Future proof? Don't we hear all the time about how DVD's aren't going to last more than 5 or 10 years? Meanwhile, records I've got from the 50's still sound great.
It could be date based. Ie, the message changes every week, or month, or some other unit. If it's that secure and hidden, why not include it in every spam message sent? I'm sure there's some string of words and/or numbers that would/could allow you to isolate the stego'd spam with the normal bot spam.
There might not be a pop music equivalent, but there are severaldonation basedrecord labels floating around. These are the ones I can think of off the top of my head, so they're skewed towards the music I listen to most, but I'm positive there are others doing other genres.
I would say they're a pretty close comparison to the patron you mentioned as supporting the artist. The bands are going to continue doing their thing, and putting music out for free, unless people donate, in which case the band actually gets paid something.
I keep seeing this argument being brought up, in all kinds of contexts. (Facebook targeted ads, web history, etc.) I think one of the major turnoffs for me about mass market advertisiing is that it's so off base as to be annoying. I'm not in the market for a car, so to be subjected to ads for cars while I watch tv is a waste of my time. I don't eat at fast food restaurants, so billboards for big macs are just a scourge on the landscape. If the billboard was advertising something I was interested in, then I believe I might find it less intrusive and less annoying. When I do see ads for music, movies, etc, that I'm interested in, I truly do look forward to seeing new ads from these companies.
That would probably mean that, knowing that they had no hope of re-election, they would lose the incentive to stay honest and to at least appear to serve their constituents.
I'll check that out. It sounds like it could be useful.
What, pray tell, do you do which you need 3000+ tabs for? If you're working an 8 hour day, that's about 8 seconds per tab for the entire day. That's once you have them up and running. The startup/load time should you accidentally hit "refresh all tabs" must be insane.
Until recently, my internet experience called for no more than 10 tabs to be open, ever. I've started a new job which calls for a lot of browsing on a lot of websites. The other day I got up to 80 tabs open at the same time.
I'm a huge fan of the Tab Mix Plus Firefox add-on. It allows you to have multiple rows of tabs, and even set unread tabs and current tab to a different colors. Very helpful for visually seeing what's been read, where the new tabs are, where the actual tab is for the page you're on, etc. Especially when there's 20+ open tabs on your screeen at once.
In most places, provided you do wait for the numerous cycles of light changes, and it never does change for your motorcycle or bicycle, you are legally allowed to treat the signal as malfunctioning. It's not registering a legal vehicle, therefore it is malfunctioning. Treat it like a stop sign, and go through the intersection when it's safe.
I am not a lawyer. I do work in/with bicycle advocacy and have heard this from several independent sources.
Not a prank since it was my own computer, but I once had a desktop at work with the image set as a screensaver being a screenshot of the same desktop. the icons were only slightly out of kilter, so it wasn't always obvious which ones were real or not. In a few weeks, the icons on the desktop changed, and it was more confusing.
I think the problem is that the check is a cashier's check. I've heard of marks in this scam going to the bank with the check in hand, suspecting it's a scam, but the bank teller/manager telling them that it's a good check, it doesn't need to clear in order to be valid/valuable. The check makes its way through the system, until eventually it reaches a dead end where the bank it's written "from" declines it, or says "no such account" or whatever. The cashing bank has no way of knowing at the time that it's a fake check (although details of the transaction should raise some flags) so they just go with precedent: cashier's checks are always good.
You can still buy Lawn Darts. Apparently, the sale of the entire set of them is illegal, but selling the parts is not.
This place: http://www.lawndartparts.com/ sells the parts on their own, so you wind up paying around $200 for a whole set, but if you really want them, you can get them.
I won't argue with the fairness/porn comparison as I think it's apt. My point wasn't that it's hard to define. (Which it is.) My point was that it changes. It also changes depending on which side of the battle you're on.
Would the victims of a drone bombing attack--no matter their crime--think it fair that their enemy could attack them using robots and unmanned planes?
But what constitutes fairness? In every major battle or war the US has been involved in, the definition of what's fair has changed. What was unethical last time around, but common practice for the enemy and as a result helped their cause to the tune of Americans dying, is now standard operating procedure.
Why did the American Civil war soldiers line up and fire at each other? Because to hide behind trees, bushes, and hills would be unethical.
Guerilla style acts of sabotage by Viet Cong soldiers were seen as not fighting fair, until we realized how effective they can be.
I'll be in touch about the "Carbon Offset Offset" startup I'm working on getting going. We'll have parking lots full of Hummers idling while teams of folks pour fly around the world to dump used motor oil in lakes.
We could use some more forward thinkers like yourself with innovative ideas to neutralize the carbon neutral.
