Good Technology (competitor of RIM) has a cool "kiosk" application. Build an XP box with a cradle/cable and lock it down to the one application. Locate it in main lobbies and other user-dense sites. Addicts... errr... subscribers... pop their device into it and viola! Upgraded with minimal IT effort. The only problem is when the user is out there in the world and doesn't come back to HQ. Maybe RIM has an over-the-air way to deploy this "workaround" / "update"?
www.blackberry.com/careers offers opportunities in the exciting fields of Blow Development and Hand Engineering. Apply now to be considered as a candidate! Starting salaries for entry level Blow Jobbers and Hand Jobbers are around $69k.
Whatever you're smoking, quit. Crack = Bad. It's obviously altering your sense of importance and might be making you think that you're actually funny. You shouldn't be operating heavy machinery.
> I'm told that when you sign up for the usage of the service, that they do a background check to make sure you're a valid company with legitimate reasons to use their services.
So this list is only going to stop legimate spammers, not the spammers selling off-label v!agra and pr0n? Gee, sign me up for some of that!
> Of course, if you were going to go to that much effort, I'm sure there's easier solutions to send spam.
You bet. Why waste time eliminating e-mail addresses when you can just scatter-shoot what you have? It's not like the &*#$@'ing spammers pay for their bandwidth!
bounced messages... unless the email address was in the student's contact list
That would be called a White List, Brontus. Note that the student is the one that has to take the first action - building up a list of his contacts. So now he can't get an email from a new friend, let alone a spam/phish. Why should we have to take the first step here (opting-in) to use e-mail?
don't blame me if your house isn't secure against my attacks.
How about, you're knocking on my door and when I open it to see who it is, you're shouting your v!agra ad in my face with a megaphone. I close the door, and you're knocking on it again. And again. And again, ad nauseum.
This "breaking into my house" metaphor is getting carried too far...
Why do folks assume that iTunes and every other software isn't reporting your shoe size, whether you 2% milk back, and which M&M's you eat first to the green men on Mars (10 1/2, No and Yellow Peanuts, btw)? How many idiots have been outed because Microsoft Word document headers recorded the name they entered when they installed Office? Assume nothing.
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The technology is evolving so that in addition to simply checking that the bumps on your palm print or retinal scan match what's on file, but also that there's a pulse and/or positive blood pressure. The bad guys simply whacking off your arm or taking an eye-ball ala Demolition Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/ won't work.
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> set the ID3 tags of all your mp3s to Britney Spears songs
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Good Technology (competitor of RIM) has a cool "kiosk" application. Build an XP box with a cradle/cable and lock it down to the one application. Locate it in main lobbies and other user-dense sites. Addicts... errr... subscribers... pop their device into it and viola! Upgraded with minimal IT effort. The only problem is when the user is out there in the world and doesn't come back to HQ. Maybe RIM has an over-the-air way to deploy this "workaround" / "update"?
www.blackberry.com/careers offers opportunities in the exciting fields of Blow Development and Hand Engineering. Apply now to be considered as a candidate! Starting salaries for entry level Blow Jobbers and Hand Jobbers are around $69k.
It's like people who post on /. to point out the trolls.
Whatever you're smoking, quit. Crack = Bad. It's obviously altering your sense of importance and might be making you think that you're actually funny. You shouldn't be operating heavy machinery.
So this list is only going to stop legimate spammers, not the spammers selling off-label v!agra and pr0n? Gee, sign me up for some of that!
> Of course, if you were going to go to that much effort, I'm sure there's easier solutions to send spam.
You bet. Why waste time eliminating e-mail addresses when you can just scatter-shoot what you have? It's not like the &*#$@'ing spammers pay for their bandwidth!
Take a page from the NRA... when spam is outlawed, only outlaws will be spammers. Guns don't kill people, spammers do!
Is it too late to post-partum abort you, troller?
That would be called a White List, Brontus. Note that the student is the one that has to take the first action - building up a list of his contacts. So now he can't get an email from a new friend, let alone a spam/phish. Why should we have to take the first step here (opting-in) to use e-mail?
How about, you're knocking on my door and when I open it to see who it is, you're shouting your v!agra ad in my face with a megaphone. I close the door, and you're knocking on it again. And again. And again, ad nauseum.
This "breaking into my house" metaphor is getting carried too far...
And aren't we all better for your mom raising YOU!
Dude, it's called DECAF! Give it a try some time...
iTunes knows how bad a dancer you are, which is why you're not getting as many recommendations for Tom Jones...
I know it when I see it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Meese
Why do folks assume that iTunes and every other software isn't reporting your shoe size, whether you 2% milk back, and which M&M's you eat first to the green men on Mars (10 1/2, No and Yellow Peanuts, btw)? How many idiots have been outed because Microsoft Word document headers recorded the name they entered when they installed Office? Assume nothing.
Start -> Control Panels -> Add/Remove Programs...
The technology is evolving so that in addition to simply checking that the bumps on your palm print or retinal scan match what's on file, but also that there's a pulse and/or positive blood pressure. The bad guys simply whacking off your arm or taking an eye-ball ala Demolition Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/ won't work.
Britney kicks Tom Dooley's fatazz!
By this logic, a WinXP box that's not connected to the Internet can't be hacked...
Gator used to be cool, until a) they incorporated a ton of spyware and b) browsers started remembering your passwords and other shizzle.