The problem usually is that these type of long-term poliwhores are doing enough good to keep people voting for him.
A road is fixed here and there, a child is hugged, and some poor welfare mom is saved from the system that has wronged her for years. Who cares if the same poliwhore makes some stupid P2P company's officers felons. Nobody is ever going to sue Sony for producing VCRs...
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill corrupt politicians
So basically the judge just ruled that privacy policies are unenforeable, non-binding and even if they're violated there is no real harm done. Wow, makes one wonder why companies even bother putting them up.
Of course anyone who have had the pleasure of being a customer of one of the several online merchants who have chosen to update their privacy policies, could have told you the same without a lawsuit.
I own one of their cd based mp3 players, and that thing is the best portable cd player I've ever used. Its user friendliness, firmware updates and general quality of construction is unbeatable.
The only problem with the unit in question here, apparently, is that it doesn't look like an iPod. Duh.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill conformity
"Additionally, these same American marketing firms most likely buy "bulk email services" from Russian and Chinese spammers operating networks of compromised PCs."
Steve Linford was misquoted in the article. 70% of the spamvertised websites are hosted in China, so the 80% zombie spam source quote is accurate.
However, what was said above is not quite true.
There aren't that many spammers in Russia and China. They mainly offer spam support services.
Russians specialize in writing viruses that create zombie networks. They then sell access to the zombie network to American spammers. Russians USED to also host the spamvertised websites, but for some reason that's not happening as frequently any more as it was 2 - 4 years ago. Probably because the Chinese have better pricing and/or infrastructure.
The zombies are controlled by American spammers, using open proxies and other zombies to hide their trail.
Chinese specialize in bulletproof hosting, i.e. hosting spamvertised websites with service contracts that state the sites will not be terminated due to spam complaints.
"In fact, if I had my guess, I'd say it's quite likely that the bulk of infected Windows PCs are in China and Russia."
Clearly you have never had an account on any of the US broadband providers. ALL of them are FULL of zombies. It's completely insane. You plug your computer on their network and within a second your firewall lights go completely nuts. If you're stupid enough to run your computer without a firewall and without all the latest security fixes, you will be a zombie within the first minute as well.
I have no ties in China, I will have no ties in China. There's no reason for me to get email from anyone in China. Why shouldn't I block email from China?
If I was running a big ISP serving customers in lower Manhattan, advertising in Chinatown, things might be a little different.
Uh, did I argue that video game consoles are worthless or that PCs are going to "win"? No.
I was responding to a post that wondered what's the point of having a gaming PC in the first place. Well, the point is that for certain types of gaming PCs are superior to video game consoles.
Reading the review by Jem Matzan at NewsForge, I can't help but wonder, if Ken Brown's goal was to either accelerate building a tighter Open Source and/or Linux community or study the how an (online) community would react to a vicious, if not incompetent, attack on it.
There is no way he could have thought the book could have been taken seriously, after all. Unless he's one of those incomptetent people who have no idea how incomptetent they really are (witness WB's Superstar "reality" garbage).
Funny you should mention that...people've been talking about muslims dissappearing somewhere in the coast of Cuba for a few years. I wonder what's causing it?
Spammers are using brute force attacks, there's nothing bright about that.
They also hire OTHERS or buy 3rd party software to do the real tricky stuff like writing hashbusters, proxy relaying, netblock hijacking, zombie relaying, and other illegal acts that they routinely do.
You've also made a career out of lying to your customers. You tell them your lists are opt-in only, targeted and all that. Yet your lists are full of harvested addresses, role accounts, spamtraps, and other junk.
I would love to discuss all this with you, but I doubt you have anything else to say to me than "bullshit, you anti-commerce net nazi fuck".
The day the parasites and sociopaths like you dissappear from the face of the earth is a good day.
Non-stop slander? He *is* a convicted felon (fenced some stolen goods a decade or so ago), a habitual liar (high-volume email deployer, anyone?) and he steals every day by spamming.
As for my.sig line, please try not take everything so literally, ok?
He himself posted his family information on the web a month or so ago, btw. No need to post anything anywhere. He's addresses, both meatspace and email are all over the net thanks to his ego. He just can not resist getting into headlines.
Sony's (one of the Big 5 record labels) Sony Connect music download service launched 5/5/2004. The price point is $.99 for singles and $9.99 for albums.
The same week we get reports that the Big 5 has successfully managed to pressure Apple to raise their prices.
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"So why dont YOU do something about it?"
I am. Every willing ear hears about these things from me. I'm on a number of mailing lists I bring these sort of things up any time they pop up.
Get off your ass and send some Emails, if you can't leave your house.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill corrupt politicians
"And why do the Utahans keep voting for him?"
The problem usually is that these type of long-term poliwhores are doing enough good to keep people voting for him.
A road is fixed here and there, a child is hugged, and some poor welfare mom is saved from the system that has wronged her for years. Who cares if the same poliwhore makes some stupid P2P company's officers felons. Nobody is ever going to sue Sony for producing VCRs...
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill corrupt politicians
"I'm so sick of reading on /. about how our rights are being taken away and then no one else i know offline knows anything is happenning."
Why don't you do something about that? Spread the awareness.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill corrupt politicians
So basically the judge just ruled that privacy policies are unenforeable, non-binding and even if they're violated there is no real harm done. Wow, makes one wonder why companies even bother putting them up.
Of course anyone who have had the pleasure of being a customer of one of the several online merchants who have chosen to update their privacy policies, could have told you the same without a lawsuit.
