Yup I run an ISP and we see this as well, even firewalling of the MX records some spam bastids delivery directly to the A record of domain.com in the hope that your web server shares the ip with the mail server.
Sorry. Not very effective as spambots are only concerned with SMTP-time bounces. Not after the MTA has delivered it.
Along these lines an idea would be use RBL's to fake "email does not exist" ie "550 Recipient address rejected: No such user" SMTP response instead of the standard issue SMTP 554 generic failure for RBL denials.
I wonder though if spammers really care to keep their lists updated...
My philosophy is to make the hardware fast and reliable and to keep speed optimizations as far away from the code as possible. This btw is usually more sufficent and measurabley cheaper for the customers aswell.
You kidding right? Its this mentality that created the digusting bloatware we have today. "Why should we care our processors are so fast anyway"
An example: you can avoid SQL statements inside a loop where it could be achieved by a single combined query outside the loop, thus saving your database getting spammed by "n" requests.
Code that is mindfull of resource waste is often easier and cheaper to maintain and scales better.
I agree that they don't always keep it hush hush... thats not the issue.
It was the PRESENTATION and APPROACH that set my BS detector off. How can you be so gullible? Some script kiddie puts "SS IS WATCHING YOU" and people fall for it.
- Dot com billionaire (Check)
- Astronaut(Check)
- OSS and education evangelist (Check)
So what now Mr Shuttleworth? Do you feel your biggest endeavour still lies ahead or do you feel you've accomplished enough?
Global? Well doesnt work here in South Africa, so I'm having to resort to opening a US checking account just so I can get a Paypal account so I can conduct business with paypal only merchants.
Then of course if you read on the forums about paypal freezing your funds indefinitely if you dont fit a certain account profile.
No and besides Yahoo dont do timestamping and hence lag costs you bigtime:(
I love ICC and the paper makes a valid argument, however its very academic. A few extra seconds here or there is no big deal in gamea longer than 3 minutes. Much better ways to cheat, like using a computer (just on a few crucial moves - impossible to detect).
Also its easy to detect a cheater. If he claims (2 second lang), server can ping him (literally with ICMP) and compare. Course he could firewall it, but still..
Should it not have read: "Bikes Against Bush Creator Arrested". For me the word "Busted" implies that not only is it illegal but also a reproachable activity.
I dont see anything 'wrong' with a bit of civil disobediance.
Hmm though I guess that would make it slashdot boring too if it was just neutral. Nevermind this is a pointless comment.:)
"I'm not that concerned about the threat of Microsoft (MSFT ) enforcing patents against Linux. I think their mode of operation isn't through the legal system. I think they hate lawyers more than most companies."
Linus Torvalds (BusinessWeek.Com - 18 Aug 2004)
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Yes its one of the reasons even with ultrahigh resolution zero flicker LCD screen, our eyes are not fooled into thinking its a painting on the wall.
Think how spooky it will be when we have recording equipment capable of doing this in realtime. You could have a electronic wall mirror
for example.
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TrueColor - full electromagnetic spectrum is the "holy grail" of colour rendering IMHO. The approach they have taken in the article is an improvement, but you still only stuck with 5 electromagnetic frequencies R,G,B,C,M,Y with determined wavelengths.
What would REALLY be awesome is if we had monitors that could display light as we see it in reality, ie a full spectrum of wavelengths. RGB just uses pyschological tricks to make our brains into thinking we seeing multiple colours.
Why do you think companies purposely disable features with a ZERO manufacturing cost? Its called product differentiation, look it up in your ecos textbook, sunshine. They MAY decide to license it for mass market, then again it may be more profitable as a drawcard for the highend segment.
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Yup I run an ISP and we see this as well, even firewalling of the MX records some spam bastids delivery directly to the A record of domain.com in the hope that your web server shares the ip with the mail server.
Sorry. Not very effective as spambots are only concerned with SMTP-time bounces. Not after the MTA has delivered it.
Along these lines an idea would be use RBL's to fake "email does not exist" ie "550 Recipient address rejected: No such user" SMTP response instead of the standard issue SMTP 554 generic failure for RBL denials.
