Please create an account to participate in the Slashdot moderation system

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Or, free Mathematica with $35 purchase of a Pi* (Score 2) 99

An offer of over $300 in value! Get yours now!

* Based on purchase of a Model B from direct authorized sellers. Does not include shipping or purchase at authorized resellers. Must be run from a Raspbery Pi computer board. Storage, display, keyboard, mouse, and power supply not included. Model A does not include Ethernet.

Submission + - Hyperloop's Math just doesn't add up (greatergreaterwashington.org)

strredwolf writes: Elon Musk's Hyperloop looks like a winner on the face of things... but if you get down to the details, you'll find that the math just doesn't add up in comparison to California's High Speed Rail. Hyperloop's only 10% capacity of HSR and can't run every 30 seconds safely... and the construction and location details leave much to be desired.

Comment Excellent Service. (Score -1, Troll) 75

I've purchased a RPi Model B via Allied. They have great customer service, and a friendly sales staff. After ordering online, I got a confirmation phone call from their CS department, confirming the order and wanting to know if they could help out with any issues. One issue: Order backlog is high, but they do keep you informed of ETS. +1, would order again.
Data Storage

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Living Virtually?

fferret writes: A lifelong Science Fiction fan, the concept of continuing to exist as a virtual copy post-mortem is familiar and desirable. I want to see what the future will be like. Mobile, sessile or otherwise, given the recent developments in brain imaging, understanding the structure of the brain, decoding signals, and the decreasing cost of the electronics involved, how far off are we from adding ourselves to our daily backup routine?

Comment Levels of escalation (Score 1) 247

1. Open up the compromizing email's headers. Locate the first ISP beyond yours -- 99% of the time it's not there's. Contact THAT company.
2. File a complaint with the FCC. They are getting more active against exploits.
3. Locate your Attorney General's office and ask if there are any state laws against spam. There is one in Maryland that is compatible with CAN SPAM, and has been tested in the courts. If you got one, lawyer up and sue the company -- some companies only respond by judicial inquiry.
4. Blacklist the company publicly.

Comment There is a reason you are listed. (Score 5, Insightful) 279

There is a reason you are listed:

* You have spam originating from your system for too long of a time.
* You are unresponsive to reports.

So, your entire network range is listed. Everyone is bouncing emails. Everyone is complaining to you, and you've noticed. You've been forwarded the site, and you're contemplating just paying them off... except that it just won't work. You'll be relisted again, and with reason -- someone on your network spammed and nobody's listening.

Thus:

* If you haven't done so, open up abuse@ and point it to somebody with the power to diagnose, disable, and close accounts.
* If the guy behind abuse@ doesn't have said above power, GIVE IT TO HIM.
* If the guy behind abuse@ does, but doesn't use it, FIRE HIM.
* If you haven't done so, disable outbound port 25 at your border router with the exception of an out-bound SMTP server.
* Put an outbound spam filter in place.

If you are unwilling to do the above, then there is one last thing you will eventually do: CLOSE SHOP.

Slashdot Top Deals

Real Programmers don't eat quiche. They eat Twinkies and Szechwan food.

Working...