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Comment Re:Loose the .xyz TLD (Score 2) 217

by thakalas (#50758945) Attached to: The Hostile Email Landscape

I've configured our mail server to silently drop all traffic from many of the new garbage TLDs, including .xyz. It does wonders for cutting down the spam levels.

Neither I, nor any of my users, appear to have gotten a legitimate email from any other these domains.

Gee, I wonder if that's at all related.

Comment Re: Debian Spiral (Score 1) 220

by thakalas (#50696729) Attached to: Debian Dropping Linux Standard Base

I flit about distros like a drunk chick at her prom. Half the time I don't even install the OS, I just run it from a live disk. I've got enough RAM for that and I've been a mostly passive consumer for a while now.

Wait.... is that some kind of innuendo?

You didn't go far enough.

Hopefully this doesn't fragment the system more than it is. However, I doubt I'll even notice unless stuff suddenly goes missing that I'm used to. If it does then I guess I'll just search and install it.

I'm trying to wrap my brain around the layers of metaphor there. There might be some simile. Shit, I don't know. I think I'll have nightmares.

Comment Re:Genius or not (Score 1) 662

by thakalas (#50555131) Attached to: Ahmed Mohamed, His Clock, and the Curious Turn of Events
I pulled a lot of things apart when I was 12. I tried to put them back together. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. I had a box of spare parts that I'd try to make something new out of from the old failures. I learned a lot from that. I never took a case mod to school to show off my amazing skills at removing screws.

Comment Re:Genius or not (Score 4, Insightful) 662

by thakalas (#50552709) Attached to: Ahmed Mohamed, His Clock, and the Curious Turn of Events

Whether he is a genius or not makes absolutely no difference in this case.

Actually it does. If all he did was rip the guts out of a working clock and stuff it in a box, he was probably trying to provoke exactly this reaction. Considering some of the other information (the cop saying he thought that's who it was) it's likely that this is the dad trying to start crap. Sounds like small town infighting in a rather large town.
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Online Tracking Firms To Launch Opt-Out Program 102

Posted by Soulskill from the you-can-trust-us dept.
storagedude writes "Threatened by the prospect of tougher US online privacy legislation, a handful of data collection companies have banded together to create a voluntary system for consumers to see what information companies have and to opt out of cookies or edit the data collected. The Better Advertising Project's Open Data Partnership is a long way from a viable solution — scores of tracking and big-name online companies have yet to sign on to the effort — but it is nonetheless the first attempt to put all this online tracking data in one place. Coupled with Microsoft's announcement this week that it plans to add a do-not-track mechanism to IE9, it appears that the FTC's call for a do-not-track system may be gaining some traction. The Open Data Partnership will be particularly interesting, as consumers will be getting a good look at the data collected about them. Better Advertising already lets consumers opt out of some behavioral ad targeting, and about 5% of those who click through to learn more actually opt out (PDF, slide 5). It will be interesting to see if the opt-out rate changes after consumers see what data is actually collected." To be clear, they aren't saying they'll stop collecting the data. They'll just make it available to users and let people opt out of getting ads based on the information, or simply remove anything they don't want shared.
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Smart Wallets React To Spending By Shrinking 98

Posted by samzenpus from the smaller-by-the-hour dept.
fangmcgee writes "These high-tech wallets are digitally programmed to react to your bank account levels by shrinking in size, refusing to open, or vibrating whenever a transaction is processed. From the article: 'The Proverbial Wallets come in three attractive styles to fit your spending needs: The Mother Bear has a constricting hinge that makes it harder to open the closer you approach your monthly budget, while the Bumblebee buzzes every time a transaction is processed. The Peacock inflates and deflates with the amount of cash in your account, which puts your assets on “display” for potential mates, according to the designers.'"

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