I have said this before, and I am dead serious so do not mod this as funny, the only way to deal with this is if spammers fear for their safety. That could occur in two ways:
1 - Electronic Market Similar to the Iowa Poltical Market people would buy futures in when a particular spammer would die, and when enough people stood to gain from a particular spammers death then market forces would apply themselves naturally.
2 - Vigilantism Maybe it would start out as making their lives unpleasant, and would escalate as the need arose.
SA uses CogentCo to host their servers. CogentCo is a cesspool of spammers. Anyone that does business with CogentCo deserves to have all of their email blocked by every router on the internet. The fact that CogentCo allows spammers to operate freely on their network and does ZERO to stop them is reason enough to blacklist CogentCo. SPEW has blacklisted thousands of spammers hosted at CogentCo, some of them dozens of times using different IPs. CogentCo gives these spammers new IPs every time. The only way to combat this is to blacklist CogentCo's entire block.
"For me it comes down to to the freedom of speech issue -" You can say whatever the fuck you want, but not in a manner in which I have to pay for it.
"The FL legislature has been battling all year about medical malpractice suit caps on awards from juries"
The cap only applies to "pain and suffering" not REAL damages.
This has been forced by trial lawyers and will spread to every state.
In Texas 14 out of 17 medical-liability insurers have left the state in the last two years alone. There are 300 lawsuits for every 100 doctors in the state, and eevn though 80% of the suits are found to be without merit, it still takes $50k to defend against each one.
The fact that I can run a 10k at all probably puts me in the top 0.1% of slashdot readers. Being able to run to the mail box probably puts you in the top 2%.
"But still not nearly as wonderfully flexible as my 15 gig iPod."
A lot of people, including myself, use this during fitness training. A 10GB iPod weighs 158g, these units weigh around 35g. 158g is a lot of weight to have in your pocket if your are running several miles.
There are several that are this size or smaller. I have the 256MB iAudio CW200 that is 40g(1.4oz). It is GREAT for loading up the 'Rocky III' soundtrack and some other tunes and going out for a 10k run.
The following Enron execs have been indicted: Timothy Belden Andrew Fastow Lea Fastow Kevin Howard Michael Kopper Michael Krautz Jeffrey S. Richter Kenneth Rice Joseph Hirko Kevin Hannon Scott Yeager Rex Shelby Ben Glisan Dan Boyle
Clifford Baxter was the Enron exec who splattered his braines all over the inside of his Mercedes.
John Forney was an energy trader who has also been indicted.
How about we set up a market for spammers, modeled after the Iowa Electronic Markets. Except instead of buying futures in political candidates, you buy futures in a spammer dying. If people stand to make millions from a certain spammer biting the dust then the market forces will apply themselves naturally.
The scientist sees the common theme in the popular shows.
Researcher: Why, they're all a bunch of blue-collar slobs! Scientist: People, that's who we need for our next astronaut. Assistant: I suggest a lengthy, inefficient search. At the taxpayers' expense, of course. Scientist: I wish there was an easier way. [Phone rings] Homer: Hello, is this NASA? Scientist: Yes? Homer: Good! Listen: I'm sick of your boring space launches. Now I'm just an ordinary, blue-collar slob, but I know what I likes on TV. Scientist: How did you get this number? Homer: Shut up! And another thing: how come I can't get no Tang 'round here? And also -- [a toilet flushes] Scientist: People, our long search is over.
"About 15,000 people a year would pay $100,000 for a 15-minute suborbital trip by 2021, according to a study by the consulting business Futron Corp"
Is that $100k in 2003 dollars or 2021 dollars? If it is 2021 dollars that would be about $65k in 2003 dollars (assuming 2.5%/yr inflation over 18 years). If it is 2003 dollars that will be $155k in 2021.
Once you gen-x folks get done with the x-prize competition us gen-y folks will have the Y-Prize to see who can build the most XXXtreme rocket. The Y-Prize will be broadcast live on MTV(what music?) and the winner will receive a lifetime supply of mountain dew.
