Slashback: Blockage, Stripes, Upswings 84
Wait -- I thought we were already on the new, new, old, new, old new economy. davecb writes: "To compliment Jon's essay on the Myth of the Tech Slump, have a look at last month's cover article in The Atlantic, where computer technology is quietly changing the old-economy companies of the rust belt into something rather different: the new old economy.
The author asks (and answers) 'The great question about the surge in American productivity since 1996 is, Will it last, or is it simply a brief, blessed pop that will disappear forever when the next recession comes? That is essentially another way of asking whether the New Economy and the New Old Economy are real, or are just the Old Economy on adrenaline.'
He and I suspect it's the very opposite of a slump."
Mommy, where is my new baby brother's barcode? raincrow writes: "One of the only good things that came out of the CueCat fiasco (for me, anyway, besides the free barcode scanner and accompanying shiny coaster), was the discover of ReaderWare, which has made the management of my personal library so much better. The ReaderWare newsletter, in turn, has a lot of good tips on bar code scanners, and turned me on to Qode (http://www.qode.com/), which is a shopping system that uses a personal barcode scanner to let you set up your own shopping lists and other goodies (ReaderWare folks just like it because it can store barcodes untethered from the PC and therefore keeps you from having to lug all your books to the computer). What's interesting is that Qode.com makes a really big deal about being *anonymous*. Quoting from the site 'Note that we said anonymity, not privacy. Qode has been working to solve the problems of consumer privacy by designing a system that does not require any personal or identifying information. Qode matches promotions specifically to the products entered into the system by its anonymous users. It is impossible to connect this information to any individual. We then deliver the promotion to your private, custom web site ? not your e-mail.' Any experiences out there? I'm still looking for the holes, but that's a niftly little gadget for $50.00."
Lose mail free with Not-so-Hotmail! Just when you thought the confluence of spam (note to Hormel -- the bad kind, not your tasty meat product, which is uppercased) and email had exerted all the evil it could, the opposite proves true. Read this account on ZDnet about what happens when your mail doesn't get sent on hotmail due to hyperactive, automatic spam-prevention bots. (The "your" of course referring to people with Hotmail accounts.)
Don't they make video cards or something? Johnathon Walls writes "It seems that the sequels to The Matrix are in even more trouble as Carrie Moss ends up on crutches for six weeks due to a knee injury. This is added trouble to the previous holdups reported by Slashdot. Jet Li has also pulled out (though I'm uncertain how new this bit is)."
Anybody even read the 1st article? (Score:1)
"of course, I don't live in california"
Re:I'll tell you what happens... (Score:3)
Anyway, for all you Linux users, check out www.linuxfreemail.com [linuxfreemail.com]. I've had nothing but good experiences with them.
My karma's bigger than yours!
Re:Filtering by machine never works. (Score:1)
Of course, eGroups is now Yahoo! eGroups, so the fun can begin again once they decide the advertising isn't making them enough money
Re:The hotmail thing... (Score:1)
If you don't like what MAPS has done to your isp change providers because I like what they do and will continue to use their service.
Re: (Score:2)
Re:What idea did Yeun Woo originate? (Score:1)
Re:I'm glad to see the MAPS in the limelight (Score:2)
make a law that outlaws spam, and both the RBS and MAPS will die a quick death. Both are just reactions to bring a modicum of rules to the internet. rules certain governments refuse to make. This is self-regulation at its finest.
//rdj
Re:The hotmail thing... (Score:3)
You seem to be unable to comprehend how this works. Your email wasn't spam. *SOME* email, that *WAS* spam, was being sent by your ISP, or was being sent by a spammer your ISP was hosting. As soon as your ISP stops hosting spammers, *poof*, you're off the list.
No, MAPS won't "get rid of spam". Not completely. What they will do is remind spam-friendly ISP's that this is a cooperative network.
