You will notice "top senders by domain". There are some telecoms "shouldn't be" there. They are the spam infested ISPs who doesn't have a clue about managing their services. Sadly it includes my backbone too.
I seriously suspect China spam is sort of foreign policy. As a spamcop (free,paid)/) user for years I have right to suspect so. Also if ISPs, large ISPs end this "politically correct" crap and enable country wide user selectable blocking lists you will see how they buy those Ironport, eSafe etc. devices by paying 1% of their revenue.
What about commercial communications? Well you will tell your business partner to find a better managed ISP.
The thing is, GAIM is always a third party (open source). These companies never open their latest API fully. For example nobody can do latest MSN transport which "official MSN" does.
There is completely open standards based "presence" protocol, Jabber and it will be standard for Internet II messaging (already selected) and people don't use it. It is not exactly the end users lack of knowledge, making that jabber.org which everyone suggests a naturally unstable CVS version server is just one of the reasons. Another reason? Treating people the way that guy should know every single technical detail. You know those "Get aim than, lamer!" types.
Also jabber.com, commercial guys didn't come up with a full feature client for OS X and Linux/FreeBSD, the companies like "Tipic" which makes amazing achievements are not supported by geek (everthing should be open,we don't need money) community and so on. Oh BTW , Tipic does not offer a OS X and Linux client too. They can't even try since they are busy with lots of Fortune 500,large government customers. Getting no support or cheer from community is another thing.
Note I am not tied to any above companies and I even donated to couple of open source messaging projects. The problem is, nothing can/does work like original. If one company makes a radical choice and move to Jabber (I mean MSN/AIM sized!), I will be partying.
Perhaps Google can achieve it. They use XMPP (Jabber) too.
No, apologies. I reject to use any companies product if they don't give a sh*t to my platform of choice. That means I won't use a third party client to access their precious services too. I use the Yahoo web (java,another story!) if I am in desperate need.
ICQ 3.4 is both classic and os x version in single application package based on which OS you doubleclick it. It does send and resume files which Yahoo can't over 1 mb. In fact using Yahoo Mac messenger (!) to use any critical data is a huge risk since it is uploaded to website first. Non encyripted too.. Yes, no HTTPS.
I may be naive for thinking it (AOL!) but if there were couple of good feedback from Apple users , ICQ could be still updated. In fact it works perfectly. Just lacks voice chat. It works fine on OS X 10.4.6 on my Quad G5. I can even send contacts:)
Yahoo is making a weird joke by offering video chat but NO voice! People at Mac usenet groups ask where is that hidden "audio input menu" as they can't imagine a company could be that stupid to offer video but no voice. They use SKYPE for voice.
I think people should use Jabber or AIM , both supported natively by iChat. You can add ICQ people to AIM too.
It would be a perfect World if everyone switched to Jabber but you know the deal... Just look how everyone switched to MSN Messenger because Microsoft treated them like sheep, just added to startup and made it a bit difficult to get rid of.
I wonder if Microsoft extended these "Sheep" way of achieving things for popularity of that crap which can't even resume files (2006!)... I mean, there is a patch, just a patch required for couple of resources to make Yahoo messenger act like a civil application on OS X. An end user having zero access to source code did it himself. Lets be a little paranoid?
That piece of shame isn't updated so it has some OS problems. A caring end user posted a patch to versiontracker and everyone installed it. I mean the people who need it.
"Tracker Deleted For SPAM Violation", whatever "tracker" is.
It does NOT look like a site who would code such thing. It is just GIF animations etc offered there for forums. I think it was diversion for FBI etc. to send hits to that site.
Yep, I took that screenshot and sent to Kaspersky.ru saying they should donate AV to Yahoo. I hope it reached Mr. Kaspersky somehow and they didn't ban me from mail servers.
I openly say it: I hate Google and its fanatics (not fans!) but if they offer a REAL financial service as opposed to Paypal and take the security alerts which we report at them by our own good will, I open an account.
Moneybrookers etc exist but they somehow can't be popular in USA so it means you don't see "moneybookers" icon on all.com sites.
I mean a real, documented banking service with real support people, not outsourced. (I better not get into details or political correct guys will call me, a turkish guy, you know what I mean)
now has "download support". Thanks to it and my laziness to turn on computer to check something like Slashdot costed me 50 euros for a month!
