Another damn web spider adding to the collective noise of the internet.
Why don't these people try to work out some way of sharing information so I don't have to have my webserver poked at by every person and their brother's search engine?
After putting together my own spam blacklist, I've seen firsthand the abhorrent amount of spam that comes directly from DSL/cable connections; it's depressing.
Congratulations, you're a Fuckin' Moron(tm). Here's a quarter; go buy yourself an argument.
I don't agree fully with the actions of my government (as an American) but that doesn't mean I resort to making silly, baseless accusations.
Yes, the congressman here is a self-serving loon. Yes, he's an example of what's wrong with America. But does that give you a right to puke up a stream of senseless, hateful gibberish? I think no.
If you're not going to contribute anything useful, then just keep to yourself.
Time for another episode of "Smack the /. Editor"
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I hate to be a pedant, and I imagine bringing this up will not be a popular action, but can you tell me exactly how the cable companies are 'conning' people here? It looks to me quite clearly that the cable companies are merely charging their users for services that they agreed to pay for when they signed up for service. Is this really a con?
Obviously the real scammers here are the selfish, dishonorable scum who sell these 'filters'.
And no, before one of you "information wants to be free" people chime in, I don't want to hear any bullshit about how the cable companies are 'evil' because they charge you for content.
Uh, it's also my low-end PPC-based linux system. But, you see, I bought my TiVo to be nothing more than a wonderful PVR.
I didn't give a single care as to whether or not every last bit that was on the hard drive was available to record what I wanted; hell, now that I've upgraded the hard drive (sone thing which the "anti-consumer" TiVo seems to willingly condone) I've got more space for recording programs than I know what to do with.
The fact of the matter is a TiVo isn't a computer, it's an appliance. You're not buying 40 GB of storage for TV programming, you're buying the ability to record a given number of hours of programming.
Please, get a life. The benefits of TiVo far outweigh the things you (and others in this thread) are bitching about.
I live in a house with three others, so the only alternative to this was to stick my computers out in the loft, which was getting pretty toasty with all of our equipment.
I've got a bedroom with an attached bathroom; it so happens that adjacent to one of my walls is one of the closets in the bathroom.
First, I placed everything capable of generating noise (CPU, TiVo, etc.) in the closet. Then I bought a pair of 25' VGA cables and an extension for my USB hub, and replaced all of my peripherals with USB equivalents.
The end result is I still have my computer in my bedroom, but all of the noise generating components live in a closet which I can close the door to whenever I head to bed, resulting in pretty much a silent bedroom (with the exception of a bit of noise leaking in from the aforementioned loft...).
Maybe you're not aware of the purpose of those contracts? They protect the provider from a user signing up and then cancelling after a few months, before the provider's recovered the costs of adding the user (installation, hardware, etc.).
Allowing the user to weasel out of their contract just because they broke a TOS and the ISP was forced to place limits onto their connection would just screw over the ISP even further.
Sorry to be a pedantic bitch, but the idea of software that didn't cost money existed long before RMS sucked his idea of 'free' out of his bong.
If you're going to insist on chastizing anyone who dares misuse the term "Free software", perhaps you should limit yourself to going after people who use the capitalized form of Free, which signifies a proper noun and would actually mean GPLed software.
What exactly are you talking about? The article you linked to implied absolutely nothing about an impending legal battle over the 802.11 channel that the two groups were using.
As much fun as it is to hate heartless international companies, why don't you stick to the facts? I see nothing about an "inalienable right" to any channel, or anything about Personal Telco having a need for lawyers to "fight this one off". Not even at their own website, oddly enough.
If Starbucks, AT&T and all of the other evil companies manage to sop up all of the available 802.11 bandwidth in an area, then the problem isn't the evil companies, it's a fundamental lack of supply in the face of demand. Since you seem to have forgotten, the 2.4GHz spectrum is avaliable for _anyone_ to use. Just because you're out to give away the internet access that you pay for to anyone who asks doesn't entitle you to any more or less of the spectrum.
Since you're so dedicated to the idea of hating eeeevil corporations, maybe you've forgotten that people are cheap and inconsiderate; when it comes to choosing which 802.11 network they'll use in an area to connect to the internet, virtually all of them will take advantage of you and use your free pipe. In which case, you'll be the one using up the bandwidth, screwing over the few users who want to use the 'non-free' connection.
In fact, about the only way you have a leg to stand on is if some corporation does take someone providing free 802.11 access to court; I simply don't see a case like this being successful. The 2.4GHz spectrum is free to everyone, and the FCC has been quite clear on this.
