They mentioned that no spam was received from emails listed in the WHOIS database...
I'd be interested in seeing a study for companies that harvest snail mail addresses from the database.
I've received junk snail mail from every shady company on the face of the planet when I register a new domain or when it's up for renewal...plus I've even received phone calls (back when I used a real phone) about "we're ready to setup your web hosting and web design. Call us back immediately!" Persistant bugger, too...he kept calling back.
Incase the British didn't see the news lately, a war is still going on. Furthermore, the LAST thing the Iraqi people are concerned about is internet access...how many of them own computers capable of even getting on the internet? How many of them can AFFORD it?
If you're speaking about getting the (new) government online, fine. That can help to speed up the re-urbanization project. But seriously...Iraqi people have to worry about being blown up by the US, British, terrorists, Iraq's former government, yet still earn a living to pay for basic living requirements. They don't rely on the internet like we do.
Oh wait..we can market the domains to other countries...to hell with getting the Iraqi people online. We're damned determinated to make money off this war.
The problem with today's computers is that they do EXACTLY what you tell them to do. Most people don't know the implications of "clicking here" or "typing this." Most tech support, programming and debugging issues are thrown out the window because it's operator error.
Now, back to the other side of the story. The only thing that comes even close to AI in today's readily available programs is dynamic recompilation, meaning the program can rewrite itself on the fly according to its own logic. Even that is so-so because its own logic is still preprogrammed.
Of course, my machine is called 'WOPR', so I hope it doesn't come alive:)
I put a fake 404 error page on the site last night for a few hours, and then copied the isonews.com nonsense. Been getting emails all day from people telling me how it's the first trick they fell for in years.
I'm with the author on this one. I dislike MS as much as the next guy, but I'd WANT a recovery disc to dump me at a prompt if the data files were corrupt. If the files on the drive are THAT important, they should have been encrypted anyway...and if I was the admin of the box, they would already be encrypted.
I drive an Acura TL. The car comes with a built-in garage door opener. You activate your opener and the car "learns" the code. Sound like a universal remote to me...in fact, it can learn ANY code (such as remote lights).
So is he going to sue the Honda Motor Corporation (parent company of Acura)?
You might get better replies at Kuro5hin, which is a discussion site. You won't get the same responses of "what does this have to do with a Beowulf cluster" there.
I'm getting really ticked about this spam crap. This is something that the ISPs need to handle, and handle fast.
Why is it that they feel responsible to filter out Napster, Kazaa...filter out port 25...filter this, filter that, monitor this, monitor that....
Yet none of them can do something as simple as an opt-in spam guard. It's turned on by default..and you don't need some fancy enterprise edition. You need Exim, Exiscan and SpamAssassin. Done. Should take a half-competent fresh college grad admin about an hour to do.
Sure, some ISPs do it already. I remember when I was on Earthlink (2+ years ago) they had it...worked ok. How about everyone else? How about doing it FOR FREE?
You don't win the war on drugs by going after drug dealers or importers. You win the war on drugs by poisoning the drugs so noone wants them.
You don't win the war on spam by going after spammers or Asian servers. You win the war on spam by doing your part to educate end users and block it for them, thus removing the spammers' audience.
Corporate MS/RIAA/MPAA/FCC-like nonsense happening. When are these people going to wake up and do their part?
FYI, system stats to date for just my personal server at home:
SPAM caught to date: 4193 in 84,397,706 bytes
Viruses caught to date: 1018 in 277,420,970 bytes
Yes, I'm donating my spam collection to spamarchive.org.
This is already in place in radio stations. How do you think local IDs, spots and events are triggered over a syndicated program via satellite? Through the normal audio stream...
And don't forget DSL. That transmits lots of data over noise.
I had 2 or 3 of these things popup before...so I ran Ad-aware and it came up empty handed. Perhaps this would be a good thing to include in ad-aware...just a little reminder that windows messaging is enabled, explain why it can lead to spam, and that disabling it is harmless.
I'll say one thing tho...I must have disabled about 10 or 12 things in the Services menu including a LOT of "remote" stuff to remotely control the PC and the windows update feature that I specifically told windows NOT to do.
What does this have to do with gaming? If I sat infront of a TV, computer, or alone counting bumps in paint for 86 hours straight, the same thing would happen to me.
Another lame attempt to take a stab at videogames and how EVIL they are...
I think a distinction needs to be made between the good banner ads and the bad ones.
Slashdot ads are good. I frequently click on them. They're not deceptive, not intrusive, and they are targeted for the audience.
The ads everywhere else are "IF THIS IS FLASHING, YOU WIN!" or "HIT THE LAPTOP AND WIN" or "YOU HAVE 1 NEW MESSAGE". Please...don't insult my intelligence.
I'm waiting for publishing companies to seek an immediately injunction against Xerox and the rest of the copy machine companies pending trial. Copy machines and scanners definitely allow people to STEAL their property.
Next will come Kodak...how DARE you reproduce images without expressed written consent of all parties involved?!?!?
Disclaimer: I work at both a radio and in a nightclub.
