Tell them to bugger off? No! Trick them into the forest and put them out of their misery with a blunt object to the head (see hammer discussion a couple of posts up).
No one is focring you to change ISPs, but as long as you use a spam shelter as an ISP, you will face the consequences.
As for the users who do not know that they are losing mail, tough luck. They can't blame their ISP for not accepting traffic from spammer ISPs. Blame the spammers.
Look, this is really very simple. If you want to do business with someone connected to an ISP which uses SPEWS, take your money away from the spam host and to a provider which does not host spammers.
So you paid lots of money for your fancy T1 line did you! Well gee, that's touching. Now quit whining and do something about it - change to an ISP which doesn't host spammers.
Well, you could always spew out insults and lame exuses as to why you should be able to force your crap on everyone else, but this simple question remains:
I don't think you realize this, but you have Opera to thank for much of the UI innovation right now. Who brought mouse gestures and refined tabbed browsing/combined SDI and MDI to the browser world (Netcaptor might have introduced it, but Opera made it popular and refined it)?
Mozilla borrows heavily from Opera. There is simply no denying it.
So why shouldn't Slashdot ignore Opera? It is simple. Opera is fighting the good fight, with Mozilla. Mozilla even gets a lot of users from Opera! Opera works for open standards - to make the web free and open. The person who created CSS works for Opera!
If Opera dies, another alternative browser will disappear, and that does nothing but to remove the choice. Today, you can actually choose between several browsers.
Oops. I forgot that this was Slashdot. I can't expect people to think for themselves and leave out the most obvious crap. Never mind, you wouldn't understand this anyway.
"You get put on that list, and get harassed for weeks and weeks."
People on such a list would only be well known spammers, not some random idiot who failed to secure his system and deserves what's coming for him anyway.
"The same way that sex offenders lives are disrupted by having their names published in communities they move to, we could publish spammer's information here on slashdot."
Except these exposed sex offenders are usually those who have served their time - taken the punishment. The spammers are active as they are exposed here and elsewhere. In other words: This is done to someone who has taken the consequences of their actions (sex offenders), as opposed to spammers, who are exposed because they are doing it right now.
Big difference.
This would be more like spotting a sex offender in the act and shouting the location out so anyone can come and kick his ass.
Just like we should track down spammers and kick their asses as long as they continue to spam.
Once the spammer stops spamming (after a severe beating mind you), there is no reason to publish personal details everywhere anymore.
You can think of lots of ways to stop spam that would be a bad thing? Ok, can you mention a few examples?
And don't give me the nonsense about laws about spam limiting individual freedom, free speech and similar. Laws to make spam illegal wouldn't affect people, only companies that try to make money by harassing others. And spam isn't (covered by) free speech. In fact, spam today is more like forced speak. Spam tries to force you to read it.
" there is your proof that P2P is hurting the industry"
To which a large number of people would say: Great! Let's hit them where it hurts! Let's distribute their material for free as much as we can. Maybe that way, they will go out of business. Why on earth should an industry need to unite and form associations like RIAA and MPAA anyway? What is the point? It's only to lobby for the industry right? In that case, a lot of people would be more than happy to see them collapse.
As long as the industry forms cartels to artificially inflate prices for their crappy products, people will get stuff for free, and some will even do whatever they can to make sure these cartels do not make money.
If the RIAA continues its fight against its customers' rights, some customers will stop being customers and either just get whatever they can for free, or actively work against the RIAA. And some would say that this is the only thing which is morally right to do.
They will say that fighting against an evil which is trying to take away your rights is in fact morally and ethically right. That is is inethical not to fight these illegal cartels who lobby to remove our rights.
So if P2P is to "blame" for worse times for these cartels, I am sure a lot of people would simply tell you that it is a good thing, and to get over it.
Fight the people and some people will fight back. It is the only right thing to do.
It sounds like you are referring to adware Opera as spyware - or at least it might sound like it to others. Just in case anyone thinks it is: Opera is NOT spyware! It doesn't come with Gator or Digital Brilliance at all. It's got built-in ad support which doesn't spy on anyone.
"It is also true that if you take away guns, it will be easier for the government to ass-rape you because they will have nothing to fear from you."
Pardon me, but do you really think that highly trained, well equipped soldiers will have any problems what so ever to slaughter down a group of ragtag civilians armed with handguns? Do you really think anyone will be able to organize civilians well enough to stop the army if the government chooses to use it against the people?
No, your best defense is to vote wisely - against corporate whores who only obey mega corporations.
Only fools think handguns will help at all if the army does turn on the people.
"Is it just me or do posters always get modded up whenever they dare the moderators to mod them down?"