(posting because I fumbled my moderation from Funny to Overrated - one chance pop-up menus suck)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the mods you make only take effect once you scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen and click "Moderate?" I've seen folks post to undo erroneous moderation like the parent has done and always wondered about this. Do they choose to mod something "informative," scroll down, click "moderate," and then realize they should have modded the post "troll?"
Or is it as the parent suggests; it's a one time pop up menu?
Actually, text-based books would not directly compare to open source, because you need to know the language they are written in, and be literate in that language.
There are a number of books which are wordless, which would be along the lines of what you're talking about. Many of these are for kids, but there are a number which are for all ages. The beautiful thing about these is that they transcend language, age, literacy level. If you can look at a picture and understand it, you can "read" the book.
World War 3 Illustrated is a comic magazine which focuses on politics and social justice issues. The current issue is a wordless issues, and usually the stories in this medium are great. They even write (albeit, with words) in that issue about the politics and strategies of a story being told on paper without words.
I actually used to work at a company who made paper products. Cards, bookmarks, etc. What was unique to this company, and several others around the US, is that they had elements which were handmade. They needed to be assembled. The company would employ assemblers to work at home. Many of the in-office employees would also take work home. Something simple like a bookmark would pay 3 cents per piece. It doesn't sound like much, but once they learn how to do it efficiently, it's possible--and likely--that assemblers would make over $12 per hour. I made over $300 one weekend. I was single, and all I did over the weekend was put together bookmarks, so that wasn't the standard.
One problem we had was finding new folks to be at-home assemblers. The job we had was legit. We'd post on craigslist and other places that we were hiring for a legit work at home assembly job, and the ads would always--ALWAYS--be marked as spam, or scam, or not legit. The job was a local one. Ie, you couldn't do it over the internet, or the phone. You also did not have to pay any money for materials or supplies. Those to items seemed to help the legitimacy of our ads, and we would include both in the ads, but the reputation referenced by the parent is certainly there.
There are work at home jobs, and many are legit. Unfortunately, scammers have found that there are many many people who will pay lots of money for the convenience of some impossible task that pays pennies.
So you can write to it, but you can't read it? Sounds about as useful as skywriting, sparklers, and messages left in below-low-tide beach sand would be for long term storage.
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Future proof? Don't we hear all the time about how DVD's aren't going to last more than 5 or 10 years? Meanwhile, records I've got from the 50's still sound great.
It could be date based. Ie, the message changes every week, or month, or some other unit. If it's that secure and hidden, why not include it in every spam message sent? I'm sure there's some string of words and/or numbers that would/could allow you to isolate the stego'd spam with the normal bot spam.
There might not be a pop music equivalent, but there are several donation based record labels floating around. These are the ones I can think of off the top of my head, so they're skewed towards the music I listen to most, but I'm positive there are others doing other genres.
I would say they're a pretty close comparison to the patron you mentioned as supporting the artist. The bands are going to continue doing their thing, and putting music out for free, unless people donate, in which case the band actually gets paid something.
I keep seeing this argument being brought up, in all kinds of contexts. (Facebook targeted ads, web history, etc.) I think one of the major turnoffs for me about mass market advertisiing is that it's so off base as to be annoying. I'm not in the market for a car, so to be subjected to ads for cars while I watch tv is a waste of my time. I don't eat at fast food restaurants, so billboards for big macs are just a scourge on the landscape. If the billboard was advertising something I was interested in, then I believe I might find it less intrusive and less annoying. When I do see ads for music, movies, etc, that I'm interested in, I truly do look forward to seeing new ads from these companies.
once.
Useless to humans, maybe.
Maybe not so much to Skynet.
in other words...
"Nuke them from Earth. It's the only way to be sure."
I'll check that out. It sounds like it could be useful.
What, pray tell, do you do which you need 3000+ tabs for? If you're working an 8 hour day, that's about 8 seconds per tab for the entire day. That's once you have them up and running. The startup/load time should you accidentally hit "refresh all tabs" must be insane.
Until recently, my internet experience called for no more than 10 tabs to be open, ever. I've started a new job which calls for a lot of browsing on a lot of websites. The other day I got up to 80 tabs open at the same time.
I'm a huge fan of the Tab Mix Plus Firefox add-on. It allows you to have multiple rows of tabs, and even set unread tabs and current tab to a different colors. Very helpful for visually seeing what's been read, where the new tabs are, where the actual tab is for the page you're on, etc. Especially when there's 20+ open tabs on your screeen at once.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122/
In most places, provided you do wait for the numerous cycles of light changes, and it never does change for your motorcycle or bicycle, you are legally allowed to treat the signal as malfunctioning. It's not registering a legal vehicle, therefore it is malfunctioning. Treat it like a stop sign, and go through the intersection when it's safe. I am not a lawyer. I do work in/with bicycle advocacy and have heard this from several independent sources.
