Unless I'm mistaken (and I haven't read the details yet, although I'm familiar with other TLDs that have used EPP), one of the benefits is that Verisign now has authoritative access to the domain contact information. If so, it would be feasible for the authorized owner to request an auth_code directly from Verisign, completely bypassing the registrar.
It wouldn't do a ton of good since your average phisher has access to a ton of zombies they can verify a password list without triggering any IP:failedlookup ratio and banning themselves from the site.
It is probably based on the electrical systems already on the plane -- And I tend to fly Boeing, which is why I've not seen the 120V systems anywhere myself.
Not at all -- If a company doesn't choose to service your area, you don't need to vote against it any more then an American needs to vote in a Canadian election.
If there is a monopoly, withholding your money is just the same as if there was a competitor -- If enough people do it, the company will still die out. If not, the people have spoken, the company grows larger and life goes on.
It doesn't matter what you do with your money, as long as you don't give it to the company in question, you've voted your two cents out of their budget.
If there is a natural monopoly (energy/water/sewer are the most common, since the city may not allow a new company to come in and dig up the entire city to install new facilities), then there is a legislative approach to fixing the problem. If it's a typical monopoly (where nothing stops the competition from showing up) and you honestly believe people would vote against the company if they had a choice, start up some competition yourself and see if you're right.
Note that GoDaddy's agreement with ICANN does not permit this.
The.com/.net registry is slowly moving towards a thick registry system that will use auth_codes for transferring domains, which may help reduce some of the registry-holding-domain-hostage problems.
On the other hand, a corporation is perfectly capable (both legally and practically) of ignoring my dollar vote
Oh really? So if you stop giving your money to company A and instead give it to company B, then company A can still spend that money?
Sure, it takes a lot of people to vote a company out of business, but then your vote really isn't the deciding factor in a gov't election either, now is it?
On a plane, you might not actively need it. I know I find having one on my keychain to be very useful though, it comes in handy far more often then you might otherwise expect.
What's the possible harm? As long as the cockpit is properly secured, and you manage to ban power tools, axes, and things of that class, nobody is going to take over the plane anyway.
Things were very different pre-9/11, back then a hijacking just meant everyone would get an unexpected stopover and a bunch of time and hassle for everyone involved, there was little threat of death, so a small weapon (which could realistically kill one or two people before the hijackers were subdued) was a big deal vs everybody wasting a few hours of their lives.
Post-9/11, the rules are different -- The expectation is that if you hand control of the airplane over, everyone might die. As a result, someone threatening the life of one passenger or crew member is not a sufficient threat to hand over everyone's lives.
I think you're overestimating the amount of time, effort and intellect airlines have available to screen passengers.
You can teach chimps to recognize a Dell or Apple logo, you likely cannot teach them to verify against a serial number database (which would need to be maintained too, since the recall might well be expanded)
You would be mistaken about that certainty. First off, it's not a 120V three prong plug like you're used to using at home, but rather, a car lighter type socket.
Technically you could go to AC, split it, and have two or more people connect into a power strip, but there are some serious amperage limits, which will be made worse by the loss of going from DC to AC and back to DC again -- If you have a bit of a power hungry notebook to begin with, you'll often need to remove the battery as the socket may not be able to both run your computer and charge the battery at the same time.
Honestly, I've been there and done that with Spamhaus... They were pleasant to work with.
Of course, in my case it was simply a previous customer of that IP block. If you're running a mailing list which isn't fully confirmed, or doing something else that is hitting spam traps on a regular basis, I expect your experience would be far less enjoyable.
If you weren't delisted, care to share the details as to why? Was it neighbouring customers, due to your provider, or an activity you were engaged in that was grounds for listing?
If the defendant doesn't show up, does the judge have to grant default judgment, or can he ask why?
In theory, the judge could care. In practice, the judge's job is to assume the facts as put before him are factually accurate, unless contested by the opposing council. In practice, if one party fails to attend, the other party can say pretty much whatever it wants (within the bounds of reason) and it's accepted as fact for the purposes of that specific case.
Actually, the plaintiff claimed that Spamhaus was conducting business in the county where the lawsuit was filed -- That was potentially fraud, and had the judge been conscious during the proceedings, he could have kicked it on the spot (or at least asked for proof)
You're confusing SPEWS and Spamhaus... Spamhaus goes out of their way to avoid listing innocent bystanders.
SPEWS is different, it's not intended to be a list of spammers, SPEWS is a list of spam-friendly networks, more of a way of managing a boycott on the basis that if you're buying service from a spam friendly ISP, you're enabling the ISP to stay in business, and therefore indirectly enabling spammers to continue their operations. By design, this catches non-spamming entities in the crossfire, in an attempt to encourage them to find a less spam-friendly provider.
The reason the RIAA can track P2P is simple, there is no trust between peers.
You can create a 100% safe/secure torrent simply by restricting access to known and trusted contacts. It's only once you share with strangers that you're risking the RIAA noticing.
Of course if all you want is to trade with friends, why not just do that?
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Unless I'm mistaken (and I haven't read the details yet, although I'm familiar with other TLDs that have used EPP), one of the benefits is that Verisign now has authoritative access to the domain contact information. If so, it would be feasible for the authorized owner to request an auth_code directly from Verisign, completely bypassing the registrar.
Well, it doesn't stop someone from chopping off their fingers and voting a second time.
It wouldn't do a ton of good since your average phisher has access to a ton of zombies they can verify a password list without triggering any IP:failedlookup ratio and banning themselves from the site.
It is probably based on the electrical systems already on the plane -- And I tend to fly Boeing, which is why I've not seen the 120V systems anywhere myself.
