Sys admins like *me* prefer variety and get a little tired of the messiah complex some people have regarding religious OS of [choice].
Blaming Windows on security problems cart-blanc seems pretty ridiculous (they get credit, but all the credit?). Especially right before jabbing them for improving it a little (it's annoying, but *as* a systems admin I'm sure you know the security/usability trade-off).
Do you think because Linux distro's do things slightly differently that with mainstream adoption they would have such an easier time or simply become a more mainstream target? Sounds kind a cavalier to me. *If* Linux picked up steam or Windows suddenly ceased to be, whatever replaced it would be the new focus of script kiddies and security experts. I'd probably move straight to OpenBSD or Solaris. But until that happens (I don't see why it would) I certainly won't start trying to strong-arm my friends and family into using *my* operating system of choice. I'd rather have them follow a few basic security measures that they can take with them across operating systems (say, like how AV products are good and keeping them up-to-date can help or using anti-adware software...).
But if you're friends/family like being brow-beat, what the hell. I should try that here at the office (of course the CEO would probably get cranky, but hey, it's Monday!).
You should use it first. I'm still getting these spam and the friend who signed up for Flixster is *still* apologizing. See, she had no idea it was going to gain access to here entire address book. She certainly didn't click 100+ OK's or pick any addresses (from what she says).
Even if it says somewhere in the fine print the fact that she provided her login information allowing this worm to hi-jack her address book says a lot about what's deceptive. Not everyone is a paranoid system admin or computer savy. These companies prey on regular people and seem to thing that it's okay.
But reposting Spamhaus' own statement here seems reasonable. I hadn't read it before today myself.
A SLAPP lawsuit filed in an Illinois (United States) court by David Linhardt (aka e360 Insight LLC) against The Spamhaus Project Ltd., a British-based non-profit organization over which the US court had no jurisdiction, went predictably to default judgement when Spamhaus did not accept U.S. jurisdiction.
To get the lawsuit case accepted in Illinois, instead of filing in the correct jurisdiction (United Kingdom), David Linhardt fabricated under oath that Spamhaus "operates a business in Illinois". Despite being fully aware that Spamhaus was UK-based and that the British organization had correctly filed an Answer to the court declaring there was no jurisdiction, Illinois District Court Judge Charles Kocoras accepted Linhardt's false claim and proceeded, without asking to see proof of jurisdiction, to rule the British-based organization to be in Illinois jurisdiction. The Spamhaus Project in fact operates no business in the United States, has no U.S. office, agents or employees in Illinois or any other U.S. state.
The default judgement issued by Judge Charles Kocoras awards Linhardt, a one-man bulk email marketing outfit based in Chicago, compensatory damages for ficticious 'lost contracts' totaling US$11.7 million, orders Spamhaus to supress evidence of illegal spamming by Linhardt and to permanently remove Linhardt's spam evidence records, orders Spamhaus to lie to the public by posting a notice on its website stating that Linhardt is "not a spammer" and orders Spamhaus to cease stopping spam sent by Linhardt's company e360 Insight LLC to Spamhaus' users.
Spamhaus firmly stands by its position that Linhardt is a spammer (i.e: "a sender of unsolicited bulk email"), Spamhaus has a large evidence archive of spam sent by Linhardt and spam advertising Linhardt's website www.bargaindepot.net, sent to Spamtraps and non-existent users, including spam sent by Linhardt to a number of Spamhaus own investigators. Plus Spamhaus has many complaints from Internet users ready to testify they never opted-in to any such list and were being spammed by Linhardt/e360. (see samples of e360 spam below)
Spamhaus additionally has samples of spams advertising www.bargaindepot.net sent, in violation of the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act, with false routing information, from compromised computers on ADSL lines in Vietnam, China, Korea, Taiwan and Norway.
Spamhaus also stands by the absolute right, under the European Convention on Human Rights, of Spamhaus' users to refuse access to their private mailboxes on their private networks to senders of unsolicited bulk email or indeed any unwanted email, a right established also in U.S. law by Chief Justice Burger, U.S. Supreme Court, who ruled: "The asserted right of a mailer stops at the outer boundary of every person's domain". Spamhaus maintains that while Linhardt has a right under U.S. law to send as much unsolicited bulk email as he likes, he has no right under any law to force Spamhaus users to receive it.
The Illinois ruling shows that U.S. courts can be gamed by spammers with ease, and that no proof is required in order to obtain judgments over clearly foreign entities. Additionally, as spamming is illegal in the United Kingdom, a U.S. judge ordering a British organization to not block incoming Illinois spam into Britain goes contrary to U.K. law which orders all spammers to cease sending spam in the first place.
