It sounds to me like they are blaming their financial woes on the fact that the beer laws in Utah are too restrictive. This is pure and simple BS. It is the technology that attracts a programmer not the beer laws!!! Maybe they should offer better incentives to their employees than relying on the ``social hamper'' that alchohol brings to their employees outside of the workplace. This CEO seems clueless on this matter---I guess it's time to sell my Iomega stock...
There's one major flaw in your reasoning here. Software is not just *any* service like radio, cable, TV etc... It is something that you interact with and rely on. I don't know many people that rely on TV for anything other than entertainment (and the occasional educational show). I could easily live without my TV/Cable if it for some reason stopped working, but I can't say the same for computers. There is also an element of control involved that you failed to see---we don't really control what goes on in the TV set. It is a bunch of advertisement, consumer review driven pre-programmed shows in the which making we have no part. Our documents and files and almost everything we do with a computer is an extension of ourselves, almost like an appendage (as in arm or leg). How many of you would like to pay for an arm or a leg every month? Oh wait, you forgot to pay for those extended features? time to disable your fingers...
I back you 100% on this. I feel that the WWW has degraded rather than progressed and it's exactly this---the lack of decent content. I don't care about how pretty a document looks, when I am trying to find information I want it quick and I want it now. I don't want to have to wait for some lame Flash/Java app to download. I am interested in text, not images.
Not necessarily. It is also very likely that with all the crap that goes into the WWW protocols these days we are also likely to revert back to something more simple. WWW is all about communication and in my opinion, communication is much more efficient when it reaches the masses. The written word is still the best means for communication by far and I would much rather be able to read my webpages than have to decifer images.
This is just one more reason in my list to continue *hating* HTML in email. I refuse to read email from someone that is composed of HTML---I will continue to do so.
So what? Even if someone thinks it is "censorware" there are still people using it that see it as a viable alternative to combatting spam. It is their choice, no one is forcing them to use it. In addition, if you subscribe to an ISP that actively uses RBL and decide you don't like it, what's to stop you from signing up with another ISP? If I tell my employees that they can't view porno on company machines is this censoring? No, because I pay their bills and I own the equipment, connection, facility, etc and they are required to use it based on my rules and policies. Same holds for an ISP. If I they don't like the rules they can find another job---if I don't like my ISP using RBL, I can find another ISP. End of story.
If there is no linux support, how come I have a plugin for it on my slackware box? It's called nsdejavu.so (maybe its not the same, but it sure looks like it to me).
Do you know if they are still running on those boxen? I would like to think so myself as it is one of the biggest thorns in M$ side IMO. Also, any idea which MTA they are using?
I disagree. I think it is entirely wonderful that we have such a wide choice of desktops and libraries to use. That way, if one doesn't do things quite the way we like we can choose another. And if none of them do what we want, we are free to write our own. This is the true spirit of free software in my opinion.:-)
Well, I've never understood why TV Guide lists it as KJZZ but the logo clearly indicates UPN.:-) I couldn't remember which station I was watching so I put both... thanks for the laugh though. Some of the replies have been... well... good laughs on a Friday night.:-)
I don't believe it was arrogance. Had I been using OpenBSD instead of Linux at the time I probably would have submitted something about OpenBSD. I guess I could have said some UNIX like OS. Would that be better...:-)
Nope, you aren't the only one. In fact, I was just switching through channels and if I hadn't seen the familiar E with WM I probably would have continued switching. I actually had to look up the name of the show in the TV Guide.:-)
I will vouch for that. My real email account is with XMission as well. Their service has been undeniably reliable over the past 4+ years that I have been with them. Even know that I do have my own domain and mail server hosted on DSL, I still continue to use their services.
It fails to amaze me how some people can be so clueless. MAPS is not the one blocking anyone, they are merely maintaining a list of names. The people that are blocking are at the ISPs and business who choose to use those names. If MAPS ever ceased to exist, another service would start up. People don't like getting unsolicited email and RBL and the others are excellent tools in combatting against it. If your MTA gets listed it's your own darn fault!
I don't think I am going to buy any more contemporary music. The artists all suck, whatever happened to good 'ole G-N-R?!?:-) I have since decided that the only music I will by is music that will benefit me, not the artist (i.e. classical).
I don't think modifying a current header such as the Subject header is the right approach. What my ISP does is add an X-RBL-Warning header which I can use for filtering. Every once in a while it will catch a false email, but I write it to a separate file that never get's downloaded. I think this is much more appropriate than modifying the Subject header.
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It sounds to me like they are blaming their financial woes on the fact that the beer laws in Utah are too restrictive. This is pure and simple BS. It is the technology that attracts a programmer not the beer laws!!! Maybe they should offer better incentives to their employees than relying on the ``social hamper'' that alchohol brings to their employees outside of the workplace. This CEO seems clueless on this matter---I guess it's time to sell my Iomega stock...
