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Excite Could Go Dark On Friday

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the after-excitement-comes-the-little-death dept.

robvasquez writes: "According to this CNET article, excite @home could be pulling the plug on cable modem subscribers. What's your providers back up plan? Could milions of trolls and Nimda spreaders be taken off line?"

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  1. Netcraft stats by Cally · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If this really happens, it'll be interesting to see whether it show up in the Netcraft web server survey. Sircam, nimda and Code Red seem to have coincided with a rise in IIS installations at the expense of Apache :(( Could this be conclusive proof that there's no such thing as bad publicity?

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    "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -- Goethe
  2. Unplug? by dr_dank · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    According to this CNET article, excite @home could be pulling the plug on cable modem subscribers.

    After going to the first ten thousand houses to unplug the modems, they'll probably just opt to throw some big switch.

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    Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
  3. Re: Your Sig by GTRacer · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I can't answer the other questions for you, but as for Whats my purpose in life?:

    Your purose in life is to decorate the back entrance to the Magrathean planet-forges via high-altitude high-velocity impact with the ground.

    And no, it will NOT be friends with you.

    GTRacer
    - I know where my towel is.

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    Defending IP by destroying access to it? That makes sense, RIAA/MPAA. Go to the corner until you can play nice!