Ok, I looked all through that article, and I don't see any evidence whatsoever that it was banned.
I realize you guys are in a hurry to get your submissions in before somebody else submits them, and I sympathize, but READ THE DAMN ARTICLE BEFORE YOU SUBMIT.
There is still plenty of room for things in your food and/or drugs that are deemed "none of your business", either because they're in tiny quantity, or because they're in a defined catch-all category like "spices".
If your box gets hacked, what's to stop the hacker from installing a keysnooper, getting the passphrase for your key, and signing all his trojaned packages with your key?
Seattle has a great transit system, but do you think you can find housing for $100,000?
Sure; it's laying around in the dumpsters behind Sears. You have to ignore the "this side up" sign and tip the box^H^H^Hhouse over, or the rain gets in.
What's most disturbing is that they only passed this because it prevented the saftey features from working, and not because it was infringing on rights of privacy.
Oh, come on. A court-approved surveillance warrant doesn't infringe your right of privacy any more than a court-ordered arrest warrant infringes your rights of liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
We're not talking about the FBI running around tapping people's phones willy-nilly. Safety was the legitimate concern here.
The idea that you need to not use your ISP's SMTP server because "it's not encrypted" is almost laughable.
Almost nobody supports SSL on their SMTP servers anyway, so you'll be sending unencrypted mail anyway. With the few people to whom you are sending encrypted mail, you'd be better served by encrypting the emails than the servers, because you'll be better able to control that (what if they break their setup and are no longer accepting encrypted SMTP? Will you even notice?)
Don't give me the "they can snoop my mail" rap, either; it's all going over their network. If it ain't encrypted, it can (and probably occasionally does) get snooped.
On the other hand, preventing random users from sending out email directly is a big help in enforcing anti-spam AUPs. As I'm sure you've noticed, a growing number of systems on the other end are refusing inbound email from dynamic IP ranges. Large ISPs are starting to cooperate with the anti-spam blacklists by providing those IP ranges, too. You're fighting to preserve a decreasingly relevant preference. Give up.
About the only legitimate reason to send your own mail is troubleshooting, and it doesn't outweigh the anti-spam issues. Get over it, you're not going to get your ISP to change.
Interestingly, this could make Windows the platform of choice for script kiddie hackers, instead of Linux or *BSD, since it will be easier to use this defense if one is running the most-hijacked OS.
Thanks to the Wachowskis rather brilliant blending of pop culture, Campbell, Jung, Christianity, and Buddhism, they're movies that can resonate with people on so many different levels.
Which of these two definitions of "brilliant" did you mean:
2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England printing. [1913 Webster]
3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving. [1913 Webster]
Because I know you didn't mean the first definition for it.
What does that have to do with the fact that the ban on asbestos is not based on science, and unduly hurts Canada since they are the primary North American source of the 98% of asbestos that is not dangerous?
Um no. There are plenty of companies that have affiliate programs with thousands of members. There's no way to keep track of how each of your members are advertising.
Wrong. You accept spam complaints, and you immediately lock that affiliate from receiving checks until the investigation is complete. Then you investigate, and if they're spamming, you discontinue your relationship with them.
Do that to a couple, and publicize it, and the rest of your affiliates will stop.
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Ok, I looked all through that article, and I don't see any evidence whatsoever that it was banned.
I realize you guys are in a hurry to get your submissions in before somebody else submits them, and I sympathize, but READ THE DAMN ARTICLE BEFORE YOU SUBMIT.
There is still plenty of room for things in your food and/or drugs that are deemed "none of your business", either because they're in tiny quantity, or because they're in a defined catch-all category like "spices".
And then there are cigarettes.
If RedHat's view of reasonable differs from its customer's view of reasonable (which it obviously does), then this is going to be a disaster.
Are you saying that all RedHat customers have the same view of reasonable for EVERY licensing question, or just for this one particular case?
If your box gets hacked, what's to stop the hacker from installing a keysnooper, getting the passphrase for your key, and signing all his trojaned packages with your key?
SuSE, Mandrake, God, should I keep listing ?
It's not spelled "God", it's spelled "Debian".
J.R.R. Tolkien is a better author then Peter Jackson, especially of his own Trilogy!
