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From: siljaline on 18 Apr 2010 17:08
Sam Spade wrote:
> Thank you Mr Siljaline. I shall go to their site and check some more. Of
> course one question led to your answer which tells me, what is a HOSTS file.
> Is this a program I can download and execute and keeps adwares etc. out? I
> use Norton Internet Security, Window Washer, and Webroot Spy Sweeper now.
> There appears to be more to this computer stuff than I imagined!

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOSTS_file

Silj

--
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_


From: o'dak on 20 Apr 2010 11:05

On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:02:33 -0400, siljaline wrote:

>Any plans on future releases of the famous Dak list ?
>
Been there, done that, threw the T-shirt away last year.
Near the end of January 2009 I put out some feelers that I was
thinking about reviving Dad's list. The response was very
underwhelming, in fact it was downright apathetic. How apathetic you
ask? For example, there were 3 total responses on the GRC forums. I
considered trashing the idea right then and there. But I put Dad's
website back up anyway with an updated list and immediately began to
draw flack, much like Dad did, about where I was hosting it.
Dad used free hosts and said if it ever cost him a penny he'd take it
down. Well, I happen to know he paid the fees for no ads after a few
people mentioned them and he kept quiet about it. I guess no one
noticed that suddenly no one was seeing/mentioning the ads any more.
I, also, had paid the no ads fees to my host (so much for free).
I updated it for a couple of months, then just quit and left it
sitting online, unupdated, for another several months. Apparently no
one noticed or cared. So, one day I just pulled it down with no
notice or explanation. Again, no one noticed or cared, because there
was nothing said about it anywhere I could find.
So, sadly, no, I have no plans for wasting any more money or time on
it (there's close to an hour's worth of research for each item added),
but I did feel an explanation of why not was called for...just for the
record, if nothing else.

--
o'dak
(Eldest son of dak)
=====================
From: siljaline on 21 Apr 2010 00:19
o'dak wrote:
> Been there, done that, threw the T-shirt away last year.
> Near the end of January 2009 I put out some feelers that I was
> thinking about reviving Dad's list. The response was very
> underwhelming, in fact it was downright apathetic. How apathetic you
> ask? For example, there were 3 total responses on the GRC forums.
<snip>

I had not seen posts to that effect at GRC, had I seen the announcement
I would have passed it along or at lest look at it.

Sorry to hear of the poor reception of your Father's list.
May he rest in Peace, he seemed like a very giving person.

Regards and best of luck !

Silj


--
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_


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