Too bad, that is how we found out that one account on our systems had been compromised. If people hadn't posted that list with sniffed accounts we probably wouldn't have found out for several hours or even days.
ftp.gnome.org is just another mirror, no special treatment (it is ftp.acc.umu.se to be exact, I run it, and it is updated daily).
I am running a manual update right now, we will probably have the new release soon. But as long as the ftp access method is listed instead of http://ftp.gnome.org not many will get in anyway.
And it really isn't a problem. If you have ethernet to your home, chances are that you will share your uplink at 100Mbit/s or so with your neighbours.
And your bandwidth usage will probably be monitored too. But it isn't really a problem, since the important part for home usage is the peak bandwidth. On average you don't use much more than a modem. But you have good latency and peak bandwidth.
I have this situation right now at home, and so does many others where I live (Umeå, Sweden). Even my grandmother has ethernet at home, and she doesn't even have a computer.
That is perhaps 20000-30000 households with cable or (fast) ethernet. All sharing approx 50Mbit/s. And it isn't a problem.
There is some monitoring, so if you start downloading/sending several gigabytes every day, you are probably doing something wrong. And you risk getting cut off if you don't do something about it.
This is how it is solved here. And it works. And has worked for several years. This isn't something new, this is something that is quickly becoming standard. I can't imagine living in an appartment without ethernet connection.
This is wonderful! With some luck this will in time reduce the ammount of stupid mailinglists I get subscribed to without asking.
I do have a nice domain with easily guessed email adresses, but that shouldn't force me to get lots of spam.
The problem with remove-thingies is that it usually just tags the email as an active and you'll recieve lots of more spam. There is usually no way of telling a decent company making a mistake from a real spammer. So I'm all for blackholing them.
Yes, and higher prices is good. Higher prices usually means less sold units. Which is good.
The purpose of this was to screw the software makers. An action that will make software more expensive without giving that increase in price to the software makers is good.
With some luck it will actually ammount to a noticable decrease in sold units, but I don't think that the action would get widespread enough for that.
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Thanks for the list while it lasted though.
I am running a manual update right now, we will probably have the new release soon. But as long as the ftp access method is listed instead of http://ftp.gnome.org not many will get in anyway.
This is a much better way than having hard bandwidth limits or strict rules (as in no server and so on).
And your bandwidth usage will probably be monitored too. But it isn't really a problem, since the important part for home usage is the peak bandwidth. On average you don't use much more than a modem. But you have good latency and peak bandwidth.
I have this situation right now at home, and so does many others where I live (Umeå, Sweden). Even my grandmother has ethernet at home, and she doesn't even have a computer.
That is perhaps 20000-30000 households with cable or (fast) ethernet. All sharing approx 50Mbit/s. And it isn't a problem.
There is some monitoring, so if you start downloading/sending several gigabytes every day, you are probably doing something wrong. And you risk getting cut off if you don't do something about it.
This is how it is solved here. And it works. And has worked for several years. This isn't something new, this is something that is quickly becoming standard. I can't imagine living in an appartment without ethernet connection.
This is wonderful! With some luck this will in time reduce the ammount of stupid mailinglists I get subscribed to without asking.
I do have a nice domain with easily guessed email adresses, but that shouldn't force me to get lots of spam.
The problem with remove-thingies is that it usually just tags the email as an active and you'll recieve lots of more spam. There is usually no way of telling a decent company making a mistake from a real spammer. So I'm all for blackholing them.
The purpose of this was to screw the software makers. An action that will make software more expensive without giving that increase in price to the software makers is good.
With some luck it will actually ammount to a noticable decrease in sold units, but I don't think that the action would get widespread enough for that.