Comments on: p2pnet World Headlines – July 7, 2009 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Devil's Advocate http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978331 Devil's Advocate Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:35:08 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978331 "...but the hole in the center would make them useless for that." Ahh, don't cloud the issue with facts! ;) “…but the hole in the center would make them useless for that.”

Ahh, don’t cloud the issue with facts!
;)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978325 Reader's Write Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:06:03 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978325 "Yeah, but ya can never have enough coasters, eh!" I never understood that. I mean, I get that they're round and flat like coasters, but the hole in the center would make them useless for that. All the moisture would go through the hold, defeating the whole purpose of using them as a coaster. I know that most people who call them "coasters" don't really use them for that, but the nickname still never made sense to me. “Yeah, but ya can never have enough coasters, eh!”

I never understood that. I mean, I get that they’re round and flat like coasters, but the hole in the center would make them useless for that. All the moisture would go through the hold, defeating the whole purpose of using them as a coaster. I know that most people who call them “coasters” don’t really use them for that, but the nickname still never made sense to me.

]]> By: Rez http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978292 Rez Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:22:41 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978292 @ Dredds "i’m so old. :(" You've alluded yourself to being a Compuserve antique.... come on man, spit it out.....fess up and tell 'em the truth. You're one of the original Codex Sinaiticus bible authors, am I not correct? @ Dredds “i’m so old. :( ”

You’ve alluded yourself to being a Compuserve antique…. come on man, spit it out…..fess up and tell ‘em the truth. You’re one of the original Codex Sinaiticus bible authors, am I not correct?

]]> By: Dreddsnik http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978272 Dreddsnik Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:41:03 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978272 "I miss those days, the free diskettes from AOL in the mail, they were perfect for creating copies or using for assignments for school. The CD’s were less flexible. " Not that, I'm talking about Compuserve. I wasted many an hour playing Nettrek on Compuserve. Back then it was 'the shit'. Between Compuserve, Rusty and Edie's and Lunatic Phringe, my phone bill could have been a mortgage payment :( “I miss those days, the free diskettes from AOL in the mail, they were perfect for creating copies or using for assignments for school. The CD’s were less flexible. ”

Not that, I’m talking about Compuserve. I wasted many an hour playing Nettrek on Compuserve. Back then
it was ‘the shit’. Between Compuserve, Rusty and Edie’s and Lunatic Phringe, my phone bill could have been a
mortgage payment :(

]]> By: Devil's Advocate http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978262 Devil's Advocate Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:18:43 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978262 "...video service was suspended after users kept going over their monthly download quotas." You beat me to it, Dredd! Although, it appears Tom has left the building. “…video service was suspended after users kept going over their monthly download quotas.”

You beat me to it, Dredd!
Although, it appears Tom has left the building.

]]> By: Devil's Advocate http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978261 Devil's Advocate Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:16:47 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978261 "The CD’s were less flexible." Yeah, but ya can never have enough coasters, eh! : ) “The CD’s were less flexible.”

Yeah, but ya can never have enough coasters, eh!
: )

]]> By: Robert http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978259 Robert Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:52:16 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978259 @Dreddsnik I miss those days, the free diskettes from AOL in the mail, they were perfect for creating copies or using for assignments for school. The CD's were less flexible. @Dreddsnik
I miss those days, the free diskettes from AOL in the mail, they were perfect for creating copies or using for assignments for school. The CD’s were less flexible.

]]> By: Dreddsnik http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978257 Dreddsnik Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:48:39 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978257 " AOL shutters classic dial-up provider - CompuServe, the first commercially successful online and email provider in America, has been shut down by AOL after 30 years of service. " i'm so old. :( ” AOL shutters classic dial-up provider – CompuServe, the first commercially successful online and email provider in America, has been shut down by AOL after 30 years of service. ”

i’m so old. :(

]]> By: Dreddsnik http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978256 Dreddsnik Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:28:28 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978256 " The $5 a month “all you can eat” video service was suspended after users kept going over their monthly download quotas, and were being kicked back to dial-up speeds by their ISP. Amusingly, one of Sky’s online video competitors, TVNZ doesn’t complain — since TVNZ’s relationship with state-owned ISP Orcon allows Orcon users to download video without impacting their data caps. Sky’s now in the position of begging local ISPs to exclude them from their data caps — putting Orcon in the position of determining who gets to be competitive — and who doesn’t. " Hey Tom, isn't this what we were saying would happen without neutrality ? I think so. ” The $5 a month “all you can eat” video service was suspended after users kept going over their monthly download quotas, and were being kicked back to dial-up speeds by their ISP. Amusingly, one of Sky’s online video competitors, TVNZ doesn’t complain — since TVNZ’s relationship with state-owned ISP Orcon allows Orcon users to download video without impacting their data caps. Sky’s now in the position of begging local ISPs to exclude them from their data caps — putting Orcon in the position of determining who gets to be competitive — and who doesn’t. ”

Hey Tom,
isn’t this what we were saying would happen without neutrality ?
I think so.

]]> By: surfer http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978244 surfer Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:48:44 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978244 ack, visual ! ack, visual !

]]> By: Devil's Advocate http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978237 Devil's Advocate Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:05:43 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978237 "...I hope Jon’s child doesn’t get any idea’s!" : ( I finally had my mind cleared of these other disturbing images, and you go and do that! 8 D “…I hope Jon’s child doesn’t get any idea’s!”

: (
I finally had my mind cleared of these other disturbing images, and you go and do that!
8 D

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978236 Reader's Write Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:58:01 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978236 LOL @ "New Zealand teen sells nude pictures of mum online" haha I hope Jon's child doesn't get any idea's! LOL @ “New Zealand teen sells nude pictures of mum online”

haha I hope Jon’s child doesn’t get any idea’s!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978233 Reader's Write Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:44:09 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978233 Here is more from Wikileaks https://secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Email_from_Special_Agent_Mike_Duffey_on_warrantless_searches_of_MySpace%2C_Yahoo_and_ATT%2C_June_2009 June 30, 2009 Summary Email from Mike Duffey, Special Agent, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Computer Crime Center, to the ICAC Task Force mailing list, describing the ease with which he obtained a suspect's information from MySpace (within 20 minutes), and the technicalities he had trying to get similar information from Yahoo and AT&T when claiming "exigent circumstances". Here is more from Wikileaks

https://secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Email_from_Special_Agent_Mike_Duffey_on_warrantless_searches_of_MySpace%2C_Yahoo_and_ATT%2C_June_2009

June 30, 2009
Summary
Email from Mike Duffey, Special Agent, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Computer Crime Center, to the ICAC Task Force mailing list, describing the ease with which he obtained a suspect’s information from MySpace (within 20 minutes), and the technicalities he had trying to get similar information from Yahoo and AT&T when claiming “exigent circumstances”.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24577/comment-page-1#comment-978232 Reader's Write Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:32:51 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=24577#comment-978232 "RIAA Seeks Web Removal of Courtroom Audio" Keep trying... Streisand effect will keep it online forever. “RIAA Seeks Web Removal of Courtroom Audio”

Keep trying… Streisand effect will keep it online forever.

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