Remember how they used to call people on the radio "disc jockies"? They are no longer referred to as such...they are "air personalities" because most of radio is now computerized (Prophet Sys, Audiovault, etc).
The same goes for club jocks...if you're MP3-man and you try to impress the ladies with technology rather than skill, you're a "clown pushing play", not a disc jockey.
Ok...so from a DJ to you...why do we spend $500 on a turntable when a CD player can be cheaper? Why do we opt for the vinyl from the record pool and lug around 2 heavy milk crates (or USPS mail bins...come sue me USPS)?
It's easier. It gives you more options while spinning.
On the other side of things, it puts you among the others before you...since you use the same 'ole Technics 1200s, same 'ole black discs...
To put it in perspective, what do you think about the Windoze 5cr1p7 k1dd135? Don't you get insulted when you've been using DOS, Linux, Win3.11, Desqview, OS/2, Solaris..maybe you even did some C64 programming..used a PDP.....everything learned from the ground up? Now, anyone can hop on a PC and be "1337", regardless of history, talent or natural skill.
The problem is the general populus and law makers don't understand what they're saying/hearing. A analogy would help to put things into perspective.
Logging email headers can be compared to the phone company keeping records of your incoming/outgoing phone calls.
Do they do it now? Yes...and most ISPs keep generic logs as it is.
Does the phone company retain ALL the info? No...but they CAN get the info and keep it if you're suspected of doing Bad Things...or they can tap the line. Can an ISP track the same amount of info? Sure...but they don't do it right now unless you're doing Bad Things.
Keeping track of where you go on the web can be compared to driving.
Does your state's dept of transportation keep track of what road you drive, and what time you did it? No.
Does your ISP track what sites you go to and when you go to them? No...unless you have a proxy, in which case they might keep a generic log.
Can the dept of transportation put cameras at all intersections and track your license plate number? Yes...but think of the hideous cost and hideous amount of data. Same goes for an ISP to track where you go.
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They mentioned that no spam was received from emails listed in the WHOIS database...
I'd be interested in seeing a study for companies that harvest snail mail addresses from the database.
I've received junk snail mail from every shady company on the face of the planet when I register a new domain or when it's up for renewal...plus I've even received phone calls (back when I used a real phone) about "we're ready to setup your web hosting and web design. Call us back immediately!" Persistant bugger, too...he kept calling back.
Incase the British didn't see the news lately, a war is still going on. Furthermore, the LAST thing the Iraqi people are concerned about is internet access...how many of them own computers capable of even getting on the internet? How many of them can AFFORD it?
If you're speaking about getting the (new) government online, fine. That can help to speed up the re-urbanization project. But seriously...Iraqi people have to worry about being blown up by the US, British, terrorists, Iraq's former government, yet still earn a living to pay for basic living requirements. They don't rely on the internet like we do.
Oh wait..we can market the domains to other countries...to hell with getting the Iraqi people online. We're damned determinated to make money off this war.
Doesn't the sound utility 'sox' have the ability to convert files correctly? Works for me...
The problem with today's computers is that they do EXACTLY what you tell them to do. Most people don't know the implications of "clicking here" or "typing this." Most tech support, programming and debugging issues are thrown out the window because it's operator error.
:)
Now, back to the other side of the story. The only thing that comes even close to AI in today's readily available programs is dynamic recompilation, meaning the program can rewrite itself on the fly according to its own logic. Even that is so-so because its own logic is still preprogrammed.
Of course, my machine is called 'WOPR', so I hope it doesn't come alive
I put a fake 404 error page on the site last night for a few hours, and then copied the isonews.com nonsense. Been getting emails all day from people telling me how it's the first trick they fell for in years.
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Imagination is what drives fiction...
Imagination is also what drives invention...
This is starting to REALLY piss me off...
The first amendment states the GOVERNMENT cannot pass a law to shut you up. It says nothing about companies or private individuals.
The courts should fine the spammers/faxers/et al a stupidity fee.
A lawsuit that actually makes sense? This can't be...better check the sources...
I'm with the author on this one. I dislike MS as much as the next guy, but I'd WANT a recovery disc to dump me at a prompt if the data files were corrupt. If the files on the drive are THAT important, they should have been encrypted anyway...and if I was the admin of the box, they would already be encrypted.
I have nothing to worry about.
The River has the WORST playlist in Harrisburg. I like their jocks, but the programming sucks.
I used to work for Wink. Finally got sick of the radio politics and nonsense. FM is dead. Don't beat a dead horse.
I drive an Acura TL. The car comes with a built-in garage door opener. You activate your opener and the car "learns" the code. Sound like a universal remote to me...in fact, it can learn ANY code (such as remote lights).
So is he going to sue the Honda Motor Corporation (parent company of Acura)?
You might get better replies at Kuro5hin, which is a discussion site. You won't get the same responses of "what does this have to do with a Beowulf cluster" there.
I'm getting really ticked about this spam crap. This is something that the ISPs need to handle, and handle fast.
Why is it that they feel responsible to filter out Napster, Kazaa...filter out port 25...filter this, filter that, monitor this, monitor that....
