Are there any (affordable) virtual hosting type companies that support PostgreSQL? I've looked, and only found really expensive ones, compared to the mysql ones.
Choosing to bounce just because the sender can't invest on a dedicated link is rather snobistic.
Not at all. You do have a dedicated link, but due to the way your ISP is handling things, the other people on the internet bounce mail from your IP out of self defense. The fact is, they can't tell you from the spammers and relay rapers without expending an unwarranted amount of effort. Sorry.
If you used a colo facility for your outgoing mail server, that might fix your problems.
I am sorry, but you are nobody to tell other admins how to run their system. If you want to block business DSLs, then start rehersing excuses to tell your users when they complain that legit business mail is being blocked by you. Sending mail through many ISPs SMTP servers is usually a nightmare. In my case, they impose strange restrictions on the message return address and attachment max sizes. Whenever I get a bounce suggesting that I am on DSL, I just fax the message to the user along with the bounce and a note suggesting him to change ISPs.
You apparently missed to part where he said that the ISP in question lumped business and residential DSL together, and was unresponsive to complaints about the many open relays. I, of course, agree with your last sentence, but fail to see how it amplifies your first statement, seeing as how the net result would be to dump the clueless ISP in question.
Nobody is going to tell the Iraqis that they can't have GSM phones or towers. But the system they get from us, essentially for free, will be the system that we choose. And if we choose CMDA, then so be it.
What, you mean that I can get a whole phone system, for free? And all I need is to be bombed into rubble? Shit, where do I sign?
I spend lots of money designing a printer, software drivers, and ink carts. I sell the printer at or below cost with the intention of recouping my R&D expendutures by selling the carts above cost. My marketing division has already set out a 2-year life cycle and set prices at an acceptable margin.
Then, some worthless knockoff shows up and under sells my carts. He didn't put anything into R&D other than making his carts fit in my printer. He didn't design the heads to operate properly in my printer. His carts outsell mine and the people who buy them end up shorting the life cycle.
End the end, who gets screwed? I'm not going to sell a product if it is a hemmorage to my bottom line. I'm not going to make carts for an end-of-life product. The knockoff isn't going to make carts for a printer that sold poorly. The people who bought the printer can't find ink they need.
So you don't sell your product at an insane price point. So what? this is how a free market works.
How do copyrights restrict the manufacturing of printer cartridges?
Simple: incorporate a chip in the ink cartridge that interacts with the printer. This chip is required for the cartridge to be recognized, but it uses some form of encryption, so duplicating it may violate the DMCA. HP has already used these tactics to limit or prevent sale of third party cartridges.
Some third party is upset that they cannot refill those cartridges, even though they were not designed to be refilled, and are at the end of their lives.
They're more pissed that they are being prevented from refilling the cartridges by technology put there for the purpose, and that they are unable to manufacture knockoffs due to the DMCA.
In short, unless you manufacture inkjet refill kits, don't worry about this, it doesn't matter and it would change your life in the least.
Unless you happen to like the idea of competition, that is. Allow this, and you will see more and more things that you buy come with strings attached regarding usage, and those strings will be backed up by legal force.
I am sick and tired of this "Competent Admin" prick waving. It's a rehash of the old "only bad girls get knocked up" mentality. If you're rooted, it's because your were a Bad Admin.
No, it's more like 'only stupid girls get mugged while walking through a dark alley in Hell's Kitchen at 2 in the morning'. The equivalent of a well run system is 2 or 3 people walking as a goup, each armed with slap tasers and concealed Glocks, plus a cellphone with a private security service on speed dial.
Just out of curiosity, is Micro$oft required to release the source of MS-DOS 1.0 when/if the copyright expires, or does just the binary form become public domain? The source is copyright too, no?
Why does copyright law apply at all? It's not as if MS ever published the source for any of its DOS versions.
If a mainframe is obsolete because it is 50 year old technology, what about the 120 year old technology called the "telephone"
Try using a telephone from 50 years ago, with the infrastructure from 50 years ago and tell me that phone is not obsolete. Sure, a modern mainframe isn't obsolete (though it is irritating to use), but it isn't 50 year old tech, either.
If your parents don't trust you at 16, I would say it has something to do with you, not them.
I would dispute that, as I know a couple of parents who have serious control issues. That said, it doesn't matter who's to blame: this 'kid' is going to be an adult in 2 years and he needs to get some freedom and responsibility whether he can handle it or not. Better to screw up royally while still a minor than wait til you're legally an adult.