I've bothered to check the facts; now why don't you make a habit of doing so as well? Giving away free internet access isn't a "revolution", it's an illogical way of letting people just take advantage of you. If you want to do so, please be my guest. Just don't attack eeeevil corporations who want to give me far greater availability in return for my money.
Moderators, feel free to mod this rant down. But do so with the full knowledge that you're a moron trying to squelch facts.
This isn't the government's job. Surely you wouldn't recommend that the government start dabbling in long-distance voice networks, as well, would you?
Besides, the internet isn't a "US-only" thing. While you can improve things on your home soil, the companies that operate the backbones extend beyond just one country; there's only so much the US government could do.
I'm not sure where you're getting this sense that PDAs are particularly difficult to maintain. I happen to own a Kyocera QCP-6135, which is a CDMA phone that runs a complete version of the Palm OS; I spent perhaps 20 minutes installing the software and linking it with our Exchange server at work; I spend about a half-second hitting the sync button whenever I put my phone into the charging cradle, and I haven't had any trouble whatsoever keeping this setup working.
One thing I will say is that having a PDA integrated with the phone makes it a great deal more usable; not only is my list of phone numbers always up to date, but since everything is in one unit, I don't have a separate Palm to justify leaving at home.
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The ISPs who filter are perfectly free to do so, especially if nothing legitimate is coming from the filtered source (and in Verio's case, nothing legitimate comes from there).
This statement by itself sums up quite nicely the sheer irrationality that goes into the decision to blacklist an entire backbone provider.
I suppose that since I operate a mailserver on Qwest, which is blacklisted on at least one list, that 'nothing legitimate' comes from my users or myself?
Wait, perhaps that's not the right question to ask here. But you get the idea.
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As the Spam Turns
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But the point that I take issue with is this; you say I'm 'perfectly free' to move to another ISP if mine's blocked or subscribes to a block list.
Do you realize that in practice it's not usually that simple?
On the other hand, installing a package like Spamassassin rids me of far more spam than a blacklist ever could, without making me look like some elitist snob everytime my mother gets a "message undeliverable" bounce from my MTA just because she doesn't want to change her e-mail address.
How many mailservers do you operate? How many users rely on you not to make decisions that will impact their ability to receive e-mail? Before you write off my opinion merely because I don't agree with you, answer that.
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As the Spam Turns
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Great, if only the world were that simple. But it's not, and no matter what these people think, blackholing a major chunk of the internet isn't going to make anyone think twice about who they'll buy transit from. But it will inconvenience a great deal of people who have absolutely no say in these matters.
Personally, I'd avoid entering into a business relationship with anyone who would intentionally block me from receiving mail from significant parts of the internet. But then, that's the logical thing to do, and logic seems to escape most people around here.
Way to make the internet more useful
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As the Spam Turns
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Blackhole operators like this are just as bad as the spammers themselves; both groups take great pride in having their head firmly shoved up their ass.
Come on. Blocking all of _Verio_? Thanks for doing your part along with the spammers to make e-mail that much less useful.
Maybe if you weren't so prone to having problems it wouldn't matter.
I've placed qutie a few orders with amazon in the past, never once encountering a problem that would have only been solved in a timely manner by talking to someone on the phone.
Do me a favor and keep my costs low by taking your business elsewhere.
First of all, the USPS functions with massive subsidies from the government, as well as with increases in postage that outstrip inflation.
Second, I see plenty of standards in place already on the internet; TCP/IP? HTTP? FTP? Even with wireless there are standards in place. We don't need a government with a proven track record of screwing things up to meddle even more.
Finally, comparing the state of cellular affairs in a country such as the US (which is where cellular technology got it's start) and anywhere else (which had the benefit of learning from our mistakes) is ludicrous. In Europe, a poster child for an excellent mobile system, there are still multiple providers, each with their own spectrum and equipment.
As for your comment about Lake and Cook counties, I'm not sure what they are, but based on your record with this posting, I'm guessing you're wrong about that as well.
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Yeah, god forbid you help a commercial organization, especially when the results could stand to benefit you.
God knows that Google, by virtue of being a commercial entity, has absolutely nothing to offer you.
Anti-capitalist fucktard.
Another damn web spider adding to the collective noise of the internet.
Why don't these people try to work out some way of sharing information so I don't have to have my webserver poked at by every person and their brother's search engine?
Use your ISP's SMTP relay like a good user.
After putting together my own spam blacklist, I've seen firsthand the abhorrent amount of spam that comes directly from DSL/cable connections; it's depressing.
Uhm, so what happens when someone compromises apache and replaces your website with the goatse guy?
