You are correct, sir! Fact-checking is a big part of what editors do. I won't go into the grammar and punctuation aspects; this is/. after all, and there be trolls about.
I have read repeatedly here and elsewhere that most spam comes from "spam zombie" machines "pwned" via the machinations of malicious virus writers. Ergo, a machine spewing viruses via email is (a) a spam source in training and (b) attempting to create other zombies/spam sources. It therefore seems logical that any ISP serious about fighting spam would welcome reports of subscribers spewing viruses, whereby to notify the subscriber of the infection and/or suspend the account until the problem is fixed.
On the assumption that the latter point is true (which I doubt), why do SpamCop and other spam reporting outfits refuse to report/notify ISPs about viruses spewing from their mail servers?
If the number of owned machines is as represented, it seems that a huge step toward controlling spam would be identifying and fixing said machines or suspending their ISP accounts BEFORE they start spewing spam.
(Note to trolls: Please do not start up about "lusers" not knowing how to identify the true ISP of an infected account and all that. SpamCop, for one, does this automatically based on IP address, so, the mechanism for reporting viruses to the source ISP is the same as for reporting spam.)
German shorthairs are great dogs if you are in good enough shape to keep up with them. Old guys like me do better with a nice staid, methodical setter--although getting cockleburs and grass spurs out the coat is a pain to both.
I have shot amateur IPSC and PPC-type events, but I am nowhere good enough for the serious competitions. (Most guys can knock down all 6 plates before I get off one round--Rob Leatham I ain't.)
I agree on the.45ACP, but am further prejudiced toward that caliber in a slicked-up 1911A1. I am even now shopping for one to work over for my grandson, who is intereted in getting into competition shooting.
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..."the wholesale abandonment of email as a viable communication platform?"
And the alternative with the same capabilities is...?
"...muzzle blast just rips it to pieces."
You have that problem too? A friend and I have this exercise where you start at 25 yards (gun holstered--private range) and walk toward a stationary B27 silhouette target. At any point, the other guy blows a whistle and starts a timer, whereupon the shooter draws and fires five rounds. My buddy is fond of waiting until you are within arms reach of the traget before blowing the whistle.;-)
"...10-15 times more likely than it working at an opportune time, from the wdie variety of statistics I've encounterd over the years..."
Citing firearm accident statistics to justify making firearms less reliable (or to foster "gun control" arguments--which I know you didn't do in your post) is tantamount do mandating that all automobiles be incapable of exceeding 55 miles per hour or starting if sensors indicated ice or other unsafe road conditions--based on accident statistics.
"LOL, either you know a lot about firearms, Dr Firearms, or you have never served in the army!"
Both, actually, and am quite familiar the failings of the early M16A1. That "forward assist" button did little to engender confidence in the weapon. The M14 was and is a superior arm, and but for the weight, the M1A1 (Garand) is superior to both in terms of reliability, accuracy, and killing power.
"Now, do you always walk around with a loaded gun in an exposed holster, with no retaining strap and no safety?"
Again, lack of firearms knowledge.
Double-action Revolver: no "safety," just aim and pull the trigger. (And, yes, it is an extremely safe firearm, far safer than a semi-auto with a "safety," which engenders a false sense of safety/security.)
Thumb-break Holster: Bump with your thumb as part of the drawing motion--zero actuation time.
All that aside, police "training" was (and in some cases still is) quite poor with regard to firearms. Example: A police officer (Baltimore, I think, but could be wrong) died in a firefight with a robbery suspect. They found him with his revolver empty, the cylinder open, and a full SpeedLoader in his lfet hand. In his right pants pocket, they found six empty catridge cases.
The officer's firearms "training" included a mandate that all brass (empty cartridge cases) be picked up *immediately* during range practice. His "training" ingrained the habit of emptying cases from the revolver cylinder into his right hand and pocketing them before reloading. But for the extra second or so lost to this foolish drill, the officer might have survived. As it was, his "training" killed him.
"The majority of people would try the same stunt..."
It is not a "stunt" but a skill, learned through practice, just like driving, returning a tennis lob, or shooting par at the golf course. Most American gun owners (at least all the ones I know) are similarly skilled.
