Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
Many of you may have missed the article yesterday in the NYT in the Arts section about blogs and blogging. Jeez, I thought I was simply blogging and now it turns out I may be a haranguer, pamphleteer and abuser (even a para-journalist!!!). Moreover, somebody may be studying what I write. Scary stuff this blogging, but I think I’ll stick with it……..
Many of you may have missed the article yesterday in the NYT in the Arts section about blogs and blogging. Jeez, I thought I was simply blogging and now it turns out I may be a haranguer, pamphleteer and abuser (even a para-journalist!!!). Moreover, somebody may be studying what I write. Scary stuff this blogging, but I think I’ll stick with it……..
Many of you may have missed the article yesterday in the NYT in the Arts section about blogs and blogging. Jeez, I thought I was simply blogging and now it turns out I may be a haranguer, pamphleteer and abuser (even a para-journalist!!!). Moreover, somebody may be studying what I write. Scary stuff this blogging, but I think I’ll stick with it……..
Many of you may have missed the article yesterday in the NYT in the Arts section about blogs and blogging. Jeez, I thought I was simply blogging and now it turns out I may be a haranguer, pamphleteer and abuser (even a para-journalist!!!). Moreover, somebody may be studying what I write. Scary stuff this blogging, but I think I’ll stick with it……..
Prof. David Freeman suggests this to get rid of Spam:
There is a simple solution to this problem—so simple that I am surprised nobody has yet implemented it. The solution is to put a price on your mailbox. Give your email program a list of the people you wish to receive mail from. Any mail from someone not on the list is returned, with a note explaining that you charge five cents to read mail from strangers. Five cents is a trivial cost to anyone with something to say that you are likely to want to read—but five cents times ten million recipients is quite a substantial cost to someone sending out bulk email on the chance that one recipient in ten thousand may respond.
What do you think of this proposal to get rid of SPAM? When I first read it I was dubious, but the more I think about it the more I like it! I guess we would just need something to request permission from sources not on your list that want to send e-mail that is not spam. What I like most about it is that you set your price and if you do nothing, you get all the spam, the full idea needs work, but sounds interesting. Read the full article for details.
Prof. David Freeman suggests this to get rid of Spam:
There is a simple solution to this problem—so simple that I am surprised nobody has yet implemented it. The solution is to put a price on your mailbox. Give your email program a list of the people you wish to receive mail from. Any mail from someone not on the list is returned, with a note explaining that you charge five cents to read mail from strangers. Five cents is a trivial cost to anyone with something to say that you are likely to want to read—but five cents times ten million recipients is quite a substantial cost to someone sending out bulk email on the chance that one recipient in ten thousand may respond.
What do you think of this proposal to get rid of SPAM? When I first read it I was dubious, but the more I think about it the more I like it! I guess we would just need something to request permission from sources not on your list that want to send e-mail that is not spam. What I like most about it is that you set your price and if you do nothing, you get all the spam, the full idea needs work, but sounds interesting. Read the full article for details.
Prof. David Freeman suggests this to get rid of Spam:
There is a simple solution to this problem—so simple that I am surprised nobody has yet implemented it. The solution is to put a price on your mailbox. Give your email program a list of the people you wish to receive mail from. Any mail from someone not on the list is returned, with a note explaining that you charge five cents to read mail from strangers. Five cents is a trivial cost to anyone with something to say that you are likely to want to read—but five cents times ten million recipients is quite a substantial cost to someone sending out bulk email on the chance that one recipient in ten thousand may respond.
What do you think of this proposal to get rid of SPAM? When I first read it I was dubious, but the more I think about it the more I like it! I guess we would just need something to request permission from sources not on your list that want to send e-mail that is not spam. What I like most about it is that you set your price and if you do nothing, you get all the spam, the full idea needs work, but sounds interesting. Read the full article for details.
Prof. David Freeman suggests this to get rid of Spam:
There is a simple solution to this problem—so simple that I am surprised nobody has yet implemented it. The solution is to put a price on your mailbox. Give your email program a list of the people you wish to receive mail from. Any mail from someone not on the list is returned, with a note explaining that you charge five cents to read mail from strangers. Five cents is a trivial cost to anyone with something to say that you are likely to want to read—but five cents times ten million recipients is quite a substantial cost to someone sending out bulk email on the chance that one recipient in ten thousand may respond.
What do you think of this proposal to get rid of SPAM? When I first read it I was dubious, but the more I think about it the more I like it! I guess we would just need something to request permission from sources not on your list that want to send e-mail that is not spam. What I like most about it is that you set your price and if you do nothing, you get all the spam, the full idea needs work, but sounds interesting. Read the full article for details.
I had to write this link, having read about the Treo 180 in another salon blog, just to beat my brother to the punch and to ask the world about my Treo 180. I have owned a Treo 180 from Handspring since April and I am vary happy with all of its features, integration, ease of use and programs. However, I have found that in areas with weak signals, it tends to do worse than other phones. In fact, my Treo 180 is useless at home, while my wife uses her Motorola freely. Anyone have a similar experience?
Disclosure: Unfortunately (so far) I own Handspring shares
I had to write this link, having read about the Treo 180 in another salon blog, just to beat my brother to the punch and to ask the world about my Treo 180. I have owned a Treo 180 from Handspring since April and I am vary happy with all of its features, integration, ease of use and programs. However, I have found that in areas with weak signals, it tends to do worse than other phones. In fact, my Treo 180 is useless at home, while my wife uses her Motorola freely. Anyone have a similar experience?
Disclosure: Unfortunately (so far) I own Handspring shares
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