Sure has, while Joe six-pack might like it over dial-up, businesses will run from it after the latency wreaks havoc with their vpn and remote desktops. Gamers will shun it for the same reason./nice pun
Intel blew it when they cared more about advertising, clock speed vs. work done, and their precious high margin that looked so good to investors. This is the fault of Intel's corporate culture. The ability of your product, not its appearance or attractiveness to investors, is what matters. Hooha for AMD.
I worked as admin of a mid-sized ISP in Texas when I did this.
Out of frustration one day, I blackholed all APNIC addresses(all of Asia's IPs) and the reduction in SPAM that resulted, was amazing. The filters and RBL's caught everything else and my users enjoyed very little to no spam for a while. That is til some jerk needed to email Hong Kong....the ban was lifted and the spam started flowing in.
I'm not one for censoring whole regions, but this does work. If I knew no-one needed email correspondance with Asia at my current job, I'd blackhole them again.
I am not required by law to view the ads and I never agreed to a contrac.
I never agreed to be abused by pop-ups.
I never agreed to have fake system dialog boxes displayed.
I never agreed to the extra software installed without me knowing it.
That being said, I have clicked on the adds in my gmail. I've never considered blocking them either. They are not "in your face", nor are they deceptive. The ads are relevent to the content and I don't mind being subjected to them.
As for the punch the monkey or "your system is insecure" guys, I would never purchase their product and I would never intentionally click on it. I don't feel bad about blocking something I view as unethical.
All it takes is one technician carrying a virus on his notebook working on an ATM behind the firewall. What is the contingency plan for when(not if)a virus gets behind the firewall?
Those who are willing to sacrifice essential freedom
for security deserve neither. - Ben Franklin
Which is more important, the rights of the few or the profits of the corporation?
Being that I've worked at an ISP for the past 5 years, I regulary come in contact with customers email. I'm glad to see I can't be held legally liable for viewing mail stored on a server. However, I still regulary pick up pieces of peoples email while using ethereal to diagnose various problems. This email isn't stored, its being transferred across the wire. I'm not spying on their mail, however I am intercepting it while in transmission...It makes me wonder what my (or my employer's) legal liability is given I have no malicous intent.
It sounds to me like this guy just needs a quality HDD and good tape backup. Do not put your faith in RAID, put in a good off-site backup. I've seen RAID solutions fail to many times. I've seen RAID solutions fail twice recently. The first one was a company with a slick server and nice hot-swappable SCSI drives but their controller card went out. It was replaced by the manufacturer but the techs were unable to recover the data. Next one happened when a machines case fan went out and the mirrored HDDs cooked themselves to death. The moral of the story: NEVER TRUST RAID and as always keep a backup.
I can see why. I have no reason to go to the traditional arcade anymore. Between my PS2 and PC I have no urging to waste quarters at the arcade. To return to the arcade I need something different. Way back when the arcade offered better graphics and range of games. I want to see something I can't do at home, be it VR helmets/pods, floating holograms, or some other new fangled contraption.
That guys just a lamer. All the major viruses released of late do nothing but spam or ddos evil coporations. What happened to the good ole day's when they really did format your hard drive?
On a serious note, I doubt "underground" groups like this are responsible for today's major viruses. I would point the finger at dirty spammers for 99% of profilic recent virii.
The phone company has been using DSL internally since 1992. At the time they had no incentive to sell cheaper broadband since they were making plenty of money selling T1s.
There never ever was any fair competition. Initially the Bells were not allowed to sell DSL to foster competition. To escape this provision of the law, SBC created a company called ASI to destroy competition. While a seperate company legally, ASI technicians drove a Southwester Bell van, wore a Southwestern Bell uniform and serviced their connections first.
I can't believe whats happened now....how long will they keep their right to steal from us? These guys will use whatever measures they can to ensure they keep bilking us for as long as we let them.
ISPs and mail providers following these recommendations can prevent most illegitimate spam(forged headers, open relays), and completely prevent what happened here. Unfortunately, large providers cannot follow these recommendations, due to the large volume of legitimate mail that gets blocked from systems with ignorant admins.
The former ISP I worked for decided to implement some of the measures in RFC 2505 and began verifying PTR records (reverse DNS)....I never had to take so many calls from pissed customers not recieving their mail. I was threatened by an admin US Department of Education, who, in a most impolite fashion told me to fix our problem(we don't need no stinkin PTR records).....not to mention the University of Texas, Texaco, and so on. Soon the ISP relented, the spam came flooding back in and we were back where we started.
I don't see the need for a new system.....just better admins.
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Sure has, while Joe six-pack might like it over dial-up, businesses will run from it after the latency wreaks havoc with their vpn and remote desktops. Gamers will shun it for the same reason. /nice pun
You're right, for $600 I want a 50% faster card than my $400 card. The performance doesn't match the price.
I hope they post it again. /just kidding
when google takes them out of their search results. After all why risk another lawsuit when someone else will gladly take those hits.
