Recently my cable internet service was suspended. [...] because a computer on my network was infected with the welchia worm.
Wow! What ISP is this? I send spam/proxy/virus reports to Cable/DSL abuse departments every week, but they invariably ignore me and the 0WNZored PCs continue spewing. My local broadband monopolist (Comcast) is horrible in this regard. I've sent them complete details of known trojaned proxybots that are still there to this day.
Of course, I still send them a check every month, because my only alternatives are dialup or maybe satellite. No DSL here. Bleah.
Bush Jr isn't a Nazi. That was his grandfather. While it's true that George HW rose to power on blood money (and George Dubya followed behind) simply being an evil overlord with dictatorial desires doesn't make you a Nazi.
I *do* feel anger towards the BBC because they only make their audio available in a proprietary format
Even worse is the frickin United Nations. They use Real for both their live webcasts and radio streams (they have one token mp3 stream, but everything else is.ram)
I wrote to the UN webmaster, suggesting that perhaps an international organization like theirs might want to use internationally-recognized standards rather than proprietary protocols. I didn't even mention adware/spyware (didn't want to set off kook alarms). But as expected, no reply and no change.
Billy Tauzin is ALREADY a lobbyist shill for big media and telecom. Moving him from Congress to MPAA would mean that 1: he doesn't get to legislate (at least not directly) any more, and 2: he doesn't get paid by my taxes any more.
p.s. Reason #3 to hate Congressman Tauzin: sponsored "anti-spam" legislation that was ghost-written by the DMA.
somewhere in some license agreement the users gave AOL permission
This is almost certainly true.
If someone recommended that you comment out the telnet line in/etc/inetd.conf
If your ISP got root on your linux box, killed telnetd, and commented that line out, without telling you, then you might have an analogy worth discussing.
Diebold's CEO is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year".
Note that #4 and #5, while annoying, would not actually be problems except for necessary paranoia about #1-3. Voting machines need to be absolutely above reproach, since they are the ultimate instruments of modern democracy.
I find his claims really false- it sounds like he missed the "Details..." button.
Duh. That's the whole point of the article. IT'S SATIRE. His Linux-to-Windows review is written from exactly the same perspective as the many Windows-to-Linux reviews that you see in the mainstream press. The viewpoint of someone who is not an alpha geek and doesn't feel comfortable wandering around this strange new OS. Did you notice his intentional usage of the phrase "not ready for the desktop"?
An ordinary person (raised on some mythical Microsoft-free island) using an OEM-default Windows PC would have an experience 95% like Roblimo's.
I copy the file over to my windows computer, change the name from.m4p to.m4a, and QT for windows glady plays the file.
Incorrect. You are confusing m4p with mp4. mp4 is the ISO suffix for general mpeg-4 files (audio and/or video). m4p is the (arbitrary) suffix that Apple uses for encrypted mpeg-4 audio files (aka Apple Music). And then there's m4a, which is plain mpeg-4 audio.
QuickTime on Mac can create m4a files when you rip CDs. QuickTime for Windows currently doesn't recognize that suffix, but will accept mp4 instead. NOT THE SAME AS M4P
You cannot prevent anyone from sending you a letter
I am going to make this very clear for all the illiterate fucking idiots in the audience, such as BiosHakr. The United States Supreme Court case Rowan v Post Office (397 U.S. 728, 1970) specifically ruled that:
"a person may require that a mailer remove his name from its mailing lists and stop all future mailings to the householder."
I cited this case in my initial post. Go back and read it, then STFU.
The rules are unclear from your point of view because you obviously have not Read The F---ing Manual. If they claim to be a charity/survey/politician and then they also try to sell you something, they are not exempt and are subject to prosecution.
You have a mailing address, and you have the right to force advertisers to stop mailing you. You have a physical address, and you have the right to enforce a No Solicitors sign. The advertiser is NOT allowed to say "just don't open the letter" or "just don't answer when I knock". If you don't want them, they are prohibited from even trying. THIS IS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AS RULED BY THE SUPREME COURT.
Abandoned calls often result from the telemarketers' use of predictive dialers to call consumers.
[...]
Under the Rule's definition, an outbound telephone call is "abandoned" if a person answers it and the telemarketer does not connect the call to a sales representative within two seconds of the person's completed greeting. The use of pre-recorded message telemarketing, where a sales pitch begins with or is made entirely by a pre-recorded message, violates the TSR because the telemarketer is not connecting the call to a sales representative within two seconds of the person's completed greeting. [...]
The abandoned call safe harbor provides that a telemarketer will not face enforcement action for violating the call abandonment prohibition if the telemarketer:
uses technology that ensures abandonment of no more than three percent of all calls answered by a live person, measured per day per calling campaign.
allows the telephone to ring for 15 seconds or four rings before disconnecting an unanswered call.
plays a recorded message stating the name and telephone number of the seller on whose behalf the call was placed whenever a live sales representative is unavailable within two seconds of a live person answering the call.
maintains records documenting adherence to the three requirements above.
