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  1. Re:Last IP! on Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven /8s · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It will, ARIN will start handing out /28's. You think routers are choking on routes now, just wait. Edge networks that are multihomed will be ok, you can drop large swaths of announcements and still get plenty of diversity; in the core however....gonna suck for them. Or not...we'll see how it goes. https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four10

  2. Re:Error in article text on WoW - The Game That Seized the Globe · · Score: 1

    Actually, if you go to their site and sign up for the free 10 day demo you can download the client for free. Then when/if you want to switch over to a full fledged account you can do so for $39.00.

  3. Re:Disabled Hardware?? on Unlocking the GeForce 6800 · · Score: 1

    Sounds kinda like the thing PC manufacturers used to do with the "Turbo" button. If you turned the turbo off it would actually slow the CPU down.

  4. Re:Faster, but for what? on 1Gbps Broadband Service for Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    And the bot-herders over the world rejoice. If you're going to run a bot net, why use compromised boxes in the US where upload is mostly 512K. Tons of shiny new hosts in Asia to play with that have massive upload speeds. New Super Ultra Mega Happy Fun DDoS, coming to a network near you!

  5. Re:Limited set of IP's? on Spam's U.S. Roots · · Score: 1

    SPEWS is a pretty good blocklist but yeah they do tend to become draconian at times. If you ever peruse the NANABL Newsgroup you'll see that given the right information with all the i's dotted and the t's crossed they'll respond favorably. There are lots of claims that the posters are not SPEWS but you tend to pickup on things for some.

    I agree it can be difficult to police your clients but with a fairly responsive abuse desk this can be minimized.

    I hate spam as much as the next guy, don't get me wrong. And causing some trouble for ISP's to force them to remove spammers is called for at times and in the end does prove to be somewhat successful.

    It's not a great system but slowly things are improving and spammers are being whittled down to only a hardcore few.

    --Just opinions of my own, grain of salt, mileage my vary, etc...

  6. Re:Limited set of IP's? on Spam's U.S. Roots · · Score: 5, Informative

    Spamhaus will certainly help you out with a list of IP's to block. They'll also tell you what country spams the most and what ISP a majority of the spam comes from, just check the stats at the bottom of the homepage. Spamhaus is also one of the few DNS Blacklists around that you can actually work with.

    Normally they list IP addresses that spam comes from , unlike some lists like the five-ten group that lists all but 1 IP address (127.0.0.1). Spamhaus will also remove IP's that no longer spew spam and so legitimate businesses don't get blocked erroneously.

    Spamhaus also has a nifty thing called The ROKSO List which lists know repeat offenders and spam gangs so ISP's can keep from signing them up for service in the first place.

  7. Re:Am I unreasonable... on Tech Employment Drops Sharply In 2004 · · Score: 1

    You're correct. I think the whole IT industry is settling down now as managers begin to clue++ and decide how to actually use IT to support business functions and not the other way around. I also see it as alot of the very much unqualified getting thinned from the herd.

    M0000

  8. Re:Well, duh. on Nvidia Reintroduces SLI with GeForce 6800 Series · · Score: 1
    If current games today don't use the hardware to its full potential and you add another piece of hardware how is that going to help?

    OR

    is it that the card is used to full capacity with plenty of room on the Bus. Adding a second card will help take up the slack the first card can't cope with.

  9. Re:SLI? on Nvidia Reintroduces SLI with GeForce 6800 Series · · Score: 1

    From recently reading an article on [H]ard OCP (www.hardocp.com) about the PCI-E x9800 Pro games and stuff don't even use the full potential of the 8x AGP Bus. Does using 2 video cards really help when we can't use what's alread there?

  10. Re:program named 'Why you should leave Florida' on Florida Ponders Communication Tax on LANs · · Score: 1

    And why exactly is it that spammers seem to congregate in Florida? Is it because of the house foreclosure or something law?

  11. Maximum PC on NYT: The New Breed of Gaming Laptops Get Serious · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Check out this months issue of Maximum PC for pretty good reviews on all those laptops. According to them the Dell is quite the machine.

  12. FPS! on IF Quake Takes Fragging To Whole New Level · · Score: 1, Funny

    Damn Campers!

  13. $3000 per settlement??? on Record Industry Sues 532 More U.S. File-Sharers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The RIAA has been averaging $3,000 per settlement so far."

    ...so are they giving all the money they've received to the authors/performers of the music? How do they decide who gets what and what's the money used for.

  14. Yast makes me happy on YaST to Become Open Source · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've been using Yast for the last few months. I've been really happy with it. Updates are a breeze. Installing new software couldn't be easier. It hasn't missed a dependency yet. Usability is pretty good and fairly intuitive.