like I stated before it's like playing russian roulette with an unloaded BB gun...and this time, they removed the CO2 cartridge, or trying to mug someone with a whiffle bat....a NERF(r) one at that. And this just proves it, they only kept the handle of that whiffle bat.
I disagree. It will force those bad networks to clean up or be left out in the cold (not just from the net but also from customers as they leave them for non-blacklisted companies).
Sort of like TrustE(r) or Verisign type of dealie....or a Bizrate for email.
of course, I've used blacklists and whitelists on my acct (from softhome.net). They also have a thing called greylisting (some opensource guy came up with the idea; sry, don't have linkie) which is like the telezapper I have on my phone; it holds an email and doesn't tell the sender's server if it was successfull or not [timeout] then waits for the sender's server to try again and since most spammers use a mass-mailing program that uses a "take it or leave it" tactic, it catches most spam.
Of course, I've added ppl I know to a whitelist so there's no delay and added IP ranges (typically uunet or above.net and some from the UK, china, korea, etc.) [Class B and Class C] to my perma-blacklist. Being able to blacklist IP ranges {or even mail that doesn't have a sender address regardless of IP) is very useful. I don't get spam that's mailed directly to me anymore (still get some spam that's sent to a mailing list like sourceforge's MLs, though).
One odd thing I've noticed is that softhome's implementation of one of the blacklisting options has changed and effectively blocks all email that's not ok'd by me (the blank sender address filter that is). But it's ok, most ppl I know get placed on my whitelist or if I'm sending to some company, I make sure I add the companies domain(s) to my whitelist as well. Hey, it's a small price to pay for lack of spam.
Also, if someone legit tries to email me and gets blocked, they get an error from their host that reports that "the server doesn't like them". Good for those pesky relatives...hehehe
apparently, license or no license, they couldn't keep up with the/. traffic....or maybe it was the result of the license. ooo....found a disadvantage (a con of the "very few if any pros and tons of cons); license == server downage.
I think microsoft should get reprimanded for not making it so the system would weed out obviously fake numbers (like emergency numbers and other ones like 411, 311 [non-emergency police line] in addition 911, etc.).
what I'd like to know is what sort of punishment he'll get if found guilty. It better not be prison time....since it's wasting taxpayers money for something that's not that heinous (compared to mass murder, or Enron). Make him serve community service or better yet, make him work the phones at 911 since he did waste their time with the prank.
just because they are criminals doesn't mean that they lose their most basic rights as guaranteed by the Constitution (and basic human rights) nor does it mean that the feds can become like the secret police or the ol' KGB.
Remember, unlike the dark ages, it's innocent until proven guilty now.
I know that powerDVD XP supports opening a folder with vob/ifo files and play it like a regular DVD, so I'm sure other dvd player programs (mainly on Linux) will do the same.
yup...smells like 1984...but probably a bit worse. It's a sad day for real patriots; those who fight and died for our Constitution throughout the years.
[sarcasm] On a lighter note, if we can find a way to hook up a generator to those spinning bodies, our energy crisis(es) would be gone forever. [/sacrasm]
The logic behind this requirement seems flawed, especially since ppl in lets say in the UK don't need 911 (they need whatever the UK equivalent is). Same for other countries. Considering that alot of VoIP users are from foreign countries like Israeli. They should make so it takes into consideration where the user is based (so it'll forward it to the local 911/emergency number equivalent) and also if it's computer software based or an always-on device. If you think about it, it's highly unlikely that ppl would take the time to turn on their computers, logon, and run the software to just make an emergency call.
But like usual, one of my old sayings comes to mind: "Bureacracy; if it makes sense, it ain't gonna happen." It's like Moore's Law but for politics.
and I thought it was about Enron again. (or if u live in california, any company that sells power; duke, reliant, etc.)
and in the computing world; SCO at the moment though history shows that it'll return to microsoft as soon as SCO goes under (it's not a matter of if but a matter of when).
thought VISA and MC don't do fraudulent transactions or transactions that have a high tendency of being fraudulent (like alot of p0rn subscriptions). I know it was on the news a few years ago; that VISA/MC got tired of the high number of reversed charges with p0rn that they were going to stop. Sort of a pre-emptive measure, and since it's only a matter of time until SCO gets knocked down to below Enron's level of bankrupcy after they lose the IP plagerism battle, it would be in VISA and MC's best interest to just say no.
