Opting Out in the Debate on Evolution

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Opting out of Plaxo

Opting out of Plaxo 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

Apologies to friends who use Plaxo, but I'm opting out of Plaxo since it has become a source of spam for me and I feel like I'm doing all the work. Anyone who wants to find my contact info can just Google me or find it on my wiki page.

via Dan Gillmor

Opting Out Is Hard To Do

Opting Out Is Hard To Do 04/28/2004 09:45 PM
While we all know not to "opt-out" of spam is likely to guarantee you more spam, what about opting out of the more "legitimate" spam messages you get from well-known companies? PCWorld has a story about the efforts needed to opt-out of an email list from Sony: multiple clicking of the "opt-out" link didn't do the trick, nor did a series of phone calls and emails over the course of four weeks. Each seemed to only lead to directions to call a different number - none of which did anything to help the guy opt-out. This is, of course, illegal under CAN SPAM, but it's not like anyone actually pays attention to that law anyway. In fact, other studies have shown the same thing. Even with Fortune 500 companies, the opt-out link often does nothing. I've seen this personally in my own email, and found that phone calls are the only way to get off some lists. Following the Sony example, the writer of the article set up a test email account and subscribed to a bunch of lists - only to discover that many do not follow opt-out requests. Of course, when asked, all claim technical difficulties. Sony, however, claims that the reason he wasn't opted out was because he didn't follow all of the instructions after clicking the opt out link. Those instructions include filling in a form with the email address, clicking submit, and then filling out a five question survey about why he was opting out and hitting submit again. Isn't it nice that companies that don't even believe in double opt-in, seem to have no problem with triple opt-out?

opting out of the warbl0g community

opting out of the warbl0g community 04/15/2004 11:47 PM
i've found it's a good way to take care of one's mental health. best of luck.

Fighting spam: Opting out is in

Fighting spam: Opting out is in 06/23/2004 01:13 AM
Straits Times Jun 23 2004 5:26AM GMT

Should opting in mean we sacrifice our
privacy?

Should opting in mean we sacrifice our
privacy? 05/12/2004 08:09 PM
newmediazero May 13 2004 0:06AM GMT

Meet Me On The Darknet - Opting Out Of
Controlled Computing Environments

Meet Me On The Darknet - Opting Out Of
Controlled Computing Environments 01/29/2004 02:49 AM
There's been plenty of talk about the threats of "big government" or "big corporations" to control how people use the internet and technology. Paul Boutin points out, however, that we shouldn't assume that people will be willing to just sit there and take it. Already, we see this with file sharing. The more the RIAA cracks down, the further people move over to more underground options. As Boutin sees it, the more anyone tries to control the internet, the more people will move over to so-called "darknets" - which, he admits, sounds like a lot more fun anyway.

Feeling lucky? Google remains
unorthodox, opting to sell its shares
online

Feeling lucky? Google remains
unorthodox, opting to sell its shares
online 04/29/2004 05:36 PM
BBC Apr 29 2004 9:34PM GMT

Evolution 1.5.2 (GTK 2)

Evolution 1.5.2 (GTK 2) 01/28/2004 06:54 AM
GNOME mail client and PIM.

Evolution 0.2.3

Evolution 0.2.3 01/03/2005 10:10 PM
Origin of species in a computer simulation.

Evolution 1.5.1 (GTK 2)

Evolution 1.5.1 (GTK 2) 01/03/2004 04:33 PM
GNOME mail client and PIM.

Evolution 1.5 (GTK 2)

Evolution 1.5 (GTK 2) 12/09/2003 03:43 PM
GNOME mail client and PIM.

Evolution 1.2.2

Evolution 1.2.2 03/21/2003 03:27 AM
GNOME mail client and PIM.

Evesham Evolution RA2

Evesham Evolution RA2 11/03/2003 11:13 AM
vnunet.com Nov 3 2003 10:33AM ET

Sphere Evolution

Sphere Evolution 11/07/2003 02:07 AM
It starts...

Microsoft's Evolution

Microsoft's Evolution 05/20/2004 05:42 AM
San Jose Mercury News May 20 2004 10:24AM GMT

Evolution Biff

Evolution Biff 07/01/2004 10:00 PM
Evolution Biff 0.4.0 released

Vodafone to go for 3G evolution

Vodafone to go for 3G evolution 05/11/2004 12:02 PM
Silicon.com May 11 2004 3:43PM GMT

Tiger And The (R)evolution Of Mac OS X

Tiger And The (R)evolution Of Mac OS X 07/06/2004 11:57 AM
By Ted Landau, MacFixIt (via MyAppleMenu)

Evolution: The future is now

Evolution: The future is now 06/14/2004 06:35 AM
Big Blue banks on its "on demand" strategy as the crowning achievement of a historic makeover.

Phoenix Evolution(CMS)

Phoenix Evolution(CMS) 09/10/2004 06:35 PM
Coming this weekend!

The Evolution Will Be Mechanized

The Evolution Will Be Mechanized 09/07/2004 04:49 AM
Inside the unfathomable superhuman future after the 'singularity.' By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine.

