The ‘Humanity’ of Site Optimization
Most people online today continue to use search engines to find what they are looking for, as well as follow links from sites they trust. Let’s discuss this ‘trust’ from the standpoint of positioning your Web business. When you have generated traffic to your site, you need to give people what they are really looking for. In ... (Read on Source)
Re: Do we need to have a DBA privilege inorder to use IMP/EXP
Instead of SAYING what error you have, COPY & PASTE the log then we can exactly see what happened and not your interpretation of what happened.
An export done by a DBA can only be imported by a DBA.
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Michel
How to make money playing poker
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Apparently Fines And Jail Time Not Enough To Deter Infamous Disappearing Typosquatter From Typosquat
PC World has a story about how the FTC has fined John Zuccarini $164,000 for typosquatting domains that kids are likely to visit and sending them to hardcore porn sites. Before I saw the name of the guy in question, I had thought it was probably worth writing up a post asking what kind of idiot points children to porn sites? It hardly seems good for business -- as the target audience isn't quite right and it's clearly likely to bring the feds down on you pretty quickly. However, once I realized it was John Zuccarini, it became even more worth posting, because we haven't had a chance to write about Mr. Zuccarini in years (probably because he was in jail for a while). Since many of you may not recognize the name (or missed the various stories about him from way back when), it's worth recapping.
Zuccarini's first claim to fame came in early 2001 when the press picked up on the fact that he had built up a huge typosquatting empire to prey on people who mistyped a domain name. If you went to one of his domains, it would pop up ads that would take over your screen that would be nearly impossible to close. However, what was much more interesting was that Zuccarini was a slippery sucker who was tough to find. After losing a few cases brought against him, he just started ignoring all lawsuits and judgments against him and basically went into hiding (while still making tons of money). In the rare instances where he showed up in court, he refused to give anyone a way to find him again. The transcript of him answering questions in court about where he lives is quite amusing:
Question: What is your current address?
Zuccarini: 957 Bristol Pike, Apartment D-6, Andalusia, Pennsylvania, 19020.
Q: Is that where you currently reside?
Zuccarini: Not necessarily.
Q: Where do you currently reside?
Zuccarini: I don't have - that's my legal address. I really don't have a permanent address at this time.
Q: Where do you currently reside?
Zuccarini: Right now, I am staying at the Millennium Hotel in New York.
Q: When you are not in New York for a deposition, where do you live? Where have you lived in the past two weeks?
Zuccarini: I have been living in various places.
Q. What are the various places that you have been living?
Zuccarini: Friends' places. You know, that type of thing. Different hotels.
Q. 957 Bristol Pike is not your residence?
Zuccarini: No, it's not. It's my legal address. I have a lease on the apartment and that's where I have - some things are sent there which I get.
Q: Do you live in Pennsylvania?
Zuccarini: I don't know. I don't have a permanent address so I can live anywhere. I don't live anywhere right now. I can't give you a permanent address.
Soon afterwards, he basically disappeared completely. The FTC ordered that his website all be shut down, though it's unclear if that ever happened. Not long after that, the FTC fined him about $2 million for typosquatting. It took until late 2003 until Zuccarini was finally tracked down and arrested for pointing kids to porn, leading to a quick guilty plea and three year jail sentence. Do the math and you realize he's back out again... and apparently went right back to his old tricks: typosquatting and pointing kids at porn sites. You would think he would have learned his lesson, but apparently not. To hear that the new fine is only for $164,000 seems a bit surprising. Given the earlier fines, conviction and jailtime, you would think that something more stringent might make sense. In the meantime, there's no word on whether or not Zuccarini even plans to acknowledge the fine. Given his past behavior, you might not want to bet on it.
Supermarket Selects Safefreight's GPS Fleet Management Solution for Food Logistics
Safefreight's trailer temperature monitoring and GPS fleet management solution helps food retailer and distributor with tracking, logistics, food safety and security transportation in refrigerated transport trailers - also called "reefers." (PRWeb Oct 22, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1Db3VwLUluc2UtTG92ZS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
A Game Of Chance
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Darpa Brain Drain Costs Agency $32 Million
Due to Darpa's shortage of qualified staff, the Pentagon says that the premiere research agency "continues to underexecute" and reassigns $32 million of its funding to other defense projects.
Zero day Word flaw exploited by Trojan
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Apple Fixes App Store's Alphabetical Listing (TechWeb)
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Condition of American in Knifing Attack Improves
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Travel guides, iPhones and iPods - Modality's new venture
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RMAN Backups
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Stephen Fry punts free software
In one of the less likely combinations of talent, Stephen Fry has been called in to be part of the 25th anniversary of the GNU operating system. Fry, a popular humorist, actor and novelist features in a five-minute long film in which he explains the history of free software and its importance in the world. In true style Fry is entertaining and offers one of the best - and most understandable - explanations of free software and the the GNU is not Unix philosophy.
Identification Of Structure Of Key Epigenetics Component
Scientists from the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have determined the 3D structure of a key protein component involved in enabling "epigenetic code" to be copied accurately from cell to cell. Epigenetic code is a series of chemical switches that is added onto our DNA in order to ensure that the cells in our body can form different types of ... (Read on Source)
CLOSE CALL
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New McCain Ad Falsely Suggests Obama Wants Kids To Learn "About Sex Before Learning To Read"
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Firms Partner to Open Window on Enterprise Virtualization
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Renewable energy credits will preserve jobs, exec says
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My Blog Type
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