Not quite. They were ordered to pay, but apparently never did. Further down in the same article:
According to Ernie Ball's estimate, in the first year it saved $90,000 that it would have spent upgrading desktop machines for Windows and buying new Windows licenses.
Of course, this particular door knocker is unlikely to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses, as they do not believe in hell (at least the fiery torment variety, rather the R.I.P. variety).
Perhaps he's a Baptist. I had the Junior Pastor from the local Baptist church come by to kindly tell me I was going to a burning, fiery hell if I didn't see things his way. I'm confident that one day, one of us will be proven to be incorrect.
Really though, a Do Not Call List is more than sufficient; I don't need to show myself a lesser human in the presence of those who sincerely, even if misguided, are trying to help me.
In the end, SCO will receive their just desserts. As quoted here on Slashdot, Salon reported ESR's take on the matter as follows:
Raymond, the Open Source Initiative president, says that although he's not privy to IBM's strategy, he recently had an opportunity to speak to Dan Fry, who directs IBM's Linux efforts. "I didn't get the impression that they were going to settle this case," Raymond says. "And I told Dan, 'We want you to crush these guys. You go after them foot, horse and marines. And we will cheer.'"
I, for one, look forward to the day SCO finally goes down in a crumpled heap and the cheering that will ensue.
Even if the system is perfected and put in place at every crossing, officials acknowledged, it could not prevent every illegal entry because it now only takes into account Mexican citizens, American permanent residents and Canadian residents.
Great, clamp down hard on lesser offenses, like Mexicans sneaking in, and let the terrorists continue to use ordinary paperwork to enter the country. Any new measures should be evenly applied to *everyone* crossing the border, including alleged U.S. citizens, and not just North American aliens and alien residents.
You make good points. One thing, though: I have noticed practically zero spam coming to any of my webmaster email accounts, even thought the one you have mentioned has been in plain sight for years. Anyone else agree? Same goes for sales@xyzco.com, support@xyzco.com and the big no-no for spammers: abuse@xyzco.com
My theory is that spammers want to target individuals, and do not fear their reprisal. However, they have a low risk/return ratio with spamming sales@company.com . Such an email account can be a cashflow vein to a company, and spamming these accounts can bring upon the ire of an entire company.
Howcome I can buy Mandrake 9 at Cheapbytes.com for $6.99, but I *hafta* buy the manual and pay $39.95 if I want RedHat 8. Either RedHat is smarter and makes sure that their stuff doesn't get given away, or...>insert imagination here>...
I'm posting this using Mandrake 8.1, which I bought with "the Sims" the last time Mandrake needed money. I dunno, maybe I'm naive. But, I support things I like. I'll probably buy 9.0 from Mandrake store to help out again. I hear it's very good, and I'd like to see the product continue to progress. I think it's possible that Mandrake has actually influenced Red Hat with their direction in UI.
But, I don't feel right contributing cash as yet. Maybe I'll become a member this time if they are giving away some good goodies.
It's sad, really. I remember trying to support OS/2 a decade ago, buying it twice (2.1 and Warp). Well, nuff said.
He spammed, we junk mailed em. Pretty much quid pro quo. He got the message. But what kinda loser decides to drive by the house and then take pics and then gets pissy when the guy tracks him down?
He's an infamous celebrity. People want pictures. He can deal with it. At least he doesn't live in Hollywood where there aren't tour buses full of people driving by and taking pictures. Yet.
I usually have too short of an attention span to read an interview this long. The questions were well chosen, and the responses were very well written. Not to mention an absorbing read.
Hopefully, the discussion here can be as thoughtful today (as well as on-topic).
I too kept instinctively pressing CTRL-TAB to try and change tabs, based on my Opera experience. I wondered why this wasn't implemented in Moz.
However, once I realized that Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn can be used to change tabs, I also could see that this is superior to the Opera way. This is because now that I think of it, Ctrl-Tab was frustrating to use in Opera, because I could no longer use Ctrl-Tab to switch focus between the address bar and frames, as IE had trained me to do. Never did figure out what Opera equivalent focus change was.
The Mozilla way of handling these keystrokes gives us the best possible scenario.
Well, you know what tabs are (eg. right click on "My Computer" on Windows and the tabs at the top are General, Device Manager, Hardware Profiles, Performance).
Well, in Mozilla, you can set it up so that you can: a) right-click on a link and instead of open the page in another window, you can open it in another tab. b) middle click on a link and it will open up the additional page in a tab. c) type a url in the address bar and instead of pressing ENTER, press CTRL-ENTER and the page will be opened in a tab.
