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The Party That Can't Shoot Straight
By all accounts, this was the Republicans' election to win: an economy stuck at a level insufficient to generate enough jobs or income gains; a somewhat disillusioned Democratic base; and a stunted generation of young adults who supported Barack Obama last time by a margin of 71-29 and are unlikely to do it again.
Yet Obama's lead keeps widening. It's worth unpacking why.
The most obvious reason, of course, is the sheer clumsiness of Mitt Romney, God's gift to the Democrats. If a computer had been asked to generate a candidate guaranteed to alienate independents and divide his own base, it could not have done better.
The far right's effort to "let Ryan be Ryan" only shines a spotlight on the unpopularity of the GOP's designs for Medicare and Social Security, while Romney's serial gaffes lead Senate candidates in swing states to disparage their party's nominee and right-wing commentators to weep.
Another reason is that demographic trends are relentlessly moving in the Democrats' direction, as long predicted in the Prospect's pages by John Judis, Ruy Texeira, and others, and recently confirmed in new studies. As Tom Edsall recently wrote in The New York Times, these trends have moved Pennsylvania solidly into the Democratic camp, to the point where the Romney campaign has pulled ads, essentially writing off the state (voter suppression and all).
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, in a remarkably candid impromptu chat with a few reporters, bitterly blamed the GOP ticket's woes on shifting demographics.
"If we lose this election, performance as president doesn't matter like it used to," Graham said in a discussion with The Huffington Post and several other reporters outside the Senate chamber last week.
"There's a reason no president has ever been reelected with an economy like this," Graham said. "It would tell me that it's more of a demographic race for president than it is a performance-based race. And that may be where we're at as a nation, and maybe where we are as a party, and we just don't know it."
Graham, who said earlier that the country wasn't "generating enough angry, white guys" to keep the GOP in business, was referring to the growing trend of Republicans depending on white voters to win elections.
Even so, a decent candidate might have done far better against Obama. What's remarkable is that a large Republican field was incapable of generating such a candidate. It's instructive to ask: Was this outcome more random luck for the Democrats, or does it say something deeply structural about the Republicans? Is a true conservative, by definition, a hapless candidate because reality is on the progressive side and the far right just attracts goofballs?
That's comforting to believe, but too facile. Surely a candidate like Jeb Bush—conservative enough for the Tea Party base, able to masquerade as a moderate, and competent at politics—could have done much better against Obama and even might have defeated him. Fortunately for Democrats, his name was Bush (third time is no charm), and Jeb sat this one out.
But something deeper is at work. If Romney does lose, it's inconceivable that Republicans will decide they were too right-wing for the country. Rather, they will conclude that their standard-bearer was both too moderate and too incompetent. The Republicans will be even further in the grip of the far right for a generation to come—because there are no old-fashioned moderate Republicans left to take their party back, and at the base, right-wing populism is stronger than ever among maybe 40 percent of the voters.
Electorally, that should bode well for the Democrats. But what kind of Democrats? At the presidential level, the party keeps drifting center-right. That's annoying at the level of principle; as a matter of sheer pragmatism, center-right isn't solving dire national problems such as an eroding middle class, a parasitic financial system, and a ruined generation of young adults, not to mention global climate change.
Going forward, it will be a war between a far-right Republican Party that has partly succeeded in so wrecking government that voters are not sure whether to trust it and a Democratic presidential party that seems incapable of seizing transforming moments and solving deep-seated ills. This will change for the better only when Democrats manage to nominate a compelling progressive.
Tue, 2012-09-25 12:29
Wed, 2012-09-26 11:56
That's a close question. Obamacare doesn't stop the spiral of increasing healthcare costs because it keeps the same private players, insurance of healthcare industries in the driver's seat. The crisis is still mounting. On the other hand Obama recognized the issue and addressed it. A "D" for results a "C" for effort
Tue, 2012-09-25 14:22
Tue, 2012-09-25 16:22
An intriguing article, and I agree with you argument that a progressive candidate is needed to fix the problems you've listed. But let's be honest, given the type of government the US has, we need more than just a progressive candidate. We need a progressive with 60+ Democrat senators and 220+ Democrat representatives. How is that going to happen?
One way it could happen is if the Republicans continue to tilt right until they are finally repudiated by the voting public. That could happen either after they take the country down in a horrible recession (like 2008, but there would have to be a Republican president). Or it could happen if the public decides that the Republican congress members are obstructing needed government. This is a tougher case to prove, but Obama is starting to already lay the groundwork for this charge (as he argues changing government from the outside).
Right now I like the prospects of the Republicans turning right, if only in the outside chance of seeing the right finally repudiated.
Tue, 2012-09-25 22:48
Wed, 2012-09-26 08:57
Wed, 2012-09-26 15:21
If the GOP were what the liberal media says they are they wouldn't be a threat to Obama. Everything I see these days seems to be anti-Romney. So much for fair and balanced coverage.
The 47% remark was taken out of context. Mother Jones has admitted that they left out a couple minutes of tape right after the 47% part and they won't post the whole thing even though Romney has called on them to do so. Unreported by our liberal media, surprise, surprise. Don't trust the media alone, folks. How many anti-Obama headlines have you seen compared to anti-Romney ones? The answer doesn't say as much about the two men as it does about the bias of those who write about them.
Read both sides for balanced coverage because it doesn't exist in one place and both sides leave stuff out. How can you make an informed opinion if you consider only one point of view? You can't. Thanks for listening.
Thu, 2012-09-27 07:11
A two minute gap when the video camera cut out of a recording of an hour or so is not "taken out of context". What do you think Romney said in the gap? "If I wanted to destroy my campaign I would say-", or " Everything I have said in the past half an hour and everything in the next half an hour is nonsense, so eat your $50,000 with of dinner and I will give you two minuted on what I really think, really compassionate, thoughtful, Presidential material. Ignore before and after, eh?"
