"I'm not going to sell you this domain because I disapprove of the purpose for which you will use it" is a dangerous position to take. What's happening here is just closing a loophole that allows domains to be used for free- a simple, clear problem.
The first problem with your statement is the fact that ICANN does not sell domains. I'm talking about problems with ICANN and how the regulate (or rather fail to regulate) the registrars that they are tasked with the regulation of.
It has nothing to do with whether or not ICANN gives a damn what domains are being used for - they've already shown they don't. It has to do with the fact that ICANN has laid out rules that registrars are supposed to be obliged to follow (see the link I posted previously). Those rules are being totally ignored and ICANN is choosing to take no action.
The only correlation to domain sales is that many of the internet criminals intentionally chose the registrars that are known violators of the ICANN registrar rules. This requires no foresight of potential domain usage by ICANN. I just ask that ICANN actually enforce the rules that they claim to hold registrars to - none of which have anything to do with registrars' customers' illegal activities.
Trying to hold ICANN accountable for the registrars, who have to police who they sell to is ridiculous.
Its not a question of ICANN being held responsible for the actions of their customers (the registrars). Its a question of ICANN actually holding registrars to the terms of registrar obligations in the registrar accreditation agreement. In particular, ICANN requires that the registrars maintain valid contact data for their customers, which they seldom do when selling to spammers.
I'm not asking for ICANN to "police" anyone. I'm just asking for them to actually require accredited registrars to meet the registrar obligations that they put forth. Obviously ICANN is not into law enforcement. However, ICANN does have the ability to restrict who can and cannot sell domains within the.com,.org,.net, and several other TLDs.
It's bigger than you think. In 2007 a majority of domains registered were for tasting purposes.
That may be true, but it doesn't really counter my statement of it being a problem that only a small group of people care about. I would have a very hard time believing that domain tasting has affected anywhere near as many people on the internet as has the spam that has been made possible by complacent registrars and the do-nothing organization known as ICANN.
No, the server is running fine, we've just saturated all of the transatlantic cables.
I'm not having any difficulties reading other sites that are hosted overseas - why would this one be any different?
Conversely, can you show that the server is indeed up?
So it looks like our buddies at ICANN are again ignoring the larger problems that they could take action against, in favor of solving problems that only a small group of people care about.
I would be much more impressed with ICANN if they actually started punishing the registrars that are so blatantly making profit from internet crime. There is a long list of registrars that sell.com domains to spam kings like Kuvayev for him to sell drugs and pirated software. And conveniently enough, many of these registrars will claim to not speak English when you try to ask them about it through their support - even though they provide registration details in clear English. And these same registrars will claim to be located overseas anyways, and hence are not responsible for following US laws.
ICANN has allowed a long list of criminals to make money off the internet. It is one thing to turn a blind eye to a foreign domain registry, but ICANN is turning a blind eye towards the.com and.org registries as well, all in the apparent name of profit.
What the hell would you do with your DNA on facebook? And the link you gave just sends us mere mortals to the facebook login page, which doesn't say squat about what the "facebook genomics" application does.
I will say though that I do have respect for Genome Alberta, though none whatsoever for facebook.
I know, I know, we don't RTFA around here. But the answer to your question would be North America. Specifically, they examined people from British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska for similarities to the man frozen in the glacier up there.
That is a very good point that I neglected to mention. I suspect we've probably both seen the numbers on how much of an American car's retail price goes towards paying the pensions of workers that are no longer on the assembly line. Starting a car manufacturing company is another interesting historical note, particularly if one compares how many were active pre-WWII to how many exist in this country now.
And your point on the lower costs shouldered by the Japanese firms is dead-on. I have often wondered why the people who want to see universal health care don't push more on the fact that it could well ease the burden that it places on the manufacturing sectors in this country. I think it even came up in a previous slashdot disucssion on universal healthcare.
If I was doing illegal botnets, I'd make a cool billion dollars or so, then retire to a tropical island.
Interesting idea, with an interesting correlation to Kuvayev. I've seen him alternate between claiming his residence to be in either Finland or Tahiti. Perhaps he's entered a state of semi-retirement?
It used to work for cars until this company called Toyota came along and ruined everything.
OK, take off your tinfoil hat for a moment and consider the state of manufacturing in the US circa approximately 1970. There were several things working against the US auto manufacturers at the time that were irrelevant (or even favorable) to the imports:
US oil embargo
Strong US dollar - Yen exchange
US supply chain issues
Incomplete transition from SAE to metric
So while it is very popular to bash on American car companies, I say that at least some of this is unfounded. People really need to take in the full situation to understand why things are the way they are (and were). And on top of that, I know of plenty of US cars on the road daily that are over 20 years old.