BTW, you have shown yourself to be a *FUCKING MORON*. Anyone who has ever used the RBL can prove to you that they don't block domains, they block IP's. Hint: I use it, and the only thing I ever look up is an IP. It doesn't matter how many domains use that IP, or how many IP's a given domain uses; MAPS lists IP's.
Yes, Harris dropped their suit. They dropped it because they knew damn well they'd lose, because there were plenty of well-documented cases where they were, get this, spamming.
If you knew what you were talking about, if you didn't make gross technical errors, and if you could distinguish between cause and effect, you might be able to have a point. As is, you're not even close enough to reality to be "wrong"; you're just delusional.
This is absurd! (Score:3)
1. OK, Keanu Reeves isn't a fantastic actor. If you want to criticize him, either comment on his lack of talent, or make a clever joke. Don't throw out some made-up tripe about his sexual orientation.
2. What is your problem with homosexuals, anyway? Homosexuals are not some untouchable, evil class. They are human beings who were born with a unique trait which does not affect you in any way. Prejudice against gays is no better than racism.
3. Aids can not be spread by skin contact. The virus does not enter saliva, perspiration, or urine. There is no reason to avoid casually touching a person infected by HIV. Your comment is particularly hurtful to those who did not contrive AIDS by any choice of their own. You are mearly hiding your bigotry in a thin veil of psuedo-pathogenic nonsense.
4. Not all homosexuals have AIDS. Likewise, not all persons who suffer from AIDS are homosexual. The disease has absolutely no preference for sexual orientation. You are just as likely, if not moreso, to encounter a heterosexual person with AIDS as a homosexual one. Of course, this point doesn't really matter (see #3, above).
Re:Jet Li's been gone for a while (Score:1)
eudas
Java CueCat Drivers (Score:2)
I wrote a set of decoder Java Classes that you can use if you want. They are designed to be incorporated into other programs, but they work standalone, too. Check out:
http://www.popbeads.org/Software/CCScan [popbeads.org]
Hotmail Hassle (Score:1)
However, it would have been nice if the originator of the dropped emails were warned of what had happened and why (lameness filter, anyone?)
As to the I-can't-get-free-email whiners, very very simple. Find someone with a cable modem, set up a mail server of your own and use some kind of DNS alias (like maybe dyndns.org). Sorted.
Re:Many things have many uses (Score:1)
Oh yeah. (Score:3)
It's a FREE email service... it's FREE, so you don't have the right to expect ANYTHING.
Hotmail can decide to stop service tomorrow and nobody can do ANYTHING about it....
Hotmail Spam Double Talk (Score:1)
"It is from a use in hotmail.com or msn.com domain. All of these users have agreed not to send unsolicited bulk e-mail as a condition of maintaining an account with these services"
When I was frustrated a few days ago, I sent in to MS's "abuse@hotmail.com" a copy of a spam (not that good meat) from an msn.com account and received the following:
"I appreciate your bringing this unsolicited e-mail message to our attention, but I can't take action against this person because the mail was sent from an outside source, not Hotmail."
Typical double talk.
Hotmail wont allow majordomo access. (Score:1)
Re:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:1)
As far as I know, it's not obvious how to get off the lists. So if MSN considers spam to be unsolicited email other than the mailing lists you got auto-subscribed to, then they're probably not lying.
-B
Not-spam. (Score:5)
The hotmail thing... (Score:2)
In the end, if you host spammers, and don't stop hosting them, you will eventually be blacklisted, and this will affect the connectivity of *all* of your customers. This is a feature. Don't like it? Switch to a network that isn't based on private funds and the assumption that, since I own this computer, I can decide what traffic it accepts, because until you get rid of that, there will always be blacklists.
The solution, and it's painfully easy, is to stop actively endorsing and supporting spammers. Poof! No problem.
Re:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:4)
Qhoder what a deal at only $49.99 (Score:1)
That metaphor needs a bigger exaggeration. (Score:1)
More like killing an amoeba with a howitzer.