The GPRS price of course. I don't blame my cell network or Opera. I blame my laziness:) In fact, Opera Mini SAVES money by compressing the stuff server side.
If I was a network operator, I would donate millions to Opera ASA to improve their browser so I can make billions;)
As I don't have a S60 handset now, I didn't see the Nokia product. I had 7650 (s60) handset with ~3MB of RAM and it was running Opera fine. That made me say "wow". As reports coming that the open source product can't run on such devices, my "wow" continues.
"As for RAW, who's going to be able to read your RAW files even as little as 10 years from now? Nobody, probably. If you want archival storage, pick a known standard with a serious standards body behind it."
TIFF for lossless (with LZW if you want to compress) is the archival storage format. JPEG for amateurs, JPEG 2000 or Lurawave for distribution. Note I speak about photos. Documents have different standards but again, not tied to a company who doesn't give a shit to other operating systems rather their own.
Industry decided. They all have ITU etc standards each. What Microsoft does is childish, lame.
Look at AVI , look how big joke it is. This thing MS came with is a joke too.
The basic question if you want to check MS is serious or not. While they jump up and down like they found E=mc2 formula, just ask will they offer a OS X framework or quicktime codec for it. No? That is a joke than. As we are speaking about an image standard, where is their submission to ISO?
Simple as that.
You know, standard is something like JPEG 2000, TIFF with open industry standards. If I was a professional photographer, I'd store my "RAW" files too.
The amazing, unbelievable thing made me "shrug" is they have the face to use "professional" word. I shouldn't RTFM really.
Professionals use RAW. RAW you hear me Microsoft? Also they use TIFF for transport. That is the established non lossy standard with some weird extensions, file variations. That is also why professional photographers will be the first Blu Ray recorder customers.
Nobody, nobody can dare to lose a PIXEL, single PIXEL. That is how you work in professional World.
Dear BillG if you are reading this: FIRE whoever came with that idea. Even Microsoft does not deserve to be robbed like that.
And people here (at geek sites) joked when Allume managed to come up with a lossless jpeg compressor. The camera manufacturer and memory manufacturer CARTEL insists on using JPEG , that is how you sell people 1 gigabyte memory cards but it is up to customer asking for jpeg 2000 format on equipment they buy.
I am speaking about negative way of supporting the system "you" love.
It is not a good way of supporting your system. If there is ONE SYSTEM you should not test a beta operating system is a LAPTOP. Especially new laptops which everything is done via software, e.g. giant drivers.
I mean it is shared by OS X community too. On each security alert , Linux and OS X (fanatic) people jump up and down happily, people like me using OS X wonder how many unneeded crap will be coming from zombies including bugging my port 135.
I hate to defend Microsoft but for them BETA really means BETA.
I have tested some betas of them and they came with HUGE WARNINGS starting from www site!. Only missing was typing "I AGREE" to a license box. I can't remember which software required it.
I think the reporter working at MSNBC is one of their failed betas too.;) If it is some suits at MSNBC trying to prove they aren't "puppets", it is a very wrong way of doing it.
Hope they used that voice compression algorithm they purchased in comedy talks. Truvoice or something, forgot windows formats.
Well, this thing I suggested is a suggestion for all new services. Human ear is a very subjective thing. Not that I can use the service from Istanbul, Turkey nor wmedia 11 will ship for my OS (OS X).
1) Learn the bitrate of the offered file 2) Get mp3, aac, RA 10 (high bit rates are AAC too), Ogg examples (reference) from professional sources 3) Get a reference WMA 11 (same bitrate as MTV) from Microsoft.
Listen.
For example I am listening to a DRM RealAudio 8 64kbit stream (a pro radio) right now and I can easily trade it with 128kbit mp3. It is highly subjective that is why I suggest listening yourself.
If site is standards compliant it is up to client browser to handle it.
So, that guy/gal better update to latest IE or something to see it right. Yes, while there is some PNG bla bla all over, IE renders w3c site and pages perfectly. Not saying it passes Acid 2 monster.