I've seen previous allegations that Leo Kuvayev has ties to the storm botnet. It of course is known that Mr. Kuvayev is a prolific spammer.
However, there hasn't been as much spam from Mr. Kuvayev - either in my own boxes, or mentioned recently on line. This leaves me to wonder if perhaps he isn't utilizing it as much as he used to?
While certainly the botnet has been used for more than just spam propagation, and Kuvayev has sent spam to a lot more people that just me, I still can't help but wonder if it either isn't as large or as active as it once was.
Uh, yeah, except that: isn't it kind of ILLEGAL to download copyrighted stuff via torrents?
Is...was....err....was that a joke?
That could be either a joke or someone who is just underinformed. Being as torrents get the most attention (in the mainstream, at least) for illegal traffic, it shouldn't surprise anyone to encounter people who actually believe that all torrent traffic is illegal.
And of course, there are copyrights involved with Ubuntu Linux. However most of them are more than a little bit more permissive than those on "Enter Sandman".
His arguments are generally based primarily on repetition. He also repeatedly accused me of lying as well, and based that only on his own accusations of me lying.
Another of his gems was along the lines of "I'll stop calling you a liar when you stop lying". Oddly enough though, he was unable to actually demonstrate a lie.
Tragically, there have since been times when he and I have actually been in agreement on issues, yet his way of trying to discuss issues is utterly maddening.
How many people have seen the movies that he's made?
How many additional people really would have gone to see "alone in the dark", or any of his other video game-based movies, even if it was done by a terrific director?
In comparison, how many people really thought they wanted to see a movie based on a video game, and then skipped it only because he was associated with it?
I bumped into this thread, and noticed that my good buddy "AK Marc" seems to be in his prime "discussion" form here. Unfortunately as you can see there isn't much you can do about him at this point other than stop posting.
Considering how rampant software piracy has been reported to be in China, is this perhaps a sign that Microsoft is looking for a way to make a buck on that market, even if they can't sell much software per capita?
Is to carry a notebook (as in paper, not a computer) with you everywhere you go in the lab. Take lots of notes on everything. Anytime someone mentions something you aren't familiar with, write it down. Even if you don't have a chance to ask about it at the time, write it down so you can look it up later.
And by all means, write down every protocol someone describes to you. You'll probably work with people who are very familiar with how to do XYZ. They might tell you orally the first time how to do it, so you'd better make sure you write it down so you don't have to ask again.
I learned this the hard way. I was an undergrad lab tech during my second year of undergrad, and I neglected to take good notes. The lab time was a bit of a disaster. I know better now. That time taught me a lot about the gap between what I thought I knew and what I actually knew.
In order to make it economically unsound for the spammers, you'd have to make it economically annoying for the rest of humanity. More annoying than simply putting up with the spam.
UNLESS we get rid of the stupid CAN-SPAM law and allow each state to institute its own anti-spam laws and allow citizens in those states to sue the spammers for violating those laws.
I think that depends on how one uses the internet. From my own experience, I can say that a good portion of spam is propagated because of complacent registrars and their lax policies towards spam. Spamvertised domains are usually shut down fairly quickly by ISPs, however, new domains are sold at a bewildering rate. As soon as a spammer loses one domain he just opens a website on the next and the global game of whack-a-mole continues.
I say therefore that we could reduce spam dramatically by coming down hard on domain registrars. This is something that internic / ICANN has been repeatedly unwilling to do. If the registrars that have documented relationships with spammers were to be shut down or heavily penalized, it would therefore increase the cost of domain registration for the spammers.
One proposal that's been thrown about is a sort of micro-tax on emails
Thats a good idea, however if your own experience with spam is similar to mine, it would have almost no meaningful effect. I say this because, at least in my inbox, the vast majority of spam comes from overseas. Even if the spamvertised domains are.com, the domains themselves are registered overseas, and the spam originates from open relays on other continents as well.
Which of course would make tax collection nearly impossible.
I know that my email (especially in my older accounts) certainly matches the rate of spam in excess of 90% by volume.
And the part about a new spam site created every 3 seconds shouldn't surprise anyone either. As much as people despise spam, there is still money to be made in it. Thats why people continue to send spam, of course. Thats also why people continue to buy new domain names to sell discount "drugs" and "software".
This just tells us what many of us already knew. The spam problem will continue to get worse until we actually apply a economic solution to this economic problem.
