Listed where?
If I want to reject mail from known dynamic IP blocks, then thats what I am going to do. Tough. The fact of the matter is, this is where most my spam comes from (zombies). Besides that, if you don't have the where-withal to get an IP address thats not inside one of these known dynamic blocks, then you are guilty until proven innocent. Sorry.
Btw, You could use your ISP's relay, you know. Then you don't have to worry about this.
-Ponga
Is it just me, or what? When I look for positions in the IT field, 9 times out of 10, I find that when employers post job qualifications, they seem to go a little overboard. Example: "Canidate MUST have, CCNA[P], MSCE or equivalent, Oracle DBA, Sun, blah, blah, blah AND 4 year degree in techincal field, at least 3 years experience in some GIS system I have never heard of.... (list goes on.)" It seems to me, these employers are unrealistic, or do people out there REALLY have all this crap?? For this reason, I find myself slightly 'modifying' my resume/CV to cater to whatever posistion I am applying for. I should put this on my resume: "I can learn and master whatever it is you need to me do with little time, usenet and some O'reilly texts." Although that won't get me past the HR department, so I feel the need to 'fudge' my qualifications a little. In my opinion, if the employer would not be so unrealistic, I would not need to do that!
Okay, I *HAD* to reply to this. This is from an SNL sketch, "Happy Fun Ball" - CLASSIC!
An excerpt:
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball. Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds. Happy Fun Ball Contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at. Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.
I noticed this too. I try to stay away from YouTube in general, but on occasion I will watch a video. Yep, the A/V is outta sync. I just assumed it was my player...
Agreed. But you know what these metrics WILL tell you? The LEAST POSSIBLE percentage of users with non-IE browsers. Although these browsers can spoof the user-agent, IE cannot. Thus, when someone says "12% of browsers are Opera" that means AT LEAST 12% are Opera. And then tack on whoever is using Opera, but spoofing the user-agent (not possible to track)... But you are right, not a solid metric by any stretch.
Greylisting is still very useful to me. But I have to say that it will become not as useful in the near future, (already seeing it happen, in fact). Besides more spam being relayed through 'legit' mail servers, virus/mailbot coders are getting wise to the idea, and starting to retry delivery, more like an RFC complient smtp host. Yet, I'm still getting some good use out of it...
I agree with you generally, but this is not always a bad thing. It's only bad when EVERY SINGLE PHOTO taken gets posted or printed or whatever. Photographers nowadays need to become editors/critics as well, weed out the wheat from the chaff. So what if you take 1000 photos? Just be sure to only post the 100 best and discard the rest! (which this guy obviously did not do.) --Ponga
Ha. You can be sure that user 17556639 is correlated to an IP address somewhere. Discovering the real users' identity at that point is a trivial matter.
Well, that and antennas are designed to propagate a certain way. Ever notice you don't get cell service on an airplane? You have line of sight. But because the towers have antennas that are horizontally polarized, radiation is not meant to be directed up or down. That's to say the propagation radiates in a horizontal manner, not vertical. By the way, hams are able to communicate with satellites with such low wattage because they are using directional antennas - the majority of the radiation is directed to the satellite. You have to have the antenna pointed to withen a couple degress of the target, otherwise the signal does not reach it's intended destination. Cell and wifi antennas are usually not directional, and therefore range is greatly diminished.
The appeal isn't for you, it's for the non-computer literate crowd. It provides them something to do with the internet. It the one place on the net where it's okay to admit you use a computer. Seriously. There are "hot chicks" and "cool guys" on MySpace... the very same kinds of people who would laugh at you if you told them you use a computer to talk to your friends in IRC. But since they are talking to each other on MySpace, it's acceptable.
Hey man. Just so you know, I am printing off this quote of yours to put in my office on the wall, next to my selected IT-related Dilbert comic strips. Seriously, I *HATE* explaining to my friends why I don't use MySpace, it's difficult to count the many ways... but this quote of yours, pretty much sums it up without getting offensive. Thanks man!
-Ponga
The article is about allergies in specific, but is very relavant. A few researchers are claiming that because our environments are so sterile as children these days, more adults have allergies (and illness) as a result of not being exposed to certain elements (good or bad organisms, etc) as a child.
Compelling read, I highly recommend it.
Ya, but think about it for a second. This story has generated a fair amount of buzz and from the posts I've seen, (not only on/.) several people have been trying to decode the messages, or at least trying to track sources and what-not. So, the MOTIVATION for some n00b copycat out there to post a similar message AFTER the fact that it has been revealed WHERE the next message would appear... it's fishy, thats all. And pretty lame. Then, on top of the fact that the phone referenced is NOT another pre-recorded numbers message... come on, guy! Anyone could look up that Fed #... I mean... why not the number to the Boston FBI field office?? Weak. Now, as for the previous TWO messages, THAT does get me interested. Because someone had the where-withall and motive to spend $$ to setup a viop number, etc! Huh!
It's also possible that the messages are legit and intended for someone for some real purpose; thats to say, not a hoax -- and in the midst of the media coverage, some lame-o posted this: http://boston.craigslist.org/mis/167168282.html - which is certainly a fraud, the number is to a Federal Reserve Bank in Boston... hey... maybe even YOU posted this to Craigslist?? Anyway, if this post to Craigslist WERE real and the number dialed up another Voip numbers recording... THEN I would have really been intrigued!
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For whatever reason, it is listed as a Dynamic IP
Listed where?
If I want to reject mail from known dynamic IP blocks, then thats what I am going to do. Tough. The fact of the matter is, this is where most my spam comes from (zombies). Besides that, if you don't have the where-withal to get an IP address thats not inside one of these known dynamic blocks, then you are guilty until proven innocent. Sorry.
