Configure your fucking mail servers right...and you won't have a problem.
Check your DNS, that's the easiest thing you can do, and call your ISP to setup the RDNS, and make sure any server that has a job on the Internet has a proper A record.
Second, block senders without DNS records.
Third, don't allow mail forwarding to another account, and don't allow invalid recipient bounces.
And finally, use a real MTA like Postfix. Exchange 2000 or 2003 don't have half of the security, and compliance features that Postfix has. At a minimum, put a Postfix MTA in front of your Exchange boxes. Here is one here... http://www.freespamfilter.org/. Pick your flavor of *NIX and go with it.
The same can be said of the damages awarded for malpractice. In the end, it costs us all money.
Law firms have exploited the judicial system for centuries. And a lot can be said for the integrity of the individuals that hire them.
"Buyer beware" should go alot further then it does.
I honestly don't think that what this business did was the right thing. I'm always a fan of let the customers speak with thier dollars.
This probably wouldn't have reached the point of wasting our tax dollars had the company righted the situation, or at least made an attempt. But then again, this article didn't give the specifics of the events that happened.
In order for the "good old principle of proportional punishment" to work, the customers have to understand the "good old principle of 'I got screwed, I won't do business with them again.'" and leave it at that. That business will eventually get what's coming to them if enough people get screwed.
Libel laws are always a political issue, simply because what is offensive to one person, is not offensive to another. Example: I could sit here and call you a "Fucking Moron" based on my opinion of the responses you are giving. Some may consider that libel or slander. But based on the responses that you are giving...intelligent, and challenging...Most people would not consider you a "Fucking Moron". Really, I don't think that way about you. Thanks for the great conversation.
The problem with libel and slander laws is they interfere directly with some people's definition of Free Speech. Freedom is the basis of free speech, and with freedom comes responsibility. If we didn't have guidelines in place to protect the image of others, we would have anarchy...anything goes. And that's not responsible, or fair, or just to anyone.
Maybe the judgement above was not just...maybe it's based on the fact that she couldn't represent herself in court with an attorney...isn't that what the ACLU is about? I'm sure if the case was something that was against the grain, she could get representation...even for free. That's why we have an appeals system. Maybe the ACLU wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole?
As far as the Internet blogs, forums and feeds...Ask Matt Drudge if those are actually legitimate forms of media in the same way newspapers, magazines, or TV is. In my opinion, it's even more so...because it's unfiltered to a point and uncut. Again, responisibility is key in keeping it right for everyone.
Not that we could tell your political alignment from your statements...but...
The issue here is whether or not the statements were defamatory our not.
Product reviews are not written with intent on causing harm to the corporations that make baby slaying products. They are written to be informative to the consumer as to the quality and reliablity of the product. You would never see an article in Consumer Reports calling the CEO's of the company that made a highchair that killed babies crooks, swindlers or any other such names. No matter how many kids were killed by this high chair, and how worked up your emotions are, You are not allowed to publicly publish defamatory statements. Period. So your argument on your corporation statement is illogical.
Now, if that company made high chairs with hang man's nooses and razor blades, and were called Babykillers R Us you may have a justification in calling them murderers. But then again, I would assume you would pass judgement as a good parent and avoid their products.
Kayne West said that GW hated black people...we know that's not logical, but an emotional statement...How's his record sales lately? And the Dixie Chicks concert attendance? Those are all american reactions to idiotic statements made by emotionally charged retards....and people are smart enough to say "Hey, W doesn't hate blacks, that's just retarded."
And finally, whether you like it or not, Blogs and forums are a form of media, and should be held to the same responsibilities and truthfullenes by law as your local news rag. If you don't want Flaming comments to come back to you...post anon. And let the forums and readers will judge your statements.
Damages are the issue here. I know I've hit the backspace a few times to back off what I was really going to say.
Free speech is great, but when it causes financially damaging results to another person or business, that is grounds for litigation in any society. It's a crime. And should be punished.
