You've never seen an image with a hyperlink? Regardless, the content of the message could be imaged in the JPG and then a text hyperlink following it. You'd pretty much have to filter by the advertised URL, which doesn't help if it's a new website.
You're misinterpreting the search and seizure laws we have in this country. The FBI can go anywhere and do anything it damn well pleases, as can any law enforcement organization. However, not possessing a warrant simply means they can't use the evidence against you in court. A lot of dirty cops will search and/or seize cars and houses of suspected drug dealers without warrants of any kind without ever intending to prosecute, hoping that enough harassment will get them to roll over on THEIR dealers. This is what current drug laws in the US allow.....and it's gotten worse with the Patriot Act. Be afraid....
Yep, after the third employer in a row either laid off of huge amounts of staff or went tits-up, I decided to go back to school for chemistry. (I was a network engineer previously)
I only had a year of college credits under my belt before, so I still have a ways to go before I finish my degree. I'm living off of loans and an 8.50/hr work study job in the chem lab. It's a far cry from the 70k salary I'm used to, but I don't live every day wondering if I'll have a job the next day and I don't have to carry a fucking pager/cell phone anymore. And I'm loving what I'm doing.
By the time I finish school now, I'll be able to get a job doing anything from pharmaceutical research to law enforcement. (minoring in Criminal Justice)
So, basically, if you can stand being poor again for a while, enjoy being free for a couple years while you get a degree in one of the sciences, and then enjoy your intellectual pursuits. It beats being on-call.
You fared better than most people I know, myself included.
Everquest == 40 lbs gained, lost job and girlfriend, GPA went from 3.25 to 2.27 (stopped going to class, too lazy to withdraw by deadline) I'll never play an MMORPG again...I like my new school, job, and girlfriend.
A solution to your Win2k woes.....boot from a win98 emergency start disk (or dos disk with CDROM drivers) and copy \i386 directory to the target installation drive and run the setup progrem (winnt.exe) from there. One boot floppy, one CDROM, less headaches.
For Linux, I prefer minimal installs and add things as I go, so I use a really light Slackware install. One install CD, hardly any of the packages off of it are installed. Just enough to have internet and compiler access.
But the restaurant won't charge you for a Coke/Pepsi if you decide you order your meal without one. You don't HAVE to order a soft drink at Bennigan's. You HAVE to order Windows at Dell. (server hardware aside)
Be a consumer....bitch to a manager, and if they refuse to refund you the money, never buy a Dell again and let them know exactly WHY you'll never buy a Dell again. There are many decent laptop manufacturers out there, you can even buy them custom built from smaller companies like Alienware....and smaller companies tend to listen to their customers a little better.
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As I was reading through these posts, wondering why American culture has spread so virally throughout the rest of the modern world, it struck me as to WHY foreign governments don't seem to be saying a while lot about it: Control.
Think about it....has the American populace ever been so apathetic and easily manipulated as we have in the last 25 years? Our political and corporate leasership gets progressively worse and worse and yet the same people keep getting re-elected into office and appointed to positions of trust. This is a fucking wet dream not only for corrupt despots of all kinds in the rest of the world, but other so-called democracies and republics that don't want all the hassle that comes with actually appeasing people through honesty and care for citizens' well being.
"Fuck it", they say, "let em watch TV so we can manipulate their views with mass media and satiate their desires by making them think they have to have all the useless crap that's advertised...they'll feel their needs are met when they make a few purchases."
It's made most of us lazy, greedy, and apathetic...hardly anyone votes anymore and most of the ones that do cannot be bothered to think about who they're voting for, they just vote for whatever party they decided they liked in high school civics class. No one takes an interest in their community anymore. How many of you can say you know the names of all your neighbors? How many of you care? By this loss of sense of community and the artificial contentment that arises from being a "consumer", we don't take nearly as much of an active part in what's going on around us, community or government. Local or National.
Don't let it fool you...American culture is about being controlled while at the same time feeling like you're the one in charge. You ARE in charge...of what channels you watch and what merchandise you buy. I have genuine respect for those who are willful enough to avoid watching television, or better yet, do not own one. When the revolution comes, you'll be the ones who aren't watching it on CNN.
Happiness can't be found in catch phrases, soft drinks, feel-good tv shows, or pop music. I feel sorry for the people of Bhutan. It sounds like it used to be a nice place.
Wow, I always wondered why some of my old Nintendo and Playstayion games that were of Japanese origin had blood types listed for the characters....nice little blurb....who says you can't learn anything on slashdot?