I know Ed Hamrick, legendary developer of vuescan released linux versions of his software but they now seem to feature freeze. a rough guess is lack of commercial interest in linux land. you know that software does raw. Hamrick.com posted via opera mini btw.;-)
"where are you getting THAT information, eh? i'm sure Yahoo! is going to be real quick to tell you that they're the "Number One" site... but does that mean the most visits? unique audience? what?"
also he adds:
"for the record---plain old Yahoo.com still has LOTS of "crap" on their page. i don't know about you, but in the time it takes to load "POPULAR YAHOO SEARCHES," links for "Yahoo Small Business" and random shit like "BUZZ LOG" (whateverthehell THAT is), i could have typed my search term into the plain box on google.com."
So, I stupidly reply below:
A modem will compress text , yahoo has started to serve web while 14.4kbit was a fast connection, that style.
Some people has life and use the features of yahoo.
Slashdot Mirror
Hi,
Click here: http://www.senderbase.org/
You will notice "top senders by domain". There are some telecoms "shouldn't be" there. They are the spam infested ISPs who doesn't have a clue about managing their services. Sadly it includes my backbone too.
I seriously suspect China spam is sort of foreign policy. As a spamcop (free,paid)/) user for years I have right to suspect so. Also if ISPs, large ISPs end this "politically correct" crap and enable country wide user selectable blocking lists you will see how they buy those Ironport, eSafe etc. devices by paying 1% of their revenue.
What about commercial communications? Well you will tell your business partner to find a better managed ISP.
The thing is, GAIM is always a third party (open source). These companies never open their latest API fully. For example nobody can do latest MSN transport which "official MSN" does.
There is completely open standards based "presence" protocol, Jabber and it will be standard for Internet II messaging (already selected) and people don't use it. It is not exactly the end users lack of knowledge, making that jabber.org which everyone suggests a naturally unstable CVS version server is just one of the reasons. Another reason? Treating people the way that guy should know every single technical detail. You know those "Get aim than, lamer!" types.
Also jabber.com, commercial guys didn't come up with a full feature client for OS X and Linux/FreeBSD, the companies like "Tipic" which makes amazing achievements are not supported by geek (everthing should be open,we don't need money) community and so on. Oh BTW , Tipic does not offer a OS X and Linux client too. They can't even try since they are busy with lots of Fortune 500,large government customers. Getting no support or cheer from community is another thing.
Note I am not tied to any above companies and I even donated to couple of open source messaging projects. The problem is, nothing can/does work like original. If one company makes a radical choice and move to Jabber (I mean MSN/AIM sized!), I will be partying.
Perhaps Google can achieve it. They use XMPP (Jabber) too.
No, apologies. I reject to use any companies product if they don't give a sh*t to my platform of choice. That means I won't use a third party client to access their precious services too. I use the Yahoo web (java,another story!) if I am in desperate need.
:)
ICQ 3.4 is both classic and os x version in single application package based on which OS you doubleclick it. It does send and resume files which Yahoo can't over 1 mb. In fact using Yahoo Mac messenger (!) to use any critical data is a huge risk since it is uploaded to website first. Non encyripted too.. Yes, no HTTPS.
I may be naive for thinking it (AOL!) but if there were couple of good feedback from Apple users , ICQ could be still updated. In fact it works perfectly. Just lacks voice chat. It works fine on OS X 10.4.6 on my Quad G5. I can even send contacts
Yahoo is making a weird joke by offering video chat but NO voice! People at Mac usenet groups ask where is that hidden "audio input menu" as they can't imagine a company could be that stupid to offer video but no voice. They use SKYPE for voice.
I think people should use Jabber or AIM , both supported natively by iChat. You can add ICQ people to AIM too.
It would be a perfect World if everyone switched to Jabber but you know the deal... Just look how everyone switched to MSN Messenger because Microsoft treated them like sheep, just added to startup and made it a bit difficult to get rid of.
I wonder if Microsoft extended these "Sheep" way of achieving things for popularity of that crap which can't even resume files (2006!)... I mean, there is a patch, just a patch required for couple of resources to make Yahoo messenger act like a civil application on OS X. An end user having zero access to source code did it himself. Lets be a little paranoid?
They don't even care for OS X version.
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That piece of shame isn't updated so it has some OS problems. A caring end user posted a patch to versiontracker and everyone installed it. I mean the people who need it.
Patch: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx
Yahoo Messenger (the scandal, check comments there!) http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx
http://www.webstats4u.com/s?tab=1&link=1&id=401539 3 ->Its stats. Look at explosion like hit.
