DoS of spam blackhole lists

2003-08-29 Thread Andrew Thomas
Hi, Considering that it appears that spammers are now resorting to DoS'ing sites that host spam lists, wouldn't now be a good time to investigate the possibilities of a distributed, or at least, load balanced blacklist provider? Even something as simple as round-robin DNS with sufficient nodes

The Word Spy for 08/28/2003 -- darknet

2003-08-29 Thread R. A. Hettinga
I'm sure certian Virginia boys around here would say that that there's a misspelling in there, somewhere... Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text Status: U From: Paul McFedries [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Word Spy for 08/28/2003 -- darknet Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003

Re: The Word Spy for 08/28/2003 -- darknet

2003-08-29 Thread Tim May
On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 09:02 AM, R. A. Hettinga wrote: I'm sure certian Virginia boys around here would say that that there's a misspelling in there, somewhere... Certain Californians will say that the Darknet allegedly coined in 2002 by these guys is clearly a misspelling of Blacknet,

Re: Terror Reading

2003-08-29 Thread Tim May
On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 09:46 AM, Steve Schear wrote: At 10:48 AM 6/26/2002 -0400, Kathleen Dolan wrote: In many states, it is illegal to store records showing who borrowed a book from a public library. Maryland, for example, requires destruction of the record after a point and even

Shielding microwave dishes from prying eyes

2003-08-29 Thread Tim May
On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 10:38 AM, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 06:11 PM 8/28/03 -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote: A 18-24 2.4Ghz grid dish (available for less than $70-90) with 18-21 dB gain will associate at 11 Mb/s with consumer-grade APs with diversity antennas at 2-3 miles. Yes; for naif

Re: traffix analysis

2003-08-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:11 PM 8/28/03 -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote: A 18-24 2.4Ghz grid dish (available for less than $70-90) with 18-21 dB gain will associate at 11 Mb/s with consumer-grade APs with diversity antennas at 2-3 miles. Yes; for naif readers note that the grid means that you don't worry about wind as

Re: Terror Reading

2003-08-29 Thread Bryan L. Fordham
Steve Schear wrote: Looks like at least one library is trying a variation the method I suggested... The Patriot Act also prohibits libraries and others from notifying patrons and others that an investigation is ongoing. At least one library has tried a solution to beat the system by regularly

Re: Q on associative binary operation

2003-08-29 Thread BillyGOTO
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 11:21:08PM -0700, Sarad AV wrote: hi, Let ~ represents a relation. If a~b and b~a,then a~a (by transitivity) is an incorrect argument. By definition of transitivity, if a~b and b~c implies that a~c. right. I was asking on the same lines if

Re: Terror Reading

2003-08-29 Thread Steve Schear
At 10:48 AM 6/26/2002 -0400, Kathleen Dolan wrote: In many states, it is illegal to store records showing who borrowed a book from a public library. Maryland, for example, requires destruction of the record after a point and even backups cannot be accessed without a court order. KAD Say a public

Re: Q on associative binary operation

2003-08-29 Thread Sarad AV
hi, Let ~ represents a relation. If a~b and b~a,then a~a (by transitivity) is an incorrect argument. By definition of transitivity, if a~b and b~c implies that a~c. I was asking on the same lines if (a*d)*d=a*(d*d)=d. By definition associativity is defined on a,b,c element of set S and not