Default judgments obtained in U.S. County, State or Federal courts have no validity in the United Kingdom and can not be enforced under the British legal system. A Plaintiff seeking to have such an order enforced must re-file the case in a British court of law and prove jurisdiction, as well as the small matter of proving the merits of the case, all of which were in this case bogus and would not have stood up in any court if tested. Spamhaus h
I think you're dead on. But Sci-Fi has another component that I think is also responsible for some of it's failings: complexity. You place a story in the present you have an existing model to base your story in. Likewise, use the past and the same applies. But throw the story into an unquantifiable backdrop an you have to not only have a bit bigger budget but a much more complex vision.
I think this is the reason we have so few Blade Runners or Clockwork Oranges. Creating that kind of reality without it being garish and getting in the way of the story takes a lot of skill (and some cash!).
I mean eventually you'll want a new game maybe. I think their big card-up-the-sleeve is Direct X. If I recall new versions will not be supported on XP/et al. Combine that with the fact that 99.9% of all new PC's are already bundled to, meaning the user base will increase as people purchase shiny new hardware, and game publishers suddenly need to support it (like it or not). There you have it.
I mean you could keep using XP (which, at least so far, I like *a lot* better). But most people will just bite the bullet and they're really only worried about most people. It's a dog IMHO though. I'm curious if they'll be able to make it better or if they've simply made a mandatory ME.
I agree with your comment, in general. But Vista feels like a pre-release operating system. That's their flag-ship product. I'm sure they will make it work (hey, it's bundled with pretty much any new PC) but with the requirements I'd expected something a little more...coherent, maybe even something that made me think wow a little. Using it has not been a pleasure.
And Office. What is the reason I should want to upgrade?
Should I even mention Zune?
I'm not actually trying to bag on them. It just seems like there's a pattern and it's lack of focus.
Dindi,
If your had exparation issues *chances* are you hold some eNom accounts (do a whois lookup on your account and you'd see "whois.enom.com" towards the top). The reason things got so botched up as far as I can tell is largely (although I'm sure not strictly) because of eNom and RegisterFly's falling out. People who's domain contact was up-to-date or not obfuscated using ProtectFly (RegisterFly's whois protection service had some serious issues) *should* have recieved email notices last month being asked to chose on registrar or the other (eNom or RegisterFly). Failing to do so (like I did) combined with the termination of RegisterFly's reseller account (along with the ability for *their* backend to update eNom whois information) cause a lot of problems.
If that's your boat then contacting eNom is your best bet. They're have been some stories of eNom asking rather outrageous fees to reinstate expired domains (which many RegisterFly customers thought they'd renewed, but after eNom canceled their account updates from RegisterFly where impossible). Somewhere in the neighborhood of $160. But if I understand it right, that only applies to domains that have been expired 30 days or longer. My domain was a simple $9.99 renewal, although it had been expired for over 2 weeks.
If you are having issues acquiring auth codes for an RegisterFly account go to RegisterFlies and read the second most recent update (regarding RegisterFly) and contact Mike Zupke at ICANN. They are slow, but they are still ICANN. RegisterFly can't refuse auth codes at this point. All domain status has been locked since ICANN work with all the main TLD holders to help keep this situation under control until it could be sorted out.
So somewhere, there's a little light at the end of the tunnel. Very interesting situation and it will have a serious impact on ICANN (who will be discussing this at their Lisbon meeting towards the end of this month. That's a very good thing.
Two heads, who happened to be ex-lovers got into a fight. One (John) in conjunction with a board member fired the other (Kevin). This went to court just last week I believe. Kevin holds majority owner ship of the company and was awarded control once again.
Meanwhile ICANN was had issued several notices to correct these issues are lose accreditation. This week ICANN made good on its threat. A lot of people lost domains due to problems RegisterFly started having long before the news picked this up.
Mike Zupke from ICANN has stepped in and has been helping RegisterFly customers obtain authorization codes on locked accounts (with a good deal of luck). Likewise eNom, whom RegisterFly was originally a reseller, has been helping customers who were unaware of the shift (eNom terminated its agreement with RegisterFly effective I believe at that start of this month) retrieve domains RegisterFly had hold of (ProtectFly, RegisterFly's whois/privacy service made some of this more difficult).
Renewals for clients that were eNom registered (though the reseller program) probably didn't even realize RegisterFly wasn't in fact their registrar (RegisterFly communicated the eNom's whois through a backend API, so you could manage domains seemlessly without realizing it).
