IPv6 certification
Part way through my he.net IPv6 certification. As expected, part of the time is waiting for NS propagation.
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Social network sizes vs. country population
Saw this image on royal.pingdom.com and decided to share it. It’s amazing to see the size of some of these social networking sites in a graphical representation.
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What’s under your stove?
Since we have been packing up and cleaning the condo in order to move, there have been a lot of interesting discoveries made Several of those discoveries were when moving the stove out to clean behind it. The checklist is as follows, or at least as far as I can tell:
- duct tape
- asparagus
- cheerio
- philips head screw
- unpopped popcorn kernel
- popped popcorn
- penne
- mushroom
- stella artois beer cap
- piece of tin foil wrapper
There was a lot more, but not everything was as easy to identify. At least things are a lot cleaner than they were.
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Hi Blog
I didn’t forget about my blog, I’ve just been busy this week. I promise there will be some content this weekend.
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Shame on you
Whoever you are:
Dear Mr __________
Rogers Cable (Rogers) has received a notice stating that activities associated with your IP address are infringing copyright in material(s) owned or exclusively licensed by others.
The full notice is appended to this e-mail below.
Under section 4(d) of the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet End User Agreement (EUA) and Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), you are prohibited from using the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet service to engage in illegal activities, including activities that infringe copyright. Copies of our EUA and AUP are available at:
http://na.edit.client.yahoo.com/rogers/show_static?.form=terms&.intl=ca
Where there has been a violation of our EUA and/or AUP, including the unauthorized distribution of copyright-protected material, Rogers has the right to take appropriate action against you.
If you have any questions about the attached copyright notice, please contact the sender of the notice using the contact information provided in the notice. Please do not reply to this e-mail.
We trust you will comply with our policies and all applicable laws in using the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet service.
Rogers EUA Management Team
Sincerely,
EUA Management Team
Rogers Yahoo Hi-Speed Internet
http://info.yahoo.com/legal/ca/rogers/terms/all/
00941049
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Rogers Cable Inc.
1 Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, M4Y-2Y5 CA
RE: Unauthorized Distribution of the Copyrighted Motion Picture Entitled
Seven Pounds
Dear Rogers High-Speed Internet:
We are writing this letter on behalf of Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., (“Columbia Pictures”).
As you may know, Columbia Pictures is the owner of copyright and exclusive distribution rights in and to the motion picture entitled Seven Pounds.
No one is authorized to perform, exhibit, reproduce, transmit, or otherwise distribute the above-mentioned work without the express written permission of Columbia Pictures, which permission Columbia Pictures has not granted to X.X.X.X.
We have received information that an individual has utilized the above-referenced IP address at the noted date and time to offer downloads of the above-mentioned work through a “peer-to-peer” service.
The attached documentation specifies the location on your network where the infringement occurred, the number of repeat violations recorded at this specific location, as well as any available identifying information.
The distribution of unauthorized copies of copyrighted motion pictures constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act, Title 17 United States Code Section 106(3). This conduct may also violate the laws of other countries, international law, and/or treaty obligations.
Since you own this IP address, we request that you immediately do the following:
1) Disable access to the individual who has engaged in the conduct described above; and
2) Terminate any and all accounts that this individual has through you.
On behalf of Columbia Pictures, owner of the exclusive rights to the copyrighted material at issue in this notice, we hereby state that we have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by Columbia Pictures, its respective agents, or the law.
We also hereby state that we believe the information in this notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that MediaSentry is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive rights being infringed as set forth in this notification.
Please contact us at the above listed address or by replying to this email should you have any questions.
We appreciate your assistance and thank you for your cooperation in this matter. In your future correspondence with us, please refer to Case ID ________.
Your prompt response is requested.
Respectfully,
A Kempe
Enforcement Coordinator
SafeNet, Inc.
------------------------------ INFRINGEMENT DETAIL -------------------- Infringing Work: Seven Pounds First Found: 17 Jan 2009 16:01:22 EST (GMT -0500) Last Found: 17 Jan 2009 16:01:22 EST (GMT -0500) IP Address: X.X.X.X IP Port: 36300 Protocol: BitTorrent Torrent InfoHash: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Containing file(s): seven pounds.[2008.Eng].DVDScr..DivX-LTT.torrent (932,085,261 bytes) ----PTCP_3124410204675a07d9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable
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Rogers “mistakes”
I’ve complained about this several times in the past, as I’m sure others have. I really think some of Rogers billing “mistakes” are either intentional or just not given any attention.
I’ve had several instances in the past with Rogers Wireless rebates, and well, never receiving them. I gave up on two in the past because my time was worth more than the 6 months (that’s right, half a year) of constantly calling in and being promised a credit on my next bill. I understand rebates are a numbers game to begin with, if only a small percentage of people forget to send in a rebate the savings to the company could be huge depending on the particular offer. But to push it even further than that, and just flat out not apply rebates of the loyal customers that took the time to send them in is a bullshit business practice. Many people I had talked to had the same experience with rebates from Rogers Wireless. It seems they have since improved this practice by introducing instant rebates, without having to send anything in. My last two phone upgrades proved this process successful.
This brings me to my most current run-in with a Rogers “mistake”. About a month ago I received an e-mail from Rogers Cable offering The Movie Network and HBO Canada for a trial offer of $7.48 /month for 4 months where the regular price is $14.95. I had recently had TMN, but cancelled it shortly after series finale of The Sopranos, since the movie selection was quite embarrassing. The addition of HBO interested me, but not enough to go back paying for the whole movie package. This offer seemed like a good deal so I called in to give it a try. I was informed that I would be able to cancel at any time and especially before the introductory pricing was up, but they could not add the promotion over the phone. This was a Rogers e-care offer and had to be ordered online. So I proceeded to follow the link directly from the e-mail and add TMN/HBO to my account with the introductory offer of $7.48/month for the first 4 months.
A few weeks later, my new Rogers bill is posted online and to no surprise of my own there was a charge for The Movie Network at $14.95. I called in and spoke to a customer service rep who informed me that this was indeed an error and that I shouldn’t use their online services to add promotional items because “the online system usually doesn’t apply promotions correctly”. I informed the rep that I had originally called and was told this was only an online promotion that had to be done via rogers.com which she confirmed was the case, but reiterated that they usually have problems with promotions being applied to online orders. I would have discussed this more, but she called Rogers e-care herself and had the credit applied to my account which is all I really wanted. But now I am left with this feeling that these situations are far from accidental. As with a rebate, if only a small percentage of customers neglected to rectify or even notice this billing error. How much extra revenue would this bring in? Blame it on a technical error, so no finger can be pointed at an employee making a mistake? I don’t know what to think. Sadly, I like most of the services I have from Rogers and in some cases there is no substitute which is why I continue to be a Wireless, Cable, Internet customer of theirs. But I can’t help but feel a little sick every time I encounter one of these issues.
Enough said…
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A Christmas Treat
One of my gifts from my awesome girlfriend ended up being a bottle of Cabo Wabo Tequila. I swore off tequila for a long time, until I was re-introduced to the good stuff and told I should be sipping it. I now enjoy sipping good tequila, instead of shooting the cheap stuff. Here is a shot of the newest edition to my liquor cabinet:
