[Cialug] hating Mediacom, was opportunity iowa
Jerry Weida
cialug@cialug.org
Wed, 4 May 2005 11:08:16 -0500
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block the offender until they have cleaned up their machine.
On 5/4/05, D. Joe Anderson <deejoe@raccoon.com> wrote:=20
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> On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:51:44AM -0500, Chris Hilton wrote:
> > Oh yay, another item in my long list of reasons why I loathe Mediacom.
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> As opposed to hating people too lazy to trim their quotes. I
> growl in your general direction a SECOND time!
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> I don't know about hating Mediacom, but I do (temporarily) hate
> a particular Mediacom user, who has had the lease for their IP
> number 12.216.46.153 <http://12.216.46.153>. I've seen a ton of what I'm=
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> guessing is
> the latest Microsoft virus from this address. Given that I see
> this going mostly to local user group addresses, it's a good bet
> its someone subscribed to cialug, amesfug, etc. and who therefor
> has those addresses in their address book. Best argument yet
> for the linux-elitists/crackmonkey approach to mailing lists:
> Reject mail from non-free mailers (yeah, yeah, I know there are
> good arguments *against* such restrictions, just humor me this
> mini-rant, OK?)
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> Please check your mchsi leases and clean up your freaking
> Windows box(es).
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> --
> Joe
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> > Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> >
> > >To make a long a story short, Mediacom (and others) are lobbying to=20
> pass
> > >legislation that will make it impossible for Municipalities to use to
> > >tax dollars to build fiber networks connecting the homes.
> > >
> > >They wrongly use the ICN as a failed example. The telco's got
> > >legislation passed the prevents the ICN from making fiber connections
> > >past the point of presence in each community. That is what killed the
> > >ICN.
> > >
> > >They present Opp Iowa as a bad thing, when really opp Iowa's position=
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> is
> > >to use tax dollars to build the infrastructure, and then let anyone
> > >provide services. Mom & Pop ISP's, Telco's Municipalities, etc. Its
> > >good for everyone, unless you already have a monolopy providing=20
> mediocre
> > >services.
> --
> D. Joe Anderson http://www.etrumeus.com/~deejoe
> "DRM [...] is to copyright law as a machine gun on
> a motion detector is to real estate law" -- Don Marti
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You can always report anything like this to <a href=3D"mailto:abuse@mchsi.c=
om">abuse@mchsi.com</a> and they'll just block the offender until they have=
cleaned up their machine.<br><br>
<div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 5/4/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">D=
. Joe Anderson</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:deejoe@raccoon.com">deejoe@raccoon=
.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:51:44=
AM -0500, Chris Hilton wrote:<br>> Oh yay, another item in my long list =
of reasons why I loathe Mediacom.
<br><br>As opposed to hating people too lazy to trim their quotes. &nb=
sp;I<br>growl in your general direction a SECOND time!<br><br>I don't know =
about hating Mediacom, but I do (temporarily) hate<br>a particular Mediacom=
user, who has had the lease for their IP
<br>number <a href=3D"http://12.216.46.153">12.216.46.153</a>. I=
've seen a ton of what I'm guessing is<br>the latest Microsoft virus from t=
his address. Given that I see<br>this going mostly to local user=
group addresses, it's a good bet
<br>its someone subscribed to cialug, amesfug, etc. and who therefor<br>has=
those addresses in their address book. Best argument yet<br>for=
the linux-elitists/crackmonkey approach to mailing lists:<br>Reject mail f=
rom non-free mailers (yeah, yeah, I know there are
<br>good arguments *against* such restrictions, just humor me this<br>mini-=
rant, OK?)<br><br>Please check your mchsi leases and clean up your freaking=
<br>Windows box(es).<br><br> Received: from <a href=3D"http://n=
s2.networkiowa.com">
ns2.networkiowa.com</a> (<a href=3D"http://ns2.networkiowa.com">ns2.network=
iowa.com</a> [<a href=3D"http://209.234.64.193">209.234.64.193</a>])<br>&nb=
sp; by <a href=3D"htt=
p://fivepoundbass.etrumeus.com">fivepoundbass.etrumeus.com
</a> (Postfix) with ESMTP<br> &nbs=
p; id A6CC528F299; Wed, 4 May 2005 04:12:38 -0500 (C=
DT)<br> Received: from <a href=3D"http://nagdmk.edu">nagdmk.edu=
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t.mchsi.com
</a> [<a href=3D"http://12.216.46.153">12.216.46.153</a>])<br> &=
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<br> From: <a href=3D"mailto:hostmaster@iastate.edu">hostmaster=
@iastate.edu</a><br> To: <a href=3D"mailto:mailhost@etrumeus.co=
m">mailhost@etrumeus.com</a><br> Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 09:13:1=
0 GMT<br> Subject: Your email was blocked
<br><br>--<br>Joe<br><br>> Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:<br>><br>> >T=
o make a long a story short, Mediacom (and others) are lobbying to pass<br>=
> >legislation that will make it impossible for Municipalities to use=
to
<br>> >tax dollars to build fiber networks connecting the homes.<br>&=
gt; ><br>> >They wrongly use the ICN as a failed example. The telc=
o's got<br>> >legislation passed the prevents the ICN from making fib=
er connections
<br>> >past the point of presence in each community. That =
is what killed the<br>> >ICN.<br>> ><br>> >They present O=
pp Iowa as a bad thing, when really opp Iowa's position is<br>> >to u=
se tax dollars to build the infrastructure, and then let anyone
<br>> >provide services. Mom & Pop ISP's, Telco's Municipalities,=
etc. Its<br>> >good for everyone, unless you already have=
a monolopy providing mediocre<br>> >services.<br>--<br>D. Joe Anders=
on =20
<a href=3D"http://www.etrumeus.com/~deejoe">http://www.etrumeus.com/~deejoe=
</a><br>"DRM [...] is to copyright law as a machine gun on<br>a motion=
detector is to real estate law" -- Don Marti<br>__________=
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