In MS Windows, you can select the text you want to copy, press the copy button (ctrl-C), switch to where you want to paste it, select what you want to replace, and press the paste button (ctrl-v).
OK, thanks for that explanation..
One thing that's interesting though - I've been around (and used) PC's since Windows 3.0, and I've never seen anyone use this functionality (I know it existed, but nobody I've ever known uses it... which might explain why I didn't think it was an issue:o)
With good reason -- many 'security' and firewall administrators will not let other protocols through proxy servers/firewalls.
Huh? How is this a "good reason"?
A firewall serves a purpose. If a firewall admin decides that they don't want a particular service enabled (say IRC, for example) then an "application designer" (which generally know ZERO about security) shouldn't take it on themselves to force it.
Of course if they had a clue they would know that you can encapsulate just about anything in http.
And if YOU had a clue, you'd realize that not everybody thinks it's great to have a wide-open network.
If a site admin decides they don't want something running, then they don't want something running, and it's nobody else's business.
You're missing part of the point. If people are content to play older games, the revenue stream for software makers will dry up.
Yeah! That's why people can't sell old CDs any more.. if people are content to listen to music from the 80's and 90's, the revenue stream for new artists will dry up!
Just like a broken laundry machine, that just doesn't wash.
A b.net clone can let people with pirated serial numbers for games play a b.net game
No, it can't. The people who use b.net clones are not playing battle.net games - that's the whole point.
But if your point is that bnetd allows people to play internet games with a "pirated" CD-Key, I have news for you - people can already do that! For example, with Diablo2, they just have to click the button that says "Other game", then "TCP/IP Game", and they can play with other people with their "pirated" CD-KEY.
The argument that the CD-KEY mechanism prevents people without official keys from playing multiplayer games is wrong.
OK, I'll say it again: The point is why am I not allowed to use products I purchase, as I see fit?
You have no right to tell the company that makes the product that they must include feature X. You only have the right to buy it or not.
And this is relevant to my argument HOW?
I never said I have the right to force a company to include a feature. I said I SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WITH MY PROPERTY WHATEVER I CHOOSE.
there are all ready plenty of laws restricting you from modifying other stuff, particularly anything that plugs into the mains
Laws such as that are for the safety of others - so that you don't kill your neighbors. They exist to guarantee that I don't kill someone accidentally.
Simple: because you must already have a CD key to play the damn game!
You don't need a (valid) key to play any of the other multiplayer modes. Just battle.net. Since the games are not connecting to battle.net, they can get by just fine without the (valid) key.
Note: I use the term (valid), as you need a key to install the game, but the check for valid keys is different (more restrictive) for battle.net than for a regular multi-player game.
I can't decide if you're trolling or just naieve, so I'll respond.
The point isn't whether or not you're forced to purchase something. The point is why am I not allowed to use products I purchase, as I see fit?
When I buy something, I have a right to be able to use it as I see fit. Nobody should be able to tell me how I can or can't use my computer. That's what the DMCA does - it tells me that I'm not allowed to write certain programs.
Imagine if you decided that you didn't like the current crop of word processors, and you decided to write your own - and to add import support for RTF. Then you get thrown in jail because some company decided that you're "infringing on their intellectual property."
THAT is the point. I should have the right to do anything with MY equipment that I wish.
Canada's copyright board is still "discussing" DMCA-like legislation here.
In the month of March and April, there are going to be public forums held in some Canadian cities, to discuss the papers submitted to the copyright board on this topic.
To quote the email I received:
These full day consultation sessions will be
held in the following cities on the following dates:
* Halifax on March 8, 2002; * Vancouver on March 15, 2002; * Montreal on March 21, 2002; * Toronto on March 26, 2002; * Ottawa on April 11, 2002.
As I'm a good 20 hour drive from the closest of these, I probably won't be able to attend - but I urge any/.er in the vicinity to make plans for it. They haven't sent me any information on exactly where the forums will take place (they said they will be sending a formal invitation soon) but as soon as I do, I'll try to post it here for interested parties.
some people would just download "Ad Timings" files... so that they could automatically skip or even cut out the ads.
There is always a technological answer - you won't stop people, but you can make it unpalatable.
How about showing the ads between random scenes? After all, they're not going to keep the ads from the original broadcast - they'll insert current ones. If they change where the ads are for each episode then an "ad timing" programs would be useless - they'd need to be continually updated.
Or adding the ads to the bottom (or top, or side) of the stream?