I do not mean this to sound troll-like or inflamatory, but you obviously know very little about firearms.
A firearm of reasonable quality will not experience a *single* malfunction in the owner's lifetime, and unless used extremely often or abused, will likely not fail in the lifetimes of several of the original owner's descendants.
Fireams are designed and manufactured with safety in mind, and reliability equals safety.
The only firearm I have ever had "jam up" was an extremely dirty Czech CZ75 that I buried in mud then test-fired as part of a performance evaluation.
"do you really think you could prevent this from happening in any way?"
From the "surrender" position (i.e. hands raised), I can draw and fire 6 *accurate* shots from a S&W Model 66.357 Magnum at 10 yards in less than 4 seconds. Time from draw to first shot, less than a second.
Now, do you think I could do anything about an armed intruder?
" One EMP pulse and you're disarmed. Thanks, but we're not interested."
Ditto for any other inopportune failure of the electronics. When a computer, iPod, etc. fails--even at the worst possible time--at most you are severely inconvienced. When your firearm fails at an inopportune time--say, I dunno, when a knife- or dumb gun-wielding intruder breaks into your bedroom maybe?--you are dead.
Having done what you describe in a light industrial environment, the only thing I would add is a work-through dust cover for the keyboard (the same kind you see in use at industrial will-call counters etc.) You can use the keyboard with cover in place, thus protecting it from dust, chemicals, grease, and other nasties on your hands while working. The covers are durable, and clean easily.
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You are correct, sir! Fact-checking is a big part of what editors do. I won't go into the grammar and punctuation aspects; this is /. after all, and there be trolls about.
If you are close to shore (hence shallow) they wouldn't be "deep sea" creatures.
I have read repeatedly here and elsewhere that most spam comes from "spam zombie" machines "pwned" via the machinations of malicious virus writers. Ergo, a machine spewing viruses via email is (a) a spam source in training and (b) attempting to create other zombies/spam sources. It therefore seems logical that any ISP serious about fighting spam would welcome reports of subscribers spewing viruses, whereby to notify the subscriber of the infection and/or suspend the account until the problem is fixed.
On the assumption that the latter point is true (which I doubt), why do SpamCop and other spam reporting outfits refuse to report/notify ISPs about viruses spewing from their mail servers?
If the number of owned machines is as represented, it seems that a huge step toward controlling spam would be identifying and fixing said machines or suspending their ISP accounts BEFORE they start spewing spam.
(Note to trolls: Please do not start up about "lusers" not knowing how to identify the true ISP of an infected account and all that. SpamCop, for one, does this automatically based on IP address, so, the mechanism for reporting viruses to the source ISP is the same as for reporting spam.)
German shorthairs are great dogs if you are in good enough shape to keep up with them. Old guys like me do better with a nice staid, methodical setter--although getting cockleburs and grass spurs out the coat is a pain to both.
Flamebait, eh. Mod must be a member of the Fourth Estate...no, wait...that would be me.
I'm thinking more like Slim Pickens.
I *said* be nice....
"There are two ways to see if you've been sent illegal spam:
Check for misleading subject lines that are intended to trick people into opening them.
Look for a Web page to submit contact information.
This is where spam operators make their money.
A consumer submits contact information to that Web site."
Gawd, is there a group anywhere with a greater ignorance level than the "mainstream" media? (Be nice...)
"According to watchdog group SpamHaus, PayPerAction is the fourth-largest spam operation in the world."
Only fourth? The boy can't be a native Texan, then. Must be a Yankee immigrant.
(If you can't tell the difference between humor, flamebait, and troll, don't mod this.)
Q: What do you call 10,000 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean?
A: A good start.
I have shot amateur IPSC and PPC-type events, but I am nowhere good enough for the serious competitions. (Most guys can knock down all 6 plates before I get off one round--Rob Leatham I ain't.)
.45ACP, but am further prejudiced toward that caliber in a slicked-up 1911A1. I am even now shopping for one to work over for my grandson, who is intereted in getting into competition shooting.
I agree on the
..."the wholesale abandonment of email as a viable communication platform?"
And the alternative with the same capabilities is...?