Boy Howdy (Score:1)
Re:Many things have many uses (Score:1)
Value of actors in The Matrix sequels (Score:1)
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Re:I'm glad to see the MAPS in the limelight (Score:2)
-russ
Re:This is absurd! (Score:1)
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Re:The hotmail thing... (Score:1)
MAPS was a good idea when they were blocking IP addresses of spammers. They crossed the line when they started blocking ISPs and affecting businesses which have done nothing wrong except "consort with known spam sympathisers". Are you now or have you ever been a spammer...
Re:Many things have many uses (Score:1)
Right (Score:2)
Anyone have advice on setting up the block lists so I don't have to touch that junk?
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
Re:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:1)
I have had a hotmail account for over 3 years now that has never received any UCE!
HaHAhahaHaHAhAha
Re:Spammers (Score:1)
I'll tell you what happens... (Score:3)
You get a free pop3/webmail account with www.softhome.net [softhome.net]. That's what!
Spammers (Score:3)
Hello. I have put you on our banned list which means that you (or anyone else) will not ever be able to subscribe you again. If by chance you do recieve an email from listmanager or Shagmail please email me and I will take it from there.
Thank you for your patience in solving this matter. If you have any problems please feel free to email me.
win one for the little guy...
Jet Li's been gone for a while (Score:4)
What Happened to Hollywood Magic? (Score:3)
I'd rather be a unix freak than a freaky eunuch
wow! (Score:2)
Many things have many uses (Score:1)
As for the cuecats, they're pretty fun. Haven't scanned one barcode yet but i rigged up a nice motion sensor for my room!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:4)
Microsoft has turned into a bunch of politicians: How can you tell they're lying? Their spokesdroid's lips move.
question: is control controlled by its need to control?
answer: yes
Re:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:2)
Business-speak translation: "We try to stop it sometimes, but we're really more pre-occupied with just keeping the service running."
Common
Wimps (Score:3)
Re:Jet Li's been gone for a while (Score:1)
Re:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:2)
The only address I blocked myself was from the Hotmail admins.
Total spam emails received: 0
Either you're missing some tick boxes when you set up your accounts (if they even still have opt-in advertising), or I'm one of the luckiest people alive. (evidence for latter: even addresses I use for signing up for things never get spammed.)
Re:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:5)
Filtering by machine never works. (Score:1)
This does explain a lot, though, about why a certain listserver a guy up in Dallas administers had to migrate its whole list to eGroups because Hotmail, Yahoo, and AOL were almost always IP blocking, or rejecting messages over a certain recipient per hour quota, or any number of other forms of useless bullshit. Before he gave up in disgust, he was getting complaints about 2-3x/day about posts either not getting to list members or not appearing on the list at all, and guess which providers *all* these members were from? Hotmail, Yahoo, and AOL. Sigh
OK, so now we *know* they're deliberately dropping stuff in the bit bucket because they don't like where it's going. What's next, filtering to
Re:I have not had this problem (Score:2)
My conclusion is that
1) spamers use incrementation to find usernames, and stop at a certain point
and/or
2) spamers don't send send mail to addresses with "spam" in them.
Pretty obvious from the evidence, but I thought I'd share.
Re:Jet Li's been gone for a while (Score:2)
Re:Jet Li's been gone for a while (Score:1)
-Legion
Re:I have not had this problem (Score:1)
I got a Hotmail account a few months ago to receive a specific mailing list that I didn't want to invade my regular email. I didn't end up signing up for the ML and subsequently never used the hotmail account.
Never sent to it, from it or even log into the account more than once to check it was working. After reading the article I thought I'd check it just to see what was there. Here's the subject list in the inbox:
I'm glad to see the MAPS in the limelight (Score:1)
Taking away our rights to speak and be heard in order to 'protect' us from spam is a complete violation of the first amendment.
While the acts of spammers violate AUP's of internet providers and cost us money; the acts of anti-spammers and organizations who use their service violate our rights and are the real criminals.