Auth code can be difficult to get, but no matter what now that ICANN finally has stepped in a little patience and you will get your domain.
The best single source for real information is RegisterFlies who apparently intend to stay on after the end of this debacle and become a source for information and help with other domain registry issues. They have a big help and there are a lot of people there going through the same thing.
That's still the difference in my opinion. Aware and can be are two different things. I don't *want* my ISP to police and watch my traffic (hence, no AT&T). But as a business in the market of publishing video content to share I think it would be silly to think they don't see what content their hosting.
*But* I can agree to disagree. I really don't mean to be harping on Youtube/Google. Just some thoughts. Personally I'm tired of the whole rush to monetize on the internet. Especially with the slow to start and sore losers like Viacom, et al.
but you can't not see the difference? ISP's would most benefit from fairly priced HD downloads (if high volume was really their game, but that's the upstream provider you're probably thinking about). Youtube is low quality, high volume video. I mean, we've all watched them. But real video, by your logic would be the way to go. ISP's can open themselves up to loads of traffic. All they have to do is stop warning P2P and torrent users regarding bandwidth issues. They don't need Youtube to get higher traffic.
And pull in ad revenue based on that? The problem (IMHO) is that Youtube is directly and knowingly benefiting. That's a challenge their going to have to contend with. A lot of companies would have died already, but they seem to have some staying power (not to mention the parent, who is a heavy contender).
Most people *I* know do build their own systems for cheaper. Their's no real magic to it: not all components age evenly. My CD burner is fine, about as fast as anything else and is about 3 or more years old. When I upgrade my system I do it in stages. My main drive is a WD Raptor. It's still about as fast as anything you're going to get, so again I can save a little money until I decide to get a SATA2 drive. You see a pattern? Building a new system from scratch might cost you a little more, but I'd assume if you were willing to go this route then you'd be getting some specialized gear anyway. Because you're an enthusiast.
Building out a new system for me goes like this: mainboard, CPU/fan, memory. My graphics card gets updates as needed (I'm not playing competitive games right now so my card is already overkill, even for Vista). My case is a nice looking aluminum job by Coolmaster (blue lights, you can't go wrong with blue lights). My Matrix VCD looks good even if its a few years old. My DVD player is fine and I'll probably toss a DL DVD-R/RW (ya, I'm lazy, I have one in my Linux box for DVD backup).
Anyway, I realize I'm not saying anything groundbreaking, I just had to chime in when I read your post.
If you have the time and skill home built *is* still the way to go. For the rest there are great prices with prebuilt systems.
Now you get all serious on me. Dr. Bob's seems to regularly have discussions come up regarding alternative treatments for depression (the focus of the group). Ketamine treatment was the most recent I'd read (but that was a while ago).
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of hallucinogenic drugs. But can certainly take you on a mental journey, but I'd give hallucinogens the upper hand for vividness and believability.
Its the upload caps they get grouchy about. I got a phonecall. They said point-blank they don't care what I'm downloading (*cough* movies) but the upload will get me disconnected if it continues getting flagged (I was trying to be a good netizen).
I wasn't honestly terribly surprised since I'd been leaving my P2P client up 24/7 and simply using our local cable provider for service.
But I've started projects simply because an idea *I* really liked wasn't quite done in the way I thought would be best. Then you've got the uphill battle of competing with a likely pretty good service thats already entrenched.
I don't know this guy or his scruples, but that *could* be a reasonable scenario (or he's just a jerk).
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Sys admins like *me* prefer variety and get a little tired of the messiah complex some people have regarding religious OS of [choice].
Blaming Windows on security problems cart-blanc seems pretty ridiculous (they get credit, but all the credit?). Especially right before jabbing them for improving it a little (it's annoying, but *as* a systems admin I'm sure you know the security/usability trade-off).
Do you think because Linux distro's do things slightly differently that with mainstream adoption they would have such an easier time or simply become a more mainstream target? Sounds kind a cavalier to me. *If* Linux picked up steam or Windows suddenly ceased to be, whatever replaced it would be the new focus of script kiddies and security experts. I'd probably move straight to OpenBSD or Solaris. But until that happens (I don't see why it would) I certainly won't start trying to strong-arm my friends and family into using *my* operating system of choice. I'd rather have them follow a few basic security measures that they can take with them across operating systems (say, like how AV products are good and keeping them up-to-date can help or using anti-adware software...).
But if you're friends/family like being brow-beat, what the hell. I should try that here at the office (of course the CEO would probably get cranky, but hey, it's Monday!).