I wonder though if spammers really care to keep their lists updated...
Touche. And that means the other countries of the world too, not just the american public. I want to see sanctions against the USA.
You kidding right? Its this mentality that created the digusting bloatware we have today. "Why should we care our processors are so fast anyway"
An example: you can avoid SQL statements inside a loop where it could be achieved by a single combined query outside the loop, thus saving your database getting spammed by "n" requests.
Code that is mindfull of resource waste is often easier and cheaper to maintain and scales better.
The Bat! is a greater hacker email tool. Unfortunately its IMAP support is just so bad it completely unusable.
I cant wait until thunderbird has half the functionality of The Bat! with a nicer interface and *full* IMAP support.
I agree that they don't always keep it hush hush... thats not the issue.
It was the PRESENTATION and APPROACH that set my BS detector off. How can you be so gullible? Some script kiddie puts "SS IS WATCHING YOU" and people fall for it.
A nuclear explosion has to push against something, in this case a graphite pusher which would theoretically erode too quickly.
s ion
More info on nuclear propulsion efforts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pulse_propul
- Dot com billionaire (Check) - Astronaut(Check) - OSS and education evangelist (Check) So what now Mr Shuttleworth? Do you feel your biggest endeavour still lies ahead or do you feel you've accomplished enough?
Actually they have a class action lawsuit pending. http://www.settlement4onlinepayments.com/
Then there is also the recent update to their TOS which allows them to start FINING you.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5992067/
They really ought to be some regulation if they act like a bank cos they running wild baby.
Global? Well doesnt work here in South Africa, so I'm having to resort to opening a US checking account just so I can get a Paypal account so I can conduct business with paypal only merchants.
Then of course if you read on the forums about paypal freezing your funds indefinitely if you dont fit a certain account profile.
Or you could just slice through the BS with occam's razor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor.
The fantastical and the logical explanation. Hmm tough choices..
Yup, I know you can register IDN's. Though do you think they would allowed *mixed* alphabets? Absolutely not.
The combinations of www.microsoft.com are staggering.
Show me where you can register mixed alphabet domains..
Would be a pretty big oversight if it were possible
No and besides Yahoo dont do timestamping and hence lag costs you bigtime :(
I love ICC and the paper makes a valid argument, however its very academic. A few extra seconds here or there is no big deal in gamea longer than 3 minutes. Much better ways to cheat, like using a computer (just on a few crucial moves - impossible to detect).
Also its easy to detect a cheater. If he claims (2 second lang), server can ping him (literally with ICMP) and compare. Course he could firewall it, but still..
Should it not have read: "Bikes Against Bush Creator Arrested". For me the word "Busted" implies that not only is it illegal but also a reproachable activity.
:)
I dont see anything 'wrong' with a bit of civil disobediance.
Hmm though I guess that would make it slashdot boring too if it was just neutral. Nevermind this is a pointless comment.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/au
Think how spooky it will be when we have recording equipment capable of doing this in realtime. You could have a electronic wall mirror for example.
So who writes pron with a '0' now anymore??
What would REALLY be awesome is if we had monitors that could display light as we see it in reality, ie a full spectrum of wavelengths. RGB just uses pyschological tricks to make our brains into thinking we seeing multiple colours.
Seriously fella, no gangster TLA speak, just give it to me straight :)
Lol good point! Wonder what happens when you have 3 spyware apps running.. no more room to load up Spybot S+D. :)
Am I missing something here, or is this some sort of elaborate joke?
Why do you think companies purposely disable features with a ZERO manufacturing cost? Its called product differentiation, look it up in your ecos textbook, sunshine. They MAY decide to license it for mass market, then again it may be more profitable as a drawcard for the highend segment.
Think about the latest worm going around taking your nice new 3200Mhz processor to an effective 100mhz by blowing all the fuses and crippling it.
I would guess though, because of the high R&D costs involved, this will only ever see its way into high-end servers.
I think anyone who pays >$100 per share for a peice of Google is nuts. http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journali d=22356775&brk=1. They are #1 and only have direction to go.
History will repeat itself, remember when Web Crawler was king, then Yahoo tookover and looked to be "unstoppable".