Even without this, most people would just live with the ads.
in my job, I have had the pleasure of talking to many a customer who had an open relay. Here are some VERY common reasons:
You missed my favourite:
"What do you mean spammers are using it? I know it was open, but I didn't tell anyone about it! Spammers can't be using it, I didn't even add it to the DNS"
we suffered a constant barrage of attacks that all seemed to originate in Beijing, or Seoul... The difficulty arose from our having offices in Shanghai, so a total block of all addresses next to impossible.
What about using a VPN, and blocking everything that wasn't part of the VPN?
That way, your offices in Shanghai would still be able to access your network, and the attacks would be stopped.
Record labels do expend quite a bit of money in studio time for artists.
No. They don't.
All of the money they "front" comes with a guarantee that they will (at a minimum) get it all back. The contract the artist signs says that their $0.50 per CD share goes to pay off the loan for the recording.
If the loan isn't paid off (because the artist files for bankruptcy, for example,) then the "loss" is covered by insurance.
This is not just about open relays. This is also about spam havens, DNS providers for spammer's web sites, and web space providers.
No. THIS is about open relays.
The poster had an open relay, and got blacklisted because of it. Now that he's fixed his mailserver, he's still listed.
If he's not telling the whole story, and is operating out of a spam haven, or is spamvertising his website with another ISP, then that's another issue.
maybe the receiving mail server is on his mail server's blacklist, and they just keep bouncing rejections back and forth;)
Interesting, but unlikely (and it wouldn't bounce back and forth anyway - bounce messages that bounce go to the postmaster.)
If he uses his school's email address, sent through his school's email server, he should get the bounce message (because internal delivery always supercedes spam lists,) unless his mail server is misconfigured (which I covered:o)
If he uses a different (say, home) email address, then that would fall under "his mail client is misconfigured" (which I also covered:o) (yeah, this is a minor technical nit:o)
I send an email, and it doesn't get there, no errors or anything.
If this happens, then your mail server, or your mail client is misconfigured.
A site that operates a blacklist will reject the mail from the beginning - it isn't going to waste resources accepting an email, then deliver it to/dev/null. (Or, if it does, the mail admin needs his/her head examined.)
If you don't get a bounce message, then either your mail server is screwed (not delivering a bounce message), or your mail program is screwed (maybe you have the wrong email address in it?)
This is a good thing - and what every blacklist's ultimate goal is.
Speaking as a mail server admin, I'd be interested to know which lists are not removing you - so that I can make sure I'm not using them.
Seriously - letting people know about this is the best way to get what you want. If your site is not a relay, any blacklist maintainer is doing their users a disservice by listing you.
As a mail admin, I'd want to know.
Alternatively, you could do the American thing and threaten a lawsuit - most blacklist operators are immune from libel charges because they're just listing people who operate open relays (truth is defense against libel) - if you're not an open relay, then you've got a good case for libel: they're deliberately publishing false information to hurt your business.
Howcome 97% of every one on the other side is white and speaks american english?
For the same reason that all the Star Trek aliens speak american english. (Seriously - this "universal translator" is BS - how come it conveniently stops working when Worf speaks Klingon? Does it know that he doesn't want others to understand what he's saying?)
The answer is this: Because it would be REALLY boring to watch if everybody had a different language!
Think about it: The SG-1 Team goes to gate FUC-1 and meets the inhabitants, only to be killed by the alien "rebel faction" because it took them too long to figure out that "Ghjnak Bhhgegr" is FUC-1ian for "look out, he's got a gun!"
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In MS Windows, you can select the text you want to copy, press the copy button (ctrl-C), switch to where you want to paste it, select what you want to replace, and press the paste button (ctrl-v).
:o)
OK, thanks for that explanation..
One thing that's interesting though - I've been around (and used) PC's since Windows 3.0, and I've never seen anyone use this functionality (I know it existed, but nobody I've ever known uses it... which might explain why I didn't think it was an issue
How many windows users use this feature?
I don't think anything's broken.
OK, with you so far.
insanity-inducing if you're used to the simpler Windows model.
Here you lost me..
Using the windows clipboard isn't simpler, it's more complex - highlight, edit -> copy, click destination, edit -> paste.
Using X (or at least Xfree, the only version I've used), it's highlight, (middle) click destination; half as many steps to accomplish the same task.
I keep hearing about how poor X implements the clipboard - for graphics, it's true; but for text, it's not only better, it's simpler.
Can someone explain to me exactly where the problem lies with the X clipboard?
With good reason -- many 'security' and firewall administrators will not let other protocols through proxy servers/firewalls.
Huh? How is this a "good reason"?
