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  1. since when are corporations the government? on AOL Sued For Over-Zealous Blocking · · Score: 1

    AOL's recent zealotry in anti-spam policy resulting in the presumption that shared-hosting providers are guilty (of spamming) unless proven innocent.

    Well doesn't really matter. Innocent until proven guilty is only for the government not for indivuduals or corporations.

  2. Actually about the credit report on Identity Theft Countermeasures? · · Score: 1

    I have heard that you can order a credit report for free once a year. Might want to check on that.

  3. False Information on House Bill to Make File-Sharing an Automatic Felony · · Score: 1

    In addition, those who provide false information when registering a domain name could also be charged with a federal offense.

    That's not needed. It's already in the agreement that you must provide correct information when you sign up for a domain name. So no legislation is required.

    Oh wait. It's easier to make it a federal offense than to have the registration companies actually check it and enforce the policies they have already in place.

    Why can't they see this?

  4. Here's the deal on Tooth Whitening Products? · · Score: 1

    Talk to your dentist. They can do all sorts of things in addition to the products you see advertised.

    Some dentists can get the Crest white strips in a much stronger version and I think more for the money.

    All in all talk to your dentist. The whitening strips work (not perfect but results are good) even for those who have yellow teeth by nature/accident (thanks to those drugs babies are no longer given).

  5. Re:So... on IDSA Forces Arcade Game Manual Archive Offline · · Score: 1

    No it's not that.

    It's guilty unless you have the $$$ to fight back in court.

  6. Master of the obvious on Artists Protesting Single-Song Downloads · · Score: 1


    the album, will become a thing of the past

    That was already starting...

  7. Wasn't there some software for this? on EFF Supporting Home DVD Editing · · Score: 1

    Wasn't their a program released a long time ago that would allow people to...

    1. put in subtitles
    2. put in their own alternate sound track

    All without editing the disk. Something like that for the video content and how could their be a complaint. Oh that's right you paid for one version and not the other...

    It was posted on slashdot but I can't find it. If anyone can recall it I'd appreciate a posting on it.

  8. Fixed rental queues on Wal-Mart Enters NetFlix's Business · · Score: 1

    Hey if Walmart isn't like netflix that is giving new subscribers priority they'll have my account.

    I dropped netflix after reading that article post a while back about netflix. Before that I was wondering why things slowed down with them...

  9. Just sad... on SCO Shows 80 Lines of Evidence? · · Score: 1

    I read these comments and think.

    What if this situation were reversed? Oh the cries we'd here of that.

  10. Something to remember on Chinese Moon Base by 2012 - or 2006? · · Score: 1

    They haven't made it yet.

  11. New motto on Windows Media 9 in Digital Theaters · · Score: 1

    What shall we stick in our nose in next?

  12. Apple Mail on Apple Releases Security Update 2003-03-24 · · Score: 1

    I just wish they would have released OS X with a mail server (Apple Mail) that wasn't open to relaying by default.

  13. Hopefully the courts will wake up on Sun Sued Over H1-B Workers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    H-1B visa are fine and dandy when there is a shortage of workers. However at this time there isn't such a shortage. Unless of course you count wanting to favor a certain group or find the cheapest possible workers.

    Now now. I quote from the article to defend my first claim.

    citing as evidence statements made this year by Sun's Indian-born cofounder, Vinod Khosla, on the CBS television program ''60 Minutes.'' Khosla was quoted as saying that at Sun, people from India ''are favored over almost anybody else.''


    The second is this site www.fuckthatjob.com. Some of those reports are just sad... Companies want everything for as close to nothing - and some want it for free. Work for us for free till you find a job keep your skills sharp.

    Of course companies will just move operations totally overseas. They do it to avoid taxes they'll do it to pay a real wage. Of course eventually whatever country they move to will catch up. That or the customers will get tired of asking "Could you repeat that please".

  14. A question that people will not like on 100mbps Fiber Service To Your Door · · Score: 1

    Why is it that people feel personal accounts should be allowed to run services?

    Personal accounts mean just that personal - not anyone else. I don't understand what all the complaining is about. If you want the service pay for the service. Don't just think $19.95 is going to give you everything. Now of course if the providers upstream connection was that cheap and/or overhead (which it's not) it would be another matter.

