Actually, the article states that another domain that happened to be aol*.. I believe it was African-American Online Leauge or something.. and whoosh.. CompuServe comes in and poof..
A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
But in America, it seems that we have Minors, and we have People (person).
This is bad.
So, yah, a 16 year old doesn't fall under that, because they're not a person yet.. I guess thats just to cover the 101 year old peoples? What a pain in our asses.
AOL wasn't even the first on the scene. Yes you could IM another AOL user before AIM, but ICQ beat AIM to the internet crowd.
And the fact that America Online owns ICQ means that by extention (embrace and extend?) they were the first, yes?
Also, America Onlines' internal communication system, and the AIM system, are totally seperate, joined by some snazzy gateway software. So when they spew numbers, they, in theory, are just spewing their AIM connects, not their paying memberbase.
I'd be very dissapointed if they did block out 3rd party clients, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. If all esle fails, there is IRC.
Let me clarify this for my own understanding.. because there is an option, there is no monopoly.
The sheer existance of Linux on the i386 platform invalidates the DoJ case against Microsoft? (There is an alternative, so no monopoly)
AIM stands in the same position as Microsoft.. a full scale revolt is needed, else there will be someone who won't switch to another client, and can't afford the system resources to run two clients. I'm a little tired of loosing "instant communication" ability with people, because of this. My option? Run AIM. Doesn't give me much *choice*, does it?
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Do YOU own a domain? You thought NSI was bad? Think again.
Its a handy little site, covers firewalls in NT and Linux, how to properly armor a NT, Solaris, or Linux install (from the perspective of Redhat, but thats easily adaptable), and for those of you that are a bit more curious, he has a "How to build a honeypot" section.
Actually, the OOB attack (aka WinNuke) didn't have anything to do with icmp, but sending a mal-conformed packet to the NT-DNS service (to crash it), or to the Windows Network Service, to tank the entire machine..
I don't have the spec in front of me, but it involved informing the machine that the next bit was priority.. which never came.. machine chases tail and falls on its ass.
Hm.. it could be that hes making the assumption that many neophyte computer users would make.. stay with me now...
What is Linux? RedHat is the 'Linux' thats on the shelves at most stores, directly challenging Windows..
Its not all that hard to see the average consumer take a look at that and go "Oh , its Linux", quite similar to "Oh, its Windows".
Lets look at it this way:
Vendor Product Version Microsoft Windows '98 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Windows 2000 RedHat Linux 6.1 RedHat Linux 6.2
Apply that reasoning to it, Redhat *IS* Linux. (no matter that its incorrect, its a publicly visible product, and not enough is known by the general public to make any distinction.
As for your statement about Microsoft being blamed for flaws in software (You used ICQ, so I'll use it).. ICQ is not a Microsoft product, and more importantly, during install, I cannot click a button and install all packages, and accidently install a buggy version of ICQ, because its not on the disc.
So, yes, hes wrong, but so is most everyone else. THAT is the challenge Linux has to fight, not against Microsoft, but against its own image.
Its highly common for places with a Site License to allow an employee to install said licensed software at home, as long as both their work and home copies are not used at the same time, AND the home copy is used for work X% of the time.
It becomes an extention of the 'site', similar to a home office.
Have we tried this on Trolls?
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From the article,
"When we started this study, we were just trying to find the source of bacteria in the fab, and how they could remain alive after all the heroic measures to eradicate them with ultraviolet light, ozone and everything else including a dollar a gallon to purify the water,"
If we can't kill the trolls, maybe we can put them to work?
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The hell you say..
How much do you want to bet that the users of ISPs that allow the list to filter traffic don't know..
Its probably not in the AUP or anything, and I'll even go so far as to say that Tech support for that ISP doesn't know.
If a person is forced to use the rbl, because nowhere on his ISPs site does it say that they do, WTF are they supposed to do? Volontary my ass.
"IE is installed on a computer by default, your average user won't bother getting anything else, they'll just suffer.."
"AOL lets you run other browsers, if you don't want to use theirs, go download another one."
Umm.. yah. Shure, folks. Its the new math, right?
Ouch. NAI, eh?