A firewall serves a purpose. If a firewall admin decides that they don't want a particular service enabled (say IRC, for example) then an "application designer" (which generally know ZERO about security) shouldn't take it on themselves to force it.
Of course if they had a clue they would know that you can encapsulate just about anything in http.
And if YOU had a clue, you'd realize that not everybody thinks it's great to have a wide-open network.
If a site admin decides they don't want something running, then they don't want something running, and it's nobody else's business.
Lets compare programs with ....say real estate:
... etc
You have a cottage somewhere, but you never actually live in it, never rent it to anybody
OK, with you so far.
Now, how would you like it if somebody broke into that cottage, made fake keys, and rented it to somebody else?
Well, I wouldn't like that, but that's not what we're talking about.
If you ask "how would you like it if someone found blueprints and started selling copies of your cottage?" then we'd have an analogy.
And the answer to that would be "I wouldn't care at all."
You're missing part of the point. If people are content to play older games, the revenue stream for software makers will dry up.
Yeah! That's why people can't sell old CDs any more.. if people are content to listen to music from the 80's and 90's, the revenue stream for new artists will dry up!
Just like a broken laundry machine, that just doesn't wash.
A b.net clone can let people with pirated serial numbers for games play a b.net game
No, it can't. The people who use b.net clones are not playing battle.net games - that's the whole point.
But if your point is that bnetd allows people to play internet games with a "pirated" CD-Key, I have news for you - people can already do that! For example, with Diablo2, they just have to click the button that says "Other game", then "TCP/IP Game", and they can play with other people with their "pirated" CD-KEY.
The argument that the CD-KEY mechanism prevents people without official keys from playing multiplayer games is wrong.
OK, I'll say it again: The point is why am I not allowed to use products I purchase, as I see fit?
You have no right to tell the company that makes the product that they must include feature X. You only have the right to buy it or not.
And this is relevant to my argument HOW?
I never said I have the right to force a company to include a feature. I said I SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WITH MY PROPERTY WHATEVER I CHOOSE.
there are all ready plenty of laws restricting you from modifying other stuff, particularly anything that plugs into the mains
Laws such as that are for the safety of others - so that you don't kill your neighbors. They exist to guarantee that I don't kill someone accidentally.
They have no bearing on the topic at hand.
So I guess you really WERE trolling.
Why don't the servers ask for a CD key?
Simple: because you must already have a CD key to play the damn game!
You don't need a (valid) key to play any of the other multiplayer modes. Just battle.net. Since the games are not connecting to battle.net, they can get by just fine without the (valid) key.
Note: I use the term (valid), as you need a key to install the game, but the check for valid keys is different (more restrictive) for battle.net than for a regular multi-player game.
Shall we make the same deal with regards to your house?
Sure, by all means!
I own my house forever, and for the first 25 years, you can only make a copy of it by getting my permission.
After that 25 years, anyone can make a copy of my house without my permission.
I can't decide if you're trolling or just naieve, so I'll respond.
The point isn't whether or not you're forced to purchase something. The point is why am I not allowed to use products I purchase, as I see fit?
When I buy something, I have a right to be able to use it as I see fit. Nobody should be able to tell me how I can or can't use my computer. That's what the DMCA does - it tells me that I'm not allowed to write certain programs.
Imagine if you decided that you didn't like the current crop of word processors, and you decided to write your own - and to add import support for RTF. Then you get thrown in jail because some company decided that you're "infringing on their intellectual property."
THAT is the point. I should have the right to do anything with MY equipment that I wish.
I would first like to know how hard it would be for the populace to overthrow the government
:o) (do a search for his name on this page.)
Pretty easy - just ask Andre Dallaire
In the month of March and April, there are going to be public forums held in some Canadian cities, to discuss the papers submitted to the copyright board on this topic.
To quote the email I received:
As I'm a good 20 hour drive from the closest of these, I probably won't be able to attend - but I urge any
some people would just download "Ad Timings" files ... so that they could automatically skip or even cut out the ads.
There is always a technological answer - you won't stop people, but you can make it unpalatable.
How about showing the ads between random scenes? After all, they're not going to keep the ads from the original broadcast - they'll insert current ones. If they change where the ads are for each episode then an "ad timing" programs would be useless - they'd need to be continually updated.
Or adding the ads to the bottom (or top, or side) of the stream?
Even without this, most people would just live with the ads.
if you did try it, I wonder if those kids will ever meet their father alive, or in a wheelchair.
Reminds me of something by Wes Borg..
"How come condoms only come in packs of 5 or 6, but women only come in packs of 2 or 3?"