Personal note: If you want to sic the FTC on abandoners, you'll need to track them down first. There is a "star" number similar to *69 that IDs any incoming phone call (including blocked, out-of-area, etc) and records it at the local telco. The list can then be obtained by a judge or other law enforcement officials. Ask your telco and/or police department for this number, and use it after receiving abandoned calls.
Yes. Callers purporting to take a survey, but also offering to sell goods or services, must comply with the Do Not Call provisions. But if the call is for the sole purpose of conducting a survey, it is exempt. However, sellers and telemarketers should also be aware that the FCC regulates telemarketing calls.
If the call is really for the sole purpose of conducting a survey, it is not covered. Only telemarketing calls are covered - that is, calls that solicit sales of goods or services. Callers purporting to take a survey, but also offering to sell goods or services, must comply with the National Do Not Call Registry.
if your number is on the DNC list, chances are you weren't likely to buy much from a telemarketer
Unfortunately, this is not true. Telemarketers have admitted that their top customers are lonely seniors with low willpower. Those folks don't want to buy junk, but feel guilty about saying no to a friendly but insistent voice. Do-Not-Call gives them an out.
the constitution gives freedom of speach, but never covers the freedom to have a phone no one can call.
BZZT. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
Warren Burger, Chief Justice, SCOTUS wrote the majority opinion in Rowan v Post Office (May 4 1970) against unwanted junk mail, which is easily analogous to telemarketing (and spam):
"Nothing in the Constitution compels us to listen to or view any unwanted communication, whatever its merit"
"We therefore categorically reject the argument that a vendor has a right under the Constitution or otherwise to send unwanted material into the home of another. If this prohibition operates to impede the flow of even valid ideas, the answer is that no one has a right to press even 'good' ideas on an unwilling recipient."
If you own a large shopping mall, you can't arbitrarily restrict what people say and do there. If it's large and diverse enough to be considered a "public forum" you may just have to put up with people with people collecting signatures or passing out leaflets
Not any more, thanks to the War on Freedom^H^H^H^HTerrorism (tm). You can be arrested and/or banned from the mall for life if you commit evil crimes such as wearing a peace t-shirt.
I were Microsoft... I would be out there trying to hire the guy to head up my security
You weren't paying attention last week. Yes, the report was critical of Microsoft's shoddy security record. But the main concern is that any software monoculture is dangerous. Geer's #1 recommendation is to use a mix of (non-Windows) systems, which Microsoft obviously can't approve (short of being broken up by antitrust).
it's good we have a presidential candidate who is smart enough to understand the implications
It's too bad you don't understand the implications. Any method (wormholes, tachyons, "warp drive", etc) to reach a velocity higher than c is mathematically equivalent to a time machine. Unless you and Clark are secretly smarter than Einstein and Hawking, it can't be done.
p.s. teleportation-type methods involving "hyperspace" might be a loophole, but so are angelic chariots and/or pixie dust.
"Nothing in the Constitution compels us to listen to or view any unwanted communication, whatever its merit"
"We therefore categorically reject the argument that a vendor has a right under the Constitution or otherwise to send unwanted material into the home of another. If this prohibition operates to impede the flow of even valid ideas, the answer is that no one has a right to press even 'good' ideas on an unwilling recipient. That we are often 'captives' outside the sanctuary of the home and subject to objectionable speech and other sound does not mean we must be captives everywhere.
The asserted right of a mailer, we repeat, stops at the outer boundary of every person's domain."
The spams I'm most interested in suing are the massive retaliatory strikes after I successfully piss off a spammer (by getting his host yanked or publishing his contact info). When I receive a wave of 1000+ spams/joes/bounces, even $5 per message will exceed the small claims limit.
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Wow! What ISP is this? I send spam/proxy/virus reports to Cable/DSL abuse departments every week, but they invariably ignore me and the 0WNZored PCs continue spewing. My local broadband monopolist (Comcast) is horrible in this regard. I've sent them complete details of known trojaned proxybots that are still there to this day.
Of course, I still send them a check every month, because my only alternatives are dialup or maybe satellite. No DSL here. Bleah.Bush Jr isn't a Nazi. That was his grandfather. While it's true that George HW rose to power on blood money (and George Dubya followed behind) simply being an evil overlord with dictatorial desires doesn't make you a Nazi.
Even worse is the frickin United Nations. They use Real for both their live webcasts and radio streams (they have one token mp3 stream, but everything else is .ram)
I wrote to the UN webmaster, suggesting that perhaps an international organization like theirs might want to use internationally-recognized standards rather than proprietary protocols. I didn't even mention adware/spyware (didn't want to set off kook alarms). But as expected, no reply and no change.Billy Tauzin is ALREADY a lobbyist shill for big media and telecom. Moving him from Congress to MPAA would mean that 1: he doesn't get to legislate (at least not directly) any more, and 2: he doesn't get paid by my taxes any more.
p.s. Reason #3 to hate Congressman Tauzin: sponsored "anti-spam" legislation that was ghost-written by the DMA.
This is almost certainly true.
If someone recommended that you comment out the telnet line inIf your ISP got root on your linux box, killed telnetd, and commented that line out, without telling you, then you might have an analogy worth discussing.
Gee, I believe you 're right!
