Oh it's not hard to remove stuff from wayback. It's virtually impossible. Read the conditions under which Brewster et al will take stuff down. There are very very few cases where they'll actually do this.
"Personally I think this was all done with the wrong excuses. I think they would look like less of a laughingstock by reminding the guy that his car is registered with a GASOLINE engine, and he's using a different fuel than that which is registered. So the car gets impounded, and a $1000 fine must be paid to get it back. The "tax" thing is bullshit"
From TFA: So last fall the Charlotte musician and guitar instructor spent $1,200 to convert his 1981 diesel Mercedes to run on vegetable oil.
Pretty hard to convince anybody a diesel Mercedes runs on gas.
If you look at the more credible sites on veg oil conversion you'll notice they say, and correctly so, you have to pay road tax on the fuel you use even if you make it yourself. Nobody does right now of course, enjoy the free ride while you can but as more and more of this happens expect is to reach ubiquity - if you check the laws you do have to pay road tax on "all fuel used".
com/net/org can be said to be regulated. The country code domains less so. It end up being about the same at the end of the day.
How much of a problem is domain squatting really? There are laws against the most egregous ones. There are contractual arrangements for out of court dispute settlement. Then your left with guys buying domains for 6 and makig $7 or more of ads on landing pages.
The problem here is this is a slippery slope. You may have a "better" use for the domain but the result is the same. Some guy not me has it. Maybe I'll see different ads instead. Big woop.
The domain system works because there are no regulations that tell you what you can do with your shiney new domain name. To start putting any limits on this will undoubtedly inconvenience legitimate users while the sneaks just find a way around it. We saw this when we forced netsol to start enforcing.net regulations for their intended purpose. It just can't be done sorry.
You have no particular right to any specific name. First come first served may suck but it sucks less than any of the alternatives.
Besides the net had bigger problems than domain issues.
Opera started doing that with slashdot the day slashdot changed to be one big table. It didn't used to be this way.
What I do to get aorund this is code in two tables, a small first one and the rest in a second one so browsers can display something while the page is loading. The problem with tables is the browser can't render it till it's read all of it in.
" 24V batteries that apparently only come from medical supply stores ($$$)"
24V batteries ARE expensive but you don't seriously believe UPS batteries are custom made do you? Hint: they're cheaper at medical supply stores than at computer places.
Ya know, what strikes me as odd is this: back in the pre-ICANN era when the formation of the "newco" to administer domains was all the rage on mailing lists everywhere there was a substantial show of support for the notion we don't actually need a corporation to do this sort of thing and that an industry trade association would work instead. And if that wasn't working there was always the court system to fall back on in cases of dire emergancy.
The ICANN wonks asserted that private contracts with all players with them as the central body was the way to go.
I see now ICANN had to get a court order to do what they needed. Gee, it's almost like they're not needed.
Lum de de da da de do de dee.
Did they remove the fine print from the ICANN articles that said they'd escrow data in case of a business failure?
It's difficult to believe the internet is getting it's $43M/yr worth from these clowns.
"The only reason you buy thousands of domains is in the hopes that one of them becomes really popular and you can extort^Wscam^Wsell it to someone who will do something with it. "
Nope.
Their domains cost $6. If they make anything over $6 per year they're happy, and most do, Multiply this by a large number.
They don't typically sell domains. In the long term it's not in their interest.
One thing you notice in the country when you get back from a trip to the city is the smell of fresh air. And the urge to shower to wash the grime and smog of the city off you.
"And broadband is more myth than reality..."
Satellite.
"And even phone service is barely out of the "two cans and a piece of string" era!"
Nope.
"Uhhhh...Forget I said anything. I'm just going to go beat myself about the head and shoulders with an old solid steel XT-style keyboard..."
The AT ones are better. I wouldn't use anything else.
"Because I plan to retire to somewhere as rural as possible. Gods, the stink and the noise of you people...
Have fun, urbanites, when your little towns blossom into fire, either suitcase nukes or via the inevitable breakdown of the social order when the average IQ reaches that of a ferret. Or they'll become vast concrete sepulchres after a good, old fashioned plague sweeps through them.
I'll be fishin'."
