos (12 USD?) and the driver had to pay a bribe. Or maybe it actually was a fine, but he called a pinche mordida (f-ing bribe).
Each time I read those corruption & torture stories on Slashdot about Mexico I wonder if I am living in a different country or Veracruz is the only state were things are normal...
the Mexican government actively encourages its citizens to illegally enter the U.S.
Dutch, living in Mexico for nearly 8 years. Just back from the immigration office. They do have posters in that office discouraging people to illegally enter the U.S. It tells that people die while doing so, get abused, and their money gets stolen.
I''ve never heard this before, so maybe I am ignorant of it, or you just confuse "Dora la Exploradora" with government propaganda...
that most people don't care a shit. And people who do care either have to learn to live with banging their heads into major walls, or just give up.
Most things that sound sensible, for example disconnect infected computers when reported and only reconnected them when they are guaranteed clean, and have the owner pay a reconnection fee, are not going to work for several reasons like customers move to the next ISP which doesn't care, or the overhead of such measurements.
And so we will live in the Wild, Wild, West of the Internet for probably 10-20 years more, letting the criminals get (even more) firm roots.
"1) Fire everybody in marketing. Re-hire a whole new marketing arm from the likes of Earthlink."
As in: when you receive spam, bother the faked sender?
"3) Make a new corporate motto "don't be evil". Follow it. (Google seems to be weakening its resolve)"
A company that's not evil doesn't need such a motto (customers are not that dumb), hence the reason why Google is weakening it, and probably keep doing it.
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I've learned to live with the crap, here. Do you see me start threads about bad edits, slashvertisements, etc? No, thought so.
If it bothers you, stay away. Each and every day I see people here bitch about how crap Slashdot has become. It has been crap for years. Misleading titles, bad edits, slashvertisements, you name it. And the crap is exactly what people make come back day after day (so Slashdot gets rewarded for it), to bitch about it all, how shitty Slashdot has become (like it was really that much better a few years back). If you really care, stay away. If enough people do this, maybe things will change. But I doubt it. The Slashdot of the 90s has been dead a long, long time.
I still fail to see the "smart thing" in buying a 40 USD cable at BB, ordering a 10 USD cable from Amazon so you can "save" 30 USD by returning the first cable to BB.
Famous last words ;-)
Eh, yeah, time + travel expenses + parking tickets, etc. makes that well worth, right?
source: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/4/e779
For our son we picked "Lotus Birth": don't cut the cord at all but keep the child + placenta together for the time it takes. As for jaundice: it's common (as far as I know) for children to be a little "yellow" after birth. Exposure to a little sun light helps to break this down. Don't let your personal experience cloud your judgement, nor don't Google selectively.
Also, co-sleeping is not as deadly as you tried to make out in your other reply: SIDS happens as often in a cot, and I don't see you panic about a cot. Also, don't mistake co-sleeping for falling drunk or drugged in bed on top of your child, or sleeping on the sofa. See also: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/16/sudden-infant-death-syndrome-children?INTCMP=SRCH
"Why does Slashdot ...." can each time be answered with: because it make people comment to point it out, and come back to see if they can point it out again, and again. This results in a lot of page views and UGC( User Generated Content). Hence why you see crap titles, summaries, links, etc. It's all a game for advertising money.
I am sorry to hear, but one personal experience doesn't make it a rule.
source:http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/4/e779
I agree with a) Moreover, you can add c) to that: too many unnecessary Caesarians
As for b) please read this carefully: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/16/sudden-infant-death-syndrome-children?INTCMP=SRCH From the same study you can conclude that putting a baby in a cot is dangerous, full stop.
Co-sleeping is as far as I know practised by the majority of human population, and has been practised for ten thousands and ten thousands of years. Think of it, from an evolutionary point of view, especially based on the very limited capabilities a baby has: what's to be expected: a baby in a crib some distance from the mother, or the baby sleeping against the mother's breast?
Or in short: co-sleeping is dangerous on the sofa or if you're severely drugged, or severely drunk.