I think people forget about these rules when they sitdown at the keyboard to blog or post about their experiences with certain businesses, or persons. It's a judgement call. "Is what I am writing here going to cause damages (financially especailly) to the entity I'm writing this about?" And if it will, at least explain your experiences in full detail, and do it in a place where the other party can respond to your claims.
Bombthrowing bloggers and forums are a big problem.
Where's my mod points! Too late, I already posted here.. Here, Here! I agree totally...(ok with the exception of Spielberg, he has a known patter of CRAP CRAP WOAH! CRAP CRAP WOAH!)
Thanks George for the good Star Wars flicks (Minus episode 1 and 2)...maybe you could make a cool assed Sci-Fi series.
Now, it would be my luck that I would get stuck in line behind this Dickhead.
Or even worse yet, because this guy decides to use the Airport Checkpoint as a politcal soap box, he diverts the attention and focus off of screening bags and possibly risking my life, when something is missed in a an Xray. (We all know that TSA workers are generally uneducated, underpaid, and lower intelligence)
I get your point. Bush is a fucking moron and so is everyone he appoints or hires. If you don't like it, see you in November or in 08.
If you woke up one morning with the blood of 3000+ people who died in Air related terrorist attacks, how would you run the TSA? Granted, a ziplock baggy with your toiletries in them is kind of stupid, but a week ago, you had NO toiletries. I'm sorry you can't carry your gallon sized container of Aussie hair gel with you on your trip to Disney World.
Free speech is one thing. I love it, I practice it, and I would die to protect it (even if it was offensive speech). Speech can become damaging, and that's were you have to draw the line. Speak all you want, but when you injure, or inconvenience others, you become a SHITHEAD. (aka. That Guy) Stand out side the Security gate with a sign, or megaphone yelling your opinion, but stay the fuck out of the line, and let the TSA people do their job the best they can.
The process isn't that hard, they have been doing stuff like this for years. They inject Anti-bacterial disinfectants into the plastics before they mold them.
Oh well, I wanted to submit my network closet at work in which they converted to a toilet paper/cleaning closet. (complete with nice Cisco Catalyst 2900, and PIX Pinesol shelving units).
Tell that to my brand new Mac Book Pro sitting in front of me (which I purchased after dumping my Acer Aspire 5672). Also tell that to my PC, which has been replaced by a Mac Mini.
It doesn't matter...politicians like to grab ahold of your passion (Golfing, Gaming, Autos, Soccer Mom, Mortgage Mom, religion, environment) and pull your strings to get your vote in their direction. When they get in, they go back to their own agendas...or until the lobbyists pay them to have a different agenda.
Just read your candidates records (they are all public) don't listen to their opponents,and make the educated guess and vote for the candidate you feel represents your views.
Your feelings shouldn't play in the voting process, your character does. Don't let these moron politicians play your drums.
I wouldn't pay big bucks to go see another fucking sequel of a set of movies that I really didn't enjoy enough to call "classics".
Enough with the sequels. Enough with the comic books. The only one in that group mentioned worth making would be The Hobbit. And they better get the producers and directors that did the LOTR trilogies.
How about something fresh and new?
Everyone wonders why Hollywood is going broke...it's not Piracy, it's lack of talent and creativity. Special effects will only go sofar.
I think the dark humor behind this is funny, yet sad.
That we have to resort to prison sentences for things like small time marijuana possession and spamming, costing us more in Tax dollars to get separate facilities for little shit bags like this.
If we'd all take a second look at our mail servers, and quit whining about a few false positives from companies that have dumbasses for IT staff that doesn't know what an RFC rule is, we'd all have a lot less spam, and a lot less of our money spent on guarding ourselves.
Also, "The Book of Postfix" (yes it's a regular book) is great for showing you how to fight spam with just postfix.
90% of spam problems are because admins and ISP absolutley refuse to follow the RFC guidelines set forth. (i.e. DNS entries for all "servers" live on the Internet, proper hostnames.)
