Once again, GMail is my solution to this. Prior to GMail, I used spamgourmet to keep my inbox clean. The oldest email I have used to get 30,000 emails per month that were all SPAM. Right now, it's getting about 11,000. (I haven't really used that address in a long time.
I have had maybe 10 SPAM emails in the last year make it to that inbox. (It's hosted under Google Apps.)
So once I found out how well Google's SPAM filters work, I quit caring about giving out my main email address. I give it to everything now, and if a company SPAMs me, I just mark it as SPAM. When enough people do that, it seriously hinders their ability to contact their legit customers, and they learn a valuable lesson.
There's a little bit of fallout from people who use the SPAM button incorrectly, but I think Google does its best to account for that, too.
I tested this out on my Dad. He hasn't seen a lot of British TV, and he's pretty picky about TV when he's setting aside time for it from other things.
He was pretty into it. We watched all the seasons together 2 or 3 eps at a time. (It was my third time watching, so I wasn't as enthusiastic as he was.)
So if they broadcast it in a good timeslot, I think it could do very, very well... As long as they didn't try to remake it like they did with The Office, Life On Mars, and The IT Crowd. I still can't imagine why they do that. -sigh-
Since they announced this tidbit, people have been complaining about it... But it's just simple business. They -know- a clean install is the best way to go and it's still a pre-release product. I don't think it's unreasonable for them to require a free, pre-release product to be installed from scratch.
On the other hand, I'm sure glad I didn't try it on my PC, as I really don't need the hassle of a wipe and reinstall.
I have to think that future pre-release versions will have the same caveat, and the release version may as well. In that case, I'm content to just wait.
I think his point was that you should not compare a year's worth of data to 3 months' worth. They could simply take the last 365 days and compare it to the 365 before that and it would make a lot more sense.
The problem, of course, is all the -other- people already using calendar years with their data like it means something.
Whoa... They had to add $350 on -top- of the PC and Projector!? I assumed that at least included a crappy projector. Ouch.
So really, instead of a $10,000 professional table with big support behind it, we're talking about a $1500-3000 homemade table that isn't going to be nearly as refined and awesome. For 1/3 of the price, it had better be pretty competitive with the big one. For 1/30 the price, it was allowed to be pretty hacky.
But for small shops, this is a win! Since MS won't support it any more, people will have to turn to small local shops instead. It should be quite a boon to them.
While I didn't drink anywhere near as much as you, I used to be 'addicted' to CocaCola and if I didn't get 2-3 cans a day, I wouldn't be happy.
Yes, that's a pitiful amount compared to -any- coffee drinker.
I found that I wasn't getting good sleep, either. I'd be tired all the time. I quit and I was tired for about a month, then I sprung back. I've gone back to drinking it a few times, and had the same result each time.
Oddly, it happens worse with CocaCola than with something like Mt Dew.
(And it's not the sugar because I eat tons of that regardless of what I'm drinking.)
We already know from beta testers that win7 is faster than Vista. So your 'never' has already been proven wrong.
As for 'it will have more code', that doesn't mean all that code runs all the time or that it's slower. In fact, you could say the same thing about Linux, and yet there have been distros that improved their overall speed over time through various technologies, like GPU acceleration.
Again, you have -no- clue why they pulled the servers or how they picked which ones to pull. It's every bit as likely that they're in the right as in the wrong. Sitting back and judging them with no facts is beyond pointless... It's irresponsible.
Coincidentally, I just finished watching the anime series 'Black Jack 21' and the plot revolves around a virus used as a battery and all the problems it causes.
So for the price of an XBox 360, I can buy a console that doesn't have -any- video games that were written this decade yet, and future games will cost $20.
Newsflash: Game developers want to charge more than $20 for games. They aren't going to bother making games for this thing when they could make them for 360 or PS3 and sell them for more.
Oh, and shame on the system for allowing a session to go for 41 hours, guaranteeing that everything after the first 12 hours isn't thought about clearly.
And shame on the system for allowing only 16 members to vote something in.
(If I Google right, there are around 900 members of Parliament.)
Shame on everyone. Shame on him for 'tricking' this into law. Shame on everyone that left early because they didn't care about anything else that was left.
Since it's slashdotted already, I'm going to assume 30 points is thirty actions.
I could eat up 30 actions in a couple minutes... There's no way to get me to come back day after day when I can only play for a couple minutes for free... And I'm not going to pay insane rates to play for hours a day.
If they had an 'unlimited' plan for say... $15/month... I think they'd do a lot better.
You definitely don't understand, then. Most professional websites are -not- live-tested on their users. There's a 'beta' behind the scenes with actual testers, not just random users.
Very few professional websites do what GMail is doing and have the 'beta' version be the live version.
And don't confuse 'having bugs' with being a 'beta'. All software has bugs, no matter what stage of development it's in.
Slashdot Mirror
I used that when I was running multiple Kubuntu machines in my house and it was definitely worthwhile, and fairly easy to set up.
I was actually wondering if anyone would recommend this method.
For the same reason that you'll upgrade to 9.10 instead of waiting for 11.04: Features.
Sure, it'll have all the bugfixes for years, but it won't have any of the new features.
(In case anyone has forgotten, LTS are supported for 3 years on the desktop, so there's no 'need' to upgrade every 18 months.)
Once again, GMail is my solution to this. Prior to GMail, I used spamgourmet to keep my inbox clean. The oldest email I have used to get 30,000 emails per month that were all SPAM. Right now, it's getting about 11,000. (I haven't really used that address in a long time.