Sat, 2012-09-29 15:02
If you want pro-Romney coverage, try reading some right-wing websites; Fox News. Taken out of context? You are deluded. If they were taken out of context why did he admit that they were "inelegant." Taken out of context, what a joke. As much as you would have it the other way, he said exactly what he said. Nothing was left out of the video, it was 100% pure Mitt Romney, an arrogant and incompetent fool.
Publius Novus
Wed, 2012-09-26 15:31
"'There's a reason no president has ever been reelected with an economy like this,' Graham said." Aside from demographics, this is the Republicans' second problem. They believe the MSM, which keeps up a steady drumbeat of "terrible economy." But the economy is NOT terrible. Yes, the unemployment numbers are terrible. And the monthly job creation numbers are not great. But the rest of the economy is and has been recovering since July, 2009. Those without jobs are suffering. But those with jobs are experiencing a static or up-treading economy. The stock markets are approaching record territory (thus, 401(k)s--into which many workers have been forced--are growing), corporations have lots of cash on hand, manufacturing is slowly increasing, interest and mortgage rates are low, and inflation is low. Only the job indicators are doing poorly, and as we all know, they are lagging indicators. Demand remains strong, and sooner or later, the job indicators are going to catch up. Bottom line: the terrible economy just isn't quite that terrible.
Wed, 2012-09-26 16:23
Except for unemployment increasing in 26 states, millions of people giving up looking for work which is artificially lowering the unemployment rate, the median household income going down, record numbers of people on disability and food stamps, a record 15% of Americans in poverty, another trillion added to the debt, gas prices at $4 a gallon, and GDP decreasing when adjusted for inflation.
Definitely some bright spots there.
As for the stock market, when you give bankers interest free money to play with thanks to QE 2 and 3, stock prices are going to go up. A high DJIA does not indicate a healthy economy.
Thu, 2012-09-27 02:50
Jobs may be a lagging indicator, but isn't three years a long lag. I notice you didn't mention the equity loss in housing, and although it may have bottomed out, it shows no signs of improving. Banks won't lend and business is hanging on to cash reserves because they are afraid of the economies future. At the current rate we will have a $24T in debt by 2016. Also by 2016 92% of our GDP will go to entitlements and paying interest on our debt. Between 2014 and 2106 most of Obamacare taxes will kick in. Our credit rating will probably drop two times, particularly if we continue with no budget. An unending QE means our money will be worth less and less resulting in high inflation. Government will get bigger, further draining the economy. Taxes will increase on job creators. So while you can make a superficial case the economy is ok now, how does it project over the next four years?
Wed, 2012-09-26 16:28
An alternate perspective: http://battlegroundwatch.com/2012/09/26/the-reality-of-2012-voter-turnout-the-white-voter/
I'm enjoying these skewed polls. So long as it looks like Obama is going to win, the economy will stay in the dumpster. Romney will pick up more donations and increase the GOP voter pool. What's not to like?
Janos Usgood
Thu, 2012-09-27 02:33
If the Democrats do regain a super-majority I hope they go nuclear on the Republicans. Repeal Obamacare and do the right thing: Create single-payer government option which would force private insurers to be honest or go out of business. Liberalise immigration to a great degree, open up ESL schools and cooperative farms for immigrants. Forge close ties with the Southern hemisphere so that we stand as equals. Become the cornucopia of the planet!
Thu, 2012-09-27 02:56
Thu, 2012-09-27 03:08
It is incomprehensible to me someone thinks "dire national problems such as an eroding middle class, a parasitic financial system, and a ruined generation of young adults, not to mention global climate change", could be solved by moving so far to the left that government controls everything. Is there historically or currently anywhere in the world that concept is working very well. Quite the opposite, these problems are the direct result of us moving to far to the left. It started with Wilson then FDR, LBJ, Nixon, then Clinton, and now Obama made it worse. Who we elect won't make it immediately better, but it will determine how bad this mess gets and how long we stay in it.
Sat, 2012-09-29 10:06
I suppose that you could start by examining China' s rise over the past fifteen years ... granted that they are about where we were in the late 1940's in a lot of areas of development, but their rise is meteoric, it will be interesting to say the least in watching their development over the next years as they sort out (financial systems function, individual freedoms, etc.) The fact is - they are growing their middle class, our rightward policies have been destroying ours for thirty years with devastating effect. This does not seem to be a trend to continue to emulate. So, I cannot sign on to your continuation of your move to the right as an answer. Historically.
Thu, 2012-09-27 07:08
Kuttner: Not to pick on you specifically, but why don't you liberals EVER write articles describing why America should elect your man o'bama? What has he done that is actually good for America? Why should we believe this year's promises when he broke ALL of the ones he made last time around? That sort of thing. Is it just too easy to stick with the old class-race warfare model? To keep making up these "widening" polls showing 2 or 3 point leads (when o'bama if he were even half a president should be 20 points ahead)? Much easier to destroy the opponent than to deserve re-election. Let me tell you this... all of us may not love Romney I, for one, will vote for whoever is running against o'bama because I - LITERALLY - do not think America will ever recover from four more years of thug rule.
Thu, 2012-09-27 08:04
"Yet Obama's lead keeps widening. It's worth unpacking why"
Where to begin?
1: Because the economy fell apart under a Republican president and after a decade which saw Republicans in control of congress far more often than Democrats?
2: Because historically, Republicans have presided over worse economies and ballooning deficits, while Democratic presidents have presided over strong economies and shrinking deficits?
3: Perhaps it is because Republicans start wars, fail to finish them, and put the cost on the credit card, while Democrats finish the wars and get stuck cleaning up the mess. Or perhaps people LIKE to be somewhat respected by foreign nations, rather than loathed?
4: Perhaps it is because the Republican party has moved far to the right, has completely re-defined the term obstructionism, and is now chock full of crazies, liars, cheats, and bigots?
