Except that it doesn't actually fix the problem, you're still getting the address from dns now you're just caching it for a while. In fact you could make things worse if you get a bad address in your host file depending on how often you update it. Why don't you cut out the useless step and use a protocol that authenticates the source like dnssec or tls with pinned certs.
That is one of the stupidest things I heard in a while. All they need for the tracking part is the geolocation. Do you really think they would spend billions of dollars building data centers closer to people if it didn't offer lower latency.
Except that the vast majority of major sites use dns lookups to do geolocation cdn and load balancing for performance (both yours and theirs). By hard coding addresses you miss out on that. That's just one of many reason why the internet stopped using host files and switched to dns.
I'm frustrated that we have a high profile spammer on/. and no way to block him. Isn't that ironic, an unblockable spammer spamming about blocking software?
You can live in denial all you want but when you copypaste the same post over a dozen times in every thread about add blocking you are spamming. People have proved many (but not all) of your claims wrong but you don't listen, you just spam spam spam in reply. There's a reason why you have to post as AC and we all know what it is. You post this stuff so many times in each thread that people are actually asking for something to block you. That should tell you something but instead you keep spamming away. Talking to you is an exercise in frustration because you refuse to concede any point, refuse to admit you could be wrong in any way, refuse to listen to other people's input, you act like you're the all mighty authority on blocking that knows all and anything anybody else says must be wrong by default. etc. etc. etc.
Host files can't block everything. Here's a real world use case for you. I like youtube, I visit it all the time so I can't block it with a host file. However there are hundreds of sites that embed youtube videos. Google can use this to track your browsing so I block them with a browser plugin. Host files don't let you do that kind of fine grain blocking, it's all or nothing. Youtube isn't the only site with this issue, all social media sites have link back widgets these days. The widgets use the same domain names as the main site which make host file blocking useless.
Host file blocking is a simple solution that uses minimal resources. It is not a silver bullet that will solve all the worlds problems like you make it out to be. It has its uses but it can't and shouldn't be your only line of defense.
P.S. The reason why people call you a troll and a spammer is because you're just going to copypaste the same reply to me listing the same old false 16 points without addressing or even listening to anything I just said.
Can't even have a reasonable discussion with you, it's just spam spam spam. You're just as bad as the advertisers you fight against. I'd add you to my host file if it would block your posts but it can't, have to use a browser plugin for that.
A host file only works when the content and ads come from different servers. That's such an obvious weakness it amazes me that most people don't see it. Don't listen to apk's spam, a host fire is not a silver bullet that will solve all the world's problems. It has its up sides and down sides, and there are several problems/use cases it can not solve that can be solved by a browser plugin or a firewall. Depending solely on a host fire to block ads is like holding a shield in front of you and expecting to never be attacked from behind.
P.S. We solved the problem of sharing the host file with everyone back in the 80s with a thing called DNS.
All 3 of those use a computer which was originally developed for military use. All 3 of those use the internet which was originally developed for military use. And funny you should specifically say the navy for selfies since they were funding research into optics 100 years ago for range finders on battleships. Then of course there's bomb sites and spy plans and spy satellites all of which need advanced optics.
Obviously each state has it's own personality for lack of a better term.
I'm mostly just annoyed at how he made a broad sweeping generalization of an entire state with a less than favorable one liner and got modded up for it. Here I can do the same thing. Everybody in Kentucky is a hill billy. Everybody in Georgia is racist. Everybody in China is a communist. You see how stupid it sounds, and he got modded up for saying that crap.
I think the point you and a lot of other people in thread are missing is nobody is asking for perfect software, just for programmers to not repeatedly make the same mistakes over and over again. How is it that brand new software is still being exploited by SQL injections and buffer overflows? Those two problems have been know about for decades yet programmers are still happy to churn out code vulnerable to them.
Nobody holds an engineer liable when something fails in a new and previously unknown way, but they do hold the engineer liable when he builds something with widely known flaws.
i have allways wonderd why it is that people who use X when 99% of the world use Y, feal the need to constitly tell the world that X is so much better. just because its better for you doesn't mean it's better for me, or the other 99%.
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How? No no really, how?
Except that it doesn't actually fix the problem, you're still getting the address from dns now you're just caching it for a while. In fact you could make things worse if you get a bad address in your host file depending on how often you update it. Why don't you cut out the useless step and use a protocol that authenticates the source like dnssec or tls with pinned certs.
That is one of the stupidest things I heard in a while. All they need for the tracking part is the geolocation. Do you really think they would spend billions of dollars building data centers closer to people if it didn't offer lower latency.