I have had maybe 10 SPAM emails in the last year make it to that inbox. (It's hosted under Google Apps.)
So once I found out how well Google's SPAM filters work, I quit caring about giving out my main email address. I give it to everything now, and if a company SPAMs me, I just mark it as SPAM. When enough people do that, it seriously hinders their ability to contact their legit customers, and they learn a valuable lesson.
There's a little bit of fallout from people who use the SPAM button incorrectly, but I think Google does its best to account for that, too.
I tested this out on my Dad. He hasn't seen a lot of British TV, and he's pretty picky about TV when he's setting aside time for it from other things.
He was pretty into it. We watched all the seasons together 2 or 3 eps at a time. (It was my third time watching, so I wasn't as enthusiastic as he was.)
So if they broadcast it in a good timeslot, I think it could do very, very well... As long as they didn't try to remake it like they did with The Office, Life On Mars, and The IT Crowd. I still can't imagine why they do that. -sigh-
Since they announced this tidbit, people have been complaining about it... But it's just simple business. They -know- a clean install is the best way to go and it's still a pre-release product. I don't think it's unreasonable for them to require a free, pre-release product to be installed from scratch.
On the other hand, I'm sure glad I didn't try it on my PC, as I really don't need the hassle of a wipe and reinstall.
I have to think that future pre-release versions will have the same caveat, and the release version may as well. In that case, I'm content to just wait.
Don Marquis. Unfortunately, the sig blank isn't long enough to put that info in.
I think his point was that you should not compare a year's worth of data to 3 months' worth. They could simply take the last 365 days and compare it to the 365 before that and it would make a lot more sense.
The problem, of course, is all the -other- people already using calendar years with their data like it means something.
Dude, I know your ID is 4 digits, but... How old ARE you that you remember that event?
Whoa... They had to add $350 on -top- of the PC and Projector!? I assumed that at least included a crappy projector. Ouch.
So really, instead of a $10,000 professional table with big support behind it, we're talking about a $1500-3000 homemade table that isn't going to be nearly as refined and awesome. For 1/3 of the price, it had better be pretty competitive with the big one. For 1/30 the price, it was allowed to be pretty hacky.
But for small shops, this is a win! Since MS won't support it any more, people will have to turn to small local shops instead. It should be quite a boon to them.
Supply isn't truly infinite. There are costs incurred per track they sell, including distribution, billing, and customer service.
Demand isn't infinite, either.
You can still use supply and demand to help set price here.
While I didn't drink anywhere near as much as you, I used to be 'addicted' to CocaCola and if I didn't get 2-3 cans a day, I wouldn't be happy.
Yes, that's a pitiful amount compared to -any- coffee drinker.
I found that I wasn't getting good sleep, either. I'd be tired all the time. I quit and I was tired for about a month, then I sprung back. I've gone back to drinking it a few times, and had the same result each time.
Oddly, it happens worse with CocaCola than with something like Mt Dew.
(And it's not the sugar because I eat tons of that regardless of what I'm drinking.)
We already know from beta testers that win7 is faster than Vista. So your 'never' has already been proven wrong.
As for 'it will have more code', that doesn't mean all that code runs all the time or that it's slower. In fact, you could say the same thing about Linux, and yet there have been distros that improved their overall speed over time through various technologies, like GPU acceleration.
Again, you have -no- clue why they pulled the servers or how they picked which ones to pull. It's every bit as likely that they're in the right as in the wrong. Sitting back and judging them with no facts is beyond pointless... It's irresponsible.
Ack, you're right. I was thinking more of the prices last year... Forgot about the price drops.
The customer may have done nothing wrong, but the hosting company may have been using every computer under their control for illegal uses.
We simply don't know and it's pointless to get up in arms with no information whatsoever.
Coincidentally, I just finished watching the anime series 'Black Jack 21' and the plot revolves around a virus used as a battery and all the problems it causes.
So for the price of an XBox 360, I can buy a console that doesn't have -any- video games that were written this decade yet, and future games will cost $20.
Newsflash: Game developers want to charge more than $20 for games. They aren't going to bother making games for this thing when they could make them for 360 or PS3 and sell them for more.
If that's what the job calls for, yes. Leaving before the business is done is asinine. It's their -job- to represent their country.
And why is it so important? Because of stupid shit like this.
Oh, and shame on the system for allowing a session to go for 41 hours, guaranteeing that everything after the first 12 hours isn't thought about clearly.
And shame on the system for allowing only 16 members to vote something in.
(If I Google right, there are around 900 members of Parliament.)
Shame on everyone. Shame on him for 'tricking' this into law. Shame on everyone that left early because they didn't care about anything else that was left.
Since it's slashdotted already, I'm going to assume 30 points is thirty actions.
I could eat up 30 actions in a couple minutes... There's no way to get me to come back day after day when I can only play for a couple minutes for free... And I'm not going to pay insane rates to play for hours a day.
If they had an 'unlimited' plan for say... $15/month... I think they'd do a lot better.
You definitely don't understand, then. Most professional websites are -not- live-tested on their users. There's a 'beta' behind the scenes with actual testers, not just random users.
Very few professional websites do what GMail is doing and have the 'beta' version be the live version.
And don't confuse 'having bugs' with being a 'beta'. All software has bugs, no matter what stage of development it's in.
Hopefully just the chart. ;)
He's just a sports celebrity. That's all. You don't hear anyone crying because nobody can get sponsors for curling, do you?
If people wanted to watch other people play video games, the economy would have very little effect on his life.
Though, honestly, I've never been sure why people want to watch other people play any other sport, either.