Busiest day so far 12 June 2006 (Worm time?)
Also interesting thing on site, says:
"Tracker Deleted For SPAM Violation", whatever "tracker" is.
It does NOT look like a site who would code such thing. It is just GIF animations etc offered there for forums. I think it was diversion for FBI etc. to send hits to that site.
I have a good theory why :) Like norton antivirus wasn't running at all?
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http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=norton2c
Yep, I took that screenshot and sent to Kaspersky.ru saying they should donate AV to Yahoo. I hope it reached Mr. Kaspersky somehow and they didn't ban me from mail servers.
troll, dvorak, duh, moron, idiot (tagging beta) --> I wonder what would happen if they weren't ignoring him.
Airing stuff at Shortwave for fun? Impossible. If it is not the police, some secret agent will show up in your door.
Also it is extremely expensive to air in SW band.
I openly say it: I hate Google and its fanatics (not fans!) but if they offer a REAL financial service as opposed to Paypal and take the security alerts which we report at them by our own good will, I open an account.
.com sites.
Moneybrookers etc exist but they somehow can't be popular in USA so it means you don't see "moneybookers" icon on all
I mean a real, documented banking service with real support people, not outsourced. (I better not get into details or political correct guys will call me, a turkish guy, you know what I mean)
I wonder the impact to Helix Platform (not using the name of product on /.) as their Helix stuff will need a HTML engine later for "rich media on 3g".
As Nokia is in Helix board recently https://helixcommunity.org/ , this thing will be ported into Helix player too. It is just a guess.
It means Symbian gets some amazing 3G stuff later. It also means this is news for Microsoft Win CE and Media Player divisions.
Opera will keep going, if I had a $1000 Symbian S60/S80 phone, I would pay that $29 for it.
The Opera Mini J2ME thing which is an amazing innovation
:) In fact, Opera Mini SAVES money by compressing the stuff server side.
;)
http://mini.opera.com/
now has "download support". Thanks to it and my laziness to turn on computer to check something like Slashdot costed me 50 euros for a month!
The GPRS price of course. I don't blame my cell network or Opera. I blame my laziness
If I was a network operator, I would donate millions to Opera ASA to improve their browser so I can make billions
Opera for S60 is kind of their main product they make money from. It looks like they lack publicity somehow in USA or wherever you are?
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http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/s60
As I don't have a S60 handset now, I didn't see the Nokia product. I had 7650 (s60) handset with ~3MB of RAM and it was running Opera fine. That made me say "wow". As reports coming that the open source product can't run on such devices, my "wow" continues.
"As for RAW, who's going to be able to read your RAW files even as little as 10 years from now? Nobody, probably. If you want archival storage, pick a known standard with a serious standards body behind it."
TIFF for lossless (with LZW if you want to compress) is the archival storage format. JPEG for amateurs, JPEG 2000 or Lurawave for distribution. Note I speak about photos. Documents have different standards but again, not tied to a company who doesn't give a shit to other operating systems rather their own.
Industry decided. They all have ITU etc standards each. What Microsoft does is childish, lame.
Look at AVI , look how big joke it is. This thing MS came with is a joke too.
The basic question if you want to check MS is serious or not. While they jump up and down like they found E=mc2 formula, just ask will they offer a OS X framework or quicktime codec for it. No? That is a joke than. As we are speaking about an image standard, where is their submission to ISO?
Simple as that.
You know, standard is something like JPEG 2000, TIFF with open industry standards. If I was a professional photographer, I'd store my "RAW" files too.
Well, there is JPEG 2000 and its your loss if you don't use it http://www.jpeg.org/jpeg2000/
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The amazing, unbelievable thing made me "shrug" is they have the face to use "professional" word. I shouldn't RTFM really.
Professionals use RAW. RAW you hear me Microsoft? Also they use TIFF for transport. That is the established non lossy standard with some weird extensions, file variations. That is also why professional photographers will be the first Blu Ray recorder customers.
Nobody, nobody can dare to lose a PIXEL, single PIXEL. That is how you work in professional World.
Dear BillG if you are reading this: FIRE whoever came with that idea. Even Microsoft does not deserve to be robbed like that.
