The groups said they were particularly looking for narrowly-defined federal legislation aimed at so-called "king-pin" spammers whom they believe are responsible for the largest volume and most pernicious of unwanted e-mails.
They're looking to legislate the "spam kings" to death, not block mail from them for their collective subscribers.
Funny, however, that they continute to ignore "black hole" lists that are actually quite good at deleting/preventing spam.
Sad to hear that. I admit, along with death of the Amiga, I stopped keeping an eye on TG and Assembly, among others.:(
Well, with the dismal state of computer employment, there are certainly talented folks without anything else to do but code for fun.
Were it not for the worthy call of Open Source, the unemployed programmer denziens might be strongly tempted to code demos for competitions such as this.:)
A LOT of great stuff has come out of this event, if you follow the demoscene. I remember checking constantly to download the Amiga demo winners from this event. That stuff was cutting edge! I haven't looked at the last few years' winners, but I bet the competitions are still churning out some amazing code.
A few of the coding groups at these parties went on to form actual "money making" companies, like Team 17.
While I wouldn't characterize The Gathering as a Geek Think Tank, it most certainly ain't all about pr0n, warez, and fragging.
I hope Dell doesn't go the same path as other "winning" loss-leader strategeryists:
* Microsoft (X-box unit, anyway)
* I-Opener (anyone wanna buy my hacked one?:>)
Anything with blinking lights is cool. Heck, selling just the blinking lights themselves makes for the christmas light industry!
Come to think of it, I bet putting blinking lights on a remote-controlled bomb and wheeling it into Afganistan would have been more effective at taking out Osama Bin Laden than sending in the army..."Hey, Osama! Look what we found! Isn't it cool?!"
True.
Clarification: "nothing" meant "nothing but operating system/driver/Microsoft product information".
What's at stake, here, is that it's spying on software other than Microsoft's, which they 1) don't provide updates for (you ever see updates for RealPlayer there?) and 2) don't have a right to know about.
Assuming "nothing is sent" is about as smart as checking that "trust everything from microsoft.com" checkbox for the activeX control Windows Update downloads. You'd have to be a quart short of an oil change to do either.
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I wonder what people with this "special ability" would say about the word "synesthesia"?
I'd just say "damn, that's hard to pronounce"...and then think of green meadows...birds sining...ahhhh....
I completely agree -- notice I didn't say "I wish they'd use the black hole lists," I just said they never mention them.
Like you, I am glad there isn't a single source of record for "e-mail blocking", especially one that is controlled by a company or government shill.
However, it'll be a cold day in hell when we're able to completely block what everyone thinks is spam...
Did you read the article (or even the /. blurb?)
The groups said they were particularly looking for narrowly-defined federal legislation aimed at so-called "king-pin" spammers whom they believe are responsible for the largest volume and most pernicious of unwanted e-mails.
They're looking to legislate the "spam kings" to death, not block mail from them for their collective subscribers. Funny, however, that they continute to ignore "black hole" lists that are actually quite good at deleting/preventing spam.
Sad to hear that. I admit, along with death of the Amiga, I stopped keeping an eye on TG and Assembly, among others. :(
:)
Well, with the dismal state of computer employment, there are certainly talented folks without anything else to do but code for fun.
Were it not for the worthy call of Open Source, the unemployed programmer denziens might be strongly tempted to code demos for competitions such as this.
A LOT of great stuff has come out of this event, if you follow the demoscene. I remember checking constantly to download the Amiga demo winners from this event. That stuff was cutting edge! I haven't looked at the last few years' winners, but I bet the competitions are still churning out some amazing code.
A few of the coding groups at these parties went on to form actual "money making" companies, like Team 17.
While I wouldn't characterize The Gathering as a Geek Think Tank, it most certainly ain't all about pr0n, warez, and fragging.
If anything, the Aussies should outlaw VEGGIMITE, not Spam!
Without Spam, what should we substitute in that Monty Python song? I propose the new PC phrase, "Potted Meat Product".
I hope Dell doesn't go the same path as other "winning" loss-leader strategeryists: * Microsoft (X-box unit, anyway) * I-Opener (anyone wanna buy my hacked one? :>)
Anything with blinking lights is cool. Heck, selling just the blinking lights themselves makes for the christmas light industry!
Come to think of it, I bet putting blinking lights on a remote-controlled bomb and wheeling it into Afganistan would have been more effective at taking out Osama Bin Laden than sending in the army..."Hey, Osama! Look what we found! Isn't it cool?!"
True.
Clarification: "nothing" meant "nothing but operating system/driver/Microsoft product information".
What's at stake, here, is that it's spying on software other than Microsoft's, which they 1) don't provide updates for (you ever see updates for RealPlayer there?) and 2) don't have a right to know about.
Assuming "nothing is sent" is about as smart as checking that "trust everything from microsoft.com" checkbox for the activeX control Windows Update downloads. You'd have to be a quart short of an oil change to do either.
For a minute, there, I thought this was going to be a set-up for a SNL commercial skit or a message from the Better Colon Health Foundation.