Mailblocks acquired two patents for challenge-response, which were granted in 2000 and 2001, respectively.
I've been a Spamcop member for at least three years now (oldest spamcop mail I have is Nov 1999). Spamcop has (did have?) a challenge response system back in the early days. Not sure if it's still available (I've set my filtering to always block a long time ago). But I'm sure that Spamcop's challenge response system predates Mailblock's.
I've heard that the New Coke fiasco was engineered to allow Coca-Cola to switch to cheaper ingredients. All they had to do was push New Coke on the market for a year or so, then they could change their formula for "Coke Classic" without anyone much noticing.
Spot on! I have noticed that Rye & Coke just does not taste the same these days. They started selling Vanilla Coke a while back. Having a Rye & Vanilla Coke now tastes a lot closer to the way they used to. Noticed too that drinking straight Vanilla Coke kinda rips at my mouth - the way original coke used to. Coke classic does not do this now and new coke never did that.
I'd be perfectly willing to pay to upgrade the iApps on my Mac. But before shelling out the cash I would want to make sure the upgrades were capable of doing what I want them to do. I'm still PO'd at the iDVD program that comes with the Mac. iDVD in it's current iteration will not import clips that are in MPEG1 format. To be used with iDVD, and iMovie, all clips must be in Quicktime format. WTF is with this?!? When you burn a DVD, iDVD has to convert the video from the quicktime source into Mpeg format. Why couldn't Apple make iDVD so you can use MPEG source material?
Piracy may be an issue - but this is a real lame excuse if you ask me. All I want mpeg capability for is to exercize my fair use rights (I have VHS tapes - that you cannot purchase anymore in any format - that I want to backup on DVD). No, I'm not going to spend $1,000+ for a Mac solution that will allow me to do this (already have perfectly good PC hardware for capturing / editing). Temped to yard the DVD-R out of the Mac and install it into the PC. At least this way I'll be able to make use of the hardware and not have to spend the extra Grand. Furfuu.
Going to give it a try anyway. I have 5 computers in my living room (no wonder it's always too hot). Three Windows boxen plus Mandrake Linux & an eMac with OS X.2 (OS X is way cool BTW). I work in a windoze shop. The first box is an active directory server I'm keeping around for learning. Other than that this box does not really have a useful purpose. The second box is a DVD player / MP3 player / PVR box. The DVD & MP3 part I can run with an IR remote control. Show me the same functionality in another OS and I'll switch in a New York minute (It has to be easy to use & set up though). The third box is running xp home version. This box I used to use all the time until I got the eMac. Now I use it for games, video, and audio editing. I'd do the video editing on the Mac but the "i" applications do not support standard MPEG1 (those bastards!). To get this functionality on the Mac I'd have to shell out about $1000.00. The video editing software cost me about $80 for windows (VideoFactory). The windoze audio software cost about $90 (also bought the noise reduction add-on). I do not know of similar software for the Mac (or Linux). Still have to keep the xp box for games. The Linux box is mainily used for a file / print server. It is nice to have around when I feel the need to tweek. I use the eMac the most. It's nice to run a *nix drivative that I do not have to tweek all the time to get things running. Tweeking is fine but all I do all day at work is tweek to get M$ crap to work. I don't need that when I get home. The eMac also functions as my alarm clock in the morning (Thanks to iTunes + AppleScript + cron). This way I don't have to listen to our crappy radio stations and their 12 year old inteligence level prank call crap. To sum it up, I only have one windows box I really need to keep but until I can get comparable software on another platform I have to keep the other to dose boxes as well. Although If I did not have to support Bills junk at work, I prolly would not have as many doze boxes. Message posted with the xp box cause I felt like it tonight - deal with it K. Having a choice which OS I want to work on at the moment is, in a word, priceless.
Been buying every surplus IBM Keyboard I can find at work - they only want $5 each for them. They are getting rare though as I have been only able to score three so far. Just love these things. The feel, the sound, the weight, the durability. You can crack walnuts with them that still go on and type stuff. Oh yeah, and the letters printed on the keys do not wear off - unlike a certain other monopolistic company's ergo keyboards.
Agreed! Pre Napster: The last CD I bought would have been in about 1987-1988. During Napster: I purchased roughly 12 cds. Post Napster: Purchased exactly zero cds.
Just installed Kazaa Lite last weekend. Now I have one CD on order from spamazon and a saved shopping cart containing another two cds. The record companies won't get rich off of me. But in my situation the ability to download songs on-line does equal increased cd sales.
Tangent Compare the difference in between a DVD and a CD. A typical DVD costs about $23 CDN. Cds go for $18 (or more). Look at the added value you get with DVDs with the extra features: Deleted scenes, comentaries, trailers, subtitles, extra languages, stuff that runs on computers, easter eggs etc. On a cd what do you get for the price? One or two good songs then a lot of filler. If your lucky you may get printed lyrics. Not much added value for the price they are charging for a CD. Plus I am old enough to remember statements made that "CD prices will come down once the format becomes popular". Well I'm still waiting. \Tangent
Rant: Please don't get me started on the issues surrounding the blank media tax.:) \Rant
In regedit go find two keys Hkey current user\software\microsoft\windows\current version\explorer\shell folders Hkey current user\software\microsoft\windows\current version\explorer\user shell folders
In these two keys you will find a key called personal which is a pointer to my documents. Modify them both to suit your needs. Then export both those keys to a reg file. Next go round to each pc and double click on the reg file while the user is logged in (or put in a login script). This will import the new setting into the registry and you can point my documents anywhere you want. Under NT 4 I'have had to modify both keys. If I only modify one then the settings do not seem take.
Or you can set this up on new winders deploys. This works on NT 4/2000/XP. Load c:\winnt\profiles\default user\ntuser.dat with regedt32 Change the above two keys and unload default user. Result is that anyone who has not logged into the box before will inheret these settings.
I can verify this.
There is an option in Outlook that you can turn on that says something about authenticate using an encrypted login sequence. I do not remember the exact wording - I refuse to install that steaming pile of *^$# at home. [guess mode] Knowing M$ it is not APOP compatible. [/guess mode]
I have had only one problem with pilots in the few years I've been working with them. They will not sync when plugged in to a Compaq Armada port replicator. When plugged directly in to the laptop they are fine. I suspect it's a Compaq flaw.
It does depend on a lot of factors. The provider's infrastructure, number of modems on the local loop, the age of the wiring etc. I have had both cable and DSL at my current location (a high rise apartment bulding). I found that DSL has performed a lot better on average than the cable modem.
My average browsing speed[1] was about 45-50K per sec for the cable modem. The DSL line averages about 90-100K per sec. The DSL has gotten slower since I signed up but it is still consistantly faster, on average, than my cable modem was.
Peak speed is a different matter. My DSL is capped at 1.5 down and.5 up. My highest speed so far on DSL was about 150K per second[2] on a download. On cable I was able to get speeds of 450K per second down.[2] The upload speed on the DSL line is higher than it was on cable. My lag time is way low on DSL. The lag on cable modem was bloody awful.
Overall, I am a lot happier with DSL. The peak speed is not there but the higher average browsing speed I'll take any day. After all, how often do I really need to download the latest Linux distribution? Since I do not have cable anymore, I have one less bloated monoply to deal with; and that's a good thing (tm).
1. As reported by Netscape.
2. I usually get about 130K per second on a download.3. Only got that kind of speed on Cable at 4:30 am. The rest of the time it was more like 100K or (usually) less per second.
I know, do not feed the trolls but... Exactly what copyright law am I breaking by playing discs from other regions? I have the receipts for my non region one discs. Just buying discs from your region is fine if you just want to watch the typical tripe that Hollywood is releasing these days [1]. I prefer the freedom to choose what I want to watch. If the region enocding system interferes with that, I will do everything I can to circumvent the region control mechanism. I even feel good about doing it! Besides, it's good to watch films from other countries. Gives you a different perspective on things.
1. Okay, the RIAA put out worse tripe but that's another rant:).
33. In August 2000, a company called Digital:Convergence introduces the:CueCat, a feline-shaped device that scans bar codes on products and in advertisements and then directs users to websites. Why this is quicker or easier than simply typing in URLs has yet to be satisfactorily explained.
This one did have the honor of being the most violent film ever made (at least when it came out). A quote from Red Dawn's DVD liner notes:
"...The National Coalition on Television Violence calls Red Dawn the most violent film on record..."
Since Red Dawn came out in 1984 and Star Wars was released in the '70s I don't think we can give Star Wars this honor.
Opt-in is acceptable (barely). Double opt-in is very very good.
I just finished flaming DDH Software (makers of HandBase for Palm) for using opt-out email. One of the first sentences in their e-mail was "we got your e-mail address from our list of registered users" crap.
Just because I buy stuff from your company DOES NOT give you permission to send me e-mailed newsletters/other stuff. If I wanted to receive e-mail from you, beyond order confirmations, I would have opted in. Pricks!