Then it's just a matter of blocking non-RFC compliant servers from sending you mail. It's that easy.
Here is a link setups to build servers with postfix, amavisd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, Razor (you could also use these settings just for postfix to add better spam resistance).
They like to protect their customers from spam, yet they allow spammers to constantly use their servers and IP's to spam people.
Sounds like someone there needs to read the RFC standards and rules on email systems.
I don't know about your spam filters, but if mail comes in from comcast to our mail servers, it's an automatic 2 point tic on their spam scores...that's the default.
They probably are going to crash it into the moon to prove they were there.:)
Now if they only had crashed the lunar modules of Apollo in a spectacular display of exploding moon dust and told people to watch through their telescopes. Then we would have to listen to these dipshit conspiracy theorists talk about us never going there in the first place.
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Articles like this are unfounded psychobable on unproven guesses.
Lets take the first statement in this article...
"Humans are undoubtedly the most dominant species the Earth has ever known."
Totally incorrect and full of treehugging feel good mush.
Any species of ANT impacts the Earth and environment far more then humans ever have.
Think about it...
Am I supposed to feel guilty about this tripe? Put down the bong "man" and get a life.
Configure your fucking mail servers right...and you won't have a problem.
Check your DNS, that's the easiest thing you can do, and call your ISP to setup the RDNS, and make sure any server that has a job on the Internet has a proper A record.
Second, block senders without DNS records.
Third, don't allow mail forwarding to another account, and don't allow invalid recipient bounces.
And finally, use a real MTA like Postfix. Exchange 2000 or 2003 don't have half of the security, and compliance features that Postfix has. At a minimum, put a Postfix MTA in front of your Exchange boxes. Here is one here... http://www.freespamfilter.org/. Pick your flavor of *NIX and go with it.
It's that easy.
Of course it's out of whack.
The same can be said of the damages awarded for malpractice. In the end, it costs us all money.
Law firms have exploited the judicial system for centuries. And a lot can be said for the integrity of the individuals that hire them.
"Buyer beware" should go alot further then it does.
I honestly don't think that what this business did was the right thing. I'm always a fan of let the customers speak with thier dollars.
This probably wouldn't have reached the point of wasting our tax dollars had the company righted the situation, or at least made an attempt. But then again, this article didn't give the specifics of the events that happened.
In order for the "good old principle of proportional punishment" to work, the customers have to understand the "good old principle of 'I got screwed, I won't do business with them again.'" and leave it at that. That business will eventually get what's coming to them if enough people get screwed.
Both parties were wrong IMHO.
Libel laws are always a political issue, simply because what is offensive to one person, is not offensive to another. Example: I could sit here and call you a "Fucking Moron" based on my opinion of the responses you are giving. Some may consider that libel or slander. But based on the responses that you are giving...intelligent, and challenging...Most people would not consider you a "Fucking Moron". Really, I don't think that way about you. Thanks for the great conversation.
The problem with libel and slander laws is they interfere directly with some people's definition of Free Speech. Freedom is the basis of free speech, and with freedom comes responsibility. If we didn't have guidelines in place to protect the image of others, we would have anarchy...anything goes. And that's not responsible, or fair, or just to anyone.
Maybe the judgement above was not just...maybe it's based on the fact that she couldn't represent herself in court with an attorney...isn't that what the ACLU is about? I'm sure if the case was something that was against the grain, she could get representation...even for free. That's why we have an appeals system. Maybe the ACLU wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole?
As far as the Internet blogs, forums and feeds...Ask Matt Drudge if those are actually legitimate forms of media in the same way newspapers, magazines, or TV is. In my opinion, it's even more so...because it's unfiltered to a point and uncut. Again, responisibility is key in keeping it right for everyone.
Not that we could tell your political alignment from your statements...but...
The issue here is whether or not the statements were defamatory our not.
