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  1. Re:If you are looking to make a commitment by batobin · · Score: 2 · on Household Pets for the Common Geek?

    About how fragile sugar gliders are (taken from this site:

    Although sugar gliders are healthy and hardy animals, their physical structure is small and delicate although their skulls seem to be very dense when considering the way they bounce themselves off trees many times head first. Thus, they are NOT a suitable pet for very young children, who like to squeeze the animals that they love best.

    I don't think a sock could hurt them, but they're still pretty delicate creatures.

  2. Re:If you are looking to make a commitment by batobin · · Score: 2 · on Household Pets for the Common Geek?

    Sugar gliders look cool, but they have some downsides.

    The biggest one for me is:
    Gliders are also incontinent and urinate and defecate on you without thinking about it - I have only ever heard of one person who managed to toilet train their glider.

    I draw the line when my pet defecates on me. Especially in this case, because they do it to show they trust you...

  3. A question of bullshit by Velox_SwiftFox · · Score: 1 · on New York ISP Held Liable For Newsgroup Content

    From Buffnet's response:

    The Attorney General's office never told BuffNET it suspected illegal activity, and never asked BuffNET to block the newsgroup that was targeted. If the AG had asked, BuffNET would have cut off the newsgroup.

    What did happen was an undercover agent from the A.G.'s office, who did not identify himself as being from the A.G.'s office, made an INQUIRY (not a complaint) about the legality of one image he allegedly found on one specific newsgroup. He asked if it was legal, and could he get in trouble by downloading it. BuffNET turned the inquiry over to our attorney, Steven S. Fox who reviewed the newsgroup and found no illegal images. He answered the inquiry saying child pornography is illegal and that whenever BuffNET finds anything illegal on its system it removes it and whoever put it there.

  4. Buffnet's Version of the Story by Detritus · · Score: 2 · on New York ISP Held Liable For Newsgroup Content

    http://www.BuffNET.net/release/

  5. Re:We can see the beginning of this in 1998... by Lostman · · Score: 2 · on New York ISP Held Liable For Newsgroup Content
    Well, no, but I doubt that the US Postal Service would have willingly continued to deliver mail like that had it recieved a request from a customer or a law enforcement agency to discontinue... as a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure that it's against USPS regulations to knowingly deliver illegal material.

    I am sure of that too, but how would they know they are delivering illegal content (the USPS that is) -- by going through each letter? I believe I will let Buffnet speak for itself...
    . BuffNET is not charged with any crimes. BuffNET has not broken any laws. None of the individuals who were arrested were BuffNET members or employees. None of the allegedly illegal material was posted from BuffNET accounts. BuffNET receives its newsgroup feeds from Sprint's network, from Prodigy and from several educational institutions. These feeds are unmoderated, the same as radio and TV signals through the air.
    -- found at http://www.buffnet.net/ag/
  6. We can see the beginning of this in 1998... by Lostman · · Score: 2 · on New York ISP Held Liable For Newsgroup Content

    October 27th, 1998: New York City Police seized computer equipment BuffNET used to provide it's subscribers with access to Internet newsgroups.

    There was only one other ISP that was cracked down on.. dreamscape...

    Both of these ISP's are in upper state new york.

    BuffNet itself has a VERY nice explanation of all that happened at http://www.buffnet.net/ag/.

    For those afraid of the infamous Goat, a VERY VERY brief part of it had this to say:

    "When someone sends illegal material through the U.S. Mail, they don't arrest the people in the Post Office." said BuffNET V.P. Mike Hassett. "It seems like the Attorney General arrested the people who posted. They didn't have BuffNET accounts." Hassett stated. "Federal law protects ISPs. Isn't it intriguing that he [Vacco] chose only 2 ISP's, both in upstate New York? Is it coincidence that Vacco won his last election relying on upstate New York votes? Why weren't the other 1000 plus ISP's in New York State a target of his investigation? Why weren't BuffNET's peers that provided the newsgroups under investigation?" inquired Hassett. "