Like the freedom to get snatched while walking to school?
Well, most abductions are done by people the kid knows, like a dad in the midst of a nasty divorce, so that won't help. This may help with your random sicko, provided he doesn't have the presence of mind to look for bugs, but random sickos don't account for a whole lot of risk. That said, I think this stuff is fine until the kid turns 7 or 8 - provided the kid knows why it's there. I can't imagine subjecting a high-schooler to this sort of treatment.
can coca-cola decide, which potato chips Safeway can sell in order to get price break on coke?
Sure - they just buy shelf space with that proviso in the contract. I understand that exclusivity contracts are illegal, but paying for prime shelf space is not.
The only difference is that this module was intended to make undergrads see the failure and risk by means of software engineering, and we did this by looking at various procedures for writing secure code, and we looked at lots of examples from history (the challenger incident, for example, etc).
What does the challenger explosion have to do with software engineering? That tragedy happened because the engineers in charge of safety were overruled by management looking for PR.
However, most consumers are still not happy with the speed of their computer. The TV still starts working faster, the washing machine just goes, the PC does not. Stick a CPU meter on your desktop and work away for an hour. The day it never hits 100% then we've reached computing nirvana.
Faster CPUs won't help. What you need is an OS designed for instant-on. The current incarnation just won't cut it.
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Are there any (affordable) virtual hosting type companies that support PostgreSQL? I've looked, and only found really expensive ones, compared to the mysql ones.
Try cqhost.net. It does postgresSQL for $20/mo.
Choosing to bounce just because the sender can't invest on a dedicated link is rather snobistic.
Not at all. You do have a dedicated link, but due to the way your ISP is handling things, the other people on the internet bounce mail from your IP out of self defense. The fact is, they can't tell you from the spammers and relay rapers without expending an unwarranted amount of effort. Sorry.
If you used a colo facility for your outgoing mail server, that might fix your problems.
I am sorry, but you are nobody to tell other admins how to run their system. If you want to block business DSLs, then start rehersing excuses to tell your users when they complain that legit business mail is being blocked by you. Sending mail through many ISPs SMTP servers is usually a nightmare. In my case, they impose strange restrictions on the message return address and attachment max sizes. Whenever I get a bounce suggesting that I am on DSL, I just fax the message to the user along with the bounce and a note suggesting him to change ISPs.
You apparently missed to part where he said that the ISP in question lumped business and residential DSL together, and was unresponsive to complaints about the many open relays. I, of course, agree with your last sentence, but fail to see how it amplifies your first statement, seeing as how the net result would be to dump the clueless ISP in question.
Nobody is going to tell the Iraqis that they can't have GSM phones or towers. But the system they get from us, essentially for free, will be the system that we choose. And if we choose CMDA, then so be it.
What, you mean that I can get a whole phone system, for free? And all I need is to be bombed into rubble? Shit, where do I sign?
I spend lots of money designing a printer, software drivers, and ink carts. I sell the printer at or below cost with the intention of recouping my R&D expendutures by selling the carts above cost. My marketing division has already set out a 2-year life cycle and set prices at an acceptable margin. Then, some worthless knockoff shows up and under sells my carts. He didn't put anything into R&D other than making his carts fit in my printer. He didn't design the heads to operate properly in my printer. His carts outsell mine and the people who buy them end up shorting the life cycle.
End the end, who gets screwed? I'm not going to sell a product if it is a hemmorage to my bottom line. I'm not going to make carts for an end-of-life product. The knockoff isn't going to make carts for a printer that sold poorly. The people who bought the printer can't find ink they need.
So you don't sell your product at an insane price point. So what? this is how a free market works.
How do copyrights restrict the manufacturing of printer cartridges?
Simple: incorporate a chip in the ink cartridge that interacts with the printer. This chip is required for the cartridge to be recognized, but it uses some form of encryption, so duplicating it may violate the DMCA. HP has already used these tactics to limit or prevent sale of third party cartridges.
Some third party is upset that they cannot refill those cartridges, even though they were not designed to be refilled, and are at the end of their lives.
They're more pissed that they are being prevented from refilling the cartridges by technology put there for the purpose, and that they are unable to manufacture knockoffs due to the DMCA.