Three 10-hour long movies wouldn't have made it to theaters. Peter Jackson is a better director than J.R.R. Tolkien would have been.
Oh, no: this will drive the E.com lodge out of business!
Doing the details right is hard, hard work.
Further, doing it right requires having good processes and following them, which is anathema to 99% of the people reading this message.
Seattle has a great transit system, but do you think you can find housing for $100,000?
Sure; it's laying around in the dumpsters behind Sears. You have to ignore the "this side up" sign and tip the box^H^H^Hhouse over, or the rain gets in.
But if the FBI *can* simply tune into any car they please, what's stopping them from totally abusing this "feature"?
The fact that they have to ask the company to tune them in. That is in fact what happened here; the company balked and went to court.
What's most disturbing is that they only passed this because it prevented the saftey features from working, and not because it was infringing on rights of privacy.
Oh, come on. A court-approved surveillance warrant doesn't infringe your right of privacy any more than a court-ordered arrest warrant infringes your rights of liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
We're not talking about the FBI running around tapping people's phones willy-nilly. Safety was the legitimate concern here.
The idea that you need to not use your ISP's SMTP server because "it's not encrypted" is almost laughable.
Almost nobody supports SSL on their SMTP servers anyway, so you'll be sending unencrypted mail anyway. With the few people to whom you are sending encrypted mail, you'd be better served by encrypting the emails than the servers, because you'll be better able to control that (what if they break their setup and are no longer accepting encrypted SMTP? Will you even notice?)
Don't give me the "they can snoop my mail" rap, either; it's all going over their network. If it ain't encrypted, it can (and probably occasionally does) get snooped.
On the other hand, preventing random users from sending out email directly is a big help in enforcing anti-spam AUPs. As I'm sure you've noticed, a growing number of systems on the other end are refusing inbound email from dynamic IP ranges. Large ISPs are starting to cooperate with the anti-spam blacklists by providing those IP ranges, too. You're fighting to preserve a decreasingly relevant preference. Give up.
About the only legitimate reason to send your own mail is troubleshooting, and it doesn't outweigh the anti-spam issues. Get over it, you're not going to get your ISP to change.
Interestingly, this could make Windows the platform of choice for script kiddie hackers, instead of Linux or *BSD, since it will be easier to use this defense if one is running the most-hijacked OS.
You guys can't be opposed to a UN-run Internet but want the UN running my country's foreign policy.
However, you can't buy a car without tires just because you don't like Firestone.
No, but you can buy it with Michelins without having to also pay for the Firestones.
That is not the case with most PC manufacturers.
The OpenBSD hackers' credo:
Information wants to be $40.
Thanks to the Wachowskis rather brilliant blending of pop culture, Campbell, Jung, Christianity, and Buddhism, they're movies that can resonate with people on so many different levels.
Which of these two definitions of "brilliant" did you mean:
2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England printing. [1913 Webster]
3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving. [1913 Webster]
Because I know you didn't mean the first definition for it.
If only we stopped using gasoline, all of those prehistoric plants would spring back into life!
Shhh. Don't let the libs hear that even nuclear waste is biodegradeable; it'll undermine their entire worldview.
No should be: how the free market internet has enabled capitalism to trump corporate price fixing.
More like: how massive overtaxation and legal costs in the US drives yet another industry overseas.
Books are made from trees, and cutting down trees is frowned upon here.
Hmm, that would be quite enough power for a small SUV to get decent acceleration.
Finally, the fuel-efficient crowd have my attention.
Scale that up and let me know when Lincoln puts out an electric Navigator.
BTW, 200 HP is more than the vast majority of the small sedans on the road.
What does that have to do with the fact that the ban on asbestos is not based on science, and unduly hurts Canada since they are the primary North American source of the 98% of asbestos that is not dangerous?
For example, with NAFTA Canada sued the United States saying that banning asbestos is an infringement of Free Trade.
So? They had a point.
I'm still using a couple of fillings that are pushing 30.
Um no. There are plenty of companies that have affiliate programs with thousands of members. There's no way to keep track of how each of your members are advertising.
Wrong. You accept spam complaints, and you immediately lock that affiliate from receiving checks until the investigation is complete. Then you investigate, and if they're spamming, you discontinue your relationship with them.
Do that to a couple, and publicize it, and the rest of your affiliates will stop.