Of three 802.11g AP's they tested, bandwidth was reduced by 15-50% for the entire wireless network when a single 802.11b card was present. It is also notable that WEP reduces bandwidth by ~30%.
Think of all of the laws regulating sexual activity. Oral sex was illegal in Alabama until a few weeks ago, but I doubt that it modified anyones behaviour. Dildos are still illegal in 15 states also.
Did anyone read this story and immediately think of how they just vacuum the entire crime scene and run every piece of debris through an instant DNA test? The first time I saw that I thought it was 50+ years away; now I would be suprised not to see it within a decade or two.
What in the hell does this have to with the topic?
"DARPA is creating an idea futures market, the Policy Analysis Market, to try to predict events in the Middle East."
I know most slashdot readers feel the need to prove that they are 'progressive' or 'worldly' but do they have to mod up completely off-topic rantings to prove that?
In 1660, in celebration of its hard-fought victory over Turkey, a crack regiment from Croatia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) visited Paris. There, the soldiers were presented as glorious heros to Louis XIV, a monarch well known for his eye toward personal adornment. It so happened that the officers of this regiment were wearing brightly colored handkerchiefs fashioned of silk around their necks. These neck cloths, which probably descended from the Roman fascalia worn by orators to warm the vocal chords, struck the fancy of the king, and he soon made them an insignia of royalty as he created a regiment of Royal Cravattes. The word 'cravat', incidentally, is derived from the word 'Croat'. It wasn't long before this new style crossed the channel to England. Soon no gentleman would have considered himself well dressed without sporting some sort of cloth around his neck -- the more decorative, the better.
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I have said this before, and I am dead serious so do not mod this as funny, the only way to deal with this is if spammers fear for their safety. That could occur in two ways:
1 - Electronic Market
Similar to the Iowa Poltical Market people would buy futures in when a particular spammer would die, and when enough people stood to gain from a particular spammers death then market forces would apply themselves naturally.
2 - Vigilantism
Maybe it would start out as making their lives unpleasant, and would escalate as the need arose.
SA uses CogentCo to host their servers. CogentCo is a cesspool of spammers. Anyone that does business with CogentCo deserves to have all of their email blocked by every router on the internet. The fact that CogentCo allows spammers to operate freely on their network and does ZERO to stop them is reason enough to blacklist CogentCo. SPEW has blacklisted thousands of spammers hosted at CogentCo, some of them dozens of times using different IPs. CogentCo gives these spammers new IPs every time. The only way to combat this is to blacklist CogentCo's entire block.
"For me it comes down to to the freedom of speech issue -"
You can say whatever the fuck you want, but not in a manner in which I have to pay for it.
"The FL legislature has been battling all year about medical malpractice suit caps on awards from juries"
The cap only applies to "pain and suffering" not REAL damages.
This has been forced by trial lawyers and will spread to every state.
In Texas 14 out of 17 medical-liability insurers have left the state in the last two years alone. There are 300 lawsuits for every 100 doctors in the state, and eevn though 80% of the suits are found to be without merit, it still takes $50k to defend against each one.
then check out this: DefCon Wifi Shootout
The winner built an antenna that transmitted data over 35miles, with $98 in parts from home depot.
The fact that I can run a 10k at all probably puts me in the top 0.1% of slashdot readers. Being able to run to the mail box probably puts you in the top 2%.
"But still not nearly as wonderfully flexible as my 15 gig iPod."
A lot of people, including myself, use this during fitness training. A 10GB iPod weighs 158g, these units weigh around 35g. 158g is a lot of weight to have in your pocket if your are running several miles.
There are several that are this size or smaller. I have the 256MB iAudio CW200 that is 40g(1.4oz). It is GREAT for loading up the 'Rocky III' soundtrack and some other tunes and going out for a 10k run.
If they were indicted and are out on bail then all of their assets have been frozen and their passports have been seized.
"I remember reading about some rich kid that spent most of his life at some European ski resort after raping or murdering some girl in the states."