Except that the vast majority of major sites use dns lookups to do geolocation cdn and load balancing for performance (both yours and theirs). By hard coding addresses you miss out on that. That's just one of many reason why the internet stopped using host files and switched to dns.
I'm frustrated that we have a high profile spammer on /. and no way to block him. Isn't that ironic, an unblockable spammer spamming about blocking software?
You can live in denial all you want but when you copypaste the same post over a dozen times in every thread about add blocking you are spamming. People have proved many (but not all) of your claims wrong but you don't listen, you just spam spam spam in reply. There's a reason why you have to post as AC and we all know what it is. You post this stuff so many times in each thread that people are actually asking for something to block you. That should tell you something but instead you keep spamming away. Talking to you is an exercise in frustration because you refuse to concede any point, refuse to admit you could be wrong in any way, refuse to listen to other people's input, you act like you're the all mighty authority on blocking that knows all and anything anybody else says must be wrong by default. etc. etc. etc.
Host files can't block everything. Here's a real world use case for you. I like youtube, I visit it all the time so I can't block it with a host file. However there are hundreds of sites that embed youtube videos. Google can use this to track your browsing so I block them with a browser plugin. Host files don't let you do that kind of fine grain blocking, it's all or nothing. Youtube isn't the only site with this issue, all social media sites have link back widgets these days. The widgets use the same domain names as the main site which make host file blocking useless.
Host file blocking is a simple solution that uses minimal resources. It is not a silver bullet that will solve all the worlds problems like you make it out to be. It has its uses but it can't and shouldn't be your only line of defense.
P.S. The reason why people call you a troll and a spammer is because you're just going to copypaste the same reply to me listing the same old false 16 points without addressing or even listening to anything I just said.
Can't even have a reasonable discussion with you, it's just spam spam spam. You're just as bad as the advertisers you fight against. I'd add you to my host file if it would block your posts but it can't, have to use a browser plugin for that.
A host file only works when the content and ads come from different servers. That's such an obvious weakness it amazes me that most people don't see it. Don't listen to apk's spam, a host fire is not a silver bullet that will solve all the world's problems. It has its up sides and down sides, and there are several problems/use cases it can not solve that can be solved by a browser plugin or a firewall. Depending solely on a host fire to block ads is like holding a shield in front of you and expecting to never be attacked from behind.
P.S. We solved the problem of sharing the host file with everyone back in the 80s with a thing called DNS.
All 3 of those use a computer which was originally developed for military use. All 3 of those use the internet which was originally developed for military use. And funny you should specifically say the navy for selfies since they were funding research into optics 100 years ago for range finders on battleships. Then of course there's bomb sites and spy plans and spy satellites all of which need advanced optics.
We didn't lose in Korea and we most certainly won the first gulf war.
You can do static addresses with DHCP. It stand for dynamic host configuration protocol, not dynamic address allocation protocol.
Obviously each state has it's own personality for lack of a better term.
I'm mostly just annoyed at how he made a broad sweeping generalization of an entire state with a less than favorable one liner and got modded up for it. Here I can do the same thing. Everybody in Kentucky is a hill billy. Everybody in Georgia is racist. Everybody in China is a communist. You see how stupid it sounds, and he got modded up for saying that crap.
California is just a reflection of the USA as a whole. If you see something you don't like maybe it's cause you looked in the mirror.
You're the exception that proves the rule unless you're going to try and claim all SUV owners have several acres of land in the middle of nowhere.
I think the point you and a lot of other people in thread are missing is nobody is asking for perfect software, just for programmers to not repeatedly make the same mistakes over and over again. How is it that brand new software is still being exploited by SQL injections and buffer overflows? Those two problems have been know about for decades yet programmers are still happy to churn out code vulnerable to them.
Nobody holds an engineer liable when something fails in a new and previously unknown way, but they do hold the engineer liable when he builds something with widely known flaws.
Netbsd supports booting from openfrimware on old world macs just fine. I believe it's the only OS that does.
tl;dr
morality doesn't get updated evey few years.
quake3 runs just fine on 100baseT over X
i have allways wonderd why it is that people who use X when 99% of the world use Y, feal the need to constitly tell the world that X is so much better. just because its better for you doesn't mean it's better for me, or the other 99%.
you do know that the first internet worm was for bsd ( and maybe vms ) systems in 1987
It is official; Netcraft now confirms: That the *BSD is dying guy needs to SHUT THE FUCK UP