I hate submitting complaints and never hearing back. I wish ISPs would let me know the status of my copmlaints against spammers.
Every major ISP has an abuse@ address and besides the auto-generated message, you'll never hear a peep about why the spammers are still up and running.
I have yet to see someone suggest a good approach to spam. I don't want to filter it, I want to block it. I want 100% accuracy too because the one odd ball that accidently gets blocked could be a big job for my company. Cause.org doesn't even list a suggested solution.
So far to combat it, I've removed email addresses from all my sites and replaced them with a contact form and when I do absolutely have to show an email I obfuscate it pretty well using a combination of character encoding and javascript's document.write. (Browsers still work fine.)
I also have a catchall so anytime I order something or fill out any other online form I use "the domain I'm browsing"@mydomain.com, that way if they give it out I can tell.
The thing that sucks is that the innocent average internet user doesn't realize that if THEY give my address out, companies will collect and sell MY information, thus I was opted in to their list without my knowledge or consent.
That stupid crushlink site and the smiley t-shirt were the worst. I quickly blocked them at my server in hopes that they would think I didn't exist.
But there will always be stupid people
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I deal with a lot of Realtors and some of them print off every piece of spam and wait for me to come around to ask me about them.
Sure spam should get less and less effective over time, but there will always be stupid people.
If I could go back in time, I would setup a company that would allow people to sign up to receive spam and simply split X% of what I'd charge companies to send out marketing material. I guess it's not too late but such a service wouldn't be trusted and would be blackholed everywhere instantly.
Hmmm, maybe I'll create the site. In fact, I could make part of the business model to give X% of the profit to FSF or some other beneficial foundation.
The ideas are flowing now. I'd probably be too scared of being labeled as a spammer.
Instead of Girls Gone Wild, SQUIRRELS GONE WILD!
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The article was about catching all the squirrels trying to steal berries!
What goes around comes around. I tried to purchase it as a VCD because it's not available as a DVD, but sure enough that will be the last time I make that mistake.
I guess I'll have to buy legit copies of the VHS versions and make my own VCDs for personal use. That's legit right?
I think that VCD contained two episodes that aren't even released on VHS.
I tried to sue a spammer once. I talked to a lawyer for a while but the problem is that I couldn't prove much as damages.
Yes, they abused my resources and my bandwidth that I pay for but even if they sent 100 duplicate messages, that's such a small fraction of the bill that it's not worth trying to sue them.
I get a lot of spammers that send between 5-20 duplicate emails to @mydomain.com and I have a catchall setup, it pisses me off to no end that spammers can't go through their lists and clear off all 'root' and 'webmaster' and 'info', 'billing', 'support', etc. accounts off their lists.
Now I'm using SpamPal but that doesn't solve the problem, it just keeps it from being as annoying for me.
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Here's who he's talking about
So do you add another DNS record for every site you visit?
Seems like a big hassle on the management end.
I hate submitting complaints and never hearing back. I wish ISPs would let me know the status of my copmlaints against spammers.
Every major ISP has an abuse@ address and besides the auto-generated message, you'll never hear a peep about why the spammers are still up and running.
I have yet to see someone suggest a good approach to spam. I don't want to filter it, I want to block it. I want 100% accuracy too because the one odd ball that accidently gets blocked could be a big job for my company. Cause.org doesn't even list a suggested solution.
So far to combat it, I've removed email addresses from all my sites and replaced them with a contact form and when I do absolutely have to show an email I obfuscate it pretty well using a combination of character encoding and javascript's document.write. (Browsers still work fine.)
I also have a catchall so anytime I order something or fill out any other online form I use "the domain I'm browsing"@mydomain.com, that way if they give it out I can tell.
The thing that sucks is that the innocent average internet user doesn't realize that if THEY give my address out, companies will collect and sell MY information, thus I was opted in to their list without my knowledge or consent.
That stupid crushlink site and the smiley t-shirt were the worst. I quickly blocked them at my server in hopes that they would think I didn't exist.
I deal with a lot of Realtors and some of them print off every piece of spam and wait for me to come around to ask me about them.
Sure spam should get less and less effective over time, but there will always be stupid people.
If I could go back in time, I would setup a company that would allow people to sign up to receive spam and simply split X% of what I'd charge companies to send out marketing material. I guess it's not too late but such a service wouldn't be trusted and would be blackholed everywhere instantly.
Hmmm, maybe I'll create the site. In fact, I could make part of the business model to give X% of the profit to FSF or some other beneficial foundation.
The ideas are flowing now. I'd probably be too scared of being labeled as a spammer.
The article was about catching all the squirrels trying to steal berries!
http://validator.w3.org/
Go there now... Make your site compliant... Resistance is futile... (Slashdot doesn't pass)
I already posted in this topic so I can't mod right now.
It took 4 years... How slow were computers 4 years ago, how slow are they now?
How long would it have taken if they just started this year on today's hardware?
With the introduction of faster chips and memory, it might only take another 4 years.
Sounds like the devices from the movie the big hit!
I'm honestly surprised they've survived this long.
I've finally switched to identifying as Opera.
I don't have any problems with any of my 4 online bank sites.
It's a shame that vonage isn't available with Missouri Zip codes. I would love to OWN my phone number.
Also, how is the latency?
I personally use my cell phone for almost all my calls. I have no quality or dropped call problems that others mention. I'm on sprint.
Did I miss something?
I've got what I believe to be a wart on my knee. Soon I'll have duct tape on my knee.
I wish that every single outlet in my home had a kill a watt type meter being logged.
What do you recommend for the home user that wants something like this just for the nerd factor and doesn't have a million bucks to spend?
I suppose we could rip open the kill a watt and try to create an interface for it so we could log it's data but still that's not very practical.
kill a watt meter does this too.
What goes around comes around. I tried to purchase it as a VCD because it's not available as a DVD, but sure enough that will be the last time I make that mistake.
I guess I'll have to buy legit copies of the VHS versions and make my own VCDs for personal use. That's legit right?
I think that VCD contained two episodes that aren't even released on VHS.
I'm filling out the credit card dispute form right now. The guy never delivered or returned my money.
I want in!
Empire earth's 13 hour marathon was the longest I've gone non-stop I think.
I know SuSE doesn't distribute it but does anyone else?
I tried to sue a spammer once. I talked to a lawyer for a while but the problem is that I couldn't prove much as damages.
Yes, they abused my resources and my bandwidth that I pay for but even if they sent 100 duplicate messages, that's such a small fraction of the bill that it's not worth trying to sue them.
I get a lot of spammers that send between 5-20 duplicate emails to @mydomain.com and I have a catchall setup, it pisses me off to no end that spammers can't go through their lists and clear off all 'root' and 'webmaster' and 'info', 'billing', 'support', etc. accounts off their lists.
Now I'm using SpamPal but that doesn't solve the problem, it just keeps it from being as annoying for me.
One of the big reasons the Xbox can't load windows is because the memory architecture is a lot different from what I understand.
So I'd like to see how Xbox memory arch compares to PC memory arch.
I just grabbed the latest divx. (I was one version old.) Problem solved.
Thanks for pointing out the obvious!
What about compared to a PC with 64mb of ram?
I'm just curious if the memory interface is better than what's currently on PCs.