While i cant give you exact, my personal mostly obscure domain sees over 100 mb a month in email traffic. So a low estimate is 95 mb a month, for me. 3000 a day of garbage is not uncommon ( mostly the 'return receipts' of spoofed addresses )
At the office we were up to 10000 messages a SECOND of incoming spam at one point last year, on a rather public domain.
Because of spam they have to filter ( $ ) because of the spam they have to filter it wastes bandwidth ( $ ) and storage and server resources to push it around.
Umm, depending on what you are after, that is a GOOD thing.
Personally, id just want the damned thing to work so i can get my job done, but if you are using it as a 'beacon of virility' then getting those responses is not a bad thing.
Sort of like how a cute dog attracts them from miles away.
You might think that, you [insert crazy libel here]. But think it through.
In the US, you have an absolute right to state your honest opinion, or your honestly believed facts. So, if I believed that, oh, the local priest molested little boys, I could stand out and say that without being sued. *snip*
Unfortunately with how the civil court system works that is not 100% true, as you can be sued by anyone for almost anything, at any time.
The question will be if can you afford to fight to prove you are right or will you be forced to roll over?
Remember, when the UN comes in and gets its way of the 'lowest common denominator' ( using the WTO as its persuasion tactic ), your countries sovereignty wont mean much.
Some of us really don't care either way and will continue to do as we please with the digital copy that in reality doesn't effect the original in any way.
How do you maintain that you're not expressly in the business of circumventing copyright law (as they did in the recent trial) when you offer a paid service that really has no other function?
Seems like a risky strategy.
Why should i? Around these parts its "innocent until proven guilty" beyond a reasonable dobut.
Using a *legal* service is not grounds for being guilty of anything, other then perhaps paranoia.
Currently its not illegal to purchase 'services' from a remote server so records of payment is meaningless.
Since you can be using the legally purchased VPN account for legit reasons too ( like avoiding political percussion, or just to surf ) i don't see the simple act of purchase being grounds for anything.
Now i might be able to get a respectable keyboard for my Mac, since there were never any USB keyboards worth a damn and a PS/2 to USB on an old IBM model M never did work right.
Make it too difficult for the average guy to deal with the projects and the public will demand its removal. Or they will just buy from other companies.
Until DRM is mandated by the government ( which may happen here soon ) there is still a choice.
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Freaking April 1st.
Just what we need, a 'green' angle for them to chew on.
Doesn't apply to a laptop.
Nice to know that stupidity isn't restricted to one country.
While i cant give you exact, my personal mostly obscure domain sees over 100 mb a month in email traffic. So a low estimate is 95 mb a month, for me. 3000 a day of garbage is not uncommon ( mostly the 'return receipts' of spoofed addresses )
At the office we were up to 10000 messages a SECOND of incoming spam at one point last year, on a rather public domain.
Because of spam they have to filter ( $ ) because of the spam they have to filter it wastes bandwidth ( $ ) and storage and server resources to push it around.
Ya, it effects you, just not directly.
A cheap upgrade to make it go faster?
Umm, depending on what you are after, that is a GOOD thing.
Personally, id just want the damned thing to work so i can get my job done, but if you are using it as a 'beacon of virility' then getting those responses is not a bad thing.
Sort of like how a cute dog attracts them from miles away.
Until the laws are changed to make downloading a torrent 'intent' to commit.
Then with that they have grounds for either a search warrant, or just grounds to sue outright.
Or just don't rely on free services and host your own apps.
When it becomes financially more efficient to cut people off, you can be sure they will do it.
You might think that, you [insert crazy libel here]. But think it through.
In the US, you have an absolute right to state your honest opinion, or your honestly believed facts. So, if I believed that, oh, the local priest molested little boys, I could stand out and say that without being sued. *snip*
Unfortunately with how the civil court system works that is not 100% true, as you can be sued by anyone for almost anything, at any time.
The question will be if can you afford to fight to prove you are right or will you be forced to roll over?
Doesn't exist most places does it?
Remember, when the UN comes in and gets its way of the 'lowest common denominator' ( using the WTO as its persuasion tactic ), your countries sovereignty wont mean much.
Would be counter productive. Cant make any money off the botnet that way.
Really, even crashing the infected PC is the same. The days of 'dangerous' viruses have long since past.
If the sale is canceled, why should they get to keep the profit?
If that wasn't the case, just get all your friends to buy stuff and keep the 'bonus' when they return it..
Sounds like AIG :)
Some of us really don't care either way and will continue to do as we please with the digital copy that in reality doesn't effect the original in any way.
Go to your local tech college and try to recruit help. Give them stake in the company.
Stay away from the chinese as they are liable to get the stolen version of your product to market before you do.
But i suppose it can be done.
Or BSD, or several other important platforms.
How do you maintain that you're not expressly in the business of circumventing copyright law (as they did in the recent trial) when you offer a paid service that really has no other function?
Seems like a risky strategy.
Why should i? Around these parts its "innocent until proven guilty" beyond a reasonable dobut.
Using a *legal* service is not grounds for being guilty of anything, other then perhaps paranoia.
Currently its not illegal to purchase 'services' from a remote server so records of payment is meaningless.
Since you can be using the legally purchased VPN account for legit reasons too ( like avoiding political percussion, or just to surf ) i don't see the simple act of purchase being grounds for anything.
Now i might be able to get a respectable keyboard for my Mac, since there were never any USB keyboards worth a damn and a PS/2 to USB on an old IBM model M never did work right.
Yes, but he had to publish something for the 100,000 dollar grant he got or there wont be anymore.
And if you piss it off, it eats your face.
Make it too difficult for the average guy to deal with the projects and the public will demand its removal. Or they will just buy from other companies.
Until DRM is mandated by the government ( which may happen here soon ) there is still a choice.