In short, unless you manufacture inkjet refill kits, don't worry about this, it doesn't matter and it would change your life in the least.
Unless you happen to like the idea of competition, that is. Allow this, and you will see more and more things that you buy come with strings attached regarding usage, and those strings will be backed up by legal force.
then some kind former M$ employee would surely post it to a public ftp server or gnutella.
... and be promptly sued into dust for theft of trade secrets.
I am sick and tired of this "Competent Admin" prick waving. It's a rehash of the old "only bad girls get knocked up" mentality. If you're rooted, it's because your were a Bad Admin.
No, it's more like 'only stupid girls get mugged while walking through a dark alley in Hell's Kitchen at 2 in the morning'. The equivalent of a well run system is 2 or 3 people walking as a goup, each armed with slap tasers and concealed Glocks, plus a cellphone with a private security service on speed dial.
So this isn't just a policy or "rule" issue... there's one thousand millions reasons in the first year alone why they would object.
I wonder how that compares to the amount they've spent lobbying against this for the past 5 or so years.
Just out of curiosity, is Micro$oft required to release the source of MS-DOS 1.0 when/if the copyright expires, or does just the binary form become public domain? The source is copyright too, no?
Why does copyright law apply at all? It's not as if MS ever published the source for any of its DOS versions.
Five 9s is old school. Five reboots a day, that's the cutting edge!
Heh. I don't want cutting edge in production, that's what R&D is for.
If a mainframe is obsolete because it is 50 year old technology, what about the 120 year old technology called the "telephone"
Try using a telephone from 50 years ago, with the infrastructure from 50 years ago and tell me that phone is not obsolete. Sure, a modern mainframe isn't obsolete (though it is irritating to use), but it isn't 50 year old tech, either.
But you don't actively push away people when there is no tangible benefit for others to remove the feature.
How about making life hard for vendors that overclock systems in order to sell at a higher price point? Fraud prevention is a serious benefit.
Care to tell me a right you have lost? or one you stand to lose?
Well, if you're a member of an unpopular political party (like the Greens), you lose the ability to use the airport. Good luck getting elected.
Do we know, mathematically, how much a kilogram is?
Yes. Exactly 1/12th mol of Carbon-12. However, that may take some time to count.
If your parents don't trust you at 16, I would say it has something to do with you, not them.
I would dispute that, as I know a couple of parents who have serious control issues. That said, it doesn't matter who's to blame: this 'kid' is going to be an adult in 2 years and he needs to get some freedom and responsibility whether he can handle it or not. Better to screw up royally while still a minor than wait til you're legally an adult.
Like the freedom to get snatched while walking to school?
Well, most abductions are done by people the kid knows, like a dad in the midst of a nasty divorce, so that won't help. This may help with your random sicko, provided he doesn't have the presence of mind to look for bugs, but random sickos don't account for a whole lot of risk. That said, I think this stuff is fine until the kid turns 7 or 8 - provided the kid knows why it's there. I can't imagine subjecting a high-schooler to this sort of treatment.
can coca-cola decide, which potato chips Safeway can sell in order to get price break on coke?
Sure - they just buy shelf space with that proviso in the contract. I understand that exclusivity contracts are illegal, but paying for prime shelf space is not.
9 Democrat's course on Tax Cuts.
Republican's course on fiscal responsibility.
The only difference is that this module was intended to make undergrads see the failure and risk by means of software engineering, and we did this by looking at various procedures for writing secure code, and we looked at lots of examples from history (the challenger incident, for example, etc).
What does the challenger explosion have to do with software engineering? That tragedy happened because the engineers in charge of safety were overruled by management looking for PR.
Blair is just using the old Lloyd George maxim "Britain reserves the right to bomb niggers."
That sounds just like George Carlin - "why do we bomb them? Because they're full of brown people! "
However, most consumers are still not happy with the speed of their computer. The TV still starts working faster, the washing machine just goes, the PC does not. Stick a CPU meter on your desktop and work away for an hour. The day it never hits 100% then we've reached computing nirvana.
Faster CPUs won't help. What you need is an OS designed for instant-on. The current incarnation just won't cut it.
It too bad americans still make a distinction between animated movies and live action ones.
I wonder how they'll handle Avalon...
Yesterday, I put it on the car CD player and accidentally ran down a moped and three pedestrians before I realised I wasn't playing the game.
Heh. At least you didn't punt a moped guy into a cop.