Spammer -- Candidate for Patriot Act enforcement
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I, Spammer
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There must be some way we can use the patriot act to shut this pig down. He does not have a constitutional right to defecate all over our house. He is essentially launching a DOS attack on the internet infrastructure.
The main config file is much easier to make sense of.
The nicest thing is the fact that I can resolve 192.168.x.x addresses on the private side of the net and have them resolve to something else on the public side.
So the entire private network is freed of host file maintenance.
By logic of Redford and others Cliffnotes are illegal. They are obsessed with the slippery slope of censureship. But by that argument you can't turn a movie off in the middle either. The whole thing is just silly. As long as the modified product is clearly marked 'modified', it is up to the consumer to decide the content that comes into his livingroom. Why can't hollywood distinguish between their medium and others? You shouldn't modify a portrait, because there is only 1.You always modifiy games because that's the nature of the play and the medium. Movies are somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. It's true that one can radically change the message of a movie by a deletion here and a deletion there. It's probably a bad idea to deliberately modify the main message. But poor modification practise will probably not sell anyway. Battles between directors and studios are already a kind of mortal combat. I think the directors just cant figure out when to stop fighting.
How is it different from spamassassin (SA)? Could u pipe distributions not caught by SA to your Bayesian filter? SA doesn't do plugins, afaik.
I'm using maildrop to catch the spam pigs that get through SA. It's sad the way idiots try to push porn promotions. Especially the most egregious ones. Incest/Rape porn promoters unsurprisingly are the worst violators. I'm getting 1 or 2 a day like that, usually with a yahoo.com address that comes through hotmail.com. Unfortunately, they get through all my filters.
My main worry is that maildrop errors cause data loss. qmail treats the mail as delivered if maildrop takes it, but maildrop fails badly droping the whold distribution on the floor.
Innovation is to Microsoft what reporting is to CNN. Where slick packaging forms an illusion of innovation, selective coverage and editorializing form the illusion of reporting. Both organizations work hard to maintain an image composed more of illusion than reality. On rare occasion both organizations accidentally stumble upon the real thing. In these highly fluid times nearly everything is leveled. Consequently, the bazaar takes on the characteristics of the Cathedral, as with RedHat Software's IPO and the Cathedral takes on the characteristics of the bazaar, as with IBM heavily advocating Linux to the point of developing a high performance Linux JVM.
Time was when J. D. Rockefeller controlled an overwhelming share of the nation's oil market in what was then a relatively small pie. Much of what he controlled came from ruthlessly focused business practice; ruthless enough to motivate his competitors towards the even more ruthless practice of legislating him out of what were, arguably, his legitimately gotten gains. Nevertheless, Rockefeller's contributions to the process of refining and distribution remain with us to this day. He is not remembered for the best oil drills or the best petroleum refinement process any more than Henry Ford is remembered for the best cars.
Nor is J. D. Rockefeller remembered for contract violations like Microsoft's against Sun Microsystems JAVA license agreement. It is this kind of peer to peer contract violations that Reno Justice should be pursuing. Instead, they attack violation of public trust in which Microsoft never claimed to be working. Rarely does one get power without knowing how to use it effectively. Rarer still it is to keep power in that circumstance. It seems, though, that the days of Microsoft's wisest use of its power are behind it. Unfortunately, the mechanism by which Microsoft is being deconstructed is far more dangerous than any of the most ruthless business practices engaged by the software seller.
Microsoft's mendacity of using paten protection laws to protect it's attempt to weaken kerberos is both incomprehensible and breathtaking for anyone who believes that truth exists or that facts matter. But those people number fewer each day. The once shocking argument that the verb 'to be' means whatever its speaker desires has made itself commonplace on this side of the looking glass. That argument and its offspring, make intimidation the coin of the realm. Microsoft uses that coin against Slashdot the way Reno justice uses it against Microsoft. Slashdot is an excellent publication in an unenviable predicament. It is protected by an increasingly elusive rule of law on one side and by Microsoft-haters not terribly averse to that law's corruption on the other.
I don't believe that "capitalism run rampant " describes Microsoft's business practice. Rather, it is its desperate attempt to maintain waning control of a process it's leaders no longer seem to understand. IBM was never dissolved, yet, Microsoft rose to the power it has today. Microsoft did to Netscape's browser what Linux will do to Microsoft's OS. The cycle, if not eternal, is quite reliable. Meanwhile, Exxon and Mobil are back together waiting for a chance to reunite with Sunoco and few even care.
I don't believe censorship is the core of what Slashdot confronts. The internet is arguably the least censored and most free publishing medium in human history. This is why CNN is so relentless in their demonization of Matt Drudge. It's not that he lowers the bar to news reporting -- they lowered it much further than he has. It is that he is revolutionary and they are desperate to maintain the status quo. Slashdot, Linux and Drudge are agents of revolution. Microsoft and CNN are agents of status quo. Reno justice is a wild card with the power and perhaps even the inclination to utterly destroy the joy of the game. The number of us dwindles who believe there is and should be a distinction between truth and illusion; a distinction between reality and perception. Slashdot is part of that dwindling number. If Microsoft secures a court order against Slashdot to pull the correspondence from the site Slashdot should comply. In any case Slashdot would be well served by a comprehensive legal understanding of their position. Don't take a strong stand on weak ground. If Slashdot gets buried, the illusionists will have scored another victory.
Slashdot Mirror
They are playing poker.
Check. Your bet Bill.
There must be some way we can use the patriot act to shut this pig down. He does not have a constitutional right to defecate all over our house. He is essentially launching a DOS attack on the internet infrastructure.