"I saw a pack of 24 condoms the other day! I personally think that a pack of 24 condoms should come with free Gatoraid and crutches."
in my job, I have had the pleasure of talking to many a customer who had an open relay. Here are some VERY common reasons:
You missed my favourite:
"What do you mean spammers are using it? I know it was open, but I didn't tell anyone about it! Spammers can't be using it, I didn't even add it to the DNS"
we suffered a constant barrage of attacks that all seemed to originate in Beijing, or Seoul ... The difficulty arose from our having offices in Shanghai, so a total block of all addresses next to impossible.
What about using a VPN, and blocking everything that wasn't part of the VPN?
That way, your offices in Shanghai would still be able to access your network, and the attacks would be stopped.
Talk about a staw man..
There is a HUGE difference between a website (that you have to expend effort to view) and spam (which you have no choice to view)
How about "If you don't like it, don't go there?"
With spam, you get no such choice. Once it's in your mailbox, you've already seen it.
Shouldn't I block USA?
Sure, if you feel it will help you.
It's the same arguments, right?
No, it's not.
When you complain to an ISP in the US, you will usually get a response, and they will terminate the spammer's account.
When you complain to an ISP in Asia, you get no response, and the spammer continues on their merry way.
Record labels do expend quite a bit of money in studio time for artists.
No. They don't.
All of the money they "front" comes with a guarantee that they will (at a minimum) get it all back. The contract the artist signs says that their $0.50 per CD share goes to pay off the loan for the recording.
If the loan isn't paid off (because the artist files for bankruptcy, for example,) then the "loss" is covered by insurance.
Apparently you have no children. Many authors do, and would like to leave them something.
OK, please explain to us how fixed term copyright doesn't allow this?
If (for example) you get 25 years, and you die 30 years later, you have 25 years to earn money to leave to your children.
If you get 25 years, and die the next day, then your children have 25 years (less a day) to make money from your work.
Seems pretty reasonable to me.
This is not just about open relays. This is also about spam havens, DNS providers for spammer's web sites, and web space providers.
No. THIS is about open relays.
The poster had an open relay, and got blacklisted because of it. Now that he's fixed his mailserver, he's still listed.
If he's not telling the whole story, and is operating out of a spam haven, or is spamvertising his website with another ISP, then that's another issue.
maybe the receiving mail server is on his mail server's blacklist, and they just keep bouncing rejections back and forth ;)
:o)
:o) (yeah, this is a minor technical nit :o)
Interesting, but unlikely (and it wouldn't bounce back and forth anyway - bounce messages that bounce go to the postmaster.)
If he uses his school's email address, sent through his school's email server, he should get the bounce message (because internal delivery always supercedes spam lists,) unless his mail server is misconfigured (which I covered
If he uses a different (say, home) email address, then that would fall under "his mail client is misconfigured" (which I also covered
I send an email, and it doesn't get there, no errors or anything.
/dev/null. (Or, if it does, the mail admin needs his/her head examined.)
If this happens, then your mail server, or your mail client is misconfigured.
A site that operates a blacklist will reject the mail from the beginning - it isn't going to waste resources accepting an email, then deliver it to
If you don't get a bounce message, then either your mail server is screwed (not delivering a bounce message), or your mail program is screwed (maybe you have the wrong email address in it?)
OK, you've fixed your mail relay(s)..
This is a good thing - and what every blacklist's ultimate goal is.
Speaking as a mail server admin, I'd be interested to know which lists are not removing you - so that I can make sure I'm not using them.
Seriously - letting people know about this is the best way to get what you want. If your site is not a relay, any blacklist maintainer is doing their users a disservice by listing you.
As a mail admin, I'd want to know.
Alternatively, you could do the American thing and threaten a lawsuit - most blacklist operators are immune from libel charges because they're just listing people who operate open relays (truth is defense against libel) - if you're not an open relay, then you've got a good case for libel: they're deliberately publishing false information to hurt your business.
Howcome 97% of every one on the other side is white and speaks american english?
For the same reason that all the Star Trek aliens speak american english. (Seriously - this "universal translator" is BS - how come it conveniently stops working when Worf speaks Klingon? Does it know that he doesn't want others to understand what he's saying?)
The answer is this: Because it would be REALLY boring to watch if everybody had a different language!
Think about it: The SG-1 Team goes to gate FUC-1 and meets the inhabitants, only to be killed by the alien "rebel faction" because it took them too long to figure out that "Ghjnak Bhhgegr" is FUC-1ian for "look out, he's got a gun!"