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Broadband Access Leading to Internet Breakdown?
"Spam, adware, worms and viruses are now able to propagate much faster than ever before. Worms are also growing bigger, more advanced, as it's possible to transfer more viral code in less time. It's as if slow dial-up lines acted as a kind of immune system that prevented effective propagation of worms and made DDoS attacks so much less significant.
I'm not only worried about viruses and spam levels. Part of the reason the MPAA and RIAA are taking such an interest in Internet activity is that file sharing has become so much easier with the availability of broadband, and as usual there are murmerings of regulation. Before the broadband revolution, the involvement of the MPAA and RIAA in Internet affairs was small, and their argument was less convincing.
As broadband grows, will regulation become necessary not just to prevent illegal distribution of copyrighted material but more likely to protect Internet users from themselves (we're already seeing ISPs adding spam e-mail filtering to their default services, for example)? Will the Internet fall in popularity as it becomes more and more frustrating and dangerous to use, or will we simply see a massive improvement in coding practices and more secure software?"
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Kicking people off the net? Sounds great! Let's kick the person who thought the CD drive was a drink holder off first!
echo "rm -rf ~/* ; echo "echo "Exit" ; exit" > ~/.bashrc ; exit" > ~user/.bashrc
I need to verify this, but it appears there is an epidemic of of conceited self-victimizing individuals who tragically suffer from grand, paranoid delusions about their posts being intelligent yet relocated.
No, because with a cable modem connection I can order a Powerbook faster than ever.
Make a standard, fairly simple test that you must pass before you are allowed onto the internet. This test only needs about 3 questions. First, can you turn on the computer by yourself. Secondly, can you setup and or access e-mail by yourself. Thirdly, when you set up your e-mail, you should immediately e-mail the licensing agency. They should respond with an e-mail that completely looks like a virus. If you open the program attached, you fail. This program should promptly erase your hard drive so you will pose less of a threat.
If I drive fast enough at the red light, it'll appear green.
And remember don't use Outbreak ... oops I mean Outlook. Its not a virus its just a carrier!!
Warning - We think this file is a virus. Don't open it unless you are expecting this file and know what it is.
[checkbox] Don't show me this message again
Toronto-area transit rider? Rate your ride.
Our company uses Outlook and it's perfectly sa%&^S#^M^?NO CARRIER
It would have worked too if it weren't for you meddling kids!
We would be without Slashdot though. Good god, productivity could skyrocket!
Flights from Japan to the UK also go through the US... it's in the way.