This opt-out stuff especially urks me as I'm paying for my e-mail by the byte. If I want to receive your e-mail, I'll opt-in. Otherwise f**k off and leave MY e-mail box alone.
I sure as hell have a problem with my tax money going to fund a useless damn government administration department for the administering tax
Guess what?
This money collected does not go to the government. It is administered by, and goes straight into the pockets of, a private corporation. The Canadian Private Copying Collective[1][2] Here's the same info in French. Read the open letter (below). It explains the situation a lot better than I can. Here's the gist of it. Essentially they feel that the collection of a tax (oops, levy[4]) by a private entity is illegal. A stance that I do not disagree with.
A very good open letter protesting the tax from the Independent Canadian Recording Media Coalition.
1. Like how they call themselves a collective. You will be assimilated. Fargin arsholes.[3]
2. The about page. Note the names and industries the founders belong to.
3. Also like the way the music and advertsing industries are on the exempt list(at bottom of page).
4. Sheila Copps[5] "This is not a tax. It's a levy".
5. Stunned bitch politician that has done more to harm Canada than any other scumbag politician.
What's the peacefire guy's problem? He can't sign up for a free email account at one of the hundreds of providers? It kind of sucks they got blacklisted, but that's the price we all pay for spam sympathizers.
Agreed. Peacefire needs to talk to their access provider and get their provider to stop providing spam support services. Once the provider stops supporting spam they will get out of the blackhole. Nothing could be simpler.
If I was peacefire I'd be shopping for a new non-spam friendly isp. This really has nothing to do with censorship. The provider aggreed to stop providing spam support then they went back on that agreement. Result? All their IPs get blackholed.
As far as I'm concerned this provider can rot in the blackhole till hell freezes over.
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Mailblocks acquired two patents for challenge-response, which were granted in 2000 and 2001, respectively.
I've been a Spamcop member for at least three years now (oldest spamcop mail I have is Nov 1999). Spamcop has (did have?) a challenge response system back in the early days. Not sure if it's still available (I've set my filtering to always block a long time ago). But I'm sure that Spamcop's challenge response system predates Mailblock's.
(yes, it takes standard VGA connections).
Not quite. You need to buy an adapter. The eMac has some kind of weird mini-vga out connector on it.
I've heard that the New Coke fiasco was engineered to allow Coca-Cola to switch to cheaper ingredients. All they had to do was push New Coke on the market for a year or so, then they could change their formula for "Coke Classic" without anyone much noticing.
Spot on! I have noticed that Rye & Coke just does not taste the same these days. They started selling Vanilla Coke a while back. Having a Rye & Vanilla Coke now tastes a lot closer to the way they used to. Noticed too that drinking straight Vanilla Coke kinda rips at my mouth - the way original coke used to. Coke classic does not do this now and new coke never did that.
I'd be perfectly willing to pay to upgrade the iApps on my Mac. But before shelling out the cash I would want to make sure the upgrades were capable of doing what I want them to do.
I'm still PO'd at the iDVD program that comes with the Mac. iDVD in it's current iteration will not import clips that are in MPEG1 format. To be used with iDVD, and iMovie, all clips must be in Quicktime format. WTF is with this?!? When you burn a DVD, iDVD has to convert the video from the quicktime source into Mpeg format. Why couldn't Apple make iDVD so you can use MPEG source material?
Piracy may be an issue - but this is a real lame excuse if you ask me. All I want mpeg capability for is to exercize my fair use rights (I have VHS tapes - that you cannot purchase anymore in any format - that I want to backup on DVD). No, I'm not going to spend $1,000+ for a Mac solution that will allow me to do this (already have perfectly good PC hardware for capturing / editing). Temped to yard the DVD-R out of the Mac and install it into the PC. At least this way I'll be able to make use of the hardware and not have to spend the extra Grand.
Furfuu.
All I got for going to the link in the MSNBC write up is an error page saying Mozilla 1.0+, and Mac platforms, are not supported. Next...
Going to give it a try anyway. I have 5 computers in my living room (no wonder it's always too hot). Three Windows boxen plus Mandrake Linux & an eMac with OS X.2 (OS X is way cool BTW). I work in a windoze shop. The first box is an active directory server I'm keeping around for learning. Other than that this box does not really have a useful purpose.
The second box is a DVD player / MP3 player / PVR box. The DVD & MP3 part I can run with an IR remote control. Show me the same functionality in another OS and I'll switch in a New York minute (It has to be easy to use & set up though).