Re:I have not had this problem (Score:2)
I created an account that had numbers and letters and an underscore. I never gave it out to anyone and I never used it for email. I did use it to sign up for MSN though to see if i could communicate with it and my jabber im.
I started recieving a couple spams everyday from within a week of creating it.
Re:Matrix Sequels Rumors (Score:3)
Carrie-Anne Moss has suffered a sprained knee while training for the Matrix sequels.
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Keanu Reeves has sustained a serious injury to his left foot while training for the Matrix sequels.
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Our first alert came from a reader of yesterday's London Sun newspaper who read a story and saw a picture showing Reeves with his foot in plaster
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CA was told Reeves did complain about some "tenderness" that he felt around his ankle region, and at the time his ankle was wrapped and later examined by a doctor
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We were hoping to have some final answers today, but now we just more questions. Stay tuned for more as we uncover it.
The website you referred to does mention Carrie Moss' injury (Jan 9th). It was a London reader that gave them their first tip, confirmed by a website reading a Swedish newspaper. Welcome to the power of the Internet. There are also 3 other photos of him with the cast at Coming Attractions. The publicist only denied that it was broken, and specifically mentioned that Keanu complained of tenderness, and that it was wrapped. It's entirely likely that, as the publicist said, it's not a serious injury, but that it was wrapped in that walking cast to prevent further injury.
Lastly, the article quoted above is Canadian, and it is sourcing the New York Daily News.
The simplest explanation seems to be that Carrie Moss did suffer an injury, as reported, and that Keanu injured his foot but it wasn't as serious as originally stated.
Re:I'll tell you what happens... (Score:2)
We do however try very hard to prevent spam from reaching softhome accounts.
I'd love to hear alternative ways to fund a free email service.
Re:Value of actors in The Matrix sequels (Score:1)
Qode Terms of Use (Score:2)
So, in theory, they could later change their mind and decide to give your email (that you optionally submitted as a part of your account in case you forget your password) and you account info to companies later on and not even tell you. I hate it when companies say things like the above.
Re:Matrix Sequels Rumors (Score:1)
However, the quote I mentioned about Keanu having "tenderness" and "had his foot wrapped" is from the publicist. The difference between having a cast and having it wrapped is subtle.
I agree it's odd that the publicist says that the photos are bogus. However, there are 3 photos that distinctly show his cast (or his wrap). While Photoshop kiddies are really good at what they do, I think it would be very hard to accurately alter 3 photos at 3 different angles. Here I'm counting only the photos I've seen, not the sixteen photos reported by Splash news [64.154.193.171] (search for Keanu), all at various angles.
Lastly, why would the publicist lie? Well, Jet Li has pulled out. Michelle Yeoh has pulled out. Carrie Moss is injured. The SAG strike might delay the production. With all that surrounding the movie already, why wouldn't he lie, especially if it's something that was only wrapped (wearing the walking cast) for a few days, and didn't really slow him down? I don't think that either Keanu or his publicist want people watching The Matrix 2 and 3 trying to find the scenes where he's wearing a cast.
The other possibility is that the photos aren't faked (that would be a major effort), but dated wrong. I'll admit I find it odd that Keanu has a beard while shooting The Matrix - I wouldn't have pegged Neo as a facial hair kind of guy.
There's no "spin" involved here - it's all subjective interpretation as there are too fe (or too many) facts to go on. Your own interpretation of it is "spin" in it's own way - you dismiss it completely as a rumor, when there is no proof to that either.
The Dangers of Working w/ Yuen Wo Ping (Score:1)
Carrie Ann Moss: Knee Injury
Keanu Reeves: Broken Ankle
Michelle Yeoh: Broken Leg
Is anyone seeing a pattern here?
You also have two of the most prominent Chinese film stars pulling out of the same movie: Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh (who pulled out of The Matrix sequels after her injury on Crouching Tiger.
Add in Jet Li walking off the set of Crouching Tiger (not to mention the terrible back injury Jet Li sustained on Once Upon a Time in China II) and a things really get interesting.
