I used to use [companyname]@mydomain.com for everything I signed up for. It worked great for a long time. The only downside was having to use a catchall address, but not a huge deal.
Unfortnately what will eventually happen is someone will troll through whois records or just grab random domains from existing mailing lists, and start sending out spam from random strings of letters/words @ that domain. Still, not a huge deal, except when they are sending out hundreds of thousands of emails that appear to originate with a domain you have a catchall account on, two things happen.
1) A good number of the addresses they have on their mailing lists are themselves email address harvesters which means you now get spam to hundreds of new email addresses.
2) Thousands of those messages will either bounce or generate auto replies, which are now in your inbox.
I've had the same email address for 14 years so it has gotten slightly out of hand. My procmail filters will blot out the sun, but unfortunately, only a medium sized chunk of this garbage.
I am working on a system that lets you manipulate objects on a desktop, but contains both 3D objects and immediate and realistic tactile sensation.
The best part is the objects are completely functional. For instance, I have a pencil object right now that will write on a paper object and dull itself over time. It is realistically modeled in wood.
I've also implemented drawers which can be used to organize and store the objects for later retrieval, as well as a rudimentary file system.
I'm not entirely sure what to call it yet, but I'm thinking of going with "a desk."
I have a PC I built for Battlefield 2 which was top of the line at the time. BF2 came out around the same time as the 360 launch. I can get Battlefield 3 for the 360 if I want, but that PC is never going to be able to run it without dumping hundreds of dollars into it.
A lot of the times things like this don't help the bottom line.
I've worked with a lot of developers who get on a kick about this development methodology or this version control or this framework or this pattern and if given any sort of leeway will shoehorn it into every single thing they have even a small stake in.
Sometimes there is a good fit, but often it is just adding pointless overhead and complexity to something that doesn't need it.
I was going to read the article but about a quarter of the way through it just felt like someone copied and pasted in a bunch of wikipedia articles and it just wasn't worth the effort for something so boring.
There will be ten firehose entries for the same article. They will sit unposted for days, and then when it finally hits the frontpage it is from the same five people who always get articles posted, the worst link, the worst summary, and often through a spammy blog instead of the source.
I was happy when the firehose opened up. I thought it would help out a lot. Instead it is just like a cruel joke seeing what could have been posted instead of what did get posted.
The sad thing is you could move slashdot to a sub-reddit on reddit.com, possibly one of the worst sites on the internet, and it would be an improvement. For something masquerading as a technology site, the current setup is just embarrassing.
It really is kind of ridiculous to say it is another step in killing traditional cable companies and then listing Comcast as one of the companies that is on board.
I actually had some small measure of hope that with Taco out of the way that slashdot's corporate masters might actually begin enforcing some sort of minimal standards.
The only solution now is to start firing the "editors" one by one until quality improves or nothing gets posted, which is its own sort of improvement.
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The article said "plug into TVs" not "dump in box behind TV."
A word of warning.
I used to use [companyname]@mydomain.com for everything I signed up for. It worked great for a long time. The only downside was having to use a catchall address, but not a huge deal.
Unfortnately what will eventually happen is someone will troll through whois records or just grab random domains from existing mailing lists, and start sending out spam from random strings of letters/words @ that domain. Still, not a huge deal, except when they are sending out hundreds of thousands of emails that appear to originate with a domain you have a catchall account on, two things happen.
1) A good number of the addresses they have on their mailing lists are themselves email address harvesters which means you now get spam to hundreds of new email addresses.
2) Thousands of those messages will either bounce or generate auto replies, which are now in your inbox.
I've had the same email address for 14 years so it has gotten slightly out of hand. My procmail filters will blot out the sun, but unfortunately, only a medium sized chunk of this garbage.
Is that it seems like it was designed by programmers and not in a good way.
The punishment for not sending it is far worse. Why, one woman in Ohio failed to send the letter and was later murdered in her sleep by a ghost.
I think it is unrealistic to expect a wooden desk to process MRI images when the human brain itself is often incapable of processing a "joke."
I am working on a system that lets you manipulate objects on a desktop, but contains both 3D objects and immediate and realistic tactile sensation.
The best part is the objects are completely functional. For instance, I have a pencil object right now that will write on a paper object and dull itself over time. It is realistically modeled in wood.
I've also implemented drawers which can be used to organize and store the objects for later retrieval, as well as a rudimentary file system.
I'm not entirely sure what to call it yet, but I'm thinking of going with "a desk."
No, but running the game at full settings and not meeting the minimum system requirements is, which is the case here.
I have a PC I built for Battlefield 2 which was top of the line at the time. BF2 came out around the same time as the 360 launch. I can get Battlefield 3 for the 360 if I want, but that PC is never going to be able to run it without dumping hundreds of dollars into it.
Ran Oblivion fine, never going to run Skyrim.
Which is basically my point.
It really isn't a lot different than what happened with the cable/phone/internet companies.
After a lot of hemming and hawing they all provide essentially the same service now.
So Microsoft adds non-game functions to their living room device, and Apple puts their general purpose device into the living room.
That is a far cry from "consoles are dying!"
Yeah, with a gaming PC your next upgrade is never more than six months away.
Which is why consoles are so popular.
What is this crap. Wikileaks, Ron Paul, and global oligarch conspiracy all at once.
Stop it.
Nobody on slashdot would care about stupid paywall sites if you would do the most basic of editing tasks and stop linking to them.
What do you think a Teletype is? Teletypewriter. Jesus christ.
Because it is emulating a terminal, which back in the stone age was an actual piece of physical hardware.
Sometimes they were magical interactive typewriters which is where the abbreviation 'TTY' comes from.
That is not what people would use them for. Let's be honest.
I thought it might be interesting but then it turned out it wasn't.
A lot of the times things like this don't help the bottom line.
I've worked with a lot of developers who get on a kick about this development methodology or this version control or this framework or this pattern and if given any sort of leeway will shoehorn it into every single thing they have even a small stake in.
Sometimes there is a good fit, but often it is just adding pointless overhead and complexity to something that doesn't need it.
Thanks, bro. You've been a big help in not increasing my care level about this.
I was going to read the article but about a quarter of the way through it just felt like someone copied and pasted in a bunch of wikipedia articles and it just wasn't worth the effort for something so boring.
I was including the other two rovers in my comment, but yeah.
These rovers are the coolest thing NASA has done in a long time.
I feel weird posting without making a snide remark.
I do most of my slashdot reading in w3m and it works fine. It is actually easier to browse and read comments this way for the most part.
The exception is trying to post anonymously, in which case the slow down cowboy page pops up for upwards of three hours.
There will be ten firehose entries for the same article. They will sit unposted for days, and then when it finally hits the frontpage it is from the same five people who always get articles posted, the worst link, the worst summary, and often through a spammy blog instead of the source.
I was happy when the firehose opened up. I thought it would help out a lot. Instead it is just like a cruel joke seeing what could have been posted instead of what did get posted.
The sad thing is you could move slashdot to a sub-reddit on reddit.com, possibly one of the worst sites on the internet, and it would be an improvement. For something masquerading as a technology site, the current setup is just embarrassing.
It really is kind of ridiculous to say it is another step in killing traditional cable companies and then listing Comcast as one of the companies that is on board.
I actually had some small measure of hope that with Taco out of the way that slashdot's corporate masters might actually begin enforcing some sort of minimal standards.
The only solution now is to start firing the "editors" one by one until quality improves or nothing gets posted, which is its own sort of improvement.