I remember listening to music on Tapes, CDs, etc. Where the songs were presented to you in a specific order normally. I found it annoying that every time I would hear one of the songs anywhere else like the radio my brain would always expect the next song on the tape, CD etc. I never have that happen any more. Now whether that is good or bad I don't know, but it serves my purpose.
Does a projector count as a TV? I don't own a "TV" anymore. Not that it really matters since I haven't watched anything except DVDs in the last 3 weeks.
I thought Lemmings was just a video game, now it appears it is a reality show.
"The company's net income for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2003, was $3.3 million, compared to a net loss of $5.4 million for the same period in 2002."
""These results mark an important milestone for Interplay. In 2003, we had a return to operating profit and substantially reduced our debt. However, we continue to operate under cash constraints," said Herve Caen, chairman and CEO, Interplay."
Sounds like they are still having financial difficulties, but it seems they haven't been kicked out yet.
I work for a medium sized ISP and we have had this implemented for a year now. It works pretty well. I modified qmail to block emails if the email contains a URL that is on our blacklist. We now have ~9000 domains on our blacklist. There is no whitelist involved here, just a pure blacklist. I have a huge database of every domain that has appeared in any email message going through our mail system. This is very useful since some spammers change their domains often. I can look up and see when the first email came into our system and how many there were over time. I watched this data for so long that I was able to make a program automatically block domains based on the speed they came in and how new the URL was. We have probably had more compliments on how we reduced the spam then complaints. When we did get a complaint tech support had the ability to remove the domain from the blacklist in real time.
Having said all that, I wouldn't call this a magic bullet though. It helps a lot, especially if you can block them as fast as we are, but we use a lot of other techniques as well. Together those techniques block around 70-80% of all email coming into our server. It is doubtful that one technique alone will ever be enough.
Of course it will create *some* pollution on Earth to get the rocket into space in the first place. I'm not saying we shouldn't blast rockets into space, but it would be nice if the reason to do so was beneficial in some way and not just a lame stunt.
It is nice is that you can sell your old console to someone who can't afford the $ for the new console that has backward compatibility. Also helps you offset the cost of the new console.
Another reason could be higher video quality. For example, the PS2 can be hooked up using component cables making for a sharper/clearer image on my projector. You can not hook up the PS1 via those same cables.
Next gen consoles may improve the video quality. The PS2 has options the smooth the textures of the PS1 for example.
Next gen consoles may load old games faster as is the case of the PS2 vs PS1.
Your old accessories might already work for the next gen console so you don't have to buy new ones. For example the PS1 controllers work on the PS2. They lack the pressure sensitive buttons, but most games don't use those anyway.
I wouldn't call #4 sad. I play a lot of ps1 and ps2 games and I for one am glad to only have one machine. Sure I'd find a way to get them both hooked up if I had to, I'm just happy I don't have to. 11 components hooked to my tv is plenty. If you're someone who doesn't play the old games, then it wouldn't matter, but I tend to play a lot of them.
I am the main mail administrator for a medium sized ISP. I came up with the same solution basically. The spammers are making money, usually by a link within the message. I modified qmail and kept track of every message that came in. I then input the urls from these messages into a database. I can whitelist and blacklist the domains. I have qmail scan the message as it comes in. If it senses a blacklisted domain it does not accept the message it instead gives a 554 error message.
I found that the worst of the spammers change their domains often (like once a week.) So after running this thing for like 6 months+ now I decided that I had a huge database of valid vs. non-valid domains. I was a little tired of blocking the same people over and over, it was time to automatically block domains. So a domain that has never been sent to us in an email before automatically gets blocked after so many messages. It works beautifully. I have found very few legit domains that I had to unblock. Mostly from mailing lists like rootsweb, groups.yahoo.com, etc, which I have now stopped automatically blocking theirs.
We are basically blocking ~85% of all email attempting to come into our mail servers now. It was really out of no choice. About a year ago our mail servers were choking so hard that we had some major service interruptions. One time we had over 400,000 messages in our queue. This was just unacceptable! We found that we were getting about 2,000,000 emails a day.
Example of a five minute period on one of our mail servers. This is both incomming and outgoing combined:
2004-03-02 21:20:01: 5418 out of 6490 (83%) messages blocked.
New Domains: 5
Blocked File Extensions: 12
Blocked Domains within URLs: 258
Blocked IPs within URLs: 11
Blocked URLs (Domain contains % signs): 14
Blocked URLs (Domain contains & signs): 0
Blocked Recipients (User Unknown): 67
Messages Blocked by RBLs: 1131
Messages Blocked by keywords (viagra, etc): 3924
The really cool thing is that if we shut off the RBL blocking, the URL and keyword blocking totally take its place! With the RBL blocking on we still block about 100,000 emails a day with a variation of the word viagra!