No, but it is easier to see +5 posts if you use the default view of the discussions. Thus, the ones that are unfunny, lame, dare the mods to mod them down, and are modded down, you never see.
No, Microsoft and Nintendo are definitely competitors. It is not without reason that Nintendo pretended to be interested to be bought out by Microsoft to be able to learn more about Microsoft's future plans.
And Nintendo doesn't focus on kids - it focuses on games that can be played by anyone.
Lastly, Nintendo is not moving to handheld as its primary market. It wants to dominate both handheld and home gaming.
In conclusion, you are talking complete and utter nonsense. Not a single word you wrote was of any value.
"Meat was OK for us way back when it wasn't pumped full of hormones, anti-biotics, and God-knows-what-else."
As if vetetables aren't pumped full of hormones and whatnot.
" I stopped eating it because of modern farming techniques and the fact that animals are ABUSED"
So you are a bunny-hugging-tree-sitting-crunchy!
"Ugh, do you people know what goes into hotdogs?"
As it happens, I like meat, but not all kinds. I don't like hotdogs. But those who like hotdogs are free to eat them. I won't feel sorry for the animal that lost its lips and asshole.
"Meat 1000 years ago (heck even 100) is fine. Modern meat is NOT perfectly natural and good for you. You dig your grave with your teeth."
Because some animals are abused an because hotdogs suck, meat is not natural and good for you today? Interesting logic.
Meat is actually a natural part of your diet. If it wasn't for meat, we wouldn't be here. We are created to eat a mixed diet, so that is the best way to stay healthy.
Well, it is damned important to us, seeing as it made us into what we are. It made our brains grow! And our teeth are suited to both meat and vegetables.
Meat is perfectly natural and good for you, as long as you have a balanced diet. That goes for anything. Too much of something is bad for you. The problem today is more that people eat too much meat than that we eat meat at all.
Meat eaters - be proud. You are continuing our predecessors' great tradition of eating meat to be more clever.
If you had bothered to read the comments to that story, you would have seen that the article was fatally flawed and that the author completely failed to get his point across, and ended up looking like an idiot to millions. Just read some of the comments in the link you posted!
"Google might be number 1 in the search engine rankings at the moment but it would be good to see them have a bit of competition so that they do not use their dominant position for financial gain."
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Google is a commercial company. Its aim is to make money. I see nothing wrong with Google using its dominant position to make money. After all, it does this because a lot of people think it's the best search engine out there, not because it forces others out of business with shady business practices. It delivers a solid "product" which makes money because it is good, not because it forces people to use it.
One thing is being wary of signs of abuse. Another thing is to think that Google shouldn't be making money just because they are big and dominate the search engine market.
Again, please read my post before responding. Why can't an adult enjoy Mario Kart? How can they be ignoring mature gamers when their games can actually be played by both kids and adults? You said it yourself, you love Mario Kart. But maybe you are a teenager, insecure of yourself, and therefore have to make a point out of not playing games that you perceive as being for kids only?
Why are you replying without reading what I wrote first?
I just mentioned a number of games for adults available for the GameCube. And why do you have to be a kid to enjoy games without blood and gore? You don't. Only insecure teenagers who want to be adults think so. Grow up.
And the GameCube production is paused because they've made too many. That doesn't mean that it is going badly. It's selling more than the X-box on a world-wide basis.
Nintendo also makes money for each GC sold. The GC might not be the best selling system, but it is profitable.
"When gamers grew up, Nintendo was still making games for kids."
Oh, I get it. You think no new children are born in the world today, so now suddenly everyone has grown up and there are no children left! Yeah, good one.
Oh, and what about Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, Resident Evil, Blood Omen, Mortal Kombat, BMX XXX, Turok...
"What has kept Nintendo alive has been GAMEBOY SALES."
The GameCube is profitable.
Your rant is so full of errors, exaggerations and general nonsense that I think I'll stop right here.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe someone should pay him a visit in person? :)
No, but it is a major pain in the ass to the Linux community.
Tell them to bugger off? No! Trick them into the forest and put them out of their misery with a blunt object to the head (see hammer discussion a couple of posts up).
As for the users who do not know that they are losing mail, tough luck. They can't blame their ISP for not accepting traffic from spammer ISPs. Blame the spammers.
Why are you blaming the blocklists for blocking ISPs that harbor spammers? It isn't the blocklist's fault that there are spammers on that network.
The spam provider is to blame, and if Something Awful wants out of the mess, it should take its business elsewhere.
Look, this is really very simple. If you want to do business with someone connected to an ISP which uses SPEWS, take your money away from the spam host and to a provider which does not host spammers.
So you paid lots of money for your fancy T1 line did you! Well gee, that's touching. Now quit whining and do something about it - change to an ISP which doesn't host spammers.