This is just more justification to start blocking ad generating IP addresses---if that also blocks thier content then tough beans...
That's just great!!! Just another bill to pay at the end of the month---I'm sure 99% of the people will relish another monthly bill.
There's one major flaw in your reasoning here. Software is not just *any* service like radio, cable, TV etc... It is something that you interact with and rely on. I don't know many people that rely on TV for anything other than entertainment (and the occasional educational show). I could easily live without my TV/Cable if it for some reason stopped working, but I can't say the same for computers. There is also an element of control involved that you failed to see---we don't really control what goes on in the TV set. It is a bunch of advertisement, consumer review driven pre-programmed shows in the which making we have no part. Our documents and files and almost everything we do with a computer is an extension of ourselves, almost like an appendage (as in arm or leg). How many of you would like to pay for an arm or a leg every month? Oh wait, you forgot to pay for those extended features? time to disable your fingers...
I back you 100% on this. I feel that the WWW has degraded rather than progressed and it's exactly this---the lack of decent content. I don't care about how pretty a document looks, when I am trying to find information I want it quick and I want it now. I don't want to have to wait for some lame Flash/Java app to download. I am interested in text, not images.
Not necessarily. It is also very likely that with all the crap that goes into the WWW protocols these days we are also likely to revert back to something more simple. WWW is all about communication and in my opinion, communication is much more efficient when it reaches the masses. The written word is still the best means for communication by far and I would much rather be able to read my webpages than have to decifer images.
I don't even enable Javascript in my browser.
Here in the States (and maybe elsewhere) there is a food company called Cisco. Haven't ever heard of any compliants bye the technology company...
This is just one more reason in my list to continue *hating* HTML in email. I refuse to read email from someone that is composed of HTML---I will continue to do so.
I think the article should be retitled to "Using Microsoft products causes memory loss..." :-)
Everyone knows that RPN is the best way to use a calculator! :-)
So what? Even if someone thinks it is "censorware" there are still people using it that see it as a viable alternative to combatting spam. It is their choice, no one is forcing them to use it. In addition, if you subscribe to an ISP that actively uses RBL and decide you don't like it, what's to stop you from signing up with another ISP? If I tell my employees that they can't view porno on company machines is this censoring? No, because I pay their bills and I own the equipment, connection, facility, etc and they are required to use it based on my rules and policies. Same holds for an ISP. If I they don't like the rules they can find another job---if I don't like my ISP using RBL, I can find another ISP. End of story.
If there is no linux support, how come I have a plugin for it on my slackware box? It's called nsdejavu.so (maybe its not the same, but it sure looks like it to me).
This graphic format has been around for at least 3 years now... How can they tout it as new?
Do you know if they are still running on those boxen? I would like to think so myself as it is one of the biggest thorns in M$ side IMO. Also, any idea which MTA they are using?
I disagree. I think it is entirely wonderful that we have such a wide choice of desktops and libraries to use. That way, if one doesn't do things quite the way we like we can choose another. And if none of them do what we want, we are free to write our own. This is the true spirit of free software in my opinion. :-)
I wish I could moderate on this one... you had me rolling on the floor. Very funny indeed. :-)
Well, I've never understood why TV Guide lists it as KJZZ but the logo clearly indicates UPN. :-) I couldn't remember which station I was watching so I put both... thanks for the laugh though. Some of the replies have been... well... good laughs on a Friday night. :-)
No, it is definitely WM. The top left button is the WM paper clip which controls all the desktops, etc...
I don't believe it was arrogance. Had I been using OpenBSD instead of Linux at the time I probably would have submitted something about OpenBSD. I guess I could have said some UNIX like OS. Would that be better... :-)
Nope, you aren't the only one. In fact, I was just switching through channels and if I hadn't seen the familiar E with WM I probably would have continued switching. I actually had to look up the name of the show in the TV Guide. :-)
I will vouch for that. My real email account is with XMission as well. Their service has been undeniably reliable over the past 4+ years that I have been with them. Even know that I do have my own domain and mail server hosted on DSL, I still continue to use their services.
It fails to amaze me how some people can be so clueless. MAPS is not the one blocking anyone, they are merely maintaining a list of names. The people that are blocking are at the ISPs and business who choose to use those names. If MAPS ever ceased to exist, another service would start up. People don't like getting unsolicited email and RBL and the others are excellent tools in combatting against it. If your MTA gets listed it's your own darn fault!
I don't think I am going to buy any more contemporary music. The artists all suck, whatever happened to good 'ole G-N-R?!? :-) I have since decided that the only music I will by is music that will benefit me, not the artist (i.e. classical).
I don't think modifying a current header such as the Subject header is the right approach. What my ISP does is add an X-RBL-Warning header which I can use for filtering. Every once in a while it will catch a false email, but I write it to a separate file that never get's downloaded. I think this is much more appropriate than modifying the Subject header.