I own one of their cd based mp3 players, and that thing is the best portable cd player I've ever used. Its user friendliness, firmware updates and general quality of construction is unbeatable.
The only problem with the unit in question here, apparently, is that it doesn't look like an iPod. Duh.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill conformity
"Additionally, these same American marketing firms most likely buy "bulk email services" from Russian and Chinese spammers operating networks of compromised PCs."
Steve Linford was misquoted in the article. 70% of the spamvertised websites are hosted in China, so the 80% zombie spam source quote is accurate.
However, what was said above is not quite true.
There aren't that many spammers in Russia and China. They mainly offer spam support services.
Russians specialize in writing viruses that create zombie networks. They then sell access to the zombie network to American spammers. Russians USED to also host the spamvertised websites, but for some reason that's not happening as frequently any more as it was 2 - 4 years ago. Probably because the Chinese have better pricing and/or infrastructure.
The zombies are controlled by American spammers, using open proxies and other zombies to hide their trail.
Chinese specialize in bulletproof hosting, i.e. hosting spamvertised websites with service contracts that state the sites will not be terminated due to spam complaints.
"In fact, if I had my guess, I'd say it's quite likely that the bulk of infected Windows PCs are in China and Russia."
Clearly you have never had an account on any of the US broadband providers. ALL of them are FULL of zombies. It's completely insane. You plug your computer on their network and within a second your firewall lights go completely nuts. If you're stupid enough to run your computer without a firewall and without all the latest security fixes, you will be a zombie within the first minute as well.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers.
There's nothing wrong with blocking by country.
I have no ties in China, I will have no ties in China. There's no reason for me to get email from anyone in China. Why shouldn't I block email from China?
If I was running a big ISP serving customers in lower Manhattan, advertising in Chinatown, things might be a little different.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers
Uh, did I argue that video game consoles are worthless or that PCs are going to "win"? No.
I was responding to a post that wondered what's the point of having a gaming PC in the first place. Well, the point is that for certain types of gaming PCs are superior to video game consoles.
"...as soon as they come out with a console that can play Nethack..."
You bastard! Why did you have to mention that game???
I had successfully erased all memories of it from my mind. It wasn't easy. The withdrawal symptoms almost killed me.
It's pulling me back...must resist...
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill Nethack addiction
PCs are better than video game consoles for certain types of games, mainly strategy and RPG games.
Until video game consoles come up with good replacements for the keyboard and mouse, that fact will remain.
That's the one I had in mind :) Awesome study, unlike dear Ken's.
Reading the review by Jem Matzan at NewsForge, I can't help but wonder, if Ken Brown's goal was to either accelerate building a tighter Open Source and/or Linux community or study the how an (online) community would react to a vicious, if not incompetent, attack on it.
There is no way he could have thought the book could have been taken seriously, after all. Unless he's one of those incomptetent people who have no idea how incomptetent they really are (witness WB's Superstar "reality" garbage).
Funny you should mention that...people've been talking about muslims dissappearing somewhere in the coast of Cuba for a few years. I wonder what's causing it?
Do please try to keep up with the issues surrounding spam and spammers.
They cause billions of dollars worth of damage every year. They are routinely violating numerous laws, yet they still operate freely.
The most recent development has been mass scale use of zombie networks for spamming and DDOS attacks against spam fighters.
It's also widely known that some of the viruses out there have been created solely to establish zombie networks for use by spammers.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers. The more painful, the better.
Would you rather people work on minor issues only after the more serious ones have been resolved?
Good luck to you on that...you can start by solving the AIDS epidemic. I trust you'll report on your progress in timely basis.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill anonymous morons
LOL
:)
I have 100 kids
gas: $2.xx
milk: $3.xx
That gallon of gas sure is expensive...
Spammers are using brute force attacks, there's nothing bright about that.
They also hire OTHERS or buy 3rd party software to do the real tricky stuff like writing hashbusters, proxy relaying, netblock hijacking, zombie relaying, and other illegal acts that they routinely do.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers
This sort of thing does very little to protect the people at large, while inconveniencing them quite a lot.
The politician on the podium, however, has no use for a cellphone, so s/he won't be inconvenienced at all, while his/her safety is increased.
Once again it's public policy taking care of their own. Seems to be a hallmark of this administration.
How is that patentable? Looks to me a rather common solution to the "drill-down" usability problem.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill USPTO
My bad, felon.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers
You *are* a convicted felon, dear Snotty.
You've also made a career out of lying to your customers. You tell them your lists are opt-in only, targeted and all that. Yet your lists are full of harvested addresses, role accounts, spamtraps, and other junk.
I would love to discuss all this with you, but I doubt you have anything else to say to me than "bullshit, you anti-commerce net nazi fuck".
The day the parasites and sociopaths like you dissappear from the face of the earth is a good day.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers
Non-stop slander? He *is* a convicted felon (fenced some stolen goods a decade or so ago), a habitual liar (high-volume email deployer, anyone?) and he steals every day by spamming.
.sig line, please try not take everything so literally, ok?
As for my
He himself posted his family information on the web a month or so ago, btw. No need to post anything anywhere. He's addresses, both meatspace and email are all over the net thanks to his ego. He just can not resist getting into headlines.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers
"I think we will rue this day for years to come."
I don't think so.
Scott Richter is still a lying scumbag, a convicted felon and a thief.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers
Sony's (one of the Big 5 record labels) Sony Connect music download service launched 5/5/2004. The price point is $.99 for singles and $9.99 for albums.
The same week we get reports that the Big 5 has successfully managed to pressure Apple to raise their prices.
Coincidence? I don't think so.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill RIAA