That was Alex Kelly and his wealthy parents were funneling money to him. Also I do not believe he murdered anyone, just rape.
He also has all of the scientology documents that slashdot is afraid to leave posted.
"aren't ALL the Enron executives still free?"
What?
The following Enron execs have been indicted:
Timothy Belden
Andrew Fastow
Lea Fastow
Kevin Howard
Michael Kopper
Michael Krautz
Jeffrey S. Richter
Kenneth Rice
Joseph Hirko
Kevin Hannon
Scott Yeager
Rex Shelby
Ben Glisan
Dan Boyle
Clifford Baxter was the Enron exec who splattered his braines all over the inside of his Mercedes.
John Forney was an energy trader who has also been indicted.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.Raisethefi st.com
The internet archive has the site archived from many dates over the past several years.
How about we set up a market for spammers, modeled after the Iowa Electronic Markets. Except instead of buying futures in political candidates, you buy futures in a spammer dying. If people stand to make millions from a certain spammer biting the dust then the market forces will apply themselves naturally.
If Red Hat runs low on funds with this suit then IBM will step forward and 'license' some technology from Red Hat for a few $$$Billion.
I think it goes something like this...
The scientist sees the common theme in the popular shows.
Researcher: Why, they're all a bunch of blue-collar slobs!
Scientist: People, that's who we need for our next astronaut.
Assistant: I suggest a lengthy, inefficient search. At the taxpayers' expense, of course.
Scientist: I wish there was an easier way.
[Phone rings]
Homer: Hello, is this NASA?
Scientist: Yes?
Homer: Good! Listen: I'm sick of your boring space launches. Now I'm just an ordinary, blue-collar slob, but I know what I likes on TV.
Scientist: How did you get this number?
Homer: Shut up! And another thing: how come I can't get no Tang 'round here? And also --
[a toilet flushes]
Scientist: People, our long search is over.
"About 15,000 people a year would pay $100,000 for a 15-minute suborbital trip by 2021, according to a study by the consulting business Futron Corp"
Is that $100k in 2003 dollars or 2021 dollars? If it is 2021 dollars that would be about $65k in 2003 dollars (assuming 2.5%/yr inflation over 18 years). If it is 2003 dollars that will be $155k in 2021.
Once you gen-x folks get done with the x-prize competition us gen-y folks will have the Y-Prize to see who can build the most XXXtreme rocket. The Y-Prize will be broadcast live on MTV(what music?) and the winner will receive a lifetime supply of mountain dew.
Yep, check this out: Best Wi-Fi Ever: 802.11g.
Of three 802.11g AP's they tested, bandwidth was reduced by 15-50% for the entire wireless network when a single 802.11b card was present. It is also notable that WEP reduces bandwidth by ~30%.
"there are probably more recent examples"
Think of all of the laws regulating sexual activity. Oral sex was illegal in Alabama until a few weeks ago, but I doubt that it modified anyones behaviour. Dildos are still illegal in 15 states also.
"File Traders Don't Care About Copyright"
In other news... Murderers don't care about gun laws, more news at 10.
Did anyone read this story and immediately think of how they just vacuum the entire crime scene and run every piece of debris through an instant DNA test? The first time I saw that I thought it was 50+ years away; now I would be suprised not to see it within a decade or two.
One of the big prolems with Lynx was the battery life. That thing would go through 6 AA batteries in under two hours.
Amazon has the Game Gear for $30
The PSP screen is 4.5"5 9.html
http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_60726
The GBA screen is 2.9"
" if the PSP really has a 16x9 screen and is large enough"
g es/playsta tionportable1.jpg
The screen resolution is 480x272.
http://www.playstationportable.info/ima
For comparison the GBA resolution is 240x160.
The one slide they were missing: battery life.
What in the hell does this have to with the topic?
"DARPA is creating an idea futures market, the Policy Analysis Market, to try to predict events in the Middle East."
I know most slashdot readers feel the need to prove that they are 'progressive' or 'worldly' but do they have to mod up completely off-topic rantings to prove that?