Product reviews are not written with intent on causing harm to the corporations that make baby slaying products. They are written to be informative to the consumer as to the quality and reliablity of the product. You would never see an article in Consumer Reports calling the CEO's of the company that made a highchair that killed babies crooks, swindlers or any other such names. No matter how many kids were killed by this high chair, and how worked up your emotions are, You are not allowed to publicly publish defamatory statements. Period. So your argument on your corporation statement is illogical.
Now, if that company made high chairs with hang man's nooses and razor blades, and were called Babykillers R Us you may have a justification in calling them murderers. But then again, I would assume you would pass judgement as a good parent and avoid their products.
Kayne West said that GW hated black people...we know that's not logical, but an emotional statement...How's his record sales lately? And the Dixie Chicks concert attendance? Those are all american reactions to idiotic statements made by emotionally charged retards....and people are smart enough to say "Hey, W doesn't hate blacks, that's just retarded."
And finally, whether you like it or not, Blogs and forums are a form of media, and should be held to the same responsibilities and truthfullenes by law as your local news rag. If you don't want Flaming comments to come back to you...post anon. And let the forums and readers will judge your statements.
Damages are the issue here. I know I've hit the backspace a few times to back off what I was really going to say.
Free speech is great, but when it causes financially damaging results to another person or business, that is grounds for litigation in any society. It's a crime. And should be punished.
I think people forget about these rules when they sitdown at the keyboard to blog or post about their experiences with certain businesses, or persons. It's a judgement call. "Is what I am writing here going to cause damages (financially especailly) to the entity I'm writing this about?" And if it will, at least explain your experiences in full detail, and do it in a place where the other party can respond to your claims.
Bombthrowing bloggers and forums are a big problem.
Think twice before you press the "Submit" button.
Where's my mod points!
Too late, I already posted here..
Here, Here!
I agree totally...(ok with the exception of Spielberg, he has a known patter of CRAP CRAP WOAH! CRAP CRAP WOAH!)
Thanks George for the good Star Wars flicks (Minus episode 1 and 2)...maybe you could make a cool assed Sci-Fi series.
PLEASE don't base it on Star Wars.
I'm totally amazed by the photos take with the Hubble. (I've had several desktops with them :) )
Wasn't the Hubble "injured" last week?
I can't wait for the next telescope, especially with all the latest digital photo advances.
Hubble is a success, no matter how many times it breaks.
So what if it has to take naps between shots?
Now, it would be my luck that I would get stuck in line behind this Dickhead.
Or even worse yet, because this guy decides to use the Airport Checkpoint as a politcal soap box, he diverts the attention and focus off of screening bags and possibly risking my life, when something is missed in a an Xray. (We all know that TSA workers are generally uneducated, underpaid, and lower intelligence)
I get your point. Bush is a fucking moron and so is everyone he appoints or hires. If you don't like it, see you in November or in 08.
If you woke up one morning with the blood of 3000+ people who died in Air related terrorist attacks, how would you run the TSA? Granted, a ziplock baggy with your toiletries in them is kind of stupid, but a week ago, you had NO toiletries. I'm sorry you can't carry your gallon sized container of Aussie hair gel with you on your trip to Disney World.
Free speech is one thing. I love it, I practice it, and I would die to protect it (even if it was offensive speech). Speech can become damaging, and that's were you have to draw the line. Speak all you want, but when you injure, or inconvenience others, you become a SHITHEAD. (aka. That Guy) Stand out side the Security gate with a sign, or megaphone yelling your opinion, but stay the fuck out of the line, and let the TSA people do their job the best they can.
---Yes, Kip Hawley is an idiot.
They do have robot controlled surgery here..i nicleadership/robotic.html
http://depts.washington.edu/drrpt/2003/stories/cl
They are used primarily in small area's like brain surgery, and where collateral nerve damage is critical and can be kept to a minimum.
The process isn't that hard, they have been doing stuff like this for years. They inject Anti-bacterial disinfectants into the plastics before they mold them.
They have similar mats in showers, boats, dairy farms http://www.animat.ca/.
I'm suprised they haven't done this before. Inter-office disease spreading via keyboards and such is a HUGE problem, costing billions per year.