What they're offering is NOT better than a full T1. Sure, it might be faster on the download side, but the advantage of a T1 is that you have equal bandwidth upstream, as well as a block of static IPs to have your way with....not to mention no restrictions on use. (barring legality of course)
Of course, a T1 is still around $800 per month and this is $80, so obviously this is the better choice for the home user with a limited budget.
Just don't say it's better than a T1....it's a far cry from it.
Would you rather see a couple hot chicks in the bar playing battleship (and actually even be able to engage in a conversation with them, the fact they're selling you a phone aside) or would you rather see yet another fucking pop-up, banner ad, spam, billboard, or tv commercial?
How is it any different from seeing a new toy that a friend, co-worker, or even complete stranger has and deciding you might want to buy one? Who was the first person you ever saw with a Palm Pilot? Did they tell you how much it costs and where you can get one? How's that any different?
An old business partner and I used a similar tactic when we were running a small gunsmithing business....we put together a couple of really pimped out custom rifles (a couple AR-15s and an SKS) and hit the local firing ranges. When people would ask "wow, where the hell did you get that?" we'd hand them a business card and let 'em take a few shots. I don't see this phone tactic as much different....it's a non-intrusive way to get your product out there.
beaming ultrasonic waves at a toddler or infant for extended periods of time cannot possibly be healthy for them. I'm dubious of even having done to myself until there's been research done that shows this has no long term effects on brain or hearing function.
Which is ironic as someone mentioned because one of the definitions of insanity as a criminal defense is that you don't comprehend that what you were doing was wrong or against the law.
In the case of this guy, though, he HAD to know that selling pirated copies of over 400 games was illegal, I don't think you could really plead ignorance to that.
But those are Federal enforcements, it is not the company who made the gun telling you not to make the modifications.
The analogy was drawing a parallel to the DMCA's restriction on reverse engineering or disassmebly of intellectual property. Federal laws are another story entirely as they pretty much apply to any industry or product in some way.
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You've never seen an image with a hyperlink? Regardless, the content of the message could be imaged in the JPG and then a text hyperlink following it. You'd pretty much have to filter by the advertised URL, which doesn't help if it's a new website.
1. Create layout of spam
2. Take a screenshot
3. Convert to low res PNG or JPG
4. Mail the JPG to 100,000 annoyed geeks
5. ???
6. Profit
You're misinterpreting the search and seizure laws we have in this country. The FBI can go anywhere and do anything it damn well pleases, as can any law enforcement organization. However, not possessing a warrant simply means they can't use the evidence against you in court. A lot of dirty cops will search and/or seize cars and houses of suspected drug dealers without warrants of any kind without ever intending to prosecute, hoping that enough harassment will get them to roll over on THEIR dealers. This is what current drug laws in the US allow.....and it's gotten worse with the Patriot Act. Be afraid....
Yep, after the third employer in a row either laid off of huge amounts of staff or went tits-up, I decided to go back to school for chemistry. (I was a network engineer previously)
I only had a year of college credits under my belt before, so I still have a ways to go before I finish my degree. I'm living off of loans and an 8.50/hr work study job in the chem lab. It's a far cry from the 70k salary I'm used to, but I don't live every day wondering if I'll have a job the next day and I don't have to carry a fucking pager/cell phone anymore. And I'm loving what I'm doing.
By the time I finish school now, I'll be able to get a job doing anything from pharmaceutical research to law enforcement. (minoring in Criminal Justice)
So, basically, if you can stand being poor again for a while, enjoy being free for a couple years while you get a degree in one of the sciences, and then enjoy your intellectual pursuits. It beats being on-call.
You fared better than most people I know, myself included.
Everquest == 40 lbs gained, lost job and girlfriend, GPA went from 3.25 to 2.27 (stopped going to class, too lazy to withdraw by deadline) I'll never play an MMORPG again...I like my new school, job, and girlfriend.
A solution to your Win2k woes.....boot from a win98 emergency start disk (or dos disk with CDROM drivers) and copy \i386 directory to the target installation drive and run the setup progrem (winnt.exe) from there. One boot floppy, one CDROM, less headaches.
For Linux, I prefer minimal installs and add things as I go, so I use a really light Slackware install. One install CD, hardly any of the packages off of it are installed. Just enough to have internet and compiler access.
I believe the Cult of the Dead Cow's program "Peek-a-Booty" does just that...kind of an encrypted peer-to-peer internet proxy. Check out their website
Linux? 2 parts H(acking) one part O(pen source)
But the restaurant won't charge you for a Coke/Pepsi if you decide you order your meal without one. You don't HAVE to order a soft drink at Bennigan's. You HAVE to order Windows at Dell. (server hardware aside)
Be a consumer....bitch to a manager, and if they refuse to refund you the money, never buy a Dell again and let them know exactly WHY you'll never buy a Dell again. There are many decent laptop manufacturers out there, you can even buy them custom built from smaller companies like Alienware....and smaller companies tend to listen to their customers a little better.