- Audit by security researchers reveal serious vulnerabilities
- Diebold downloaded ongoing ballots (a federal crime) during California's last election (not the recall)
- The whole "Rob-Georgia" fiasco that Wired is writing about
- Diebold's executives are uniformly partisan political donors
- Diebold's CEO is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year".
Note that #4 and #5, while annoying, would not actually be problems except for necessary paranoia about #1-3. Voting machines need to be absolutely above reproach, since they are the ultimate instruments of modern democracy.Sweeeeet! I entered the details for my new AlBook (bought in September) and UpToDate said OK. This is what Apple should have done to begin with.
Duh. That's the whole point of the article. IT'S SATIRE. His Linux-to-Windows review is written from exactly the same perspective as the many Windows-to-Linux reviews that you see in the mainstream press. The viewpoint of someone who is not an alpha geek and doesn't feel comfortable wandering around this strange new OS. Did you notice his intentional usage of the phrase "not ready for the desktop"?
An ordinary person (raised on some mythical Microsoft-free island) using an OEM-default Windows PC would have an experience 95% like Roblimo's.Incorrect. You are confusing m4p with mp4. mp4 is the ISO suffix for general mpeg-4 files (audio and/or video). m4p is the (arbitrary) suffix that Apple uses for encrypted mpeg-4 audio files (aka Apple Music). And then there's m4a, which is plain mpeg-4 audio.
QuickTime on Mac can create m4a files when you rip CDs. QuickTime for Windows currently doesn't recognize that suffix, but will accept mp4 instead. NOT THE SAME AS M4PI am going to make this very clear for all the illiterate fucking idiots in the audience, such as BiosHakr. The United States Supreme Court case Rowan v Post Office (397 U.S. 728, 1970) specifically ruled that:
I cited this case in my initial post. Go back and read it, then STFU.
Umm... I would be surprised if Dell didn't completely dominate computer sales in Texas.
The rules are unclear from your point of view because you obviously have not Read The F---ing Manual . If they claim to be a charity/survey/politician and then they also try to sell you something, they are not exempt and are subject to prosecution.
You have a mailing address, and you have the right to force advertisers to stop mailing you. You have a physical address, and you have the right to enforce a No Solicitors sign. The advertiser is NOT allowed to say "just don't open the letter" or "just don't answer when I knock". If you don't want them, they are prohibited from even trying. THIS IS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AS RULED BY THE SUPREME COURT.
Do-Not-Call is the same exact thing.They're breaking the law:
- uses technology that ensures abandonment of no more than three percent of all calls answered by a live person, measured per day per calling campaign.
- allows the telephone to ring for 15 seconds or four rings before disconnecting an unanswered call.
- plays a recorded message stating the name and telephone number of the seller on whose behalf the call was placed whenever a live sales representative is unavailable within two seconds of a live person answering the call.
- maintains records documenting adherence to the three requirements above.
Personal note: If you want to sic the FTC on abandoners, you'll need to track them down first. There is a "star" number similar to *69 that IDs any incoming phone call (including blocked, out-of-area, etc) and records it at the local telco. The list can then be obtained by a judge or other law enforcement officials. Ask your telco and/or police department for this number, and use it after receiving abandoned calls.Unfortunately, this is not true. Telemarketers have admitted that their top customers are lonely seniors with low willpower. Those folks don't want to buy junk, but feel guilty about saying no to a friendly but insistent voice. Do-Not-Call gives them an out.
BZZT. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
Warren Burger, Chief Justice, SCOTUS wrote the majority opinion in Rowan v Post Office (May 4 1970) against unwanted junk mail, which is easily analogous to telemarketing (and spam):Not any more, thanks to the War on Freedom^H^H^H^HTerrorism (tm). You can be arrested and/or banned from the mall for life if you commit evil crimes such as wearing a peace t-shirt.
You weren't paying attention last week. Yes, the report was critical of Microsoft's shoddy security record. But the main concern is that any software monoculture is dangerous. Geer's #1 recommendation is to use a mix of (non-Windows) systems, which Microsoft obviously can't approve (short of being broken up by antitrust).
It's too bad you don't understand the implications. Any method (wormholes, tachyons, "warp drive", etc) to reach a velocity higher than c is mathematically equivalent to a time machine. Unless you and Clark are secretly smarter than Einstein and Hawking, it can't be done.
p.s. teleportation-type methods involving "hyperspace" might be a loophole, but so are angelic chariots and/or pixie dust.That's simply untrue, and everything2 needs to be corrected. Algore2000.com ran Apache+PHP on Linux (1.3.9 in 1999, 1.3.12 in 2000).
FWIW: Bush2000.com ran IIS/W2K, BuchananReform.org ran IIS/NT4, VoteNader.org ran Apache/BSD.You recall falsely. However, it's true that some Florida election commissioners are incompetent
Not according to Warren Burger, Chief Justice, SCOTUS, May 4, 1970:
The spams I'm most interested in suing are the massive retaliatory strikes after I successfully piss off a spammer (by getting his host yanked or publishing his contact info). When I receive a wave of 1000+ spams/joes/bounces, even $5 per message will exceed the small claims limit.