You should use it first. I'm still getting these spam and the friend who signed up for Flixster is *still* apologizing. See, she had no idea it was going to gain access to here entire address book. She certainly didn't click 100+ OK's or pick any addresses (from what she says).
Even if it says somewhere in the fine print the fact that she provided her login information allowing this worm to hi-jack her address book says a lot about what's deceptive. Not everyone is a paranoid system admin or computer savy. These companies prey on regular people and seem to thing that it's okay.
I think I like the general tone. But I'll have to have a few drink before I'll be sure I can decipher that properly. (:
But the site is still (partially) functional: download.
At this rate I don't expect it to work much longer (or I applaud their tech).
I think you're dead on. But Sci-Fi has another component that I think is also responsible for some of it's failings: complexity. You place a story in the present you have an existing model to base your story in. Likewise, use the past and the same applies. But throw the story into an unquantifiable backdrop an you have to not only have a bit bigger budget but a much more complex vision.
I think this is the reason we have so few Blade Runners or Clockwork Oranges. Creating that kind of reality without it being garish and getting in the way of the story takes a lot of skill (and some cash!).
I mean eventually you'll want a new game maybe. I think their big card-up-the-sleeve is Direct X. If I recall new versions will not be supported on XP/et al. Combine that with the fact that 99.9% of all new PC's are already bundled to, meaning the user base will increase as people purchase shiny new hardware, and game publishers suddenly need to support it (like it or not). There you have it.
I mean you could keep using XP (which, at least so far, I like *a lot* better). But most people will just bite the bullet and they're really only worried about most people. It's a dog IMHO though. I'm curious if they'll be able to make it better or if they've simply made a mandatory ME.
I agree with your comment, in general. But Vista feels like a pre-release operating system. That's their flag-ship product. I'm sure they will make it work (hey, it's bundled with pretty much any new PC) but with the requirements I'd expected something a little more...coherent, maybe even something that made me think wow a little. Using it has not been a pleasure.
And Office. What is the reason I should want to upgrade?
Should I even mention Zune?
I'm not actually trying to bag on them. It just seems like there's a pattern and it's lack of focus.
Dindi, If your had exparation issues *chances* are you hold some eNom accounts (do a whois lookup on your account and you'd see "whois.enom.com" towards the top). The reason things got so botched up as far as I can tell is largely (although I'm sure not strictly) because of eNom and RegisterFly's falling out. People who's domain contact was up-to-date or not obfuscated using ProtectFly (RegisterFly's whois protection service had some serious issues) *should* have recieved email notices last month being asked to chose on registrar or the other (eNom or RegisterFly). Failing to do so (like I did) combined with the termination of RegisterFly's reseller account (along with the ability for *their* backend to update eNom whois information) cause a lot of problems.
If that's your boat then contacting eNom is your best bet. They're have been some stories of eNom asking rather outrageous fees to reinstate expired domains (which many RegisterFly customers thought they'd renewed, but after eNom canceled their account updates from RegisterFly where impossible). Somewhere in the neighborhood of $160. But if I understand it right, that only applies to domains that have been expired 30 days or longer. My domain was a simple $9.99 renewal, although it had been expired for over 2 weeks.
If you are having issues acquiring auth codes for an RegisterFly account go to RegisterFlies and read the second most recent update (regarding RegisterFly) and contact Mike Zupke at ICANN. They are slow, but they are still ICANN. RegisterFly can't refuse auth codes at this point. All domain status has been locked since ICANN work with all the main TLD holders to help keep this situation under control until it could be sorted out.
So somewhere, there's a little light at the end of the tunnel. Very interesting situation and it will have a serious impact on ICANN (who will be discussing this at their Lisbon meeting towards the end of this month. That's a very good thing.
Two heads, who happened to be ex-lovers got into a fight. One (John) in conjunction with a board member fired the other (Kevin). This went to court just last week I believe. Kevin holds majority owner ship of the company and was awarded control once again.
Meanwhile ICANN was had issued several notices to correct these issues are lose accreditation. This week ICANN made good on its threat. A lot of people lost domains due to problems RegisterFly started having long before the news picked this up.
Mike Zupke from ICANN has stepped in and has been helping RegisterFly customers obtain authorization codes on locked accounts (with a good deal of luck). Likewise eNom, whom RegisterFly was originally a reseller, has been helping customers who were unaware of the shift (eNom terminated its agreement with RegisterFly effective I believe at that start of this month) retrieve domains RegisterFly had hold of (ProtectFly, RegisterFly's whois/privacy service made some of this more difficult).