Arise! Bender arise!!
Intel blew it when they cared more about advertising, clock speed vs. work done, and their precious high margin that looked so good to investors. This is the fault of Intel's corporate culture. The ability of your product, not its appearance or attractiveness to investors, is what matters. Hooha for AMD.
I worked as admin of a mid-sized ISP in Texas when I did this.
Out of frustration one day, I blackholed all APNIC addresses(all of Asia's IPs) and the reduction in SPAM that resulted, was amazing. The filters and RBL's caught everything else and my users enjoyed very little to no spam for a while. That is til some jerk needed to email Hong Kong....the ban was lifted and the spam started flowing in.
I'm not one for censoring whole regions, but this does work. If I knew no-one needed email correspondance with Asia at my current job, I'd blackhole them again.
I am not required by law to view the ads and I never agreed to a contrac. I never agreed to be abused by pop-ups. I never agreed to have fake system dialog boxes displayed. I never agreed to the extra software installed without me knowing it. That being said, I have clicked on the adds in my gmail. I've never considered blocking them either. They are not "in your face", nor are they deceptive. The ads are relevent to the content and I don't mind being subjected to them. As for the punch the monkey or "your system is insecure" guys, I would never purchase their product and I would never intentionally click on it. I don't feel bad about blocking something I view as unethical.
"When you absolutely have to know every mofo's email username and pass in the room"
All it takes is one technician carrying a virus on his notebook working on an ATM behind the firewall. What is the contingency plan for when(not if)a virus gets behind the firewall?
Mr. Soundtrack got married last week.
Considering the population of Canada is less than 1/5 of the United States it sounds like you have more of a gun problem than we do.
Those who are willing to sacrifice essential freedom for security deserve neither. - Ben Franklin Which is more important, the rights of the few or the profits of the corporation?
99% of the computer repair I do is spyware removal.
Being that I've worked at an ISP for the past 5 years, I regulary come in contact with customers email. I'm glad to see I can't be held legally liable for viewing mail stored on a server. However, I still regulary pick up pieces of peoples email while using ethereal to diagnose various problems. This email isn't stored, its being transferred across the wire. I'm not spying on their mail, however I am intercepting it while in transmission...It makes me wonder what my (or my employer's) legal liability is given I have no malicous intent.
It sounds to me like this guy just needs a quality HDD and good tape backup. Do not put your faith in RAID, put in a good off-site backup. I've seen RAID solutions fail to many times. I've seen RAID solutions fail twice recently. The first one was a company with a slick server and nice hot-swappable SCSI drives but their controller card went out. It was replaced by the manufacturer but the techs were unable to recover the data. Next one happened when a machines case fan went out and the mirrored HDDs cooked themselves to death. The moral of the story: NEVER TRUST RAID and as always keep a backup.
I wonder if he'll regret selling penis enlargment pills while the good 'ole boys in the pen are breaking him in.
Awesome...and if they ask for a refund? Pee on their door.
robot 1: "You seen Sarah Connor?" robot 2: "No, just more farkin water"
I can see why. I have no reason to go to the traditional arcade anymore. Between my PS2 and PC I have no urging to waste quarters at the arcade. To return to the arcade I need something different. Way back when the arcade offered better graphics and range of games. I want to see something I can't do at home, be it VR helmets/pods, floating holograms, or some other new fangled contraption.
That guys just a lamer. All the major viruses released of late do nothing but spam or ddos evil coporations. What happened to the good ole day's when they really did format your hard drive? On a serious note, I doubt "underground" groups like this are responsible for today's major viruses. I would point the finger at dirty spammers for 99% of profilic recent virii.
I wouldn't be opposed to ear-tagging the homeless. Cowboyneal could say its an earing or something.
The phone company has been using DSL internally since 1992. At the time they had no incentive to sell cheaper broadband since they were making plenty of money selling T1s. There never ever was any fair competition. Initially the Bells were not allowed to sell DSL to foster competition. To escape this provision of the law, SBC created a company called ASI to destroy competition. While a seperate company legally, ASI technicians drove a Southwester Bell van, wore a Southwestern Bell uniform and serviced their connections first. I can't believe whats happened now....how long will they keep their right to steal from us? These guys will use whatever measures they can to ensure they keep bilking us for as long as we let them.
ISPs and mail providers following these recommendations can prevent most illegitimate spam(forged headers, open relays), and completely prevent what happened here. Unfortunately, large providers cannot follow these recommendations, due to the large volume of legitimate mail that gets blocked from systems with ignorant admins. The former ISP I worked for decided to implement some of the measures in RFC 2505 and began verifying PTR records (reverse DNS)....I never had to take so many calls from pissed customers not recieving their mail. I was threatened by an admin US Department of Education, who, in a most impolite fashion told me to fix our problem(we don't need no stinkin PTR records).....not to mention the University of Texas, Texaco, and so on. Soon the ISP relented, the spam came flooding back in and we were back where we started. I don't see the need for a new system.....just better admins.