It's not difficult to write your own. I did it (not going to link to it because my server probably won't handle the/. effect.)
They can't even decide on the name. In their Terms of Participation, they refer to themselves
as 310works, not 301works. Later they refer to themselves as 201works. This does not appear
to me to be a very professional company if they can't even proofread their own page...
And this part gets me:
Participating companies will be encouraged to place a ‘301Works’ badge on their websites, indicating that they are operating in accordance with these terms of participation. We will generate these badges so they will include the 301works logo and the company’s logo.
They get free advertising on all of these sites. And last section says they *MAY* impose a fee later, like a $1000/year....
I'm providing my services for free, no guarantees, warranties or promises. If I go belly up, well, to bad... But with their proofreading "skilz" and free advertising, and possibly charging a fee later on, I think I'll pass.
I work for a hosting company and just so happen to deal with these legal matters on a daily basis.
The only time I take down a site that "supposedly" is infringing on a copyright is if I have a court order
forcing me to do so.
I get tons of emails, phone calls and letters from lawyers telling me I have to shut down website xyz.com
because they "may" be infringing on their clients copyrights.
Kiss my ass!!! How do I know your client isn't infringing on my clients copyright???
How do I know you're not some asshat competitor trying to get the site shut down???
Point being, is that if the judge ordered them to shut down the site and they didn't then yes, they
are liable. But if there is no court order enforcing this, then they can appeal and most likely
overturn that case.
Stolen property. If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.
What if you sell it to someone else in the same year?
Now you'd have to report the theft and the sale:)
This brings up another point, if you steal something and you go to jail for it, you certainly can't pay taxes on it (from jail)...
I have... I had it set up that way, but for some reason it wasn't working. I logged in again to my OpenDNS account to verify that I had indeed not opted to filter the webmail providers category and I hadn't.
So, I checked the filtered option and saved my config and then unchecked the filtered option and saved again... Now it works fine. But it shouldn't have done that to begin with.
Not sure how wide spread this is, but I use OpenDNS both at home and at the office as my resolving name servers. Recently some ass hat apparently set gmail.com on OpenDNS's filters. Labeled it as a Webmail client.
So, for the past 2 days I couldn't get logged on to my Gmail account while at the office, kept saying login failure. But at home it would work fine.
I changed to the company's internal DNS servers for resolving and suddenly my Gmail would connect...
So, anyone using OpenDNS and still not able to connect might look into that.
I have sent OpenDNS admins a request to re-check that filter... It's kinda pointless to just block everything that someone *thinks* should be blocked.
From Hughesnet to Farm To Market Broadband in Cameron, Texas...
I live in a rural area.
WISP is faster than satellite, no maximum per day limitations (500M/day was all that was allowed for satellite), no problems what so ever. Not as fast as DSL/Cable, but still a lot faster than dial-up and satellite combined.
Plus you get your own dedicated IP address.
I've been reading about the evils of Network Solutions and GoDaddy and the like. I was wondering if anyone had any alternatives to recommend for anyone looking for a decent registrar?
Thanks in advance. I recommend GKG. Been using them for years and have never had a single problem.
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It's not difficult to write your own. I did it (not going to link to it because my server probably won't handle the /. effect.)
They can't even decide on the name. In their Terms of Participation, they refer to
themselves as 310works, not 301works. Later they refer to themselves as 201works.
This does not appear to me to be a very professional company if they can't even proofread their own page...
And this part gets me:
Participating companies will be encouraged to place a ‘301Works’ badge on their websites, indicating that they are operating in accordance with these terms of participation. We will generate these badges so they will include the 301works logo and the company’s logo.
They get free advertising on all of these sites. And last section says they *MAY* impose a fee later, like a $1000/year....
I'm providing my services for free, no guarantees, warranties or promises. If I go belly up, well, to bad... But with their proofreading "skilz" and free advertising, and possibly charging a fee later on, I think I'll pass.
In the near future, we'll hear Steve Balmer say "256-core should be enough for anyone"
Ok, where is my couch?
The only time I take down a site that "supposedly" is infringing on a copyright is if I have a court order forcing me to do so.
I get tons of emails, phone calls and letters from lawyers telling me I have to shut down website xyz.com because they "may" be infringing on their clients copyrights.
Kiss my ass!!! How do I know your client isn't infringing on my clients copyright???
How do I know you're not some asshat competitor trying to get the site shut down???
Point being, is that if the judge ordered them to shut down the site and they didn't then yes, they are liable. But if there is no court order enforcing this, then they can appeal and most likely overturn that case.
This would make sense, but then why stop at 5 laptops and not 500???
You mean they came installed with Vista?
Why would they look at their feet for a UFO?
That's like looking up in the sky when someone says "Hey, look at the dead bird!"
They *guess* that you may be guilty before it happens and blacklist you.
Billy, welcome back!!!
And the butler did it.
What if you sell it to someone else in the same year? :)
Now you'd have to report the theft and the sale
This brings up another point, if you steal something and you go to jail for it, you certainly can't pay taxes on it (from jail)...
Don't steal, the government hates competition.
Let's see how long their computer will last.
Perhaps they'll all be in wheelchairs and walkers :)
"I don't remember!" :)
Around the same time as Duke Nuke'Em Forever :)
He was the head until he revealed this ridiculous hunch of his, and that's when they made him "former" :)
Oh yea... "Psyche"..
I have... I had it set up that way, but for some reason it wasn't working. I logged in again to my OpenDNS account to verify that I had indeed not opted to filter the webmail providers category and I hadn't. So, I checked the filtered option and saved my config and then unchecked the filtered option and saved again... Now it works fine. But it shouldn't have done that to begin with.
Not sure how wide spread this is, but I use OpenDNS both at home and at the office as my resolving name servers. Recently some ass hat apparently set gmail.com on OpenDNS's filters. Labeled it as a Webmail client. So, for the past 2 days I couldn't get logged on to my Gmail account while at the office, kept saying login failure. But at home it would work fine. I changed to the company's internal DNS servers for resolving and suddenly my Gmail would connect... So, anyone using OpenDNS and still not able to connect might look into that. I have sent OpenDNS admins a request to re-check that filter... It's kinda pointless to just block everything that someone *thinks* should be blocked.
From Hughesnet to Farm To Market Broadband in Cameron, Texas... I live in a rural area. WISP is faster than satellite, no maximum per day limitations (500M/day was all that was allowed for satellite), no problems what so ever. Not as fast as DSL/Cable, but still a lot faster than dial-up and satellite combined. Plus you get your own dedicated IP address.
No no no... Gravity is the law.
Are you sure it wasn't dated April 1, 2008?
GKG.NET is lower than Godaddy. Currently at $9.58/year.
Yes, but they won't pass those savings on to the patients.