Renewals for clients that were eNom registered (though the reseller program) probably didn't even realize RegisterFly wasn't in fact their registrar (RegisterFly communicated the eNom's whois through a backend API, so you could manage domains seemlessly without realizing it).
Auth code can be difficult to get, but no matter what now that ICANN finally has stepped in a little patience and you will get your domain.
The best single source for real information is RegisterFlies who apparently intend to stay on after the end of this debacle and become a source for information and help with other domain registry issues. They have a big help and there are a lot of people there going through the same thing.
That's still the difference in my opinion. Aware and can be are two different things. I don't *want* my ISP to police and watch my traffic (hence, no AT&T). But as a business in the market of publishing video content to share I think it would be silly to think they don't see what content their hosting.
*But* I can agree to disagree. I really don't mean to be harping on Youtube/Google. Just some thoughts. Personally I'm tired of the whole rush to monetize on the internet. Especially with the slow to start and sore losers like Viacom, et al.
but you can't not see the difference? ISP's would most benefit from fairly priced HD downloads (if high volume was really their game, but that's the upstream provider you're probably thinking about). Youtube is low quality, high volume video. I mean, we've all watched them. But real video, by your logic would be the way to go. ISP's can open themselves up to loads of traffic. All they have to do is stop warning P2P and torrent users regarding bandwidth issues. They don't need Youtube to get higher traffic.
And pull in ad revenue based on that? The problem (IMHO) is that Youtube is directly and knowingly benefiting. That's a challenge their going to have to contend with. A lot of companies would have died already, but they seem to have some staying power (not to mention the parent, who is a heavy contender).
Most people *I* know do build their own systems for cheaper. Their's no real magic to it: not all components age evenly. My CD burner is fine, about as fast as anything else and is about 3 or more years old. When I upgrade my system I do it in stages. My main drive is a WD Raptor. It's still about as fast as anything you're going to get, so again I can save a little money until I decide to get a SATA2 drive. You see a pattern? Building a new system from scratch might cost you a little more, but I'd assume if you were willing to go this route then you'd be getting some specialized gear anyway. Because you're an enthusiast.
Building out a new system for me goes like this: mainboard, CPU/fan, memory. My graphics card gets updates as needed (I'm not playing competitive games right now so my card is already overkill, even for Vista). My case is a nice looking aluminum job by Coolmaster (blue lights, you can't go wrong with blue lights). My Matrix VCD looks good even if its a few years old. My DVD player is fine and I'll probably toss a DL DVD-R/RW (ya, I'm lazy, I have one in my Linux box for DVD backup).
Anyway, I realize I'm not saying anything groundbreaking, I just had to chime in when I read your post.
If you have the time and skill home built *is* still the way to go. For the rest there are great prices with prebuilt systems.
Now you get all serious on me. Dr. Bob's seems to regularly have discussions come up regarding alternative treatments for depression (the focus of the group). Ketamine treatment was the most recent I'd read (but that was a while ago).
of hallucinogenic drugs. But can certainly take you on a mental journey, but I'd give hallucinogens the upper hand for vividness and believability.
Don't forget the CF card mods.
With big business funding the very bills (and politicians) that create inefficiency.
I was ready to drop everything and move there.
But if you wear flea powder the whole issue becomes moot.
If you're going to do it do it right. Python all the way!
Its the upload caps they get grouchy about. I got a phonecall. They said point-blank they don't care what I'm downloading (*cough* movies) but the upload will get me disconnected if it continues getting flagged (I was trying to be a good netizen).
I wasn't honestly terribly surprised since I'd been leaving my P2P client up 24/7 and simply using our local cable provider for service.
Lol. Slashdot mods crack me up. Of course how could this post possibly be on topic...oh, wait! I RTFA! Silly me, I never learn. :)
Of course I'm sorry about the loss, thats no fun even if it is a policy.
:)
But why on earth didn't anyone google-map him?
I'm going to go out on a ledge and guess he lives (lived?) in the apartment across from the dirt patch googles pointing to.
Also, I saw the two sites listed as being his have been taken down (bandwidth is a bitch!).
But someone missed topfivealbums.com. For shame.
And to top it all off idaho-hum.com goes down in a puff of smoke (or CPU usage quote exceeded?). Its an entirely appropriate Friday now!
But I've started projects simply because an idea *I* really liked wasn't quite done in the way I thought would be best. Then you've got the uphill battle of competing with a likely pretty good service thats already entrenched.
I don't know this guy or his scruples, but that *could* be a reasonable scenario (or he's just a jerk).