Uhh....don't buy a Dell?
As I was reading through these posts, wondering why American culture has spread so virally throughout the rest of the modern world, it struck me as to WHY foreign governments don't seem to be saying a while lot about it: Control.
Think about it....has the American populace ever been so apathetic and easily manipulated as we have in the last 25 years? Our political and corporate leasership gets progressively worse and worse and yet the same people keep getting re-elected into office and appointed to positions of trust. This is a fucking wet dream not only for corrupt despots of all kinds in the rest of the world, but other so-called democracies and republics that don't want all the hassle that comes with actually appeasing people through honesty and care for citizens' well being.
"Fuck it", they say, "let em watch TV so we can manipulate their views with mass media and satiate their desires by making them think they have to have all the useless crap that's advertised...they'll feel their needs are met when they make a few purchases."
It's made most of us lazy, greedy, and apathetic...hardly anyone votes anymore and most of the ones that do cannot be bothered to think about who they're voting for, they just vote for whatever party they decided they liked in high school civics class. No one takes an interest in their community anymore. How many of you can say you know the names of all your neighbors? How many of you care? By this loss of sense of community and the artificial contentment that arises from being a "consumer", we don't take nearly as much of an active part in what's going on around us, community or government. Local or National.
Don't let it fool you...American culture is about being controlled while at the same time feeling like you're the one in charge. You ARE in charge...of what channels you watch and what merchandise you buy. I have genuine respect for those who are willful enough to avoid watching television, or better yet, do not own one. When the revolution comes, you'll be the ones who aren't watching it on CNN.
Happiness can't be found in catch phrases, soft drinks, feel-good tv shows, or pop music. I feel sorry for the people of Bhutan. It sounds like it used to be a nice place.
here is one, oh, and here is a list of about 4 more intro physics online texts.
Want some chemistry ones?
All of this information could have been yours with a simple Google search.
Wow, I always wondered why some of my old Nintendo and Playstayion games that were of Japanese origin had blood types listed for the characters....nice little blurb....who says you can't learn anything on slashdot?
I've never been to Four Corners, but I've been in 4 states at once....denial, disarray, confusion, and panic.
er, make that $5 million
They'd spend $5 on TV commercials anyway. Besides, they make all their money on service plans rather than the phone.
Call AT&T and ask em for a class C for your cable modem. Then you'll see the point I was making. ;)
What they're offering is NOT better than a full T1. Sure, it might be faster on the download side, but the advantage of a T1 is that you have equal bandwidth upstream, as well as a block of static IPs to have your way with....not to mention no restrictions on use. (barring legality of course)
Of course, a T1 is still around $800 per month and this is $80, so obviously this is the better choice for the home user with a limited budget.
Just don't say it's better than a T1....it's a far cry from it.
Would you rather see a couple hot chicks in the bar playing battleship (and actually even be able to engage in a conversation with them, the fact they're selling you a phone aside) or would you rather see yet another fucking pop-up, banner ad, spam, billboard, or tv commercial?
How is it any different from seeing a new toy that a friend, co-worker, or even complete stranger has and deciding you might want to buy one? Who was the first person you ever saw with a Palm Pilot? Did they tell you how much it costs and where you can get one? How's that any different?
An old business partner and I used a similar tactic when we were running a small gunsmithing business....we put together a couple of really pimped out custom rifles (a couple AR-15s and an SKS) and hit the local firing ranges. When people would ask "wow, where the hell did you get that?" we'd hand them a business card and let 'em take a few shots. I don't see this phone tactic as much different....it's a non-intrusive way to get your product out there.
beaming ultrasonic waves at a toddler or infant for extended periods of time cannot possibly be healthy for them. I'm dubious of even having done to myself until there's been research done that shows this has no long term effects on brain or hearing function.
Ah yes, the infamous "brown note." What a shitty tactic.
If you're talking about Independence Day, that was a Mac he used to upload that virus to the alien mothership, dude.
Yet another reason to switch
Same way in the US.
Which is ironic as someone mentioned because one of the definitions of insanity as a criminal defense is that you don't comprehend that what you were doing was wrong or against the law.
In the case of this guy, though, he HAD to know that selling pirated copies of over 400 games was illegal, I don't think you could really plead ignorance to that.
But those are Federal enforcements, it is not the company who made the gun telling you not to make the modifications.
The analogy was drawing a parallel to the DMCA's restriction on reverse engineering or disassmebly of intellectual property. Federal laws are another story entirely as they pretty much apply to any industry or product in some way.