At least, this will make it more interesting. It's better than the reality shows on TV.
The numbers are probably due to the lack of knowledge or experience on the part of the sysadmins. Just like how the number of damaged ferraris would be high if non-certified mechanics were the only mechanics left due to some disease. And just like that, you can't blame the machine (or OS) for the incompetence of the operator or the repair guy. In the same note, it can probably also be said that since the number of ppl who use BSD and OS X as servers are few (compared to the Linux and Windows), they tend to know more (primarily 'cuz they can't ask a buddy and have to learn it themselves). I guess it's a double-edged sword for Apple....on one hand, it's good that their users (and their OS) gets looked at with high praise but on the other hand, the numbers are small.
o well, as more ppl who set up linux servers learn wtf they are doing, these numbers will return to normal (with windows/iis being the majority).
actually, that sig is also meant to be a funny....some times, ppl who read it, don't read between the lines and I guess read it in monotone or their IQ isn't up to par, etc. and mod it as "interesting" or "insightful" instead of the obvious "Funny"
and btw, this post itself not to mention the topic itself is meant to be a funny (as oppose to "Interesting" or "Insightful")
great, now a majority of email would have a fishy smell....of course, dunno what those "re-finance" spams will smell like though and I don't want to think about what a "viagra" spam would smell like....
I vote that sun release java source, IN java for educational purposes...especially since most school's CS depts have switched to java for their programming cirriculum.
I thought "deja vu"....o well...it would nice to know where I can file for losses I've suffered (9 out of 9 75GXP I own have failed at one point, costing me my data and $ when one of my most important drives dead and I paid to get the data back [they had to replace some chips on the drive]). Hell one of 'em which I call the deathstar, can cause most computers to not boot (it clicks out of control). My deathstar and it's unaffected as of yet cousin of the same make and model have one other flaw; unlike the other 75GXP's I have, they couldn't be firmware updated with firmware that's suppose to "extend" their lifespans. And I was never able to RMA any of the drives as all my requests were rejected (even though the drives were in warranty at the time).
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like I stated before it's like playing russian roulette with an unloaded BB gun...and this time, they removed the CO2 cartridge, or trying to mug someone with a whiffle bat....a NERF(r) one at that.
And this just proves it, they only kept the handle of that whiffle bat.
I disagree. It will force those bad networks to clean up or be left out in the cold (not just from the net but also from customers as they leave them for non-blacklisted companies).
Sort of like TrustE(r) or Verisign type of dealie....or a Bizrate for email.
russian roulette with an unloaded bb gun?
man, I hope Dr. Phil's wife takes lavasoap and brushes the mouth of SCO's CEO, McBride.
that's the final reason I need to make my final migration to ogg.
go vorbis! long live patent-free and/or royalty-free and/or opensource formats.
but wait....there's still LAME...go LAME!
of course, I've used blacklists and whitelists on my acct (from softhome.net). They also have a thing called greylisting (some opensource guy came up with the idea; sry, don't have linkie) which is like the telezapper I have on my phone; it holds an email and doesn't tell the sender's server if it was successfull or not [timeout] then waits for the sender's server to try again and since most spammers use a mass-mailing program that uses a "take it or leave it" tactic, it catches most spam.
Of course, I've added ppl I know to a whitelist so there's no delay and added IP ranges (typically uunet or above.net and some from the UK, china, korea, etc.) [Class B and Class C] to my perma-blacklist. Being able to blacklist IP ranges {or even mail that doesn't have a sender address regardless of IP) is very useful. I don't get spam that's mailed directly to me anymore (still get some spam that's sent to a mailing list like sourceforge's MLs, though).
One odd thing I've noticed is that softhome's implementation of one of the blacklisting options has changed and effectively blocks all email that's not ok'd by me (the blank sender address filter that is). But it's ok, most ppl I know get placed on my whitelist or if I'm sending to some company, I make sure I add the companies domain(s) to my whitelist as well. Hey, it's a small price to pay for lack of spam.
Also, if someone legit tries to email me and gets blocked, they get an error from their host that reports that "the server doesn't like them". Good for those pesky relatives...hehehe
apparently, license or no license, they couldn't keep up with the /. traffic....or maybe it was the result of the license. ooo....found a disadvantage (a con of the "very few if any pros and tons of cons); license == server downage.