Well, you could always spew out insults and lame exuses as to why you should be able to force your crap on everyone else, but this simple question remains:
Why don't you change to a different ISP?
I don't think you realize this, but you have Opera to thank for much of the UI innovation right now. Who brought mouse gestures and refined tabbed browsing/combined SDI and MDI to the browser world (Netcaptor might have introduced it, but Opera made it popular and refined it)?
Mozilla borrows heavily from Opera. There is simply no denying it.
So why shouldn't Slashdot ignore Opera? It is simple. Opera is fighting the good fight, with Mozilla. Mozilla even gets a lot of users from Opera! Opera works for open standards - to make the web free and open. The person who created CSS works for Opera!
If Opera dies, another alternative browser will disappear, and that does nothing but to remove the choice. Today, you can actually choose between several browsers.
Oops. I forgot that this was Slashdot. I can't expect people to think for themselves and leave out the most obvious crap. Never mind, you wouldn't understand this anyway.
Big difference.
This would be more like spotting a sex offender in the act and shouting the location out so anyone can come and kick his ass.
Just like we should track down spammers and kick their asses as long as they continue to spam.
Once the spammer stops spamming (after a severe beating mind you), there is no reason to publish personal details everywhere anymore.
And don't give me the nonsense about laws about spam limiting individual freedom, free speech and similar. Laws to make spam illegal wouldn't affect people, only companies that try to make money by harassing others. And spam isn't (covered by) free speech. In fact, spam today is more like forced speak. Spam tries to force you to read it.
As long as the industry forms cartels to artificially inflate prices for their crappy products, people will get stuff for free, and some will even do whatever they can to make sure these cartels do not make money.
If the RIAA continues its fight against its customers' rights, some customers will stop being customers and either just get whatever they can for free, or actively work against the RIAA. And some would say that this is the only thing which is morally right to do.
They will say that fighting against an evil which is trying to take away your rights is in fact morally and ethically right. That is is inethical not to fight these illegal cartels who lobby to remove our rights.
So if P2P is to "blame" for worse times for these cartels, I am sure a lot of people would simply tell you that it is a good thing, and to get over it.
Fight the people and some people will fight back. It is the only right thing to do.
It sounds like you are referring to adware Opera as spyware - or at least it might sound like it to others. Just in case anyone thinks it is: Opera is NOT spyware! It doesn't come with Gator or Digital Brilliance at all. It's got built-in ad support which doesn't spy on anyone.
No, your best defense is to vote wisely - against corporate whores who only obey mega corporations.
Only fools think handguns will help at all if the army does turn on the people.
That said...
"I know I'll probably be modded down for this!"
Except the losses to NVIDIA are minimal in two of the cases, while the one ATI wins at, it has a far bigger market share than NVIDIA.
And Nintendo doesn't focus on kids - it focuses on games that can be played by anyone.
Lastly, Nintendo is not moving to handheld as its primary market. It wants to dominate both handheld and home gaming.
In conclusion, you are talking complete and utter nonsense. Not a single word you wrote was of any value.
Meat is actually a natural part of your diet. If it wasn't for meat, we wouldn't be here. We are created to eat a mixed diet, so that is the best way to stay healthy.
Well, it is damned important to us, seeing as it made us into what we are. It made our brains grow! And our teeth are suited to both meat and vegetables.
Meat is perfectly natural and good for you, as long as you have a balanced diet. That goes for anything. Too much of something is bad for you. The problem today is more that people eat too much meat than that we eat meat at all.
Meat eaters - be proud. You are continuing our predecessors' great tradition of eating meat to be more clever.
Meat eaters taste better.
Here's an example.
One thing is being wary of signs of abuse. Another thing is to think that Google shouldn't be making money just because they are big and dominate the search engine market.
Again, please read my post before responding. Why can't an adult enjoy Mario Kart? How can they be ignoring mature gamers when their games can actually be played by both kids and adults? You said it yourself, you love Mario Kart. But maybe you are a teenager, insecure of yourself, and therefore have to make a point out of not playing games that you perceive as being for kids only?
I just mentioned a number of games for adults available for the GameCube. And why do you have to be a kid to enjoy games without blood and gore? You don't. Only insecure teenagers who want to be adults think so. Grow up.
And the GameCube production is paused because they've made too many. That doesn't mean that it is going badly. It's selling more than the X-box on a world-wide basis.
Nintendo also makes money for each GC sold. The GC might not be the best selling system, but it is profitable.
Please RTFA.
Oh, and what about Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, Resident Evil, Blood Omen, Mortal Kombat, BMX XXX, Turok...
The GameCube is profitable.Your rant is so full of errors, exaggerations and general nonsense that I think I'll stop right here.