Whole lot of good that jail/UML/whatever virtual system did you then.
Either keep your software up to date, or turn in your sysadmin badge...
Congratulations, you're a Fuckin' Moron(tm). Here's a quarter; go buy yourself an argument.
I don't agree fully with the actions of my government (as an American) but that doesn't mean I resort to making silly, baseless accusations.
Yes, the congressman here is a self-serving loon. Yes, he's an example of what's wrong with America. But does that give you a right to puke up a stream of senseless, hateful gibberish? I think no.
If you're not going to contribute anything useful, then just keep to yourself.
I hate to be a pedant, and I imagine bringing this up will not be a popular action, but can you tell me exactly how the cable companies are 'conning' people here? It looks to me quite clearly that the cable companies are merely charging their users for services that they agreed to pay for when they signed up for service. Is this really a con?
Obviously the real scammers here are the selfish, dishonorable scum who sell these 'filters'.
And no, before one of you "information wants to be free" people chime in, I don't want to hear any bullshit about how the cable companies are 'evil' because they charge you for content.
Yeah, we see just how well socialism is working out for Cuba, and how well the USSR fared under it.
Capitalism may not be perfect, but it sure beats the alternatives.
If this is a troll, it's a finely crafted one. Congrats.
If you're serious... well, thanks for cheapening the Bill of Rights, and everything else this country stands for.
Uh, it's also my low-end PPC-based linux system. But, you see, I bought my TiVo to be nothing more than a wonderful PVR.
I didn't give a single care as to whether or not every last bit that was on the hard drive was available to record what I wanted; hell, now that I've upgraded the hard drive (sone thing which the "anti-consumer" TiVo seems to willingly condone) I've got more space for recording programs than I know what to do with.
The fact of the matter is a TiVo isn't a computer, it's an appliance. You're not buying 40 GB of storage for TV programming, you're buying the ability to record a given number of hours of programming.
Please, get a life. The benefits of TiVo far outweigh the things you (and others in this thread) are bitching about.
I live in a house with three others, so the only alternative to this was to stick my computers out in the loft, which was getting pretty toasty with all of our equipment.
I've got a bedroom with an attached bathroom; it so happens that adjacent to one of my walls is one of the closets in the bathroom.
First, I placed everything capable of generating noise (CPU, TiVo, etc.) in the closet. Then I bought a pair of 25' VGA cables and an extension for my USB hub, and replaced all of my peripherals with USB equivalents.
The end result is I still have my computer in my bedroom, but all of the noise generating components live in a closet which I can close the door to whenever I head to bed, resulting in pretty much a silent bedroom (with the exception of a bit of noise leaking in from the aforementioned loft...).
Maybe you're not aware of the purpose of those contracts? They protect the provider from a user signing up and then cancelling after a few months, before the provider's recovered the costs of adding the user (installation, hardware, etc.).
Allowing the user to weasel out of their contract just because they broke a TOS and the ISP was forced to place limits onto their connection would just screw over the ISP even further.
Did you actually say that you're willing to purchase software in order to perform a task that is worth quite a bit to you?
Someone alert the FSF! You're clearly insane! The software industry's brainwashed you, and you need help!
Sorry to be a pedantic bitch, but the idea of software that didn't cost money existed long before RMS sucked his idea of 'free' out of his bong.
If you're going to insist on chastizing anyone who dares misuse the term "Free software", perhaps you should limit yourself to going after people who use the capitalized form of Free, which signifies a proper noun and would actually mean GPLed software.
Yeah, charge some money for it, and do things right.
Oops, did I say that out loud?
There's already a site that lists the ideals of the free software movement; it's here.
What exactly are you talking about? The article you linked to implied absolutely nothing about an impending legal battle over the 802.11 channel that the two groups were using.
As much fun as it is to hate heartless international companies, why don't you stick to the facts? I see nothing about an "inalienable right" to any channel, or anything about Personal Telco having a need for lawyers to "fight this one off". Not even at their own website, oddly enough.
If Starbucks, AT&T and all of the other evil companies manage to sop up all of the available 802.11 bandwidth in an area, then the problem isn't the evil companies, it's a fundamental lack of supply in the face of demand. Since you seem to have forgotten, the 2.4GHz spectrum is avaliable for _anyone_ to use. Just because you're out to give away the internet access that you pay for to anyone who asks doesn't entitle you to any more or less of the spectrum.