If you have 7 tiles in your hand and you must connect to one that's on the board, that makes 8.
Not a prank since it was my own computer, but I once had a desktop at work with the image set as a screensaver being a screenshot of the same desktop. the icons were only slightly out of kilter, so it wasn't always obvious which ones were real or not. In a few weeks, the icons on the desktop changed, and it was more confusing.
my boss hated it.
I think the problem is that the check is a cashier's check. I've heard of marks in this scam going to the bank with the check in hand, suspecting it's a scam, but the bank teller/manager telling them that it's a good check, it doesn't need to clear in order to be valid/valuable. The check makes its way through the system, until eventually it reaches a dead end where the bank it's written "from" declines it, or says "no such account" or whatever. The cashing bank has no way of knowing at the time that it's a fake check (although details of the transaction should raise some flags) so they just go with precedent: cashier's checks are always good.
You can still buy Lawn Darts. Apparently, the sale of the entire set of them is illegal, but selling the parts is not.
This place:
http://www.lawndartparts.com/
sells the parts on their own, so you wind up paying around $200 for a whole set, but if you really want them, you can get them.
I won't argue with the fairness/porn comparison as I think it's apt. My point wasn't that it's hard to define. (Which it is.) My point was that it changes. It also changes depending on which side of the battle you're on.
Would the victims of a drone bombing attack--no matter their crime--think it fair that their enemy could attack them using robots and unmanned planes?
But what constitutes fairness? In every major battle or war the US has been involved in, the definition of what's fair has changed. What was unethical last time around, but common practice for the enemy and as a result helped their cause to the tune of Americans dying, is now standard operating procedure.
Why did the American Civil war soldiers line up and fire at each other? Because to hide behind trees, bushes, and hills would be unethical.
Guerilla style acts of sabotage by Viet Cong soldiers were seen as not fighting fair, until we realized how effective they can be.
I just checked their website, and a flight from Burbank to Oakland and back is 59 dollars one way on a regularly scheduled, non-standby flight.
I'll be in touch about the "Carbon Offset Offset" startup I'm working on getting going. We'll have parking lots full of Hummers idling while teams of folks pour fly around the world to dump used motor oil in lakes.
We could use some more forward thinkers like yourself with innovative ideas to neutralize the carbon neutral.
(posting because I fumbled my moderation from Funny to Overrated - one chance pop-up menus suck)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the mods you make only take effect once you scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen and click "Moderate?" I've seen folks post to undo erroneous moderation like the parent has done and always wondered about this. Do they choose to mod something "informative," scroll down, click "moderate," and then realize they should have modded the post "troll?"
Or is it as the parent suggests; it's a one time pop up menu?
Actually, text-based books would not directly compare to open source, because you need to know the language they are written in, and be literate in that language.
There are a number of books which are wordless, which would be along the lines of what you're talking about. Many of these are for kids, but there are a number which are for all ages. The beautiful thing about these is that they transcend language, age, literacy level. If you can look at a picture and understand it, you can "read" the book.
World War 3 Illustrated is a comic magazine which focuses on politics and social justice issues. The current issue is a wordless issues, and usually the stories in this medium are great. They even write (albeit, with words) in that issue about the politics and strategies of a story being told on paper without words.
Won't get very far at a competitive cost today, anyways...
I actually used to work at a company who made paper products. Cards, bookmarks, etc. What was unique to this company, and several others around the US, is that they had elements which were handmade. They needed to be assembled. The company would employ assemblers to work at home. Many of the in-office employees would also take work home. Something simple like a bookmark would pay 3 cents per piece. It doesn't sound like much, but once they learn how to do it efficiently, it's possible--and likely--that assemblers would make over $12 per hour. I made over $300 one weekend. I was single, and all I did over the weekend was put together bookmarks, so that wasn't the standard. One problem we had was finding new folks to be at-home assemblers. The job we had was legit. We'd post on craigslist and other places that we were hiring for a legit work at home assembly job, and the ads would always--ALWAYS--be marked as spam, or scam, or not legit. The job was a local one. Ie, you couldn't do it over the internet, or the phone. You also did not have to pay any money for materials or supplies. Those to items seemed to help the legitimacy of our ads, and we would include both in the ads, but the reputation referenced by the parent is certainly there.
There are work at home jobs, and many are legit. Unfortunately, scammers have found that there are many many people who will pay lots of money for the convenience of some impossible task that pays pennies.
This, sir, is genius.
Write only?
So you can write to it, but you can't read it? Sounds about as useful as skywriting, sparklers, and messages left in below-low-tide beach sand would be for long term storage.
Or attach the chip to a carrier pigeon, and send him flying.