5: Perhaps it is because Republicans refuse to compromise, even when the deals are obviously in the favor, simply because they would rather spite the president than have him look bi-partisan?
6: Perhaps it is because the Republican agenda is anti-science and full of lies, distortions, and proud ignorance?
I don't know how anyone could vote for the modern Republican party nowadays. Whatever sanity they had back in the Reagan era was long ago ceded to centrist Democrats.
Phil Horton
Sat, 2012-09-29 14:24
Ogemaniac has been on a steady diet of what ever the dems are serving up I'm concerned for his or her mental health. Romney will make a great president and Obama clearly has done a poor job. This election is not complicated people. Clint is right, we've got to let him go.
Sat, 2012-09-29 10:20
Mo Freedom
Sat, 2012-09-29 12:15
Mo Freedom
Sat, 2012-09-29 12:12
There are a bazillion examples of Obama's real failures & incompetence. Yet, apparatchiks hope they can paint Romney with a description that aptly fits Obama by just saying it & giving a few lame examples.
But Romney is just a few points behind in the (Dem manipulated?) polls, & he's poised to win the Presidency of the United States. That coupled with his life's history paints a portrait of an amazingly competent man of extraordinary accomplishment.
So, don't let the MSM fool you again.
Phil Horton
Sat, 2012-09-29 14:09
The truth about lies,
Listen up all ye who think Robert is a person that will tell you the truth.
There are two groups of journalists, those that tell you what they think and believe, and those that tell what they want you to believe. Generally, the first group describes conservatives, and the second group describes liberal progressives.
The fundamental difference is philosophical. A natural fit for Liberals is a Machiavellian world view - that is, since they are certain that they are smarter than you, it is moral to say and do anything to manipulate you to vote the way they want you to vote. Conservatives adhere to the belief that all men are created equal - seeing you as equals and respecting your liberty to think for yourself.
I believe Kuttner can be whatever he wants to be. I just want everybody to understand each other.
This election is huge, let's get it right.
no pun intended.
C Vekert
Sat, 2012-09-29 14:32
So liberals are liars? Was Cheney a liberal when he told us that beyond doubt Saddam had WMDs? If liberals do not believe all men are created equal why did they work so hard to pass the various civil rights acts in the '60s? And why are they working for gay rights now? Is it liberals or conservatives that support the ACLU and its work to protect the First Amendment and free speech?
Just because liberals understand basic science and things like evolution and global warming does not necessarily make us smarter. But, at least, it does make conservatives more ignorant.
Sat, 2012-09-29 16:34
What has worked best for this country in the past is a combination of relatively fiscal conservatism combined with reasonable social progressivism. When the 2 are at odds the best attempt possible should be made to implement the social program.
Now, to be clear, I am talking about real fiscal conservatism where the the budget deficit is the the primary concern--not low taxes bringing low unsustainable revenue. Controlling the deficit is done through judicious spending and tax policies that provide sufficient tax revenue without hindering real investment---not just in the stock market but in building and growing of small businesses This is what it was like under Bill Clinton. Even Ronald Reagan was aware of the connection between the deficit and growth and therefore raised taxes over and over once the deficit was getting out of hand.
Unfortunately, what followed Clinton was the bizarro world of republican free spending on everything but the country's social well being without thought for the deficit while taking steps to reduce tax revenue at the same time.
These were the exact opposite of the policies that brought our country relatively consistent growth since the end of WW 2.
Sat, 2012-09-29 19:34
Sun, 2012-09-30 01:24
Both parties are self-serving (or bank-serving) disasters.
People who want a resurrection of civil rights do not have to vote for either Too-Big party.
It would be great to have a debate with non-bank-owned candidates, say Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.
I assume these new two would not ask for all the special clauses that the opera stars on transmit-only want, so we could hear some substantive issues aired. Besides, I want to see a woman in a debate. I would also like to see a moderator with moxie.
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Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a store-and-forward method of writing, sending, receiving and saving messages over electronic communication systems. The term "e-mail" (as a noun or verb) applies to the Internet e-mail system based on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, to network systems based on other protocols and to various mainframe, minicomputer, or internet by a particular systems vendor, or on the same protocols used on public networks.
The spellings e-mail and email are both common. Several prominent journalistic and technical style guides recommend e-mail, and the spelling email is also recognized in many dictionaries. In the original RFC definitions for the Internet's electronic mail system, neither spelling is used; the service is referred to as mail, and a single piece of electronic mail is called a message.
Newer RFCs and IETF working groups also use email. ARPAnet/DARPAnet users and early developers from Unix, CMS, AppleLink, eWorld, AOL, GEnie, and HotMail used eMail with the letter M capitalized. The authors of some of the original RFCs used eMail when giving their own addresses.
MIT first demonstrated the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) in 1961. It allowed multiple users to log into the IBM 7094 from remote dial-up terminals, and to store files online on disk. This new ability encouraged users to share information in new ways. E-mail started in 1965 as a way for multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe computer to communicate. Although the exact history is murky, among the first systems to have such a facility were SDC's Q32 and MIT's CTSS.
E-mail was quickly extended to become network e-mail, allowing users to pass messages between different computers by at least 1966 (it is possible that the SAGE system had something similar some time before).
The ARPANET computer network made a large contribution to the development of e-mail. There is one report that indicates experimental inter-system e-mail transfers began shortly after its creation in 1969. Ray Tomlinson initiated the use of the @ sign to separate the names of the user and their machine in 1971. The ARPANET significantly increased the popularity of e-mail, and it became the killer app of the ARPANET.
This sequence of events applies to the majority of e-mail users. However, there are many alternative possibilities and complications to the e-mail system:
It used to be the case that many MTAs would accept messages for any recipient on the Internet and do their best to deliver them. Such MTAs are called open mail relays. This was important in the early days of the Internet when network connections were unreliable. If an MTA couldn't reach the destination, it could at least deliver it to a relay that was closer to the destination. The relay would have a better chance of delivering the message at a later time. However, this mechanism proved to be exploitable by people sending unsolicited bulk e-mail and as a consequence very few modern MTAs are open mail relays, and many MTAs will not accept messages from open mail relays because such messages are very likely to be spam.
