[rescue] FW: [ORBZ] Shutdown

[Dave McGuire]

  This problem fucks up a lot more than just the Internet.

    -Dave

On March 20, Jon wrote:
> This sums up what is wrong with the Internet (that and goatse). Judges
> shouldn't be allowed to sit on the bench unless they are under the age of
> 40.
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> 
> > In light of yesterday's thread about ORBZ, I thought I would pass this
> > along.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 03:15:49 +0000
> > From: ORBZ <admin at orbz.org>
> > Reply-To: list at orbz.org
> > To: list at orbz.org
> > Subject: [ORBZ] Shutdown
> >
> > Here's the email that those of you with forward sight
> > have been fearing since the inception of ORBZ.
> >
> > As of this moment, ORBZ is shutting down.  DNS zones
> > are going to stop resolving, the website will disappear
> > and mail will stop working (so furthur discussion on
> > this list probably won't work -- use NANAE).
> >
> > I don't want to disappear in silence like ORBS, so I'll
> > try for as much description as possible without
> > compromising my own position.
> >
> > I received an official court notice this afternoon to
> > turn over all information relation to ORBZ accounts.
> > This came from the 10th Judicial District court of the
> > State of Michigan.  It appears that ORBZ may be facing
> > criminal charges for denial of service relating to the
> > Lotus Domino issue.
> >
> > I was happy to try to weather any civil issues that may
> > have come up, and I was committed to seeing it through.
> > However, the threat of jail time is too much; I don't
> > believe in this fight quite that much.
> >
> > Thank you all for all your support.  I sincerely hope
> > that someone with the goal of carrying on the mission
> > of ORBZ pops up in another country with a less
> > foreboding legal system.  Anyone who has copies of the
> > current zones may do with them what they wish.
> >
> > For those of you stuck without good spam filtering,
> > please consider ORDB and SpamCop; they both provide
> > excellent free solutions.
> >
> > Ian Gulliver
> > ORBZ
> >
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> >
> >
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Dave McGuire                    "Watch those lateral G's man,
St. Petersburg, FL               I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar