Honestly curious... Could you really get away with that?
I mean, disposing of the computer wouldn't be hard, just put it with the bod-i mean... In an area like where I live, I could take it out into the street and nuke it and I don't think anyone would notice, but would it work ok on the legal side? Recieve notice, 'dispose' of the computer, report it as stole, and boom, it's gone? Do you have to have some kind of proof that there was a break in? Would a court accept this as an amazing coincidence?
I'm not a Microsoft basher, but haven't they gotten involved in open source in the past as a way to slow down or hinder development of different projects? It's too late for me to hunt down a links, but if I'm right, reader probably knows what I'm talking about.
Just a thought. I'd hate to see a project like FireFox get fouled up, or watch Microsoft use FireFox to corrupt standards.
Instead of wasting time debating this, we need to focus our efforts on attaching giant rockets to the surface of the moon to correct the drift, so that our (childrens x 1,000,000) children can enjoy a traditional view of Earth's sky.
I agree with parent. I work in a job where our software requires all caps also, but it's not because there is something magical about capital letters. It's just poor design on the part of the software developer. The excuse is that it eliminates the issue of people typing:
Main Street
MAIN STREET
main street
Main street
etc...
But IMHO, that type of problem could be better controlled with other means.
My beef with it is that when we mail things out, our mailing addresses are in all caps and it looks like we're sending out mail from the 1980s, not to mention any auto-filled fields in the letter: "We are writing to inform MR DAVANGER that his account..."
I don't mean it as wishing harm on AOL users, but come on. What's the saying? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...uh...
When you buy service from ISP A, which has a history of defending the rights of it's users, and using secure and safe practices, and they end up releasing all of your search history...well, that's not cool, and I feel for you. Maybe this will happen to me one day, hopefully not.
When you buy service from ISP B, with a history of being sickeningly infected with spyware, viruses, adds, and not protecting its users...if something like this happens, I'm sorry, seriously, but you're asking for it. We all know AOL's history. It's time to move on, you 657,427 users.
I'm sorry, but if you're still using AOL at this point, you deserve whatever crazy coked-up junk they throw at you.
And how can you determine who a user is with their search info? I mean, who searches for themselves, or puts in their own information? And these are AOL users... Most likely these read as ['huge tits and dicks', 'free smileys','screensavers and cursor fun',...].
Before Microsoft jumped into the antivirus/spyware game, everything was okay, because although there were major security issues with Windows, other businesses jumped up to fill the gap and fix the problems. Life went on, and nobody got hurt (except the consumer, paying their $39.99 a year).
Now that Microsoft is in the game, they threaten to destroy these other businesses that were covering-ass before, and screw the consumer even more with price hikes once they dominate the market, but it's not less-right, it's more-wrong. This should never be accepted in the first place! If I put out software with major security flaws and then charged for more software to monitor the holes, I wouldn't sell a copy!
I doubt the government is going to do anything about this. We just have to hope people vote with their dollars once Vista comes out. I know I already have.
Actually, this really bothers me too, but if you act ignorant and ignore it long enough, the cashier overrides all of the errors caused by moving things on the scale, and you can go about your business and just ignore it.
I think this could be explained by the content of your site.
If your site focuses on technology related commentary, java tips, and hardware reviews, I would expect Google to have more links.
If your site contains an aundance of kitten pictures and Christian Fellowship information, I would expect things to be more evenly distributed.
People with no idea what is going on will just use whatever search engine pops up when they get their PC from dell and start it up. People on slashdot (you) probably have pages with content geared toward the more technologically enlightened crowd, so your target audience is tuned in to Google.
Of course I could be wrong, and your private web site might be Betabug's Perfect Poodle Pictures.
When I have programming problems or questions, now I actually turn to Google Groups before a standard web search. The results seem to be much more on target since each result is generally a specific issue someone is having. Once you get an on-target post, you just have to wade through all the flame wars, format nazis, and ploinkers...
The groups that actually seem to be hosted by Google are a little easier to read, but less populated.
I personally held off on buying a DS because of the design. Now that it has been fixed, I'll be buying one for myself and my girlfriend. The DS lite is the product that should have been put out to begin with. You could argue that it has a lot of old tech (802.11b not the least of it), but I don't need bleeding edge to whoop up on my buddies in Mario Cart.
And actually...it appears they did disappear overnight;)
I notice in my little FireFox toolbar, under 'view', there is an option for 'Page Style'. Can we keep the old design as an option for those who don't want to switch, and just make the new style the default? Heck, can we even have the runner up as another style choice?
This is downright silly. Tax Email, and I'll Instant Message. Tax SMS and I'll Instant Message on my phone. Tax AIM, MSN, or Y! Instant Messaging, and I'll use another program, and another protocol.
Unless they want to put a flat tax on UDP and TCP packets (I'm sure they'd like to), they're not getting any money from me.
While this kind of licensing and attitude is great for techies, this is a major problem for desktop and user-friendly linux.
I'm pretty much an 'average' user. Before I found SuSE 9, I was kept from using linux because I couldn't figure out how to compile drivers for my nVidia card. Now that I've got that part down, I'm using Linux in my basement, but I'm kept from using it in the rest of the house because I can't figure out how to compile drivers for my wireless setup.
A linux distro with all these drivers included? I would absolutely love it. Heck, I could get my grandmother, mother, and brother on linux.
I am currently providing IT services for an income tax department on the city level. H&R Block is a joke in our office. They error so frequently, or completely don't file the local component, that it is flat out comical.
While I agree that there is a large difference between the company's taxes, and the tax service they provide, I can't say I'm shocked that an error like this would happen with them considering the quality control I see at this end of things.
Something I have yet to hear mentioned is that some people still have little or no interest in reading a book online (or printing the online content out). I personally enjoy the weight of a book and the feel of the pages. If Amazon does make all the content of all the books I've ever bought from them (many) available online to me, I probably will not use this feature.
I won't deny that it has applications (I bought a textbook, left it at home, need it at school, or simply don't want to carry it), but it is not something that would generally sway me to buy from Amazon.
Slashdot Mirror
MSNBC titles this story: Lockheed Martin to build future moonship
Just struck me as funny that the Slashdot article is so much more professionally titled that the professional news source. Might just be me.
Honestly curious... Could you really get away with that?
I mean, disposing of the computer wouldn't be hard, just put it with the bod-i mean... In an area like where I live, I could take it out into the street and nuke it and I don't think anyone would notice, but would it work ok on the legal side? Recieve notice, 'dispose' of the computer, report it as stole, and boom, it's gone? Do you have to have some kind of proof that there was a break in? Would a court accept this as an amazing coincidence?
I'm not a Microsoft basher, but haven't they gotten involved in open source in the past as a way to slow down or hinder development of different projects? It's too late for me to hunt down a links, but if I'm right, reader probably knows what I'm talking about.
Just a thought. I'd hate to see a project like FireFox get fouled up, or watch Microsoft use FireFox to corrupt standards.
Instead of wasting time debating this, we need to focus our efforts on attaching giant rockets to the surface of the moon to correct the drift, so that our (childrens x 1,000,000) children can enjoy a traditional view of Earth's sky.
- Main Street
- MAIN STREET
- main street
- Main street
- etc...
But IMHO, that type of problem could be better controlled with other means.My beef with it is that when we mail things out, our mailing addresses are in all caps and it looks like we're sending out mail from the 1980s, not to mention any auto-filled fields in the letter: "We are writing to inform MR DAVANGER that his account..."
I don't mean it as wishing harm on AOL users, but come on. What's the saying? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...uh... When you buy service from ISP A, which has a history of defending the rights of it's users, and using secure and safe practices, and they end up releasing all of your search history...well, that's not cool, and I feel for you. Maybe this will happen to me one day, hopefully not. When you buy service from ISP B, with a history of being sickeningly infected with spyware, viruses, adds, and not protecting its users...if something like this happens, I'm sorry, seriously, but you're asking for it. We all know AOL's history. It's time to move on, you 657,427 users.
I'm sorry, but if you're still using AOL at this point, you deserve whatever crazy coked-up junk they throw at you.
And how can you determine who a user is with their search info? I mean, who searches for themselves, or puts in their own information? And these are AOL users... Most likely these read as ['huge tits and dicks', 'free smileys','screensavers and cursor fun',...].
Looks like a wonderful foundation for the Great FireWall of America
Before Microsoft jumped into the antivirus/spyware game, everything was okay, because although there were major security issues with Windows, other businesses jumped up to fill the gap and fix the problems. Life went on, and nobody got hurt (except the consumer, paying their $39.99 a year).
Now that Microsoft is in the game, they threaten to destroy these other businesses that were covering-ass before, and screw the consumer even more with price hikes once they dominate the market, but it's not less-right, it's more-wrong. This should never be accepted in the first place! If I put out software with major security flaws and then charged for more software to monitor the holes, I wouldn't sell a copy!
I doubt the government is going to do anything about this. We just have to hope people vote with their dollars once Vista comes out. I know I already have.
Actually, this really bothers me too, but if you act ignorant and ignore it long enough, the cashier overrides all of the errors caused by moving things on the scale, and you can go about your business and just ignore it.
I think this could be explained by the content of your site.
If your site focuses on technology related commentary, java tips, and hardware reviews, I would expect Google to have more links.
If your site contains an aundance of kitten pictures and Christian Fellowship information, I would expect things to be more evenly distributed.
People with no idea what is going on will just use whatever search engine pops up when they get their PC from dell and start it up. People on slashdot (you) probably have pages with content geared toward the more technologically enlightened crowd, so your target audience is tuned in to Google.
Of course I could be wrong, and your private web site might be Betabug's Perfect Poodle Pictures.
When I have programming problems or questions, now I actually turn to Google Groups before a standard web search. The results seem to be much more on target since each result is generally a specific issue someone is having. Once you get an on-target post, you just have to wade through all the flame wars, format nazis, and ploinkers...
The groups that actually seem to be hosted by Google are a little easier to read, but less populated.
I personally held off on buying a DS because of the design. Now that it has been fixed, I'll be buying one for myself and my girlfriend. The DS lite is the product that should have been put out to begin with. You could argue that it has a lot of old tech (802.11b not the least of it), but I don't need bleeding edge to whoop up on my buddies in Mario Cart.
And actually...it appears they did disappear overnight ;)
I notice in my little FireFox toolbar, under 'view', there is an option for 'Page Style'. Can we keep the old design as an option for those who don't want to switch, and just make the new style the default? Heck, can we even have the runner up as another style choice?
This is downright silly. Tax Email, and I'll Instant Message. Tax SMS and I'll Instant Message on my phone. Tax AIM, MSN, or Y! Instant Messaging, and I'll use another program, and another protocol. Unless they want to put a flat tax on UDP and TCP packets (I'm sure they'd like to), they're not getting any money from me.
How wonderful would it be if this worm was actually traced back to origins in the RIAA?
While this kind of licensing and attitude is great for techies, this is a major problem for desktop and user-friendly linux.
I'm pretty much an 'average' user. Before I found SuSE 9, I was kept from using linux because I couldn't figure out how to compile drivers for my nVidia card. Now that I've got that part down, I'm using Linux in my basement, but I'm kept from using it in the rest of the house because I can't figure out how to compile drivers for my wireless setup.
A linux distro with all these drivers included? I would absolutely love it. Heck, I could get my grandmother, mother, and brother on linux.
I am currently providing IT services for an income tax department on the city level. H&R Block is a joke in our office. They error so frequently, or completely don't file the local component, that it is flat out comical. While I agree that there is a large difference between the company's taxes, and the tax service they provide, I can't say I'm shocked that an error like this would happen with them considering the quality control I see at this end of things.
Something I have yet to hear mentioned is that some people still have little or no interest in reading a book online (or printing the online content out). I personally enjoy the weight of a book and the feel of the pages. If Amazon does make all the content of all the books I've ever bought from them (many) available online to me, I probably will not use this feature.
I won't deny that it has applications (I bought a textbook, left it at home, need it at school, or simply don't want to carry it), but it is not something that would generally sway me to buy from Amazon.