I keep hearing people say that they shut off our spam filter (#7 and 8) because spam is so light now. Anyway, with some effort and creativity you *can* make a huge dent in spam. Nothing is perfect, but I would say that we have gotten it down to 95%+ easily.
I live in Oregon, one of the few states without sales tax. So it is already pretty much that way for me. On Amazon I might purchase the hard to find items, but if you can find it local it is usually better. It's not only the extra shipping that you have to pay, it is also having to wait a few days to get your item. Plus their prices aren't all that great, they just have a huge selection.
Check out dosbox.sourceforge.net. It's an emulator that works great for old dos games. It even makes some of the games that were difficult to squeeze into the base 640K seemingly easier to get running with sound blaster, mouse, etc. All the support it automatically built in. Mount directories as a virtual hard drive/cd drive. All open source with windows/linux versions for download. Such nostalgia.
I modified qmail and capture a list of all domains into a database. I easily blacklist the spammer's domains through a web interface I made. It has been pretty effective for me. I'm blocking about 100 emails a minute *after* four RBL Blacklists. Plus a few other techniques, and I am blocking about 83% of all email *before* spam assassin.
I'm a mail/systems administrator at a small/medium sized ISP. This virus is nothing compared to the onslaught of spam we get. >2 million total messages a day and blocking >1.6 million due to spam. Our virus filter is taking them out no problem, and no we aren't bouncing it =)
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Almost everywhere you go there is music that is shuffled. This guy is crazy. Radio, stores, resturants, sattelite, computers, CD shufflers, etc.
Personally I think the guy hit it right on the head when he said "Personally, and I believe I speak for many old farts here."
I remember listening to music on Tapes, CDs, etc. Where the songs were presented to you in a specific order normally. I found it annoying that every time I would hear one of the songs anywhere else like the radio my brain would always expect the next song on the tape, CD etc. I never have that happen any more. Now whether that is good or bad I don't know, but it serves my purpose.
I'm not brain damaged, I just think that way
"You seem to be *REALLY* drunk. Calling taxi..." <BSOD>
"Get your body in shape you insensitive clod"
I hear dead people
Does a projector count as a TV? I don't own a "TV" anymore. Not that it really matters since I haven't watched anything except DVDs in the last 3 weeks.
I thought Lemmings was just a video game, now it appears it is a reality show.
Here is some new news for you.
"The company's net income for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2003, was $3.3 million, compared to a net loss of $5.4 million for the same period in 2002."
""These results mark an important milestone for Interplay. In 2003, we had a return to operating profit and substantially reduced our debt. However, we continue to operate under cash constraints," said Herve Caen, chairman and CEO, Interplay."
Sounds like they are still having financial difficulties, but it seems they haven't been kicked out yet.
I hope they pick someone who can do the series justice. Not a developer that will just dig the grave for us.
I have windows on my computer. Right on the side of the case
Li Leem Lo Lave a Lisp. LOL
I think they have a Lisp. Those Lilly Livered Linux Lubbers.
I have windows on my server! Look there on the side of my case!
But just think how it will speed up and enhance all those Microsoft products!
Yes, I have windows on my computer. Right on the side of my case.
I work for a medium sized ISP and we have had this implemented for a year now. It works pretty well. I modified qmail to block emails if the email contains a URL that is on our blacklist. We now have ~9000 domains on our blacklist. There is no whitelist involved here, just a pure blacklist. I have a huge database of every domain that has appeared in any email message going through our mail system. This is very useful since some spammers change their domains often. I can look up and see when the first email came into our system and how many there were over time. I watched this data for so long that I was able to make a program automatically block domains based on the speed they came in and how new the URL was. We have probably had more compliments on how we reduced the spam then complaints. When we did get a complaint tech support had the ability to remove the domain from the blacklist in real time.
Having said all that, I wouldn't call this a magic bullet though. It helps a lot, especially if you can block them as fast as we are, but we use a lot of other techniques as well. Together those techniques block around 70-80% of all email coming into our server. It is doubtful that one technique alone will ever be enough.
Of course it will create *some* pollution on Earth to get the rocket into space in the first place. I'm not saying we shouldn't blast rockets into space, but it would be nice if the reason to do so was beneficial in some way and not just a lame stunt.
Ethereal. Do I hear an echo in this room?
Your replacement trains you!
TIMING you idiots April fool starts on the 1st of april. Not on 31st of march. Geez. Is it that hard to read a calendar?
LOL. I guess it must be since according to Slashdot time, your post is on the 30th of March. =)
Here are a few more reasons I thought of...
It is nice is that you can sell your old console to someone who can't afford the $ for the new console that has backward compatibility. Also helps you offset the cost of the new console.
Another reason could be higher video quality. For example, the PS2 can be hooked up using component cables making for a sharper/clearer image on my projector. You can not hook up the PS1 via those same cables.