The third box is running xp home version. This box I used to use all the time until I got the eMac. Now I use it for games, video, and audio editing. I'd do the video editing on the Mac but the "i" applications do not support standard MPEG1 (those bastards!). To get this functionality on the Mac I'd have to shell out about $1000.00. The video editing software cost me about $80 for windows (VideoFactory). The windoze audio software cost about $90 (also bought the noise reduction add-on). I do not know of similar software for the Mac (or Linux). Still have to keep the xp box for games. The Linux box is mainily used for a file / print server. It is nice to have around when I feel the need to tweek.
I use the eMac the most. It's nice to run a *nix drivative that I do not have to tweek all the time to get things running. Tweeking is fine but all I do all day at work is tweek to get M$ crap to work. I don't need that when I get home. The eMac also functions as my alarm clock in the morning (Thanks to iTunes + AppleScript + cron). This way I don't have to listen to our crappy radio stations and their 12 year old inteligence level prank call crap.
To sum it up, I only have one windows box I really need to keep but until I can get comparable software on another platform I have to keep the other to dose boxes as well. Although If I did not have to support Bills junk at work, I prolly would not have as many doze boxes. Message posted with the xp box cause I felt like it tonight - deal with it K. Having a choice which OS I want to work on at the moment is, in a word, priceless.
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Been buying every surplus IBM Keyboard I can find at work - they only want $5 each for them. They are getting rare though as I have been only able to score three so far. Just love these things. The feel, the sound, the weight, the durability. You can crack walnuts with them that still go on and type stuff. Oh yeah, and the letters printed on the keys do not wear off - unlike a certain other monopolistic company's ergo keyboards.
Agreed!
:)
Pre Napster:
The last CD I bought would have been in about 1987-1988.
During Napster:
I purchased roughly 12 cds.
Post Napster:
Purchased exactly zero cds.
Just installed Kazaa Lite last weekend. Now I have one CD on order from spamazon and a saved shopping cart containing another two cds. The record companies won't get rich off of me. But in my situation the ability to download songs on-line does equal increased cd sales.
Tangent
Compare the difference in between a DVD and a CD. A typical DVD costs about $23 CDN. Cds go for $18 (or more). Look at the added value you get with DVDs with the extra features: Deleted scenes, comentaries, trailers, subtitles, extra languages, stuff that runs on computers, easter eggs etc. On a cd what do you get for the price? One or two good songs then a lot of filler. If your lucky you may get printed lyrics. Not much added value for the price they are charging for a CD. Plus I am old enough to remember statements made that "CD prices will come down once the format becomes popular". Well I'm still waiting.
\Tangent
Rant:
Please don't get me started on the issues surrounding the blank media tax.
\Rant
An easier method than POL EDIT (YMMV)
In regedit go find two keys
Hkey current user\software\microsoft\windows\current version\explorer\shell folders
Hkey current user\software\microsoft\windows\current version\explorer\user shell folders
In these two keys you will find a key called personal which is a pointer to my documents.
Modify them both to suit your needs.
Then export both those keys to a reg file.
Next go round to each pc and double click on the reg file while the user is logged in (or put in a login script).
This will import the new setting into the registry and you can point my documents anywhere you want.
Under NT 4 I'have had to modify both keys. If I only modify one then the settings do not seem take.
Or you can set this up on new winders deploys. This works on NT 4/2000/XP. Load c:\winnt\profiles\default user\ntuser.dat with regedt32
Change the above two keys and unload default user.
Result is that anyone who has not logged into the box before will inheret these settings.
(makes me sick that I know all this crap )
I can verify this.
There is an option in Outlook that you can turn on that says something about authenticate using an encrypted login sequence. I do not remember the exact wording - I refuse to install that steaming pile of *^$# at home. [guess mode] Knowing M$ it is not APOP compatible. [/guess mode]
I have had only one problem with pilots in the few years I've been working with them. They will not sync when plugged in to a Compaq Armada port replicator. When plugged directly in to the laptop they are fine. I suspect it's a Compaq flaw.
I know... sue Compaq.
It does depend on a lot of factors. The provider's infrastructure, number of modems on the local loop, the age of the wiring etc. I have had both cable and DSL at my current location (a high rise apartment bulding). I found that DSL has performed a lot better on average than the cable modem.
.5 up. My highest speed so far on DSL was about 150K per second[2] on a download. On cable I was able to get speeds of 450K per second down.[2] The upload speed on the DSL line is higher than it was on cable. My lag time is way low on DSL. The lag on cable modem was bloody awful.
My average browsing speed[1] was about 45-50K per sec for the cable modem. The DSL line averages about 90-100K per sec. The DSL has gotten slower since I signed up but it is still consistantly faster, on average, than my cable modem was.