Thus, you have one copy of Mozilla running, but within the browser, a tab for each page that you want to view. No more billions of sessions open in the task bar at the bottom of your UI.
Best of all, you can set your preferences so that Mozilla loads the tabs in the background. A great application of this is: open the Slashdot page. Middle-click on all the "Read more..." links of stories you are interested in. You will have, within your browser, tabs with headings that you can look at, one at a time. Then, you can read each story, close the tab and look at the next and so on.
If you haven't or won't use this feature, force yourself to. You'll never go back.
Tabbed browsing is, of course, the bomb! I can't use IE anymore because of it. I middle click on links with IE and when nothing happens, it is just so annoying. It's like browsing in a dark place.
The USS Maine was sunk in 1898, resulting in the U.S. attacking Spanish colonial interests. In 1912, the Maine was raised, investigated by the U.S. and then scuttled. These are the known facts. The conspiracy theories arise over the question of who or what sunk the ship. Did the U.S. intentionally sink the ship to provide a reason to attack Spain's colonies? Hmmm.
And the fact that the ISP had struggled for a year to get rid of this guy says something about how lucrative spamming is. If he can afford this kind of legal representation, he's lying about making only $250 per mailing.
Oh, by the way, Bloomfield Hills, MI is one of the wealthiest areas in the country to live.
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Perhaps he's a Baptist. I had the Junior Pastor from the local Baptist church come by to kindly tell me I was going to a burning, fiery hell if I didn't see things his way. I'm confident that one day, one of us will be proven to be incorrect.
Really though, a Do Not Call List is more than sufficient; I don't need to show myself a lesser human in the presence of those who sincerely, even if misguided, are trying to help me.
8-)
keyword1 keyword2 site:slashdot.org
The Slashdot search engine leaves a lot to be desired.
My theory is that spammers want to target individuals, and do not fear their reprisal. However, they have a low risk/return ratio with spamming sales@company.com . Such an email account can be a cashflow vein to a company, and spamming these accounts can bring upon the ire of an entire company.
1. Don't let a spammer verify your email address
2. Don't post your email address on the internet
3. Secure your email client
4. Avoid common email traps
5. Fight back
Let me know if these can be improved.
Howcome I can buy Mandrake 9 at Cheapbytes.com for $6.99, but I *hafta* buy the manual and pay $39.95 if I want RedHat 8. Either RedHat is smarter and makes sure that their stuff doesn't get given away, or...>insert imagination here>...
But, I don't feel right contributing cash as yet. Maybe I'll become a member this time if they are giving away some good goodies.
It's sad, really. I remember trying to support OS/2 a decade ago, buying it twice (2.1 and Warp). Well, nuff said.
Here's how to see the list of the Walmart
Mandrake PC's.
Where are all the ads???
Hopefully, the discussion here can be as thoughtful today (as well as on-topic).
However, once I realized that Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn can be used to change tabs, I also could see that this is superior to the Opera way. This is because now that I think of it, Ctrl-Tab was frustrating to use in Opera, because I could no longer use Ctrl-Tab to switch focus between the address bar and frames, as IE had trained me to do. Never did figure out what Opera equivalent focus change was.
The Mozilla way of handling these keystrokes gives us the best possible scenario.
Well, in Mozilla, you can set it up so that you can:
a) right-click on a link and instead of open the page in another window, you can open it in another tab.
b) middle click on a link and it will open up the additional page in a tab.
c) type a url in the address bar and instead of pressing ENTER, press CTRL-ENTER and the page will be opened in a tab.
Thus, you have one copy of Mozilla running, but within the browser, a tab for each page that you want to view. No more billions of sessions open in the task bar at the bottom of your UI.
Best of all, you can set your preferences so that Mozilla loads the tabs in the background. A great application of this is: open the Slashdot page. Middle-click on all the "Read more..." links of stories you are interested in. You will have, within your browser, tabs with headings that you can look at, one at a time. Then, you can read each story, close the tab and look at the next and so on.
If you haven't or won't use this feature, force yourself to. You'll never go back.
Frsit Psot?
The USS Maine was sunk in 1898, resulting in the U.S. attacking Spanish colonial interests. In 1912, the Maine was raised, investigated by the U.S. and then scuttled. These are the known facts. The conspiracy theories arise over the question of who or what sunk the ship. Did the U.S. intentionally sink the ship to provide a reason to attack Spain's colonies? Hmmm.
Oh, by the way, Bloomfield Hills, MI is one of the wealthiest areas in the country to live.
Cool! Star Trek's "Data" version 0.001 (alpha)
if they haven't already, why couldn't they open up something old, like SCO UNIX 3.2 v4.2 or something like that. Just a thought.