"...muzzle blast just rips it to pieces." You have that problem too? A friend and I have this exercise where you start at 25 yards (gun holstered--private range) and walk toward a stationary B27 silhouette target. At any point, the other guy blows a whistle and starts a timer, whereupon the shooter draws and fires five rounds. My buddy is fond of waiting until you are within arms reach of the traget before blowing the whistle. ;-)
All it takes is once--*if* you let it happen.
"...10-15 times more likely than it working at an opportune time, from the wdie variety of statistics I've encounterd over the years..." Citing firearm accident statistics to justify making firearms less reliable (or to foster "gun control" arguments--which I know you didn't do in your post) is tantamount do mandating that all automobiles be incapable of exceeding 55 miles per hour or starting if sensors indicated ice or other unsafe road conditions--based on accident statistics.
"LOL, either you know a lot about firearms, Dr Firearms, or you have never served in the army!"
Both, actually, and am quite familiar the failings of the early M16A1. That "forward assist" button did little to engender confidence in the weapon. The M14 was and is a superior arm, and but for the weight, the M1A1 (Garand) is superior to both in terms of reliability, accuracy, and killing power.
"Now, do you always walk around with a loaded gun in an exposed holster, with no retaining strap and no safety?"
Again, lack of firearms knowledge.
Double-action Revolver: no "safety," just aim and pull the trigger. (And, yes, it is an extremely safe firearm, far safer than a semi-auto with a "safety," which engenders a false sense of safety/security.)
Thumb-break Holster: Bump with your thumb as part of the drawing motion--zero actuation time.
All that aside, police "training" was (and in some cases still is) quite poor with regard to firearms. Example: A police officer (Baltimore, I think, but could be wrong) died in a firefight with a robbery suspect. They found him with his revolver empty, the cylinder open, and a full SpeedLoader in his lfet hand. In his right pants pocket, they found six empty catridge cases.
The officer's firearms "training" included a mandate that all brass (empty cartridge cases) be picked up *immediately* during range practice. His "training" ingrained the habit of emptying cases from the revolver cylinder into his right hand and pocketing them before reloading. But for the extra second or so lost to this foolish drill, the officer might have survived. As it was, his "training" killed him.
"The majority of people would try the same stunt..."
It is not a "stunt" but a skill, learned through practice, just like driving, returning a tennis lob, or shooting par at the golf course. Most American gun owners (at least all the ones I know) are similarly skilled.
I do not mean this to sound troll-like or inflamatory, but you obviously know very little about firearms.
A firearm of reasonable quality will not experience a *single* malfunction in the owner's lifetime, and unless used extremely often or abused, will likely not fail in the lifetimes of several of the original owner's descendants.
Fireams are designed and manufactured with safety in mind, and reliability equals safety.
The only firearm I have ever had "jam up" was an extremely dirty Czech CZ75 that I buried in mud then test-fired as part of a performance evaluation.
"do you really think you could prevent this from happening in any way?"
.357 Magnum at 10 yards in less than 4 seconds. Time from draw to first shot, less than a second.
From the "surrender" position (i.e. hands raised), I can draw and fire 6 *accurate* shots from a S&W Model 66
Now, do you think I could do anything about an armed intruder?
That's the "Ninth Circus."
" One EMP pulse and you're disarmed. Thanks, but we're not interested."
Ditto for any other inopportune failure of the electronics. When a computer, iPod, etc. fails--even at the worst possible time--at most you are severely inconvienced. When your firearm fails at an inopportune time--say, I dunno, when a knife- or dumb gun-wielding intruder breaks into your bedroom maybe?--you are dead.
To whoever modded the parent: Just because facts are contrary to your personal prejudices does not make them "Flamebait."
What wannabe genius modded the parent offtopic?
Jeez, sometimes these mods make me nuts--and I *am* a mod! (At least when I have points.)
Having done what you describe in a light industrial environment, the only thing I would add is a work-through dust cover for the keyboard (the same kind you see in use at industrial will-call counters etc.) You can use the keyboard with cover in place, thus protecting it from dust, chemicals, grease, and other nasties on your hands while working. The covers are durable, and clean easily.