Stop spreading misinformation, especially making them into facts while they are just misinterpretations of facts and hear say by doctors who probably want to move on to the next patient ASAP since time = money.
Wow, did you really have to post that several times? What's in it for you? Instead of scaremongering, what's the risk? Our son stayed attached to the placenta until it became detached naturally. Look up "Lotus Birth". As for jaundice: sun light. I really don't understand the turning birth into a medical circus. My wife is still breast feeding our son (will turn 2 years old, soon). Something that's not considered weird in Mexico (were we live). Our daughter was breast fed until recently (she'll turn 5 soon). Again, this would make us "freaks" in quite some so called "civilized countries". Children sleep with us in one bed (look up family bed). Much easier to nurse the children and they sleep much, much better. Or as I read once on a site (paraphrased, can't recall the exact words): why carry a child inside you for months only to put it away from your body after birth (in its own bed, in its own room). The latter is even something that's recent. Not that long ago the "family bed" was considered normal (here in Mexico it still is).
I still have a copy of Delivering Push somewhere in the Netherlands ...
So he beat House after all? Anyway, very good news. I saw my grandmother slowly fall to pieces and "it's an awful way to go" doesn't even come close to describe it.
FWIW: Perl is the language, perl is a program that can run Perl. Case matters, and hence PERL is to me yelling.
And yes Perl is alive and kicking, I make a living with it.
As for lost its shine? You mean not everybody who "learned to code over the weekend" has moved to PHP or similar? I am glad for that.
Yeah, that's my excuse, as a freelance Perl programmer. Still, each time I check Fund Drive Details I cry a little. Is that all some of the companies that nearly run on Perl can do? The last time this amount was donated, if I recall correctly, was a few years (!) ago by a Dutch company (not 100% sure if it was Dutch).
Anyway, a big thanks to Craigslist. But there are plenty of companies out there that could follow. If you donate over 5K you get a nice mention on the Sponsors page. Peanuts for some, I would say.
I wish I could say that you made that up, but alas. Other pathetic replies are
The latter ISP didn't like my bugging them too much, and in the end they firewalled my IP address in their firewall, so their customer couldn't spam me anymore.
Some ISPs just don't care. For example, I have been receiving spam for 19 9.10 2.22 8.21 9/~lightfoo/tracking&campaign=t-a-x&subid=main&var=jonxqo (ip address mangled) several times earlier this week, and last week. Reported it to ServInt via SpamCop.net (several times), direct email (several times), in their live chat, and in the end on their Facebook page. My comments on the latter they deleted, and of course I am now blocked...
Reporting spam is becoming more and more a pain in the ass. A lot of ISPs have non-working abuse@, or they seem to have an abuse@ only it's internally routed to /dev/null. When complaining with the ISP you are told to email to abuse@ (did that, 5 times already), or use their online form (with a CAPTCHA and/or other forms of major PITA). And maybe, maybe, if you're really lucky, the ISP resolves the issue within 48 hours of your tenth complaint (8 days later...)
Really, if you want spam to stop, make ISPs and hosting providers pay for mess coming out of their network. Right now it's a tough choice: dropping the spammer, or hosting it for another month. The latter makes another 20 USD and maybe people bitching about spam have given up by then...
flux hosting? Heh, they just pick one of the many hosting companies that do nothing about spam reports received via SpamCop.net or emailed directly.
Case in point? I received spam last Friday, which has redirects to: 199.10 2.228.2 19/~ lig htfoo/tracking/rd/t-a-x/main/jonxqo The IP address is with ServInt. Despite contacting them via their abuse@ address, the live chat feature on their website, and their Facebook page (from which they have blocked me by now) the site is still up. And ServInt is just one example. Reporting spam via SpamCop to ovh.net seems to be a pointless exercise. After complaining at their site I was handed an additional email address: legal@. And presto, suddenly spam I report is taken action upon if I email manually both abuse@ and legal@. No idea how long this miracle stays up, though.
What I really don't get is why don't hosting providers/ISP check sites that report IP addresses that send spam or are abusive on a daily basis. My impression is that your head in the sand just makes more money...
