To me this sounds like VeriSign is trying to strip ICANN of it's power as well as forever remain in control of the root servers by commercially branding them their own. Right now icann is the only thing standing between them and doing whatever they want. I think this is strike 3 for verislime. Icann should strip them of the root server duties and hand the job over to another company or a group of elected people who won't try and take over the world.
I picked up 7.0 upgrade from amazon for $100us after rebate a little over a year ago. The price hike on 8.0 is enough to stop me from upgrading for a while. The new features are nice and might be worth $100, but not $170:)
I'm glad Adobe is taking steps to prevent warez kiddies from hindering profits. But if anything, shouldnt this lower the price? Maybe we'll see a price drop with 9.0 if adobe hasn't chased away all its business (warez kiddies included).
no, its still illegal in canada (for now... weed anyone?). But it is legal for us canadians to copy cds, and friends cds as long as we made the copy from an original cd and never give away the copy. After all we pay the levys on our cd-rs for it. So.. wanna come over and copy all my cds?:)
Agreed, The more foolish we let them act the sooner they will have their hands tied by the government and if the government doesn't do anything people will boycott any cable company who tries to ban tivos.
great for geeks but what about the average joe? They wont know how its any better than their over priced cable modem or aol. Another question is, whats the pipe to the net like? How will they manage caps/speeds for outside traffic?
Authentication is the key. Here's an idea I came up with... While this may not fix the spam problem it will fix spam sent from fake or unauthorized domains.
[Server A] sends email to [Server B] [Server B] resolves the reply address domain to an IP [Server B] contacts the email server at that IP and asks if it sent message ID (some message ID)
if reply=yes, deliver else, delete message
Creating such a simple method of sender authenication would mean only people with valid email servers and reply addresses could spam. That means if/when spamming becomes illegal spammers can't hide behind a fake address and will be traced back to the actual server it was send from (and domain). At some point they will just give up because the risk of being caught and charged is just too high.
A day like today where sendmail has to be patched worldwide would have been a great time to put out this feature. We may not be able to enable the feature for a year or two until everyone is patched. Or just stop accepting non authenticated messages all toegther and force a massive upgrade.
Didnt Delvenjah incorporate DALnet in March of 1996? It would make them an easy target for the riaa.
IRC (dalnet and efnet specifically) has gone downhill over the years. Lots of attacks & splits, each server has a lifespan of about 2yrs, mostly idlers and bots. The idea of an open, unmoderated free chat network is great but this is a great example of how things can go to hell if it isn't taken care of. Dalnet is making the right move by banning the warez kiddies. This will cut down on idle connections and atracting the wrong kind of people.
thats because the company needs to pay for all it's equipment somehow. I think VoIP could affect the integrity of our phone system. It's a great idea to be able to talk to friends and family cheaper but who knows what could happen.
Average 1mbit DSL connection here is $29.99cdn/mo That's just under $20us. 3mbit dsl runs for about $50cdn
Some companies even sell 'lite' 128k connections for even less.
Most providers are starting to place caps between 5 and 20gb per month on cable/DSL up here tho. Maybe that's the answer to cheap broadband. Cap it so you don't have your leechers.
I think the solution to fax spam would be to come out with a fax machine with a preview lcd that lets you select which faxes to print and which ones to delete. The lawns in place sure don't do much. It would save paper, ink and printing time. I'm just not sure if the cost of time, ink and paper vs the technology to preview faxes would be worth it.
Lets create a law where we can hang anyone who spams
What is it with companies giving everything dumb names. It's like a company calling DSL the speedpath service or "high speed edition". If you call up a customer rep and say DSL or 3G they probably wouldn't have a clue.
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To me this sounds like VeriSign is trying to strip ICANN of it's power as well as forever remain in control of the root servers by commercially branding them their own. Right now icann is the only thing standing between them and doing whatever they want. I think this is strike 3 for verislime. Icann should strip them of the root server duties and hand the job over to another company or a group of elected people who won't try and take over the world.
I picked up 7.0 upgrade from amazon for $100us after rebate a little over a year ago. The price hike on 8.0 is enough to stop me from upgrading for a while. The new features are nice and might be worth $100, but not $170 :)
I'm glad Adobe is taking steps to prevent warez kiddies from hindering profits. But if anything, shouldnt this lower the price? Maybe we'll see a price drop with 9.0 if adobe hasn't chased away all its business (warez kiddies included).
what if i dont agree to their TOSAUPSLAOMG
OMG!