  15. Does this really work on Proposed Usenet Death Penalty for Australia's Largest ISP · · Score: 1

    From the UDP faq

    So if you cancel everything from the UDP site, don't legitimate people get canceled, too?

    Yes. One of the driving forces behind forcing compliance with generally accepted guidelines is that the ISP's own legitimate users (if any) can bring pressure to bear on their rogue ISP. Remember, the UDP is a near-last-resort measure.

    Does that really work? That sounds awfully a lot like the way black hole lists a suppose work. All I hear from that are customers on those blackholed networks complaining about how bad those blocks are. Never have I heard "I called my ISP and put pressure on them to fix the problem".

  16. State Soil: Add California to that list... on Dave Barry Answers Alert Slashdot Readers' Questions · · Score: 3, Informative

    California, The San Joaquin Soil was designated the Official State Soil of California on August 20, 1997 by Governor Pete Wilson.

    http://www.pssac.org/stasoil1.htm

  17. Re:Crap... on Life in the Trenches: a Sysadmin Speaks · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Any sysadmin that has to log into a system while on holiday in *India* is a bad one

    I wouldn't say that. He probably missed the machines...

  18. Oh cry me a river on The Spam Problem: Moving Beyond RBLs · · Score: 1

    It's funny. First it was the spammer networks complaining about getting blocked. Now it's the customers on those networks complaining.

    Here's an immediate answer to the problem. Change to an ISP that can control their network better. There are more ISPs out there than you can shake a stick at. Find one that actually cares. Now every ISP will have a spammer on it but alls it takes is a staff who cares to get the problem solved.

    However good article. I personally don't agree with bouncing email - tagging it is far better like with using SpamAssassin.

    RBLs however are a necessary evil since some networks are willing to allow spamming (or aren't capable of fixing the problem). There has to be some way to identify those networks who aren't playing nice.

  19. Take pity on Russian Snared By The FBI Sentenced To 3 Years · · Score: 1
    Take pity on them as well as those innocent lives they messed up by stealing their credit card numbers.

    No mention of that part in the blurb.

  20. Also forgetting the little guy on Anonymous Surfing? · · Score: 1

    Look in the phone book and find the local "been there since the dawn of time" ISP and call them up. See what they can offer you for DSL access.

    Everyone has forgotten the small ISPs that cleared the trail for the big companies. Those usually take the "common carrier" stance and don't go all big brother.

    Of course if you need an anonomizer then you have troubles on your own. Take a page from Chris Tresco's interview as seen here on slashdot.
    "My advice: get out of the scene"

    Unless your just paranoid.

  21. Nah it's probably... on US .gov WHOIS Info Restricted Over Attacker Fears · · Score: 1

    I bet this is just an excuse to get them off the radar to avoid the spammers snagging email addresses from the database.

  22. Here's another version on A Snapshot of the Plot of the Inner Solar System · · Score: 3, Informative

    APOD July 24th

    Gives the usual detailed information.

  23. 15.3GB (07N3927) one down three to go. on IBM DeskStar 75GXP Hard Drive Failures? · · Score: 1

    I just had one of the 15.3GB go out. Luckily I managed to copy all I had off before it died. No data loss that I could tell.

    A odd click/whine every 30 or so seconds. SMART utility said it was fine. Warm boot and it was
    "working". Hard reset and that was it. The Promise RAID card refused to go past the detection phase. Later just off the motherboard controller the drive locked the machine up on detection...

    Sadly it was a member of a stripe of 4 of these so I had to rebuild. Moved to a 2 drive WD40GB RAID 1 having learned the lession of RAID 0.

    Now hearing about these problems I am happy I went with new drives. I'll just use the 75GXPs in non critical areas now...

  24. Re:Ultimate Monopoly on USPS To Offer Free E-Mail · · Score: 1

    You have to read down at the bottom of the article where the e-mail providers are crying foul. Sort of like the same problem ISPs already have with the phone companies. ISPs broke the trail for them and now they step in. Now the ISPs not only get to compete with public utilities but the postal service which aren't both federally given monopolies? Hmmm I wonder when they will announce a free US Postal service ISP. Might as well complete the loop.