Or maybe get the ISPs that host them to simply... not host them?! This would not make anyone else suffer in the process.
Well who hosts spammers? I honestly don't know but it seems to me that if I was a spammer I would do my business with ISPs in countrys like China, South Korea and Russia. I think that it would be much more difficult to get an ISP in China to stop hosting spammers than it would be to get an ISP in the US or UK to stop hosting spammers.
It is still a good idea though. Go after the ISPs in the US, UK, EU, etc who host spammers and get them to stop (preferably using legal means) and just drive the spammers back to the few countries that will allow them to operate (China, Argentina, etc) and then maybe go so far as blocking all email traffic from countries notorious for spam until they get their act together.
I refuse to do 'tech support' type work, however; even for family members.
I couldn't agree with you more. I spend all day having to fix broken computers, troubleshoot the network, listen to arrogant bitchy lusers, etc. When I am not at work and someone asks me to take a look at their computer I reach for my gun.
I liken it to this. Say you are a cook who loves to cook but you are stuck with a shitty cooks job at Dennys. You get off work and go to a friends house only to hear your friend say "bake me a pie!" That is no different than when I get off work and go to a friends house and they say "fix my computer!"
I can't understand why a lot of people loved this Arcade cabinet [arcadecontrols.com] stuff.
One word, nostalgia. The first video game that I ever played was at a corner pizza place in the late 1970's and I spent my entire 1980's youth in arcades playing video games. So for me, although the games are important, it is about more than just the games.
Asking why someone would build a cabinet when they can just use an emulator is kind of like asking why someone would restore an old classic car when they could just buy a new car.
I signed the petition. It asks if you would be willing to pay $100.00 for the card and it asks if you would be willing to pay $200.00 for the card.
Why did I sign the petition? I just really like the idea of a video card made especially for Linux (and BSDs). I like the idea of open hardware. I believe that in the future things like DRM will be tied more and more to hardware and it is a good idea to now start working on creating an open source alternative. There are lots of other reasons why open source hardware would be good. Some of those reasons can be found here: http://opencollector.org/Whyfree/
I probably wouldn't, but I'd certain be willing (forced) to share with others AS I downloaded it.
Actually that is one of the few real problems that I've noticed with bit torrent. People share while downloading the torrent but then once they have it they stop sharing. The result is that for really big torrents you often end up downloading like 90% of the torrent and then you are screwed because there is no one sharing the last part of it.
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Or maybe get the ISPs that host them to simply... not host them?! This would not make anyone else suffer in the process.
Well who hosts spammers? I honestly don't know but it seems to me that if I was a spammer I would do my business with ISPs in countrys like China, South Korea and Russia. I think that it would be much more difficult to get an ISP in China to stop hosting spammers than it would be to get an ISP in the US or UK to stop hosting spammers.
It is still a good idea though. Go after the ISPs in the US, UK, EU, etc who host spammers and get them to stop (preferably using legal means) and just drive the spammers back to the few countries that will allow them to operate (China, Argentina, etc) and then maybe go so far as blocking all email traffic from countries notorious for spam until they get their act together.
I refuse to do 'tech support' type work, however; even for family members.
I couldn't agree with you more. I spend all day having to fix broken computers, troubleshoot the network, listen to arrogant bitchy lusers, etc. When I am not at work and someone asks me to take a look at their computer I reach for my gun.
I liken it to this. Say you are a cook who loves to cook but you are stuck with a shitty cooks job at Dennys. You get off work and go to a friends house only to hear your friend say "bake me a pie!" That is no different than when I get off work and go to a friends house and they say "fix my computer!"
I can't understand why a lot of people loved this Arcade cabinet [arcadecontrols.com] stuff.
One word, nostalgia. The first video game that I ever played was at a corner pizza place in the late 1970's and I spent my entire 1980's youth in arcades playing video games. So for me, although the games are important, it is about more than just the games.
Asking why someone would build a cabinet when they can just use an emulator is kind of like asking why someone would restore an old classic car when they could just buy a new car.
I signed the petition. It asks if you would be willing to pay $100.00 for the card and it asks if you would be willing to pay $200.00 for the card.
Why did I sign the petition? I just really like the idea of a video card made especially for Linux (and BSDs). I like the idea of open hardware. I believe that in the future things like DRM will be tied more and more to hardware and it is a good idea to now start working on creating an open source alternative. There are lots of other reasons why open source hardware would be good. Some of those reasons can be found here: http://opencollector.org/Whyfree/
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* Bull Riding * Championship Wrestling * Cyberdyne Warrior * Cybernoid * Cybernoid 2 * Eliminator * Exolon * Firelord * Flying Disk * Gateway to Apshai * Impossible Mission * Impossible Mission 2 * Jumpman Jr. * Paradroid * Pitstop * Pitstop 2 * Rana Rama * Silicon Warrior * Speedball * Summer Games * Super Cycle * Sumo * Surfing * Sword of Fargoal * Tower Toppler * Uridium * Winter Games * World Karate Champion A * World Karate Champion B * Zynaps
I probably wouldn't, but I'd certain be willing (forced) to share with others AS I downloaded it.
Actually that is one of the few real problems that I've noticed with bit torrent. People share while downloading the torrent but then once they have it they stop sharing. The result is that for really big torrents you often end up downloading like 90% of the torrent and then you are screwed because there is no one sharing the last part of it.