* Legislation must be global or, at the very least, federal.
* Mail that claims to be the result of an opt-in must include the name and the circumstances of the opt-in (unlike "... one of our affiliates, which we refuse to name")
* A time limit should be imposed between performing the "unsubscribing" (ha) action and the last mail received. Fake "unsubscribing" links which do nothing (like the ones from big10links.com, freestuffshare.com, azjmp.com, and offerclicks.com) should in some way be discouraged.
* Forged headers and inappropriate use of "Re:" in the subject are fraud.
* When the mail subject claims "free product" consumers are entitled to receive the product for free, even if the body says "with $500 purchase".
* Why are spammers never imprisoned for years for theft of computer resources? (A.K.A. "cyber-terrorism") is it because they almost always choose foreign targets as mail relays?
The most frustrating thing I found was that they block the sort of offline browser that'd make that content useful. Being able to make use of their books while you are on the road or on a slow or pay-per-minute net connection would be fantastic.
Tell me about it... it took me hours to figure out how to write a script to download entire books for offline browsing. Fortunately they have dozens of Perl/Python books so there's plenty of information on their site explaining how to go about it.
Instead of stopping the criminals, just make sure some people can't find out about it.
You know, somebody tried to sell my minor green-eyed nephew some illegal substances the other day. I think it's a damn shame and as a taxpayer I demand that police officers should be posted outside every crack house and make sure kids with green eyes are turned away. That will surely put a stop to those illegal activities.
A system that doesn't allow anonymous (unsigned) files to be shared... enforcing user accountability and ensuring all content is in fact freely redistributable (if not, you know who to go after, and you may be able to revoke the user's account, making all files signed by him unshareable)
The RIAA _claim_ sharing their content hurts the bottom line, but imagine the damage caused when people learn they can find their own legal music and don't have to settle on RIAA-dictated tastes.
They refuse to serve Opera, based on the user agent - seems they only have a very small whitelist of user-agents (for online banking, not the home page).
Of course, if I tell Opera to lie about the user agent everything's fine.
I'm wondering what I should do at this point - I guess I could always change banks. I need to cancel my visa and get another credit card anyway because visa's a big domain bully (check evisa.com).
Those lazy Finns... just monitor and log all network traffic yourself, like any halfway decent government. No need to bother Joe Public with the details.
Don't like what they're doing? Design a better P2P solution! You're the best and the brightest (or so some of you keep claiming). P2P networks with no trust metrics are subject to corrupt data abuse. Why don't the (anonymous) IDs or IP ranges end up with negative trust metrics, so that other users download their files from slightly-more-trusted hosts? And why isn't there some kind of legal EULA to "sign" before files are browsed or downloaded? "Legitimate" users (that's us!) have the software sign it automatically, while "they" have to modify their software to send the OK without meaning it, so their access to our systems is illegal.
"are we currently able to put together a free version of the big convergence media center others are trying to do?"
Not as long as you don't care about usability. Right now it's all about how smart we are because we figured out how to use Linux and how we need to get the best and the brightest and filter out the rest by having every potential open source user go through the same ordeal.
Man, we all know the software companies have to say that nothing works and everything should be used at our own risk, it's just the lawyers that make them say it, but (nudge nudge wink etc) it actually works like a charm with no problems whatsoever.
When you're warned about all software, even final retail copies, it's hard to remember to take beta warnings seriously.
Remember when you found out your teachers lied to you about all illegal substances turning you into a zombie or worse? You were smart enough to figure out what's OK and what's not, but some people figured they should just ignore all the warnings because they don't mean a thing. That's right, the points don't matter, just like Netscape.
Excitebike was one of my favorite NES games, I wasted many an hour designing tracks and then slaghtering the computer players
I remember spending a couple of hours with a friend on Mr. Robot (Atari 8-bit computers) to design a level that would use conveyer belts, magnets and trampolines to move Mr. Robot automatically around the screen collecting everything without human intervernsion.
What other games had great editing abilities? I remember the pinball construction set (Remember the BBS area full of CGA pinball games, all alike?)
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You act on information delivered through an insecure, unidentifiable, practically anonymous medium?
Yeah, if you do that, expect some of the information sent through it to be untruthful.
Here. Remember, written for non-techies, and a while ago.
* Legislation must be global or, at the very least, federal.
* Mail that claims to be the result of an opt-in must include the name and the circumstances of the opt-in (unlike "... one of our affiliates, which we refuse to name")
* A time limit should be imposed between performing the "unsubscribing" (ha) action and the last mail received. Fake "unsubscribing" links which do nothing (like the ones from big10links.com, freestuffshare.com, azjmp.com, and offerclicks.com) should in some way be discouraged.
