"Stu Sjouwerman (FSM, $5000 donation to the IAS, WISE 2001 directory) is also known as Warm Regards Stu was vice-president of PSS, Inc (now defunct) and is Chief Operating Officer of Sunbelt Software Distribution (view corporate information), a Clearwater-based software distributor listed in the WISE 1999 list with Stu as contact. Stu also has the Clearwater-based company 3A Data and is the author of the book Make Money On The Internet. Watch him searching for witnesses for Scientology without mentioning it."
It is currently being reported that there is a further problem with the deal:
A Florida-based computer security vendor, Sunbelt Software, said yesterday that it had been part owner of anti-spyware technology developed by Giant Company Software Inc., the company that Microsoft had acquired a day before. Microsoft knew about the relationship between the companies but didn't contact Sunbelt about the Giant deal before announcing it earlier this week...At the same time, Eckelberry declined to comment on reports that Sunbelt continues to hold some related rights to the Giant anti-spyware technology, including exclusive rights to offer software development kits related to the technology.
Sunbelt Software Distribution, Inc (Scientologists in the management: Stu Sjouwerman, Alexander Eckelberry, Sam Licciardi (married to Denise Licciardi, the sister of Scientology boss David Miscavige!), Greg Kras). It is unknown if the parent company Sunbelt International Group is run by Scientologists - I have no information that J.M. is a Scientologist.Corporate Information.
What would the world look like if we knowingly bred people just to harvest their organs/cells/meat(?) out?
We currently do breed people in most of the 1st world and all of the 3rd world as "economic machines." The recent elections showed that masses of people ARE more valued than individuals. with the exception of the priviledged/monied classes (who devote FAR less of their money than the great majority of the human race, who are either outright slaves to the State or wage slaves).
Along with guaranteed access to quality health care for every human being, embryonicstem cell research would prolong their useful lives, and thus their period of useful indenture. It is ironic that so-called "conservatives" who support "business interests" do not see the economic value and benefits of this more clearly, given that the priveledged and powerful are the greatest benefactors from the wage slaves that the current economic systems create.
On the other hand, there might be a funnier outcome to the current fall of the dollar value : just imagine that the OPEC countries decide to use the Euro instead of the dollar as a reference currency... Now *that* would be fun:-)
There is a well-thought-out "what-if" on just that scenario at by Richard Clarke (update) with the horror story further expanded at at this Canadian site.
A "real fun" scenario is, if the OPEC nations follow Iran and begin demanding Euros vs. dollars for oil, then there is a real possibility for US==banana republic (which it is beginning to resemble quite closely) economically, once the Saudis and Japanese and Chinese cash in all their dolloars for Euros. See a rather detailed analysis of how we got into this mess from Morgan/Stanley.
Oh, and marriage is a privilege, not a right.
Since when?...oh, and, by the way, so is driving...so let us tax drivers for the costs that society incurs because of their activities--say an additional 50 cents a gallon for gas to pay for the highways and the lousy air and an additional VAT tax for heavy vehicles/SUVs and gas guzzlers of 142%...hell, it works in Singapore, the HOME of the unrestrained free market and fully restrained civil liberties (Heaven on Earth for you ditto-holes and Libertarians--John Ashcroft's MODEL for the PERFECT Society) why not here?
Also, DEMAND that the software you/need/ be made to run on Mac/Linux and let the software publisher know you will otherwise take your business elsewhere. Additionally, MAC OSX is unique, since you can run Windows and Linux on the same box, so you COULD run your software you/need/ on a Mac and enjoy a more stable and secure and joyful/clueful platform while reaping the benefits of Apple's GREAT tech support.
Some people, like me, have PCs because they/need/ a PC over an Apple for various reasons. The software I use won't run on an Apple.
Sorry, but my experience is that Apple is a more stable, friendly and intuitive system (not to mention much more secure) than Windows is or ever will be. Noobs, especially non-geek, artsy fartsy or tech but non-geek (biogeek or nano/engineering geek) pick up OSX in seconds, compared to Windows' hours/days/never. It may just be that you actually DO get what you pay for. This is why Windows is crap, because most Windows users don't demand more from Microsoft and believe it is free with the computer.
>>Since windows is more widely used than Java, by your argument, it's even better to be stuck on Windows. Ugh.
