I think not. They have to have thought up something better.
It's nothing to do with morals. Capitalism doesn't require morals. Best Buy probably spends more on customer complaints, lost customers, etc. to warrant this decision. They are self-interested, because they want to benefit the consumer.
(Only to the point where they have to do the least and get the most. They wouldn't give up profits for the consumer's benefit.)
I'd think her popularity would increase with the amount of sucking.
Indeed. As illustrated by this excellent graph:
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According to the article, this was merely social engineering at work
She got their SSN and Date of Birth out of her companies' database. (She works at an insurance company.) I'm not sure how much of that is "social engineering," unless I am mistaking the term.
. If a user forgets their password, they can reset it by entering their Social Security number and date of birth, Schmidt said.
Signa said Ramirez worked for the Goleta branch of Allstate Insurance, where she had access to the personal information of two UCSB professors who were insured with the company. Ramirez reset their passwords using private information she obtained from her job, Signa said.
SSN stored by University and Insurance company and God knows where else. Yet it is supposed to be a secret between you and the Government.
SILENCE! Child, you are but a Lamb, and as a Lamb you lack awareness of the Almight One Three Three Seven! And Woe unto he who Fails this Test, for he is Truly not but a lamb, but also a Foolish Lamb, and shall be Eaten by many Bear!
Virtually every company in the IT world is connected to each other. Its like a big stupid beowulf cluster of beaurocracy that uses IPX instead of IP for its communciation protocol. Welcome to the techo-appalachians, where everyone is related to everyone else in some manner.
I didn't know Silicon Valley relocated to Utah....
Read the article. Sounds like they've made cookies, but more than one site can read them. My guess is you'd have to authorize the site to read them, but this is bad news.
If a site can trick you into hitting "OK," they could get your info.
Of course the site probably has to be registered with MS in some way. Maybe this is a way for Microsoft to offer a "secure browsing experience" that is also convenient. IE7 will likely view MS-approved sites as "higher security" than SSL approved sites.
Blogs are of some interest to me because I get to see (somewhat) how people's thought processes work that are different from my friends'. (Friends think more or lesslike their friends.) I find them oddly englightening, but of course I don't mean the "I hate my mom I hate my dad I'm gonna cut myself but not die" kind of blogs, but ones that provde actual ideas I wouldn't otherwise hear. Funny blogs or tech related blogs are also interesting.
I have to wonder how the survey question was phrased.
If it gave an accurate and easily understandable description of SPAM (e.g. "email from someone you had not contacted in any way or did not know how they got your email address"), it would be fine.
But I have a feeling (having taken a few surveys in my day) that it was something more along the lines of "How many times in the past year did you buy a product after receiving an email about the product?"
The problem there is that it covers legitimate email offers, like from Amazon, ThinkGeek, or whatever. People might even have thought it counted when they were emailed a confirmation for their purchase.
I wish these articles would include a link to the survey.
"The list of words most commonly hidden by the spammers from anti-spam software reveals that most spam is about the old favourites: money, drugs and sex," said Mr Cluley.
The title of the book is Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional. I guess everybody has to start some where, but there is something worrying about someone learning their e-Commerce coding out of a book like that.
Oh, and since nobody else has pointed it out, I think the whole review is on the front page.
Bill Nye: "So you see, if we take the Ultra-Glide Lubrication Of Science and rub it well over the penis..."
Deep voice guy: "You know, Bill, I don't know that this is such a... AUUUGH!!!" Child Assistant Kwon: "Wahhhh, I thought we were talking about grasshoppers today... can I have my passport now?"
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Quite honstly, most users could work perfectly fine with a dumb terminal. All most office workers need is printer access, a web browser and basic office apps. Why do I need to set each of them up with a PC for that?
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Oh, please. People who live in trailers don't have sex.
I think not. They have to have thought up something better.
It's nothing to do with morals. Capitalism doesn't require morals. Best Buy probably spends more on customer complaints, lost customers, etc. to warrant this decision. They are self-interested, because they want to benefit the consumer.
(Only to the point where they have to do the least and get the most. They wouldn't give up profits for the consumer's benefit.)
I'd think her popularity would increase with the amount of sucking.
Indeed. As illustrated by this excellent graph:
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According to the article, this was merely social engineering at work
She got their SSN and Date of Birth out of her companies' database. (She works at an insurance company.) I'm not sure how much of that is "social engineering," unless I am mistaking the term.