The main config file is much easier to
make sense of.
The nicest thing is the fact that I can
resolve 192.168.x.x addresses on the private
side of the net and have them resolve to
something else on the public side.
So the entire private network is freed of
host file maintenance.
It's great aint it? We wanna build in the browser. But we're gonna sell security as an application.
JPK
By logic of Redford and others Cliffnotes are illegal. They are obsessed with the slippery slope of censureship. But by that argument you can't turn a movie off in the middle either. The whole thing is just silly. As long as the modified product is clearly marked 'modified', it is up to the consumer to decide the content that comes into his livingroom. Why can't hollywood distinguish between their medium and others? You shouldn't modify a portrait, because there is only 1.You always modifiy games because that's the nature of the play and the medium. Movies are somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. It's true that one can radically change the message of a movie by a deletion here and a deletion there. It's probably a bad idea to deliberately modify the main message. But poor modification practise will probably not sell anyway. Battles between directors and studios are already a kind of mortal combat. I think the directors just cant figure out when to stop fighting.
How is it different from spamassassin (SA)?
Could u pipe distributions not caught by SA to your Bayesian filter? SA doesn't do plugins, afaik.
I'm using maildrop to catch the spam pigs that get through SA. It's sad the way idiots try to push porn promotions. Especially the most egregious ones. Incest/Rape porn promoters unsurprisingly are the worst violators. I'm getting 1 or 2 a day like that, usually with a yahoo.com address that comes through hotmail.com. Unfortunately, they get through all my filters.
My main worry is that maildrop errors cause data loss. qmail treats the mail as delivered if maildrop takes it, but maildrop fails badly droping the whold distribution on the floor.
Regards,
--Peter
Innovation is to Microsoft what reporting is to
CNN. Where slick packaging forms an illusion of
innovation, selective coverage and editorializing
form the illusion of reporting. Both
organizations work hard to maintain an image
composed more of illusion than reality. On rare
occasion both organizations accidentally stumble
upon the real thing. In these highly fluid times
nearly everything is leveled. Consequently, the
bazaar takes on the characteristics of the
Cathedral, as with RedHat Software's IPO and the
Cathedral takes on the characteristics of the
bazaar, as with IBM heavily advocating Linux to
the point of developing a high performance Linux
JVM.
Time was when J. D. Rockefeller controlled an
overwhelming share of the nation's oil market in
what was then a relatively small pie. Much of what
he controlled came from ruthlessly focused
business practice; ruthless enough to motivate his
competitors towards the even more ruthless
practice of legislating him out of what were,
arguably, his legitimately gotten gains.
Nevertheless, Rockefeller's contributions to the
process of refining and distribution remain with
us to this day. He is not remembered for the best
oil drills or the best petroleum refinement
process any more than Henry Ford is remembered for
the best cars.
Nor is J. D. Rockefeller remembered for contract
violations like Microsoft's against Sun
Microsystems JAVA license agreement. It is this
kind of peer to peer contract violations that Reno
Justice should be pursuing. Instead, they attack
violation of public trust in which Microsoft never
claimed to be working. Rarely does one get power
without knowing how to use it effectively. Rarer
still it is to keep power in that circumstance. It
seems, though, that the days of Microsoft's wisest
use of its power are behind it. Unfortunately, the
mechanism by which Microsoft is being
deconstructed is far more dangerous than any of
the most ruthless business practices engaged by
the software seller.
Microsoft's mendacity of using paten protection
laws to protect it's attempt to weaken kerberos is
both incomprehensible and breathtaking for anyone
who believes that truth exists or that facts
matter. But those people number fewer each day.
The once shocking argument that the verb 'to be'
means whatever its speaker desires has made itself
commonplace on this side of the looking glass.
That argument and its offspring, make intimidation
the coin of the realm. Microsoft uses that coin
against Slashdot the way Reno justice uses it
against Microsoft. Slashdot is an excellent
publication in an unenviable predicament. It is
protected by an increasingly elusive rule of law
on one side and by Microsoft-haters not terribly
averse to that law's corruption on the other.
I don't believe that "capitalism run rampant "
describes Microsoft's business practice. Rather,
it is its desperate attempt to maintain waning
control of a process it's leaders no longer seem
to understand. IBM was never dissolved, yet,
Microsoft rose to the power it has today.
Microsoft did to Netscape's browser what Linux
will do to Microsoft's OS. The cycle, if not
eternal, is quite reliable. Meanwhile, Exxon and
Mobil are back together waiting for a chance to
reunite with Sunoco and few even care.
I don't believe censorship is the core of what
Slashdot confronts. The internet is arguably the
least censored and most free publishing medium in
human history. This is why CNN is so relentless in
their demonization of Matt Drudge. It's not that
he lowers the bar to news reporting -- they
lowered it much further than he has. It is that he
is revolutionary and they are desperate to
maintain the status quo. Slashdot, Linux and
Drudge are agents of revolution. Microsoft and CNN
are agents of status quo. Reno justice is a wild
card with the power and perhaps even the
inclination to utterly destroy the joy of the
game. The number of us dwindles who believe there
is and should be a distinction between truth and
illusion; a distinction between reality and
perception. Slashdot is part of that dwindling
number. If Microsoft secures a court order against
Slashdot to pull the correspondence from the site
Slashdot should comply. In any case Slashdot would
be well served by a comprehensive legal
understanding of their position. Don't take a
strong stand on weak ground. If Slashdot gets
buried, the illusionists will have scored another
victory.
--Peter Korman