Next gen consoles may improve the video quality. The PS2 has options the smooth the textures of the PS1 for example.
Next gen consoles may load old games faster as is the case of the PS2 vs PS1.
Your old accessories might already work for the next gen console so you don't have to buy new ones. For example the PS1 controllers work on the PS2. They lack the pressure sensitive buttons, but most games don't use those anyway.
I wouldn't call #4 sad. I play a lot of ps1 and ps2 games and I for one am glad to only have one machine. Sure I'd find a way to get them both hooked up if I had to, I'm just happy I don't have to. 11 components hooked to my tv is plenty. If you're someone who doesn't play the old games, then it wouldn't matter, but I tend to play a lot of them.
If the core is fluids then maybe we will find life in the core of Uranus. Probably some nasty critters too. =)
Seriously though, could the possibility exist? Life within the core of a planet? Probably not, but it could make for a cool sci-fi adventure at least.
This Web Hosting Company, NatHost, appears to have this Horde Webmail interface.
Sorry, but his idea *does* work.
I am the main mail administrator for a medium sized ISP. I came up with the same solution basically. The spammers are making money, usually by a link within the message. I modified qmail and kept track of every message that came in. I then input the urls from these messages into a database. I can whitelist and blacklist the domains. I have qmail scan the message as it comes in. If it senses a blacklisted domain it does not accept the message it instead gives a 554 error message.
I found that the worst of the spammers change their domains often (like once a week.) So after running this thing for like 6 months+ now I decided that I had a huge database of valid vs. non-valid domains. I was a little tired of blocking the same people over and over, it was time to automatically block domains. So a domain that has never been sent to us in an email before automatically gets blocked after so many messages. It works beautifully. I have found very few legit domains that I had to unblock. Mostly from mailing lists like rootsweb, groups.yahoo.com, etc, which I have now stopped automatically blocking theirs.
We are basically blocking ~85% of all email attempting to come into our mail servers now. It was really out of no choice. About a year ago our mail servers were choking so hard that we had some major service interruptions. One time we had over 400,000 messages in our queue. This was just unacceptable! We found that we were getting about 2,000,000 emails a day.
Methods of blockings in order...
1 - RBLs
2 - Recipient Unknown Block 3 - Keyword Blocking
4 - Url Blocking
5 - Attachment Blocking
6 - Virus Quarantining (clam av)
7 - Customer modifiable email white/black lists
8 - Spam Assassin w/Bayes,DCC,Razor2,Pyzor
Example of a five minute period on one of our mail servers. This is both incomming and outgoing combined:
2004-03-02 21:20:01: 5418 out of 6490 (83%) messages blocked.
New Domains: 5
Blocked File Extensions: 12
Blocked Domains within URLs: 258
Blocked IPs within URLs: 11
Blocked URLs (Domain contains % signs): 14
Blocked URLs (Domain contains & signs): 0
Blocked Recipients (User Unknown): 67
Messages Blocked by RBLs: 1131
Messages Blocked by keywords (viagra, etc): 3924
The really cool thing is that if we shut off the RBL blocking, the URL and keyword blocking totally take its place! With the RBL blocking on we still block about 100,000 emails a day with a variation of the word viagra!
I keep hearing people say that they shut off our spam filter (#7 and 8) because spam is so light now. Anyway, with some effort and creativity you *can* make a huge dent in spam. Nothing is perfect, but I would say that we have gotten it down to 95%+ easily.
I can smell the spam now. I know I don't want to smell my email. Smell in a video/virtual reality game might be cool. Other than that, no thanks.
Heh, I was just about to mention Marble Man myself. I so wish a Mame ROM was available.
I live in Oregon, one of the few states without sales tax. So it is already pretty much that way for me. On Amazon I might purchase the hard to find items, but if you can find it local it is usually better. It's not only the extra shipping that you have to pay, it is also having to wait a few days to get your item. Plus their prices aren't all that great, they just have a huge selection.
Check out dosbox.sourceforge.net. It's an emulator that works great for old dos games. It even makes some of the games that were difficult to squeeze into the base 640K seemingly easier to get running with sound blaster, mouse, etc. All the support it automatically built in. Mount directories as a virtual hard drive/cd drive. All open source with windows/linux versions for download. Such nostalgia.
I modified qmail and capture a list of all domains into a database. I easily blacklist the spammer's domains through a web interface I made. It has been pretty effective for me. I'm blocking about 100 emails a minute *after* four RBL Blacklists. Plus a few other techniques, and I am blocking about 83% of all email *before* spam assassin.
I'm a mail/systems administrator at a small/medium sized ISP. This virus is nothing compared to the onslaught of spam we get. >2 million total messages a day and blocking >1.6 million due to spam. Our virus filter is taking them out no problem, and no we aren't bouncing it =)