Peak speed is a different matter. My DSL is capped at 1.5 down and
Overall, I am a lot happier with DSL. The peak speed is not there but the higher average browsing speed I'll take any day. After all, how often do I really need to download the latest Linux distribution? Since I do not have cable anymore, I have one less bloated monoply to deal with; and that's a good thing (tm).
1. As reported by Netscape.
2. I usually get about 130K per second on a download.3. Only got that kind of speed on Cable at 4:30 am. The rest of the time it was more like 100K or (usually) less per second.
The above was sarcasm.
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Slashdot ate my angle brackets.
How dare they let us use their servers and IRC for free. Those bastards. I'm going to dos them.
I know, do not feed the trolls but... Exactly what copyright law am I breaking by playing discs from other regions? I have the receipts for my non region one discs. Just buying discs from your region is fine if you just want to watch the typical tripe that Hollywood is releasing these days [1]. I prefer the freedom to choose what I want to watch. If the region enocding system interferes with that, I will do everything I can to circumvent the region control mechanism. I even feel good about doing it! Besides, it's good to watch films from other countries. Gives you a different perspective on things.
:).
1. Okay, the RIAA put out worse tripe but that's another rant
33. In August 2000, a company called Digital:Convergence introduces the :CueCat, a feline-shaped device that scans bar codes on products and in advertisements and then directs users to websites. Why this is quicker or easier than simply typing in URLs has yet to be satisfactorily explained.
Nuff said.
This one did have the honor of being the most violent film ever made (at least when it came out). A quote from Red Dawn's DVD liner notes:
"...The National Coalition on Television Violence calls Red Dawn the most violent film on record..."
Since Red Dawn came out in 1984 and Star Wars was released in the '70s I don't think we can give Star Wars this honor.
I prefer Ginger. She's hot!
ROTFLMAO!
Unfortunaly the other womans name was Mary-Anne.
DOH! Was a great joke though.
Agreed!
Opt-in is acceptable (barely). Double opt-in is very very good.
I just finished flaming DDH Software (makers of HandBase for Palm) for using opt-out email. One of the first sentences in their e-mail was "we got your e-mail address from our list of registered users" crap.
Just because I buy stuff from your company DOES NOT give you permission to send me e-mailed newsletters/other stuff. If I wanted to receive e-mail from you, beyond order confirmations, I would have opted in. Pricks!
This opt-out stuff especially urks me as I'm paying for my e-mail by the byte. If I want to receive your e-mail, I'll opt-in. Otherwise f**k off and leave MY e-mail box alone.
I sure as hell have a problem with my tax money going to fund a useless damn government administration department for the administering tax
Guess what?
This money collected does not go to the government. It is administered by, and goes straight into the pockets of, a private corporation. The Canadian Private Copying Collective[1][2] Here's the same info in French. Read the open letter (below). It explains the situation a lot better than I can. Here's the gist of it. Essentially they feel that the collection of a tax (oops, levy[4]) by a private entity is illegal. A stance that I do not disagree with.
Current levy rates (2001):
http://www.sycorp.com/levyinfo.htm
In a nutshell, CDR and CDR-W are now taxed at $.21 it was $.052 in 1999.
A very good open letter protesting the tax from the Independent Canadian Recording Media Coalition.
1. Like how they call themselves a collective. You will be assimilated. Fargin arsholes.[3]
2. The about page. Note the names and industries the founders belong to.
3. Also like the way the music and advertsing industries are on the exempt list(at bottom of page).
4. Sheila Copps[5] "This is not a tax. It's a levy".
5. Stunned bitch politician that has done more to harm Canada than any other scumbag politician.
What's the peacefire guy's problem? He can't sign up for a free email account at one of the hundreds of providers? It kind of sucks they got blacklisted, but that's the price we all pay for spam sympathizers.
Agreed. Peacefire needs to talk to their access provider and get their provider to stop providing spam support services. Once the provider stops supporting spam they will get out of the blackhole. Nothing could be simpler.
If I was peacefire I'd be shopping for a new non-spam friendly isp. This really has nothing to do with censorship. The provider aggreed to stop providing spam support then they went back on that agreement. Result? All their IPs get blackholed.
As far as I'm concerned this provider can rot in the blackhole till hell freezes over.
It's too bad Pegasus doesn't do IMAP
Pegasus 3.12c does IMAP just fine for me.
This is great news.
It's nice to see RAMBUS get bitch-slapped (well sort of anyway).
Yea, those young whipper-snappers just have no respect I tells ya.