Yes, I am a pedantic Grammar Nazi, and I anticipate a great modding down of this comment, but my need to say this is worse than any addict's craving for his next fix. There are few things I hate more than redundant words. "Co-conspirator" is about as redundant as it gets. A conspiracy is a group of people. People conspire to do something like this, and you call those people conspirators. What happens in a hundred years when we forget that "co-conspirator" was being used this way? Do we start saying "co-co-conspirator"?
Of course! It should be co-nspirator, referring to multiple nspirators working together...
This principle in economics is called market equilibrium. Supply and demand applies kind of oddly to this situation. You would say that the employers are the people who get phished, and that, as you point out, there's a finite amount of money in it.
So we have the supply (S) of phishers offering their services, and the demand (D) for said services (D). When S increases, D decreases because, "No thank you; I got phished yesterday." So the average wage per phisher goes down.
But in all seriousness, some of these guys probably make decent money. It's even more difficult than average to claim that you have an accurate picture of the situation, as it's not exactly public information until you catch one of them. A phisher that is. Not a phish.
Yeh, and then some evil types of people or even pranksters... You mean some ne'er-do-well could use this to cause harm? Nonsense, my dear boy! That's what they said about splitting the atom!
Ow. I'm going to go ahead and apologize for this one. I had no idea my knowledge of nuclear power was so outdated and insufficient. Thanks to you (and Google) for setting me straight.
Yeah, it seems kind of worthless to me... I like how lightbulbs are always the unit of measurement for things like these. Lightbulbs use very little energy. This is what, ~650 kilowatts per day (assuming they're 100 watt bulbs)? That doesn't seem like a whole lot. I mean, it's "free" energy, but I'm pretty sure a solar grid would do a better job. Of course, if it were about efficient energy rather than clean energy, we'd have more nuclear power plants.
You're modded Funny, but that's worryingly accurate. Today's kids like being told they're number one I don't think that's as bad as you make it sound. Studies have found that children are more likely to do better in school if they believe that they're...well, better.
Clearly, consumers know that "Microsoft" is a name they can trust.
Unrelated English quip: It's not obvious that they have figured this out themselves? That means that they know this but that someone told them. Was it supposed to mean something else? That statement doesn't really match the rest of the summary.
I ran into much of the same thing, though to be honest, the software I tried wasn't too impressive either. This was a few years ago, and I can only assume (can't RTFA at this point) that the software side has improved. Regardless, I'm pretty certain most professionals on the mixing scene would prefer a fully-loaded Mac to anything *nix or Windows can offer right now for that same reason.
There's no doubt that AOL sucks, but a LOT of users' only contact with their products is through AIM, which is far better than their browser (at least when I used it). They're just protecting their reputation and, more importantly, trying to avoid trademark dilution. The term Instant Messenger is already used by several other clients, particularly YIM. AOL would hate to see "MSN AIM" or "Google AIM" which would, of course, be shortened to "GAIM"
I think it would be great if, next April Fool's day,/. turned into a fake news site that only posted news about Google and Linux. That would be so off-the-wall and unusual!
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Yes, I am a pedantic Grammar Nazi, and I anticipate a great modding down of this comment, but my need to say this is worse than any addict's craving for his next fix. There are few things I hate more than redundant words. "Co-conspirator" is about as redundant as it gets. A conspiracy is a group of people. People conspire to do something like this, and you call those people conspirators. What happens in a hundred years when we forget that "co-conspirator" was being used this way? Do we start saying "co-co-conspirator"?
Of course! It should be co-nspirator, referring to multiple nspirators working together...
I have a feeling it's a little easier to fool Bullitt County than it is to fool LA. After all, they were home to that McDonald's strip search fiasco!
This principle in economics is called market equilibrium. Supply and demand applies kind of oddly to this situation. You would say that the employers are the people who get phished, and that, as you point out, there's a finite amount of money in it. So we have the supply (S) of phishers offering their services, and the demand (D) for said services (D). When S increases, D decreases because, "No thank you; I got phished yesterday." So the average wage per phisher goes down.
But in all seriousness, some of these guys probably make decent money. It's even more difficult than average to claim that you have an accurate picture of the situation, as it's not exactly public information until you catch one of them. A phisher that is. Not a phish.
Sorting a petabyte sounds pretty impressive, but I don't think it was a whole yotta work.
Scientists have recently discovered that water is wet.
That's it, you've scared me for the LAST time! I hereby declare a War on Terror!
Who on slashdot wouldn't be familiar with the word autonomous?
Not everyone on Slashdot posts as an Autonomous Coward.
However, a glance at their economy shows that they do, in fact, have the skills to pay the bills.
Ow. I'm going to go ahead and apologize for this one. I had no idea my knowledge of nuclear power was so outdated and insufficient. Thanks to you (and Google) for setting me straight.
Yeah, it seems kind of worthless to me... I like how lightbulbs are always the unit of measurement for things like these. Lightbulbs use very little energy. This is what, ~650 kilowatts per day (assuming they're 100 watt bulbs)? That doesn't seem like a whole lot. I mean, it's "free" energy, but I'm pretty sure a solar grid would do a better job. Of course, if it were about efficient energy rather than clean energy, we'd have more nuclear power plants.
But hey, I'm no scientist.
I find that Linux users always Bash new shells, to be honest.
But if he spends anymore time on this "weeaboo," he'll be bankrupt by the end of the month!
"What about IP law?"
"Intellectual property? I don't believe it exists."
Clearly, consumers know that "Microsoft" is a name they can trust.
Unrelated English quip: It's not obvious that they have figured this out themselves? That means that they know this but that someone told them. Was it supposed to mean something else? That statement doesn't really match the rest of the summary.
For some reason, someone thought that "-1 Offtopic" really meant "-1 I didn't get the joke."
Most contracts require prior agreement, but EULAs are exceptions. There was a recent /. article that delved into this:
/ 07/2317239
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06
And some user or another links to actual legal precedent here:
http://www.badsoftware.com/hill.htm
So yeah, EULAs count as valid contracts because purchasing the product (and using it instead of returning it) counts as agreement.
I ran into much of the same thing, though to be honest, the software I tried wasn't too impressive either. This was a few years ago, and I can only assume (can't RTFA at this point) that the software side has improved. Regardless, I'm pretty certain most professionals on the mixing scene would prefer a fully-loaded Mac to anything *nix or Windows can offer right now for that same reason.
There's no doubt that AOL sucks, but a LOT of users' only contact with their products is through AIM, which is far better than their browser (at least when I used it). They're just protecting their reputation and, more importantly, trying to avoid trademark dilution. The term Instant Messenger is already used by several other clients, particularly YIM. AOL would hate to see "MSN AIM" or "Google AIM" which would, of course, be shortened to "GAIM"
Psh, that's nothing. Let me know when they freeze light. Oh wait: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/1 4/1418255
I think it would be great if, next April Fool's day, /. turned into a fake news site that only posted news about Google and Linux. That would be so off-the-wall and unusual!
stfu u dun haev 2 typ everythign out
400,000 files is an impressive achievement, whereas 399,999 files is not, to paraphrase Maddox.
and I haven't heard a single word about this before now. Since I'm here, I feel qualified to say no one cares.