This domain has a history..
/., it was completely fucked.
Thet previous owner was able to block AOL, but when it was transfered to Nick, AOL swooped in and took it.
I ran a whois at CompuServe.. the domain came up as taken..
Registered To:
Insert Date:
Expiration Date:
AOL has now registerted it, but at the time this article was submitted to
Actually, the article states that another domain that happened to be aol*.. I believe it was African-American Online Leauge or something.. and whoosh.. CompuServe comes in and poof..
Bastards.
A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
But in America, it seems that we have Minors, and we have People (person).
This is bad.
So, yah, a 16 year old doesn't fall under that, because they're not a person yet.. I guess thats just to cover the 101 year old peoples? What a pain in our asses.
Its a bloody quote from AOL UK.. irresponsible? I believe AOL has a monopoly on the concept.
And the fact that America Online owns ICQ means that by extention (embrace and extend?) they were the first, yes?
Also, America Onlines' internal communication system, and the AIM system, are totally seperate, joined by some snazzy gateway software. So when they spew numbers, they, in theory, are just spewing their AIM connects, not their paying memberbase.
I'd be very dissapointed if they did block out 3rd party clients, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. If all esle fails, there is IRC. Let me clarify this for my own understanding.. because there is an option, there is no monopoly.
The sheer existance of Linux on the i386 platform invalidates the DoJ case against Microsoft? (There is an alternative, so no monopoly)
AIM stands in the same position as Microsoft.. a full scale revolt is needed, else there will be someone who won't switch to another client, and can't afford the system resources to run two clients. I'm a little tired of loosing "instant communication" ability with people, because of this. My option? Run AIM. Doesn't give me much *choice*, does it?
--- Do YOU own a domain? You thought NSI was bad? Think again.
Its a handy little site, covers firewalls in NT and Linux, how to properly armor a NT, Solaris, or Linux install (from the perspective of Redhat, but thats easily adaptable), and for those of you that are a bit more curious, he has a "How to build a honeypot" section.
Enjoy!
I distinctly remember, it blew the bottom out of the 9x TCP stack, and forced BSOD and instant reboot on NT4
Actually, the OOB attack (aka WinNuke) didn't have anything to do with icmp, but sending a mal-conformed packet to the NT-DNS service (to crash it), or to the Windows Network Service, to tank the entire machine..
I don't have the spec in front of me, but it involved informing the machine that the next bit was priority.. which never came.. machine chases tail and falls on its ass.
Hm.. it could be that hes making the assumption that many neophyte computer users would make.. stay with me now...
What is Linux? RedHat is the 'Linux' thats on the shelves at most stores, directly challenging Windows..
Its not all that hard to see the average consumer take a look at that and go "Oh , its Linux", quite similar to "Oh, its Windows".
Lets look at it this way:
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows '98
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Windows 2000
RedHat Linux 6.1
RedHat Linux 6.2
Apply that reasoning to it, Redhat *IS* Linux.
(no matter that its incorrect, its a publicly visible product, and not enough is known by the general public to make any distinction.
As for your statement about Microsoft being blamed for flaws in software (You used ICQ, so I'll use it).. ICQ is not a Microsoft product, and more importantly, during install, I cannot click a button and install all packages, and accidently install a buggy version of ICQ, because its not on the disc.
So, yes, hes wrong, but so is most everyone else. THAT is the challenge Linux has to fight, not against Microsoft, but against its own image.
About your Office example..
Its highly common for places with a Site License to allow an employee to install said licensed software at home, as long as both their work and home copies are not used at the same time, AND the home copy is used for work X% of the time.
It becomes an extention of the 'site', similar to a home office.
From the article,
"When we started this study, we were just trying to find the source of bacteria in the fab, and how they could remain alive after all the heroic measures to eradicate them with ultraviolet light, ozone and everything else including a dollar a gallon to purify the water,"
If we can't kill the trolls, maybe we can put them to work?
I dunno, maybe its not them, maybe its AOL's hatred of Microsoft...
AOL wanted "Titanium" to be its own damn platform, but they failed.
If they give the users a choice, give me the browser, or give me the platform, do you think their goal would be achieved?