And that's the problem. Some big USA/European hosting companies that don't do a thing about this. As always, follow the money.
Heh, and I am not quite sure where you got the idea from that "In Mexico, basically everything is illegal unless you are politically connected and/or can afford the bribes to get the regulators to look the other way"...
I entered the country (Mexico) back in 2003. My visa expired, and since I was both afraid of the immigration service -- probably same misguided ideas as you -- and low on money, I stayed illegally in the country for 2 years. Then I finally went to the immigration service. Was I tortured, put in prison, deported? No. Did I have to pay bribes? No. Was I "connected"? Heh, you must be kidding.
So what really happened? I was told that in order to be able to apply for an FM3 I had to pay a small fine and leave the country... Oh... No!!! ... and get back in. I got clear instructions on how to do the latter: take a bus from Xalapa (were I was and still am living) to Tapachula in the state of Chiapas. Hop over the border into Guatemala (legally, of course), drive to the nearest next border post and get back into Mexico (again, legally). The "nearest next" is only required if you want to do it in one day, which we did. Easy peasy, to quote Lola.
Anyway, each and every payment to the immigration office has to be paid at the bank. The bank confirms the payment on the form you got at the immigration service which you bring back to the immigration service together with the receipt you got at the bank. I've never, ever, paid cash at the immigration office, nor ever paid a bribe anywhere in Mexico. And I have been living in Mexico for close to 8 years. Even bumped into the police on several occasions and no, I didn't end up in prison with Jalapeños where the sun doesn't shine. The police is very laid back in my experience, and really takes time to listen to you even when wrong.
As for bribes... I have seen twice that someone had to pay a bribe in 8 years. Once in Chiapas a driver of a mini-van had to pay a bribe to a police officer. He was quite disgruntled since he had to pay more for me (white, I am Dutch). Second occasion was when we went back to Xalapa in a taxi from Xalapa. Taxis in Xalapa are allowed to drive people to towns outside Xalapa but they can't pick up people and bring them back into Xalapa. No idea why, sounds like a silly rule. Anyway, the trip was 150 pesos (12 USD?) and the driver had to pay a bribe. Or maybe it actually was a fine, but he called a pinche mordida (f-ing bribe).
Each time I read those corruption & torture stories on Slashdot about Mexico I wonder if I am living in a different country or Veracruz is the only state were things are normal...
Dutch, living in Mexico for nearly 8 years. Just back from the immigration office. They do have posters in that office discouraging people to illegally enter the U.S. It tells that people die while doing so, get abused, and their money gets stolen. I''ve never heard this before, so maybe I am ignorant of it, or you just confuse "Dora la Exploradora" with government propaganda...
count me in :-)
that most people don't care a shit. And people who do care either have to learn to live with banging their heads into major walls, or just give up. Most things that sound sensible, for example disconnect infected computers when reported and only reconnected them when they are guaranteed clean, and have the owner pay a reconnection fee, are not going to work for several reasons like customers move to the next ISP which doesn't care, or the overhead of such measurements. And so we will live in the Wild, Wild, West of the Internet for probably 10-20 years more, letting the criminals get (even more) firm roots.
"their BBC Micro Computer." - you mean the computer *made by* Acorn? The only BBC thing was the label Acorn was allowed to put on it.
Gives a whole new meaning to "My first Sony" :-)
"1) Fire everybody in marketing. Re-hire a whole new marketing arm from the likes of Earthlink." As in: when you receive spam, bother the faked sender? "3) Make a new corporate motto "don't be evil". Follow it. (Google seems to be weakening its resolve)" A company that's not evil doesn't need such a motto (customers are not that dumb), hence the reason why Google is weakening it, and probably keep doing it.
Amazing how many people can't even get the last name right, yet have so "much" to say. It's Tolkien, not Tolkein.
They stopped eval and document.location JavaScript abuse. Or is that just limited to Blogspot? See: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2006/07/13/
"and also say they aren't Internet savvy enough to alter a Wikipedia article."