Note that the people, e-mail addresses and domain names in this explanation are fictional: see Alice and Bob.
The format of Internet e-mail messages is defined in RFC 5322 and a series of RFCs, RFC 2045 through RFC 2049, collectively called Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME). Although as of July 13 2005 RFC 2822 is technically a proposed IETF standard and the MIME RFCs are draft IETF standards, these documents are the de facto standards for the format of Internet e-mail. Prior to the introduction of RFC 2822 in 2001, the format described by RFC 822 was the de facto standard for Internet e-mail for nearly two decades; it is still the official IETF standard. The IETF reserved the numbers 5321 and 5322 for the updated versions of RFC 2821 (SMTP) and RFC 2822, as it previously did with RFC 821 and RFC 822, honoring the extreme importance of these two RFCs. RFC 822 was published in 1982 and based on the earlier RFC 733 (see ).
Internet e-mail messages consist of two major sections:
The header is separated from the body by a blank line.
Each message has exactly one header, which is structured into fields. Each field has a name and a value. RFC 2822 specifies the precise syntax.
Informally, each line of text in the header that begins with a printable character begins a separate field. The field name starts in the first character of the line and ends before the separator character ":". The separator is then followed by the field value (the "body" of the field). The value is continued onto subsequent lines if those lines have a space or tab as their first character. Field names and values are restricted to 7-bit ASCII characters. Non-ASCII values may be represented using MIME encoded words.
The message header usually includes at least the following fields:
Note that the "To" field is not necessarily related to the addresses to which the message is delivered. The actual delivery list is supplied in the SMTP protocol, not extracted from the header content. The "To" field is similar to the greeting at the top of a conventional letter which is delivered according to the address on the outer envelope. Also note that the "From" field does not have to be the real sender of the e-mail message. It is very easy to fake the "From" field and let a message seem to be from any mail address. It is possible to digitally sign e-mail, which is much harder to fake. Some Internet service providers do not relay e-mail claiming to come from a domain not hosted by them, but very few (if any) check to make sure that the person or even e-mail address named in the "From" field is the one associated with the connection. Some Internet service providers apply e-mail authentication systems to e-mail being sent through their MTA to allow other MTAs to detect forged spam that might apparently appear to be from them.
Other common header fields include (see RFC 4021 or RFC 2076 for more):
Many e-mail clients present "Bcc" (Blind carbon copy, recipients not visible in the "To" field) as a header field. Different protocols are used to deal with the "Bcc" field; at times the entire field is removed, whereas other times the field remains but the addresses therein are removed. Addresses added as "Bcc" are only added to the SMTP delivery list, and do not get included in the message data.
IANA maintains a list of standard header fields
E-mail was originally designed for 7-bit ASCII. Much e-mail software is 8-bit clean but must assume it will be communicating with 8-bit servers and mail readers. The MIME standard introduced character set specifiers and two content transfer encodings to enable transmission of non-ASCII data: quoted printable for mostly 7 bit content with a few characters outside that range and base64 for arbitrary binary data. The 8BITMIME extension was introduced to allow transmission of mail without the need for these encodings but many mail transport agents still do not support it fully. In some countries, several encoding schemes coexist; as the result, by default, the message in a non-Latin alphabet language appears in non-readable form (the only exception is coincidence, when the sender and receiver use the same encoding scheme). Therefore, for international character sets, Unicode is growing in popularity.
Both plain text and HTML are used to convey e-mail. While text is certain to be read by all users without problems, there is a perception that HTML-based e-mail has a higher aesthetic value. Advantages of HTML include the ability to include inline links and images, set apart previous messages in block quotes, wrap naturally on any display, use emphasis such as underlines and italics, and change font styles. HTML e-mail messages often include an automatically-generated plain text copy as well, for compatibility reasons. Disadvantages include the increased size of the email, privacy concerns about web bugs and that HTML email can be a vector for phishing attacks and the spread of malicious software.
Messages are exchanged between hosts using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol with software programs called mail transport agents. Users can download their messages from servers with standard protocols such as the POP or IMAP protocols, or, as is more likely in a large corporate environment, with a proprietary protocol specific to Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange Servers.
Mail can be stored either on the client, on the server side, or in both places. Standard formats for mailboxes include Maildir and mbox. Several prominent e-mail clients use their own proprietary format and require conversion software to transfer e-mail between them.
When a message cannot be delivered, the recipient MTA must send a bounce message back to the sender, indicating the problem.
Most, but not all, e-mail clients save individual messages as separate files, or allow users to do so. Different applications save e-mail files with different filename extensions..eml
Flaming occurs when one person sends an angry and/or antagonistic message. Flaming is assumed to be more common today because of the ease and impersonality of e-mail communications: confrontations in person or via telephone require direct interaction, where social norms encourage civility, whereas typing a message to another person is an indirect interaction, so civility may be forgotten. Flaming is generally looked down upon by internet communities as it is considered rude and non-productive.
Also known as "email fatigue", e-mail bankruptcy is when a user ignores a large number of e-mail messages after falling behind in reading and answering them. The reason for falling behind is often due to information overload and a general sense there is so much information that it is not possible to read it all. As a solution, people occasionally send a boilerplate message explaining that the email inbox is being cleared out. Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig is credited with coining this term, but he may only have popularized it.
E-mail was widely accepted by the business community as the first broad electronic communication medium and was the first 'e-revolution' in Business communication. E-mail is very simple to understand and like postal mail, e-mail solves two basic problems of communication: logistics and synchronization (see below). LAN based email is also an emerging form of usage for business. It not only allows the business user to download mail when offline, it also provides the small business user to have multiple users email ID's with just one email connection.
