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I figure it's me just talking to myself on this thread so why bother sticking to the rules..-mouser (March 06, 2013, 02:42 AM)
"Yes! Now please be still!" replied the doctor, becoming impatient, and at the same time moving forwards to examine Jones' anus.-IainB (March 06, 2013, 06:22 PM)
I can't figure out why anyone would use a yahoo or hotmail account anyway, unless they just wanted a throw-away account for some reason. I've never seen an ISP that didn't already give you anywhere from 5 to 15 email addresses with the internet service. All you have to do is log on to your account and set up your email address(s). Then you can use your own spam filters or anti-spam software. I use MailWasher Pro to wash all the crap from my email account BEFORE I download my emails from my POP3 server. But, that's just me....-Tinman57 (March 04, 2013, 08:06 PM)
Simple a number of ISPs farm out their email to Yahoo to deal with. BT (the largest telco in the UK) does this for domestic customers. The email address is [email protected] or similar (there are variations on the domain) but at the end of the day it is a yahoo account.
Its exactly the same as organisations contracting their email to Google - a friend of mine has a school email address, she goes to the school website to login to webmail and although there is some customisation of the colour scheme and layout you can see instantly that it is a gmail account.
It's only going to get worse as consumers are pushed to cloud services - hell if you buy a Windows 8 machine most people seem to think that HAVE to sign up for a Windows Live (aka hotmail) account and have their machine permanently linked to Microsoft's servers.
What is really worrying with all these systems is the increase in successful hacking - I you use something like hotmail as your account for Windows 8 and end up syncing personal stuff to the cloud and hacking on that server won't just allow the spread of spam but also the theft of personal information. Savvy computer users can easily avoid this but the vast majority of people have absolutely no clue what is going on!-Carol Haynes (March 05, 2013, 02:44 AM)
Or maybe the Harry Potter or Pokemon of Activism.-TaoPhoenix (March 04, 2013, 11:51 PM)
The main problem that I can see is "Who decides who needs to be targeted and for what". People are so diverse, obviously. One person or group loves X and hates Y, and the other group or person hates X and loves Y. It's a double-edged sword when it comes to the attack of different ideological thinking. So who gets to decide what's right or wrong?I believe Russian has some nifty features that help in these areas.)-Renegade (February 28, 2013, 05:14 AM)
Yeah, like they don't have anything like a warning shot....-Tinman57 (February 28, 2013, 07:21 PM)
Hahahaha~!
Ok, well, that's not quite what I meant.
I was thinking more about how Russian has inflection that makes the word order unimportant.
e.g. In English, this is clear:
John watched Mary.
However, in Russian, that really makes no sense as there's no inflection in English. So:
John watched Mary = Mary watched John
However, in Russian, you'd have inflection/particles/whatever to indicate the subject and object and all that stuff that we don't have in English.
You can think of the few examples that still exist in English that inflect, e.g.:
foot - feet
goose - geese
I - me - mine - my
etc.-Renegade (March 02, 2013, 09:07 AM)
Beloved podcasts like the Adam Carolla Show and HowStuffWorks are under
attack. They and other podcasts are getting sued for, well, podcasting. And
they're not the only victims-developers are being targeted for building
mobile apps, and offices around the nation are being attacked for using
ordinary networked scanners. These creators are only a few of the thousands
of victims of one of the biggest threats to innovation: patent trolls.
Patent trolls are entities that don't create products themselves, but
instead buy patents and make money from lawsuits. Trolls often make broad
claims of infringement based on patents of questionable validity, and most
defendants choose to settle because of the outrageous nature of patent
litigation. It is risky and expensive-and trolls offer settlement amounts
that, although incredibly burdensome, are cheaper than a lawsuit, which can
often cost well into the millions of dollars.
Jackall Farm Jack - Rated at 3.6 tonnes, (mine can jack up to 4 foot), can be used as a winch, (which is fun), firewood splitter, fence post puller, floor board cramp, window bar spreader, lifting the house to change a stump, etc, etc.
The true jack for all trades
(see attachment in previous post)-4wd (March 01, 2013, 06:13 AM)
Soju is the people's drink! (rough translation as it doesn't translate elegantly)-Renegade (March 01, 2013, 06:35 AM)
Since radar detectors are illegal in some places, why not a radar jammer?-Renegade (February 28, 2013, 08:06 PM)
In the current climate of continuous attacks and intrusions by APT crews, government-sponsored groups and others organizations, cryptography is becoming less and less important and defenders need to start thinking about new ways to protect data on systems that they assume are compromised, one of the fathers of public-key cryptography said Tuesday. Adi Shamir, who helped design the original RSA algorithm, said that security experts should be preparing for a "post-cryptography" world.
Because interest rates are at a record low, we bought a 2013 Ford Taurus in November. It's the most enjoyable car to drive I've ever owned, though I've mainly had sports cars for the past 20 years.
As others note, the problem with car ownership is the cost -- of taxes, licensing, INSURANCE! (ripoff!), high cost of gas, tires, and yes, maintenance. Unless you have cash to burn, get the most reliable car you can afford, viz., a Honda, Toyota, or something else that's nice and boring. You'll thank yourself every month once it's paid off. Just make sure to take it in once a year and have it diagnosed and serviced.-zridling (February 27, 2013, 11:06 AM)
I believe Russian has some nifty features that help in these areas.)-Renegade (February 28, 2013, 05:14 AM)
Adobe released yet another security update for its Flash Player product, it's third this month, earlier today. The emergency update patches three vulnerabilities, including two critical (CVE-2013-0643 and CVE-2013-0648) that are targeting Flash Player in Mozilla's Firefox browser and could let an attacker crash and compromise affected systems.
Asides from the colour, and the steering wheel being on the other side, this is the new baby in the family.
Will get some photos when it gets light.-Stephen66515 (February 26, 2013, 07:04 PM)
One of my first cars was a '63 Dodge Dart.
Ugliest car this side of hell! But it ran good and the heater worked.
In no particular order before I got married and had to straighten up.
'71 Ford LTD, '61 Ford Truck,
'67 Dodge Monaco-a giant of a boat
bought for $175, put a carb on it and ran fine
'69 Chevy Truck, '71 Ford Torino, '85 Ford Ranger
Here's a pick off that dart, mine did not look this good.
It was rusted so bad that if you went through a puddle,
water would come through the floor boards.-cmpm (February 26, 2013, 09:09 AM)