No, Java devices (now verging on close to 14 Billion total) FAR outnumber Windows devices. Java is more than just computer desktops, as are these libs.
and source of infection....installation of AIM or AIM betas also installs Wild Tangent and other spyware engines onto the users' machines...kinda like DivX. Problem is much of this software propogates through the IM space and infects others' computers also.
So now, instead of just being a MAJOR source of spam and viruses, AOL/AIM is also a major arena for testing of spyware/malware and Trojans.
Our best intelligence indicated that Iraq still had WMDs in their possession and plans to develop more. This coupled with the terrorist environment and the threat of something bigger than 9/11 prompted us to take pre-emptive action. Discovering the lack of WMDs once we got in there does not mean we intentionally lied or that we are bullies and thugs - it means we were wrong, which is a different issue.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!! Wrong again, Jethro!!!!!
Our BEST intelligence told us that there had been no WMD in Iraq since at least 1994. We sacrificed one of the most effective intelligence tools this country has ever had on the altar of politics. Don't get me wrong, though: The Iraqis had the desire, but not the infrastructure to produce, kind of like the Soviet Union during Reagan.
But we flat out KNEW there was WMD in Israel, as there still is...chem, bio and nuke.
The "civilians" are logistically resupplying the "enemy." Iraq is an intifadah, now, as it was always destined to be, ever since we invaded for Sharon and Israel...think of it as the "Far-West West Bank" of The Occupied Territories. Iraq had NO strtegic importance to the US and TREMENDOUS strategic importance to Israel.
We are caught in the same untenable situation in Iraq as the Israelis are in The Occupied Territories.
Oh, and mounting a "hypervelocity rail-gun" on a HMMWV or LAV (or even an Abrams tank) would be physically improbable even in the next 10 years, not to mention being a complete violation of Herr Reichsfuerher Rumsfeld's "smaller is better" military philosophy. The MetalStorm thing seems to be moving along smartly...maybe this summer, at the Athens Olympics, instead of the Star-spangled Banner, they'll play "Vader's March" instead when US athletes win medals.
No, the reason we don't invade North Korea is the same reason we didn't pursue OBL over the Pakistani border: North Korea MAY have nuclear weapons and they are WAY more prepared than Iraq EVER was (4 million artillery tubes within a 55-second impact-zone of Seoul and 35,000 young American soldiers)...not only that, but those scary NK bastards already beat us!!!
THAT is why we don't invade North Korea!!!!
Many countries do hate Americans, but some of that hate is rooted more in jealously than disgust
No, I think disgust FAR outweighs jealousy for most countries these days...that and the fear of a neo-Nazi Fascist administration who does not hesitate to violate EVERY International law on the books and then try to hold itself up as a "moral example."
By the way, what RIGHT do we have to determine the definition of "democracy" for a nation of people who don't even speak English?
In a brief but intense firefight, Thomas hit one of the attackers with a single shot from his M4 carbine at a distance he estimates was 100 to 110 yards.
He hit the man in the buttocks, a wound that typically is not fatal. But this round appeared to kill the assailant instantly.
"It entered his butt and completely destroyed everything in the lower left section of his stomach... everything was torn apart," Thomas said.
Thomas, a security consultant with a private company contracted by the government, recorded the first known enemy kill using a new -- and controversial -- bullet.
The bullet is so controversial that if Thomas, a former SEAL, had been on active duty, he would have been court-martialed for using it. The ammunition is "nonstandard" and hasn't passed the military's approval process.
"The way I explain what happened to people who weren't there is... this stuff was like hitting somebody with a miniature explosive round," he said, even though the ammo does not have an explosive tip. "Nobody believed that this guy died from a butt shot."
The bullet Thomas fired was an armor-piercing, limited-penetration round manufactured by RBCD of San Antonio.
So now, instead of a "beowulf cluster of...," are we going to start seeing weapons/ammo tech here at slashdot and the question will be "I'd like to see a MetalStorm cluster of THOSE!"???
...or the Mossad-educated "interrogators" assigned to Abu Ghraib and the JIDC in Baghdad during the June '03 to January '04 time-frame?
...or shall we discuss the past of your present Prime Minister's "indirect responsibility", or the attack by Israeli warplanes and motor-torpedo boats on the USS LIBERTY (GTR-5) a ship of an erstwhile ally, which found out about Israeli nuclear secrets in international waters and was attacked?