Think about it? How many times have you been nailed by a cold going "around" the office?
/.'ed.
Oh well, I wanted to submit my network closet at work in which they converted to a toilet paper/cleaning closet. (complete with nice Cisco Catalyst 2900, and PIX Pinesol shelving units).
Tell that to my brand new Mac Book Pro sitting in front of me (which I purchased after dumping my Acer Aspire 5672).
Also tell that to my PC, which has been replaced by a Mac Mini.
Microsoft insists that Users should have access to key system files...to maintain functionality.
ugh..
It doesn't matter...politicians like to grab ahold of your passion (Golfing, Gaming, Autos, Soccer Mom, Mortgage Mom, religion, environment) and pull your strings to get your vote in their direction. When they get in, they go back to their own agendas...or until the lobbyists pay them to have a different agenda.
Just read your candidates records (they are all public) don't listen to their opponents,and make the educated guess and vote for the candidate you feel represents your views.
Your feelings shouldn't play in the voting process, your character does. Don't let these moron politicians play your drums.
I wouldn't pay big bucks to go see another fucking sequel of a set of movies that I really didn't enjoy enough to call "classics".
Enough with the sequels. Enough with the comic books. The only one in that group mentioned worth making would be The Hobbit. And they better get the producers and directors that did the LOTR trilogies.
How about something fresh and new?
Everyone wonders why Hollywood is going broke...it's not Piracy, it's lack of talent and creativity. Special effects will only go sofar.
Apparently somebody does...It got modded Funny.
I think the dark humor behind this is funny, yet sad.
That we have to resort to prison sentences for things like small time marijuana possession and spamming, costing us more in Tax dollars to get separate facilities for little shit bags like this.
If we'd all take a second look at our mail servers, and quit whining about a few false positives from companies that have dumbasses for IT staff that doesn't know what an RFC rule is, we'd all have a lot less spam, and a lot less of our money spent on guarding ourselves.
It's nice to see that the tests addressed the memory leaks and memory HOG status of Firefox.
I have noticed this especially when multimedia comes into play.
Having a browser for Windows that would tell the Internet to shut up when requested is key.
Hopefully they address this issue soon.
Also, "The Book of Postfix" (yes it's a regular book) is great for showing you how to fight spam with just postfix.
90% of spam problems are because admins and ISP absolutley refuse to follow the RFC guidelines set forth. (i.e. DNS entries for all "servers" live on the Internet, proper hostnames.)
Then it's just a matter of blocking non-RFC compliant servers from sending you mail. It's that easy.
A lot of the RBL's reference each other. So adding more then 2 or 3 usually is redundant.
I've had GREAT results with them.
http://rfc-ignorant.org/ has been a great one for me.
Here is a link setups to build servers with postfix, amavisd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, Razor (you could also use these settings just for postfix to add better spam resistance).
I not only am I the President, I'm a user.
http://www.freespamfilter.org/
Enjoy...I love it...
They like to protect their customers from spam, yet they allow spammers to constantly use their servers and IP's to spam people.
Sounds like someone there needs to read the RFC standards and rules on email systems.
I don't know about your spam filters, but if mail comes in from comcast to our mail servers, it's an automatic 2 point tic on their spam scores...that's the default.
They probably are going to crash it into the moon to prove they were there. :)
Now if they only had crashed the lunar modules of Apollo in a spectacular display of exploding moon dust and told people to watch through their telescopes. Then we would have to listen to these dipshit conspiracy theorists talk about us never going there in the first place.
Maybe they should have had them wave at us?
I should be marked as the type of person that thinks 98% of all recent music is shit.
But when someone new shows up that I think is talented and would like to purchase their song...I do.
It's been YEARS since I've purchased a new album in it's entirety. Not because I pirate it...just because most music is pure shit these days.
No I don't, I actually buy my music from iTunes and from used CD stores.
Artists that I feel deserve my money get purchased. Those that don't, don't.