Btw, You could use your ISP's relay, you know. Then you don't have to worry about this.
-Ponga
See, this just goes to prove that a 5 year old can get a certification!
Is it just me, or what? When I look for positions in the IT field, 9 times out of 10, I find that when employers post job qualifications, they seem to go a little overboard. Example: "Canidate MUST have, CCNA[P], MSCE or equivalent, Oracle DBA, Sun, blah, blah, blah AND 4 year degree in techincal field, at least 3 years experience in some GIS system I have never heard of.... (list goes on.)"
It seems to me, these employers are unrealistic, or do people out there REALLY have all this crap?? For this reason, I find myself slightly 'modifying' my resume/CV to cater to whatever posistion I am applying for. I should put this on my resume: "I can learn and master whatever it is you need to me do with little time, usenet and some O'reilly texts." Although that won't get me past the HR department, so I feel the need to 'fudge' my qualifications a little. In my opinion, if the employer would not be so unrealistic, I would not need to do that!
Thoughts?
CBS now owns the rights to ST.
An excerpt:
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.
Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Happy Fun Ball Contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.
Here is the whole thing: http://www.happyfunball.com/hfb.html
-Ponga
I noticed this too. I try to stay away from YouTube in general, but on occasion I will watch a video. Yep, the A/V is outta sync. I just assumed it was my player...
I'll bite... so far I have the highest prime ;)
Agreed. But you know what these metrics WILL tell you? The LEAST POSSIBLE percentage of users with non-IE browsers. Although these browsers can spoof the user-agent, IE cannot. Thus, when someone says "12% of browsers are Opera" that means AT LEAST 12% are Opera. And then tack on whoever is using Opera, but spoofing the user-agent (not possible to track)... But you are right, not a solid metric by any stretch.
Greylisting is still very useful to me. But I have to say that it will become not as useful in the near future, (already seeing it happen, in fact). Besides more spam being relayed through 'legit' mail servers, virus/mailbot coders are getting wise to the idea, and starting to retry delivery, more like an RFC complient smtp host. Yet, I'm still getting some good use out of it...
Simple. Like this,
80.190.252.0/24 550 spam not allowed
(for exmaple)
See this for more info,
http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html
I agree with you generally, but this is not always a bad thing. It's only bad when EVERY SINGLE PHOTO taken gets posted or printed or whatever. Photographers nowadays need to become editors/critics as well, weed out the wheat from the chaff. So what if you take 1000 photos? Just be sure to only post the 100 best and discard the rest! (which this guy obviously did not do.)
--Ponga
Hey, which one are you in the photos? Also, there was a GIRL present? A REAL one??
Thanks,
--Ponga
P.S. - Nice work!!
If you dont want to bother looking through all the pics (lots!) - here are the best arial shots: http://lug.oregonstate.edu/gallery/firefox-crop-ci rcle?page=12
Ha. You can be sure that user 17556639 is correlated to an IP address somewhere. Discovering the real users' identity at that point is a trivial matter.
No kidding! Backslash... come'on!
Well, that and antennas are designed to propagate a certain way. Ever notice you don't get cell service on an airplane? You have line of sight. But because the towers have antennas that are horizontally polarized, radiation is not meant to be directed up or down. That's to say the propagation radiates in a horizontal manner, not vertical. By the way, hams are able to communicate with satellites with such low wattage because they are using directional antennas - the majority of the radiation is directed to the satellite. You have to have the antenna pointed to withen a couple degress of the target, otherwise the signal does not reach it's intended destination. Cell and wifi antennas are usually not directional, and therefore range is greatly diminished.
-Ponga
Hey man. Just so you know, I am printing off this quote of yours to put in my office on the wall, next to my selected IT-related Dilbert comic strips. Seriously, I *HATE* explaining to my friends why I don't use MySpace, it's difficult to count the many ways... but this quote of yours, pretty much sums it up without getting offensive. Thanks man!
-Ponga
When is Slashdot going to create a 'MySpace' ./ catagory with associated icon? I mean, there sure have been enough articles to justify it.
-Ponga
What about the 'Hot Grits' Scandal??
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0605/featur e4/index.html
The article is about allergies in specific, but is very relavant. A few researchers are claiming that because our environments are so sterile as children these days, more adults have allergies (and illness) as a result of not being exposed to certain elements (good or bad organisms, etc) as a child. Compelling read, I highly recommend it.
-Ponga
Ya, but think about it for a second. This story has generated a fair amount of buzz and from the posts I've seen, (not only on /.) several people have been trying to decode the messages, or at least trying to track sources and what-not. So, the MOTIVATION for some n00b copycat out there to post a similar message AFTER the fact that it has been revealed WHERE the next message would appear... it's fishy, thats all. And pretty lame. Then, on top of the fact that the phone referenced is NOT another pre-recorded numbers message... come on, guy! Anyone could look up that Fed #... I mean... why not the number to the Boston FBI field office?? Weak. Now, as for the previous TWO messages, THAT does get me interested. Because someone had the where-withall and motive to spend $$ to setup a viop number, etc! Huh!
It's also possible that the messages are legit and intended for someone for some real purpose; thats to say, not a hoax -- and in the midst of the media coverage, some lame-o posted this: http://boston.craigslist.org/mis/167168282.html - which is certainly a fraud, the number is to a Federal Reserve Bank in Boston... hey... maybe even YOU posted this to Craigslist?? Anyway, if this post to Craigslist WERE real and the number dialed up another Voip numbers recording... THEN I would have really been intrigued!
From TFA: "...someone tipped off our friends at 2600 Magazine. Its editor Emmanuel Goldstein..."
Anybody read 1984 ??
That one layed an egg