...or shall we discuss what should be even more painful facts to Israeli citizens, such as the use of Sarin and other nerve gasses against Palestinian citizens in what even Israelis term as "the Occupied Territories"?
Israel is a military-theocratic quasi-democracy with a LIMITED freedom of speech, religion and assembly, currently engaged in the military occupation of land that they seized and continue to illegally hold, thanks to their theocratic mythology and the terms of their pseudo-democracy, and supported by Zionists and Zionist Christians in the US, for their own reasons. Because of the support from the US propping up their economy and VERY favorable terms under the World Bank and IMF, they enjoy an almost European-level pseudo-capitalist oligarchy and are still quite Socialist in their benefits policies. I find it ironic that Israeli citizens have better health-care laws and rates, supported by my tax money, than my parents do.
Additionally, Israel is a country that violates the terms of EVERY no-proliferation treaty on the books today. The ONLY place there was WMD in the Middle East in Feb-Apr '03 was Israel...should I detail where they are? Iraq was "liberated" and put under an Israeli-style occupation by the US for Israeli, not US strategic interests, just as the original Desert Storm was fought for the same reasons. All the US is experieincing in Iraq today is a less-controlled, wider-range intifadah in a different country than The Occupied Territories.
You mean like those idiots in Abu Ghraib and the rest of the Occupation^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H...errr...Coalition idiots, or their so-called "leaders (Fuerhers?)" in Washington?
Corpratism in itself is not evil, but the nepotism and oligarchy it inevitably spawns is.
...as Tony says, in the BSD thread, in partial reply to Theo:
QUOTE
What's very amusing is reading section 5 of the draft, wherein the
author
distributes credit to a number of parties. If Cisco were to file a
patent
at this point and not include those parties (including other companies),
the patent validity would be at risk by reason of excluding a
contributor.
If Cisco does include all of those other companies in the patent, then
all of
them must also present the IETF with relevant IPR statements.
Frankly, this is yet another PR blunder by Cisco. If they had simply
said
nothing or formally put their contribution into the public domain, they
wouldn't
look so egregiously greedy. ENDQUOTE
From the 10EAST archive, as quoted in kerneltrap...Theo has some choice comments about the US Patent System and the IETF, too.
IOW, yet again, Cisco trying to cash in on Open Source, in order to desperately prop up their miserable recent record of development, innovation and security, as well as theft from the Open Source Community, in order to keep their stock price up and keep from being listed on F'd Co., where they belong.
I charge users/friends--hell, even my mother--my normal bench fee of $70 in shop and double that in-home and present the bill as I am walking out. Turn them in for collections after 30 days. I love having them bring the computer in, thinking they are "saving money," because there are plain signs and a notice on the receipts and claims tickets that all in-shop repairs are COD--IOW, I effectively hold their PCs hostage until they fork over the dough for the full repair. Additionally, I am thinking of either implememnting a minimum charge or a minimum # of hours chargesd or a premium for purely software issues.
I also give out Knoppix disks and hold Installfests, and resell AVG, Outpost and PestPatrol as well as Mandrake and SuSE and Knoppix at my store.
I don't understand why you aren't happy this is happening, since it allows you to sell more and help educate your customers the only way they understand: causing them pain in their wallets!
Mithraism...even more came from Ancient Hindu and Zoroastrian (ironically the State religion of the Kingdom of Iran under the last Shah) writings and teachings in the world before the Romans.
Update - April 26th, 2004 TDE contacted us by e-mail and we were told by them that the cause of all of the 419 scams and spam was from the scammers operating out of Internet Cafe locations, and that they were working with the police to try and stop the problem.
However, when asked why TDE does not just block outgoing port 25 on their dynamic clients, we received no reply. We also asked that TDE provide us with details on exactly what their dynamic ranges are, so that we could better tune our blocks, and they have yet to get back to us on that either.
The only reason why we have resorted to this broad of a block is because TDE has not shown any effort to work with us to isolate the problem, and we continue to receive thousands of 419/spam attempts daily by Rima-TDE netspace to our own mail servers and other mail servers we monitor or run.
ENDQUOTE
So, we just let the idiots and SpamLordz have their way? As a sysadmin, connecting directly to the Internet at the Class/Level TdE does, you have an obligation to defend the Internet for the rest of us by using best practices as recommended by the AHBL.
They are as government independent as the BBC or DeutscheTelekom or the BundesPoste. If they were independent and a commercial enterprise, perhaps they would take the actions of those trying to preserve the Internet for the rest of us from the spammers, script-kiddiez and terrorists as seriously as they should.