Since you're so dedicated to the idea of hating eeeevil corporations, maybe you've forgotten that people are cheap and inconsiderate; when it comes to choosing which 802.11 network they'll use in an area to connect to the internet, virtually all of them will take advantage of you and use your free pipe. In which case, you'll be the one using up the bandwidth, screwing over the few users who want to use the 'non-free' connection.
In fact, about the only way you have a leg to stand on is if some corporation does take someone providing free 802.11 access to court; I simply don't see a case like this being successful. The 2.4GHz spectrum is free to everyone, and the FCC has been quite clear on this.
I've bothered to check the facts; now why don't you make a habit of doing so as well? Giving away free internet access isn't a "revolution", it's an illogical way of letting people just take advantage of you. If you want to do so, please be my guest. Just don't attack eeeevil corporations who want to give me far greater availability in return for my money.
Moderators, feel free to mod this rant down. But do so with the full knowledge that you're a moron trying to squelch facts.
This isn't the government's job. Surely you wouldn't recommend that the government start dabbling in long-distance voice networks, as well, would you?
Besides, the internet isn't a "US-only" thing. While you can improve things on your home soil, the companies that operate the backbones extend beyond just one country; there's only so much the US government could do.
I'm not sure where you're getting this sense that PDAs are particularly difficult to maintain. I happen to own a Kyocera QCP-6135, which is a CDMA phone that runs a complete version of the Palm OS; I spent perhaps 20 minutes installing the software and linking it with our Exchange server at work; I spend about a half-second hitting the sync button whenever I put my phone into the charging cradle, and I haven't had any trouble whatsoever keeping this setup working.
One thing I will say is that having a PDA integrated with the phone makes it a great deal more usable; not only is my list of phone numbers always up to date, but since everything is in one unit, I don't have a separate Palm to justify leaving at home.
The ISPs who filter are perfectly free to do so, especially if nothing legitimate is coming from the filtered source (and in Verio's case, nothing legitimate comes from there).
This statement by itself sums up quite nicely the sheer irrationality that goes into the decision to blacklist an entire backbone provider.
I suppose that since I operate a mailserver on Qwest, which is blacklisted on at least one list, that 'nothing legitimate' comes from my users or myself?
Wait, perhaps that's not the right question to ask here. But you get the idea.
But the point that I take issue with is this; you say I'm 'perfectly free' to move to another ISP if mine's blocked or subscribes to a block list.
Do you realize that in practice it's not usually that simple?
On the other hand, installing a package like Spamassassin rids me of far more spam than a blacklist ever could, without making me look like some elitist snob everytime my mother gets a "message undeliverable" bounce from my MTA just because she doesn't want to change her e-mail address.
How many mailservers do you operate? How many users rely on you not to make decisions that will impact their ability to receive e-mail? Before you write off my opinion merely because I don't agree with you, answer that.
Great, if only the world were that simple. But it's not, and no matter what these people think, blackholing a major chunk of the internet isn't going to make anyone think twice about who they'll buy transit from. But it will inconvenience a great deal of people who have absolutely no say in these matters.
Personally, I'd avoid entering into a business relationship with anyone who would intentionally block me from receiving mail from significant parts of the internet. But then, that's the logical thing to do, and logic seems to escape most people around here.
Blackhole operators like this are just as bad as the spammers themselves; both groups take great pride in having their head firmly shoved up their ass.
Come on. Blocking all of _Verio_? Thanks for doing your part along with the spammers to make e-mail that much less useful.
Maybe if you weren't so prone to having problems it wouldn't matter.
I've placed qutie a few orders with amazon in the past, never once encountering a problem that would have only been solved in a timely manner by talking to someone on the phone.
Do me a favor and keep my costs low by taking your business elsewhere.
You're a token example of why the slashdot community garners no respect from the rest of the world.
Instead of going to the link (which I've noticed is in noy way 'slashdotted') you could very easily determine whether or not your 'theory' was true.
However, like a moron, you felt compelled to spew bullshit that was entirely false and easily determined as such.
First of all, the USPS functions with massive subsidies from the government, as well as with increases in postage that outstrip inflation.
Second, I see plenty of standards in place already on the internet; TCP/IP? HTTP? FTP? Even with wireless there are standards in place. We don't need a government with a proven track record of screwing things up to meddle even more.
Finally, comparing the state of cellular affairs in a country such as the US (which is where cellular technology got it's start) and anywhere else (which had the benefit of learning from our mistakes) is ludicrous. In Europe, a poster child for an excellent mobile system, there are still multiple providers, each with their own spectrum and equipment.
As for your comment about Lake and Cook counties, I'm not sure what they are, but based on your record with this posting, I'm guessing you're wrong about that as well.