Much of the business world relies upon communications between people who are not physically in the same building, area or even country; setting up and attending an in-person meeting, telephone call, or conference call can be inconvenient, time-consuming, and costly. E-mail provides a way to exchange information between two or more people with no set-up costs and that is generally far less expensive than physical meetings or phone calls.
With real time communication by meetings or phone calls, participants have to be working on the same schedule and each participant must spend the same amount of time in the meeting or on the call as everyone else. E-mail allows asynchrony -- each participant to decide when and how much time they will spend dealing with any associated information.
Most business workers today spend from one to two hours of their working day on email: reading, ordering, sorting, 're-contextualizing' fragmented information, and writing e-mail. The use of e-mail is increasing due to increasing levels of globalization—labour division and outsourcing amongst other things. E-mail can lead to some well-known problems:
Information in context (as in a newspaper) is much easier and faster to understand than unedited and sometimes unrelated fragments of information. Communicating in context can only be achieved when both parties have a full understanding of the context and issue in question.
Despite these disadvantages, email has become the most widely used medium of communication within the business world.
A December 2007 New York Times blog post described E-mail as "a $650 Billion Drag on the Economy, and the New York Times reported in April 2008 that "E-MAIL has become the bane of some people's professional lives" due to information overload, yet "none of [the current wave of high-profile Internet startups focused on email] really eliminates the problem of e-mail overload because none helps us prepare replies".
Technology investors reflect similar concerns.
The usefulness of e-mail is being threatened by four phenomena: e-mail bombardment, spamming, phishing, and e-mail worms.
Spamming is unsolicited commercial e-mail. Because of the very low cost of sending e-mail, spammers can send hundreds of millions of e-mail messages each day over an inexpensive Internet connection. Hundreds of active spammers sending this volume of mail results in information overload for many computer users who receive voluminous unsolicited email each day.
E-mail worms use e-mail as a way of replicating themselves into vulnerable computers. Although the first e-mail worm affected UNIX computers, the problem is most common today on the more popular Microsoft Windows operating system.
The combination of spam and worm programs results in users receiving a constant drizzle of junk e-mail, which reduces the usefulness of e-mail as a practical tool.
A number of anti-spam techniques mitigate the impact of spam. In the United States, U.S. Congress has also passed a law, the Can Spam Act of 2003, attempting to regulate such e-mail. Australia also has very strict spam laws restricting the sending of spam from an Australian ISP, but its impact has been minimal since most spam comes from regimes that seem reluctant to regulate the sending of spam.
E-mail privacy, without some security precautions, can be compromised because:
There are cryptography applications that can serve as a remedy to one or more of the above. For example, Virtual Private Networks or the Tor anonymity network can be used to encrypt traffic from the user machine to a safer network while GPG, PGP, or S/MIME can be used for end-to-end message encryption, and SMTP STARTTLS or SMTP over Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer can be used to encrypt communications for a single mail hop between the SMTP client and the SMTP server.
Additionally, many mail user agents do not protect logins and passwords, making them easy to intercept by an attacker. Encrypted authentication schemes such as SASL prevent this.
Finally, attached files share many of the same hazards as those found in peer-to-peer filesharing. Attached files may contain trojans or viruses.
The original SMTP mail service provides limited mechanisms for tracking a sent message, and none for verifying that it has been delivered or read. It requires that each mail server must either deliver it onward or return a failure notice ("bounce message"), but both software bugs and system failures can cause messages to be lost. To remedy this, the IETF introduced Delivery Status Notifications (delivery receipts) and Message Disposition Notifications (return receipts); however, these are not universally deployed in production.
The US Government has been involved in e-mail in several different ways.
Starting in 1977, the US Postal Service (USPS) recognized the electronic mail and electronic transactions posed a significant threat to First Class mail volumes and revenue. Therefore, the USPS initiated an experimental e-mail service known as E-COM. Electronic messages would be transmitted to a post office, printed out, and delivered in hard copy form. In order to take advantage of the service, an individual had to transmit at least 200 messages. The delivery time of the messages was the same as First Class mail and cost 26 cents. The service was said to be subsidized and apparently USPS lost substantial money on the experiment. Both the US Postal Commission and the Federal Communications Commission opposed E-COM. The FCC concluded that E-COM constituted common carriage under its jurisdiction and the USPS would have to file a tariff. Three years after initiating the service, USPS canceled E-COM and attempted to sell it off.
Early on in the history of the ARPANet, there were multiple e-mail clients which had various, and at times, incompatible formats. For example, in the system Multics, the "@" sign meant "kill line" and anything after the "@" sign would be ignored. The Department of Defense DARPA desired to have uniformity and interoperability for e-mail and therefore funded efforts to drive towards unified interoperable standards. This led to David Crocker, John Vittal, Kenneth Pogran, and Austin Henderson publishing RFC 733, "Standard for the Format of ARPA Network Text Message" (Nov. 21, 1977), which was apparently not effective. In 1979, a meeting was held at BBN to resolve incompatibility issues. Jon Postel recounted the meeting in RFC 808, "Summary of Computer Mail Services Meeting Held at BBN on 10 January 1979" (March 1, 1982), which includes an appendix listing the varying e-mail systems at the time. This, in turn, lead to the release of David Crocker's RFC 822, "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages" (Aug. 13, 1982).
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Clara Boland didn't fully appreciate coal's role in her life until she did some digging. That meant going to Paonia, a small town in Western Colorado, which has mined coal for more than a century.
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CU-Boulder seniors Emma Coburn and Joe Morris have been invited to compete on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the 106th Millrose Games, one of the most prestigious indoor track and field meets in the world.
The Millrose Games will take place at The Armory in New York City and features some of the world's top talent. Coburn is entered in the women's New York Road Runners' Wanamaker Mile while Morris will race in the 60-meter dash.