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Druid is what you are probably looking for, and it reliably and almost painlessly integrates with the hsqldb/Base front and back ends.
What would the world look like if we knowingly bred people just to harvest their organs/cells/meat(?) out? We currently do breed people in most of the 1st world and all of the 3rd world as "economic machines." The recent elections showed that masses of people ARE more valued than individuals. with the exception of the priviledged/monied classes (who devote FAR less of their money than the great majority of the human race, who are either outright slaves to the State or wage slaves).
Along with guaranteed access to quality health care for every human being, embryonicstem cell research would prolong their useful lives, and thus their period of useful indenture. It is ironic that so-called "conservatives" who support "business interests" do not see the economic value and benefits of this more clearly, given that the priveledged and powerful are the greatest benefactors from the wage slaves that the current economic systems create.
Pick yourself up, make a difference rather than moping for 4 years and try to make the difference you think Kerry should have done in your place.
You do that, you might find yourself here or here or here or here.
On the other hand, there might be a funnier outcome to the current fall of the dollar value : just imagine that the OPEC countries decide to use the Euro instead of the dollar as a reference currency... Now *that* would be fun :-)
There is a well-thought-out "what-if" on just that scenario at by Richard Clarke (update) with the horror story further expanded at at this Canadian site.
A "real fun" scenario is, if the OPEC nations follow Iran and begin demanding Euros vs. dollars for oil, then there is a real possibility for US==banana republic (which it is beginning to resemble quite closely) economically, once the Saudis and Japanese and Chinese cash in all their dolloars for Euros. See a rather detailed analysis of how we got into this mess from Morgan/Stanley.
Oh, and marriage is a privilege, not a right.
Since when?...oh, and, by the way, so is driving...so let us tax drivers for the costs that society incurs because of their activities--say an additional 50 cents a gallon for gas to pay for the highways and the lousy air and an additional VAT tax for heavy vehicles/SUVs and gas guzzlers of 142%...hell, it works in Singapore, the HOME of the unrestrained free market and fully restrained civil liberties (Heaven on Earth for you ditto-holes and Libertarians--John Ashcroft's MODEL for the PERFECT Society) why not here?
Dude, get up off the couch and turn off Fox News and stop hanging out in the Rush Room.
...too much Fox News does this to you.
Also, DEMAND that the software you /need/ be made to run on Mac/Linux and let the software publisher know you will otherwise take your business elsewhere. Additionally, MAC OSX is unique, since you can run Windows and Linux on the same box, so you COULD run your software you /need/ on a Mac and enjoy a more stable and secure and joyful/clueful platform while reaping the benefits of Apple's GREAT tech support.
Some people, like me, have PCs because they /need/ a PC over an Apple for various reasons. The software I use won't run on an Apple.
Sorry, but my experience is that Apple is a more stable, friendly and intuitive system (not to mention much more secure) than Windows is or ever will be. Noobs, especially non-geek, artsy fartsy or tech but non-geek (biogeek or nano/engineering geek) pick up OSX in seconds, compared to Windows' hours/days/never. It may just be that you actually DO get what you pay for. This is why Windows is crap, because most Windows users don't demand more from Microsoft and believe it is free with the computer.
I feel my time is better spent with .NET development
So you make less than half the pay of a dedicated and accomplished Linux or Java programmer and have to work in the idiot box that is Windows.
Dude, I have nothing but pity for you.
>>Since windows is more widely used than Java, by your argument, it's even better to be stuck on Windows. Ugh.
No, Java devices (now verging on close to 14 Billion total) FAR outnumber Windows devices. Java is more than just computer desktops, as are these libs.
and source of infection....installation of AIM or AIM betas also installs Wild Tangent and other spyware engines onto the users' machines...kinda like DivX. Problem is much of this software propogates through the IM space and infects others' computers also.
So now, instead of just being a MAJOR source of spam and viruses, AOL/AIM is also a major arena for testing of spyware/malware and Trojans.
Our best intelligence indicated that Iraq still had WMDs in their possession and plans to develop more. This coupled with the terrorist environment and the threat of something bigger than 9/11 prompted us to take pre-emptive action. Discovering the lack of WMDs once we got in there does not mean we intentionally lied or that we are bullies and thugs - it means we were wrong, which is a different issue.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!! Wrong again, Jethro!!!!!