Thermodynamics and Evolution

Thermodynamics and Evolution 12/19/2004 03:06 PM

Susan Crawford quotes an essay by John W. Patterson called "Thermodynamics and Evolution", part of a volume of scientific responses to creationism. She ties it neatly to Internet governance at the end.

Susan Crawford

Here is Patterson's conclusion:

"In reality, ... the 'uphill' processes associated with life not only are compatible with entropy and the second law, but actually depend on them for the energy fluxes off of which they feed. Numerous other kinds of backward processes in simpler, nonliving systems also proceed in this way, and do so in complete accord with the second law."

This all ties to internet governance. A sufficiently open net will tend towards order, not chaos -- and will do so on its own, with no external pilot.

Just reading the conclusion, you might think she's making a techno-utopian quantum leap, but the idea of open systems allowing evolution and order and seeming to defy entropy is any interesting one. Order can emerge in a system with increasing chaos around it if the system is open. I don't think being merely open guarantees that it will tend towards order. On the other hand, closed systems will tend to become disordered and the best way to maintain order in such a system is to move very slowly...

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Evolution 1.5.8 (Development)

Evolution 1.5.8 (Development) 05/27/2004 10:38 AM
GNOME mail client and PIM.

The Evolution of Manufacturing

The Evolution of Manufacturing 12/22/2004 01:57 AM
The Evolution of Manufacturing is a collection of New York Times articles, providing a historical perspective on manufacturing operations in the U.S. The collection consists of 12 articles published between 1909 and 2000. It includes an article by Henry Ford himself, and an article by Thomas Edison based on his interview of Henry Ford. Interestingly, the collection is an advertisement for Peoplesoft.

Evolution 1.5 has Been Released

Evolution 1.5 has Been Released 12/09/2003 10:48 AM
SirPrize writes "As announced here, Evolution 1.5 is now available for download (obligatory screenshots, for those who want to click and see)" Congrats to all ...

The Evolution Of The Playlist

The Evolution Of The Playlist 03/17/2005 03:09 AM

A mixed tape can be a personal statement of hipness or a declaration of love. The technology is merely the means. By Beth Macy, Roanoke Times

Interface Evolution

Interface Evolution 07/10/2004 10:37 AM

As long as we're in M ac Mode, check out this visual history of Apple's desktop interfaces, starting with early Lisa
prototypes created on the Apple ][ in 1979. Along the way, the loaded up the interface with newfangled gizmos like the "mouse", and "scroll-bars".

What's most interesting is that there are a couple of concepts in the early Lisa sketches that didn't see the light of day until OS X.

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Animated map of the evolution of the US

Animated map of the evolution of the US 10/30/2003 01:40 PM
Boundaries of the Contiguous United States is a fascinating animation sequence that shows US state and national boundaries as the...

The Evolution Of Web Search

The Evolution Of Web Search 04/06/2005 07:37 PM

Correctional Evolution

Correctional Evolution 09/03/2004 06:17 AM
New Behaviour Correction - The North American penal systems are outdated. If we look to the UK, evidence of specific punishment points to a new method of behavior correction. The current NA system seems incredibly unspecific when we punish a host of crimes by sending people to the same cage.

The Evolution of software

The Evolution of software 06/20/2004 05:17 AM

I've been in the software business for over 24 years and creating music, art and video with technology over 10 years before that.

So I gotta tell yah how much it warms my heart to see images of software packaged like this.

I found these images on Russell Beattie's blog. This is one of those rare moments that I'm not copying and pasting the whole dam post (Russell's posts especially get long.)

I'm just jazzed over the prospect of buying software in cute little SD cartirdges like this!

Evolution 1.4 Preview 1.

Evolution 1.4 Preview 1. 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
Evolution 1.4 Preview 1.

Karma and Evolution

Karma and Evolution 03/08/2004 11:15 PM
Most people in western societies don't understand the concept of karma very well, or at least they don't articulate it...

The evolution of a design

The evolution of a design 09/03/2002 11:37 AM
CNET Sep 1 2002 10:09PM ET

Evolution 1.3.1 (Development)

Evolution 1.3.1 (Development) 03/21/2003 03:27 AM
GNOME mail client and PIM.

Pro-active pro-evolution resources

Pro-active pro-evolution resources 04/15/2004 01:02 PM
Just found this one. The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a Berkeley website for supporting science teachers teaching evolution. The project was built with a grant from the National Science Foundation and has received an additional grant to expand the site to develop content for students and adults. More coverage from The Daily Bruin at UCLA and a brief clip from Science News.

LED Evolution Could Spell The End For
Bulbs

LED Evolution Could Spell The End For
Bulbs 04/16/2005 07:30 AM

Is evolution true? There's no 100% proof

Is evolution true? There's no 100% proof 08/27/2004 09:27 PM
Straits Times Aug 28 2004 1:54AM GMT

The evolution of the XML species (SD
Times)

The evolution of the XML species (SD
Times) 11/04/2002 10:42 AM

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