I agree. Additionally, if the system is also used to transmit information, similarly to the web, as mentionned to avoid the slashdot effect, it could also be used for DISinformation or FUD of news and others...
Sorry, my cookies where disabled so it got posted as AC.
In case of /. effect: Nadine the first part
on
The Story of "Nadine"
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Background Information
honet.com is the Internet domain owned by
Home Office Networks, a tiny
network service and consulting company located in Frisco, Texas.
For various reasons that seem good to its owners, its mail
server accepts any and all email sent to addresses at
honet.com, whether or not the accounts exist. There are many other organizations, both small and large, for which
this is true. (For example, the domain
honet.be also accepts mail for invalid accounts and later issues a "delivery failure" notice.)
Because there are quite a few similar domains scattered
all over the Earth, honet.com gets a steady trickle of
misdirected email -- contracts, confidential product
marketing plans, shipping manifests, students' homework,
embarrassingly intimate personal notes, family holiday
photos... and mailing list spam.
Mailing list spam happens when somebody gives an email
address that they don't actually own to the owner of a
mailing list. This may occur by accident (a typing
error, perhaps) or intentionally (for example, giving a false
address to avoid receiving unwanted email). If the
mailing list is properly
administered, this is not really a problem -- when the
"please confirm that you have signed up" message arrives,
nobody exists to respond to it, and the address drops off the
list.
Unfortunately, there are still a great many lists that are
not managed responsibly. As a result, quite a few bogus
honet.com accounts regularly receive email that is being sent
to a nonexisting person. If the mailings persist I
eventually toss the sending domain into the local mail
server's deny list.
Alas, the list owners often will continue sending email no
matter how many "No Such User" bounce messages they receive,
and no matter how long all attempts at communication from
their domain to this one are rejected.
This is a serious problem for the Internet's email system,
and it will become even more serious as time goes on, if
nothing is done to awaken the many thousands of owners of
legitimate (but unconfirmed) email lists.
This web page recounts the ongoing story of one undead and
undying bogus account, created by mistake but gathering ever
more and more useless advertising traffic. I offer it
in the hope that some of those who are laboring to preserve
the Internet email system as a tool of business and personal communication may find its lessons useful.
Next: Nadine -- The Story
Begins
"Bricks are meant to build houses. Yet, you can use bricks to maim people."
-- Ah, yes but, the purpose of the item in question (brick, spoon, book, information, etc...) should not matter. Example: A rock can be use to injure people, but a rock has no purpose, it is not created from the hands of a person. Then again, information that describes (from what i gather, since i did not read it) how to destroy a railroad track is man-made information WTIH a bad purpose, IMHO.
The problem is not the information (item). The problem is with the people that read the information. There are people that are evil/stupid/ignorant enough to use it.
I am FOR free speech, but as long as they are people like that, I'm not sure our society (worldly) is ready for that kind of information...
speaking of cookies, its coming from http://xtracker.xaphon.com/xtracker/xtracker.asp.
Which brings to mind: how many of you have them enabled and set to auto or "don't ask"?
True, True.
A couple of years back, I played almost every game (PC) with the gravis gamepad (classic). Then I saw one of my friends playing some FPS with a mouse, of all things, and keyboard. I thought that they'd gone mad.
It took a while, but today I can't play any other way: the precision and control of mouse/keyboard, simply can't be beat.
However, like the parent post, gamepads (and consoles) are best for fast paced racing/fighting games.
Slashdot Mirror
I looked in the FBI's dictionary and ISP stands for: Internet Search Providers. Oh, wait you mean it's not?
Excerpt from article: ... the private key will then be used to encrypt any sort of transaction using the card.
Apparently its either:
1) I really don't know anything about PK Crypto or
2) oh come on can't you take a joke at the expense of the lack of knowledge the the reporter has on the matter....
Have a nice day hehe!
Sorry, my cookies where disabled so it got posted as AC.
Background Information honet.com is the Internet domain owned by Home Office Networks, a tiny network service and consulting company located in Frisco, Texas. For various reasons that seem good to its owners, its mail server accepts any and all email sent to addresses at honet.com, whether or not the accounts exist. There are many other organizations, both small and large, for which this is true. (For example, the domain honet.be also accepts mail for invalid accounts and later issues a "delivery failure" notice.) Because there are quite a few similar domains scattered all over the Earth, honet.com gets a steady trickle of misdirected email -- contracts, confidential product marketing plans, shipping manifests, students' homework, embarrassingly intimate personal notes, family holiday photos... and mailing list spam. Mailing list spam happens when somebody gives an email address that they don't actually own to the owner of a mailing list. This may occur by accident (a typing error, perhaps) or intentionally (for example, giving a false address to avoid receiving unwanted email). If the mailing list is properly administered, this is not really a problem -- when the "please confirm that you have signed up" message arrives, nobody exists to respond to it, and the address drops off the list. Unfortunately, there are still a great many lists that are not managed responsibly. As a result, quite a few bogus honet.com accounts regularly receive email that is being sent to a nonexisting person. If the mailings persist I eventually toss the sending domain into the local mail server's deny list. Alas, the list owners often will continue sending email no matter how many "No Such User" bounce messages they receive, and no matter how long all attempts at communication from their domain to this one are rejected. This is a serious problem for the Internet's email system, and it will become even more serious as time goes on, if nothing is done to awaken the many thousands of owners of legitimate (but unconfirmed) email lists. This web page recounts the ongoing story of one undead and undying bogus account, created by mistake but gathering ever more and more useless advertising traffic. I offer it in the hope that some of those who are laboring to preserve the Internet email system as a tool of business and personal communication may find its lessons useful. Next: Nadine -- The Story Begins
Very well said. Freaking right!
"Bricks are meant to build houses. Yet, you can use bricks to maim people."
-- Ah, yes but, the purpose of the item in question (brick, spoon, book, information, etc...) should not matter.
Example: A rock can be use to injure people, but a rock has no purpose, it is not created from the hands of a person.
Then again, information that describes (from what i gather, since i did not read it) how to destroy a railroad track is man-made information WTIH a bad purpose, IMHO.
The problem is not the information (item). The problem is with the people that read the information. There are people that are evil/stupid/ignorant enough to use it.
I am FOR free speech, but as long as they are people like that, I'm not sure our society (worldly) is ready for that kind of information...
speaking of cookies, its coming from http://xtracker.xaphon.com/xtracker/xtracker.asp. Which brings to mind: how many of you have them enabled and set to auto or "don't ask"?
True, True. A couple of years back, I played almost every game (PC) with the gravis gamepad (classic). Then I saw one of my friends playing some FPS with a mouse, of all things, and keyboard. I thought that they'd gone mad. It took a while, but today I can't play any other way: the precision and control of mouse/keyboard, simply can't be beat. However, like the parent post, gamepads (and consoles) are best for fast paced racing/fighting games.
Holy cow! Thanks !! I never thought I'de be able to find out... MAN, being a kid in the 80's was cool! GI-Joe, Hot Wheels and Lego ruled the world...
Wasn't there was another "black hi-tech vehicle" show? It was a motorcycle that could levitate. Does anyone remember?