. If a user forgets their password, they can reset it by entering their Social Security number and date of birth, Schmidt said.
Signa said Ramirez worked for the Goleta branch of Allstate Insurance, where she had access to the personal information of two UCSB professors who were insured with the company. Ramirez reset their passwords using private information she obtained from her job, Signa said.
SSN stored by University and Insurance company and God knows where else. Yet it is supposed to be a secret between you and the Government.
SILENCE! Child, you are but a Lamb, and as a Lamb you lack awareness of the Almight One Three Three Seven! And Woe unto he who Fails this Test, for he is Truly not but a lamb, but also a Foolish Lamb, and shall be Eaten by many Bear!
Virtually every company in the IT world is connected to each other. Its like a big stupid beowulf cluster of beaurocracy that uses IPX instead of IP for its communciation protocol. Welcome to the techo-appalachians, where everyone is related to everyone else in some manner.
I didn't know Silicon Valley relocated to Utah....
Is SAIC the 'independent company'? Who's the fox? What henhouse? I'm not sure who's doing what, here.
Then it could automatically order you a decent computer....
Read the article. Sounds like they've made cookies, but more than one site can read them. My guess is you'd have to authorize the site to read them, but this is bad news.
If a site can trick you into hitting "OK," they could get your info.
Of course the site probably has to be registered with MS in some way. Maybe this is a way for Microsoft to offer a "secure browsing experience" that is also convenient. IE7 will likely view MS-approved sites as "higher security" than SSL approved sites.
...devote my life to the Church of Icarus
Pfft. That church will burn up and fall down just like all the other minor churches. That is if it even takes off in the first place.
Aren't you supposed to pay for ads on this site...
Yeah, this is shameful, shameful behaviour.
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Blogs are of some interest to me because I get to see (somewhat) how people's thought processes work that are different from my friends'. (Friends think more or lesslike their friends.) I find them oddly englightening, but of course I don't mean the "I hate my mom I hate my dad I'm gonna cut myself but not die" kind of blogs, but ones that provde actual ideas I wouldn't otherwise hear. Funny blogs or tech related blogs are also interesting.
I have to wonder how the survey question was phrased.
If it gave an accurate and easily understandable description of SPAM (e.g. "email from someone you had not contacted in any way or did not know how they got your email address"), it would be fine.
But I have a feeling (having taken a few surveys in my day) that it was something more along the lines of "How many times in the past year did you buy a product after receiving an email about the product?"
The problem there is that it covers legitimate email offers, like from Amazon, ThinkGeek, or whatever. People might even have thought it counted when they were emailed a confirmation for their purchase.
I wish these articles would include a link to the survey.
"The list of words most commonly hidden by the spammers from anti-spam software reveals that most spam is about the old favourites: money, drugs and sex," said Mr Cluley.
The people buying that junk should get a Cluley.
PLUS one? Please, folks, don't encourage me.
If lovin' a cactus is wrong, baby I don't wanna be right.
I'm gonna start putting my cactus near my spider plant and praying for some of that mutated gene action.
OK, OK... and some hot plant-on-plant action.
OK, OK... and some hot plant-on-plant-on-me action.
He also says he's been using PHP for 12 years "or to be exact, since 1990."
The title of the book is Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional. I guess everybody has to start some where, but there is something worrying about someone learning their e-Commerce coding out of a book like that.
Oh, and since nobody else has pointed it out, I think the whole review is on the front page.
That front page entry is too damn short. How am I supposed to have any idea of what lies behind the "Read More" link?
Incidentally, my 8th grade science teacher looked almost exactly like Bill Nye.
That's funny, my highschool janitor looked exactly like Bill Nye.
Bill Nye: "So you see, if we take the Ultra-Glide Lubrication Of Science and rub it well over the penis..."
Deep voice guy: "You know, Bill, I don't know that this is such a... AUUUGH!!!"
Child Assistant Kwon: "Wahhhh, I thought we were talking about grasshoppers today... can I have my passport now?"
Quite honstly, most users could work perfectly fine with a dumb terminal. All most office workers need is printer access, a web browser and basic office apps. Why do I need to set each of them up with a PC for that?
Administrator Logs: March 22 2005
Remote Application Usage:
word.exe 14
excel.exe 9
access.exe 3
powerpoint.exe 53
sol.exe 13420194
Yeah, one Frustration after another.