* Forged headers and inappropriate use of "Re:" in the subject are fraud.
* When the mail subject claims "free product" consumers are entitled to receive the product for free, even if the body says "with $500 purchase".
* Why are spammers never imprisoned for years for theft of computer resources? (A.K.A. "cyber-terrorism") is it because they almost always choose foreign targets as mail relays?
* What else is missing?
You realize some geeks are going to use this resolution to view more text on the screen at once and lose their eyesight that much faster, don't you?
Any pointers on getting management to stop kicking customers out unless their User-Agent matches a whitelist?
Yes, some companies still do that.
Is it possible to write some kind of program that has a detrimental yet still legal effect on the web sites (if any) featured in your spam?
If enough people run it, suddenly it may not be so effective to promote sites that way.
Other spam invites you to call toll-free numbers - I do, and politely let them know I don't need anything.
not opens source to China.
The most frustrating thing I found was that they block the sort of offline browser that'd make that content useful. Being able to make use of their books while you are on the road or on a slow or pay-per-minute net connection would be fantastic.
Tell me about it... it took me hours to figure out how to write a script to download entire books for offline browsing. Fortunately they have dozens of Perl/Python books so there's plenty of information on their site explaining how to go about it.
but can you build your own internet bubble?
This reminds me of the PS2 game "Dark summit".
Instead of stopping the criminals, just make sure some people can't find out about it.
You know, somebody tried to sell my minor green-eyed nephew some illegal substances the other day. I think it's a damn shame and as a taxpayer I demand that police officers should be posted outside every crack house and make sure kids with green eyes are turned away. That will surely put a stop to those illegal activities.
"Telemarketers always use a script: why shouldn't you?"
Serious script
Fun script
A system that doesn't allow anonymous (unsigned) files to be shared... enforcing user accountability and ensuring all content is in fact freely redistributable (if not, you know who to go after, and you may be able to revoke the user's account, making all files signed by him unshareable)
The RIAA _claim_ sharing their content hurts the bottom line, but imagine the damage caused when people learn they can find their own legal music and don't have to settle on RIAA-dictated tastes.
They refuse to serve Opera, based on the user agent - seems they only have a very small whitelist of user-agents (for online banking, not the home page).
Of course, if I tell Opera to lie about the user agent everything's fine.
I'm wondering what I should do at this point - I guess I could always change banks. I need to cancel my visa and get another credit card anyway because visa's a big domain bully (check evisa.com).
Check out, for example, the homebrew projects at Atari Age.
March 22nd.
Just because chemicals are used in the manufacturing process doesn't mean they end up inside the final product.
For out-of-the-box Linux, there's no power greater than X.
Those lazy Finns... just monitor and log all network traffic yourself, like any halfway decent government. No need to bother Joe Public with the details.
Don't like what they're doing? Design a better P2P solution! You're the best and the brightest (or so some of you keep claiming). P2P networks with no trust metrics are subject to corrupt data abuse. Why don't the (anonymous) IDs or IP ranges end up with negative trust metrics, so that other users download their files from slightly-more-trusted hosts? And why isn't there some kind of legal EULA to "sign" before files are browsed or downloaded? "Legitimate" users (that's us!) have the software sign it automatically, while "they" have to modify their software to send the OK without meaning it, so their access to our systems is illegal.
"are we currently able to put together a free version of the big convergence media center others are trying to do?"
Not as long as you don't care about usability. Right now it's all about how smart we are because we figured out how to use Linux and how we need to get the best and the brightest and filter out the rest by having every potential open source user go through the same ordeal.
If it was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me.
Man, we all know the software companies have to say that nothing works and everything should be used at our own risk, it's just the lawyers that make them say it, but (nudge nudge wink etc) it actually works like a charm with no problems whatsoever.
When you're warned about all software, even final retail copies, it's hard to remember to take beta warnings seriously.
Remember when you found out your teachers lied to you about all illegal substances turning you into a zombie or worse? You were smart enough to figure out what's OK and what's not, but some people figured they should just ignore all the warnings because they don't mean a thing. That's right, the points don't matter, just like Netscape.
Coming soon: legislation requiring access to any U.S. hosted site to be logged and stored for at least 72 hours.
Excitebike was one of my favorite NES games, I wasted many an hour designing tracks and then slaghtering the computer players
I remember spending a couple of hours with a friend on Mr. Robot (Atari 8-bit computers) to design a level that would use conveyer belts, magnets and trampolines to move Mr. Robot automatically around the screen collecting everything without human intervernsion.
What other games had great editing abilities? I remember the pinball construction set (Remember the BBS area full of CGA pinball games, all alike?)