T Jr Hardman
Ene 9, 2007, 7:14 PM
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Sanders Kaufman wrote: > Larry in AZ wrote: > >> Waiving the right to remain silent, Sanders Kaufman >> <bucky@kaufman.net> said: >> >>> T Jr Hardman wrote: > > >>>> It's funny, though. UseNet used to scare the crap out of politicians >>>> and especially out of the MSM. Now they're all raving about "the >>>> blogosphere" as if it were something positive. To them, it is; they >>>> very commonly own the servers and can get content deleted which >>>> offends them or which runs contrary to their editorial platform. > > >>> That's not how usenet works. >>> It doesn't matter WHO owns the servers. >>> Once it's published on Usenet, there's no way to unpublish it. > > >> But he's referring to "blogs," which are on web servers, which are >> subject to the whims of the operators. > > > He incorrectly referred to Usenet as part of the "blogosphere". > It is not. > > Very recently, here in "TX.POLITICS", we experienced a flurry of > cancellation messages. There's a spammer trying to figure out how to > spam Usenet - but his messages keep getting cancelled by his ISP before > they get out. > > This leads folks like him, predisposed to believe in shadowy > conspiracies, to think there's some evil big brother nefariously > censoring the content. See also HipCrime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipcrime_%28Usenet%29 <quote in-part> HipCrime refers both to the screenname of a Usenet vandal and software distributed by, and presumably written by, this individual. The name derives from a neologism in the John Brunner SF novel Stand on Zanzibar. HipCrime's Newsagent[1] software is a free and open source Usenet control client. The program is written in Java and allows the user to auto-cancel any messages on Usenet based on author, subject, organization, message-iD, or path. It also allows the user to replace the body of any message with text of their choosing. The software also monitors any posts you choose and reposts them if they are removed[2]. Additionally, it allows regular users to act as Usenet Administrators and create (or remove) entire newsgroups. CA Inc. has classified this as denial of service software, as well as flooder software, a specific type of denial of service attack[3] Spamfaq: Part 3: Understanding NANAE. HipCrime is also given credit for creating the earliest web-distributed spambot by Andrew Leonard in his book Bots: The Origin of New Species[4]. This bot, known as HipCrime's ActiveAgent[5], was a Java applet which allowed anybody with a web browser to send mass volumes of unsolicited e-mail messages. The ActiveAgent has since been expanded into an open source application and is relied upon heavily by the largest e-mail spam gangs. </quote> Saunders, have I ever mentioned that you quite honestly don't know shit? -- http://thomashardman.com/ Centrist, Moderate, Republican in Maryland A true Conservative isn't about to let the enemies of America ruin his streams for Trout.
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