WoW Compatible ?
I think its more likely to work with Duke Nukem Forever, considering how very little material of any substance they had on their website.
Slashdot Mirror
The first problem with your statement is the fact that ICANN does not sell domains. I'm talking about problems with ICANN and how the regulate (or rather fail to regulate) the registrars that they are tasked with the regulation of.
It has nothing to do with whether or not ICANN gives a damn what domains are being used for - they've already shown they don't. It has to do with the fact that ICANN has laid out rules that registrars are supposed to be obliged to follow (see the link I posted previously). Those rules are being totally ignored and ICANN is choosing to take no action.
The only correlation to domain sales is that many of the internet criminals intentionally chose the registrars that are known violators of the ICANN registrar rules. This requires no foresight of potential domain usage by ICANN. I just ask that ICANN actually enforce the rules that they claim to hold registrars to - none of which have anything to do with registrars' customers' illegal activities.
Its not a question of ICANN being held responsible for the actions of their customers (the registrars). Its a question of ICANN actually holding registrars to the terms of registrar obligations in the registrar accreditation agreement. In particular, ICANN requires that the registrars maintain valid contact data for their customers, which they seldom do when selling to spammers.
I'm not asking for ICANN to "police" anyone. I'm just asking for them to actually require accredited registrars to meet the registrar obligations that they put forth. Obviously ICANN is not into law enforcement. However, ICANN does have the ability to restrict who can and cannot sell domains within the
That may be true, but it doesn't really counter my statement of it being a problem that only a small group of people care about. I would have a very hard time believing that domain tasting has affected anywhere near as many people on the internet as has the spam that has been made possible by complacent registrars and the do-nothing organization known as ICANN.
I'm not having any difficulties reading other sites that are hosted overseas - why would this one be any different?
Conversely, can you show that the server is indeed up?
So it looks like our buddies at ICANN are again ignoring the larger problems that they could take action against, in favor of solving problems that only a small group of people care about.
.com domains to spam kings like Kuvayev for him to sell drugs and pirated software. And conveniently enough, many of these registrars will claim to not speak English when you try to ask them about it through their support - even though they provide registration details in clear English. And these same registrars will claim to be located overseas anyways, and hence are not responsible for following US laws.
.com and .org registries as well, all in the apparent name of profit.
I would be much more impressed with ICANN if they actually started punishing the registrars that are so blatantly making profit from internet crime. There is a long list of registrars that sell
ICANN has allowed a long list of criminals to make money off the internet. It is one thing to turn a blind eye to a foreign domain registry, but ICANN is turning a blind eye towards the
... it appears we have taken down a Microsoft server with sheer volume. Robust web server, my ass.
If only it were one in Washington, rather than one in Europe.
What the hell would you do with your DNA on facebook? And the link you gave just sends us mere mortals to the facebook login page, which doesn't say squat about what the "facebook genomics" application does.
I will say though that I do have respect for Genome Alberta, though none whatsoever for facebook.
I know, I know, we don't RTFA around here. But the answer to your question would be North America. Specifically, they examined people from British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska for similarities to the man frozen in the glacier up there.
Won't the criminals just switch to doing business with foreign companies instead, to avoid the reach of US laws?
Oh wait, many of them already have. Just take a look at the guys on the spamhaus list - they do their work just fine without help from US companies.
That is a very good point that I neglected to mention. I suspect we've probably both seen the numbers on how much of an American car's retail price goes towards paying the pensions of workers that are no longer on the assembly line. Starting a car manufacturing company is another interesting historical note, particularly if one compares how many were active pre-WWII to how many exist in this country now.
And your point on the lower costs shouldered by the Japanese firms is dead-on. I have often wondered why the people who want to see universal health care don't push more on the fact that it could well ease the burden that it places on the manufacturing sectors in this country. I think it even came up in a previous slashdot disucssion on universal healthcare.
Interesting idea, with an interesting correlation to Kuvayev. I've seen him alternate between claiming his residence to be in either Finland or Tahiti. Perhaps he's entered a state of semi-retirement?
OK, take off your tinfoil hat for a moment and consider the state of manufacturing in the US circa approximately 1970. There were several things working against the US auto manufacturers at the time that were irrelevant (or even favorable) to the imports:
So while it is very popular to bash on American car companies, I say that at least some of this is unfounded. People really need to take in the full situation to understand why things are the way they are (and were). And on top of that, I know of plenty of US cars on the road daily that are over 20 years old.
