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  • schmosef
    Super MURCer
    • Dec 2002
    • 5813

    #1

    Geeks beware!

    Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism
    P.S. You've been Spanked!
  • Technoid
    Super MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 7645

    #2
    Yet another reason to NOT buy D-link routers
    If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

    Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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    • lowlifecat
      Super MURCer
      • Feb 2004
      • 1226

      #3
      damn, i shoulda got the belkin instead

      be back later, i gotta go make sure my router aint abusing
      /meow
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      • Helevitia
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 1999
        • 6628

        #4
        crazy. I hope he at least gets his money back.
        Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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        • Helevitia
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 6628

          #5
          Slashdot picked up this news, so I guess we will hear more about it.
          Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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          • Fat Tone
            Super MURCer
            • Aug 1999
            • 7579

            #6
            He should make a few admins update their servers and get over it
            FT.

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            • Wombat
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 2000
              • 9498

              #7
              Originally posted by Fat Tone
              He should make a few admins update their servers and get over it
              What are you talking about?
              Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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              • agallag
                Super MURCer
                • Aug 1999
                • 3201

                #8
                He should make a few hundred thousand clueless users update their routers and get over it?

                Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox

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                • az
                  Moderator
                  • Feb 2001
                  • 9336

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Wombat
                  What are you talking about?
                  About the few hundred admins that legitimately use his NTP server.
                  There's an Opera in my macbook.

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                  • Nowhere
                    Super MURCer
                    • Jun 2002
                    • 4830

                    #10
                    Well, yes...so why not simply change IP adress of NTP server for "few hundred admins"?

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                    • az
                      Moderator
                      • Feb 2001
                      • 9336

                      #11
                      Not IP address, DNS name. But essentially, yes. Though I think this is more about principles, and I have to agree D-Link made a mistake when they added his server into their serverlists.
                      There's an Opera in my macbook.

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                      • Fat Tone
                        Super MURCer
                        • Aug 1999
                        • 7579

                        #12
                        Exactly Az. But, he should be pragmatic and get on with it.
                        FT.

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                        • az
                          Moderator
                          • Feb 2001
                          • 9336

                          #13
                          Yes, he should, and yes, D-Link should apologize, change their firmware, and cover his expenses.
                          There's an Opera in my macbook.

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                          • Umfriend
                            Crabby Smurf
                            • Mar 2001
                            • 7308

                            #14
                            First, I don't see why he should. It might make his life easier, but there is no reason why he should. Second, even if he did, what incentive would that give to D-Link to change anything, except for changing their server list to include the new name?
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                            • az
                              Moderator
                              • Feb 2001
                              • 9336

                              #15
                              See, that's why you're so crabby

                              He should, to make his life easier - optimally after D-Link did what they should (see previous post).
                              There's an Opera in my macbook.

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