CU-Boulder accepted an invitation on June 11, 2010, to join the Pacific-10 Conference as its 11th member, the first new member since 1978; a week later Utah was added and the league will become the Pacific-12 in the coming year. In addition to shared academic excellence, CU-Boulder and the other Pac-10 member institutions hold impressive athletic résumés.
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When I saw this story, which I am copying rather than making you look for the link, I couldn't help but think of the scene at The Bucket in which Angua is taken hostage by the thieves (or for that matter the jewelry store robbery where she holds the thieves til they confess). From today's Odd News.
'Dumbest criminal' nabbed in cop convention holdup
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A retired police chief said he was robbed by "probably the dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania," at a police officers' convention on Friday morning. John Comparetto said as he came out of a stall in the men's room, a man pointed a gun in his face and demanded money. There were 300 narcotics officers from Pennsylvania and Ohio at the gathering.
Comparetto gave up his money and cell phone. But when the man fled, Comparetto and some colleagues chased him. They arrested a 19-year-old man as he was trying to leave in a taxi.
The suspect is also awaiting trial on four previous robbery charges.
The suspect was arraigned and taken to Dauphin County Prison. When a reporter asked the suspect for comment as he was led out of court, he said, "I'm smooth."
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Sierra Madre held its annual Dickens Village holiday festival on Saturday in the city's charming downtown shopping district.
In Kersting Court, a Christmas tree lighting ceremony was followed by the arrival of the Jolly Old Elf himself.
Is there a town better suited to the glow of holiday cheer? Unlikely, we say.
For unique holiday gifting in Sierra Madre, visit the boutiques we featured in our February Shop the Block spread: Attitude! and La Bella Rouge, for women's clothing and accessories; B.la, for stationery and stocking stuffers; and Savor the Flavor, for gourmet goodies.
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Can it it be possible - oh please - that the brand-new RC-F gives a dose of what made the LF-A so great, in a car to go up against the new BMW M4?
Lexus reveals the brand new RC-F
'ISF-Coupe' debuts at the Detroit Motor Show with a 5.0-litre V8 and over 450bhp. Watch out BMW M4
Lexus rolled the RC-F onto the stage at the Detroit Show today. Just as the 4-series isn't quite just a two-door 3-series, the new Lexus RC coupe isn't just a two-door IS. It's the length of the IS but the width of the GS. And this F version pushes its 19-inch wheels right out to the edge of those swollen arches.
But its most distinctive feature is under that bulging hood. Just as we thought the normally aspirated engine was quietly lying down for good, here comes a snorting 5.0-litre V8. It's related to the magnificent animal of a motor that kicked such great backside in the old IS-F, but it's even more powerful. Lexus says more than 450bhp. Thanks to all that good ol' displacement, it also makes a heaving 383lb ft of torque.
Of course it's the CO2 squeeze that has pushed Mercedes-AMG, BMW M and Audi RS into turbos. Lexus has an answer. In light cruising the V8 goes into Atkinson-cycle mode... like a Prius engine. Mind you, there are no official consumption figures just yet, so lets wait and see before proclaiming a green miracle.
All of that lot is channeled via an eight-speed box to a new e-diff at the back. Lexus says there will never be a 4WD version. It's rear-drive all the way. The 0-60mph time is said to be less than 4.5 sec, in a car weighing a slightly portly 1800kg.
Aside from all the gulping cooling inlets, the body design also pays attention to keeping itself pinned to the road. There's a lifting rear spoiler, and a bonnet vent that cuts front-end lift by easing the low-pressure area at the base of the windscreen. The underbody has been carefully smoothed, and the 'aero stabilising fins' are also said to be more than just hormone-exciting decoration.
Props for doing an atmo engine, but how about a manual box for that true old-skool feel? Lexus boss Mark Templin told Top Gear: "Everyone wants to talk about a manual but no-one wants to buy one."
Rivals? Templin says the engineers didn't benchmark particular measurables of the opposition. "We just set out to build a Lexus." Well obviously they couldn't get their hands on an M4 yet anyway. "We might not be the fastest or have the shortest stopping distance. But we believe this car will be the most fun to drive. It makes a good driver better."
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Faust, an aging philosopher, trades his soul to the Devil in exchange for youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite. Marguerite's brother Valentin defends his sister's honor in a duel with Faust, but Méphistophélès intervenes and Faust accidentally kills Valentin. Marguerite goes mad, and is condemned to death for the murder of her unborn child. Faust and Méphistophélès try to rescue her from prison, but she turns instead to God: as she walks to the gallows, a choir of angels proclaims her salvation.
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4th of July Baking
The sweet, warm days of summer call for back-yard barbeques, casual get-togethers, and loads of great fresh berries and fruits. What better way to celebrate than with a fresh fruit pie or tart.
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For the chocoholic in your life. Chocolate comes in many varieties from dark chocolate to the lightest milk chocolate. You're sure to find a recipe here you will love.
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The Wall Street Journal's editors take a well-deserved whack at Joe Biden:
Joe Biden isn't backing down from his startling claim last week that raising taxes on the rich is the "patriotic" thing to do. On Thursday he upped the ante, thundering that he also has Jesus in his corner. "Catholic social doctrine as I was taught it is, you take care of people who need the help the most," Mr. Biden preached to a group of union supporters on Thursday.
Heavens! The political left likes to score Republicans for claiming that God is on their side, but here we have Mr. Biden claiming support from both God and Caesar. If Sarah Palin tried this, she'd send the boys at the Daily Kos into cardiac arrest. We won't get into a theological debate with Mr. Biden, except to say that Biblical tax rates tended to run around 10%, not the 39.6%-plus that Barack Obama's tax plan calls for.
And for good measure the Journal's editors remind us: "Mr. Biden and his wife recently released their tax returns, and they reported an average of $380, or 0.2% of their income, in annual charitable contributions over a 10-year period. The national average was about 2% of income." Ouch.
