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Submission + - Junk Faxes

Submitted by olddoc on Thursday February 22, 2007 @11:31AM

olddoc writes: I am having a growing problem with junk faxes. Unlike email, it costs me money when I get a fax so junk faxes really tick me off. A while ago, I gave my number to a removal number and now I am getting more junk faxes than ever! Does anyone know how to make them pay? What devious methods can I use to get even? Can I sign up for a phone number that will drive up their costs when I call the toll free removal number? What have other readers done?

Submission + - Are we stuck with CYA homeland security?

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Thursday February 22, 2007 @09:56AM

netbuzz writes: "Security expert Bruce Schneier suggests this morning that "there might not be a solution" to our post-9/11 penchant for making domestic anti-terrorism decisions based on the basic human desire to cover one's backside. He might be right. But shouldn't we at least try to figure out a better way? For example, wouldn't "Commonsense Homeland Security" be a winning political banner, not a risky one? Aren't we sick and tired of taking our shoes off at the airport?

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1174 6"

Submission + - Games as scapegoat

Submitted by Megnatron on Thursday February 22, 2007 @09:38AM

Megnatron writes: Penny Arcade has a letter from the stepmother of one of the kids who was recently charged with killing a homeless guy, defending the parents, and, in a refreshing twist, the games industry.

RIAA Admits ISPs Have Misidentified "John Does" 271

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @03:45PM from the record-keeping dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA has sent out a letter to the ISPs telling them to stop making mistakes in identifying subscribers, and offering a 'Pre-Doe settlement option' — with a discount of '$1000 or more' — to their subscribers, if and only if the ISP agrees to preserve its logs for 180 days. Other interesting points in the letter (PDF): the RIAA will be launching a web site for 'early settlements,' www.p2plawsuits.com; the letter asks the ISPs to notify the RIAA if they have previously 'misidentified a subscriber account in response to a subpoena' or become aware of 'technical information... that causes you to question the information that you provided in response to our clients' subpoena'; it notes that ISPs have identified 'John Does' who were not even subscribers of the ISP at the time of the infringement; and it requests that ISPs furnish their underlying log files, not just names and addresses, when responding to RIAA subpoenas."

Vista Not Playing Nice With FPS Games 437

Posted by kdawson on Monday February 12, 2007 @06:54PM from the shoot-em-up dept.

PetManimal writes "Computerworld is reporting that gamers who have installed Vista are reporting problems with first person-shooter titles such as CounterStrike, Half-Life 2, Doom 3. and F.E.A.R. (Users have compiled lists of games with Vista issues.) The complaints, which have turned up on gamers' forums, cite crashes and low frame rates. Not surprisingly, the problems relate to graphics hardware and software: 'Experts blame still-flaky software drivers, Vista's complexity, and a dearth of new video cards optimized for Vista's new rendering technology, DirectX 10. That's despite promises from Microsoft that Vista is backwards-compatible with XP's graphic engine, DirectX 9, and that it will support existing games. Meanwhile, games written to take advantage of DirectX 10 have been slow to emerge. And one Nvidia executive predicts that gamers may not routinely see games optimized for DirectX 10 until mid-2008.'"

Motorola Unveils Phone That Bends 100

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 12, 2007 @06:14PM from the flexible-communications dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to CNET, who are out at 3GSM in Barcelona, Motorola has unveiled a phone that bends in order to make putting it up to your face more comfortable. The Motorola Z8, as the bendy phone is called, runs on a Symbian based platform and also displays video at up to 30 frames per second."

Comment Re:Money != Happiness (Score 1) 426

by RavenDarkholme on Saturday November 11, 2006 @05:05PM (#16807830) Attached to: Choosing Your Next Programming Job — Perl Or .NET?

I agree with this 100%. I keep getting job offers that are double or more what I'm making now, but you simply can't buy the benefits of working in a job you enjoy with people you like, creative freedom, interesting projects, and where you feel like an important part of the team.

I'll admit it: I once took a job that paid double, worked there for two years until I was so burned out I could barely spell my name, then went back to the job I'm in now. There's a huge value to personal satisfaction in your job. Don't be too hasty to place the highest value on money.

If you get hit by a bus tomorrow, would it matter if you were making 20% more or 60% more? Nope. Live life. Seriously.

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