I think microsoft should get reprimanded for not making it so the system would weed out obviously fake numbers (like emergency numbers and other ones like 411, 311 [non-emergency police line] in addition 911, etc.).
what I'd like to know is what sort of punishment he'll get if found guilty. It better not be prison time....since it's wasting taxpayers money for something that's not that heinous (compared to mass murder, or Enron). Make him serve community service or better yet, make him work the phones at 911 since he did waste their time with the prank.
just because they are criminals doesn't mean that they lose their most basic rights as guaranteed by the Constitution (and basic human rights) nor does it mean that the feds can become like the secret police or the ol' KGB.
Remember, unlike the dark ages, it's innocent until proven guilty now.
I know that powerDVD XP supports opening a folder with vob/ifo files and play it like a regular DVD, so I'm sure other dvd player programs (mainly on Linux) will do the same.
what about liberty without liberty? (that phrase itself sounds like some food product; fruit juice without a single drop of fruit juice.
yup...smells like 1984...but probably a bit worse.
It's a sad day for real patriots; those who fight and died for our Constitution throughout the years.
[sarcasm] On a lighter note, if we can find a way to hook up a generator to those spinning bodies, our energy crisis(es) would be gone forever. [/sacrasm]
now what will happen to the speciality theme bike, "The Comanche bike" that OCC made?
If you think about it, it's highly unlikely that ppl would take the time to turn on their computers, logon, and run the software to just make an emergency call.
But like usual, one of my old sayings comes to mind: "Bureacracy; if it makes sense, it ain't gonna happen." It's like Moore's Law but for politics.
and I thought it was about Enron again.
(or if u live in california, any company that sells power; duke, reliant, etc.)
and in the computing world; SCO at the moment though history shows that it'll return to microsoft as soon as SCO goes under (it's not a matter of if but a matter of when).
thought VISA and MC don't do fraudulent transactions or transactions that have a high tendency of being fraudulent (like alot of p0rn subscriptions). I know it was on the news a few years ago; that VISA/MC got tired of the high number of reversed charges with p0rn that they were going to stop. Sort of a pre-emptive measure, and since it's only a matter of time until SCO gets knocked down to below Enron's level of bankrupcy after they lose the IP plagerism battle, it would be in VISA and MC's best interest to just say no.
At least, this will make it more interesting. It's better than the reality shows on TV.
The numbers are probably due to the lack of knowledge or experience on the part of the sysadmins. Just like how the number of damaged ferraris would be high if non-certified mechanics were the only mechanics left due to some disease. And just like that, you can't blame the machine (or OS) for the incompetence of the operator or the repair guy.
In the same note, it can probably also be said that since the number of ppl who use BSD and OS X as servers are few (compared to the Linux and Windows), they tend to know more (primarily 'cuz they can't ask a buddy and have to learn it themselves). I guess it's a double-edged sword for Apple....on one hand, it's good that their users (and their OS) gets looked at with high praise but on the other hand, the numbers are small.
o well, as more ppl who set up linux servers learn wtf they are doing, these numbers will return to normal (with windows/iis being the majority).
and 'cuz I'm a procrastinator.
maybe this one should be...."insightful"?
actually, that sig is also meant to be a funny....some times, ppl who read it, don't read between the lines and I guess read it in monotone or their IQ isn't up to par, etc. and mod it as "interesting" or "insightful" instead of the obvious "Funny"
and btw, this post itself not to mention the topic itself is meant to be a funny (as oppose to "Interesting" or "Insightful")
btw, this is meant to be a funny....
will it make things go faster like they do for some cars?
meant to be a funny, btw.
I vote that sun release java source, IN java for educational purposes...especially since most school's CS depts have switched to java for their programming cirriculum.
unless u'r a gigolo
I thought "deja vu"....o well...it would nice to know where I can file for losses I've suffered (9 out of 9 75GXP I own have failed at one point, costing me my data and $ when one of my most important drives dead and I paid to get the data back [they had to replace some chips on the drive]).
Hell one of 'em which I call the deathstar, can cause most computers to not boot (it clicks out of control). My deathstar and it's unaffected as of yet cousin of the same make and model have one other flaw; unlike the other 75GXP's I have, they couldn't be firmware updated with firmware that's suppose to "extend" their lifespans. And I was never able to RMA any of the drives as all my requests were rejected (even though the drives were in warranty at the time).
damn...I haven't made my first million yet.
O well...I can always settle for the Airwolf copter....
wonder if shoplifters will now eat/lick those tags....