What to make of all this? Well, for starters, the double standard on invoking religious faith is fairly apparent. I don't expect Charlie Gibson to peer down at Biden and ask, "Senator Biden, are you on a mission from God to raise taxes?" The specter of self-righteous intolerance and relgious bigotry is reserved for one side in this race.
But the broader problem remains: has Biden foolishly locked Obama into adhering to his tax hike position in the middle of what Obama himself terms a "recession"? Either Obama will be made to look economically illiterate (if he sticks to the tax hikes) or Biden will have to be exposed as an uninformed blowhard (if Obama dumps the tax hikes for the "rich"). I bet on the latter.


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Macbeth's wife is one of the most powerful female characters in literature. Unlike her husband, she lacks all humanity, as we see well in her opening scene, where she calls upon the "Spirits that tend on mortal thoughts" to deprive her of her feminine instinct to care. Her burning ambition to be queen is the single feature that Shakespeare developed far beyond that of her counterpart in the historical story he used as his source. Lady Macbeth persistently taunts her husband for his lack of courage, even though we know of his bloody deeds on the battlefield. But in public, she is able to act as the consummate hostess, enticing her victim, the king, into her castle. When she faints immediately after the murder of Duncan, the audience is left wondering whether this, too, is part of her act.
Ultimately, she fails the test of her own hardened ruthlessness. Having upbraided her husband one last time during the banquet (Act III, Scene 4), the pace of events becomes too much even for her: She becomes mentally deranged, a mere shadow of her former commanding self, gibbering in Act V, Scene 1 as she "confesses" her part in the murder. Her death is the event that causes Macbeth to ruminate for one last time on the nature of time and mortality in the speech "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" (Act V, Scene 5).
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The Return of the Prodigal Son (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue)
In this parable, a young man leaves the comfort of family, wanders foreign lands, and resorts to begging after wasting a fortune through debauchery. Returning, he receives the embrace of his father, who warmly welcomes him home despite his mistakes, prompting the young man to repent the rejection of his family.
Tissot had treated the Prodigal Son subject several times before, first in the guise of early historicizing scenes that helped establish his career and then, in the early 1880s, as a series of paintings and later etchings set in Victorian England. As many scholars have pointed out, the parable may have had a particular autobiographical resonance for Tissot, who had left his homeland—trading his native France for England during the 1870s—and who had a reputation for scandalous romances and luxurious living before a return to the faith of his youth with The Life of Christ.
- Portfolio/Series: The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ (La Vie de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ)
- Artist: James Tissot, French, 1836-1902
- Medium: Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
- Place Made: France
- Dates: 1886-1894
- Dimensions: Image: 8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in. (22.1 x 14 cm) Sheet: 8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in. (22.1 x 14 cm) Frame: 20 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. (50.8 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm) (show scale)
- Signature: Signed bottom left: "J.J. Tissot"
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- Caption: James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Return of the Prodigal Son (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in. (22.1 x 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.185
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Favorite Korn Album/Song
This type of thread is usually pretty popular, so I figure Ill start one on these nice new forums.
Fairly simple question, what is your favorite Korn Album and Song. Or if you want list your favorite albums in order of favorite to least favorite (or anything else along those lines)
Favorite Album (favorite to least favorite)
Follow the Leader
Life is Peachy
Take a look in the Mirror
KoRn III: Remember Who You Are
See You on the other Side
The Path of Totality
Top 5 songs (currently)
No Way
Narcissistic Cannibal
Somebody Someone
Pop A Pill
Favorite Album Count (excluding indecisive posts)
Follow the Leader-7
Life is Peachy-2
Take a Look in the Mirror-1
See You on the Other Side-1
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RE: Favorite Korn Album/Song
Have not been here in forever, had to adjust my favorites to accomodate TPOT.
Added total of favorites each album has.Glad to see this thread is still alive.:)
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Re: Favorite Korn Album/Song
My Top 5 Favorite Korn Album:
1. Follow The Leader (1998)
2. Issues (1999)
3. Take A Look At The Mirror (2003)
4. See You On The Other Side (Deluxe Edition) (2005)
5. Untitled (Deluxe Edition) (2007)
My Top 10 Korn Song's:
1. Freak On A Leash - Follow The Leader (1998)
2. Narcissistic Cannibal (Ft. Skrillex & Kill The Noise) - The Path Of Totality (2011)
3. Falling Away From Me - Issues (1999)
4. Y'all Wanna A Single - Take A Look At The Mirror (2003)
5. Here To Stay - Untouchables (2002)
6. Dead Bodies Everywhere - Follow The Leader (1998)
7. Coming Undone - SYOTOS (2005)
8. All In The Family - Follow The Leader (1998)
9. Right Now! (Dirty Version) - Take A Look At The Mirror (2003)
10. Evolution - Untitled (2007)
My Most Favorite Listen Korn Album:
Issues (1999)
My Most Favorite Listen Korn Song's:
1. Freak On A Leash - Follow The Leader (1998)
2. Falling Away From Me - Issues (1999)
3. Narcissistic Cannibal (Ft. Skrillex & Kill The Noise) - The Path Of Totality (2011)
My Most Favorite Korn Remix Song:
Freak On A Leash (The Dante Ross Remix) - Greatest Hits - Vol.1 (2004)
My Most Favorite Korn Remix Custom Creation Song Ever:
Freak On A Leash (Go Insane?) (Remixed By Dean Birchum) (2011)
(Note: Remix Custom Creation is Extra Credit For The Remix Maker?)