Our BEST intelligence told us that there had been no WMD in Iraq since at least 1994. We sacrificed one of the most effective intelligence tools this country has ever had on the altar of politics. Don't get me wrong, though: The Iraqis had the desire, but not the infrastructure to produce, kind of like the Soviet Union during Reagan.
But we flat out KNEW there was WMD in Israel, as there still is...chem, bio and nuke.
Except that Iraq is not Europe.
The "civilians" are logistically resupplying the "enemy." Iraq is an intifadah, now, as it was always destined to be, ever since we invaded for Sharon and Israel...think of it as the "Far-West West Bank" of The Occupied Territories. Iraq had NO strtegic importance to the US and TREMENDOUS strategic importance to Israel.
We are caught in the same untenable situation in Iraq as the Israelis are in The Occupied Territories.
Oh, and mounting a "hypervelocity rail-gun" on a HMMWV or LAV (or even an Abrams tank) would be physically improbable even in the next 10 years, not to mention being a complete violation of Herr Reichsfuerher Rumsfeld's "smaller is better" military philosophy. The MetalStorm thing seems to be moving along smartly...maybe this summer, at the Athens Olympics, instead of the Star-spangled Banner, they'll play "Vader's March" instead when US athletes win medals.
North Korea is a good modern day example.
No, the reason we don't invade North Korea is the same reason we didn't pursue OBL over the Pakistani border: North Korea MAY have nuclear weapons and they are WAY more prepared than Iraq EVER was (4 million artillery tubes within a 55-second impact-zone of Seoul and 35,000 young American soldiers)...not only that, but those scary NK bastards already beat us!!!
THAT is why we don't invade North Korea!!!!
Many countries do hate Americans, but some of that hate is rooted more in jealously than disgust
No, I think disgust FAR outweighs jealousy for most countries these days...that and the fear of a neo-Nazi Fascist administration who does not hesitate to violate EVERY International law on the books and then try to hold itself up as a "moral example."
By the way, what RIGHT do we have to determine the definition of "democracy" for a nation of people who don't even speak English?
Like this?
... everything was torn apart," Thomas said.
Thomas, a security consultant with a private company contracted by the government, recorded the first known enemy kill using a new -- and controversial -- bullet.
The bullet is so controversial that if Thomas, a former SEAL, had been on active duty, he would have been court-martialed for using it. The ammunition is "nonstandard" and hasn't passed the military's approval process. ... this stuff was like hitting somebody with a miniature explosive round," he said, even though the ammo does not have an explosive tip. "Nobody believed that this guy died from a butt shot."
The bullet Thomas fired was an armor-piercing, limited-penetration round manufactured by RBCD of San Antonio.
In a brief but intense firefight, Thomas hit one of the attackers with a single shot from his M4 carbine at a distance he estimates was 100 to 110 yards. He hit the man in the buttocks, a wound that typically is not fatal. But this round appeared to kill the assailant instantly.
"It entered his butt and completely destroyed everything in the lower left section of his stomach
"The way I explain what happened to people who weren't there is
So now, instead of a "beowulf cluster of...," are we going to start seeing weapons/ammo tech here at slashdot and the question will be "I'd like to see a MetalStorm cluster of THOSE!"???
Israel, unlike its arab dictator neighbors, allows for freedom of speech, freedom of expression, of religion, etc...
...or the Mossad-educated "interrogators" assigned to Abu Ghraib and the JIDC in Baghdad during the June '03 to January '04 time-frame?
...or shall we discuss the past of your present Prime Minister's "indirect responsibility", or the attack by Israeli warplanes and motor-torpedo boats on the USS LIBERTY (GTR-5) a ship of an erstwhile ally, which found out about Israeli nuclear secrets in international waters and was attacked?
...or shall we discuss what should be even more painful facts to Israeli citizens, such as the use of Sarin and other nerve gasses against Palestinian citizens in what even Israelis term as "the Occupied Territories"?
Yep, just ask Mr. Vanunu, eh?
Israel is a military-theocratic quasi-democracy with a LIMITED freedom of speech, religion and assembly, currently engaged in the military occupation of land that they seized and continue to illegally hold, thanks to their theocratic mythology and the terms of their pseudo-democracy, and supported by Zionists and Zionist Christians in the US, for their own reasons. Because of the support from the US propping up their economy and VERY favorable terms under the World Bank and IMF, they enjoy an almost European-level pseudo-capitalist oligarchy and are still quite Socialist in their benefits policies. I find it ironic that Israeli citizens have better health-care laws and rates, supported by my tax money, than my parents do.