What's the amperage like on the 120V systems?
Not at all -- If a company doesn't choose to service your area, you don't need to vote against it any more then an American needs to vote in a Canadian election.
If there is a monopoly, withholding your money is just the same as if there was a competitor -- If enough people do it, the company will still die out. If not, the people have spoken, the company grows larger and life goes on.
It doesn't matter what you do with your money, as long as you don't give it to the company in question, you've voted your two cents out of their budget.
If there is a natural monopoly (energy/water/sewer are the most common, since the city may not allow a new company to come in and dig up the entire city to install new facilities), then there is a legislative approach to fixing the problem. If it's a typical monopoly (where nothing stops the competition from showing up) and you honestly believe people would vote against the company if they had a choice, start up some competition yourself and see if you're right.
I'm curious, does your credit report show that you have a lot of debt, or that you have been failing to pay bills?
Note that GoDaddy's agreement with ICANN does not permit this.
.com/.net registry is slowly moving towards a thick registry system that will use auth_codes for transferring domains, which may help reduce some of the registry-holding-domain-hostage problems.
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Maybe.
Why wait? Get moving to another registrar now...
On the other hand, a corporation is perfectly capable (both legally and practically) of ignoring my dollar vote
Oh really? So if you stop giving your money to company A and instead give it to company B, then company A can still spend that money?
Sure, it takes a lot of people to vote a company out of business, but then your vote really isn't the deciding factor in a gov't election either, now is it?
On a plane, you might not actively need it. I know I find having one on my keychain to be very useful though, it comes in handy far more often then you might otherwise expect.
What's the possible harm? As long as the cockpit is properly secured, and you manage to ban power tools, axes, and things of that class, nobody is going to take over the plane anyway.
Things were very different pre-9/11, back then a hijacking just meant everyone would get an unexpected stopover and a bunch of time and hassle for everyone involved, there was little threat of death, so a small weapon (which could realistically kill one or two people before the hijackers were subdued) was a big deal vs everybody wasting a few hours of their lives.
Post-9/11, the rules are different -- The expectation is that if you hand control of the airplane over, everyone might die. As a result, someone threatening the life of one passenger or crew member is not a sufficient threat to hand over everyone's lives.
I think you're overestimating the amount of time, effort and intellect airlines have available to screen passengers.
You can teach chimps to recognize a Dell or Apple logo, you likely cannot teach them to verify against a serial number database (which would need to be maintained too, since the recall might well be expanded)
Because that's likely beyond the intellectual abilities of the people who need to enforce the rules.
How often do you fly on Virgin? Do you have any status there (awarded due to mileage?) If not, do you think they'll care?
As far as the internet petition, those tend to be worth the paper they're printed on, so I'm sure the airline will care there too.
You would be mistaken about that certainty. First off, it's not a 120V three prong plug like you're used to using at home, but rather, a car lighter type socket.
Technically you could go to AC, split it, and have two or more people connect into a power strip, but there are some serious amperage limits, which will be made worse by the loss of going from DC to AC and back to DC again -- If you have a bit of a power hungry notebook to begin with, you'll often need to remove the battery as the socket may not be able to both run your computer and charge the battery at the same time.
Honestly, I've been there and done that with Spamhaus... They were pleasant to work with.
Of course, in my case it was simply a previous customer of that IP block. If you're running a mailing list which isn't fully confirmed, or doing something else that is hitting spam traps on a regular basis, I expect your experience would be far less enjoyable.
If you weren't delisted, care to share the details as to why? Was it neighbouring customers, due to your provider, or an activity you were engaged in that was grounds for listing?
As if lack of jurisdiction was not enough, the Plaintiff additionally failed to give Spamhaus legal service of process of his lawsuit.
That alone is more then sufficient to have the judgement kicked, should Spamhaus ever desire to conduct business in IL.
1) SpamAssassin != Spamhaus
2) So what? That's not SpamAssassin's problem, nor does it make them liable.
If the defendant doesn't show up, does the judge have to grant default judgment, or can he ask why?
In theory, the judge could care. In practice, the judge's job is to assume the facts as put before him are factually accurate, unless contested by the opposing council. In practice, if one party fails to attend, the other party can say pretty much whatever it wants (within the bounds of reason) and it's accepted as fact for the purposes of that specific case.
discovered it is legally enforceable
s/enforceable/unenforceable/
Actually, the plaintiff claimed that Spamhaus was conducting business in the county where the lawsuit was filed -- That was potentially fraud, and had the judge been conscious during the proceedings, he could have kicked it on the spot (or at least asked for proof)
You're confusing SPEWS and Spamhaus... Spamhaus goes out of their way to avoid listing innocent bystanders.
SPEWS is different, it's not intended to be a list of spammers, SPEWS is a list of spam-friendly networks, more of a way of managing a boycott on the basis that if you're buying service from a spam friendly ISP, you're enabling the ISP to stay in business, and therefore indirectly enabling spammers to continue their operations. By design, this catches non-spamming entities in the crossfire, in an attempt to encourage them to find a less spam-friendly provider.
The reason the RIAA can track P2P is simple, there is no trust between peers.
You can create a 100% safe/secure torrent simply by restricting access to known and trusted contacts. It's only once you share with strangers that you're risking the RIAA noticing.
Of course if all you want is to trade with friends, why not just do that?
Well for one, you trigger a manual count on the basis that the vote was "close" -- It already happens with paper ballots in a close election.
If the human counters and machine counters come up with the same numbers, it's all good.
Or perhaps GWB is just the fabled "better idiot"
Thats hypocrisy.
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