Sure I know this style of film making is dangerous, but Yuen Wo Ping is notorious for pushing too hard, working his actors past the point of dangerous fatigue, and getting big stars hurt with permanent and debilitating injuries.
Re:Value of actors in The Matrix sequels (Score:3)
-schussat
i can decide what i want censored myself (Score:1)
Re:Jet Li's been gone for a while (Score:1)
Re:Matrix Sequels Rumors (Score:2)
Good job at completely stripping all context! From Coming Attracitons:
I missed the Carrie-Anne blurb, since it was really rather small. At the same time, I think it isn't anything major. But, mind you, I didn't say Carrie wasn't injured, I only said it wasn't mentioned (I was wrong, though). I was talking specifically about the submitter saying Keanu had a broken ankle.
My original conclusion stands, the publicist flatly denied that Keanu was ever injured and ever wore a cast or support on the leg (a wrap does not equal a support) and went on to say that those photos are fake. Still, a good job at completely misrepresenting and spinning the content on Coming Attractions. You ought to get into politics or law (and what's the difference).
Re:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:2)
isufdsuhyfiwuh@hotmail.com
(Please note, three nonsequential characters were changed in what's above so my test doesn't get all shot to hell. The length of the address is the same.)
In the last 30 days, I have sent no mail from the account, not listed/used it ANYWHERE, and thus obviously haven't received any email... other than THREE spams.
If Hotmail isn't selling account data to spammers, I have absolutely no clue how I got those spams.
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Re:What idea did Yeun Woo originate? (Score:1)
Re:Matrix Sequels Rumors (Score:1)
I would characterize citing the initial sentence that was later thoroughly debunked by an official source as evidence that Keanu is injured as a misrepresentation of the story. It's true that Coming Attractions is confused, but I was relying more on their reporting of what the publicist had to say in addition to the fact that the story and pictures don't match up (I didn't think about the beard, but that's a great point) and some amateur psychoanalysis. I don't see that the movie is in trouble. Jet Li out, Michelle Yeoh opted out, Carrie has a sprained knee, and the SAG strike might hit in the middle of the production. But why would Keanu's publicist lie about an injury in the face of all of those things? If Carrie's injured (and she apparently is) and Keanu's not seriously hurt (and, if the pictures are real, he's got some constitution to walk on a seriously injured ankle) then why lie? It's not as if Keanu's non-serious injury will hold up the production more than Carrie's non-serious injury.
I believe that the publicist flatly denying that Keanu's injured, pictures of dubious value, the lack of any press release, etc., makes it reasonable to label them as rumor. I wasn't dismissing it as rumor, only saying that I don't believe it and I don't think there's any reason to believe it (and, in fact, a lot of reason to seriously doubt it). Anyway, sorry if you took my reply personally, that wasn't my intent.
I have not had this problem (Score:3)
Re:wow! (Score:1)
Hmm. They could hurt their [ankle|knee] falling out of their trailer after a beer too many in the evening. The quality of the stunts can not be determined by the nature of injuries received during training.
If anything, the stunts are more likely to be dull, because a-list movie stars don't want to lose 6 weeks of earnings recovering from an injury.
~Cederic wants to see the sequels anyway
Re:wow! (Score:1)
Re:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (Score:1)
I've never had the problem on yahoo.. and i never EVER received any spam at yahoo.I can track down all the mails i receive at my yahoo account to someplace that i've subscribed to or the other.
And Unsolicited e-mail on yahoo.. No way..
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No sig here...
Re:I'll tell you what happens... (Score:2)
Re:Usual high class media reporting (Score:1)
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Where does the US Constitution guarentee everyone to say whatever they want? It guarntees that the government will not prevent the free excercise of speech, but corporations can do as they please.
Re:I have not had this problem (Score:1)
-Vercingetorix
Re:I'll tell you what happens... (Score:2)
Or you could buy an account at Spamcop [spamcop.com] -- the best anti-spam spot on the planet.