Re: Favorite Korn Album/Song
Favorite Album:
1. Issues
2. KoRn
3. Life is Peachy
4. Untouchables
5. Remember who you are
Top14 Songs:
1. Falling away from me (+ 4 U as intro)
2. Daddy
3. Lies
4. Need to
5. Hating
6. Alone i break
7. Oildale (Leave me alone)
8. Blind
9. Twist
10. Ass Itch
11. Dirty
12. Somebody Someone
13. No Way
14. Trash
...sorry but it`s really hard to choose only 5 favorite songs
Re: Favorite Korn Album/Song
Favorite Song- "Right Now"
Favorite Album- "Path Of Totality" (5 songs I crank whenever they start)
followed up by "See You On The Other Side" (4 songs)
then "Untouchables" (3 songs)
But even though I rank "Path Of Totality" as my favorite, I really wished those dubstep artists added THEIR sound to KORN'S tracks, not the other way around.
Re: Favorite Korn Album/Song
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Hi all,
My weight loss continues again as I am down another lb since returning from my business trip. I am sure the added exercise I have done the last two days has helped as well. Blood levels continue to be right on
But most importantly is that I am stocked up again with the RIGHT foods and eating right again. The first thing I bought in the grocery store yesterday was a large container of spring greens and a large container of spinach leaves and started my routine again of having a very large bowl of mixed greens before eve3ry evening meal "salad is the main meal" (I keep remembering that slogan).
Keep foraging ahead!
Big Milestone Today!!
Weighed in this morning at 209 lbs!! Finally crossed the first part of my goal which was 210. Started this "new way of life" 14 weeks ago at 227lbs. My goal for June is 200 but who knows.
I started this program not to loose weight but to stabilize my blood sugar levels. It has done that plus allowed me to drop one med altogether and cut another by 2/3 rd's and the bonus is loosing this weight!
The pay off is feeling great, lots more energy with a more positive outlook of me.
I just have to be careful now that my date book doesn't get too full..haha.
Stick too it people..it works! Have a good one.
Congrats ronjek!! Glad you are doing so well. Please keep posting your progress, it is a great motivator for others.
Another milestone! This is the week of firsts for me it seems. Lost another lbs. and from the weight chart I keep on this site, I have officially changed from the obese category to now being overweight!
If I use the BMI chart here I would estimate that I have never been just overweight in at least 25 years.
Going out for stir fried veggie celebration dinner!
Hang on people change is coming!
Have a great one .
good going!
Happy Easter everyone!
Nothing new here, still on track and feeling great!
Enjoy the weekend.
Have had a really bad cold the last few days. Have not really changed my eating habits but to my dismay I found I have gain 2 lbs! Is it normal or possible to gain weight when sick with a cold?
Headed back to bed. Have a good week.
Maybe you're just retaining water? It is important when you have a cold to have plenty of fluids, and although it may seem wrong, the more water you drink, the less you'll retain.
Also, if you're eating the same amount but your expending way less energy, that could be a cause.
I wouldn't worry about it, just focus on getting over your cold.
Just a quick note....Thanks for the support as of today I have officially lost 20 lbs.!!!!
Cold is slowly going away. Found it interesting that my blood readings were a bit higher while my cold was going on but from info on the net found that when sick that is normal.
Have a great week and don't give up!
I slipped off the wagon last night and had a Chicken dinner at a restaurant with friends. Interesting enough is that I didn't feel well all night! My slips have been few in the last 3 + months but my health is great. Just had my annual physical and the Doctor was amazed at my glucose levels and was happy I had cut my metformin from 3 pills a day to 1 since my levels have been perfect for weeks! He was also happy about my 21 lbs. weight loss and so am I!!!!
I cannot stress enough the importance to follow this new way of eating and living. It really does work and for me the only thing keeping me from doing it was ME! Just remember you are special, there is no other in the world like you and you deserve to feel great!!
Be happy and be healthy!
Thank you for sharing!! Good living!
Susan Levin, MS, RDPCRM Director of Nutrition Education
Great news about the weight loss and less meds! You're living proof plant strong is the way to go.
Deborah jm
What do you do if you want to start in a country that does not have all of these wonderful ingredients? I was thinking of getting 2 or 3 dishes and just eating them to adnauseum. Reading the recipes makes me hungry but the reality is that I don't have the resources to create such wonderful dishes. Eating only greens keeps me hungry. HELP!!!
Work with what you've got. Where do you live that there are so few plant foods?
No beans or grains available at all? Aim for a bean, a green and a grain - so, red beans and rice with a spinach salad is fine. A veg-full chili of beans, tomato sauce, and whatever vegetables you have (we've used corn, sweet potato, spinach, winter squash, onion, bell pepper, etc. in any combination) and spices. Wraps of a whole grain bread product (tortilla, chapatti, etc.) schmeared with hummus (which can be made with chickpeas or white beans etc.) and packed with all sorts of veggies (spinach, mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, tomato, cucumber, and so on - whatever you have on hand).
Whether you're following the recipes exactly or not, it's possible (generally) to eat satisfying plant based meals.
I agree that you don't need to follow recopies. I have always said if this is to work for me it has to be simple and easy as I am not interested in spending a lot of time in the kitchen (other then for eating!). Go off the recipe map and use what you have that stays in the basic ingredients plan guidelines.
At first I did go buy some special things to try out some of the suggested recopies but most lie unopened still on my self. For the most part I enjoy what I eat on a daily basis but you wont find most of what I throw together on most people's menus!
My motivation is the fact that on the average, this plan works and I see weekly results. I do slip once in a while but my body is quick to tell me to get back in line. My weight loss, my med's reduction and general health all tell me I am doing the right thing.
So work with the basics and customize to your way of doing things. It works and its simple (if that's how you want it). At 63 (this weekend) I was surprised that this old dog could learn new tricks!
Happy eating!
HELP.... I have been doing great up to about a month ago when I started doing renovations to the house which means more exercise and expected a bit of a mussel weight gain and that did happen but I find I am hungry all the time now and have a hard time adjusting to what the body is asking for as far as intake and my sugar levels are not as stable as before the added exercise.
Any thoughts about this? What should I be doing?
Many thanks in advance for the help
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