On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 11:20, Phil Mendelsohn wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 08:42:58AM -0600, Leif Hvidsten wrote: > > > If you go over to netcraft, you'll see there are plenty of people running > > Apache and IIS servers within Roadrunner's netblock: > > > > http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/hosted?netname=RR-CENTRAL-2BLK,65.28.0.0,65.31 > > .255.255 > > > > I'm sure this is only a small sampling too. > > Right, but this doesn't mean that the ISPs don't have the right to not > only shut down those ports, but they could turn off the offenders' > cable modem service -- ***if _they_ choose***. So do it or not, as your > conscience permits, but you don't get to complain if they make it go > away. > > It's like speeding -- there are lots of people driving 80 mph, but if > they have to pay a big fine or hospital bill as a direct result, > there's no sympathy for complainers. > Except, of course, people speeding causes other folks problems and danger; given the actual bandwidth, a *lot* of folks would have to run a *lot* of servers in order to inconvenience anybody else even a little, and that's apparently not happening. -- ------------------------------------- There's a widow in sleepy Chester Who weeps for her only son; There's a grave on the Pabeng River, A grave that the Burmans shun, And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri Who tells how the work was done. -------------------------------------