I was born in a small town in Wales, moved to Canada when I was six and grew up in suburbia. After Waterloo I lived in LA, New York and Toronto. 12 years ago I moved to the middle of nowhere, Ontario (Pop. 150) and have never looked back. Do it. Get rabbits. Buy local fresh eggs. Enjoy your neighbors for a change.
"I'm fairly certain the IP registries (ARIN, RIPE, etc) prohibit renting, selling, etc IP address blocks. You don't own them, they're simply assigned to you. And if you break certain core rules, they can simply take them back from you. Read up at www.arin.net"
Read up on anti trust laws.
ARIN is the sole vendor of IP addresses in America. The large allocations were made before ARIN existed.
Slashdot Mirror
"This is known as the Streisand Effect, the scourge of all Internet censors.
Interestingly, I note that this Wikipedia article is now being considered for deletion."
Why?
Oh it's not hard to remove stuff from wayback. It's virtually impossible. Read the conditions under which Brewster et al will take stuff down. There are very very few cases where they'll actually do this.
"Personally I think this was all done with the wrong excuses. I think they would look like less of a laughingstock by reminding the guy that his car is registered with a GASOLINE engine, and he's using a different fuel than that which is registered. So the car gets impounded, and a $1000 fine must be paid to get it back. The "tax" thing is bullshit"
From TFA:
So last fall the Charlotte musician and guitar instructor spent $1,200 to convert his 1981 diesel Mercedes to run on vegetable oil.
Pretty hard to convince anybody a diesel Mercedes runs on gas.
If you look at the more credible sites on veg oil conversion you'll notice they say, and correctly so, you have to pay road tax on the fuel you use even if you make it yourself. Nobody does right now of course, enjoy the free ride while you can but as more and more of this happens expect is to reach ubiquity - if you check the laws you do have to pay road tax on "all fuel used".
"How many US soldiers WILL have to die to wow you?"
I was pretty wowed when I realized more American citizens have died in Iraq than in 911.
Iy also answers the question I posed to myself "would the Bush administration really cause the death of 3000 of its own citizens?"
com/net/org can be said to be regulated. The country code domains less so. It end up being about the same at the end of the day.
.net regulations for their intended purpose. It just can't be done sorry.
How much of a problem is domain squatting really? There are laws against the most egregous ones. There are contractual arrangements for out of court dispute settlement. Then your left with guys buying domains for 6 and makig $7 or more of ads on landing pages.
The problem here is this is a slippery slope. You may have a "better" use for the domain but the result is the same. Some guy not me has it. Maybe I'll see different ads instead. Big woop.
The domain system works because there are no regulations that tell you what you can do with your shiney new domain name. To start putting any limits on this will undoubtedly inconvenience legitimate users while the sneaks just find a way around it. We saw this when we forced netsol to start enforcing
You have no particular right to any specific name. First come first served may suck but it sucks less than any of the alternatives.
Besides the net had bigger problems than domain issues.
Opera started doing that with slashdot the day slashdot changed to be one big table. It didn't
used to be this way.
What I do to get aorund this is code in two tables, a small first one and the rest in a second one so browsers can display something while the page is loading. The problem with tables is the browser can't render it till it's read all of it in.
" 24V batteries that apparently only come from medical supply stores ($$$)"
24V batteries ARE expensive but you don't seriously believe UPS batteries are custom made do you? Hint: they're cheaper at medical supply stores than at computer places.
"That's just standard human behavior. Nobody wants to spend years or decades working on something that ends up not really accomplishing anything."
It worked for Bill Gates.
As Gore Vidal calls it...
"if I gradually replace all of the drives with larger ones, the array will still read the original size."
Not true if you use the (very excellent) IBM ServeRaid cards - available at an ebay seller near you.
Plus the configuration utility boots linux to config the array which amuses me no end when installing one in a windoze box.
Have a spare controller on hand. Trust me on this.
Solar is great and all but what about the moon? Sometimes it's bright as hell out there but does lunar power get any press? Nooooooooo.
"On the other hand, Netscape has had plugins since about 1994, so both patents should be declared void."
In the fall of 1993 Jim Mercer showed me a mpg plugin for NCSA Mosaic in Toronto.