Additionally, Israel is a country that violates the terms of EVERY no-proliferation treaty on the books today. The ONLY place there was WMD in the Middle East in Feb-Apr '03 was Israel...should I detail where they are? Iraq was "liberated" and put under an Israeli-style occupation by the US for Israeli, not US strategic interests, just as the original Desert Storm was fought for the same reasons. All the US is experieincing in Iraq today is a less-controlled, wider-range intifadah in a different country than The Occupied Territories.
the Rule Of Law by means of a strong police force
You mean like those idiots in Abu Ghraib and the rest of the Occupation^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H...errr...Coalition idiots, or their so-called "leaders (Fuerhers?)" in Washington?
Corpratism in itself is not evil, but the nepotism and oligarchy it inevitably spawns is.
...as Tony says, in the BSD thread, in partial reply to Theo:
QUOTE
What's very amusing is reading section 5 of the draft, wherein the author distributes credit to a number of parties. If Cisco were to file a patent at this point and not include those parties (including other companies), the patent validity would be at risk by reason of excluding a contributor. If Cisco does include all of those other companies in the patent, then all of them must also present the IETF with relevant IPR statements.
Frankly, this is yet another PR blunder by Cisco. If they had simply said nothing or formally put their contribution into the public domain, they wouldn't look so egregiously greedy.
ENDQUOTE
From the 10EAST archive, as quoted in kerneltrap...Theo has some choice comments about the US Patent System and the IETF, too.
IOW, yet again, Cisco trying to cash in on Open Source, in order to desperately prop up their miserable recent record of development, innovation and security, as well as theft from the Open Source Community, in order to keep their stock price up and keep from being listed on F'd Co., where they belong.
Why no money?
I charge users/friends--hell, even my mother--my normal bench fee of $70 in shop and double that in-home and present the bill as I am walking out. Turn them in for collections after 30 days. I love having them bring the computer in, thinking they are "saving money," because there are plain signs and a notice on the receipts and claims tickets that all in-shop repairs are COD--IOW, I effectively hold their PCs hostage until they fork over the dough for the full repair. Additionally, I am thinking of either implememnting a minimum charge or a minimum # of hours chargesd or a premium for purely software issues.
I also give out Knoppix disks and hold Installfests, and resell AVG, Outpost and PestPatrol as well as Mandrake and SuSE and Knoppix at my store.
I don't understand why you aren't happy this is happening, since it allows you to sell more and help educate your customers the only way they understand: causing them pain in their wallets!
and another I forget which begins with an M
Mithraism...even more came from Ancient Hindu and Zoroastrian (ironically the State religion of the Kingdom of Iran under the last Shah) writings and teachings in the world before the Romans.
QUOTE from the AHBL site:
Update - April 26th, 2004
TDE contacted us by e-mail and we were told by them that the cause of all of the 419 scams and spam was from the scammers operating out of Internet Cafe locations, and that they were working with the police to try and stop the problem.
However, when asked why TDE does not just block outgoing port 25 on their dynamic clients, we received no reply. We also asked that TDE provide us with details on exactly what their dynamic ranges are, so that we could better tune our blocks, and they have yet to get back to us on that either.
The only reason why we have resorted to this broad of a block is because TDE has not shown any effort to work with us to isolate the problem, and we continue to receive thousands of 419/spam attempts daily by Rima-TDE netspace to our own mail servers and other mail servers we monitor or run.
ENDQUOTE
So, we just let the idiots and SpamLordz have their way? As a sysadmin, connecting directly to the Internet at the Class/Level TdE does, you have an obligation to defend the Internet for the rest of us by using best practices as recommended by the AHBL.
Otherwise you are a SpamLord yourself.
Black and white, my friends.
TDE is blacklisted.
They are as government independent as the BBC or DeutscheTelekom or the BundesPoste. If they were independent and a commercial enterprise, perhaps they would take the actions of those trying to preserve the Internet for the rest of us from the spammers, script-kiddiez and terrorists as seriously as they should.
GOD!!!!! How funny...I wish I could give this guy some KARMA points....mod him up to 5 and archive this in the "Classics" archive!