And people here (at geek sites) joked when Allume managed to come up with a lossless jpeg compressor. The camera manufacturer and memory manufacturer CARTEL insists on using JPEG , that is how you sell people 1 gigabyte memory cards but it is up to customer asking for jpeg 2000 format on equipment they buy.
So, there is still JPEG, one company (one of their interns I heard) managed to compress it by 30% levels and people joked about them. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01
Here is World's billions of dollars company coming up with a lossy format for PROFESSIONALS. I can only *shrug* sorry.
Please Microsoft, introduce your "format" to professionals who has nothing to do with your businesses and watch them laugh at you.
Even end users know RAW format.
I am speaking about negative way of supporting the system "you" love.
It is not a good way of supporting your system. If there is ONE SYSTEM you should not test a beta operating system is a LAPTOP. Especially new laptops which everything is done via software, e.g. giant drivers.
I mean it is shared by OS X community too. On each security alert , Linux and OS X (fanatic) people jump up and down happily, people like me using OS X wonder how many unneeded crap will be coming from zombies including bugging my port 135.
NSA portion of the backdoor code must have been collided with China code.
What was it called? "Race condition" I guess.
I hate to defend Microsoft but for them BETA really means BETA.
;) If it is some suits at MSNBC trying to prove they aren't "puppets", it is a very wrong way of doing it.
I have tested some betas of them and they came with HUGE WARNINGS starting from www site!. Only missing was typing "I AGREE" to a license box. I can't remember which software required it.
I think the reporter working at MSNBC is one of their failed betas too.
"If Vista doesn't run on laptops, then Microsoft will be cut out more than 50% of all new computer sales."
Well, Vista BETA doesn't. I bet some guys from Lenovo called MS Hardware Compatibility labs or vice versa.
Lets install a development version of Linux kernel on that Lenovo and see if it runs or if it can even boot.
This kind of "support" kills Linux respect some people have.
Hope they used that voice compression algorithm they purchased in comedy talks. Truvoice or something, forgot windows formats.
Well, this thing I suggested is a suggestion for all new services. Human ear is a very subjective thing. Not that I can use the service from Istanbul, Turkey nor wmedia 11 will ship for my OS (OS X).
There is Wiki for it I know but better is this:
1) Learn the bitrate of the offered file
2) Get mp3, aac, RA 10 (high bit rates are AAC too), Ogg examples (reference) from professional sources
3) Get a reference WMA 11 (same bitrate as MTV) from Microsoft.
Listen.
For example I am listening to a DRM RealAudio 8 64kbit stream (a pro radio) right now and I can easily trade it with 128kbit mp3. It is highly subjective that is why I suggest listening yourself.
If site is standards compliant it is up to client browser to handle it.
So, that guy/gal better update to latest IE or something to see it right. Yes, while there is some PNG bla bla all over, IE renders w3c site and pages perfectly. Not saying it passes Acid 2 monster.
Care about standards, ignore browsers.
I just wonder if you know the size of Sony tape business and their breakthrough inventions.
Please, please don't compare/confuse Sony amateur (home etc) units with pro units.
I know Ed Hamrick, legendary developer of vuescan released linux versions of his software but they now seem to feature freeze. a rough guess is lack of commercial interest in linux land. ;-)
you know that software does raw.
Hamrick.com
posted via opera mini btw.
AC fanboy says:
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"where are you getting THAT information, eh? i'm sure Yahoo! is going to be real quick to tell you that they're the "Number One" site... but does that mean the most visits? unique audience? what?"
also he adds:
"for the record---plain old Yahoo.com still has LOTS of "crap" on their page. i don't know about you, but in the time it takes to load "POPULAR YAHOO SEARCHES," links for "Yahoo Small Business" and random shit like "BUZZ LOG" (whateverthehell THAT is), i could have typed my search term into the plain box on google.com."
So, I stupidly reply below:
A modem will compress text , yahoo has started to serve web while 14.4kbit was a fast connection, that style.
Some people has life and use the features of yahoo.
Also http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/news.jsp?sectio
Have a nice day
I remember earlier times of XBox Sony kind of publicly warned Microsoft that "electronic device business is very different".
I don't even dare to search news for "sony" "xbox" etc, perhaps an actual console fan/user find a link for it.
Microsoft ignored the warning and the first story came after Xbox ships in Japan that it actually SCRATCHED a certain type of DVDs physically.