(I quit my consulting gig the next day to do web stuff)
Of course the great irony is W98 is more secure than either.
Ya know, what strikes me as odd is this: back in the pre-ICANN era when the formation of the "newco" to administer domains was all the rage on mailing lists everywhere there was a substantial show of support for the notion we don't actually need a corporation to do this sort of thing and that an industry trade association would work instead. And if that wasn't working there was always the court system to fall back on in cases of dire emergancy.
The ICANN wonks asserted that private contracts with all players with them as the central body was the way to go.
I see now ICANN had to get a court order to do what they needed. Gee, it's almost like they're not needed.
Lum de de da da de do de dee.
Did they remove the fine print from the ICANN articles that said they'd escrow data in case of a business failure?
It's difficult to believe the internet is getting it's $43M/yr worth from these clowns.
"The only reason you buy thousands of domains is in the hopes that one of them becomes really popular and you can extort^Wscam^Wsell it to someone who will do something with it. "
Nope.
Their domains cost $6. If they make anything over $6 per year they're happy, and most do, Multiply this by a large number.
They don't typically sell domains. In the long term it's not in their interest.
"and $20000 for a toilet seat"
It was $10,000 not $20,000. It later came to light this was hoy money for covert operations was being found.
"the old guard who learned to code on PDP-11"
The PDP-11 was the new one. So was the PDP-8. Try IBM 1130 or IBM 1800.
(I'm in my 40s)
"With only C experience, you will still need years to master OO programming and design"
Oh please. C++ is just a C preprocessor. You can actually use OO concepts in C if you want to and code it that way.
Sometimes it's even a good idea. Not always though, sometimes it's more efficient not to if you know how computers actually work.
"You got a big gray beard, too?"
No, I'm clean shaven and have all of my long blond hair. I like long walks on the beach and pina coladas. I'm good with kids and dogs.
You better be a chick, bitch.
"And cows..."
You don't HAVE to live next to cows.
"And...dirt..."
One thing you notice in the country when you get back from a trip to the city is the smell of fresh air. And the urge to shower to wash the grime and smog of the city off you.
"And broadband is more myth than reality..."
Satellite.
"And even phone service is barely out of the "two cans and a piece of string" era!"
Nope.
"Uhhhh...Forget I said anything. I'm just going to go beat myself about the head and shoulders with an old solid steel XT-style keyboard..."
The AT ones are better. I wouldn't use anything else.
"Because I plan to retire to somewhere as rural as possible. Gods, the stink and the noise of you people...
Have fun, urbanites, when your little towns blossom into fire, either suitcase nukes or via the inevitable breakdown of the social order when the average IQ reaches that of a ferret. Or they'll become vast concrete sepulchres after a good, old fashioned plague sweeps through them.
I'll be fishin'."
I was born in a small town in Wales, moved to Canada when I was six and grew up in suburbia. After Waterloo I lived in LA, New York and Toronto. 12 years ago I moved to the middle of nowhere, Ontario (Pop. 150) and have never looked back. Do it. Get rabbits. Buy local fresh eggs. Enjoy your neighbors for a change.
My barn on a foggy morning.
"Hi, I'm in IT and I've talked to everyone I know who is also in IT in my area (northwestern Washington) about IPv6 rollout.
I've gotten exactly one answer from all of them: never"
This is consistant with what I've seen for a decade or so now.
There are two answers to when IPV6 will be seriously deployed:
1) 3 years from whenever you ask
2) Never
Maybe it's just a coincidence that the people who answer 2) seemed to not have their head up their ass before I asked them this question.
"It's all just marketing" - Dave Crocker.
"I'm fairly certain the IP registries (ARIN, RIPE, etc) prohibit renting, selling, etc IP address blocks. You don't own them, they're simply assigned to you. And if you break certain core rules, they can simply take them back from you. Read up at www.arin.net"
Read up on anti trust laws.
ARIN is the sole vendor of IP addresses in America. The large allocations were made before ARIN existed.
"NAT is a dreadful hack"
Yeah. That must be why its reached near ubiquity. It's a dreadful hack that works, and is everywhere.