Sigh (Score:2)
Only the government is bound by the first amendment, as you'd know if you had bothered to actually read it. If the feds were mandating use of the RBL, it might possibly be illegal. But luckily the only people using it are private owners of mail servers. Don't like it? Don't use it on your mail server.
[...] cutting off blocks of the internet from email as championed by MAPS/ORBS/etc will accomplish nothing [...]
Actually, it accomplishes quite a lot as far as keeping spammers off the net.
Re:Your children are in DANGER (Score:1)
Re:The hotmail thing... (Score:2)
Give upi your hotmail account and get a better account at mail.yahoo.com. And NO I'd don't work for yahoo, and this has nothing to do with hating M$. Yahoo mail is just better!
I don't want a lot, I just want it all!
Flame away, I have a hose!
The Old Cycle of the Old New Old Economy... (Score:2)
Why is using the computers and internet magically going to prevent the next recession? Certainly, the fact that there is another industrial revolution going, or at least a new bussiness tool developing, with the potential for high returns, may have helped. But if it wasn't this, it would have been something else. And at the end of the day, we will be left with the same old economic problems/question: how do we prevent the bust after the boom? (aka crash, crisis of oversupply, inflationary crisis (well, sortof), etc.) Economicists had seen these issues before the advent of hydroelectric power. They're a little more fundamental than the medium of my market...
The computers, their development and installation certainly fuel the boom, but how are they going to stop the crash -- there have been technologies of equivalent economic impact in the past.
The one argument I can see being interesting is that computers bring new liquidity to the information market. This approach has promise, and I'd be interested to see it (well) argued; but it runs against my observations. I've seen no argument or evidence so far that it should be a stabilizing influence. If anything, it seems to make the market more volatile, if slightly more responsive to its causative pressures. But if these pressures themselves remain unchanged, why should the market be any safer?
Re:Matrix Sequels Rumors (Score:1)
I would personally take it as a sign that either there were some really freak accidents going on or the actors were out-of-shape coming into the training program (not that they need to enter training in superb shape, but they know the schedule, some working-out, etc., as preparation wouldn't kill them).
Weaving was very good. Yuen and the designers and CGI guys were fantastic -- they made this movie work, IMHO. Hopefully, Yuen will stick around. Ray Park also wants in on the sequels and the TPM fight sequence made that movie, too. Seems like good stuff even without Yeoh and Jet Li.
Re:Hotmail Hassle (Score:1)
No it doesn't. hotmail.com is a popular forged domain for use in the From: header field.
The Hotmail interface is not exactly amenable to automated mass-mailing. This is all about blocking incoming spam to Hotmail users.
Re:Hotmail Hassle (Score:1)
Hmmm, I suppose it's a reasonable explanation. I block it anyway.
Re:What idea did Yeun Woo originate? (Score:1)
Usual high class media reporting (Score:5)
"If Microsoft, one of the largest technology companies, can say who we send e-mail to, that really puts constraints on freedom of speech in the U.S.," said Johnson, an information technology worker at a major Illinois hospital.
It depresses me that
People this stupid exist
News services repeat such bone-headed opinions without labelling them as such
~Cederic
Quantum Economy (Score:4)
The high tech economy is here to stay; just don't confuse "high tech economy" with ill-conceived e-commerce scams^w schemes.
(I'm sure e-commerce is here to stay too, but most of what exists now is based on hype rather than utility, and will be eroded away before the real e-economy settles in. Not to imply that you didn't already know that.)
[1] Of course, all products use quantum mechanics at some level. The claim was refering to direct uses, such as lasers, transistors, superconduction, etc.
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Matrix Sequels Rumors (Score:3)
Re:Jet Li's been gone for a while (Score:2)
And this on Slashdot the home of anti business pratice patents etc...If it was MS doing something like this we could go nuts cause they are a monopoly...but this should be fair game for anyone else....I think that they shouldn't shaft the people who made the first film a success though