> Sorry to anyone on the list who has a cable modem, but there's such a > silver lining to this cloud... > > @home is shutting down, as everyone knows, and with them goes 45% of the > US's cable modem users. These are the people that thought they were cool > when they bought into an inferior technology. These are the people that Inferior to what? Leased lines? > buy full-time internet access without understanding the security > implications. These are the people that helped to propogate stupid IIS > worms that filled my apache logs. These are the people that saturate > POP's with useless crap (spam included), thus slowing down everyone else's > inet throughput. > > So tomorrow, things will be better. I'll have up to 45% faster net > access, up to 45% fewer worming attempts, and up to 45% less spam. Hate to rain on the parade, but I'm proof that the network is still up. I'm currently telneting out using a Cable modem and @Home... ;) -- Steven Hunter | hunters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "HEY! Check out these crescent fresh skulls in my salad!" - Sifl & Olly