Anyone remember that Star Trek episode, where in the closing scene Data (with help from Q) breaks out laughing, pauses, then laughs again?
After reading about this scam, that's exactly how I sounded.
Anyone have a sound clip of that scene?
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"Business contacts are far too fluid and losing a non-whitelisted message is FAR too hazardous to succeed."
Bullshit. That's the big myth - "oh my god, I lost a precious email from some client". It's not the end of the world - it certainly happens often enough that anyone who has used email for a while understands that not all email get thru (for whatever reason). Hence the existence of the phone. If your clients like you, a lost email doesn't matter.
Not sure about the scaling part either. I've scaled that solution to 400+ users without problems. Once you live a spam free life, you'll see it's worth the very very small risk of losing that 1 in a 1000 important email. If your clients can't follow simple instructions on how to contact you then do you care if you keep them or not (I don't)?
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Blacklist everyone, then whitelist only those people who you really want to communicate with. I've been doing it for years and get ZERO spam. People argue that they will miss important messages - nope, I never have. Email is not the only form of communication. All my family, friends, business clients know how to use the phone if their emails bounce. I have a web form (and phone number) for new clients (and once verified they are whitelisted), and I don't give a shit about the few messages that might not make it (although after several years of using this method I have no evidence that I've missed even one).
A better invention would be the "yawn-o-meter" so they could measure how little I actually care about dumbass useless inventions like the one mentioned in the article.
For people who don't have that meter - here's a hint, when I hang up on them, I pretty much don't care what they were talking about.
By the time FF 2.0 comes out, it will probably require a Full Re-Install of the OS plus the full re-install of the FF application. Learn to write a freaking patch all ready. Seems like the FF team is rapidly going from cool to fool in less then a year (yeah, lets put out a release with no QA and then put out a fix a week later - that really showing those MS chaps how to do it).
How soon people forget. Forget about encryption, just use simple code word communication.
"Mr. Smith: Confirming our meeting at 30120 Altitude lane. I'll be there in 2:15 from now. Looks like the plane is serving "cold cuts" a few minutes from now. I'm reading the "red" folder the office gave me. Buh Bye. Best from Allah, Ackmed
All the wire tapes and sniffers in the world won't be able to determine if that's code or just regular dribble.
People are so stupid to think that only the good guys can be clever.
I mean really, do we care if those asshats have better Internet access? Or air/water/food for that matter. Tired of whole populations that got "doesn't play well with others" on their grade school report card.
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We have a great and powerful leader who's a firm believer in Science and Logic.
Er...wait....never mind, we're completely screwed.
PT Barnum would be so proud.
Anyone remember that Star Trek episode, where in the closing scene Data (with help from Q) breaks out laughing, pauses, then laughs again? After reading about this scam, that's exactly how I sounded. Anyone have a sound clip of that scene?
Boo Hoo - OK, now I'm over it.
"Business contacts are far too fluid and losing a non-whitelisted message is FAR too hazardous to succeed."
Bullshit. That's the big myth - "oh my god, I lost a precious email from some client". It's not the end of the world - it certainly happens often enough that anyone who has used email for a while understands that not all email get thru (for whatever reason). Hence the existence of the phone. If your clients like you, a lost email doesn't matter.
Not sure about the scaling part either. I've scaled that solution to 400+ users without problems. Once you live a spam free life, you'll see it's worth the very very small risk of losing that 1 in a 1000 important email. If your clients can't follow simple instructions on how to contact you then do you care if you keep them or not (I don't)?
Blacklist everyone, then whitelist only those people who you really want to communicate with. I've been doing it for years and get ZERO spam. People argue that they will miss important messages - nope, I never have. Email is not the only form of communication. All my family, friends, business clients know how to use the phone if their emails bounce. I have a web form (and phone number) for new clients (and once verified they are whitelisted), and I don't give a shit about the few messages that might not make it (although after several years of using this method I have no evidence that I've missed even one).
Now if they would only bundle in Alien Abduction insurance with their Linux scam I could sleep soundly at night.
A better invention would be the "yawn-o-meter" so they could measure how little I actually care about dumbass useless inventions like the one mentioned in the article. For people who don't have that meter - here's a hint, when I hang up on them, I pretty much don't care what they were talking about.
The Inhumanity of War.
//It's dirt, who cares.
In other news, spur's no longer required equipment to get a drivers license.
Hello, Hello, the 1800s are calling and they want their communication method back.
By the time FF 2.0 comes out, it will probably require a Full Re-Install of the OS plus the full re-install of the FF application. Learn to write a freaking patch all ready. Seems like the FF team is rapidly going from cool to fool in less then a year (yeah, lets put out a release with no QA and then put out a fix a week later - that really showing those MS chaps how to do it).
"some resources that would help me out?"
Get GPS (Girlfriend Potential Sensor) Unit.
Find Local Girlfriend.
Enjoy.
How soon people forget. Forget about encryption, just use simple code word communication.
"Mr. Smith: Confirming our meeting at 30120 Altitude lane. I'll be there in 2:15 from now. Looks like the plane is serving "cold cuts" a few minutes from now. I'm reading the "red" folder the office gave me. Buh Bye. Best from Allah, Ackmed
All the wire tapes and sniffers in the world won't be able to determine if that's code or just regular dribble.
People are so stupid to think that only the good guys can be clever.
Please save me from the same trouble - what solution did you find that was better?
Funny, I say the exact same thing about CPU Magazine ("Ugly, Boring & Uninspired").
Anyone? Beuller? Anyone?
I mean really, do we care if those asshats have better Internet access? Or air/water/food for that matter. Tired of whole populations that got "doesn't play well with others" on their grade school report card.
I always thought that AOL was a "beverage coaster" vendor.