AMD isn't much better giving chips names like "2200 XP" when 2200 has nothing to do with its clock rating
ya but i bet it made him quake faster
no, its still illegal in canada (for now ... weed anyone?). But it is legal for us canadians to copy cds, and friends cds as long as we made the copy from an original cd and never give away the copy. After all we pay the levys on our cd-rs for it. :)
So.. wanna come over and copy all my cds?
Agreed, The more foolish we let them act the sooner they will have their hands tied by the government and if the government doesn't do anything people will boycott any cable company who tries to ban tivos.
Can we say anti-trust?
Not enough? That's a lot of viagra emails to send to get to 25k
(homer with alcohol car at pumps)
"Some for you, some for me, some for you..."
Maybe drop on a 30lb weight, give it thick hard treads and it might actually a decent massage. Where would you find information on how its built?
great for geeks but what about the average joe? They wont know how its any better than their over priced cable modem or aol. Another question is, whats the pipe to the net like? How will they manage caps/speeds for outside traffic?
Authentication is the key. Here's an idea I came up with... While this may not fix the spam problem it will fix spam sent from fake or unauthorized domains.
[Server A] sends email to [Server B]
[Server B] resolves the reply address domain to an IP
[Server B] contacts the email server at that IP and asks if it sent message ID (some message ID)
if reply=yes, deliver
else, delete message
Creating such a simple method of sender authenication would mean only people with valid email servers and reply addresses could spam. That means if/when spamming becomes illegal spammers can't hide behind a fake address and will be traced back to the actual server it was send from (and domain). At some point they will just give up because the risk of being caught and charged is just too high.
A day like today where sendmail has to be patched worldwide would have been a great time to put out this feature. We may not be able to enable the feature for a year or two until everyone is patched. Or just stop accepting non authenticated messages all toegther and force a massive upgrade.
This may not be a good thing. Maybe Microsoft will now turn around and bite Opera for distorting its page.
Didnt Delvenjah incorporate DALnet in March of 1996? It would make them an easy target for the riaa.
IRC (dalnet and efnet specifically) has gone downhill over the years. Lots of attacks & splits, each server has a lifespan of about 2yrs, mostly idlers and bots. The idea of an open, unmoderated free chat network is great but this is a great example of how things can go to hell if it isn't taken care of. Dalnet is making the right move by banning the warez kiddies. This will cut down on idle connections and atracting the wrong kind of people.
The answer to my question was in another slashdot post: http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml
You can copy your own cds. Or your friends can copy a cd you give them. But you can't make a copy and give the copy to someone else. Nifty.. sorta
Is it low legal to burn illegal copies ripped cds since we're being charged for it?
thats because the company needs to pay for all it's equipment somehow. I think VoIP could affect the integrity of our phone system. It's a great idea to be able to talk to friends and family cheaper but who knows what could happen.
Average 1mbit DSL connection here is $29.99cdn/mo That's just under $20us. 3mbit dsl runs for about $50cdn
Some companies even sell 'lite' 128k connections for even less.
Most providers are starting to place caps between 5 and 20gb per month on cable/DSL up here tho. Maybe that's the answer to cheap broadband. Cap it so you don't have your leechers.
more along the lines of
my processor is faster than yours!&((*)@*()!
Is ICANN and Verisign going to take over and run a monopoly on Internet2 also?
Try to get someone on AOL to understand that
I think the solution to fax spam would be to come out with a fax machine with a preview lcd that lets you select which faxes to print and which ones to delete. The lawns in place sure don't do much. It would save paper, ink and printing time. I'm just not sure if the cost of time, ink and paper vs the technology to preview faxes would be worth it.
Lets create a law where we can hang anyone who spams
What is it with companies giving everything dumb names. It's like a company calling DSL the speedpath service or "high speed edition". If you call up a customer rep and say DSL or 3G they probably wouldn't have a clue.
and my local cable and DSL providers put a 5gig cap on me?
*takes off his linux had*
*throws out his tux doll and mug*
*installs BSD*