I've seen previous allegations that Leo Kuvayev has ties to the storm botnet. It of course is known that Mr. Kuvayev is a prolific spammer.
However, there hasn't been as much spam from Mr. Kuvayev - either in my own boxes, or mentioned recently on line. This leaves me to wonder if perhaps he isn't utilizing it as much as he used to?
While certainly the botnet has been used for more than just spam propagation, and Kuvayev has sent spam to a lot more people that just me, I still can't help but wonder if it either isn't as large or as active as it once was.
Is...was....err....was that a joke?
That could be either a joke or someone who is just underinformed. Being as torrents get the most attention (in the mainstream, at least) for illegal traffic, it shouldn't surprise anyone to encounter people who actually believe that all torrent traffic is illegal.
And of course, there are copyrights involved with Ubuntu Linux. However most of them are more than a little bit more permissive than those on "Enter Sandman".
His arguments are generally based primarily on repetition. He also repeatedly accused me of lying as well, and based that only on his own accusations of me lying.
Another of his gems was along the lines of "I'll stop calling you a liar when you stop lying". Oddly enough though, he was unable to actually demonstrate a lie.
Tragically, there have since been times when he and I have actually been in agreement on issues, yet his way of trying to discuss issues is utterly maddening.
... why anyone should really care?
How many people have seen the movies that he's made?
How many additional people really would have gone to see "alone in the dark", or any of his other video game-based movies, even if it was done by a terrific director?
In comparison, how many people really thought they wanted to see a movie based on a video game, and then skipped it only because he was associated with it?
I bumped into this thread, and noticed that my good buddy "AK Marc" seems to be in his prime "discussion" form here. Unfortunately as you can see there isn't much you can do about him at this point other than stop posting.
However, if your discussion with him follows the same trajectory as the one I had with him, you may find it to have some entertainment value. Indeed, he probably isn't far from calling you a nazi, which of course will be followed by denying calling you a nazi, and of course later followed by again calling you a nazi. And as if twice isn't enough, why not make the same baseless accusation a third time?
Indeed, discussions with this guy are often true gems.
Considering how rampant software piracy has been reported to be in China, is this perhaps a sign that Microsoft is looking for a way to make a buck on that market, even if they can't sell much software per capita?
Is to carry a notebook (as in paper, not a computer) with you everywhere you go in the lab. Take lots of notes on everything. Anytime someone mentions something you aren't familiar with, write it down. Even if you don't have a chance to ask about it at the time, write it down so you can look it up later.
And by all means, write down every protocol someone describes to you. You'll probably work with people who are very familiar with how to do XYZ. They might tell you orally the first time how to do it, so you'd better make sure you write it down so you don't have to ask again.
I learned this the hard way. I was an undergrad lab tech during my second year of undergrad, and I neglected to take good notes. The lab time was a bit of a disaster. I know better now. That time taught me a lot about the gap between what I thought I knew and what I actually knew.
... and you thought the Sony rootkit was evil when it was on music CDs.
UNLESS we get rid of the stupid CAN-SPAM law and allow each state to institute its own anti-spam laws and allow citizens in those states to sue the spammers for violating those laws.
I think that depends on how one uses the internet. From my own experience, I can say that a good portion of spam is propagated because of complacent registrars and their lax policies towards spam. Spamvertised domains are usually shut down fairly quickly by ISPs, however, new domains are sold at a bewildering rate. As soon as a spammer loses one domain he just opens a website on the next and the global game of whack-a-mole continues.
I say therefore that we could reduce spam dramatically by coming down hard on domain registrars. This is something that internic / ICANN has been repeatedly unwilling to do. If the registrars that have documented relationships with spammers were to be shut down or heavily penalized, it would therefore increase the cost of domain registration for the spammers.
Thats a good idea, however if your own experience with spam is similar to mine, it would have almost no meaningful effect. I say this because, at least in my inbox, the vast majority of spam comes from overseas. Even if the spamvertised domains are
Which of course would make tax collection nearly impossible.
I know that my email (especially in my older accounts) certainly matches the rate of spam in excess of 90% by volume.
And the part about a new spam site created every 3 seconds shouldn't surprise anyone either. As much as people despise spam, there is still money to be made in it. Thats why people continue to send spam, of course. Thats also why people continue to buy new domain names to sell discount "drugs" and "software".
This just tells us what many of us already knew. The spam problem will continue to get worse until we actually apply a economic solution to this economic problem.
I think its more likely to work with Duke Nukem Forever, considering how very little material of any substance they had on their website.