Yet none of them can do something as simple as an opt-in spam guard. It's turned on by default..and you don't need some fancy enterprise edition. You need Exim, Exiscan and SpamAssassin. Done. Should take a half-competent fresh college grad admin about an hour to do.
Sure, some ISPs do it already. I remember when I was on Earthlink (2+ years ago) they had it...worked ok. How about everyone else? How about doing it FOR FREE?
You don't win the war on drugs by going after drug dealers or importers. You win the war on drugs by poisoning the drugs so noone wants them.
You don't win the war on spam by going after spammers or Asian servers. You win the war on spam by doing your part to educate end users and block it for them, thus removing the spammers' audience.
Corporate MS/RIAA/MPAA/FCC-like nonsense happening. When are these people going to wake up and do their part?
FYI, system stats to date for just my personal server at home:
SPAM caught to date: 4193 in 84,397,706 bytes
Viruses caught to date: 1018 in 277,420,970 bytes
Yes, I'm donating my spam collection to spamarchive.org.
I'm surprised noone has screamed "OH NO TERRORISM" yet.
Seems like everytime something happens we have to blame the evil terrorists first...then find out what actually happened.
This is already in place in radio stations. How do you think local IDs, spots and events are triggered over a syndicated program via satellite? Through the normal audio stream...
And don't forget DSL. That transmits lots of data over noise.
So they removed the sites from DE and FR.......
What's to stop them from loading dot com? Does their country block access to the "American" version of Google?
I think I missed something here..
I had 2 or 3 of these things popup before...so I ran Ad-aware and it came up empty handed. Perhaps this would be a good thing to include in ad-aware...just a little reminder that windows messaging is enabled, explain why it can lead to spam, and that disabling it is harmless.
I'll say one thing tho...I must have disabled about 10 or 12 things in the Services menu including a LOT of "remote" stuff to remotely control the PC and the windows update feature that I specifically told windows NOT to do.
What does this have to do with gaming? If I sat infront of a TV, computer, or alone counting bumps in paint for 86 hours straight, the same thing would happen to me.
Another lame attempt to take a stab at videogames and how EVIL they are...
Out of curiosity, I typed in 'news.google.com' a few months ago and saw the site. I figured it had just always been there.
Apparently it was an open test.
We should take this time to send a special thank you to all the clones and bots that made 100,000 connections possible :)
I think a distinction needs to be made between the good banner ads and the bad ones.
Slashdot ads are good. I frequently click on them. They're not deceptive, not intrusive, and they are targeted for the audience.
The ads everywhere else are "IF THIS IS FLASHING, YOU WIN!" or "HIT THE LAPTOP AND WIN" or "YOU HAVE 1 NEW MESSAGE". Please...don't insult my intelligence.
I'm waiting for publishing companies to seek an immediately injunction against Xerox and the rest of the copy machine companies pending trial. Copy machines and scanners definitely allow people to STEAL their property.
Next will come Kodak...how DARE you reproduce images without expressed written consent of all parties involved?!?!?
</sarcasm>
So what's going to stop me from firing up Sound Forge, record from the wave device, encode to MP3, and add it to my MP3 directory?
If someone desperately wants a song, I'm sure they wouldn't mind taking a few extra minutes doing that.
Disclaimer: I work at both a radio and in a nightclub.
Remember how they used to call people on the radio "disc jockies"? They are no longer referred to as such...they are "air personalities" because most of radio is now computerized (Prophet Sys, Audiovault, etc).
The same goes for club jocks...if you're MP3-man and you try to impress the ladies with technology rather than skill, you're a "clown pushing play", not a disc jockey.
Ok...so from a DJ to you...why do we spend $500 on a turntable when a CD player can be cheaper? Why do we opt for the vinyl from the record pool and lug around 2 heavy milk crates (or USPS mail bins...come sue me USPS)?
It's easier. It gives you more options while spinning.
On the other side of things, it puts you among the others before you...since you use the same 'ole Technics 1200s, same 'ole black discs...
To put it in perspective, what do you think about the Windoze 5cr1p7 k1dd135? Don't you get insulted when you've been using DOS, Linux, Win3.11, Desqview, OS/2, Solaris..maybe you even did some C64 programming..used a PDP.....everything learned from the ground up? Now, anyone can hop on a PC and be "1337", regardless of history, talent or natural skill.
The problem is the general populus and law makers don't understand what they're saying/hearing. A analogy would help to put things into perspective.
Logging email headers can be compared to the phone company keeping records of your incoming/outgoing phone calls.
Do they do it now? Yes...and most ISPs keep generic logs as it is.
Does the phone company retain ALL the info? No...but they CAN get the info and keep it if you're suspected of doing Bad Things...or they can tap the line. Can an ISP track the same amount of info? Sure...but they don't do it right now unless you're doing Bad Things.
Keeping track of where you go on the web can be compared to driving.
Does your state's dept of transportation keep track of what road you drive, and what time you did it? No.
Does your ISP track what sites you go to and when you go to them? No...unless you have a proxy, in which case they might keep a generic log.
Can the dept of transportation put cameras at all intersections and track your license plate number? Yes...but think of the hideous cost and hideous amount of data. Same goes for an ISP to track where you go.
It's all about perspective...